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Word Meanings - COLLAPSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.

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1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. Maunder. 2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.

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    An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually,
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    See SPERMOBLAST
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    The quality or state of being specific.
  • SPERMATIC
    Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
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    Spermatic.
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    An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n.
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    Species; kind. Chaucer.
  • SPECTATORSHIP
    1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak.
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    1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin. Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. Spenser. The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head. A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that striker makes
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    1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.
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    A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.
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    A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. Shak.
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    A spermatozoid.
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    A charge of wash for the still. Knight.
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    Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam.
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    The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. The
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    Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon.
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    The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
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    The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.
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    1. Capable of being dispensed or administered. 2. Capable of being dispensed with. Coleridge.

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