4. CONCRETE QUANTITYSECTION III. QUANTITY2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY

3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY


 # 37. Addition. - N. addition, annexation, adjection[obs3]; junction &c. Junction; superposition, superaddition, superjunction[obs3], superfetation; accession, reinforcement; increase &c. Increase; increment, supplement; accompaniment &c. Accompaniment; interposition &c. Interposition; insertion &c. Insertion [Forcible ingress].

V. add, annex, affix, superadd[obs3], subjoin, superpose; clap on, saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft[obs3]; saddle with; sprinkle; introduce &c. (interpose) Interposition; insert &c. Insertion [Forcible ingress]. become added, accrue; advene[obs3], supervene.

reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen[obs3]; swell the ranks of; augment &c. Increase.

Adj. added &c. v.; additional; supplemental, supplementary; suppletory[obs3], subjunctive; adjectitious[obs3], adscititious[obs3], ascititious[obs3]; additive, extra, accessory.

Adv. au reste[Fr], in addition, more, plus, extra; and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera; &c.; and so on, and so forth; into the bargain, cum multis aliis[Lat], over and above, moreover.

with, withal; including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone; together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with; conjointly; jointly &c. Junction. Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit[Lat].



 # 38. Nonaddition, Subtraction. - N. subtraction, subduction[Obs]!; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation[obs3]; abstraction &c. (taking) Taking; garbling,, &c. v. mutilation, detruncation[obs3]; amputation; abscission, excision, recision; curtailment &c. Shortness; minuend, subtrahend; decrease &c. Nonincrease, Decrease; abrasion.

V. subduct, subtract; deduct, deduce; bate, retrench; remove, withdraw, take from, take away; detract.

garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate[obs3]; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind[obs3], excise; pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate; eliminate.

diminish &c. Nonincrease, Decrease; curtail &c. (shorten) Shortness; deprive of &c. (take) Taking; weaken.

Adj. subtracted &c. v.; subtractive.

Adv. in deduction &c. n.; less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count.



 # 39. [Thing added] Adjunct. - N. adjunct; addition, additament[obs3]; additum[Lat], affix, appelidage[obs3], annexe[obs3], annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment &c. Accompaniment; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation.

rider, offshoot, episode, side issue, corollary; piece[Fr]; flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings, cortege; tail, suffix &c. (sequel) Sequel; wing.

Adj. additional &c. Addition. alate[obs3], alated[obs3]; winged.

Adv. in addition &c. Addition.


 # 40. [Thing remaining] Remainder. - N.

remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap[obs3], odds and ends, cheesepairings[obs3], candle ends, orts[obs3]; residuum; dregs &c. (dirt) Uncleanness; refuse &c. (useless) Inutility; stubble, result, educt[obs3]; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium.

surplus, overplus[obs3], excess; balance, complement; superplus[obs3], surplusage[obs3]; superfluity &c.(redundancy) Redundancy; survival, survivance[obs3].

V. remain,; be left &c. adj.; exceed, survive; leave.



Adj.remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off &c. Relinquishment; superfluous &c. (redundant) Redundancy.


 # 40a. [Thing deducted] Decrement. - N. decrement, discount, defect, loss, deduction; afterglow; eduction[obs3]; waste.


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 # 41. [Forming a whole without coherence] Mixture. - N. mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion[obs3]; commixion[obs3], intermixture, alloyage[obs3], matrimony; junction &c. Junction; combination &c. Combination; miscegenation.

impregnation; infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding; interpolation &c. Interposition adulteration, sophistication.

[Thing mixed] tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon.

[Compound resulting from mixture] alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow[obs3], pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid[Lat], miscellany, ambigu[Obs], medley, mess, hotchpot[obs3], pasticcio[obs3], patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble &c. (disorder) Disorder [Absence, or want of Order, &c]; salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum[Lat], gallimaufry, olla-podrida[obs3], olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic &c. (variegation) Variegation.


half-blood, half-caste. mulatto; terceron[obs3], quarteron[obs3], quinteron &c.[obs3];.quadroon, octoroon; griffo[obs3], zambo[obs3]; cafuzo[obs3]; Eurasian; fustee[obs3], fustie[obs3]; griffe, ladino[obs3], marabou, mestee[obs3], mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule[obs3][U. S.]; catalo[obs3]; cross, hybrid, mongrel.


V. mix; join &c. Junction; combine &c. Combination; commix, immix[obs3], intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle[obs3]; shuffle &c. (derange) Derangement [Subversion of Order; bringing into disorder]; pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard &c. (interpolate) Interposition; intertwine, interweave &c. Crossing; associate with; miscegenate[obs3]. be mixed &c.; get among, be entangled with.

instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper[obs3], medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.


Adj. mixed &c. v.; implex[obs3], composite, half-and-half, linsey- woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley &c. (variegated) Variegation; miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate; miscible. Adv. among, amongst, amid, amidst; with; in the midst of, in the crowd.


 # 42. [Freedom from mixture] Simpleness. - N. simpleness &c. adj.; purity, homogeneity.

elimination; sifting &c. v.; purification &c. (cleanness) Cleanness.

V. render simple &c. adj.; simplify.

sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify &c. (clean) Cleanness; disentangle &c. (disjoin) Disjunction.

Adj. simple, uniform, of a piece[Fr], homogeneous, single, pure, sheer, neat.

unmixed, unmingled[obs3], unblended, uncombined, uncompounded; elementary, undecomposed; unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed, untinged[obs3], unfortified, pur et simple[Fr]; incomplex[obs3].

free from, exempt from; exclusive.

Adv. simple &c. adj. only.



 # 43. Junction. - N. junction; joining &c. v.; joinder[Law], union connection, conjunction, conjugation; annexion[obs3], annexation, annexment[obs3]; astriction[obs3], attachment, compagination[obs3], vincture[obs3], ligation, alligation[obs3]; accouplement[obs3]; marriage &c. (wedlock,) Marriage; infibulation[obs3], inosculation[obs3], symphysis[Anat], anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation; meeting, reunion; assemblage &c. Assemblage.

coition, copulation;sex, sexual congress,sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making.

joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure[obs3], seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch; link &c. Connection [Connecting medium]; miter mortise.

closeness, tightness, &c. adj.; coherence &c. Coherence; combination &c. Combination.

annexationist.

V. join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together[Fr], tack together, fix together, bind up together together; embody, reembody[obs3]; roll into one.

attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast &c. adj.; tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter &c. (restrain) Restraint; lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple[obs3], link, yoke, bracket; marry &c. (wed) Marriage; bridge over, span.

braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase[obs3]; graft, ingraft[obs3], inosculate[obs3]; entwine, intwine[obs3]; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist[obs3], interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up.

be joined &c.; hang together, hold together; cohere &c. Coherence.

Adj. joined &c. v.; joint; conjoint, conjunct; corporate, compact; hand in hand.

firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved [Obs]; inseparable, indissoluble, insecable[obs3], severable.

Adv. jointly &c. adj.; in conjunction with &c. (in addition to) Addition; fast, firmly, &c. adj.; intimately. Phr. tria juncta in uno[Lat].


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 # 44. Disjunction. - N. disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity &c. Discontinuity [Interrupted sequence]; abjunction[obs3]; cataclasm[obs3]; inconnection[obs3]; abstraction, abstractedness; isolation; insularity, insulation; oasis; island; separateness &c. adj.; severalty; disjecta membra[Lat]; dispersion &c. Dispersion, Nonassemblage; apportionment &c. Apportionment.

separation; parting &c. v.; circumcision; detachment, segregation; divorce, sejunction[Obs], seposition[Obs], diduction[obs3], diremption[obs3], discerption[obs3]; elision; caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture; compartition [Obs]; dismemberment, dislocation; luxation[obs3]; severance, disseverance; scission; rescission, abscission; laceration, dilaceration[obs3]; disruption, abruption[obs3]; avulsion[obs3], divulsion[obs3]; section, resection, cleavage; fission; partibility[obs3], separability.


fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision.

dissection anatomy; decomposition &c. Decomposition; cutting instrument &c (sharpness) Sharpness; buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw.

separatist.

V. be disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose.

disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair[obs3]; divorce, part, dispart[obs3], detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate,, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock &c. (fix) Junction, unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free &c. (liberate) Liberation.

sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind[obs3]; circumcise; cut; incide[Obs], incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend &c. rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch[obs3], crunch, craunch[obs3], chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind[Obs], lacerate, scamble[obs3], mangle, gash, hash, slice.

cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize; dislimb[obs3]; take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces; tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb; divellicate[obs3]; skin &c. Divestment; disintegrate, dismember, disbranch[obs3], disband; disperse &c. Dispersion, Nonassemblage; dislocate, disjoint; break up; mince; comminute &c. (pulverize) Pulverulence; apportion &c. Apportionment.

part, part company; separate, leave.

Adj. disjoined &c. v.; discontinuous &c. Discontinuity [Interrupted sequence]; multipartite[obs3], abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated &c. v.; insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free; unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct; adrift; straggling; rift, reft[obs3].

[capable of being cut] scissile[Chem], divisible, discerptible[obs3], partible, separable.

Adv. separately &c. adj.; one by one, severally, apart; adrift, asunder, in twain; in the abstract, abstractedly.


 # 45. [Connecting medium] Connection. - N. vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction &c. Junction; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium[obs3]; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus.

bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser[Obs], hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string &c. (filament) Filament.

fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle[obs3]; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus[obs3], garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro [obs3][U. S.], cinch [U. S.], lariat, legadero[obs3], oxreim[obs3]; suspenders.


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pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo[obs3], pawl; terret[obs3], treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet[obs3], tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast[obs3], padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel[obs3], stake, post.

cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout; viscum[obs3].

shackle, rein &c. (means of restraint) Prison [Means of restraint]; prop &c. (support) Support.

V. bridge over, span; connect &c. Junction; hang &c. Pendency.



 # 46. Coherence. - N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering &c. v.; connection; dependence.

tenacity, toughness; stickiness &c. Semiliquidity; inseparability, inseparableness; bur, remora.

conglomerate, concrete &c. (density) Density.

V. cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round &c. (join) Junction.

stick like a leech, stick like wax; stick close; cling like ivy, cling like a bur; adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt.

glue; agglutinate, conglutinate[obs3]; cement, lute, paste, gum; solder, weld; cake, consolidate &c. (solidify) Density; agglomerate. Adj. cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering &c. v.; tenacious, tough; sticky &c. Semiliquidity.

united, unseparated, unsessile[obs3], inseparable, inextricable, infrangible[obs3]; compact &c. (dense) Density.


 # 47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility] Incoherence. - N. nonadhesion[obs3]; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness &c. adj.; laxity; relaxation; loosening &c. v.; freedom; disjunction &c. Disjunction; rope of sand.

V. make loose &c. adj.; loosen, slacken, relax; unglue &c. Coherence; detach &c. (disjoin) Disjunction.

Adj. nonadhesive, immiscible; incoherent, detached, loose, baggy, slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming; disheveled; segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated &c. Edge, uncombined &c. Combination; noncohesive[obs3].



 # 48. Combination. - N. combination; mixture &c. Mixture [Forming a whole without coherence]; junction &c. Junction; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis[obs3], fusion, blending, absorption, centralization.

alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid[Lat]; resultant, impregnation.

V. combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody[obs3], blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry.

Adj. combined &c. v.; impregnated with, ingrained; imbued inoculated.


 # 49. Decomposition. - N. decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption &c. (uncleanness) Uncleanness; dispersion &c. Dispersion, Nonassemblage; disjunction &c. Disjunction; disintegration.

V. decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze[Chem]; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse &c. Dispersion, Nonassemblage; unravel &c. (unroll) Evolution [Motion in the reverse circle]; crumble into dust.

Adj. decomposed &c. v.; catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative, solvent.


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