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Definition of Defines
1. define [v] - See also: define
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defines
Literary usage of Defines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"The above examples serve to illustrate the nomenclature of the defines, ...
As all the defines may be looked upon as derivatives of ethylene, propylene may ..."
2. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1882)
"... radiating — Extinction separates and defines groups — MORPHOLOGY, between
members of the same class, between parts of the same individual — EMBRYOLOGY, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A modern commentator defines it thus : " Whig is, I believe, formed from the whey
of milk, after the cheese curd has been separated from it by runnet; ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"... would ha' summation of the ~~. op defines an attempt as -»i» _ particular
criminal thing combined wn.. act which falls short of the thing intended. ..."
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