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Definition of Ovist
1. n. Same as Ovulist.
2. n. A believer in ovism.
Definition of Ovist
1. Noun. (historical) One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm. ¹
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Definition of Ovist
1. a believer that the ovum has the germ of all future generations [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ovist
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovist
Literary usage of Ovist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature's Enigma: The Problem of the Polyp in the Letters of Bonnet, Trembley by Virginia P. Dawson (1987)
"Though an ovist, Malpighi had never claimed to have observed ... his claims gave
impetus to the developing ovist position.i3 Eggs of the viviparous mammal ..."
2. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California by Bancroft-Whitney Company, California Supreme Court, California, Supreme Court (1906)
"... and it is not competent for the society to deprive him of that right, as it
is against the policy of the law to ovist the courts of their jurisdiction. ..."
3. The New Map of Asia (1900-1919) by Herbert Adams Gibbons (1919)
"... the Bahrein Islands; Koweit; the southern ovist of Persia; Afghanistan and
Baluchistan; the penin- sula of India: the Laccadive and the Maldive Islands; ..."
4. The Popular Works of Johann Gottlieb Fichte by Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1889)
"... and that all things great and good which nnu- ovist in flip world, are the
products of this Life. Or should he say,— 'Even if this has been so, ..."
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