Mu*nif"i*cate (?), v. t. [L. munificatus, p. p. of munificare to
present with a thing, fr. munificus. See Munificent.] To enrich. [Obs.]
Mu*nif"i*cence (?), n. [Cf. L. munire to fortify.] Means of defense;
fortification. [Obs.] Spenser.
Mu*nif"i*cence, n. [L. munificentia: cf. F. munificence.] The quality
or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary
liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity.
The virtues of liberality and munificence.
Addison.
Syn. -- Benevolence; beneficence; liberality; generosity; bounty;
bounteousness. See Benevolence.
Mu*nif"i*cent (?), a. [L. munificus; munus service, gift + -ficare (in
comp.) to make. Cf. Immunity, -fy.] Very liberal in giving or
bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. -- Mu*nif"i*cent*ly,
adv.
Syn. -- Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.
Mu"ni*fy (?), v. t. & i. [See Munificate.] To prepare for defense; to
fortify. [Obs.]
Mu"ni*ment (?), n. [L. munimentum, fr. munire to fortify. See
Munition.] 1. The act of supporting or defending. [Obs.]
2. That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of
defense; munition; assistance. "Other muniments and petty helps." Shak.
3. (Law) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled
to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. Blount.
Muniment house or room, that room in a cathedral, castle, or other
public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters,
seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt.
Mu*nite" (?), v. t. [L. munitus, p. p. of munire to wall, fortify.] To
fortify; to strengthen. [Obs.]
Mu*ni"tion (?), n. [F., munition of war, L. munitio a fortifying,
fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with a wall; cf. moenia
walls, murus (for moirus) a wall, and Skr. mi to fix, make firm. Cf.
Ammunition.] 1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.]
His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks.
Is. xxxiii. 16.
2. Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an
enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all
kinds.
The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the
sinews of war.
Sir W. Raleigh.
Mu"ni*ty (?), n. [See Immunity.] Freedom; security; immunity. [Obs.] W.
Montagu.
Mun*jeet" (?), n. [Hind. majh a drug used for dyeing red.] See Indian
madder, under Madder.
Mun"jis*tin (?), n. (Chem.) An orange-red coloring substance resembling
alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia
munjista).
Mun"nion (?), n. See Mullion.
{ Mun"tin (?), Mun"ting (?), } n. [CF. Montant.] (Arch.) Same as
Mullion; -- especially used in joiner's work.
Munt"jac (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small Asiatic
deer of the genus Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India
and on the East Indian Islands. [Written also muntjak.]
Muntz" met`al (?). See under Metal.
||Mu*ræ"na (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large eels of
||the family Murænidæ. They differ from the common eel in lacking
||pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The
||murry (Muræna Helenæ) of Southern Europe was the muræna of the
||Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.
{ Mu*ræ"noid, Mu*re"noid } (?), a. [NL. Muræna, the generic name +
-oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Muræna, or family
Murænidæ.
Mu"rage (?), n. [F., fr. murer to wall, fr. mur wall, L. murus. See
Mure a wall.] A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of
a fortified town.
Mu"ral (?), a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See Mure a wall.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or
against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. "Mural breach." Milton. "Mural
fruit." Evelyn.