Armed neutrality, the condition of a neutral power, in time of war,
which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression of either
belligerent.
Neu`tral*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. neutralisation.] 1. The act or
process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.
2. (Chem.) The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined
in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See
Neutral, a., 4.
Neu"tral*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neutralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Neutralizing (?).] [Cf. F. neutraliser.] 1. To render neutral; to
reduce to a state of neutrality.
So here I am neutralized again.
Sir W. Scott.
2. (Chem.) To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of,
as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an
acid with a base.
3. To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to
reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; as,
to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition,
etc.
Counter citations that neutralize each other.
E. Everett.
Neu"tral*i`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which
destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a
body.
Neu"tral*ly, adv. In a neutral manner; without taking part with either
side; indifferently.
||Neu`vaines" (?), n. pl. [F. neuvaine, fr. LL. novena, fr. L. novem.
||See Noon.] (R.C.Ch.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.
Ne*va"dite (?), n. (Min.) A granitoid variety of rhyolite, common in
Nevada.
||Né`vé" (?), n. [F., fr. &?; nix, nivis, snow.] (Geol.) The upper part
||of a glacier, above the limit of perpetual snow. See Glacier.
Nev"en (?), v. t. [Icel. nefna. √ 267.] To name; to mention; to
utter. [Obs.]
As oft I heard my lord them neven.
Chaucer.
Nev"er (?), adv. [AS. n&?;fre; ne not, no + &?;fre ever.] 1. Not ever;
not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future. Shak.
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
Pope.