CERTIFICATE, s[.e]r-tif'i-k[=a]t, _n._ a written declaration of some fact:
a testimonial of character or definite statement of qualifications.--_v.t._
to give a certificate.--_ns._ CERTIFIC[=A]'TION; CERTIF'ICATORY, a
certificate--also _adj._--_n._ CER'TIFIER, one who certifies.--_v.t._
CER'TIFY, to make known as certain: to inform: to declare in
writing:--_pr.p._ cer'tifying; _pa.p._ cer'tified. [Fr. _certificat_--L.
_certific[=a]re_, _certus_, and _fac[)e]re_, to make.]
CERTIORARI, s[.e]r-shi-o-r[=a]'ri, _n._ the writ by which, since the
abolition of imprisonment for debt and the consequent disuse of the
better-known writ, _habeas corpus_, causes are removed from inferior courts
of record into the High Court of Justice. [Low L., 'be informed
of'--_certior_, comp. of _certus_, certain.]
CERULEAN, se-r[=u]'le-an, _adj._ sky-blue: dark-blue; sea-green.--_adj._
CER[=U]'LEOUS. [L. _cæruleus_.]
CERULEIN, s[.e]r-[=u]'l[=e]-in, _n._ a coal-tar colour chiefly used in
dyeing cotton fabrics, producing fast olive-green shades.
CERUMEN, se-r[=u]'men, _n._ the yellow waxy matter secreted in the
ear.--_adj._ CER[=U]'MINOUS. [L. _cera_, wax.]
CERUSE, s[=e]'r[=oo]s, or ser-[=u]s', _n._ white-lead, the native carbonate
of lead.--_n._ C[=E]'RUSITE. [Fr.,--L. _cerussa_, conn. with _cera_, wax.]
CERVICAL, s[.e]r'vi-kal, _adj._ belonging to the neck. [Fr.,--L. _cervix_,
_cervicis_, the neck.]
CERVINE, s[.e]r'v[=i]n, _adj._ relating to deer. [L. _cervinus_, _cervus_,
a stag.]
CESAREAN. See CÆSAREAN.
CESAREVITCH. See CZAR.
CESPITOSE, ses'pi-t[=o]s, _adj._ turfy: growing in tufts.--Also CES'PITOUS.
[L. _cespes_, _cespitis_, turf.]
CESS, ses, _n._ a tax, a local rate.--_v.t._ to impose a tax.--OUT OF ALL
CESSE (_Shak._), excessively, immoderately. [Shortened from ASSESS.]
CESSATION, ses-[=a]'shun, _n._ a ceasing or stopping: a rest: a pause.
[Fr.,--L. _cessation-em_. See CEASE.]
CESSE, ses, _v.i._ (_Spens._). Same as CEASE.
CESSION, sesh'un, _n._ a yielding up.--_n._ CES'SIONARY, one to whom an
assignment has been legally made.--CESSIO BON[=O]RUM (_Scots law_), before
1880 a debtor's surrender of his estate to his creditors in return for a
judicial protection from imprisonment in respect of his debts. [Fr.--L.
_cession-em_. See CEDE.]
CESSPOOL, ses'p[=oo]l, _n._ a pool or hollow in which filthy water
collects. [Acc. to Skeat, from Celt. _soss-pool_, a pool into which foul
messes flow. Cf. Scot. _soss_, a mixed dirty mess.]
CESTOID, ses'toid, _n._ one of a family of flat worms of internal parasitic
habit, having a long strap-like body divided into numerous segments: a
tapeworm.--Also CESTOID'EAN. [L. _cestus_, Gr. _kestos_, a girdle, a strap,
and _eidos_, form.]
CESTRACION, ses-tr[=a]'si-on, _n._ a generic name for the hammer-headed
sharks. [Formed from Gr. _kestra_, a weapon.]
CESTUI, sest'w[=e], _n._ any person who--in such phrases as CESTUI QUE
TRUST, a person entitled to the benefit of a trust, a beneficiary in Scots
law phraseology. [O. Fr.]
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CESTUS, ses'tus, _n._ the girdle of Venus, which had power to awaken love:
an ancient boxing-glove loaded with lead or iron. [L.--Gr. _kestos_, a
girdle.]
CESURA. See CÆSURA.
CESURE, s[=e]'z[=u]r, _n._ a breaking off: (_Spens._) a cæsura.
CETACEA, se-t[=a]'shi-a, _n.pl._ an order of mammals of aquatic habit and
fish-like form, including the Toothed whales, or _Odontoceti_, and the
Baleen whales, or _Mystacoceti_. To the former belong the Sperm whales, the
Bottlenose, the genus Platanista and its allies, and the great family of
Dolphins; to the latter, the Right Whale (_Balæna_), the Humpbacks, and the
Rorquals.--_n._ CET[=A]'CEAN.--_adj._ CET[=A]'CEOUS.--_n._ CETOL'OGY, that
part of zoology which treats of whales. [L.,--Gr. _k[=e]tos_, any
sea-monster.]
CETEOSAURUS, set-e-o-saw'rus, _n._ a large dinosaurian reptile belonging to
the Jurassic system. [Gr. _k[=e]tos_, whale, _sauros_, lizard.]
CEVADILLA, sev-a-dil'a, _n._ the dark acrid seeds of a Mexican bulbous
plant of the lily family, yielding veratrin, formerly used as an
anthelmintic: the plant itself.--Also CEBADILL'A. [Sp.,--L. _cib[=a]re_, to
feed, _cibus_, food.]
CEYLONESE, s[=e]-lon-[=e]z', _adj._ of or belonging to _Ceylon_.--_n._ a
native of Ceylon.
CHABLIS, shab'l[=e], _n._ a celebrated white Burgundy wine made at
_Chablis_, near Auxerre, in France.