Chapter 1115

Path <Xpage=1051>

Path , v. i. To walk or go. [R.]

Shak.

Pathematic <Xpage=1051>

Path`e*mat"ic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ a suffering, <?/, to suffer.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. [R.]

Chalmers.

Pathetic <Xpage=1051>

Pa*thet"ic (?) , a. [L. patheticus , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, <?/, to suffer: cf. F. path\'82tique . See Pathos .] 1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obs.]

2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story . " Pathetic action."

Macaulay.

No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic . E. Porter.

Pathetic muscle (Anat.) , the superior oblique muscle of the eye. -- Pathetic nerve (Anat.) , the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. -- The pathetic , a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.

Pathetical <Xpage=1051>

Pa*thet"ic*al (?) , a. Pathetic. [R.] -- Pa*thet"ic*al*ly , adv. -- Pa*thet"ic*al*ness , n.

Pathetism <Xpage=1051>

Path"e*tism (?) , n. [Cf. F. path\'82tisme .] See Mesmerism .

L. Sunderland.

Pathfinder <Xpage=1051>

Path"find`er (?) , n. One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.

The cow is the true pathfinder and pathmaker. J. Burroughs.

Pathic <Xpage=1051>

Path"ic (?) , n. [L. pathicus , Gr. <?/, passive, fr. <?/, <?/, to suffer] A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite. [R.]

B. Jonson.

Pathic <Xpage=1051>

Path"ic , a. [Gr. <?/.] Passive; suffering.

Pathless <Xpage=1051>

Path"less (?) , a. Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods .

Trough the heavens' wide, pathless way. Milton.

Pathmaker <Xpage=1051>

Path"mak`er (?) , n. One who, or that which, makes a way or path.

Pathogene <Xpage=1051>

Path"o*gene (?) , n. [See Pathogenic .] (Biol.) One of a class of virulent micro\'94rganisms or bacteria found in the tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be the cause of the disease; a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium; -- opposed to zymogene .

Pathogenesis <Xpage=1051>

Path`o*gen"e*sis (?) , n. (Med.) Pathogeny.

Pathogenetic <Xpage=1051>

Path`o*ge*net"ic (?) , a. (Med.) Pathogenic.

Pathogenic <Xpage=1051>

Path`o*gen"ic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ disease + the root of <?/ birth.] (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.

Pathogeny <Xpage=1051>

Pa*thog"e*ny (?) , n. (Med.) (a) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled . (b) That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease.

Pathognomonic <Xpage=1051>

Pa*thog`no*mon"ic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ skilled in judging of diseases; <?/ a disease + <?/ skilled: cf. F. pathognomonique . See Gnomic .] (Med.) Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom .

The true pathognomonic sign of love jealousy. Arbuthnot.

Pathognomy <Xpage=1051>

Pa*thog"no*my (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ passion + <?/ a judgment, fr. <?/, <?/, to know.] Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.

Pathologic, Pathological <Xpage=1051>

Path`o*log"ic (?) , Path`o*log"ic*al (?) , a. [Gr. <?/: cf. F. pathologique .] Of or pertaining to pathology. -- Path`o*log"ic*al*ly , adv. <-- caused by disease -->

Pathologist <Xpage=1051>

Pa*thol"o*gist (?) , n. [Cf. F. pathologiste .] One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases .

Pathology <Xpage=1051>

Pa*thol"o*gy (?) , n. ; pl. Pathologies (#) . [Gr. <?/ a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F. pathologie .] (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.

&hand; Pathology is general or special , according as it treats of disease or morbid processes in general, or of particular diseases; it is also subdivided into internal and external , or medical and surgical pathology. Its departments are nosology , \'91tiology , morbid anatomy , symptomatology , and therapeutics , which treat respectively of the classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms, and cure of diseases.

Celluar pathology , a theory that gives prominence to the vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function of the body.

Virchow.

Pathop\'d2la <Xpage=1051>

Path`o*p\'d2"la (?) , n. ; pl. -ias (#) . [NL., from Gr. <?/; <?/ passion + <?/ to make.] (Rhet.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion.

Smart.

Pathos <Xpage=1051>

Pa"thos (?) , n. [L., from Gr. <?/ a suffering, passion, fr. <?/, <?/, to suffer; cf. <?/ toil, L. pati to suffer, E. patient .] That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry .

The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T. Warton.

Pathway <Xpage=1051>

Path"way (?) n. A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.

Shak.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof is no death. Prov. xii. 28.

We tread the pathway arm in arm. Sir W. Scott.

Patible <Xpage=1051>

Pat"i*ble (?) , a. [L. patibilis , fr. pati to suffer.] Sufferable; tolerable; endurable. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Patibulary <Xpage=1051>

Pa*tib"u*la*ry (?) , a. [L. patibulum a gallows: cf. F. patibulaire .] Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution. [R.]

Carlyle.

Patibulated <Xpage=1051>

Pa*tib"u*la`ted , a. Hanged on a gallows. [R.]

Patience <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tience (?) , n. [F. patience , fr. L. patientia . See Patient .] 1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.

Strenthened with all might, . . . unto all patience and long-suffering. Col. i. 11.

I must have patience to endure the load. Shak.

Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle, patience from his cross. Keble.

2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 29.

3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

He learned with patience , and with meekness taught. Harte.

4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.]

Hooker.

They stay upon your patience . Shak.

5. (Bot.) A kind of dock ( Rumex Patientia ), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.

Syn. -- Patience , Resignation . Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.; resignation implies submission to the will of another. The Stoic may have patience ; the Christian should have both patience and resignation .

Patient <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tient (?) , a. [F., fr. L. patiens , -entis , p.pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos , Passion .] 1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell.

2. Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.

3. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor .

Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. Sir I. Newton.

4. Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.

Not patient to expect the turns of fate. Prior.

5. Forbearing; long-suffering.

Be patient toward all men. 1 Thess. v. 14.

Patient <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tient , n. 1. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient . Gov. of Tongue.

2. A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse .

Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever. Sir P. Sidney.

In patient , a patient who receives lodging and food, as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary. -- Out patient , one who receives advice and medicine, or treatment, from an infirmary.

Patient <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tient , v. t. To compose, to calm. [Obs.] " Patient yourself, madam."

Shak.

Patiently <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tient*ly , adv. In a patient manner.

Cowper.

Patin, Patine <Xpage=1051>

Pat"in (?) , Pat"ine , n. A plate. See Paten . "Inlaid with patines of bright gold."

Shak.

Patina <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ina (?) , n. [It., fr. L. patina a dish, a pan, a kind of cake. Cf. Paten .] 1. A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.

2. (Fine Arts) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.

Fairholt.

Patio <Xpage=1051>

Pa"ti*o (?) , n. [Sp., a court] (Metal) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation.

&hand; The patioprocess is used to reduce silver ores by amalgamation.

Patly <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ly (?) , adv. Fitly; seasonably.

Barrow.

Patness <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ness , n. Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience.

The description with equal patness may suit both. Barrow.

Patois <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tois" (?) , n. [F.] A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

The jargon and patois of several provinces. Sir T. Browne.

Patonce <Xpage=1051>

Pa*tonce" (?) , a. [Cf. F. patte d'once paw of an ounce.] (Her.) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust . 9 of Cross .

Patrial <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*al (?) , a. [L. patria fatherland, country, fr. pater father.] (Lat. Gram.) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun. -- n. A patrial noun. Thus Romanus , a Roman, and Troas , a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials .

Andrews.

Patriarch <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*arch (?) , n. [F. patriarche , L. patriarcha , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ lineage, especially on the father's side, race; <?/ father + <?/ a leader, chief, fr. <?/ to lead, rule. See Father , Archaic .] 1. The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.

2. (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch .

3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.

The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow.

The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees. Dryde.

Patriarchal <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tri*ar"chal (?) , a. [Cf. F. patriarcal .] 1. Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.

2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

About whose patriarchal knee Late the little children clung. Tennyson.

3. (Ethnol.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.

Patriarchal cross (Her.) , a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. See Illust . (2) of Cross . -- Patriarchal dispensation , the divine dispensation under which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses.

Patriarchate <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tri*ar"chate (?) , n. [Cf. F. patriarcat .] 1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.

Jer. Taylor.

2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.

3. (Ethnol.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal , a. , 3.

Patriarchdom <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*arch*dom (?) , n. The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate. [R.]

Patriarchic <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tri*ar"chic (?) , a. [L. patriarchicus , Gr. <?/.] Patriarchal.

Patriarchism <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*arch*ism (?) , n. Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.

Patriarchship <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*arch*ship , n. A patriarchate.

Ayliffe.

Patriarchy <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*arch`y (?) , n. [Gr. <?/.] 1. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

Brerewood.

2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.

Patrician <Xpage=1051>

Pa*tri"cian (?) , a. [L. patricius , fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater : cf. F. patricien . See Paternal .] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.

Born in the patrician file of society. Sir W. Scott.

His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood. Addison.

Patrician <Xpage=1051>

Pa*tri"cian , n. [L. patricius : cf. F. patricien .] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus , or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility.

2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.

3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [R.]

Colridge.

Patricianism <Xpage=1051>

Pa*tri"cian*ism (?) , n. The rank or character of patricians.

Patriciate <Xpage=1051>

Pa*tri"ci*ate (?) , n. The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch.

Milman.

Patricidal <Xpage=1051>

Pat*ri"ci`dal (?) , a. Of or pertaining to patricide; parricidal.

Patricide <Xpage=1051>

Pat*ri"cide (?) , n. [L. pater father + caedere to kill. Cf. Parricide .] 1. The murderer of his father.

2. The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide .

Patrimonial <Xpage=1051>

Pat`ri*mo"ni*al (?) , a. [L. patrimonialis : cf. F. patrimonial .] Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate .

Patrimonially <Xpage=1051>

Pat`ri*mo"ni*al*ly , adv. By inheritance.

Patrimony <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ri*mo*ny (?) , n. ; pl. Patrimonies (#) . [L. patrimonium , fr. pater father: cf. F. patrimoine . See Paternal .] 1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his patrimony ."

Shak.

2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment.

Shipley.

Patriot <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*ot (?) , n. [F. patriote ; cf. Sp. patriota , It. patriotto ; all fr. Gr. <?/ a fellow-countryman, fr. <?/ established by forefathers, fr. <?/ father. See Father .] One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests.

Bp. Hall.

Such tears as patriots shaed for dying laws. Pope.

Patriot <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*ot , a. Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.

Patriotic <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tri*ot"ic (?) , a. [Cf. F. patriotique , Gr. <?/ belonging to a fellow-countryman.] Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance .

Patriotical <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tri*ot"ic*al (?) , a. Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot. -- Pa`tri*ot"ic*al*ly , adv.

Patriotism <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*ot*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. patriotisme .] Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

Berkley.

Patripassian <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tri*pas"sian (?) , n. [LL. Patripassiani , pl.; L. pater father + pati , passus , to suffer: cf. F. patripassiens .] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent pre\'89xistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. -- Pa`tri*pas"sian*ism (#) , n.

Patrist <Xpage=1051>

Pa"trist (?) , n. One versed in patristics.

Patristic, Patristical <Xpage=1051>

Pa*tris"tic (?) , Pa*tris"tic*al (?) , a. [F. patristique . See Paternal .] Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.

The voluminous editor of Jerome anf of tons of patristic theology. I. Taylor.

Patristics <Xpage=1051>