Chapter 892

Le*ga"to (?) , a. [It., tied, joined, fr. legare to tie, bind, L. ligare .] (Mus.) Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie , thus <?/, <?/, or <?/, <?/ written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato .

Legator <Xpage=841>

Leg`a*tor" (?) , n. [L., fr. legare : cf. OF. legateur . See Legacy .] (Law) A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.

Dryden.

Legatura <Xpage=841>

Le`ga*tu"ra (?) , n. [It. See Ligature .] (Mus.) A tie or brace; a syncopation.

Legature <Xpage=841>

Leg"a*ture (?) , n. Legateship. [Obs.]

Lege <Xpage=841>

Lege (?) , v. t. [Abbrev. fr. allege to assert.] To allege; to assert. [Obs.]

Bp. Fisher.

Legement <Xpage=841>

Lege"ment (?) , n. See Ledgment .

Legend <Xpage=841>

Leg"end (?) , n. [OE. legende , OF. legende , F. l\'82gende , LL. legenda , fr. L. legendus to be read, fr. legere to read, gather; akin to Gr. <?/ to gather, speak. Cf. Collect , Dialogue , Lesson , Logic .]

1. That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.

2. A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature.

Addison.

3. Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable.

And in this legend all that glorious deed. Read, whilst you arm you. Fairfax.

4. An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.

Golden legend . See under Golden .

Legend <Xpage=841>

Leg"end , v. t. To tell or narrate, as a legend.

Bp. Hall.

Legendary <Xpage=841>

Leg"end*a*ry (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous. " Legendary writers."

Bp. Lloyd.

Legendary stories of nurses and old women. Bourne.

Legendary <Xpage=841>

Leg"end*a*ry , n. [Cf. OF. legendaire , LL. legendarius .] 1. A book of legends; a tale or parrative.

Read the Countess of Pembroke's "Arcadia," a gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents. James I.

2. One who relates legends.

Bp. Lavington.

Leger <Xpage=841>

Leg"er (?) , n. [See Ledger .] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.]

2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also lieger , leiger .] [Obs.]

Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. Fuller.

3. A ledger.

Leger <Xpage=841>

Leg"er , a. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador .

Leger <Xpage=841>

Leg"er , a. [F. l\'82ger , fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius , fr. L. levis light in weight. See Levity .] Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special phrases.]

Bacon.

Leger line (Mus.) , a line added above or below the staff to extend its compass; -- called also added line .

Legerdemain <Xpage=841>

Leg`er*de*main" (?) , n. [F. l\'82ger light, nimble + de of + main hand, L. manus . See 3d Leger , and Manual .] Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.

He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Spenser.

The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls. South.

Legerdemainits <Xpage=841>

Leg`er*de*main"its , n. One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.

Legerity <Xpage=841>

Le*ger"i*ty (?) , n. [F. l\'82g\'8aret\'82 . See 3d Leger .] Lightness; nimbleness [Archaic]

Shak.

Legge <Xpage=841>

Legge (?) , v. t. [See Lay , v. t. ] To lay. [Obs.]

Legge <Xpage=841>

Legge , v. t. [Abbrev. fr. alegge .] To lighten; to allay. [Obs.]

Rom. of R.

Legged <Xpage=841>

Legged (?) , a. [From Leg .] Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a long -legged man; a two -legged animal.

Leggiadro, Leggiero <Xpage=841>

Leg`gi*a"dro (?) , Leg`gi*e"ro (?) , a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brick style.

Legging, Legging <Xpage=841>

Leg"ging (?) , Leg"ging , n. [From Leg .] A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter.

Legging <Xpage=841>

Leg"ging , a. & vb. n. , from Leg , v. t.

Leghorn <Xpage=841>

Leg"horn (?) , n. A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.

Legibility <Xpage=841>

Leg`i*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being legible; legibleness.

Sir. D. Brewster.

Legible <Xpage=841>

Leg"i*ble (?) , a. [L. legibilis , fr. legere to read: cf. OF. legible . See Legend .] 1. Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript .

The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, Nothing is legible but the name alone. Longfellow.

2. Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; as, the thoughts of men are often legible in their countenances .

Legibleness <Xpage=841>

Leg"i*ble*ness , n. The state or quality of being legible.

Legibly <Xpage=841>

Leg"i*bly , adv. In a legible manner.

Legific <Xpage=841>

Le*gif"ic (?) , a. [L. lex , legis , law + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy .] Of or pertaining to making laws.

Practically, in many cases, authority or legific competence has begun in bare power. J. Grote.

Legion <Xpage=841>

Le"gion (?) , n. [OE. legioun , OF. legion , F. l\'82gion , fr. L. legio , fr. legere to gather, collect. See Legend .] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.

2. A military force; an army; military bands.

3. A great number; a multitude.

Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach. Rogers.

4. (Taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class.

Legion of honor , an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military.

Legionary <Xpage=841>

Le"gion*a*ry (?) , a. [L. legionarius : cf. F. l\'82gionnaire .] Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary force. "The legionary body of error."

Sir T. Browne.

Legionary <Xpage=841>

Le"gion*a*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Legionaries (<?/) . A member of a legion.

Milton.

Legioned <Xpage=841>

Le"gioned (?) , a. Formed into a legion or legions; legionary.

Shelley.

Legionry <Xpage=841>

Le"gion*ry (?) , n. A body of legions; legions, collectively. [R.]

Pollok.

Legislate <Xpage=841>

Leg"is*late (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Legislated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Legislating (?) .] [See Legislator .] To make or enact a law or laws.

Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them. Bp. Watson (1805).

Legislation <Xpage=841>

Leg`is*la"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. l\'82gislation , L. legis latio . See Legislator .] The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.

Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy. Lyttelton.

Legislative <Xpage=841>

Leg"is*la*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. l\'82gislatij .]

1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive ; as, a legislative act; a legislative body .

The supreme legislative power of England was lodged in the king and great council, or what was afterwards called the Parliament. Hume.

2. Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style.

Legislatively <Xpage=841>

Leg"is*la*tive*ly , adv. In a legislative manner.

Legislator <Xpage=841>

Leg"is*la`tor (?) , n. [L. legis lator , prop., a proposer of a law; lex , legis , law + lator a proposer, bearer, fr. latus , used as p. p. of ferre to bear: cf. F. l\'82gislateur . See Legal , and Tolerate .] A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.

The legislators in ancient and heroical times. Bacon.

Many of the legislators themselves had taken an oath of abjuration of his Majesty's person and family. E. Phillips.

Legislatorial <Xpage=841>

Leg`is*la*to"ri*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.

Legislatorship <Xpage=841>

Leg"is*la`tor*ship (?) , n. The office of a legislator.

Halifax.

Legislatress, Legislatrix <Xpage=841>

Leg"is*la`tress (?) , Leg"is*la`trix (?) , n. A woman who makes laws.

Shaftesbury.

Legislature <Xpage=841>

Leg"is*la`ture (?) , n. [Cf. F. l\'82gislature .] The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.

Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the legislature , no law is, or can be, made. Sir M. Hale.

&hand; The legislature of Great Britain consists of the Lords and Commons, with the king or queen, whose sanction is necessary to every bill before it becomes a law. The legislatures of most of the United States consist of two houses or branches; but the sanction or consent of the governor is required to give their acts the force of law, or a concurrence of two thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and assigned his objections.

Legist <Xpage=841>

Le"gist (?) , n. [F. l\'82giste , LL. legista , fr. L. lex , legis , law. See Legal .] One skilled in the laws; a writer on law.

Milman. J. Morley.

Legitim <Xpage=841>

Le*git"im (?) , n. [See Legitimate , a. ] (Scots Law) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

Legitimacy <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*ma*cy (?) , n. [See Legitimate , a. ] The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.

The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of Legitimacy . Macaulay.

Legitimate <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*mate (?) , a. [LL. legitimatus , p. p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate. See Legal .] 1. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.

2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.

4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.

Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.

5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

Legitimate <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*mate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Legitimated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Legitimating (?) .] To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child .

To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to approve, even to legitimate vice. Milton.

Legitimately <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*mate*ly (?) , adv. In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.

Legitimateness <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*mate*ness , n. The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.

Legitimation <Xpage=841>

Le*git`i*ma"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. l\'82gitimation .]

1. The act of making legitimate.

The coining or legitimation of money. East.

2. Lawful birth. [R.]

Shak.

Legitimatist <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*ma*tist (?) , n. See Legitimist .

Legitimatize <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*ma*tize (?) , v. t. To legitimate.

Legitimism <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*mism (?) , n. The principles or plans of legitimists.

Legitimist <Xpage=841>

Le*git"i*mist (?) , n. [Cf. F. l\'82gitimiste .] 1. One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right.

2. Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.

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Legitimize <Xpage=842>

Le*git"i*mize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Legitimized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Legitimizing .] To legitimate.

Legless <Xpage=842>

Leg"less (?) , a. Not having a leg.

Lego-literary <Xpage=842>

Le"go-lit"er*a*ry (?) , a. [See Legal , and Literary .] Pertaining to the literature of law.

Leguleian <Xpage=842>

Le`gu*le"ian (?) , a. [L. leguleius pettifogger, fr. lex , legis , law.] Lawyerlike; legal. [R.] " Leguleian barbarism." De Quincey . -- n. A lawyer.

Legume <Xpage=842>

Leg"ume (?) , n. [F. l\'82gume , L. legumen , fr. legere to gather. So called because they may be gathered without cutting. See Legend .] 1. (Bot.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

&hand; In the latter circumstance, it differs from a siliqua , in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In popular use, a legume is called a pod , or cod ; as, pea pod , or peas cod .

2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.

Legumen <Xpage=842>

Le*gu"men (?) , n. ; pl> L. Legumina (#) , E. Legumens (#) . [L.] Same as Legume .

Legumin <Xpage=842>

Le*gu"min (?) , n. [Cf. F. l\'82gumine .] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants.

Leguminous <Xpage=842>

Le*gu"mi*nous (?) , a. [Cf. F. l\'82gumineux .]

1. Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.

2. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants ( Leguminos\'91 ), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.

Leiger <Xpage=842>

Lei"ger (?) , n. [See Leger , and Ledger .] See Leger , n. , 2. [Obs.]

Shak.

Leiotrichan <Xpage=842>

Lei*ot"ri*chan (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi. -- n. One of the Leiotrichi.

Leiotrichi <Xpage=842>

Lei*ot"ri*chi (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ smooth + <?/, <?/, hair.] (Anthropol.) The division of mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races.

Leiotrichous <Xpage=842>

Lei*ot"ri*chous (?) , a. [See Leiotrichi .] (Anthropol.) Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair.

Leipoa <Xpage=842>

Lei*po"a (?) , n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species ( Leipoa ocellata ), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, drown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant .

&hand; It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass.

Leipothymic <Xpage=842>

Lei`po*thym"ic (?) , a. See Lipothymic .

Leister, Lister <Xpage=842>

Leis"ter , Lis"ter (?) , n. A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [Scotland]

Leisurable <Xpage=842>

Lei"sur*a*ble (?) , a. [See Leisure .]

1. Leisurely. [Obs.]

Hooker.

2. Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours . [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Leisurably <Xpage=842>

Lei"sur*a*bly , adv. At leisure. [Obs.]

Leisure <Xpage=842>

Lei"sure (?) n. [OE. leisere , leiser , OF. leisir , F. loisir , orig., permission, fr. L. licere to be permitted. See License .] 1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.

The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care. Sir W. Temple.

2. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

He sighed, and had no leisure more to say. Dryden.

At leisure . (a) Free from occupation; not busy . (b) In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.

Leisure <Xpage=842>

Lei"sure , a. Unemployed; as, leisure hours .

Leisured <Xpage=842>

Lei"sured (?) , a. Having leisure. "The leisured classes."

Gladstone.

Leisurely <Xpage=842>