Word Meanings - EVOLUTIONIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. One skilled in evolutions. 2. one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. Darwin.
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- SKILLFUL
1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as, - METAPHYSICS
first used by the followers of Aristotle as a name for that part of his writings which came after, or followed, the part which treated of 1. The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with - SKILLED
Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry. - EVOLUTIONIST
1. One skilled in evolutions. 2. one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. Darwin. - SKILLIGALEE
A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army. - EVOLUTIONISM
The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7. - BIOLOGY
The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and - DARWINIAN
Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements. Note: This theory was put forth by Darwin in 1859 in a work entitled "The Origin - DARWINIANISM
Darwinism. - EVOLUTIONARY
Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions. - EVOLUTION
The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute. Hutton. (more info) 1. The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from - SKILLET
A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat. (more info) ecuelle, fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish. Cf. Scuttle - SKILL
skilja to separate, divide, distinguish, Sw. skilja,. skille to separate, skiel reason, right, justice, Sw. skäl reason, Lith. skelli 1. Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. Shak. "As it was skill and right." Chaucer. For great - SKILL-LESS
Wanting skill. Shak. - DOCTRINE
1. Teaching; instruction. He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken. Mark iv. 2. 2. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or - EVOLUTIONAL
Relating to evolution. "Evolutional changes." H. Spenser. - DARWINISM
The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above. Huxley. - EITHER
MHG. iegeweder); a + ge + hwæ whether. See Each, and Whether, and cf. 1. One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one. Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he neither - AMPHIBIOLOGY
A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia. - DEVOLUTION
1. The act of rolling down. The devolution of earth down upon the valleys. Woodward. 2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable - UNSKILLFUL
1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. 2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. Shak. -- - COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY; COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY
marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; as, ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies. Opposite of revolutionary. - REVOLUTIONIZE
To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. J. M. Mason. - REVOLUTION
The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according - REVOLUTIONIST
One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution. Burke. - MICROBIOLOGY
The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. -- Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al , a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist , n. - NEO-DARWINISM
The theory which holds natural selection, as explained by Darwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and animals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters; -- esp. opposed to Neo-Lamarckism. Weismannism is an example - REVOLUTIONARY
Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.