Neurospast Neu"ro·spast noun [ Latin neurospaston , Greek ..., from ... drawn by strings.] A puppet. [ R.] Dr. H. More.

Neurotic Neu·rot"ic adjective [ Greek ... nerve.] 1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease. 2. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

Neurotic Neu·rot"ic noun 1. A disease seated in the nerves. 2. (Medicine) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. » Neurotic as a class include all those poisons whose mains action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided three orders: ( a ) Cerebral neurotics , or those which affect the brain only. ( b ) Spinal neurotics , or tetanics , those which affect the spinal cord. ( c ) Cerebro-spinal neurotics , or those which affect both brain and spinal cord.

Neurotome Neu"ro·tome noun [ See Neurotomy .] 1. An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves. 2. (Anat.) A neuromere.

Neurotomical Neu`ro·tom"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to neurotomy.

Neurotomist Neu·rot"o·mist noun One who skilled in or practices neurotomy.

Neurotomy Neu·rot"o·my noun [ Neuro- + Greek ... to cut.] 1. The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system. 2. (Medicine) The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes. Dunglison.

Neurula Neu"ru·la noun [ New Latin , dim. of Greek ... a nerve.] (Zoology) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

Neuter Neu"ter adjective [ Latin , from ne not + uter whether; akin to English whether . See No , and Whether , and confer Neither .] 1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [ Archaic]

In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter .

South. 2. (Gram.) (a) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender. (b) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb. 3. (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter , noun , 3.

Neuter Neu"ter noun 1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.

The world's no neuter ; it will wound or save.

Young. 2. (Gram.) (a) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. (b) An intransitive verb. 3. (Biol.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers .

Neutral Neu"tral adjective [ Latin neutralis , from neuter . See Neuter .] 1. Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

The heart can not possibly remain neutral , but constantly takes part one way or the other.

Shaftesbury. 2. Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.

Some things good, and some things ill, do seem,
And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.

Sir J. Davies. 3. (Biol.) Neuter. See Neuter , adjective , 3. 4. (Chemistry) Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid , and alkaline . Neutral axis , Neutral surface (Mech.) , that line or plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the fibers are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the longitudinal stress is zero. See Axis . -- Neutral equilibrium (Mech.) , the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to return to its former position not depart more widely from it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane. -- Neutral salt (Chemistry) , a salt formed by the complete replacement of the hydrogen in an acid or base; in the former case by a positive or basic, in the latter by a negative or acid, element or radical. -- Neutral tint , a bluish gray pigment, used in water colors, made by mixing indigo or other blue some warm color. the shades vary greatly. - - Neutral vowel , the vowel element having an obscure and indefinite quality, such as is commonly taken by the vowel in many unaccented syllables. It is regarded by some as identical with the ŭ in up , and is called also the natural vowel , as unformed by art and effort. See Guide to Pronunciation , § 17.

Neutral Neu"tral noun A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.

The neutral , as far as commerce extends, becomes a party in the war.

R. G. Harper.

Neutralist Neu"tral·ist noun A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality. Milman.

Neutrality Neu·tral"i·ty noun [ Confer French neutralité .] 1. The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference.

Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects.

Addison. 2. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad. [ Obsolete] Donne. 3. (Chemistry) The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral , adjective , 4. 4. (International Law) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers. 5. Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states. 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.

Neutralization Neu`tral·i·za"tion noun [ Confer French neutralisation .] 1. The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized. 2. (Chemistry) The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See Neutral , adjective , 4.

Neutralize Neu"tral·ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Neutralized ; present participle & verbal noun Neutralizing .] [ Confer French neutraliser .] 1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

So here I am neutralized again.

Sir W. Scott. 2. (Chemistry) 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.

Neutralizer Neu"tral·i`zer noun One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.

Neutrally Neu"tral·ly adverb In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.

Neutrophile, Neutrophil Neu"tro·phile, Neu"tro·phil noun [ Latin neuter + Greek ... loving.] (Physiol.) One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. -- Neu"tro*phil"ic adjective , Neu*troph"i*lous adjective

Neuvaines Neu`vaines" noun plural [ French neuvaine , from Late Latin novena , from Latin novem . See Noon .] (R.C.Ch.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.

Nevadite Ne·va"dite noun (Min.) A granitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada.

Névé Né`vé" noun [ French, from ... nix , nivis , snow.] (Geol.) The upper part of a glacier, above the limit of perpetual snow. See Glacier .

Neven Nev"en transitive verb [ Icelandic nefna . √ 267.] To name; to mention; to utter. [ Obsolete]

As oft I heard my lord them neven .

Chaucer.

Never Nev"er adverb [ Anglo-Saxon 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. 2. In no degree; not in the least; not.

Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the worse.

South.

And he answered him to never a word.

Matt. xxvii. 14. » Never is much used in composition with present participles to form adjectives, as in never -ceasing, never -dying, never -ending, never -fading, never -failing, etc., retaining its usual signification. Never a deal , not a bit. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. -- Never so , as never before; more than at any other time, or in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; -- now often expressed or replaced by ever so .

Ask me never so much dower and gift.

Gen. xxxiv. 12.

A fear of battery, . . . though never so well grounded, is no duress.

Blackstone.

Nevermore Nev"er·more` adverb Never again; at no time hereafter. Testament of Love. Tyndale.

Where springtime of the Hesperides
Begins, but endeth nevermore .

Longfellow.

Neverthelater Nev`er·the·lat"er adverb or conj. Nevertheless. [ Obsolete]

Nevertheless Nev`er·the·less" adverb or conj. [ Never + the (see The by that) + less .] Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.

No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless , afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness.

Hebrew xii. 11. Syn. -- However; at least; yet; still. See However .

Nevew Nev"ew noun Nephew. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

New New adjective [ Compar. Newer ; superl. Newest .] [ Middle English Middle English newe , Anglo-Saxon niwe , neowe ; akin to Dutch nieuw , Old Saxon niwi , Old High German niuwi , German neu , Icelandic n...r , Dan. & Swedish ny , Goth. niujis , Lithuanian naujas , Russian novuii , Ir. nua , nuadh , Gael. nuadh , W. newydd , Armor. nevez , Latin novus , Greek ..., Sanskrit nava , and probably to English now . √263. See Now , and confer Announce , Innovate , Neophyte , Novel .] 1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old , as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer. 2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes. 3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction. 4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.

Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life.

Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new .

Bacon. 5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous. Addison. 6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.

New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace.

Pope. 7. Fresh from anything; newly come.

New from her sickness to that northern air.

Dryden. New birth . See under Birth . -- New Church , or New Jerusalem Church , the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian . -- New heart (Theol.) , a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives. -- New land , land ckeared and cultivated for the first time. -- New light . (Zoology) See Crappie . -- New moon . (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible . (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. 2 Kings iv. 23. -- New Red Sandstone (Geol.) , an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone . -- New style . See Style . -- New testament . See under Testament . -- New world , the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times. Syn. -- Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel .

New New adverb Newly; recently. Chaucer. » New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of newly , recently , to quality other words, as in new -born, new -formed, new -found, new - mown. Of new , anew. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

New New transitive verb & i. To make new; to renew. [ Obsolete]

New Thought New Thought Any form of belief in mental healing other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. AS a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent mental treatment, and the theory that all diseases are mental in origin. As a cult it has its unifying idea the inculcation of workable optimism in contrast with the "old thought" of sin, evil, predestination, and pessimistic resignation. The term is essentially synonymous with the term High Thought , used in England.

New Year's Day New" Year's` Day" the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year .

New Zealand New` Zea"land A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand flax . (a) (Botany) A tall, liliaceous herb ( Phormium tenax ), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like . (b) The fiber itself. -- New Zealand tea (Botany) , a myrtaceous shrub ( Leptospermum scoparium ) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.

New-model New`-mod"el transitive verb To remodel.

New-year New"-year` adjective Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.

Newborn New"born` adjective Recently born. Shak.

Newcome New"come` adjective Recently come.

Newcomer New"com`er noun One who has lately come.

Newel New"el noun [ From New . Confer Novel .] A novelty; a new thing. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Newel New"el noun [ Old French nual , French noyau sone, of fruit, noyau d'escaler newel, from Latin nucalis like a nut, from nux , nucis , nut. Cf Nowel the inner wall of a mold, Nucleus ..] (Architecture) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel , under Hollow .

Newfangle New"fan`gle adjective [ New + fangle .] Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. [ Obsolete]

So newfangel be they of their meat.

Chaucer.

Newfangle New"fan`gle transitive verb To change by introducing novelties. [ Obsolete]

Newfangled New"fan`gled adjective 1. Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. "A newfangled nomenclature." Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions. " Newfangled teachers." 1 Tim. vi. (heading). " Newfangled men." Latimer.

Newfangledness New"fan`gled·ness noun Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.

Newfangleness New"fan`gle·ness noun [ Middle English newefanglenes . See Fangle .] Newfangledness. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Proud newfangleness in their apparel.

Robynson (More's Utopia).

Newfanglist New"fan`glist noun One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change. [ Obsolete] Tooker.

Newfangly New"fan`gly adverb In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty. [ Obsolete] Sir T. More.

Newfashioned New`fash"ioned adjective Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.

Newfoundland New"found·land` noun 1. An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity. 2. A Newfoundland dog. Tennyson. Newfoundland dog (Zoology) , a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.