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The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.
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A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name.
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To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.
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The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called " physical basis of life;" the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc.
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Alt. of Basisphenoidal
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A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
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A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose.
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The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.
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The basisphenoid bone.
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Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
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A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
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The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.
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That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
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A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
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Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow.
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To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
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A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc.
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That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.
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Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
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Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
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