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<hw>Big"am</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bigamus</ets> twice married: cf. F. <ets>bigame</ets>. See <er>Bigamy.</er>]</ety> <def>A bigamist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bigamist</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"a*mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Digamist</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is guilty of bigamy.</def>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Bigamous</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"a*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; <as>as, a <ex>bigamous</ex> marriage</as>.</def>

<h1>Bigamy</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"a*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bigamie</ets>, fr. L. <ets>bigamus</ets> twice married; <ets>bis</ets> twice + Gr. <ets><?/</ets> marriage; prob. akin to Skt. <ets>j\'bemis</ets> related, and L. <ets>gemini</ets> twins, the root meaning to <ets>bind</ets>, <ets>join</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bigamie</ets>. Cf. <er>Digamy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<note>&hand; It is not strictly correct to call this offense <i>bigamy</i>: it more properly denominated <i>polygamy</i>, i. e., having a plurality of wives or husbands at once, and in several statutes in the United States the offense is classed under the head of <i>polygamy</i>.

In the canon law <i>bigamy</i> was the marrying of two virgins successively, or one after the death of the other, or once marrying a widow. This disqualified a man for orders, and for holding ecclesiastical offices. Shakespeare uses the word in the latter sense.

<i>Blackstone.</i> <i>Bouvier.</i>

<blockquote>Base declension and loathed <b>bigamy</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote> </note>

<h1>Bigarreau, Bigaroon</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw><hw>Big`ar*reau"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Big`a*roon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bigarreau</ets>, fr. <ets>bigarr\'82</ets> variegated.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The large white-heart cherry.</def>

<h1>Big-bellied</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"-bel`lied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a great belly; <as>as, a <ex>big-bellied</ex> man or flagon</as>; advanced in pregnancy.</def>

<h1>Bigaminate</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*gam"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>geminate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.</def>

<h1>Bigential</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*gen"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + L. <ets>gens</ets>, <ets>gentis</ets>, tribe.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Including two tribes or races of men.</def>

<h1>Bigeye</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"eye`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish of the genus <spn>Priacanthus</spn>, remarkable for the large size of the eye.</def>

<h1>Bigg</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bigg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Big</er>, <tt>n. & v.</tt></def>

<h1>Biggen</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To make or become big; to enlarge.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Dial.]</mark>

<i>Steele.</i>