Part 1612

<i>Watts.</i>

<h1>Capaciosly</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pa"cios*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.</def>

<h1>Capaciousness</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pa"cious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.</def>

<h1>Capacitate</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pac"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Capacitated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Capacitating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To render capable; to enable; to qualify.</def>

<blockquote>By thih instruction we may be <b>capaciated</b> to observe those errors. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Capacity</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Capacities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capacitus</ets>, fr. <ets>capax</ets>, <ets>capacis</ets>; fr. F. <ets>capacit\'82</ets>. See <er>Capacious</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.</def>

<blockquote>Had our great palace the <b>capacity</b> To camp this host, we all would sup together. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>capacity</b> of the exhausted cylinder. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.</def>

<blockquote><b>Capacity</b> is now properly limited to these [the mere passive operations of the mind]; its primary signification, which is literally <b>room for</b>, as well as its employment, favars this; although it can not be dented that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>capacity</b> of blessing the people. <i>Alex. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A cause with such <b>capacities</b> endued. <i>Blackmore.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; <as>as, to work in the <ex>capacity</ex> of a mason or a carpenter</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency.</def>

<cs><col>Capacity for heat</col>, <cd>the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, whzt is called their <i>capacity for heat<i>. See <cref>Specific heat</cref>, under <er>Heat</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency; cleverness. See <er>Ability</er>.</syn>

<h1>Capape</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap`*a*pe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>See <er>Cap-a-pie</er>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Capapie</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap`*a*pie"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OF. (<?/) <ets>cap-a-pie</ets>, from head to foot, now <ets>de pied en cap</ets> from foot to head; L. <ets>per</ets> foot + <ets>caput</ets> head.]</ety> <def>From head to foot; at all points.</def> "He was armed <i>cap-a-pie</i>."

<i>Prescott.</i>

<h1>Caparison</h1> <Xpage=212>