Part 1993

<h1>Cleistogamic, Cleistogamous</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw><hw>Cleis`to*gam"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cleis*tog"a*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ closed (fr. <?/ to shut) + <?/ marriage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Clem</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>clam</ets> to clog, or G. <ets>klemmen</ets> to pinch, Icel. <ets>kl<?/mbra</ets>, E. <ets>clamp</ets>.]</ety> <def>To starve; to famish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Clematis</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clem"a*tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. <?/ twig, shoot, fr. <?/ to break off.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also <altname>virgin's bower</altname>.</def>

<h1>Clemence</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clem"ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Clemency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Clemency</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clem"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Clemencies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>clementia</ets>, fr. <ets>clemens</ets> mild, calm.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.</def>

<blockquote>Great <b>clemency</b> and tender zeal toward their subjects. <i>Stowe.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They had applied for the royal <b>clemency</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mildness or softness of the elements; <as>as, the <ex>clemency</ex> of the season</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness.</syn>

<h1>Clement</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clem"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clemens</ets>; <ets>-entis</ets>; cf. F. <ets>cl<?/ment</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Clem"ent*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Clementine</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clem"ent*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St.Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.</def>

<h1>Clench</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clench</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Clinch</er>.</def>

<h1>Clepe</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clepe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cleped</er> <tt>(?)</tt> &or; <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cleping</er>. Cf. <er>Ycleped</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>clepan</ets>, <ets>cleopian</ets>, <ets>clipian</ets>, <ets>clypian</ets>, to cry, call.]</ety> <def>To call, or name.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That other son was <b>cleped</b> Cambalo. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>