Part 597

<h1>Arbitrament</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar*bit"ra*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>arbitramentum</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Determination; decision; arbitration.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>arbitrament</b> of time. <i>Everett.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Gladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal <b>arbitrament</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The award of arbitrators.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Arbitrarily</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bi*tra*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.</def>

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<hw>Ar"bi*tra*ri*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

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<hw>Ar`bi*tra"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arbitrarius</ets>. See <er>Arbitrary</er>.]</ety> <def>Arbitrary; despotic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Ar`bi*tra"*ri*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Arbitrary</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bi*tra*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arbitrarius</ets>, fr. <ets>arbiter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>arbitraire</ets>. See <er>Arbiter</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; <as>as, an <ex>arbitrary</ex> decision; an <ex>arbitrary</ex> punishment.</as></def>

<blockquote>It was wholly <b>arbitrary</b> in them to do so. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most <b>arbitrary</b> of all things. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.</def>

<blockquote><b>Arbitrary</b> power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. <i>Washington.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; <as>as, an <ex>arbitrary</ex> prince or government</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Arbitrary constant</col>, <col>Arbitrary function</col></mcol> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements.</cd> -- <col>Arbitrary quantity</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.</cd></cs>

<h1>Arbitrate</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bi*trate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Arbitrated</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Arbitrating</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>arbitratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>arbitrari</ets> to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. <ets>arbiter</ets>. See <er>Arbiter</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hear and decide, as arbitrators; <as>as, to choose to <ex>arbitrate</ex> a disputed case</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To decide, or determine generally.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<blockquote>There shall your swords and lances <b>arbitrate</b> The swelling difference of your settled hate. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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