<blockquote>A secret <b>item</b> was given to some of the bishops . . . to absent themselves. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; <as>as, an <ex>item</ex> concerning the weather</as>.</def>
<h1>Item</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I"tem</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Itemed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Iteming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make a note or memorandum of.</def>
<blockquote>I have <b>itemed</b> it in my memory. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Itemize</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I"tem*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To state in items, or by particulars; <as>as, to <ex>itemize</ex> the cost of a railroad</as>.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>
<h1>Iter</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Eyre</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A passage; esp., the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the aqueduct of Sylvius.</def>
<h1>Iterable</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"er*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>iterabilis</ets>. See <er>Iterate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being iterated or repeated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Iterance</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"er*ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Iteration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Iterant</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"er*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>iterans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>iterare</ets>.]</ety> <def> Repeating; iterating; <as>as, an <ex>iterant</ex> echo</as>.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i>
<h1>Iterate</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>iteratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>iterare</ets> to repeat, fr. <ets>iterum</ets> again, prop. a compar. from the stem of <ets>is</ets> he, that; cf. L. <ets>ita</ets> so, <ets>item</ets> likewise, also, Skr. <ets>itara</ets> other, <ets>iti</ets> thus. Cf. <er>Identity</er>, <er>Item</er>.]</ety> <def>Uttered or done again; repeated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bp. Gardiner.</i>
<h1>Iterate</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Iterated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Iterating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; <as>as, to <ex>iterate</ex> advice</as>.</def>
<blockquote>Nor Eve to <b>iterate</b> Her former trespass feared. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Iterate</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way of iteration.</def>
<h1>Iteration</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>iteratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Recital or performance a second time; repetition.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i>
<blockquote>What needs this <b>iteration</b>, woman? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
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