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<h1>Legibility</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Leg`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being legible; legibleness.</def>

<i>Sir. D. Brewster.</i>

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<hw>Leg"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>legibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>legere</ets> to read: cf. OF. <ets>legible</ets>. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; <as>as, a fair, <ex>legible</ex> manuscript</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, Nothing is <b>legible</b> but the name alone. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; <as>as, the thoughts of men are often <ex>legible</ex> in their countenances</as>.</def>

<h1>Legibleness</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Leg"i*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being legible.</def>

<h1>Legibly</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Leg"i*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a legible manner.</def>

<h1>Legific</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le*gif"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law + <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to making laws.</def>

<blockquote>Practically, in many cases, authority or <b>legific</b> competence has begun in bare power. <i>J. Grote.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Legion</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le"gion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>legioun</ets>, OF. <ets>legion</ets>, F. <ets>l\'82gion</ets>, fr. L. <ets>legio</ets>, fr. <ets>legere</ets> to gather, collect. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A military force; an army; military bands.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A great number; a multitude.</def>

<blockquote>Where one sin has entered,<b>legions</b> will force their way through the same breach. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Taxonomy)</fld> <def>A group of orders inferior to a class.</def>

<cs><col>Legion of honor</col>, <cd>an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military.</cd></cs>

<h1>Legionary</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le"gion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>legionarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>l\'82gionnaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; <as>as, <ex>legionary</ex> soldiers; a <ex>legionary</ex> force.</as></def> "The <i>legionary</i> body of error."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>Le"gion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Legionaries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A member of a legion.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Legioned</h1> <Xpage=841>