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<h1>Lethal</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Leth"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>L</ets>auric + <ets>eth</ets>er + <ets>al</ets>cohol.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.</def>

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<h1>Lethal</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Le"thal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lethalis</ets>, <ets>letalis</ets>, fr. <ets>lethum</ets>, <ets>letum</ets>, death: cf. F. <ets>l\'82thal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Deadly; mortal; fatal.</def> "The <i>lethal</i> blow." <i>W. Richardson</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Le"thal*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Le*thal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l\'82thalit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being lethal; mortality.</def>

<h1>Lethargic, Lethargical</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw><hw>Le*thar"gic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Le*thar"gic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lethargicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>l\'82thargique</ets>. See <er>Lethargy</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Le*thar"gic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>v.</tt> -- <wf>Le*thar"gic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Le*thar"gic*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lethargize</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leth"ar*gize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lethargized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lethargizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make lethargic.</def>

<blockquote>All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, and <b>lethargizing</b> the irritability. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lethargy</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leth"ar*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-gies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>l\'82thargie</ets>, L. <ets>letgargia</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ forgetful, fr. <?/ forgetfulness. See <er>Lethe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A state of inaction or indifference.</def>

<blockquote>Europe lay then under a deep <b>lethargy</b>. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lethargy</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leth"ar*gy</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To lethargize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lethe</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Le"the</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lethal</er>.]</ety> <def>Death.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lethe</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Le"the</hw> <tt>(l&emac;"th&esl;)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, prop., forgetfulness; akin to <?/ to forget, <?/ to escape notice.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.</def>

<h1>Lethean</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Le*the"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Letha<?/us</ets>, Gr. <?/ or <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe.</def>

<i>Milton. Barrow.</i>