Part 6577

<hw><hw>Li"ter</hw>, <hw>Li"tre</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>litre</ets>, Gr. <?/ a silver coin.]</ety> <def>A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.</def>

<h1>Literacy</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit"er*a*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being literate.</def>

<h1>Literal</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lit\'82ral</ets>, <ets>litt\'82ral</ets>, L. <ets>litteralis</ets>, <ets>literalis</ets>, fr. <ets>littera</ets>, <ets>litera</ets>, a letter. See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; <as>as, the <ex>literal</ex> meaning of a phrase</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It hath but one simple <b>literal</b> sense whose light the owls can not abide. <i>Tyndale</i></blockquote>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Following the letter or exact words; not free.</def>

<blockquote>A middle course between the rigor of <b>literal</b> translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>literal</b> notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons.</def>

<cs><col>Literal contract</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. <i>Bouvier</i>.</cd> -- <col>Literal equation</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a <i>numerical equation<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Literal</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit"er*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Literal meaning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Sir T. Browne</i>.

<h1>Literalism</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit"er*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.</def>

<h1>Literalist</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit"er*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.</def>

<h1>Literalty</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit`er*al"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>litt\'82ralit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being literal.</def>

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

<h1>Literalization</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit`er*al*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.</def>

<h1>Literalize</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit"er*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Literalized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Literalizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to <i>spiritualize</i>; <as>as, to <ex>literalize</ex> Scripture</as>.</def>

<h1>Literalizer</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lit"er*al*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A literalist.</def>