Part 6984

<h1>Mesmeree</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`mer*ee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Mesmeric, Mesmerical</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw><hw>Mes*mer"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mes*mer"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mesm\'82rique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; <as>as, <ex>mesmeric</ex> sleep</as>.</def>

<h1>Mesmerism</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"mer*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Mesmer</ets>, who first brought it into notice at Vienna, about 1775: cf. F. <ets>mesm\'82risme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See <cref>Animal magnetism</cref>, under <er>Magnetism</er>.</def>

<h1>Mesmerist</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"mer*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.</def>

<h1>Mesmerization</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`mer*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized.</def>

<h1>Mesmerize</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"mer*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mesmerized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mesmerizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.</def>

<h1>Mesmerizer</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"mer*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who mesmerizes.</def>

<h1>Mesne</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mesne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Mean</er> intermediate.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Middle; intervening; <as>as, a <ex>mesne</ex> lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a <ex>tenant</ex> to the superior, but <ex>lord</ex> or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the <ex>mesne</ex> lord</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Mesne process</col>, <cd>intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution.</cd>

<i>Blackstone. Burrill.</i>

-- <col>Mesne profits</col>, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate.

<i>Burrill.</i></cs>

<h1>Meso-, Mes-</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw><hw>Mes"o-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mes-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ in the middle.]</ety> <def>A combining form denoting <i>in the middle</i>, <i>intermediate</i>; specif. <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, denoting <i>a type of hydrocarbons</i> which are regarded as <i>methenyl derivatives</i>. Also used adjectively.</def> <-- in Chem., now used differently, for optical isomers -->

<h1>Mesoarium</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*a"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ middle + <?/, dim. of <?/ an egg.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.</def><-- = now mesovarium. Entry under mesovarium is not cross-referenced to this entry. ??? -->

<h1>Mesoblast</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"o*blast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The mesoderm.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The cell nucleus; mesoplast.</def>

<h1>Mesoblastic</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*blas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to the mesoblast; <as>as, the <ex>mesoblastic</ex> layer</as>.</def>