Part 7045

<hw>Mil"i*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>militaris</ets>, <ets>militarius</ets>, from <ets>miles</ets>, <ets>militis</ets>, soldier: cf. F. <ets>militaire</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; <as>as, a <ex>military</ex> parade; <ex>military</ex> discipline; <ex>military</ex> bravery; <ex>military</ex> conduct; <ex>military</ex> renown.</as></def>

<blockquote>Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of <b>military</b> men. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Performed or made by soldiers; <as>as, a <ex>military</ex> election; a <ex>military</ex> expedition.</as></def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<cs><col>Military law</col>. <cd>See <cref>Martial law</cref>, under <er>Martial</er>.</cd> -- <col>Military order</col>. <fld>(a)</fld> <cd>A command proceeding from a military superior.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction.</cd> -- <col>Military tenure</col>, <cd>tenure of land, on condition of performing military service.</cd></cs>

<h1>Military</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil"i*ta*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>militaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.</def>

<h1>Militate</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Militated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Militating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>militare</ets>, <ets>militatum</ets>, to be a soldier, fr. <ets>miles</ets>, <ets>militis</ets>, soldier.]</ety> <def>To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by <i>against</i> and <i>with</i>.</def>

<blockquote>These are great questions, where great names <b>militate</b> against each other. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The invisible powers of heaven seemed to <b>militate</b> on the side of the pious emperor. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Militia</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mi*li"tia</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., military service, soldiery, fr. <ets>miles</ets>, <ets>militis</ets>, soldier: cf. F. <ets>milice</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.</def>

<blockquote>The king's captains and soldiers fight his battles, and yet... the power of the <b>militia</b> is he. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Military service; warfare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Baxter.</i>

<h1>Militiaman</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mi*li"tia*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Militiamen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>One who belongs to the militia.</def>

<h1>Militiate</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mi*li"ti*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To carry on, or prepare for, war.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Walpole.</i>

<h1>Milk</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Milk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>meoluc</ets>, <ets>meoloc</ets>, <ets>meolc</ets>, <ets>milc</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>meloc</ets>, D. <ets>melk</ets>, G. <ets>milch</ets>, OHG. <ets>miluh</ets>, Icel. <ets>mj<?/ok</ets>, Sw. <ets>mj\'94lk</ets>, Dan. <ets>melk</ets>, Goth. <ets>miluks</ets>, G. <ets>melken</ets> to milk, OHG. <ets>melchan</ets>, Lith. <ets>milszti</ets>, L. <ets>mulgere</ets>, Gr. <?/. <?/<?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Milch</er>, <er>Emulsion</er>, <er>Milt</er> soft roe of fishes.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts.</def> "White as morne <i>milk</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See <er>Latex</er>.</def>