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levite (medicine)


levite


1. One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; especially, one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and Other necessaries for the sacrifices, the Music of the Services, etc.

2. A priest; so called in contempt or ridicule.

Origin: L. Levites, Gr. Fr. Heb. Levi, one of the sons of Jacob.

Source: Websters Dictionary


plus (iou)



plus preposition, noun, adverb, adjective, & conjunction. M16.
[Latin = more.]
A. preposition.
I.
Made more by, increased by, with the addition of, (a specified number, amount, or proportion); above zero by (a specified amount); with the addition of, inclusive of, (some specified portion or constituent element of the whole). Also (colloq.), having in addition, having gained; with, accompanied by; (following a noun) more than (a specified number), with extra qualities, better than usual. M16.
W. R. Grove A compound of one equivalent of hydrogen plus two of oxygen. P. Moyes The Second World War, an unbelievable thirty-plus years ago. N. Luard That meant me plus Billy to drive me. It was a two-part job. New Musical Express We've both lost a day's wages plus all that fare money.
II.
As the name of the mathematical symbol +, signifying a positive quantity or quality, something added, etc. (part of speech unfixed and ambiguous). L16.
alpha plus, beta plus, gamma plus: see ALPHA etc.
b. noun. Pl. -s(s)-.
The mathematical symbol +. Also plus sign. M17.
Scientific American The superscript plus sign denotes a positive ion.
A quantity added; a positive quantity; an additional or extra thing; an addition, a gain; an advantage. M17.
Daily Telegraph Fiction is not on the wane, but..registered a plus in the number of books. Which? Weigh up the pluses and minuses. E. North Every..hopeful thing that happens is a plus for me.
C. adverb. (Charged) positively. M18.
D. adjective.
Additional, extra. Also (colloq.), of superior quality; excellent of its kind. M18.
Publishers Weekly The material for the plus sale is always at hand in the book business. Globe & Mail (Toronto) Living room, 15' dining room are plus features. Moneypaper A tendency to exaggerate plus and minus points.
b. Of a golfer: having an adverse handicap of a specified number of strokes or points. E20.
Positively charged. L18.
Of a quantity: positive, preceded by the plus sign; of the Nature of a positive quantity or an addition. E20.
E. conjunction. And in addition. colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.). M20.
Black World All the ladies brought pies..plus they had coffee and tea. Detroit Free Press Plus they've added pitchers Rudy May and Ross Grimsley.
Comb.: plus-foured adjective wearing or dressed in plus-fours; plus-fours (a suit having) long wide men's knickerbockers, formerly much worn for Golf etc. (so called because the overhang at the knee requires an extra four inches of material); plus juncture Linguistics = open juncture s.v. OPEN adjective; plus-minus Ice Hockey a running total used as an indication of a player's effectiveness, calculated by adding one for each goal scored by the player's team in even-strength play while the player is on the ice, and subtracting one for each goal conceded; plus sign: see sense B.1 above. plus-size adjective (N. Amer.) of a woman or women's clothing: of a larger size than normal; outsize. plus-twos a narrower version of plus-fours.
plusage noun (rare) (a) a number of pluses collectively; (b) something extra or added on; a bonus; a surcharge: M20.