RUDIMENT
\ɹˈuːdɪmənt], \ɹˈuːdɪmənt], \ɹ_ˈuː_d_ɪ_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of RUDIMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.
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An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.
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To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
By Oddity Software
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Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.
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An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.
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To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
By Noah Webster.
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The first or introductory principle of an art, science, etc.; as, the rudiments of composition; anything in its first or undeveloped state; a beginning.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. An organ or other structure in an early stage of its development. 2. Any part the development of which has been arrested.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A thing in its rude or unformed state; a first principle, element, or step.
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To furnish with or settle in first principles.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] An element or first principle of any part or science;— that which is to be first learnt; elementary book or first part of education;— the original or beginning of any thing; first form or shape, usually imperfect or experimental;- in botany, the germen, ovary, or seed bud;— also, an imperfect organ; an organ which is never fully formed.
