V. experiment; essay &c.

(endeavor) 675; try, try out, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; experiment up on; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength; road-t est, test drive, take for a spin; test fly. grope; feel one's way, grope for one 's way; fumble, ttonner, aller ttons[Fr], put out a feeler, throw out a feeler; send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, che ck, check out[coll.], see how the wind blows; consult the barometer; feel the pu lse; fish for, bob for; cast for, beat about for; angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes. try one's fortune &c. (adventure) 675; explore &c. (inquire) 46 1. Adj. experimental, empirical. probative, probatory[obs3], probationary, provi sional; analytic, docimastic[obs3]; tentative;unverified, unproven, speculative, untested. Adv. on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on o ne's trial, on approval. Phr. check it out, give it a try, see how it goes; "Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes." #464. Comparison. N. comparison, collation, contrast; identification; comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity. simile, similitude, analogy (similarity) 17; allegory &c. (metaphor) 521. matching, pattern-matching. [quantitative comparison] ratio, proportion (number) 84. [results of comparison] discrimination 465; indiscrimination 465a[obs3]; identification 465b. V. compare to, compare with; collate, confront; place side by side, juxtapose &c. (near) 197; set against one another, pit against one another; contrast, balance. identify, draw a parallel, parallel. compare notes; institute a comparison; parva componere magnis[Lat].. Adj. comparative; metaphorical &c. 521. compared with &c. v.; comparable; judged by comparison. Adv. relatively &c. (relation) 9; as compared with &c. v. Phr. comparisons are odious; "comparisons are odorous" [Much Ado about Nothing]. #464a. Incomparability [Lack of comparison] N. incomparability; incommensurability; indistinguishablility &c. 465a. Adj. incommensurable, incommensurate; incomparable; different &c.15. Phr. like apples and oranges; no basis for comparison; no standard for comparison. #465. [results of comparison. 1] Discrimination. N. discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism[obs3]; nice perception; perception of diffe rence, appreciation of difference; estimation &c. 466; nicety, refinement; taste &c. 850; critique, judgment; tact; discernment &c. (intelligence) 498; acutenes s, penetration; nuances. dope*, past performances. V. discriminate, distinguish, severalize[obs3]; recognize, match, identify; separate; draw the line, sift; se parate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat; separate the m en from the boys; split hairs, draw a fine line, nitpick, quibble. estimate &c. (measure) 466; know which is which, know what is what, know "a hawk from a hands aw" [Hamlet]. take into account, take into consideration; give due weight to, al low due weight to; weigh carefully. Adj. discriminating &c. v.; dioristic[obs3], discriminative, distinctive; nice. Phr. il y a fagots et fagots; rem acu tetigi sti[Lat][obs3]; la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile [Fr]; miles apart; a distinction without a difference. #465a. [results of comparison. 2] Indiscrimination. N.

indiscrimination[obs3], indistinguishability; indistinctness, indistinction[obs3]; uncertainty &c. (doubt) 475; incomparability &c. 464a. V. not discriminate &c. 465; overlook &c. (neglect) 460 a distinction: confound, confuse. Adj. indiscriminate; undistinguished|!, indistinguishable, undistinguishable[obs3]; unmeasured; promiscuous, undiscriminating. Phr. valeat quantum valere potest[Lat.]. < p. 133 > #465b. [results of comparison. 3] Identification. N. identification, recognition, diagnosis, match; apperception, assimilation; dereplication; classification; me mory &c. 505; interpretation &c. 522; cognizance (knowledge) 490. V. identify, r ecognize, match, match up; classify; recall, remember &c. (memory) 505; find sim ilarity (similarity) 17; put in its proper place, put in its proper niche, place in order (arrangement) 60. #466. Measurement. N. measurement, admeasurement[obs3], mensuration, survey, val uation, appraisement, assessment, assize; estimate, estimation; dead reckoning, reckoning &c. (numeration) 85; gauging &c. v.; horse power. metrology, weights a nd measures, compound arithmetic. measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot ru le, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo[obs3 ]. flood mark, high water mark; Plimsoll line; index &c. 550. scale; graduation, graduated scale; nonius[obs3]; vernier &c. (minuteness) 193. [instruments for m easuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrom eter[obs3], pantometer[obs3], pluviometer[obs3], pneumatometer[obs3], pneumomete r[obs3], radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer[obs3], t elemeter, udometer[obs3], vacuometer[obs3], variometer[obs3], viameter[obs3], th ermometer, thermistor (heat &c. 382), barometer (air &c. 338), anemometer (wind 349), dynamometer, goniometer (angle 244) meter; landmark &c. (limit) 233; balan ce, scale &c. (weight) 319; marigraph[obs3], pneumatograph[obs3], stethograph[ob s3]; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer ( light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scint illation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder , volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-lookin g radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensit y); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); den sitometer (color intensity). measurability, computability, determinability[obs3] . coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth. geometry, stereometry[ob s3], hypsometry[obs3]; metage[obs3]; surveying, land surveying; geodesy, geodeti cs[obs3], geodesia[obs3]; orthometry[obs3], altimetry[obs3]; cadastre[Fr]. astro labe, armillary sphere[obs3]. land surveyor; geometer. V. measure, mete; determi ne, assay; evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on; appreciate; standardize. span, pace step; apply the compass &c. n.; gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom; heave the log, heave the lead; survey. w eigh. take an average &c. 29; graduate. Adj. measuring &c. v.; metric, metrical; measurable, perceptible, noticeable, detectable, appreciable, ponderable, deter minable, fathomable; geodetical, topographic, topographical, cartographic, carto graphical. % Section III. MATERIALS FOR REASONING % #467. Evidence [On one side.] N. evidence; facts, premises, data, praecognita[La t], grounds. indication &c. 550; criterion &c. (test) 463. testimony, testificat ion[obs3], expert testimony; attestation; deposition &c. (affirmation) 535; exam ination. admission &c. (assent) 488; authority, warrant, credential, diploma, vo ucher, certificate, doquet[obs3], docket; testamur[obs3]; record &c. 551; docume nt; pi ce justificative[obs3]; deed, warranty &c. (security) 771; signature, sea

l &c. (identification) 550; exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence. witn ess, indicator, hostile witness; eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state 's evidence; deponent; sponsor; cojuror[obs3]. oral evidence, documentary eviden ce, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evide nce[Lat], presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proo f &c. (demonstration) 478; evidence in chief. secondary evidence; confirmation, corroboration, support; ratification &c. (assent) 488; authentication; compurgat ion[obs3], wager of law, comprobation|. citation, reference; legal research, lit erature search (experiment) 463. V. be evidence &c. n.; evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate &c. (denote) 550 ; imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe. have weight, carry weight; tell, spea k volumes; speak for itself &c. (manifest) 525. rest upon, depend upon; repose o n. bear witness &c. n.; give evidence &c. n.; testify, depose, witness, vouch fo r; sign, seal, undersign[obs3], set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge &c. (assent) 488. [provide c onclusive evidence] make absolute, confirm, prove (demonstrate) 478. [add furthe r evidence] indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold , warrant. adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to witne ss; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses, confront witnesses. place into evidence, mark into evidence. [obtain evidence] collect ev idence, bring together evidence, rake up evidence; experiment &c. 463. have a ca se, make out a case; establish, authenticate, substantiate, verify, make good, q uote chapter and verse; bring home to, bring to book. Adj. showing &c. v.; indic ative, indicatory; deducible &c. 478; grounded on, founded on, based on; corrobo rative, confirmatory. Adv. by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; stil l more, still less; raison de plus[Fr]; in corroboration &c. n. of; valeat quant um[Lat]; under seal, under one's hand and seal. Phr. dictum de dicto[Lat]; mise en evidence[Fr.]. < p. 134 > #468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence. N. coun ter evidence; evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand; conflictin g evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidence; disproof, refutation &c. 479; negation &c. 536. plea &c. 617; vindication &c. 937 counter protest; "tu qu oque" argument; other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield. V. countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut &c. (refute) 479; subve rt &c. (destroy) 162; cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict &c. (deny) 536; tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case ; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative. audire alteram partem[Lat]. Adj. countervailing &c. v.; contradictory. unattested, unauthenticated, unsuppor ted by evidence; supposititious. Adv. on the contrary, per contra. #469. Qualification. N. qualification, limitation, modification, coloring. allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating circumstances; mitigation. condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non[Lat]; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount &c. 813; restriction; fine print. V. qualify, limit, modify, leaven, give a color to, introduce new conditions, narrow, temper. waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain) 475; equivocate (sophistry) 477. depend, depend on, be contingent on (effect) 154. allow for, make allowance for; admit exceptions, take into account; modulate.

moderate, temper, season, leaven. take exception. Adj. qualifying &c. v.; qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged; conditional; exceptional &c. (unconformable) 83. hypothetical &c. (supposed) 514; contingent &c. (uncertain) 475. Adv. provided, provided that, provided always; if, unless, but, yet; according as; conditionally, admitting, supposing; on the supposition of &c. (theoretically) 514; with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events. approximately &c. 197, 17; in a limited degree (smallness) 32; somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak. with grains of allowance, cum grano salis[Latin: with a grain of salt]; exceptis excipiendis[Lat]; wind and weather permitting; if possible &c. 470. subject to, conditioned upon; with this proviso &c. n. Phr. "if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't rise"; catch-22. % Degrees of Evidence % #470. Possibility. N. possibility, potentiality; what may be, what is possible &c. adj.; compatibility &c. (agreement) 23. practicability, feasibility; practicableness &c. adj. contingency, chance &c. 156. V. be possible &c. adj.; stand a chance; admit of, bear. render possible &c. adj.; put in the way of. Adj. possible; in the cards, on the dice; in posse, within the bounds of possibility, conceivable, credible; compatible &c. 23; likely. practicable, feasible, performable, achievable; within reach, within measurable distance; accessible, superable[obs3], surmountable; attainable, obtainable; contingent &c. (doubtful) 475, (effect) 154. barely possible, marginally possible, just possible; possible but improbably, (improbable) 473; theoretically possible. Adv. possibly, by possibility; perhaps, perchance, peradventure; maybe, may be, haply, mayhap. if possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, Deo volente[Lat], D. V.; as luck may have it. Phr. misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontent[Lat]; "the glories of the Possible are ours" [B. Taylor]; anything is possible; in theory possible, but in practise unlikely. < p. 135 > #471. Impossibility. N. impossibility &c. adj.; what cannot, what can never be; sour grapes; hopelessness &c. 859. V. be impossible &c. adj.; have no chance wha tever. attempt impossibilities; square the circle, wash a blackamoor white; skin a flint; make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, make bricks without straw; have nothing to go upon; weave a rope of sand, build castles in the air, prendre la l une avec les dents[Fr], extract sunbeams from cucumbers, set the Thames on fire, milk a he-goat into a sieve, catch a weasel asleep, rompre l'anguille au genou[ Fr], be in two places at once. Adj. impossible; not possible &c. 470; absurd, co ntrary to reason; unlikely; unreasonable &c. 477; incredible &c. 485; beyond the bounds of reason, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the realm of possibi lity; from which reason recoils; visionary; inconceivable &c. (improbable) 473; prodigious &c. (wonderful) 870; unimaginable, inimaginable[obs3]; unthinkable. i mpracticable unachievable; unfeasible, infeasible; insuperable; unsurmountable[o bs3], insurmountable; unattainable, unobtainable; out of reach, out of the quest ion; not to be had, not to be thought of; beyond control; desperate &c. (hopeles

s) 859; incompatible &c. 24; inaccessible, uncomeatable[obs3], impassable, imper vious, innavigable[obs3], inextricable; self-contradictory. out of one's power, beyond one's power, beyond one's depth, beyond one's reach, beyond one's grasp; too much for; ultra crepidam[Lat]. Phr. the grapes are sour; non possumus[Lat]; non nostrum tantas componere lites [Lat][Vergil]; look for a needle in a haystac k, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin [obs3][Fr.]; il a le mer boire[o bs3].