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Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F.
similarit['e].]
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance;
as, a similarity of features.
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Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or
three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F.
pr['e]ciosit['e], OF. also precieuset['e].]
Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the
affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the
French pr['e]cieuses of the 17th century.
He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of
archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\ (r[a^]sh"[u^]n*[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^];
277), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[i^]z). [F. rationalit['e], or L.
rationalitas.]
The quality or state of being rational; agreement with
reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason;
reasonableness.
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When God has made rationality the common portion of
mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of
Tongue.
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Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will
never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.;
pl. {-ties} (-t?z). [Cf. F. responsabilit['e].]
1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or
answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.
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2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as,
the resonsibilities of power.
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3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
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Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[=e]ge, t?ge, t[imac]ge.
[root]64. See {Tie}, v. t.]
1. A knot; a fastening.
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2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties
of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
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No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young.
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3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young.
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4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which
prevents either party from being victorious; equality in
any contest, as a race.
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5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts
together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which
support the track and keep it in place.
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6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of
notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes,
signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united
in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch
are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
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7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings.
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{Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.
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Constitutionality \Con`sti*tu`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}.
[Cf. F. constitutionalit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent
in the natural frame.
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2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or
frame of government, or of being authorized by its
provisions. --Burke.
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Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and
questionings about written laws. --Carlyle.
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