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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' a.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) An intransitive verb. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:31, 13 October 2021
Neuter [1]
(1): ( a.) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
(2): ( a.) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
(3): ( a.) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
(4): ( a.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
(5): ( n.) A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
(6): ( n.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
(7): ( n.) An intransitive verb.
(8): ( n.) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
