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perviance, several names have been suggested to me, the best 

 of which is diviance, from dis, via. Here the prefix dis must 

 have the effect which it has in such words as discomfort or 

 discourtesy. It denotes a lack of the quality without imply- 

 ing a total absence of it. The word diviability would then 

 represent the reciprocal of perviability. 



Issued Jan. 21, 1895. 



