-ite 
llvcof st:i:{riri,.sV<i rite, anatlvcofSyharis, etc. (b) Noting 
a desrcndiiiit "f :i pcmim "i iiH'intxT of a family or tribe, 
:nl'i,,,iiiiiiilf, I rii.lit, \limliitf, Ililtitf, fie. (<) Nntiui:.-i 
disciple, adherent, <>r follower nf :i person, doctrine, a 
class, an order, etc., as ftechabite, Carmelite, Cawf>" u<<* . 
Ilictntr, etc-., or (with -it) Jamil. (<() III mineral., noliui; 
mekK, minenilii, or any natunil rhemieal e.nnpound or nie- 
ehaiiieal a^tfiv^atinu of substances, as ammonite, calcite, 
iMoinii- . ,,inifi.-:ir, etc. It has no connection with -lite 
lu hieh see), (i i In '-lii-iii., denoting a salt of an acid the name 
nf vvliich eniln in tin- Hiitti* -nut, ami \s liich rontafns n rela- 
tively smaller |tro|K>rtlon of oxygen, an distinguished from 
-ate, denotlnK a wilt uf an :iri<l the name of which ends In 
the giitllx -iV, and which contains a relatively larger pro- 
portion of i. v. u'l-ii : thus, a sulphite Is a salt of sulphurotu 
ari.l, and ii sulphate onefonned from sulphuric acid. (/) 
In "mil. mill -<:!/., noting that which Is part and parcel or 
a necessary component uf any part or organ : aa, sterniti: 
a piece or segment of the sternum ; pleurite, tergite, iwrfite, 
a pai I of the side, back, leg. (</) In jjalerm. and paleobot., 
noting fossiliziition or petrifaction : as, ichnite, trilobite. 
Compare def. (d). 
Itea (it'e-ii), n. [NL. (Liimeeus), < Ma, a wil- 
low, = AS. withig, a willow, E. withe, icithy, a 
twig: see withe, withy.] A small genus of plants 
of the natural order Saxifragueece, tribe Escal- 
!n it'tc. The petals are linear, the ovary is half-superior 
and 2-celled, tne styles are 2-parted, and the capsule is 
Itea Virpinica. 
1, branch with flowers: 3, branch with fruit, a, flower; b, fruit: f, 
flower with petals removed, showing stamens and pistils. 
2-beaked. They are trees or shrubs, with alternate oblong 
or lanceolate leaves, and usually simple terminal or axil- 
lary racemes of small but rather handsome white flowers. 
Five species are known, of which one, /. Virginica, call- 
ed the Virginia willow, is common in the eastern United 
States from New Jersey southward. The others are na- 
tives of Japan, China, Java, and the Himalayas, 
item (i'tem), adv. [< ME. item (= P. Sp. Pg. It. 
item), used as L., < L. item, just so, likewise, 
also, < is, he, that, + -tern, a demonstrative suf- 
fix.] Also: a word used in introducing the 
separate articles of an enumeration, as the sep- 
arate clauses or details of a will or the partic- 
ular parts of an account or list of things. [Ob- 
solete or archaic.] 
Item, betwene the Mount Syon and the Temple of Salo- 
mon is the place where oure Lord reysed the Mayden in 
hire Fadres llows. Mandeniile, Travels, p. 92. 
Speed [reads]. Imprimis, "She can milk." . . . 
Item, "She brews good ale." . . . 
Item, "She can sew." 
Skak., T.O. of V., ill. 1,304. 
Ttm, from Mr. Acres, for carrying divers letters which 
I never delivered two guineas, and a pair of buckles. 
Item, from Sir Lucius OTrigger, three crowns, two gold 
pocket-pieces, and a silver snuff-box. 
Sheridan, The Rivals, i. 2. 
item (i'tem), n. [= P. Pg. item, n., < L. item, 
also, as used before the separate articles of an 
enumeration: see item, adv.] 1. An article; a 
separate particular; a single detail of any kind : 
as, the account consists of many item*. 
I could then have looked on him without the help of 
admiration ; though the catalogue of his endowments had 
been tabled by his side, and 1 to peruse him by items. 
Shak., Cymbeline, I. 6, 7. 
AH these item* added together form a vast sum of dis- 
content Marryat, Snarleyyow, I. xvlii. 
2. Aii intimation ; a reminder; a hint. [Obso- 
lete or local.] 
How comes he then like a thief in the night, when he 
gives an item of his coining? 
Sir T. Broifiu, Religio Medici, L 48. 
My uncle took notice that Sir Charles had said he guess- 
ed at the writer of the note. He wished lie would give 
him an item, as he ealleil il , \\ horn he thought of. 
Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison, VI. 292. 
This word is used among Southern gamblers to imply 
information of what cards may be in a partner's or an op- 
ponent's hands : this is called " giving item." 
Bartlett, Americanisms. 
3203 
3. A trick; fancy; caprice. [Prov. Eng.] 
4. A paragraph in a newspaper ; a scrap of 
news. [Colloq.] 
Otis Is item man anil reporter for the "Clarion." 
Kimbatl, Was He Successful? p. 129. 
City Item. See city, a. 
item (i'tem), v. t. [< item, n.] To make a note 
or memorandum of. 
You see I can item It, Steelt, Tender Husband, T. 1. 
I have ii. in',/ it In my memory. 
Additon, The Drummer, III. 1. 
itemize (i'tem-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. itemi;<d, 
ppr. itemizing. JX item + -ize.] To state by 
items ; give the items or particulars of : as, to 
i/i-iii i:i :>u account. 
.Kachyliis paints these conclusions with a big brush. 
. . Shelley itemize! them. 
8. Lanier, The English Novel, p. 98. 
The excellent character of these bonds will appear from 
an inspection of the itemized schedule. 
Amer. Hebrew, XXXVIII. 56. 
itemizer (i'tem-i-zer), n. One who collects and 
furnishes items for a newspaper. [U. S.] 
An itemizer of the "Adams Transcript" 
Congregationalut, Sept 21, 1860. 
iter 1 (i'ter), n. [< L. Her (itiner-, rarely Her-), 
OL. itiner, a going, a journey, a way, road, pas- 
sage, < ire (supine itum) = Gr. ttvat = Skt. ^ i, 
go : see 170. Hence ult. eyre 1 , q. v., and itiner- 
ant, etc.] 1. An appointed journey or route; 
circuit ; specifically, m old Eng. law, the judge's 
circuit. More commonly in. the Old French 
form eyre. 
The Lord Chamberlain, by his iter, or circuit of visita- 
tion, maintained a common standard of right and duties 
in all burghs. Encyc. Brit. , I V. 64. 
Upon the occasion of an iter, or eyre, in Kent, . . . lift v 
marks were granted to the king by assent of the whole 
county. 
L. C. Pilce, Pref. to reprint of Year- Books 11 and 12, 
[Edward III. 
2. [NL.] In ano*., a passageway in the body; 
specifically, without qualifying terms, the aque- 
duct of Sylvius, or iter a tertio ad quartern vcji- 
triculitm. lter ad Infundlbulum, the passage from 
the third ventricle of the brain downward into the In- 
fnndibulum. Iter chordae anterius, the aperture of 
exit of the chorda tympani nerve from the cavity of the 
tympanum into the canal of Huguier. Iter Chordse 
postering, the aperture of entrance of the chorda tym- 
pani nerve into the cavity of the tympanum. 
iter 2 t, v. t. [< OF. iterer, < L. iterarc, repeat : 
see iterate.'] To renew. HalliweU. 
iterable (it'e-ra-bl), a. [< LL. iterabilis, that 
may be repeated, < L. iterare, repeat : see it- 
erate.'] Capable of being iterated or repeated. 
Sir T. Browne, Miscellanies, p. 178. 
iteral (i'te-ral), a. [< iteri + -al.] Pertaining 
to the iter of the brain. 
iterance (it'e-rans), n. [< iteran(t) + -ce.] It- 
eration. [R'are.] 
What needs this iterance, woman ? 
., Othello, v. 2,160. 
Ithuriel's-spear 
and over again : repetition; repeated utterance 
or occurrence. 
Your figure that worketh by iteration or repetition of 
one word or clause doth much alter and affect the earc 
and also the mynde of the hearer. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesle, p. 165. 
O t thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able 
to corrupt a saint Shot., 1 lien. IV., L 2, 101. 
Like echoes from beyond a hollow, came 
Her sicklier iteration. Tennyton, Aylmer's Field. 
The pestilent iteration of crackers and pistols at one's 
elbow is niaddtMiini.'. 
D. a. MiicheU, Bound Together (Old Fourth). 
2. In ninth., the repetition of an operation upon 
the product of that operation Analytical Iter- 
ation, the iteration of the operation which produces an 
analytical function. 
iterative (it'e-ra-tiv), a. [= P. ittratif= Sp. 
Pg. It. iteratiro, < LL. iterativiut, serving to re- 
peat (said of iterative verbs), < L. iterare, pp. 
iteratus, repeat: see iterate.] 1. Repeating; 
repetitious. 
Spenser . . . found the ottara rima too monotonously 
iterative. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 178. 
2. In gram., frequentative, as some verbs. 
Iterative function, in math., a function which is the re- 
sult of successive operations with the same operator. 
Ithacan (ith'a-kan), a. and n. [< L. Ithacus, 
Ithacan,< Ithacd',< Gr. 'Wanij, Ithaca.] I. a. Of 
or belonging to Ithaca, one of the Ionian Is- 
lands, noted in Greek mythology as the home 
of Odysseus or Ulysses. 
II. . An inhabitant of Ithaca. 
Ithacensian (ith-a-sen'si-an), a. [< L. Ithacen- 
sis, Ithacan, < Ithaca, Itnaca: see Ithacan.] 
Ithacan. 
All the ladles, each at each, 
Like the Ithacenrian suitors in old time, 
Stared with great eyes. Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
Ithaginis (i-thaj'i-nis), n. [NL. (Wagler, 1832 ; 
also written Itaginis, Reichenbach. 1849 ; and 
correctly Itliagenes, Agassiz), < Gr. (ftjycwfa, 
Epic IQatyevj/c, of legitimate birth, genuine, < 
itii'c, straight, true, + -yevof, birth, race.] A 
notable genus of alpine Asiatic gallinaceous 
birds, the blood-pheasants, placed with the fran- 
Say thou dost love me, love me, love me ; toll 
The silver iterance. 
Mr. Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese, xxl. 
iterancy (it'e-ran-si), n. Same as iterance. 
iterant (it'e-rant), a. [< L. iteran(t-)s, ppr. of 
iterare, repeat: see iterate.] Repeating. 
Waters, being near, make a current echo : bat, being far- 
ther off, they make an iterant echo. Bacon, Nat Hist. 
iterate (it'e-rat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. iterated, 
ppr. iterating. [< L. iterates, pp. of iterare (> 
It. iterare = Sp. Pg. Pr. iterar = P. iterer, OF. 
iterer, > E. iterV, q. v. ), do a second time, repeat, 
< iterum, again, a neut. compar. form, < is, he, 
that: see A* 1 .] To utter or do again ; repeat: 
as, to iterate an advice or a demand. 
This full song, iterated In the closes by two Echoes. 
B. Jonton, Masque of Beauty. 
Having wiped and cleansed away the soot, I iterated the 
experiment. Boyle, Works, IV. 662. 
iterate* (it'e-rat), a. [< L. iteratus, pp. of ite- 
rare, repeat"] Repeated. 
Wherefore we proclaim the said Frederick count Pala- 
tine, &c., guilty of high treason and iterate proscription, 
and of all the penalties which by law and custom are de- 
pending thereon. Wilton, James I. 
iteratelyt (it'e-rat-li), adv. By repetition or 
iteration; repeatedly. 
The cemeterial cells of ancient Christians and martyrs 
were filled with draughtsof Scripture stories; . . . iterately 
affecting the portraits of Enoch, Lazarus, Jonas, and the 
vision of Ezekiel, as hopeful draughts, and hinting ima- 
gery of the resurrection. Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, Hi. 
iteration (it-e-ra'shon), n. [= F. iteration = 
Pr. iteratio = Sp. iteracion = It. iterazione, < L. 
iteratio(n-), a repetition. < iterare. repeat : see 
iterate.] 1. A saying or doing again, or over 
colins in the family Tctraonida', and also in 
the fhasianidai witn the true pheasants. The 
tarsus of the male has several spurs, sometimes as many 
as five. The best-known species, 7. cruentus, or eruentu, 
or cntentatiiK, inhabits the Himalayas at an altitude of 
from 10,000 to 14,000 feet, and goes in flocks. It keeps 
near forests, and in winter burrows in the snow. Other 
epecies are /. gcoffroyi and /. rinuengig. The genus was 
established by Wagler in 18Si 
ithand (i'thand), a. [Also i/thand, ythcn, eidettt, 
eydent, < Icel. idhinn, assiduous, steady, dili- 
gent, < id/i, f., a doing, nlli. n., a restless mo- 
tion: see eddy.] Busy; diligent; plodding; 
constant; continual. [Scotch.] 
ithet, n. [ME., also ythe, tithe; < AS. yth, a 
wave, pi. jtha, the waves, the sea, =OS. vthia, 
uilhea = OHG. ttndea, unda, MHG. unde, iinde, 
wave, water, = Icel. unnr, udkr, a wave, pi. 
unnir, the waves, the sea, = L. unda, a wave (> 
ult. E. undulate, ound, abound, redound, sur- 
round, abundant, inundate, etc.), ult. akin to Or. 
vtap, water, and to E. water: see water.] A 
wave ; in the plural, the waves ; the sea. 
On dayes and derke niehtes dry ny u on the iitlim, 
At Salarue full sound thai set into hauyn. 
Detraction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L 1827. 
ither (iTH'er), a. and pron. A dialectal (Scotch) 
form of other 1 . 
Nae ithrr care in life ha'e I, 
But live, an' love my Nannie, O. 
Burnt, Behind yon Hills. 
Farewell, ' my rhyme composing brither ! " 
We've been owre lang unkenn'd to ither. 
Burnt, To William Simpson. 
Ithuriel's-spear (i-thu'ri-elz-sper), . [So 
called in allusion to the spear of Ithuriel (Mil- 
ton, P. L., iv. 810), which caused everything it 
touched to assume its true form.] The Call- 
