Methodist 
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Methodist (metli'gd-isn. n. and u. [< method Methodistical (raeth-o-dis'ti-kal,), a. [< mttli- 
+ -int.] I. ii. 1. [<. c.] One who is eharac- mlixiic + -til.] Samc'as tftthoaitUe, '_'. 
terized by strict adherence to method; one 
who thinks or acts IK riling to ;i lixrd .system 
The precise number of meth(*tutical marks you know 
best. Up. Lann : iti',i, i;ntlmiaiii of M> thodists and Pa- 
IpUU Compared, p. xil. 
versed in in. 'tliod.' ' methodistically (meth-o-dis'ti-kal-i), inli: In 
The flnest mrthndirtt, according to Aristotle's golden a wethodistic manner; specifically ['/'.], af- 
ter ihr manner of the Methodists; ag regards 
Methodism. 
, . [< 
'fthHdi:t' + -ation.] The act or process of 
or definite principles; one who is thoroughly 
rule of art.llciall bo u tides, conderane ffeomctricu.il j 
i','].tr-, in :n it liiui'ti.|ti. 01- arithmetical! preceptea in geom- 
S-P, methodization (rneth'od-i-za'shon), . 
The great thinkers of all times have been strict meth- 
odiU. Alcott, Table-Talk, p. 128. 
2. One of a sect of ancient physicians who 
practised by method or theory. Compare DOIJ- 
IIHlllftt, '2. 
As many more 
As metlmlist Musus klld with hellebore 
In uutumne last 
Marstan, Scourge of Vlllanle, Sat. L 
The methodisti agreed with the empirics in one point, in 
their contempt for anatomy ; but, strictly speaking, they 
were dogmatists, though with a dogma dllf erent from that 
of the Hippocratic school. Kncyc. Brit., XV. 802. 
3. A member of the Christian denomination 
founded by John Wesley (1703-91). The name 
was first applied to Wesley and his companions by their 
fellow-students at Oxford on account of their methodical 
habits in study and in religious life. 
Thus Bath yields a continued rotation of diversions, and 
people of all ways of thinking, even from the libertine to 
the methodigt, have it in their power to complete the day 
with employment agreeable to their taste and disposition. 
rint 1887), 
methodizing or reducing to method; the state 
of being methodized. Also spelled methodisa- 
iin/i. 
The conceptions, then, which we employ for the colli- 
gation and methodizatiftn of facts do not develop them- 
selves from within, but are impressed upon the mind 
from without J. 3. HOI, Logic, IV. U. i 2. 
methodize (meth'od-lz;, r. ; pret. and pp. metli- 
odi:ed, ppr. methodi:iiig. [< method 4- -ire.] 
I. trans. To red_uce to method ; dispose in due 
order ; arrange in a convenient manner. 
The wisdom of God hath methodized the course of things 
unto the best advantage of goodness. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ Mor., I. SO. 
Science ... is simply common sense rectified, ex- 
tended, and methodized. J. Fitke, Cosmic Philos., 1. 124. 
II. intmiis. To be methodical ; use method. 
The mind ... Is disposed to generalize and methodize 
to excess. Coleridge, Method, i 1. 
Also spelled methodise. 
methodizer (meth'od-I-zer), . One who meth- 
odizes. Also spelled methodiser. 
He was a careful methodizer of his knowledge. 
Scuddrr, Noah Webster, p. 215. 
Dialectic Methodists, a name given to certain Eomin 
Catholic priests of France, during the seventeenth cen- 
tury, who opposed by argument the doctrines of the 
Huguenots. Also called Jtomish or Popish Methodists. 
Free Methodists, ' 
ed States, establish. 
members place especial emphasis upon the doctrines of en- methodology, 
tire sanctfflcation and eternal punishment They rigidly thwe wwe f/nml compcting method , of ?eometrj 
. . . geometers would inevitably be Involved at the outset 
of their study in methodological discussion. 
U. Sidffwick, Methods of Ethics, p. 5. 
llgueiiots. Also caned Msamvtn or fuinali .wetluniiitn. .i,.,j.,i_i..-i i. uj -i / u i\ r/ 
ree Methodists, n Methodist denomination in the Tnit- methodological (ineth'od-o-loj i-kal). a. [< 
1 States, established in 1880 at Pekin in New York. Its methoflolog-y + -tc-a/.] Of or pertaining to 
'lasts upon the doctrines of en- 
il punishment They rigidly 
enforce the rule for simplicity of dress, and prohibit the use 
of choir or musical Instrument In church service; they 
have abandoned episcopacy, and have one superintendent 
elected every four years. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to Methodism or the methodologist (meth-o-dol'o-jist), . [< metli- 
Methodists ; belonging to or agreeing with the odolog-y + -i*/.] One who is versed in or treats 
general body of Methodists: &s, Methodist yrine\- of methodology. 
pies; a tfethodist church. The Methodist Church, methodology (meth-o-dpl'o-ji), n. [< Gr. utfto- 
a Christian body existing in several distinct church organ- <5oc, method. 4- -?-O}i'a,\ ~>M yeiv, speak : see -otogy.] 
1. A branch of logic whose office it is to show 
izations, the most important of which are that known ir 
England as the Wesleuan and that known in the United 
States as the Methodist Episcopal Church. These two 
bodies do not differ materially in doctrine, worship, or 
ecclesiastical organization. They are evangelical, and Ar- 
, 
mlnian in theology. Their worship is generally non-litur- 
gical. Each Methodist society, or local church, is organ- 
ized In classes, under class-leaders ; the different societies, 
, 
which are sometimes grouped in circuits, are combined 
in districts, each of which is, in the United States, under 
the superintendence of a presiding elder. The American 
churches also have bishops, who are not diocesan, but Itin- 
erant, possessing concurrent jurisdiction over the whole 
church. The highest ecclesiastical court is the General 
Conference, which meets every fourth year. In the United 
States lay delegates have been admitted to the Conference 
since 1872, and In England since 1880, before which dates 
the Conference was a purely clerical body. Other Meth- 
odist churches are : The Welsh Calrinistic Methodiftt, Cal- 
vinistic in theology, fonned from the Countess of Hun- 
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how the abstract principles of the science are 
to be applied to the production of knowledge ; 
the doctrine of definition and division ; in a 
broader sense, the science of method in scien- 
tific procedure. 
That part of logic which Is conversant with the perfec- 
tion, with the well-being of thought is the doctrine of 
method methodology. 
Sir W. HamOton, Lectures on Logic, rxlv. 
The rival originators of modem Methodotoyu, Descartes 
and llacon, vie with each other in the stress that they lay 
on this point : and the latter's warning against the " no- 
tiones male terminate " of ordinary thought is peculiarly 
needed in ethical discussion. 
B. Sidgwiclc, Methods of Ethics, p. 318. 
2. A treatise on method. 
tingdon's Connection, which is Congregational In polity; methomania (meth-6-ma'ni-B), n. [NL., < Gr 
'KS^^s&sx^c^sss^ ' M "i ^vr"* ?r? k ( e me ^ + ^ 
Bible Christians; the Primitiw Metho,lists; the United madness.] In pathoL, an irresistible morbid 
craving for intoxicating substances ; dipsoma- 
nia. 
Dipsomania is a form of physical disease, and it has 
been aptly defined as an uncontrollable and Intermittent 
impulse to take alcoholic stimulants, or any other agent 
Methodist Free Churches, a combination of three preex- 
isting Methodist organizations ; and the Weiieyan Re- 
form Union. All the above are British organizations. 
In the United States, the Methodist Episcopal Church 
exists in two geographical divisions, the Methodist Kpiseo- 
pal Church (.Vort&), and the Mcthodtet Episcopal Church 
(South). There Is also an African Methodist Kpitcnpnl 
Church, an A Mean Methoiiist 'Kpucopal Zimi Church, the 
, 
which causes Intoxication in short, a methnmanin 
E. C. Mann. Psychol. Med., p. 3A4. 
, , 
Colored Methoilut Kpiwopal Church in America, the l r nion methought (me-thttf). Preterit of methinkf. 
American JMtodttAAmai Church i-all composed en- methridatum, '. See mithridatum. 
tirely of colored Methodists; the Evangelical Axmcia- - 
Hon. popularly though inaccurately termeiOerman Metho- 
dist, or Albright*. from the name of their founder; the 
United Brethren in Christ, which is essentially though not 
nominally a Methodist body; the Mi'thmtlut 1'rntfxlant 
=^a SrinX.3: .Ears 
the Methodist bodies have been consolidated Into a single spirit and its derivatives. It is analogous to 
organization, called the Methoitixt Church of Canada. All ethyl in its chemical relations __ Methyl alcohol 
these Methodist bodies agree in having a consolidated green, mercaptan. See alcohol, etc. 
,,',-,i\ , HO, >n,, I 
(meth ul), II. Same as methyl. 
metny (meth i), n. ; pi. methieg (-iz). A name 
of the burbot. 
ministry for each body, each minister being subject to rnprhvlnl in th'il-n 
change of parish within certain definite periods. This "5 cn y lal ' " *\>< '' L ^n^Tor-wC 
feature of their economy is called " the Itinerancy." Methylene dimethyl ether, CH 2 (OCH ? ) 2 , a h- 
methodistic (n.-th-o-dis'tik). ,,. [< methodht quid product of the oxidation of methylical- 
+ -<.] 1. Of or pertaining to methodisra or coho1 - .ltn/ a pleasant odor, and by oxidation 
methodists; characterized by or exhibiting passes into formic acid. 
strict adherence to method; hence, strict or methylamine (meth'il-am-inX n [< methyl + 
ninine.j A colorless gas (NH 2 CH 3 ), having a 
strong ammoniacal odor, and resembling am- 
monia in many of its reactions. It may be regarded 
as ammonia (XH.i) In which the radical methyl (CU 3 ) has 
I'ren substituted for a hydrogen nloin. When brought in 
contact with n lighted taper it burns with a livid yellow i-h 
flame. Mcthylamine may be condensed to a liquid ; it has 
not been solidified. It is exceedingly soluble In water, 
and forms, with acids, erystalliiable salts, 
methylate (meth'i-lat). i-. t. ; pret. and pp. 
;. nicl/ii/liit/il, ppr. mi thylutiuij. [< methyl + -nfel.] 
exacting, as in religion or morals. 
Then spare our stage, ye methoduitic men ! 
Bynm, Hints from Horace. 
2. [<vip.] Of or pertaining to the Methodist 
Chm-cli: characteristic of the Methodists or 
Methodism: as. Mrtliiidixtii- principles or prac- 
tices. 
In connection with the Methodistic revival. 
/.. Taillnr. Weslev ilnii Metlloilism, p. 1OB. 
Metis 
To mix or impregnate with met hylic alcohol or 
met liyl. Methylated spirit, spirit of wine or alcohol 
containing ten per cent, of wood-naphtha (methyllc alco- 
hol). The naphtha communicates a disagreeable flavor, 
which renders the spirit unfit for drinking. It Is of much 
use In the art* as a solvent, for preserving specimens, In 
the manufacture of varnUhe*, for burning In spirit- lamps, 
.'t.-. 
methyl-blue (metli'il-bl8), n. A coal-tar color 
prepared by treating spirit-blue (nee Sfiirit-blue, 
l!) with methyl chlorid. It is used todye light- 
blue tints on silk, and possesses a purer tone 
than spirit-blue. 
methylconine (meth'il-ko-nin), n. [< methyl 
+ I'niiine.'] One of the alkaloids found in com- 
mercial ciinini'. 
methylcrotonic (meth'il-kro-ton'ik), o. In 
rliem., used only in the folfowing phrase: 
Methylcrotonic acid. Same as ctvadie acid (which see, 
under cevadic). 
methylene (meth'i-len), n. (X methyl + -ene.] 
A bivalent hydrocarbon radical (CH a ) which 
does not exist free, but occurs in many com- 
pounds, as methylene iodide, CH^ly. Also 
called methene. 
methylene-blue (meth'i-len-blo), n. A coal- 
tar color prepared by treating dimethylaniline 
successively with hydrochloric acid, sodium 
nitrite, sulphureted hydrogen, common salt, 
and zinc chlorid. It Is used In dyeing, and produces 
fast blues on cotton, leather, and jute, but not on wool or 
silk. It Is also an Important bacterioscopic reagent. 
methylic (me-thil'ik), a. [< methyl + -if.] 
Containing or related to the radical methyl. 
Methyllc alcohol, ether, etc. See the nouns. 
methyl-salicylic (meth-il-sal-i-sil'ik), a. Con- 
taining methyl in combination with salicylic 
acid Methyl-salicylic add. the methyl etr of sali- 
cylic acid, and the i-hief Ingredient of wlntergreen-oll, 
from Gauttheria procumbens, a colorless, agreeably smell- 
ing oil which forms salts that are easily decomposed. 
methyl-violet (meth-il-vi'o-let), n. A coal-tar 
color produced by the direct oxidation of pure 
dimethylaniline with chlorid of copper. Also 
called Paris violet. 
methymnion (meth-im'ni-on), n. ; pi. methym- 
nia (-a). [NL., < Gr. uM'Uvia, < uera, after, + 
i//vof,'hymn.] In anc.pros., a short colon after 
an antistrophe. 
methysis (meth'i-sis), n. [NL., < Gr. [itOvair, 
drunkenness, < ufffi-civ, to be drunken with 
wine.] In pathoL, drunkenness; intoxication. 
metic (met'ik), n. [Irreg. for "metee, < L. me- 
teeciis. < Gr. fiiroiKof, a resident alien, prop, adj., 
changing one's abode, < utra, over (denoting 
change), + ol/cof, house, abode: see economy.] 
An emigrant or immigrant; specifically, in an- 
cient Greece, a resident alien who in general 
bore the burdens of a citizen, and had some 
of the citizen's privileges; hence, any resident 
alien. 
To all men, rich and poor, citizens and metic*, the com- 
Psntlve excellence of the democracy . . . was now mani- 
fest Orate, Hist. Greece, VI. 2. 
The Patricians, an distinguished from the Patres, formed 
an aristocracy as compared with their freedmen or other 
dependents, or with the metics or strangers that sojourned 
among them, or with the alien population that were per- 
mitted, on terms more or less hard, to cultivate their 
lands. W. E. Uearn, Aryan Household, p. 192. 
meticulous (me-tik'u-lus), a. [= F. meticvlevx. 
< L. meticulogiis, full of fear, < metvs, fear.] 
Timid; over-careful. 
Melancholy and meticulous beads. Sir T. Browne. 
A stylist of Plato's super-subtle and meticulous consis- 
tency. Aiarr. Jour. PhOal., IX. 299. 
meticulously! (me-tik'u-lus-li), adr. Timidly. 
Move circumspectly, not meticulously. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ Uor., L 33. 
metif (me'tif), . [< F. metif, OF. mtstif, of 
mixed breed: see mastiff, and cf. tiiextri: nn.-- 
ti:o.'] The offspring of" a white person and a 
quadroon. 
meting 1 (me'ting). M. [ME. meting, < AS. me- 
tiimi. verbal n. of metnn, mete: see mete 1 .] 
Measuring. 
meting'-'t, . A Middle English form of meeting. 
meting : H, ._ [ME. mt-tyniie. < AS. m&tinri, ver- 
bal n. of nifptan, dream: see mrfe^.] A dream. 
Joseph ... he that redde so 
The kynges melynae, 1'harao. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 282. 
Metis (me'tis). ii. [< Gr. M^r/f. daughter of 
( icranusand Tethys. and sometimes called the 
mother of Athene; a personification of urjrif, 
wisdom, prudence.] 1. In l!r. myth., a goddess 
personifying prudence, daughter of Oceanns 
and Tethys, and first wife of Zeus. 2. The 
ninth of the planetoids in the order of discov- 
ery, first observed by Graham at Markree, Ire- 
