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Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and

Plutonism :: Plutonism (n.) The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory..

Credit Foncier :: Credit foncier () A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities..

Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.

Mend :: Mend (v. i.) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Readvance :: Readvance (v. i.) To advance again.

Ripe :: Ripe (superl.) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine..

Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position..

Rise :: Rise (n.) Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like..

Pangenesis :: Pangenesis (n.) An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.

Up :: Up (adv.) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements..

Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..

Course :: Course (n.) Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance..

Emissary :: Emissary (n.) An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter..

Advance :: Advance (v. i.) To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted..

Onwardness :: Onwardness (n.) Progress; advancement.

Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods..

March :: March (n.) Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement..

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.

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