Definition of fiat

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Fiat (n.) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

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Grovel :: Grovel (adv.) To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl..
Harpoon :: Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun..
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube..
Defiatory :: Defiatory (a.) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support..
Absurd :: Absurd (a.) Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream..
Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body..
Ricochet :: Ricochet (n.) A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water..
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
Fiaunt :: Fiaunt (n.) Commission; fiat; order; decree.
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