matter
41matter — See: FOR THAT MATTER, LAUGHING MATTER, NO MATTER, THE MATTER …
42matter — That which occupies space, possessing size and shape, mass, movability, and solidity (which may be the same as impenetrability). Its nature was historically one of the great subjects of philosophy, now largely pursued through the philosophy of… …
43matter — See: for that matter, laughing matter, no matter, the matter …
44matter — [14] Matter comes via Anglo Norman matere from Latin māteria ‘matter’. This was originally applied to the ‘hard inner wood of a 327 mayhem tree’, and etymologically denoted the ‘matrix’ or ‘mother’ from which the tree’s new growth came (it was a… …
45matter — I. n. 1. Substance, body. 2. Sense, substance. 3. Good sense, substance. 4. Trouble, cause of distress, difficulty. 5. Thing. 6. Indefinite amount, quantity, or portion. 7. Stuff, material, raw material …
46matter — 1. noun 1) vegetable matter Syn: material, stuff, substance 2) a serious matter Syn: affair, business, situation, concern, incident, episode, subject, topic …
47matter — [14] Matter comes via Anglo Norman matere from Latin māteria ‘matter’. This was originally applied to the ‘hard inner wood of a tree’, and etymologically denoted the ‘matrix’ or ‘mother’ from which the tree’s new growth came (it was a derivative… …
48matter — n 1. substance, material, stuff, materiality, medium, something, body; protoplasm, plasma, element; flesh, meat, marrow, sum and substance. 2. pus, suppuration, purulence, discharge; ooze, juice, sap, latex, milk; mucus, phlegm, grume, gore; All… …
49matter — SYN: substance. SEE ALSO: substance. [L. materies, substance] gray m. [TA] those regions of the brain and spinal cord which are made up primarily of the cell bodies and dendrites of nerve cells rather than myelinated axons. SYN: gray substance… …
50matter — 2. mater, matter [mate] ou matir [matiʀ] v. tr. ÉTYM. 1765, mater; matir, 1676; matir « fatiguer », XIIe; de 2. mat, et er; ir. ❖ ♦ Technique. 1 …
