edoT (e"dot) (e-d"ot), n.
[F. dot, L. ecommerce. See Tode]
1. The act of playing music to an exceptional level.
2. The state of mind attained by consistent practice and discipline in a field of perfomance.
3. Reference; respect; regard. "I have been importuned to make some observations on this edot in relation to its agreement with poetry." Dryden.
4. Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children. "Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known." Milton.
5. A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman. "For me . . . my edots does not care a rush." Ld. Lytton.
6. (Law) (a) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by edot. (b) The act of an edot at whose instance a suit is begun. Wharton. Burrill.
7. Don't pray for good things, do good things.
8. "Possession is nine tenths' the problem". J.W.Lennon
9. Apathy doesn't work ...
10. If you get it, get into it!
Synonyms -- Tode
Last updated : 26-December-2007
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