Literary property. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.

Literate
(Lit"er*ate) a. [L. litteratus, literatus. See Letter.] Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs.
Landor.

Literate
(Lit"er*ate), n.

1. One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders. [Eng.]

2. A literary man.

Literati
(||Lit`e*ra"ti) n. pl. [See Literatus.] Learned or literary men. See Literatus.

Shakespearean commentators, and other literati.
Craik.

2. (Fine Arts) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.

Literalist
(Lit"er*al*ist), n. One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Literality
(Lit`er*al"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. littéralité.] The state or quality of being literal. Sir T. Browne.

Literalization
(Lit`er*al*i*za"tion) n. The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.

Literalize
(Lit"er*al*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Literalized (-izd); p. pr. & vb. n. Literalizing ] To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; — opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.

Literalizer
(Lit"er*al*i`zer) n. A literalist.

Literally
(Lit"er*al*ly), adv.

1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.

2. With close adherence to words; word by word.

So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally.
Dryden.

Literalness
(Lit"er*al*ness), n. The quality or state of being literal; literal import.

Literary
(Lit"er*a*ry) a. [L. litterarius, literarius, fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf. F. littéraire. See Letter.]

1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
Johnson.

2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

In the literary as well as fashionable world.
Mason.


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