1. The act or practice of plagiarizing.
2. That which plagiarized.
Plagiarist
(Pla"gia*rist) n. One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and
passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.
Plagiarize
(Pla"gia*rize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plagiarized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plagiarizing.] To steal or
purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions
of another).
Plagiary
(Pla"gia*ry), v. i. To commit plagiarism.
Plagiary
(Pla"gia*ry) n.; pl. Plagiaries [L. plagiarius a kidnaper, a literary thief, fr. plagium kidnaping; cf.
plaga a net, perh. akin to E. plait: cf. F. plagiaire.]
1. A manstealer; a kidnaper. [Obs.]
2. One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist. Dryden.
3. Plagiarism; literary thief. Milton.
Plagiary
(Pla"gia*ry), a.
1. Kidnaping. [Obs.] E. Browne.
2. Practicing plagiarism. Bp. Hall.
Plagihedral
(Pla`gi*he"dral) a. [Gr. oblique + base, seat.] (Crystallog.) Having an oblique spiral arrangement
of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.
Plagiocephalic
(Pla`gi*o*ce*phal"ic) a. [Gr. oblique + the head.] (Anat.) Having an oblique lateral
deformity of the skull.
Plagiocephaly
(Pla`gi*o*ceph"a*ly) n. (Anat.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
Plagioclase
(Pla"gi*o*clase) n. [Gr. oblique + to break.] (Min.) A general term used of any triclinic
feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar.
Plagionite
(Pla"gi*o*nite) n. [Gr. oblique. So called in allusion to its usually oblique crystallization.] (Min.)
A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster.
Plagiostomatous
(Pla`gi*o*stom"a*tous) a. (Zoöl.) Same as Plagiostomous.
Plagiostome
(Pla"gi*o*stome) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Plagiostomi.
Plagiostomi
(||Pla`gi*os"to*mi) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. slanting + mouth.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including
the sharks and rays; — called also Plagiostomata.
Plagiostomous
(Pla`gi*os"to*mous) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi.
Plagiotremata
(||Pla`gi*o*trem"a*ta) n. pl.; [NL., fr. Gr. slanting + a hole.] (Zoöl.) Same as Lepidosauria.
Plagiotropic
(Pla`gi*o*trop"ic) a. [Gr. aslant + to turn.] (Bot.) Having the longer axis inclined away
from the vertical line.
Plagium
(||Pla"gi*um) n. [L.] (Civil Law) Manstealing; kidnaping.
