| Quarantine (quarantine) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Quar"an*tine |
| [F.
quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante
forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E.
four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See
Four, and cf. Quadragesima.] |
A
space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
Specifically, the term, originally of forty
days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being
infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all
intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of
intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are
stationed.
The period of forty days
during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion
house of which her husband died seized.
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| Quarantine (quarantine) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Quar`an*tine" |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Quarantined (?)] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Quarantining.] |
To compel to remain at a
distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of
having contagious disease] to put under, or in, quarantine.
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