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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Item  \I"tem\,  adv  [L.  See  {Iterate}.] 
  Also  as  an  additional  article. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Item  \I"tem\,  n.  [From  {Item},  adv.] 
  1.  An  article;  a  separate  particular  in  an  account;  as  the 
  items  in  a  bill. 
 
  2.  A  hint;  an  innuendo.  [Obs.] 
 
  A  secret  item  was  given  to  some  of  the  bishops  .  .  . 
  to  absent  themselves.  --Fuller. 
 
  3.  A  short  article  in  a  newspaper;  a  paragraph;  as  an  item 
  concerning  the  weather. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Item  \I"tem\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Itemed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Iteming}.] 
  To  make  a  note  or  memorandum  of 
 
  I  have  itemed  it  in  my  memory.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  item 
  n  1:  a  distinct  part  that  can  be  specified  separately  in  a  group 
  of  things  that  could  be  enumerated  on  a  list;  "he 
  noticed  an  item  in  the  New  York  Times";  "she  had  several 
  items  on  her  shopping  list";  "the  main  point  on  the 
  agenda  was  taken  up  first"  [syn:  {point}] 
  2:  a  small  part  that  can  be  considered  separately  from  the 
  whole;  "it  was  perfect  in  all  details"  [syn:  {detail},  {particular}] 
  3:  an  individual  unit;  especially  when  included  in  a  list  or 
  collection;  "they  reduced  the  price  on  many  items" 
  4:  an  isolated  fact  that  is  considered  separately  from  the 
  whole;  "several  of  the  details  are  similar";  "a  point  of 
  information"  [syn:  {detail},  {point}] 
  5:  an  individual  instance  of  a  type  of  symbol;  "the  word`error' 
  contains  three  tokens  of  `r'"  [syn:  {token}] 
  adv  :  (used  when  listing  or  enumerating  items)  also  "a  length  of 
  chain,  item  a  hook"-Philip  Guedalla 




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