Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STA'TION-A-RY
STA'TION-A-RY, a.
- Fixed; not moving, progressive or regressive; not appearing to move. The sun becomes stationary in Cancer, in its advance into the northern signs. The court in England which was formerly itinerary, is now stationary.
- Not advancing, in a moral sense; not improving; not growing wiser, greater, or better; not becoming greater or more excellent. – S. S. Smith.
- Respecting place. The same harmony and stationary constitution. – Brown. Stationary fever, a fever depending on peculiar seasons. – Coxe.
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