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To: DMaA who wrote (74949)	11/14/2000 6:36:22 PM
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ar·bi·trary (defined) Pronunciation: 'är-b&-"trer-E Function: adjective Date: 15th century 1 : depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law <the manner of punishment is arbitrary> 2 a : not restrained or limited in the exercise of power : ruling by absolute authority <an arbitrary government> b : marked by or resulting from the unrestrained and often tyrannical exercise of power <protection from arbitrary arrest and detention> 3 a : based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something <an arbitrary standard> <take any arbitrary positive number> <arbitrary division of historical studies into watertight compartments -- A. J. Toynbee> b : existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will <when a task is not seen in a meaningful context it is experienced as being arbitrary -- Nehemiah Jordan> - ar·bi·trari·ly /"är-b&-'trer-&-lE/ adverb - ar·bi·trar·i·ness /'är-b&-"trer-E-n&s/ noun m-w.com