ARBITRARY
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Ar"bi*tra*ry (&unr_;), a. [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See Arbiter.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
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It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so.
Jer. Taylor.
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Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things.
Landor.
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2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness.
Washington.
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3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. Dryden.
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Arbitrary constant, Arbitrary function (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. -- Arbitrary quantity (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.
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