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a
A is the first letter of the Alphabet in most of the known languages of the earth; in the Ethiopic, ...

2

a-posteriori
A-POSTERIORI, [L. posterior, after.]Arguments a posteriori, are drawn from effect, consequences or ...

3

a-re
A-RE,

4

aam
AAM, n. A measure of liquids among the Dutch equal to 288 English pints.

5

aaronic
AARON'IC, a. Pertaining to Aaron, the Jewish High Priest, or to the priesthood of which he was the ...

6

ab
AB, In English names, is an abbreviation of Abbey or Abbot.AB, a prefix to words of Latin origin, ...

7

abacist
AB'ACIST, n. One that casts accounts; a calculator.

8

aback
ABACK, adv. [At, on or towards the back. See Back] Towards the back; on the back part; backward. ...

9

abacot
AB'ACOT, n. The cap of State, formerly used by English Kings, wrought into the figure of two ...

10

abactor
ABAC'TOR, n. [Latin from abigo, ab and ago, to drive.] In law, one that feloniously drives away or ...

11

abacus
AB'ACUS, n. [L. anything flat, as a cupboard, a bench, a slate, a table or board for games; Gr. ...

12

abada
AB'ADA, n. A wild animal of Africa, of the size of a steer, or half grown colt, having two horns ...

13

abaddon
ABAD'DON, n. [Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.]1. The destroyer, or angel ...

14

abaft
AB'AFT, adv. or prep. [Sax. eft or aeft, again. Hence efter or aefter, after, subsequent; Sax. ...

15

abagun
AB'AGUN, n. The name of a fowl in Ethiopia, remarkable for its beauty and for a sort of horn, ...

16

abaisance
ABAISANCE, [See Obeisance.]

17

abalienation
ABALIENA'TION, n. The transferring of title to property. [See Alienation.]

18

abandon
ABAN'DON, v.t. [Fr. abandonner; Sp. and Port. abandonar; It. abbandonare; said to be from ban, and ...

19

abandoned
ABAN'DONED, pp. Wholly forsaken or deserted.2. Given up, as to a vice; hence, extremely wicked, or ...

20

abandoner
ABAN'DONER, n. One who abandons.

21

abandoning
ABAN'DONING, ppr. Forsaking or deserting wholly; renouncing; yielding one's self without ...

22

abandonment
ABAN'DONMENT, n. 1. A total desertion; a state of being forsaken.2. In commerce, the relinquishing ...

23

abanga
ABAN'GA, n. The ady; a species of Palmtree. [See Ady.]

24

abannition
ABANNI'TION, n. [Low Lat.]A banishment for one or two years for manslaughter. [Not used.]

25

abaptiston
ABAPTIS'TON, n. The perforating part of the trephine, an instrument used in trepanning.

26

abare
ABA'RE, v.t. [Sax abarian. See Bare.]To make bare; to uncover. [Not in use.]

27

abarticulation
ABARTICULA'TION, n. [See Articulate.]In anatomy, that species of articulation or structure of ...

28

abas
ABAS', n. A weight in Persia used in weighing pearls, one eighth less than the European carat.

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abase
ABA'SE, v.t. [Fr abaisser, from bas, low, or the bottom; W. bais; Latin and Gr. basis; Eng. base; ...

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abased
ABA'SED, pp. Reduced to a low state, humbled, degraded.In heraldry, it is used of the wings of ...

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abasement
ABA'SEMENT, n. The act of humbling or bringing low; also a state of depression, degradation, or ...

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abash
ABASH', v.t. [Heb. and Ch. bosh, to be confounded, or ashamed.]To make the spirits to fall; to ...

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abashed
ABASH'ED, pp. Confused with shame; confounded; put to silence; followed by at.

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abashing
ABASH'ING, ppr. Putting to shame or confusion.

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abashment
ABASH'MENT, n. Confusion from shame. [Little used.]

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abasing
ABA'SING, ppr. Humbling, depressing, bringing low.

37

abassi
ABAS'SI, or ABAS'SIS, n. A silver coin of Persia, of the value of twenty cents, about ten pence ...

38

abassis
ABAS'SI, or ABAS'SIS, n. A silver coin of Persia, of the value of twenty cents, about ten pence ...

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abatable
ABA'TABLE, a. That may or can be abated; as an abatable writ or nuisance.

40

abate
ABA'TE, v.t. [Heb. Ch., to beat. The Saxon has the participle gebatod, abated. The prefix is sunk ...

41

abated
ABA'TED, pp. Lessened; decreased; destroyed; mitigated; defeated; remitted; overthrown.

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abatement
ABA'TEMENT, n. 1. The act of abating; the state of being abated.2. A reduction, removing, or ...

43

abater
ABA'TER, n. The person or thing that abates.

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abating
ABA'TING, ppr. Pulling down, diminishing, defeating, remitting.

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abatis
AB'ATIS, Rubbish. In fortification, piles of trees, or branches of trees sharpened, and laid with ...

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abator
ABA'TOR, n. A person who enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the ...

47

abattis
AB'ATTIS, n. [from beating or pulling down.]

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abature
AB'ATURE, n. [from abate.] Grass beaten or trampled down by a stag in passing.

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abb
ABB, n. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence abb-wool is wool for the abb.

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abba
AB'BA, n. In the Chaldee and Syriac, a father, and figuratively a superior. appen.In the Syriac, ...

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abbacy
AB'BACY, n. [from abba, Low Lat, abbatia.] The dignity, rights and privileges of an abbot. It ...

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abbatial
ABBA'TIAL, a.

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abbatical
ABBAT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an abbey.

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abbe
AB'BE, n. Ab'by, [from abba.]In a monastic sense, the same as an abbot; but more generally, a ...

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abbess
AB'BESS, n. [from abba.]A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having ...

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abbey
AB'BEY, n. plu. abbeys, [from abba.]A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from ...

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abbey-lubber
AB'BEY-LUBBER, n. A name given to monks, in contempt for their idleness.

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abbot
AB'BOT, n. [formerly abbat, from abba, latinized abbas, or from Heb. plural.] The superior or ...

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abbotship
AB'BOTSHIP, n. The state of an abbot.

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abbreuvoir
ABBREUVOIR, n. [Fr. from abreuver, to water.]Among masons, the joint between stones in a wall, to ...

61

abbreviate
ABBRE'VIATE, v.t. [from Latin abbrevio, brevio, from brevis, short]1. To shorten; to make shorter ...

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abbreviated
ABBRE'VIATED, pp. 1. Shortened; reduced in length; abridged.2. In botany an abbreviated perianth ...

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abbreviating
ABBRE'VIATING, ppr. Shortening; contracting in length or into a smaller compass.

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abbreviation
ABBREVIA'TION, n. 1. The act of shortening or contracting.2. A letter or a few letters used for ...

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abbreviator
ABBRE'VIATOR, n. One who abridges or reduces to a smaller compass.

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abbreviators
ABBRE'VIATORS, a college of seventy-two persons in the chancery of Rome, whose duty is to draw up ...

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abbreviatory
ABBRE'VIATORY, n. Shortening, contracting.

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abbreviature
ABBRE'VIATURE, n. A letter or character for shortening; an abridgment, a compend.

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abdals
AB'DALS, n. The name of certain fanatics in Persia, who, in excess of zeal, sometimes run into the ...

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abderite
AB'DERITE, n. An inhabitant of Abdera, a maritime town in Thrace. Democritus is so called, from ...

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abdicant
AB'DICANT, a. [See Abdicate.] Abdicating; renouncing.

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abdicate
AB'DICATE, v.t. [L. abdica; ab and dico, to dedicate, to bestow, but the literal primary sense of ...

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abdicated
AB'DICATED, pp. Renounced; relinquished without a formal resignation; abandoned.

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abdicating
AB'DICATING, ppr. Relinquishing without a formal resignation; abandoning.

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abdication
ABDICA'TION, n. 1. The act of abdicating; the abandoning of an office or trust, without a formal ...

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abdicative
AB'DICATIVE, a. Causing or implying abdication. [Little used.]

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abditive
AB'DITIVE, a. [L. abdo, to hide; ab and do.] Having the power or quality of hiding. [Little ...

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abditory
AB'DITORY, n. A place for secreting or preserving goods.

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abdomen
AB'DOMEN, or ABDO'MEN, n. [L. perhaps abdo and omentum.]1. The lower belly or that part of the ...

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abdominal
ABDOM'INAL, a. Pertaining to the lower belly.ABDOM'INAL, n. plu. abdominals. In ichthyology the ...

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abdominous
ABDOM'INOUS, a. Pertaining to the abdomen; having a large belly.

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abduce
ABDU'CE, v.t. [L. adduco, to lead away, of ab and duco, to lead. See Duke.]To draw from; to ...

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abducent
ABDU'CENT, a. Drawing from, pulling back; used of those muscles which pull back certain parts of ...

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abduction
ABDUC'TION, n. 1. In a general sense, the act of drawing apart, or carrying away.2. In surgery, ...

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abductor
ABDUC'TOR, n. In anatomy, a muscle which serves to withdraw, or pull back a certain part of the ...

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abear
ABEA'R, v.t. abare, To bear; to behave. obs.

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abearance
ABEA'RANCE, n. [from abear, now disused from bear, to carry.] Behavior, demeanor. [Little used.]

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abecedarian
ABECEDA'RIAN, n. [a word formed from the first four letters of the alphabet.] One who teaches the ...

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abecedary
ABECE'DARY, a. Pertaining to, or formed by the letters of the alphabet.

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abed
ABED', adv. [See Bed.] On or in bed.

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abel-tree
ABE'LE or ABEL-TREE, n. An obsolete name of the while poplar. [See Poplar.]

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abele
ABE'LE or ABEL-TREE, n. An obsolete name of the while poplar. [See Poplar.]

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abelians
ABE'LIANS, ABELO'NIANS or A'BELITES, in Church history, a sect in Africa which arose in the reign ...

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abelites
ABE'LIANS, ABELO'NIANS or A'BELITES, in Church history, a sect in Africa which arose in the reign ...

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abelmosk
A'BELMOSK, n. A trivial name of a species of hibiscus, or Syrian mallow. The plant rises on a ...

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abelonians
ABE'LIANS, ABELO'NIANS or A'BELITES, in Church history, a sect in Africa which arose in the reign ...

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aberrance
ABER'RANCE, [L. aberrans, aberro, to wander from; of ab and ABER'RANCY, erro, to wander.]A ...

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aberrant
ABER'RANT, a. Wandering, straying from the right way. [Rarely used.]

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aberration
ABERRA'TION, n. [L. aberratio.] 1. The act of wandering from the right way; deviation from truth ...

100

aberring
ABER'RING, part, a. Wandering; going astray.

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aberruncate
ABERRUN'CATE, v.t. [L. averrunco.] To pull up by the roots; to extirpate utterly. [Not used.]

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abet
ABET' v.t. [Sax. betan, gebatan; properly to push forward, to advance; hence to amend, to revive, ...

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abetment
ABET'MENT, n. The act of abetting.

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abetted
ABETTED, pp. Incited, aided, encouraged to a crime.

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abetting
ABETTING, ppr. Counselling, aiding or encouraging to a crime.

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abettor
ABETTOR, n. One who abets, or incites, aids or encourages another to commit a crime. In treason, ...

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abevacuation
ABEVACUA'TION, n. [ab and evacuation.]In medicine, a partial evacuation of morbid humors of the ...

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abeyance
ABEY'ANCE, n. pron. abayance. [Norm. abbaiaunce, or abaizance, in expectation; boyance, ...

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abhor
ABHOR', v.t. [L abhorreo, of ab and horreo, to set up bristles, shiver or shake; to look ...

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abhorred
ABHOR'RED, pp. Hated extremely, detested.

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abhorrence
ABHOR'RENCE, n. Extreme hatred, detestation, great aversion.

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abhorrency
ABHOR'RENCY,

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abhorrent
ABHOR'RENT, a. 1. Hating, detesting, struck with abhorrence.2. Contrary, odious, inconsistent ...

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abhorrently
ABHOR'RENTLY, adv. With abhorrence.

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abhorrer
ABHOR'RER, n. One who abhors.

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abhorring
ABHOR'RING, ppr. Having great aversion, detesting. As a noun, it is used in Isaiah lxvi, for the ...

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abib
A'BIB, n. [Heb. swelling, protuberant. To produce the first or early fruit; a full grown ear of ...

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abide
ABI'DE, v. i. pert. and part. abode.abada, to be, or exist, to continue; W. bod, to be; to dwell, ...

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abider
ABI'DER, n. One who dwells or continues.

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abiding
ABI'DING, ppr. Dwelling; remaining; continuing; enduring; awaiting.ABI'DING, n. Continuance; ...

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abidingly
ABI'DINGLY, adv. In a manner to continue; permanently.

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ability
ABIL'ITY, n. [L. habilitas, ableness, fitness, from habeo, to have or hold.]1. Physical power, ...

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abintestate
ABINTEST'ATE, a. [L. ab and intestatus - dying without a will, from in and tester, to bear ...

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abject
ABJECT', v.t. To throw away; to cast out. Obs.

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abjectedness
ABJECT'EDNESS, n. A very low or despicable condition. [Little used.]

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abjection
ABJEC'TION, n. A state of being cast away, hence a low state; meanness of spirit; baseness.

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abjectly
AB'JECTLY, adv. In a contemptible manner; meanly; servilely.

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abjectness
AB'JECTNESS, n. the state of being abject; meanness; servility.

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abjuration
ABJURA'TION, n. [See Abjure.]1. The act of abjuring; a renunciation upon oath; as "an abjuration ...

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abjure
ABJU'RE, v.t. [L. abjuro, to deny upon oath, from ab and juro, to swear.]1. To renounce upon ...

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abjured
ABJU'RED, pp. Renounced upon oath; solemnly recanted.

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abjurer
ABJU'RER, n. One who abjures.

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abjuring
ABJU'RING, ppr. Renouncing upon oath; disclaiming with solemnity.

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abjurratory
ABJUR'RATORY, a. Containing abjuration

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ablactate
ABLAC'TATE, v.t. [L. ablacto; from ab and lac, milk.] to wean from the breast. [Little used.]

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ablactation
ABLACTA'TION, n. [L. ab and lae, milk. Lacto, to suckle.]1. In medical authors, the weaning of a ...

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ablaqueation
ABLAQUEA'TION, [L. ablaqueatio, from ab and laquear, a roof or covering.]A laying bare the roots of ...

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ablation
ABLA'TION, n. [L. ab and latio, a carrying.]A carrying away. In medicine, the taking from the ...

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ablative
AB'LATIVE, a. [L.ablativus; L. ablatus, from aufero, to carry away, of ab and fero.]A word applied ...

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able
ABLE, a. a'bl. [L. habitis]1. Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or ...

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able-bodied
A'BLE-BODIED, a. Having a sound strong body, or a body of competent strength for service. In ...

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ablen
AB'LEN, or AB'LET, n. A small fresh water fish, the bleak.

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ableness
A'BLENESS, n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor; capability.

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ablepsy
AB'LEPSY, n. Want of sight; blindness.

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abler
A'BLER, and A'BLEST, Comp. and superl. of able.

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ablest
A'BLER, and A'BLEST, Comp. and superl. of able.

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ablet
AB'LEN, or AB'LET, n. A small fresh water fish, the bleak.

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ablocate
AB'LOCATE, v.t. [L. abloco, ab and loco, to let our.] To let out; to lease.

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ablocation
ABLOCA'TION, n. A letter to hire.

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ablude
ABLU'DE, v.t. [L. abludo, ab and ludo, to play.]To be unlike; to differ. [Not used.]

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abluent
AB'LUENT, a. [L. abluo, to wash away; ab and luo, or lavo, to wash.]Washing clean; cleansing by ...

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ablution
ABLU'TION, n. [L. ablutio, from ab and luo or lavo to wash.]1. In a general sense, the act of ...

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ably
A'BLY, adv. In an able manner; with great ability.

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abnegate
AB'NEGATE, v.t. To deny. [Not used.]

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abnegation
ABNEGA'TION, n. [L. abnego, to deny, from ab and nego; Eng. nay; L. nee, not.] A denial; a ...

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abnegator
AB'NEGATOR, n. One who denies, renounces, or opposes any thing.

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abnodation
ABNODA'TION, n. [L. abnodo; ab and nodus, a knot.] The act of cutting away the knots of trees.

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abnormity
ABNORM'ITY, n. [L. abnormis, irregular; ab and norma, a rule.] Irregularity; deformity. [Little ...

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abnormous
ABNORM'OUS, a. [L. abnormis, supra.] Irregular; deformed. [Little used.]

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aboard
ABOARD, adv. [a and board. See Board.] Within a ship, vessel, or boat.To go aboard, to enter a ...

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abodance
ABO'DANCE, n. [from bode.] An omen. [Not used.]

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abode
ABO'DE, pret. of abideABO'DE, n. [See Abide.] 1. Stay; continuance in a place; residence for a ...

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abodement
ABO'DEMENT, n. [from body.] A secret anticipation of something future.

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aboding
ABO'DING, n. Presentiment; prognostication.

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abolish
ABOL'ISH, v.t. [L. abolco; from ab and oleo, olesco, to grow.]1. To make void; to annul; to ...

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abolishable
ABOL'ISHABLE, a. That may be annulled, abrogated, or destroyed, as a law, rite, custom, &c.

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abolished
ABOL'ISHED, pp. annulled; repealed; abrogated, or destroyed.

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abolisher
ABOL'ISHER, n. One who abolishes.

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abolishing
ABOL'ISHING, ppr. Making void; annulling; destroying.

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abolishment
ABOL'ISHMENT, n. The act of annulling; abrogation; destruction.

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abolition
ABOLI'TION, n. abolishun. The act of abolishing; or the state of being abolished; an annulling; ...

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abominable
ABOM'INABLE, a. [See Abominate.] 1. Very hateful; detestable; lothesome.2. This word is ...

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abominableness
ABOM'INABLENESS, n. The quality or state of being very odious; hatefulness.

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abominably
ABOM'INABLY, adv. 1. Very odiously; detestably; sinfully. 1Kings xxi.2. In vulgar language, ...

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abominate
ABOM'INATE, v.t. [L. abomino, supposed to be formed by ab and omen; to deprecate as ominous; may ...

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abominated
ABOM'INATED, pp. Hated utterly, detested; abhorred.

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abominating
ABOM'INATING, ppr. Abhorring; hating extremely.

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abomination
ABOMINA'TION, n. 1. Extreme hatred; detestation.2. The object of detestation, a common ...

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abord
ABO'RD, n. [Fr. See Border.] Literally, arrival, but used for first appearance, manner of ...

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aborea
ABO'REA, n. A species of duck, called by Edwards, the black-bellied whistling duck. This fowl is ...

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aboriginal
ABORIG'INAL, a. [L. ab and origo, origin. See Origin.]First; original; primitive; aboriginal ...

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aborinines
ABORIN'INES, n. plur. Aboriginals - but not an English word.It may be well to let it pass into ...

183

aborsement
ABORSEMENT, n. abors'ment. [See Abort.]Abortion. [Not in use.]

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abort
ABORT', v.i. [L. aborto; ab and ortus, orior.]To miscarry in birth. [Not in use.]ABORT', n. an ...

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abortion
ABOR'TION, n. [L. abortio, a miscarriage; usually deduced from ab and orior.]1. The act of ...

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abortive
ABOR'TIVE, a. 1. Brought forth in an immature state; failing, or coming to naught, before it is ...

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abortively
ABOR'TIVELY, adv. Immaturely; in an untimely manner.

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abortiveness
ABOR'TIVENESS, n. The state of being abortive; a failing in the progress to perfection or ...

189

abortment
ABORT'MENT, n. An untimely birth.

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abound
ABOUND', v. i. [L. abundo. If this word is from L. unda, a wave, the latter has probably lost its ...

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abounding
ABOUND'ING, ppr. Having in great plenty; being in great plenty, being very prevalent; generally ...

192

about
ABOUT', prep. [Gr. butan, without, [see but,] literally, around, on the outside.]1. Around; on the ...

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above
ABOVE', prep.1. Literally, higher in place.The fowls that fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20.2. ...

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above-cited
ABOVE-CITED, Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.

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above-ground
ABOVE-GROUND, Alive, not buried.

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above-mentioned
ABOVE-MENTIONED, Mentioned before. A. Bp. Abbrev. for Archbishop.

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abracadabra
ABRACADAB'RA, The name of a deity worshipped by the Syrians: a cabalistic word. The letters of ...

198

abrade
ABRA'DE, v.t. [L. abrado, to scrape, from rado.]To rub or wear off; to waste by friction; used ...

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abraded
ABRA'DED, pp. Rubbed or worn off; worn; scraped.

200

abrading
ABRA'DING, ppr. Rubbing off; wearing.

201

abrahamic
ABRAHAM'IC, a. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch, as Abrahamic Covenant.

202

abrasion
ABRA'SION, n. abra'zhun. The act of wearing or rubbing off; also substance worn off by attrition.

203

abreast
ABREAST', adv. abrest', [from a and breast.]1. Side by side; with the breasts in a line.Two men ...

204

abridge
ABRIDGE', v.t. abridj', [G. short, or its root, from the root of break or a verb of that ...

205

abridged
ABRIDG'ED, pp. Made shorter; epitomized; reduced to a smaller compass; lessened; deprived.

206

abridger
ABRIDG'ER, n. One who abridges; one who makes a compend.

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abridging
ABRIDG'ING, ppr. shortening; lessening; depriving; debarring.

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abridgment
ABRIDG'MENT, n. 1. An epitome; a compend, or summary of a book.2. Diminution; contraction; ...

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abroach
ABROACH, adv. [See Broach.]Broached; letter out or yielding liquor, or in a posture for letting ...

210

abroad
ABROAD, adv. abrawd'. [See Broad]In a general sense, at large; widely; not confined to narrow ...

211

abrogate
AB'ROGATE, v.t. [L abrago, to repeal. from ab and rogo, to ask or propose. See the English reach. ...

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abrogated
AB'ROGATED, pp. Repealed; annulled by an act of authority.

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abrogating
AB'ROGATING, ppr. Repealing by authority; making void.

214

abrogation
ABROGA'TION, n. the act of abrogating; a repeal of authority of the legislative power.

215

abrood
ABROOD', adv. [See Brood.] In the action of brooding. [Not in use.]

216

abrooding
ABROOD'ING, n. A sitting abrood. [Not in use.]

217

abrook
ABROOK', v.t. To brook, to endure. [Not in use. See Brook.]

218

abrotanum
ABRO'TANUM, n. A species of plant arranged under the Genus, Artemisia; called also southern wood.

219

abrupt
ABRUPT', a. [L. abruptus, from abrumpo, to break off, of ab and rumpo. See Rupture.]1. ...

220

abruption
ABRUP'TION, n. A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

221

abruptly
ABRUPT'LY, adv. suddenly; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; as, the Minister left ...

222

abruptness
ABRUPT'NESS, n. 1. A state of being broken; craggedness; steepness.2. Figuratively, suddenness; ...

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abscess
AB'SCESS, n. [L. abscessus, from ab and cedo, to go from.]An imposthume. A collection of morbid ...

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abscind
ABSCIND', vt. [L. abscindo.] To cut off. [Little used.]

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absciss
AB'SCISS, n. [L. abscissus, from ab and scindere, to cut; See Scissors.]In conics, a part of the ...

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abscission
ABSCIS'SION, n. [See Absciss.]1. A cutting off, or a begin cut off. In surgery, the separation of ...

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abscond
ABSCOND', v.i. [L. abscondo, to hide, of abs and condo, to hide, i.e. to withdraw, or to thrust ...

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absconder
ABSCOND'ER, n. One who withdraws from public notice, or conceals himself from public view.

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absconding
ABSCOND'ING, ppr. Withdrawing privately from public view; as, an absconding debtor, who confines ...

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absence
AB'SENCE, n. [L. absens, from absum, abesse, to be away; ab and sum.]1. A state of being at a ...

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absent
AB'SENT, a. 1. Not present; not in company; at such a distance as to prevent communication. It ...

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absentee
ABSENTEE', n. One who withdraws from his country, office or estate; one who removed to a distant ...

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absenter
ABSENT'ER, n. One who absents himself.

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absentment
ABSENT'MENT, n. A state of being absent.

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absinthian
ABSINTH'IAN, a. [from absinthium.] Of the nature of wormwood.

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absinthiated
ABSINTH'IATED, a. Impregnated with wormwood.

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absinthium
ABSINTH'IUM, n. Budaeus in his commentaries on Theophrast, supposes the word composed of a priv. ...

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absis
AB'SIS, In astronomy. [See Apsis.]

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absolute
AB'SOLUTE, a. [L. absolutus. See Absolve.]1. Literally, in a general sense, free, independent of ...

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absolutely
AB'SOLUTELY, adv. 1. Completely, wholly, as a thing is absolutely unintelligible.2. Without ...

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absoluteness
AB'SOLUTENESS, n. Independence, completeness in itself.2. Despotic authority, or that which is ...

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absolution
ABSOLU'TION, n. In the civil law, an acquittal or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person ...

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absolutory
AB'SOLUTORY, a. Absolving; that absolves.

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absolvatory
ABSOLV'ATORY, a. [from absolve.] Containing absolution, pardon, or release; having power to ...

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absolve
ABSOLVE', v.t. abzolv', [L. absolvo, from ab and solvo, to loose or release; to absolve, to ...

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absolved
ABSOLV'ED, pp. Released; acquitted; remitted; declared innocent.

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absolver
ABSOLV'ER, n. One who absolves; also one that pronounces sin to be remit.

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absolving
ABSOLV'ING, ppr. Setting free from a debt, or charge; acquitting; remitting.

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absonant
AB'SONANT, a. [See absonous.] Wide from the purpose; contrary to reason.

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absonous
AB'SONOUS, a. [L. absonus; ab and sonus, sound.] Unmusical or untunable

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absorb
ABSORB', v.t. [L. absorbeo, ab and sorbeo, to drink in; to draw or drink in; whence sirup, ...

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absorbability
ABSORBABIL'ITY, n. a state or quality of being absorbable.

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absorbable
ABSORB'ABLE, a. That may be imbibed or swallowed.

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absorbed
ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', pp. Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed.

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absorbent
ABSORB'ENT, a. Imbibing; swallowing.ABSORB'ENT, n. In anatomy, a vessel which imbibes, as the ...

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absorbing
ABSORB'ING, ppr. Imbibing; engrossing; wasting.

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absorpt
ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', pp. Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed.

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absorption
ABSORP'TION, n. 1. The act or process of imbibing or swallowing; either by water which ...

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absorptive
ABSORP'TIVE, a. Having power to imbibe.

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abstain
ABSTA'IN, v.i. [L. abstineo, to keep from; abs and teneo, to hold. See Tenant.]In a general ...

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abstemious
ABSTE'MIOUS, a. [L. abstemium, from abs and temetum, an ancient name of strong wine, according to ...

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abstemiously
ABSTE'MIOUSLY, adv. Temperately; with a sparing use of meat or drink.

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abstemiousness
ABSTE'MIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being temperate or sparing in the use of food and strong ...

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absterge
ABSTERGE', v.t. abstery'. [L. abstergeo, of abs and tergeo, to wipe. Tergeo may have a common ...

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abstergent
ABSTERG'ENT, a. Wiping; cleansing.ABSTERG'ENT, n. a medicine which frees the body from ...

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abstersion
ABSTER'SION, n. [from L. abstergeo, abstersus.] The act of wiping clean; or a cleansing by ...

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abstersive
ABSTER'SIVE, a. Cleansing; having the quality of removing obstructions. [See Detersive.]

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abstinence
AB'STINENCE, n. [L. abstinentia. See Abstain.] 1. In general, the act or practice of ...

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abstinent
AB'STINENT, a. Refraining from indulgence, especially in the use of food and drink.

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abstinently
AB'STINENTLY, adv. With abstinence.

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abstinents
AB'STINENTS, a sect which appeared in France and Spain in the third century, who opposed marriage, ...

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abstract
ABSTRACT', v.t. [L. abstraho, to draw from or separate; from abs and traho, which is the Eng. ...

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abstracted
ABSTRACT'ED, pp. Separated; refined; exalted; abstruse; absent in mind.

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abstractedly
ABSTRACT'EDLY, adv. In a separate state, or in contemplation only.

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abstractedness
ABSTRACT'EDNESS, n. the state of being abstracted.

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abstracter
ABSTRACT'ER, n. One who makes an abstract, or summary.

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abstracting
ABSTRACT'ING, ppr. Separating, making a summary.

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abstraction
ABSTRAC'TION, n. 1. The act of separating, or state of being separated.2. The operation of the ...

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abstractitious
ABSTRACTI'TIOUS particularly from vegetables, without fermentation.

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abstractive
ABSTRACT'IVE, a. Having the power or quality of abstracting.ABSTRACT'IVE, a. Abstracted, or drawn ...

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abstractly
AB'STRACTLY, adv. separately; absolutely; in a state or manner unconnected with any thing else; ...

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abstractness
AB'STRACTNESS, n. A separate state; a state of being in contemplation only, or not connected with ...

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abstrude
ABSTRU'DE, v.t. [Infra.] To thrust or pull away. [Not used.]

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abstruse
ABSTRU'SE, a. [L. abstrusus, from abstrudo, to thrust away, to conceal; abs and trudo; Eng. to ...

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abstrusely
ABSTRU'SELY, adv. In a concealed; hence, remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or ...

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absurd
ABSURD', a. [L. absurdus, from ab and surdus, deaf, insensible.] Opposed to manifest truth; ...

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absurdity
ABSURD'ITY, n. 1. The quality of being inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound ...

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absurdly
ABSURD'LY, adv. In a manner inconsistent with reason or obvious propriety.

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absurdness
ABSURD'NESS, n. The same as absurdity, and less used.

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abtruseness
ABTRU'SENESS, n. Obscurity of meaning; the state of quality of being difficult to be understood.

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abundance
ABUND'ANCE, n. Great plenty; an overflowing quantity; ample sufficiency; in strictness applicable ...

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abundant
ABUND'ANT, a. Plentiful; in great quantity; fully sufficient; as an abundant supply. In ...

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abundantly
ABUND'ANTLY, adv. Fully; amply; plentifully; in a sufficient degree.

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abusage
ABU'SAGE, n. Abuse. [Not used.]

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abuse
ABU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. abutor, abusus of ab and utor, to use; Gr. to accustom. See Use.]1. To ...

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abused
ABU'SED, pp. s as z. Ill-used; used to a bad purpose; treated with rude language; misemployed; ...

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abuseful
ABU'SEFUL, a. Using or practicing abuse; abusive. [Not used.]

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abuser
ABU'SER, n. s as z. One who abuses, in speech or behavior; one that deceives; a ravisher; a ...

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abusing
ABU'SING, ppr. s as z. Using ill; employing to bad purposes; deceiving; violating the person; ...

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abusion
ABU'SION, n. abu'zhon. Abuse; evil or corrupt usage; reproach. [Little used.]

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abusive
ABU'SIVE, a. 1. Practicing abuse; offering harsh words, or ill treatment; as an abusive author; ...

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abusively
ABU'SIVELY, adv. In an abusive manner; rudely; reproachfully.

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abusiveness
ABU'SIVENESS, n. Ill-usage; the quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the ...

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abut
ABUT', v.i. To border upon; to be contiguous to; to meet; in strictness, to adjoin to at the end; ...

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abutment
ABUT'MENT, n. 1. The head or end; that which unites one end of a thing to another; chiefly used ...

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abuttal
ABUT'TAL, n. The butting or boundary of land at the end; a head-land.

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aby
ABY', v.t. or i. [Probably contracted from abide.] To endure; to pay dearly; to remain. Obs.

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abysm
ABYSM', n. abyzm'. [See Abyss.] A gulf.

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abyss
ABYSS', n. [Gr. bottomless, from a priv. and bottom, Ion. See Bottom.] 1. A bottomless gulf; ...

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abyssinian
ABYSSIN'IAN, a. A name denoting a mixed multitude or a black race.

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abyssinians
ABYSSIN'IANS, n. A sect of christians in Abyssinia, who admit but one nature in Jesus Christ, and ...

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ac
AC, in Saxon, oak, the initial syllable of names, as acton, oaktown.

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acacalot
ACAC'ALOT, n. A Mexican fowl, the Tantalus Mexicanus, or

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acacia
ACA'CIA, n. [L. acacia, a thorn, from Gr., a point.]Egyptian thorn, a species of plant ranked by ...

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acacians
ACA'CIANS, in Church History, were certain sects, so denominated from their leaders, Acacius, ...

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academe
ACADE'ME; n. an academy; a society of persons. [Not used.]

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academial
ACADE'MIAL, a Pertaining to an academy.

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academian
ACADE'MIAN, n. A member of an academy; a student in a university or college.

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academic
ACADEM'IC, a. Belonging to an academy, or to a college or ACADEM'ICAL, university - as academic ...

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academically
ACADEM'ICALLY, adv. In an academical manner.

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academician
ACADEMI'CIAN, n. a member of an academy, or society for promoting arts and sciences; particularly, ...

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academism
ACAD'EMISM, n. The doctrine of the academic philosophy.

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academist
ACAD'EMIST, n. a member of an Academy for promoting arts and sciences; also an academic ...

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academy
ACAD'EMY, n. [L. academia.] Originally, it is said, a garden, grove, or villa, near Athens, ...

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acalot
AC'ALOT, Corvusaquaticus, water raven.

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acamacu
ACAMAC'U, n. A bird, the Brazilian fly catcher, or Todus.

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acanaceous
ACANA'CEOUS, a acana'shus. [Gr. a prickly shrub.]Armed with prickles. A class of plants are ...

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acantha
ACANTH'A, n. [Gr. a spine or thorn.]In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an ...

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acanthaceous
ACANTHA'CEOUS, a. Armed with prickles, as a plant.

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acantharis
ACAN'THARIS, n. In entomology, a species of Cimex, with a spinous thorax, and a ciliated abdomen, ...

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acanthine
ACANTH'INE, a [See acanthus.]Pertaining to the plant, acanthus. The acanthine garments of the ...

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acanthopterygious
ACANTHOPTERYG'IOUS, a [Gr. a thorn, and a little feather, from a feather.]In zoology, having back ...

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acanthus
ACANTH'US, n. [G. and L. acanthus, from a prickle or thorn. See acantha.]1. The plant bear's ...

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acanticone
ACAN'TICONE, n. See Pistacite.

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acarnar
ACARN'AR, n. A bright star, of the first magnitude, in Eridanus.

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acatalectic
ACATALEC'TIC, n. [Gr. not defective at the end, to cease.] A verse, which has the complete number ...

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acatalepsy
ACAT'ALEPSY, n. [Gr. to comprehend.]Impossibility of complete discovery or comprehension; ...

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acatechill
ACAT'ECHILL, n. a Mexican bird, a species of Fringilla, of the size of the siskin.

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acater
ACATER, ACATES. See Caterer and Cates.

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acates
ACATER, ACATES. See Caterer and Cates.

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acauline
ACAU'LINE, a. [L. a priv. and caulis, Gr. a stalk. See ACAU'LOUS, Colewort.]In botany, without a ...

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accede
ACCE'DE, v.i. [L. accedo, of ad and cedo, to yield or give place, or rather to move.]1. To agree ...

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acceding
ACCE'DING, ppr. Agreeing; assenting: becoming a party to a treaty by agreeing to the terms ...

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accelerate
ACCEL'ERATE, v.t. [L. accelero, of ad and celero, to hasten, from celer, quick.1. To cause to ...

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accelerated
ACCEL'ERATED, pp. Quickened in motion; hastened in progress.

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accelerating
ACCEL'ERATING, ppr. Hastening; increasing velocity or progression.

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acceleration
ACCELERA'TION, n. The act of increasing velocity or progress; the state of being quickened in ...

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accelerative
ACCEL'ERATIVE, a. Adding to velocity; quickening progression.

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acceleratory
ACCEL'ERATORY, a Accelerating; quickening motion.

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accend
ACCEND', v.t. [L. accendo, to kindle; ad and candeo, caneo, to be white, canus, white; W. can, ...

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accendibility
ACCENDIBIL'ITY, n. Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed.

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accendible
ACCEND'IBLE, a. Capable OF being inflamed or kindled.

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accension
ACCEN'SION, n. The act of kindling or setting on fire; or the state of being kindled; ...

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accent
AC'CENT, n. [L. accentus, from ad and cano, cantum, to sing; See Accend.]1. The modulation of the ...

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accented
AC'CENTED, pp. Uttered with accent; marked with accent.

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accenting
AC'CENTING, ppr. Pronouncing or marking with accent.

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accentual
ACCENT'UAL, a. Pertaining to accent.

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accentuate
ACCENT'UATE, v.t. To mark or pronounce with an accent or with accents.

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accentuation
ACCENTUA'TION, n. The act of placing accents in writing, or of pronouncing them in speaking.

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accept
ACCEPT', v.t. [L. accepto, from accipio, ad and capio, to take.]1. To take or receive what is ...

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acceptable
ACCEPT'ABLE, a. 1. That may be received with pleasure; hence pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; ...

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acceptableness
ACCEPT'ABLENESS, n. the quality of being agreeable to a ACCEPTABIL'ITY, receiver, or to a person ...

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acceptably
ACCEPT'ABLY, adv. In a manner to please, or give satisfaction.Let us have grace whereby we may ...

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acceptance
ACCEPT'ANCE, n. 1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work ...

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acceptation
ACCEPTA'TION, n. 1. Kind reception; a receiving with favor or approbation.This is a saying worthy ...

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accepted
ACCEPT'ED, pp. Kindly received; regarded; agreed to; understood; received as a bill of exchange.

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accepter
ACCEPT'ER, OR ACCEPT'OR, n. A person who accepts; the person who receives a bill of exchange so as ...

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accepting
ACCEPT'ING, ppr. Receiving favorably; agreeing to; understanding.

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acception
ACCEP'TION, n. The received sense of a word. [Not now used.]

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acceptive
ACCEPT'IVE, a. Ready to accept. [Not used.]

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acceptor
ACCEPT'ER, OR ACCEPT'OR, n. A person who accepts; the person who receives a bill of exchange so as ...

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access
ACCESS', n. [L. accessus, from accedo. See Accede.]1. A coming to; near approach; admittance; ...

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accessarily
ACCESSARILY, See ACCESSORILY.

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accessariness
ACCESSARINESS, See ACCESSORINESS

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accessary
ACCESSARY, See ACCESSORY.

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accessibility
ACCESSIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being approachable; or of admitting access.

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accessible
ACCESS'IBLE, a. 1. That may be approached or reached; approachable; applied to things; as an ...

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accession
ACCESS'ION, n. [L. accessio.] 1. A coming to; an acceding to and joining; as a king's accession ...

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accessional
ACCESS'IONAL, a. Additional

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accessorial
ACCESSO'RIAL, a. Pertaining to an accessory; as accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

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accessorily
AC'CESSORILY, adv. [See Accessory.] In the manner of an accessory; by subordinate means, or in a ...

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accessoriness
AC'CESSORINESS, n. The state of being accessory, or of being or acting in a secondary character.

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accessory
AC'CESSORY, a. [L. Accessorius, from accessus, accedo. See Accede. This word is accented on the ...

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accidence
AC'CIDENCE, n. [See Accident.] A small book containing the rudiments of grammar.

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accident
AC'CIDENT, n. [L. accidens, falling, from ad and cado, to fall. See Case and Cadence. Class ...

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accidental
ACCIDENT'AL, a. 1. Happening by chance, or rather unexpectedly; casual; fortuitous, taking place ...

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accidentally
ACCIDENT'ALLY, adv. By chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

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accidentalness
ACCIDENT'ALNESS, n. The quality of being casual. [Little used.]

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accidentiary
ACCIDEN'TIARY, a. Pertaining to the accidence. [Not used.]

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accipiter
ACCIP'ITER, n. [L. ad and capio, to seize.]1. A name given to a fish, the milvus or lucerna, a ...

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accipitrine
ACCIP'ITRINE, a. Seizing; rapacious; as the accipitrine order of fowls.

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accite
ACCI'TE v.t. [L. adand cito, to cite.] To call; to cite; to summon. [Not used.]

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acclaim
ACCLA'IM v.t. [L acclamo, ad and clamo, to cry out. See Claim, Clamor.] To applaud. [Little ...

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acclamation
ACCLAMA'TION, n. [L. acclamatio. See acclaim.]A shout of applause uttered by a multitude. ...

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acclamatory
ACCLAM'ATORY, a. Expressing joy or applause by shouts, or clapping of hands.

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acclimated
ACCLI'MATED, a. Habituated to a foreign climate, or a climate not native; so far accustomed to a ...

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acclivity
ACCLIV'ITY, n. [L. acclivus, acclivis, ascending, from ad and clivus, an ascent. A slope or ...

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acclivous
ACCLI'VOUS, a. Rising, as a hill with a slope.

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accloy
ACCLOY', To fill; to stuff; to fill to satiety. [Not used.] [See Clay.]

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accoil
ACCOIL', [See Coil.]

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accola
AC'COLA, n. A delicate fish eaten at Malta.

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accolade
ACCOLA'DE, n. [L. ad and collum, neck.] A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood; but ...

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accommodable
ACCOM'MODABLE, a. [See Accommodate.]That may be fitted, made suitable, or made to agree. [Little ...

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accommodate
ACCOM'MODATE, v.t. [L. accommodo, to apply or suit, from ad and commodo, to profit or help; of ...

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accommodated
ACCOM'MODATED, pp. fitted; adjusted; adapted; applied; also furnished with conveniences.We are ...

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accommodately
ACCOM'MODATELY, adv. Suitable; fitly. [Little used.]

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accommodateness
ACCOM'MODATENESS, n. fitness. [Little used.]

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accommodating
ACCOM'MODATING, ppr. Adapting; making suitable; reconciling; furnishing with conveniences; ...

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accommodation
ACCOMMODA'TION, n. 1. Fitness; adaptation; followed by to.The organization of the body with ...

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accommodator
ACCOM'MODATOR, n. One that accommodates; one that adjusts.

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accompanable
ACCOM'PANABLE, a. [See Accompany.] sociable. [Not used.]

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accompanied
ACCOM'PANIED, pp. Attended; joined with in society.

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accompaniment
ACCOM'PANIMENT, n. Something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added by way of ornament ...

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accompanist
ACCOM'PANIST, n. The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

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accompany
ACCOM'PANY, v.t. [See Company.]1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate on a journey, ...

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accompanying
ACCOM'PANYING, ppr. Attending; going with as a companion.

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accomplice
ACCOM'PLICE, n. [L. complicatus, folded together, of con, with, and plico, to fold. See Complex ...

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accomplish
ACCOM'PLISH, v.t. [L. compleo, to complete. See Complete.] 1. To complete; to finish ...

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accomplished
ACCOM'PLISHED, pp. 1. Finished; completed; fulfilled; executed; effected.2. a. Well endowed ...

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accomplisher
ACCOM'PLISHER, n. One who accomplishes.

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accomplishing
ACCOM'PLISHING, ppr. finishing; completing; fulfilling; executing; effecting; furnishing with ...

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accomplishment
ACCOM'PLISHMENT, n.1. Completion; fulfillment; entire performance; as the accomplishment of a ...

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accompt
ACCOMPT', obs. [See Account.]

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accomptant
ACCOMPT'ANT, Obs. [See Accountant.]

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accord
ACCORD', n.The Lat. has concors, concordo. 1. Agreement; harmony of minds; consent or concurrence ...

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accordable
ACCORD'ABLE, a. Agreeable, consonant.

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accordant
ACCORD'ANT, a. Corresponding; consonant; agreeable.

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accorded
ACCORD'ED, pp. Make to agree; adjusted.

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accorder
ACCORD'ER, n. One that aids, or favors. [Little used.]

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according
ACCORD'ING, ppr. 1. Agreeing; harmonizing.Th' according music of a well mixt state.2. Suitable; ...

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accordingly
ACCORD'INGLY, adv. Agreeably; suitably; in a manner conformable to.Those who live in faith and ...

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accorporate
ACCORP'ORATE, v.t. To unite; [Not in use.] [See Incorporate.]

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accost
ACCOST', v.t. 1. To approach; to draw near; to come side by side, or face to face. [Not in ...

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accostable
ACCOST'ABLE, a. Ease of access; familiar.

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accosted
ACCOST'ED, pp. Address; first spoken to. In heraldry, being side by side.

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accosting
ACCOST'ING, ppr. Addressing by first speaking to.

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accoucheur
ACCOUCHEUR, n. accoshare. A man who assists women in childbirth.

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account
ACCOUNT', n.1. A sum stated on paper; a registry of a debt or credit; of debts and credits, or ...

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accountability
ACCOUNTABIL'ITY, n. 1. The state of being liable to answer for one's conduct; liability to give ...

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accountable
ACCOUNT'ABLE, a.1. Liable to be called to account; answerable to a superior.Every man is ...

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accountableness
ACCOUNT'ABLENESS, n. Liableness to answer or to give account; the state of being answerable, or ...

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accountant
ACCOUNT'ANT, n. One skilled in mercantile accounts; more generally, a person who keeps accounts; ...

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accountbook
ACCOUNT'BOOK, n. A book in which accounts are kept.

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accounted
ACCOUNT'ED, pp. Esteemed; deemed; considered; regarded; valued.Accounted for, explained.

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accounting
ACCOUNT'ING, ppr. Deeming; esteeming; reckoning; rendering an account.Accounting for, rendering an ...

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accouple
ACCOUPLE, v.t. accup'ple. To couple; to join or link together. [See Couple.]

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accouplement
ACCOUPLEMENT, n. accup'plement. A coupling, a connecting in pairs; junction. [Little used.]

448

accourage
ACCOUR'AGE, v.t. accur'age. [See Courage.] To encourage. [Not used.]

449

accourt
ACCOURT, v.t. [See Court.] To entertain with courtesy. [Not used.]

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accouter
ACCOUTER, v.t. acoot'erIn a general sense, to dress; to equip, but appropriately, to array in a ...

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accoutered
ACCOUT'ERED, pp. Dressed in arms; equipped.

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accoutering
ACCOUT'ERING, ppr. Equipping with military habiliments.

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accouterments
ACCOUT'ERMENTS, n. plu. 1. Dress; equipage; furniture for the body; appropriately, military dress ...

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accoy
ACCOY', v.t. To render quiet or diffident; to soothe; to caress. [Obs.]

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accredit
ACCRED'IT, v.t. [L. ad and credo, to believe, or give faith to. See Credit.]To give credit, ...

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accreditation
ACCREDITA'TION, n. That which gives title to credit. [Little used.]

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accredited
ACCRED'ITED, pp. Allowed; received with reputation; authorized in a public character.

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accrediting
ACCRED'ITING, ppr. Giving authority or reputation.

459

accrescent
ACCRES'CENT,a. [See Accretion.] Increasing.

460

accretion
ACCRE'TION, n. [Lat. accretio, increase; accres'co, to increase, literally, to grow to; ad and ...

461

accretive
ACCRE'TIVE, a. Increasing by growth; growing; adding to be growth; as the accretive motion of ...

462

accroach
ACCROACH, v.i.1. To hook, or draw to, as with a hook; but in this sense not used.2. To encroach; ...

463

accrue
ACCRUE, v.i. accru'. [L. accresco, cresco.]Literally, to grow to; hence to arise, proceed or ...

464

accruing
ACCRU'ING, ppr. Growing to; arising; coming; being added.

465

accrument
ACCRU'MENT, n. Addition; increase. [Little used.]

466

accubation
ACCUBA'TION, n. [L. accubatio, a reclingin, from ad and cubo, to lie down. See Cube.]A lying or ...

467

accumb
ACCUMB', v.i. [L. accumbo; ad and cubo.] To recline as at table. [Not used.]

468

accumbency
ACCUM'BENCY, n. State of being accumbent or reclining.

469

accumbent
ACCUM'BENT, a. [L. accumbens, accumbo, from cubo. See Accubation.] Leaning or reclining, as the ...

470

accumulate
ACCU'MULATE, v.t. [L. accumulo, ad and cumulo, to heap; cumulus a heap.]1. To heap up; to pile; ...

471

accumulated
ACCU'MULATED, pp. Collected into a heap or great quantity.

472

accumulating
ACCU'MULATING, ppr. Heaping up; amassing; increasing greatly.

473

accumulation
ACCUMULA'TION,n. 1. The act of accumulating; the state of being accumulated; an amassing; a ...

474

accumulative
ACCU'MULATIVE, a. That accumulates; heaping up; accumulating.

475

accumulator
ACCU'MULATOR, n. One that accumulates, gathers, or amasses.

476

accuracy
AC'CURACY,n. [L. accuratio, from accurare, to take care of; ad and curare, to take care; cura, ...

477

accurate
AC'CURATE, a. [L. accuratus.] 1. In exact conformity to truth, or to a standard or rule, or to a ...

478

accurately
AC'CURATELY, adv. 1. Exactly; in an accurate manner; with precision; without error or defect; as ...

479

accurateness
AC'CURATENESS, n. Accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

480

accurse
ACCURSE, v.t. accurs', [ Ac for ad and curse.] To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or ...

481

accursed
ACCURS'ED, pp. or a. 1. Doomed to destruction or misery:The city shall be accursed. John 6.2. ...

482

accusable
ACCU'SABLE,a. That may be accused; chargeable with a crime; blamable; liable to censure; followed ...

483

accusant
ACCU'SANT, n. One who accuses.

484

accusation
ACCUSA'TION, n. 1. The act of charging with a crime or offense; the act of accusing of any wrong ...

485

accusative
ACCU'SATIVE, a. A term given to a case of nouns, in Grammars, on which the action of a verb ...

486

accusatively
ACCU'SATIVELY, adv. 1. In an accusative manner.2. In relation to the accusative case in Grammar.

487

accusatory
ACCU'SATORY, a. Accusing; containing an accusation; as an accusatory libel.

488

accuse
ACCU'SE, v.t. [L. accuso, to blame or accuse; ad and causor, to blame, or accuse; causa, blame, ...

489

accused
ACCU'SED, pp. Charged with a crime, by a legal process; charged with an offense; blamed.

490

accuser
ACCU'SER, n. One who accuses or blames; an officer who prefers an accusation against another for ...

491

accusing
ACCU'SING, ppr. Charging with a crime; blaming.

492

accustom
ACCUS'TOM, v.t.To make familiar by use; to form a habit by practice; to habituate or inure; as to ...

493

accustomable
ACCUS'TOMABLE, a. Of long custom; habitual; customary. [Little used.]

494

accustomably
ACCUS'TOMABLY, adv. According to custom or habit. [Little used.]

495

accustomance
ACCUS'TOMANCE, n. custom; habitual use or practice. [Not used.]

496

accustomarily
ACCUS'TOMARILY, adv. According to custom or common practice. [See Customarily.] [Little used.]

497

accustomary
ACCUS'TOMARY, a. Usual; customary [See Customary.] [Little used.]

498

accustomed
ACCUS'TOMED, pp. 1. Being familiar by use; habituated; inured.2. a. Usual; often practiced; as ...

499

accustoming
ACCUS'TOMING, ppr. Making familiar by practice; inuring.

500

ace
ACE, n. [L. as, a unit or pound; G. ass.]1. A unit; a single point on a card or die; or the card ...

501

aceetate
ACE'ETATE, n. [See Acid.] In chimistry, a neutral salt formed by the union of the acetic acid, or ...

502

aceldama
ACEL'DAMA, n. A field said to have laid south of Jerusalem, the same as the potters field, ...

503

acephalous
ACEPH'ALOUS, a. [Gr. a priv., a head.]Without a head, headless. In history, the term Acephali, or ...

504

acephalus
ACEPH'ALUS, n. an obsolete name of the taenia or tape worm, which was formerly supposed to have no ...

505

acerb
ACERB', a. [L. acerbus; G. herbe, harsh, sour, tart, bitter, rough, whence herbst autumn, ...

506

acerbity
ACERB'ITY, n. 1. A sourness, with roughness, or astringency.2. Figuratively, harshness or ...

507

aceric
ACER'IC, a. [L. acer, a maple tree.]Pertaining to the maple; obtained from the maple, as aceric ...

508

acerous
AC'EROUS, a. [L. acerosus, chaffy, from acus, chaff or a point.]1. In botany, chaffy; resembling ...

509

acescency
ACES'CENCY, n. [L. acescens, turning sour, from acesco. See Acid.] A turning sour by spontaneous ...

510

acescent
ACES'CENT, a. Turning sour; becoming tart or acid by spontaneous decomposition. Hence slightly ...

511

aceste
ACES'TE, n. In entomology, a species of papilio or butterfly, with subdentated wings, found in ...

512

acestis
ACES'TIS, n. A factitious sort of chrysocolla, made of Cyprian verdigris, urine, and niter.

513

acetabulum
ACETAB'ULUM, n. [L. from acetum, vinegar. See Acid.] Among the Romans a vinegar cruse or like ...

514

acetary
AC'ETARY, n. [See Acid.] an acid pulpy substance in certain fruits, as the pear, inclosed in a ...

515

acetated
AC'ETATED, a. [See Acid.] Combined with acetic acid, or radical vinegar.

516

acetic
ACE'TIC, a. [See Acid.] A term used to denote a particular acid, acetic acid, the concentrated ...

517

acetification
ACETIFICA'TION, n. The act of making acetous or sour; or the operation of making vinegar.

518

acetify
ACE'TIFY, v.t. To convert into acid or vinegar.

519

acetite
AC'ETITE, [See Acid.] Neutral salt formed by the acetous acid, with a salifiable base; as the ...

520

acetometer
ACETOM'ETER, n. [L. acetum, vinegar, and measure.]An instrument for ascertaining the strength of ...

521

acetous
ACE'TOUS, a. [See Acid.[ Sour; like or having the nature of vinegar. Acetous acid is the term ...

522

acetum
ACE'TUM, n. [L. See Acid.] Vinegar, a sour liquor, obtained from vegetables dissolved in boiling ...

523

ache
ACHE, v.i. ake. [Gr. to ache or be in pain. The primary sense is to be pressed. Perhaps the ...

524

achean
ACHE'AN, a. Pertaining to Achaia in Greece, and a celebrated league or confederacy established ...

525

acherner
ACHERN'ER, n. A star of the first magnitude in the southern extremity of the constellation ...

526

acherset
ACH'ERSET, n. An ancient measure of corn, supposed to be about eight bushels.

527

achievable
ACHIE'VABLE, a. [See Achieve.] That may be performed.

528

achievance
ACHIE'VANCE, n. Performance.

529

achieve
ACHIE'VE, v.t.1. To perform, or execute; to accomplish; to finish, or carry on to a final close. ...

530

achieved
ACHIE'VED, pp. Performed; obtained; accomplished.

531

achievement
ACHIE'VEMENT, n.1. The performance of an action.2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished ...

532

achiever
ACHIE'VER, n. One who accomplishes a purpose, or obtains an object by his exertions.

533

achieving
ACHIE'VING, ppr. Performing; executing; gaining.

534

aching
A'CHING, ppr. Being in pain; suffering distress.A'CHING, n. Pain; continued pain or distress.

535

achiote
A'CHIOTE, n. The anotta, a tree, and a drug used for dyeing red. The bard of the tree makes good ...

536

achor
A'CHOR, n. [Gr., sordes capitis.]1. The scald head, a disease forming scaly eruptions, supposed ...

537

achromatic
ACHROMAT'IC, a. [Gr. priv. and color.]Destitute of color. achromatic telescopes are formed of a ...

538

acicular
ACIC'ULAR, a. [L. acicula, Priscian, a needle, from Gr., L. a point. See Acid.]In the shape of a ...

539

acicularly
ACIC'ULARLY, adv. In the manner of needles, or prickles.

540

acid
AC'ID, a. [L. acidus. See Edge.]Sour, sharp or biting to the taste, having the taste of vinegar, ...

541

acidiferous
ACIDIF'EROUS, a. [Acid and L. fero.] Containing acids, or an acid.Acidiferous minerals are such ...

542

acidifiable
ACID'IFIABLE, a. [From Acidify.]Capable of being converted into an acid, by union with an ...

543

acidification
ACIDIFICA'TION, n. The act or process of acidifying or changing into an acid.

544

acidified
ACID'IFIED, pp. Made acid; converted into an acid.

545

acidifier
ACID'IFIER, n. That which by combination forms an acid, as oxygen and hydrogen.

546

acidify
ACID'IFY, v.t. [Acid and L. facio.]To make acid; but appropriately to convert into an acid, ...

547

acidifying
ACID'IFYING, ppr. Making acid; converting into an acid; having power to change into an acid. ...

548

acidimeter
ACIDIM'ETER, n. [Acid and Gr. measure.]An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.

549

acidity
ACID'ITY, n. The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.

550

acidness
AC'IDNESS, n. The quality of being sour; acidity.

551

acidulate
ACID'ULATE, v.t. [L. acidulus, slightly sour;To tinge with an acid; to make acid in a moderate ...

552

acidulated
ACID'ULATED, pp. Tinged with an acid; made slightly sour.

553

acidulating
ACID'ULATING, ppr. Tinging with an acid.

554

acidule
AC'IDULE, n. In chimistry, a compound base is supersaturated

555

acidulous
ACID'ULOUS, a. [L. acidulus. See Acid.]Slightly sour; sub-acid, or having an excess of acid; as ...

556

acidulum
ACID'ULUM, with acid; as, tartareous acidulum; oxalic acidulum.

557

acinaciform
ACINAC'IFORM, a. [L. acinaces, a cimeter, Gr. and L. forma, form.]In botany, formed like, or ...

558

aciniform
AC'INIFORM, a. [L. acinus, a grape stone, and forma, shape.]Having the form of grapes; being in ...

559

acinose
AC'INOSE, a. [From L. acinus. See Aciniform.]

560

acinous
AC'INOUS,

561

acinus
AC'INUS, n. [L.] In botany, one of the small grains, which compose the fruit of the blackberry, ...

562

acipenser
AC'IPENSER, a. In ichthyology, a genus of fishes, of the order of chondropterygii, having an ...

563

acitli
ACIT'LI, n. A name of the water hare, or great crested grebe or diver.

564

acknowledge
ACKNOWL'EDGE, v.t. Aknol'edge, [ad and knowledge. See Know.]1. To own, avow or admit to be true, ...

565

acknowledged
ACKNOWL'EDGED, pp. Owned; confessed; noticed with regard or gratitude; received with approbation; ...

566

acknowledging
ACKNOWL'EDGING, ppr. Owning; confessing; approving; grateful; but the latter sense is a gallicism, ...

567

acknowledgment
ACKNOWL'EDGMENT, n. 1. The act of owning; confession; as, the acknowledgment of a fault.2. The ...

568

acme
AC'ME, n. Ac'my [Gr.]The top or highest point. It is used to denote the maturity or perfection ...

569

acne
AC'NE, n. Ac'ny. [Gr.]A small hard pimple or tubercle on the face.

570

acnestis
ACNESTIS, n. [Gr. a priv. to rub or gnaw.]That part of the spine in quadrupeds which extends from ...

571

aco
AC'O, n. A Mediterranean fish, called also sarachus.

572

acolin
AC'OLIN, n. a bird of the partridge kind in Cuba. Its breast and belly are white; its back and ...

573

acolothist
ACOL'OTHIST, n. [Gr.]

574

acolyte
AC'OLYTE,In the ancient church, one of the subordinate officers, who lighted the lamps, prepared ...

575

aconite
AC'ONITE, n. [L. aconitum; Gr.]The herb wolf's bane, or monks-hood, a poisonous plant; and in ...

576

acontias
ACON'TIAS, n. [Gr. a dart.]1. A species of serpent, called dart-snake, or jaculum, from its ...

577

acop
ACOP' adv. [a and cope.] At the top.

578

acorn
A'CORN, n.1. The seed or fruit of the oak; an oval nut which grows in a rough permanent cup.The ...

579

acorned
A'CORNED, a. Furnished or loaded with acorns.

580

acorus
A'CORUS, n. [L. from Gr..]1. Aromatic Calamus, sweet flag, or sweet rush.2. In natural history, ...

581

acotyledon
ACOTYL'EDON, n. [Gr. a priv. a hollow.]In botany, a plant whose seeds have no side lobes, or ...

582

acotyledonous
ACOTYLED'ONOUS, a. Having no side lobes.

583

acoustic
ACOUS'TIC, a. [Gr. to hear.]Pertaining to the ears, to the sense of hearing, or to the doctrine of ...

584

acoustics
ACOUS'TICS, n. 1. The science of sounds, teaching their cause, nature and phenomena. This ...

585

acquaint
ACQUA'INT, v.t. [Eng. can, and ken; which see.]1. To make known; to make fully or intimately ...

586

acquaintance
ACQUAI'NTANCE, n. 1. Familiar knowledge; a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate or ...

587

acquainted
ACQUA'INTED, pp. Known; familiarly known; informed; having personal knowledge.

588

acquainting
ACQUA'INTING, ppr. Making known to; giving notice, or information to.

589

acquest
ACQUEST', n. [L. acquisitus, acquiro.]1. Acquisition; the thing gained.2. Conquest; a place ...

590

acquiesce
ACQUIESCE, v.i. acquiess'. [L. acquiesco, of ad and quiesco, to be quiet; quies, rest.]1. To ...

591

acquiescence
ACQUIES'CENCE, n. A quiet assent; a silent submission, or submission with apparent content; ...

592

acquiescent
ACQUIES'CENT, a. Resting satisfied; easy; submitting; disposed to submit.

593

acquiescing
ACQUIES'CING, ppr. Quietly submitting; resting content.

594

acquirable
ACQUI'RABLE, a. That may be acquired.

595

acquire
ACQUI'RE, v.t. [L. acquiro, ad and quaero to seek, that is to follow, to press, to urge; acquiro ...

596

acquired
ACQUI'RED, pp. Gained, obtained, or received from art, labor, or other means, in distinction from ...

597

acquirement
ACQUI'REMENT, n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. It is used in ...

598

acquirer
ACQUI'RER, n. A person who acquires.

599

acquiring
ACQUI'RING, ppr. Gaining by labor or other means, something that has a degree of permanence in the ...

600

acquiry
ACQUI'RY, n. Acquirement. [Not used.]

601

acquisite
AC'QUISITE, a. s as z. Gained. [Not used.]

602

acquisition
ACQUISI'TION, n. [L. acquisitio, from acquisitus, acquaesivi, which are given as the part. and ...

603

acquisitive
ACQUIS'ITIVE, a. that is acquired; acquired; [but improper.]

604

acquisitively
ACQUIS'ITIVELY, adv. Noting acquirement, with to or for following.

605

acquist
ACQUIST', n. See Acquest. [Not used.]

606

acquit
ACQUIT', v.t. [L. cedo.]To set free; to release or discharge from an obligation, accusation, ...

607

acquitment
ACQUIT'MENT, n. The act of acquitting, or state of being acquitted. [This word is superseded by ...

608

acquittal
ACQUIT'TAL, n. A judicial setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense; as, by ...

609

acquittance
ACQUIT'TANCE, n. 1. A discharge or release from a debt.2. The writing, which is evidence of a ...

610

acquitted
ACQUIT'TED, pp. Set free, or judicially discharge from an accusation; released from a debt, duty, ...

611

acquitting
ACQUIT'TING, ppr. Setting free from accusation; releasing from a charge, obligation, or suspicion ...

612

acrase
ACRA'SE, v.t.

613

acrasy
AC'RASY, n. [Gr. from a priv. constitution or temperament.]In medical authors, an excess or ...

614

acraze
ACRA'ZE, 1. To make crazy; to infatuate. [Not in use.] [See Crazy.]2. To impair; to destroy. ...

615

acre
ACRE, n. a'ker. [Gr; Lat. ager. In these languages, the word retains its primitive sense, an ...

616

acred
A'CRED, a. Possessing acres or landed property.

617

acrid
AC'RID, a. [L. accr.]Sharp; pungent; bitter; sharp or biting to the taste; acrimonious; as acrid ...

618

acridness
AC'RIDNESS, n. A sharp, bitter, pungent quality.

619

acrimonious
ACRIMO'NIOUS, a. 1. Sharp; bitter; corrosive; abounding with acrimony.2. Figuratively, sharpness ...

620

acrimoniously
ACRIMO'NIOUSLY, adv. With sharpness or bitterness.

621

acrisy
AC'RISY, n. [Gr. a priv., judgment.]A state or condition of which no right judgment can be formed; ...

622

acritude
AC'RITUDE, n. [See Acrid.]An acrid quality; bitterness to the taste; biting heat.

623

acroamatic
ACROAMAT'IC, a. [Gr. to hear.]Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; an epithet applied to the ...

624

acroatic
ACROAT'IC, a. [Gr.]Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; and opposed to exoteric. Aristotle's ...

625

acroceraunian
ACROCERAU'NIAN, a. [Gr. a summit, and thunder.]An epithet applied to certain mountains between ...

626

acromion
ACRO'MION, n. [Gr. highest, and shoulder.]In anatomy, that part of the spine of the scapula, which ...

627

acronic
ACRON'IC, a. [Gr. extreme and night.]

628

acronical
ACRON'ICAL,In astronomy, a term applied to the rising of a star at sun set, or its setting at sun ...

629

acronically
ACRON'ICALLY, adv. In an acronical manner; at the rising or setting of the sun.

630

acrospire
AC'ROSPIRE, n. [Gr. highest, a spire, or spiral line.]A shoot, or sprout of a seed; the plume, or ...

631

acrospired
AC'ROSPIRED, a. having a sprout, or having sprouted at both ends.

632

across
ACROSS', prep. akraus'. [a and cross. See Cross.]1. From side to side, opposed to along, which ...

633

acrostic
ACROS'TIC, n. [Gr extremity or beginning, order, or verse.]A composition in verse, in which the ...

634

acrostically
ACROS'TICALLY, adv. In the manner of an acrostic.

635

acroteleutic
ACROTELEU'TIC, n. [Gr. extreme, and end.]Among ecclesiastical writers, an appellation given to any ...

636

acroter
AC'ROTER, n. [Gr. a summit.]In architecture, a small pedestal, usually with out a base, anciently ...

637

acrothymion
ACROTHYM'ION, n. [Gr. extreme, and thyme.]Among physicians, a species of wart, with a narrow basis ...

638

act
ACT, v.i. [Gr., Lat. to urge, drive, lead, bring, do, perform, or in general to move, to exert ...

639

acted
ACT'ED, pp. Done; performed; represented on the stage.

640

actian
AC'TIAN, a. Relating to Actium, a town and promontory of Epirus, as Actian games, which were ...

641

acting
ACT'ING, ppr. Doing; performing; behaving; representing the character of another.ACT'ING, n. ...

642

actinolite
AC'TINOLITE, n. [Gr. a ray, a stone.]A mineral, called, by Werner, strahlstein, ray-stone, nearly ...

643

actinolitic
ACTINOLIT'IC, a. Like or pertaining to actinolite.

644

action
AC'TION, n. [L. actio. See Act.]1. Literally, a driving; hence, the state of acting or moving; ...

645

actionable
AC'TIONABLE, a. That will bear a suit, or for which an action at law may be sustained; as, to call ...

646

actionably
AC'TIONABLY, adv. In a manner that subjects to legal process.

647

actionary
AC'TIONARY or AC'TIONIST, n. In Europe, a proprietor of stock in a trading company; one who owns ...

648

actionist
AC'TIONARY or AC'TIONIST, n. In Europe, a proprietor of stock in a trading company; one who owns ...

649

active
ACT'IVE, a. [L. activus.]1. That has the power or quality of acting; that contains the principle ...

650

actively
ACT'IVELY, adv. in an active manner; by action; nimbly; briskly; also in an active signification, ...

651

activeness
ACT'IVENESS, n. the quality of being active; the faculty of acting; nimbleness; quickness of ...

652

activity
ACTIV'ITY, n. The quality of being active; the active faculty; nimbleness; agility; also the habit ...

653

actor
ACT'OR, n. 1. He that acts or performs; an active agent.2. He that represents a character or ...

654

actress
ACT'RESS, n. A female who acts or performs, and especially, on the stage, or in a play.

655

actual
ACT'UAL, a.1. Real or effective, or that exists truly and absolutely; as, actual heat, opposed to ...

656

actuality
ACTUAL'ITY, n. Reality.

657

actually
ACT'UALLY, adv. In fact; really; in truth.

658

actuary
ACT'UARY, n. [L. actuarius.]A register or clerk; a term of the civil law, and used originally in ...

659

actuate
ACT'UATE, a. Put in action. [Little used.] ACT'UATE, v.t. [from act.]To put into action; to ...

660

actuated
ACT'UATED, pp. Put in action; incited to action.

661

actuating
ACT'UATING, ppr. Putting in action; inciting to action.

662

actuation
ACTUA'TION, n. The state of being put in action; effectual operation.

663

actus
ACT'US, n. Among the Romans, a measure in building equal to 120 Roman feet. In agriculture, the ...

664

acuate
AC'UATE, v.t. [L. acuo, to sharpen. See Acid.]To sharpen; to make pungent, or corrosive. ...

665

acubene
ACUBE'NE, n. A star of the fourth magnitude in the southern claw of Cancer.

666

acuition
ACUI'TION, n. [from L. acuo, to sharpen.]The sharpening of medicines to increase their effect.

667

aculeate
ACU'LEATE, a. [L. aculeus, from acus, Gr. a point, and the diminutive. See Acid.]1. In botany, ...

668

aculei
ACU'LEI, n. [L.] In botany and zoology, prickles or spines.

669

aculon
AC'ULON, or AC'ULOS, n. [Gr. probably from ac, an oak.]The fruit or acorn of the ilex, or scarlet ...

670

aculos
AC'ULON, or AC'ULOS, n. [Gr. probably from ac, an oak.]The fruit or acorn of the ilex, or scarlet ...

671

acumen
ACU'MEN, n. [L. acumen, from acus or acuo.]A sharp point; and figuratively, quickness of ...

672

acuminate
ACU'MINATE, a. [L. acuminatus, from acumen.]Ending in a sharp point; pointed.

673

acuminated
ACU'MINATED, a. Sharpened to a point.

674

acumination
ACUMINA'TION, n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point.

675

acupuncture
ACUPUNC'TURE, n. [L. acus, needle, and punctura, or punctus, a pricking.]Among the Chinese, a ...

676

acus
A'CUS, n. [L.]1. The needle-fish,or gar-fish.2. The ammodyte or sand eel.3. The oblong cimex.

677

acute
ACU'TE, a. [L. acutus, sharp-pointed; Heb.]1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; opposed ...

678

acutely
ACU'TELY, adv. Sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.

679

acuteness
ACU'TENESS, n. 1. Sharpness; but seldom used in this literal sense, as applied to material ...

680

acutiator
ACUTIA'TOR, n. In the middle ages, a person whose office was to sharpen instruments. Before the ...

681

ad
AD. A Latin preposition, signifying to. It is probably from Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. Eth. and Ar. To ...

682

adage
AD'AGE, n. [L. adagium, or adagio]A proverb; an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; ...

683

adagio
ADA'GIO, n. [L. otium; Eng. ease.]In music, a slow movement. As an adverb, slowly, leisurely, and ...

684

adam
AD'AM, n. In Heb., Man; primarily, the name of the human species, mankind; appropriately, the ...

685

adamant
AD'AMANT, n. [ Gr.; L. adamas; a word of Celtic origin.]A very hard or impenetrable stone; a name ...

686

adamantean
ADAMANTE'AN, a. Hard as adamant.

687

adamantine
ADAMANT'INE, a. Made of adamant; having the qualities of adamant; that cannot be broken, ...

688

adamic
AD'AMIC, a. Pertaining to Adam. Adamic earth, is the term given to common red clay, so called by ...

689

adamites
AD'AMITES, in Church history, a sect of visionaries, who pretended to establish a state of ...

690

adamitic
ADAMIT'IC, Like the Adamites.

691

adansonia
ADANSO'NIA, n. Ethiopian sour gourd, monkey's bread, of African calabash-tree. It is a tree of ...

692

adapt
ADAPT' v.t. [L. ad. and apto, to fit; Gr.]To make suitable; to fit or suit; as, to adapt an ...

693

adaptable
ADAPT'ABLE, a. That may be adapted.

694

adaptation
ADAPTA'TION, n. The act of making suitable, or the state of being suitable, or fit; fitness.

695

adapted
ADAPT'ED, pp. Suited; made suitable; fitted.

696

adapter
ADAPT'ER. See adopter.

697

adapting
ADAPT'ING, ppr. Suiting; making fit.

698

adaption
ADAP'TION, n. Adaptation; the act of fitting [Little used, and hardly legitimate.]

699

adaptness
ADAPT'NESS, n. A state of being fitted. [Not used.]

700

adar
A'DAR, n. a Hebrew month, answering to the latter part of February, and the beginning of March, ...

701

adarce
ADAR'CE, n. [Gr.]A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is lax ...

702

adarcon
ADAR'CON, n. In Jewish antiquity, a gold coin worth about three dollars and a third, or about ...

703

adarme
ADAR'ME, n. A Spanish weight, the sixteenth of an ounce. The Spanish ounce is seven per cent. ...

704

adatis
AD'ATIS, n. A muslin or species of cotton cloth from India. It is fine and clear; the piece is ...

705

adaunt
AD'AUNT, v.t. To subdue. [Not used. See Daunt.]

706

adaw
ADAW', v.t. To daunt; to subject. [Not used.]

707

adays
ADA'YS, adv. On or in days; as in the phrase, now adays.

708

add
ADD, v.t. [L. addo, from ad and do, to give.]1. To set or put together, join or unite, as one ...

709

addarac
AD'DARAC, n. Red orpiment.

710

addecimate
ADDEC'IMATE, v.t. [L. ad and decimus, tenth.]To take, or to ascertain tithes.

711

added
ADD'ED, pp. Joined in place, in sum, in mass or aggregate, in number, in idea or consideration; ...

712

addeem
ADDEE'M, v.t. [See Deem.] To award; to sentence. [Little used.]

713

adder
AD'DER, n. [L. natrix, a serpent.]A venomous serpent or viper, of several species.

714

adder-fly
AD'DER-FLY, n. a name of the dragon-fly or libellula; sometimes called adder-bolt.

715

adders-grass
ADDER'S-GRASS, n. A plant about which serpents lurk.

716

adders-tongue
ADDER'S-TONGUE, n. A plant whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

717

adders-wort
ADDER'S-WORT, n. Snakeweed, so named from its supposed virtue in curing the bite of serpent.

718

addibility
ADDIBIL'ITY, n. The possibility of being added.

719

addible
AD'DIBLE, a. [See Add.] That may be added.

720

addice
AD'DICE, obs. [See Adz.]

721

addict
ADDICT', a. Addicted. [Not much used.]

722

addicted
ADDICT'ED, pp. Devoted by customary practice.

723

addictedness
ADDICT'EDNESS, n. The quality or state of being addicted.

724

addicting
ADDICT'ING, ppr. Devoting time and attention; practicing customarily.

725

addiction
ADDIC'TION, n. 1. The act of devoting or giving up in practice; the state of being devoted.His ...

726

adding
ADD'ING, ppr. Joining; putting together; increasing.

727

additament
ADDIT'AMENT, n. [L. additamentum, from additus and ment. See Add.]An addition, or rather the ...

728

addition
ADDI'TION, n. [L. additio, from addo.]1. The act of adding, opposed to subtraction, or ...

729

additional
ADDI'TIONAL, a. That is added. it is used by Bacon for addition; but improperly.

730

additionally
ADDI'TIONALLY, adv. By way of addition.

731

additive
ADD'ITIVE, a. That may be added, or that is to be added.

732

additory
ADD'ITORY, a. That adds, or may add.

733

addle
AD'DLE, a. [Heb. to fail.]In a morbid state; putrid; applied to eggs. Hence, barren, producing ...

734

addle-pated
AD'DLE-PATED, a. Having empty brains.

735

addled
AD'DLED, a. Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.

736

addoom
ADDOOM', v.t. [See Doom.] To adjudge.

737

addorsed
ADDORS'ED, a. [L. ad and dorsum,the back.]In heraldry, having the backs turned to each other, as ...

738

address
ADDRESS', v.t. [This is supposed to be from L. dirigo.]1. To prepare; to make suitable ...

739

addressed
ADDRESS'ED, pp. Spoken or applied to; directed; courted; consigned.

740

addresser
ADDRESS'ER, n. One who addresses or petitions.

741

addressing
ADDRESS'ING, ppr. Speaking or applying to, directing; courting; consigning.

742

adduce
ADDU'CE, v.t. [L. adduco, to lead or bring to; ad and duco, to lead. See Duke.]1. To bring ...

743

adduced
ADDU'CED, pp. Brought forward; cited; alledged in argument.

744

adducent
ADDU'CENT, a. Bringing forward, or together; a word applied to those muscles of the body which ...

745

adducible
ADDU'CIBLE, a. That may be adduced.

746

adducing
ADDU'CING, ppr. Bringing forward; citing in argument.

747

adduction
ADDUC'TION n. The act of bringing forward.

748

adductive
ADDUC'TIVE, a. That brings forward.

749

adductor
ADDUC'TOR, n. [L.]A muscle which draws one part of the body towards another; as the adductor ...

750

addulce
ADDULCE, v.t. adduls'. [L. ad and dulcis, sweet.]To sweeten. [Not used.]

751

adeb
AD'EB, n. An Egyptian weight of 210 okes, each of three rotolos, which is a weight of about two ...

752

adel
ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth.

753

adelantado
ADELANTA'DO, n. A governor of a province; a lieutenant governor.

754

adeling
AD'ELING, n. a title of honor given by our Saxon ancestors to the children of princes, and to ...

755

adelite
AD'ELITE, n. adelites or Almogenens, in Spain, were conjurers, who predicted the fortunes of ...

756

ademption
ADEMP'TION, n. [L. adimo, to take away; of ad and emo, to take.]In the civil law, the revocation ...

757

adenography
ADENOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a gland, and to describe.]That part of anatomy which treats of the glands.

758

adenoid
AD'ENOID, a. [Gr. a gland, and form.]In the form of a gland; glandiform; glandulous; applied to ...

759

adenological
ADENOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the doctrine of the glands.

760

adenology
ADENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a gland, and discourse.]In anatomy, the doctrine of the glands, their nature, ...

761

adenos
AD'ENOS, n. a species of cotton, from Aleppo, called also marine cotton.

762

adept
ADEPT', n. [L. adeptus, obtained, from adipiscor.]One fully skilled or well versed in any art. ...

763

adeption
ADEP'TION, n. [L. adeptio.]An obtaining; acquirement. Obs.

764

adequacy
AD'EQUACY, n. [L. adaequatus, of ad and aquatus, made equal.The state or quality of being equal ...

765

adequate
AD'EQUATE, a. Equal; proportionate; correspondent to; fully sufficient; as, means adequate to the ...

766

adequately
AD'EQUATELY, adv. In an adequate manner; in exact proportion; with just correspondence, ...

767

adequateness
AD'EQUATENESS, n. The state of being adequate; justness of proportion or representation; ...

768

adequation
ADEQUA'TION, n. Adequateness. [not used.]

769

adessenarians
ADESSENA'RIANS, n. [L. adesse, to be present.]In church history, a sect who hold the real presence ...

770

adfected
ADFECT'ED, a. In algebra, compounded; consisting of different powers of the unknown quantity.

771

adfiliated
ADFIL'IATED, a. Adopted as a son. [See Affiliate.]

772

adfiliation
ADFILIA'TION, n. [L. ad and filius, a son.]A Gothic custom, by which the children of a former ...

773

adhere
ADHE'RE, v.i. [L. adhaereo, ad and haereo, to stick.]1. To stick to, as glutinous substances, or ...

774

adherence
ADHE'RENCE, n. 1. The quality or state of sticking or adhering.2. Figuratively, a being fixed in ...

775

adherency
ADHE'RENCY, n. The same as adherence. In the sense of that which adhers, not legitimate.

776

adherent
ADHE'RENT, a. Sticking, uniting, as glue or wax; united with, as an adherent mode in Locke, that ...

777

adherently
ADHE'RENTLY, adv. In an adherent manner.

778

adherer
ADHE'RER, n. One that adheres; an adherent.

779

adhesion
ADHE'SION, n. adhe'shun. [L. adhasio.]1. The act or state of sticking, or being united and ...

780

adhesive
ADHE'SIVE, a. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt or tending to adhere. Thus gums are ...

781

adhesively
ADHE'SIVELY, adv. In an adhesive manner.

782

adhesiveness
ADHE'SIVENESS, n. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity.

783

adhibit
ADHIB'IT, v.t. [L. adhibeo, ad and habeo, to have.]To use, or apply. [Rarely used.]

784

adhibition
ADHIBI'TION, n. Application; use.

785

adhil
AD'HIL, n. A star of the sixth magnitude, upon the garment of Andromeda, under the last star in ...

786

adhortation
ADHORTA'TION, n. [L. adhortatio.]Advice. [Seldom used.]

787

adhortatory
ADHORT'ATORY, a. [L. adhortor, to advise, ad and hortor.]Advisory; containing counsel or warning.

788

adiaphorists
ADIAPH'ORISTS, n. [Gr. indifferent.]Moderate Lutherans; a name given in the sixteenth century, to ...

789

adiaphorous
ADIAPH'OROUS, a. Indifferent; neutral; a name given by Boyle to a spirit distilled from tartar, ...

790

adieu
ADIEU', Adu'.Farewell; an expression of kind wishes at the parting of friends.ADIEU', n. A ...

791

adipocerate
ADIPOC'ERATE, v.t. To convert into adipocere.

792

adipoceration
ADIPOCERA'TION,n. The act or process of being changed into adipocere.

793

adipocere
AD'IPOCERE, n. [L. adeps, fat, and cera.]A soft unctuous or waxy substance, of a light brown ...

794

adipose
AD'IPOSE, a. [L. adiposus, from adeps, fat. Heb. fat, gross, AD'IPOUS, stupid.]Fat. The adipose ...

795

adit
ADIT, n. [L. aditus, from adeo, aditum, to approach, ad and eo, to go.]An entrance or passage; a ...

796

adjacency
ADJA'CENCY, n. [L. adjaceo, to lie contiguous, from ad and jaceo, to lie.]The state of lying ...

797

adjacent
ADJA'CENT, a. Lying near, close, or contiguous; bordering upon; as, a field adjacent to the ...

798

adject
ADJECT' v.t. [L. adjicio, of ad and jacio, to throw.]To add or put, as one thing to another.

799

adjection
ADJEC'TION,n. The act of adding, or thing added. [Little used.]

800

adjectitious
ADJECTI'TIOUS, a. Added

801

adjective
AD'JECTIVE, n. In grammar, a word used with a noun, to express a quality of the thing named, or ...

802

adjectively
AD'JECTIVELY, adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word is used adjectively.

803

adjoin
ADJOIN', v.t. [L. adjungo, ad and jungo. See Join.]To join or unite to; to put to, by placing in ...

804

adjoinant
ADJOIN'ANT, a. Contiguous to. [Not used.]

805

adjoined
ADJOIN'ED, pp. Joined to; united.

806

adjoining
ADJOIN'ING, ppr. Joining to; adjacent; contiguous.

807

adjourn
ADJOURN', v.t. Adjurn'. Literally, to put off, or defer to another day; but now used to denote a ...

808

adjourned
ADJOURN'ED, pp. 1. Put off, delayed, or deferred for a limited time.2. As an adjective, existing ...

809

adjourning
ADJOURN'ING, ppr. Deferring; suspending for a time; closing a session.

810

adjournment
ADJOURN'MENT, n.1. The act of adjourning; as, in legislatures, the adjournment of one house is not ...

811

adjudge
ADJUDGE', v.t.To decide, or determine, in the case of a controverted question; to decree by a ...

812

adjudged
ADJUDG'ED, pp. Determined by judicial opinion; decreed; sentenced.

813

adjudging
ADJUDG'ING, ppr. Determining by judicial opinion; sentencing.

814

adjudgment
ADJUDG'MENT, n. The act of judging; sentenced.

815

adjudicate
ADJU'DICATE, v.t. [L. adjudico, to give sentence. See Judge.]To adjudge; to try and determine, as ...

816

adjudicated
ADJU'DICATED, pp. Adjudged; tried and decided.

817

adjudicating
ADJU'DICATING, ppr. Adjudging; trying and determining.

818

adjudication
ADJUDICA'TION, n. 1. The act of adjudging; the act or process of trying and determining ...

819

adjument
AD'JUMENT, n. [L. adjumentum.] Help; support. [Not used.]

820

adjunct
AD'JUNCT,n. [L. adjunctus, joined, from adjungo. See Join.]1. Something added to another, but ...

821

adjunction
ADJUNC'TION, n. The act of joining; the thing joined.

822

adjunctive
ADJUNC'TIVE, a. Joining; having the quality of joining.ADJUNC'TIVE, n. That which is joined.

823

adjunctively
ADJUNC'TIVELY, adv. In an adjunctive manner.

824

adjunctly
ADJUNCT'LY, adv. In connection with; consequently.

825

adjuration
ADJURA'TION, n. 1.The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a ...

826

adjure
ADJU'RE, v.t. [L. adjuro, to sweat solemnly, or compel one to swear; from ad and juro, to ...

827

adjured
ADJU'RED, pp. Charged on oath, or with a denunciation of God's wrath; solemnly urged.

828

adjurer
ADJU'RER, n. One that adjures; one that exacts an oath.

829

adjuring
ADJU'RING, ppr. Charging on oath or on the penalty of a curse; beseeching with solemnity.

830

adjust
ADJUST', v.t. [L. ad, and justus, just, exact. See Just.]1. To make exact; to fit; to make ...

831

adjusted
ADJUST'ED, pp. Made exact or conformable; reduced to a right form or standard settled.

832

adjuster
ADJUST'ER, n. A person who adjusts; that which regulates.

833

adjusting
ADJUST'ING, ppr. Reducing to due form; fitting; making exact or correspondent; settling.

834

adjustment
ADJUST'MENT, n. The act of adjusting; regulation; a reducing to just form or order; a making fit ...

835

adjutage
AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, n. A tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a ...

836

adjutancy
AD'JUTANCY, n. [See Adjutant.] The office of an adjutant; skillful arrangement.

837

adjutant
AD'JUTANT, n. [L. adjutans, aiding; from adjuto, to assist; of ad and juvo, jutum, to help.]In ...

838

adjute
ADJU'TE, v.t. To help. [Not used.]

839

adjutor
ADJU'TOR, n. A helper. [Little used; its compound coadjutor is in common use.]

840

adjuvant
ADJU'VANT, a. Helping; assisting.

841

adker
'ADKER, n.1. One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.2. A water newt.

842

adlegation
ADLEGA'TION, n. [L. ad and legatio, an embassy, from lego, to send. See Legate.]In the public law ...

843

adlocution
ADLOCU'TION, n. [See Allocation.]

844

admeasure
ADMEAS'URE, v.t. admezh'ur. [ad and measure. See Measure.]1. To measure or ascertain dimensions, ...

845

admeasured
ADMEAS'URED, pp. Measured; apportioned.

846

admeasurement
ADMEAS'UREMENT, n. 1. The measuring of dimensions by a rule, as of a ship, cask, and the like.2. ...

847

admeasurer
ADMEAS'URER, n. One that admeasures.

848

admeasuring
ADMEAS'URING, ppr. Measuring; apportioning.

849

admensuration
ADMENSURA'TION Is equivalent to admeasurement, but not much used. See Mensuration.]

850

adminicle
ADMIN'ICLE, n. [L. adminiculum.] Help; support. [Not used.]

851

adminicular
ADMINIC'ULAR, a. Supplying help; helpful.

852

administer
ADMIN'ISTER, v.t. [L. administro, of ad and ministro, to serve or manage. See Minister.]1. To ...

853

administered
ADMIN'ISTERED, pp. Executed; managed; governed; afforded; given; dispensed.

854

administerial
ADMINISTE'RIAL, a. Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government.

855

administering
ADMIN'ISTERING, ppr. Executing; carrying into effect; giving; dispensing.

856

administrate
ADMIN'ISTRATE, In the place of administer, has been used, but is not well authorized.

857

administration
ADMINISTRA'TION, n. 1. The act of administering; direction; management; government of public ...

858

administrative
ADMIN'ISTRATIVE, a. That administers, or by which one administers.

859

administrator
ADMINISTRA'TOR, n. 1. a man who, by virtue of a commission from the Ordinary, Surrogate, Court of ...

860

administratorship
ADMINISTRA'TORSHIP, n. The office of an administrator.

861

administratrix
ADMINISTRA'TRIX, n. A female who administers upon the estate of an intestate; also a female who ...

862

admirable
AD'MIRABLE, a. [L. admirabilis.]To be admired; worthy of admiration; having qualities to excite ...

863

admirableness
AD'MIRABLENESS, n. The quality of being admirable; the power of exciting admiration.

864

admirably
AD'MIRABLY, adv. In a manner to excite wonder, mingled with approbation, esteem or veneration.

865

admiral
AD'MIRAL, n. [In the Latin of the middle ages. Amira, Amiras, Admiralis, an Emir; Heb. to speak. ...

866

admiralship
AD'MIRALSHIP, n. The office or power of an admiral. [Little used.]

867

admiralty
AD'MIRALTY, n. In Great Britain, the office of Lord High Admiral. This office is discharged by ...

868

admiration
ADMIRA'TION, n. Wonder mingled with pleasing emotions, as approbation, esteem, love or veneration; ...

869

admirative
ADMI'RATIVE, n. A note of admiration, thus! [Not used.]

870

admire
ADMI'RE, v.t. [L. admiror, ad and miror, to wonder; demiror. See Moor and Mar.]1. To regard with ...

871

admired
ADMI'RED, pp. Regarded with wonder, mingled with pleasurable sensations, as esteem, love or ...

872

admirer
ADMI'RER, n. One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.

873

admiring
ADMI'RING, ppr. Regarding with wonder united with love or esteem.

874

admiringly
ADMI'RINGLY, adv. With admiration; in the manner of an admirer.

875

admissibility
ADMISSIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being admissable.

876

admissible
ADMISS'IBLE, a. [See admit.] That may be admitted, allowed or conceded; as, the testimony is ...

877

admission
ADMISS'ION, n. [L. admissio.]1. The act or practice of admitting, as the admission of aliens into ...

878

admit
ADMIT', v.t. [L. admitto, from ad and mitto, to send.]1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance; ...

879

admittable
ADMIT'TABLE, a. That may be admitted or allowed.

880

admittance
ADMIT'TANCE, n. 1. The act of admitting; allowance. More usually,2. Permission to enter; the ...

881

admitted
ADMIT'TED, pp. Permitted to enter or approach; allowed; granted; conceded.

882

admitter
ADMIT'TER, n. He that admits.

883

admitting
ADMIT'TING, ppr. Permitting to enter or approach; allowing; conceding.

884

admix
ADMIX', v.t. To mingle with something else. [See Mix.]

885

admixtion
ADMIX'TION, n. admixchun, [L. admixtio, or admistio; of ad and misceo, to mix. See Mix.]A ...

886

admixture
ADMIX'TURE, n. [From admix.]The substance mingled with another; sometimes the act of mixture. We ...

887

admonish
ADMON'ISH, v.t. [L. admoneo, ad and moneo, to teach, warn, admonish.]1. To warn or notify of a ...

888

admonished
ADMON'ISHED, pp. Reproved; advised; warned; instructed.

889

admonisher
ADMON'ISHER, n. One who reproves or counsels.

890

admonishing
ADMON'ISHING, ppr. Reproving; warning; counseling; directing.

891

admonishment
ADMON'ISHMENT, n. Admonition.

892

admonition
ADMONI'TION, n. Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; ...

893

admonitioner
ADMONI'TIONER, n. A dispenser of admonitions.

894

admonitive
ADMON'ITIVE, a. Containing admonition.

895

admonitor
ADMON'ITOR, n. An admonisher, a monitor.

896

admonitory
ADMON'ITORY, a. Containing admonition; that admonishes.

897

admortization
ADMORTIZA'TION, n. The reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain. [See Mortmain.]

898

admove
ADMOVE', v.t. [L. admoveo.]To move to; to bring one thing to another. [Little used.]

899

adnascent
ADNAS'CENT, a. [L. ad and nascens, growing.]

900

adnata
ADNA'TA, n. [L. ad and natus, grown from nascor, to grow.]1. In anatomy, one of the coats of the ...

901

adnate
AD'NATE, a. [L. ad and natus, grown.]In botany, pressing close to the stem, or growing to it.

902

adnoun
AD'NOUN, n. [ad and noun.]In grammar, an adjective, or attribute. [Little used.]

903

ado
ADO', n. Bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles; to persuade ...

904

adolescence
ADOLES'CENCE, n. [L. adolescens, growing, of ad and olesco, to grow, from oleo. Heb. to ...

905

adolescent
ADOLES'CENT, a. Growing; advancing from childhood to manhood.

906

adonean
ADONE'AN, a. Pertaining to Adonis.Fair Adonean Venus.

907

adonia
ADO'NIA, n. Festivals celebrated anciently in honor of Adonis, by females, who spent two days in ...

908

adonic
ADO'NIC, a. Adonic Verse, a short verse, in which the death of Adonis was bewailed. It consists ...

909

adonis
ADO'NIS, n. In mythology, the favorite of Venus, said to be the son of Cinyras, king of Cyprus. ...

910

adonists
ADO'NISTS, n. [Heb. Lord, a scriptural title of the Supreme Being.]Among critics, a sect or party ...

911

adopt
ADOPT', v.t. [L. adopto, of ad and opto, to desire or choose. See Option.]1. To take a stranger ...

912

adopted
ADOPT'ED, pp. Taken as one's own; received as son and heir; selected for use.

913

adoptedly
ADOPT'EDLY, adv. In the manner of something adopted.

914

adopter
ADOPT'ER, n.1. One who adopts.2. In chimistry, a large round receiver, with two necks, ...

915

adopting
ADOPT'ING, ppr. Taking a stranger as a son; taking as one's own.

916

adoption
ADOP'TION, n. [L. adoptio.]1. The act of adopting, or the state of being adopted; the taking and ...

917

adoptive
ADOPT'IVE, a. [L. adoptivus.]That adopts, as an adoptive father; or that is adopted, as an ...

918

adorable
ADO'RABLE, a. That ought to be adored; worth of divine honors. In popular use, worthy of the ...

919

adorableness
ADO'RABLENESS, n. The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.

920

adorably
ADO'RABLY, adv. In a manner worthy of adoration.

921

adoration
ADORA'TION, n. 1. The act of paying honors to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of ...

922

adore
ADO'RE, v.t. [L. adoro. In Heb. to honor, reverence or glorify to adorn; to be magnificent or ...

923

adored
ADO'RED, pp. Worshipped as divine; highly reverenced; greatly beloved.

924

adorer
ADO'RER, n. One who worships, or honors as divine; in popular language, an admiring lover.

925

adoring
ADO'RING, ppr. or a. Honoring or addressing as divine; regarding with great love or reverence.

926

adorn
ADORN', v.t. [L. adorno, ad and orno, to deck, or beautify, to dress, set off, extol, furnish.1. ...

927

adorned
ADORN'ED, pp. Decked; decorated; embellished.

928

adorning
ADORN'ING, ppr. Ornamenting; decorating; displaying beauty.ADORN'ING, n. Ornament; decoration. ...

929

adosculation
ADOSCULA'TION, n. [L. ad and osculatio, a kissing, from osculum, a kiss, or mouth.]The ...

930

adossed
ADOS'SED, a. In heraldry, denoting two figures or bearings place back to back.

931

adown
ADOWN', prep. [a and down.] From a higher to a lower situation; downwards; implying ...

932

adread
ADREAD', a. Adred'. [See Dread.] Affected by dread. Obs.

933

adriatic
ADRIAT'IC, a. [L. Aldria, or Hadria, the gulf of Venice.]Pertaining to the Gulf, called, from ...

934

adrift
ADRIFT', a. or adv. [See Drive. Adrift is the participle of the verb.]Literally, driven; ...

935

adrogation
ADROGA'TION, n. [L. ad and rogo, to ask. See Interrogate and Rogation.]A species of adoption in ...

936

adroit
ADROIT', [L. directus, dirigo. See Right.]Dextrous; skillful; active in the use of the hands, and ...

937

adroitly
ADROIT'LY, adv. With dexterity; in a ready skillful manner.

938

adroitness
ADROIT'NESS, n. Dexterity; readiness in the use of the limbs, or of the mental faculties.

939

adry
ADRY', a. Thirsty, in want of drink. [This adjective always follows the noun.]

940

adscititious
ADSCITI'TIOUS, a. [L. ascititius, from adscisco, ascisco, to add or join.]Added; taken as ...

941

adstrictory
ADSTRIC'TORY, ADSTRING'ENT. [See Astringent.]

942

adstringent
ADSTRIC'TORY, ADSTRING'ENT. [See Astringent.]

943

adularia
ADULA'RIA, n. [From Adula, the summit of a Swiss mountain.]A mineral deemed the most perfect ...

944

adulation
ADULA'TION, n. [L. adulatio.]Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited; high ...

945

adulator
AD'ULATOR, n. A flatterer; one who offers praise servilely.

946

adulatory
AD'ULATORY, a. Flattering; containing excessive praise or compliments; servilely praising; as, an ...

947

adulatress
AD'ULATRESS, n. A female that flatters with servility.

948

adult
ADULT', n. [L. adultus, grown to maturity, from oleo, to grow; Heb. to ascend.]Having arrived at ...

949

adulterant
ADUL'TERANT, n. The person or thing that adulterates.

950

adulterate
ADUL'TERATE, v.t. [L. adultero, from adulter, mixed, or an adulterer; ad and alter, other.]To ...

951

adulterated
ADUL'TERATED, pp. Corrupted; debased by a mixture with something of less value.

952

adulterateness
ADUL'TERATENESS, n. The quality or state of being debased or counterfeit.

953

adulterating
ADUL'TERATING, ppr. Debasing; corrupting; counterfeiting.

954

adulteration
ADULTERA'TION, n. The act of adulterating, or the state of being adulterated, corrupted or debased ...

955

adulterer
ADUL'TERER, n. [L. adulter.]1. A man guilty of adultery; a man who has sexual commerce with any ...

956

adulteress
ADUL'TERESS, n. A married woman guilty of incontinence.

957

adulterine
ADUL'TERINE, a. Proceeding from adulterous commerce; spurious.

958

adulterous
ADUL'TEROUS, a. 1. Guilty of adultery; pertaining to adultery.2. In scripture, idolatrous, very ...

959

adultery
ADUL'TERY, n. [L. adulterium. See Adulterate.]1. Violation of the marriage bed; a crime, or a ...

960

adultness
ADULT'NESS, n. The state of being adult.

961

adumbrant
ADUM'BRANT, a. [See Adumbrate.] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance.

962

adumbrate
ADUM'BRATE, v.t. [L. adumbro, to shade, from umbra, a shade.]To give a faint shadow, or slight ...

963

adumbration
ADUMBRA'TION, n. 1. The act of making a shadow or faint resemblance.2. A faint sketch; an ...

964

adunation
ADUNA'TION, n. [L. ad and unus, unio,.]The state of being united; union. [Not used.]

965

aduncity
ADUN'CITY, n. [L. aduncitas, hookedness, of ad and uncus, a hook.]Hookedness; a bending in form of ...

966

aduncous
ADUN'COUS, a. [L. aduncus.]Hooked; bent or made in the form of a hook.

967

adunque
ADUNQUE, a. Adunk'. Hooked. [Not used.]

968

adure
ADU'RE, v.t. [L. aduro, ad and uro, to burn.]To burn up. [Not used.]

969

adust
ADUST', a. [L. adustus, burnt, the participle of aduro, to burn.]Burnt; scorched; become dry by ...

970

adusted
ADUST'ED, a. Become hot and dry; burnt; scorched.

971

adustion
ADUS'TION, n. The act of burning, scorching, or heating to dryness; a state of being thus heated ...

972

advance
ADV'ANCE, v.t. adv'ans. [Heb. surface, face; whence.]1. To bring forward; to move further in ...

973

advanced
ADV'ANCED, pp. Moved forward; promoted; improved; furnished beforehand; situated in front, or ...

974

advancement
ADV'ANCEMENT, n. 1. The act of moving forward or proceeding.2. The state of being advanced; ...

975

advancer
ADV'ANCER, n. One who advances; a promoter.Among sportsmen, a start or branch of a buck's attire, ...

976

advancing
ADV'ANCING, ppr. Moving forward; proceeding; promoting; raising to higher rank or excellence; ...

977

advancive
ADV'ANCIVE, a. Tending to advance, or promote.

978

advantage
ADV'ANTAGE, n. 1. Any state, condition, or circumstance, favorable to success, prosperity, ...

979

advantage-ground
ADV'ANTAGE-GROUND, n. Ground that gives advantage or superiority; a state that gives superior ...

980

advantageable
ADV'ANTAGEABLE, a. Profitable; convenient; gainful. [Little used.]

981

advantaged
ADV'ANTAGED, pp. Benefitted; promoted.

982

advantageous
ADVANTA'GEOUS, a. Being of advantage; furnishing convenience, or opportunity to gain benefit; ...

983

advantageously
ADVANTA'GEOUSLY, adv. In an advantageous manner; profitably; usefully; conveniently.

984

advantageousness
ADVANTA'GEOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being advantageous; profitableness; usefulness; ...

985

advantaging
ADV'ANTAGING, ppr. Profiting; benefiting.

986

advene
ADVE'NE, v.i. [L. advenio, to come to, ad and venio.]To accede, or come to; to be added to, or ...

987

advenient
ADVE'NIENT, a. Advening; coming from outward causes.

988

advent
AD'VENT, n. [L. adventus, from advenio, of ad and venio, to come. See Find.]A coming; ...

989

adventine
ADVENT'INE, a. Adventitious. [Not used.]

990

adventitious
ADVENTI'TIOUS, a. [L. adventitius, from advenio. See Advent.]Added extrinsically; accidental; not ...

991

adventitiously
ADVENTI'TIOUSLY, adv. Accidentally.

992

adventive
ADVENT'IVE, a. Accidental; adventitious. [Little used.]

993

adventual
ADVENT'UAL, a. Relating to the season of advent.

994

adventure
ADVENT'URE, n. [See Advent.]1. Hazard; risk; chance; that of which one has no direction; as, at ...

995

adventured
ADVENT'URED, pp. Put to hazard; ventured; risked.

996

adventurer
ADVENT'URER, n.1. One who hazards, or puts something at risk, as merchant-adventurers.2. One who ...

997

adventuresome
ADVENT'URESOME, a. Bold; daring; incurring hazard. [See Venturesome.]

998

adventuresomeness
ADVENT'URESOMENESS, n. The quality of being bold and venturesome.

999

adventuring
ADVENT'URING, ppr. Putting to risk; hazarding.

1000

adventurous
ADVENT'UROUS, a.1. Inclined or willing to incur hazard; bold to encounter danger; daring; ...

1001

adventurously
ADVENT'UROUSLY, adv. Boldly; daringly; in a manner to incur hazard.

1002

adventurousness
ADVENT'UROUSNESS, n. The act or quality of being adventurous.

1003

adverb
AD'VERB, n. [L. adverbium, of ad and verbum, to a verb.]In grammar, a word used to modify the ...

1004

adverbial
ADVERB'IAL, a. Pertaining to an adverb.

1005

adverbially
ADVERB'IALLY, adv. In the manner of an adverb.

1006

adversaria
ADVERSA'RIA, n. [L. from adversus. See Adverse.]Among the ancients, a book of accounts, so named ...

1007

adversary
AD'VERSARY, n. [See Adverse.]1. An enemy or foe; one who has enmity at heart.The Lord shall take ...

1008

adversative
ADVERS'ATIVE, a. Noting some difference, contrariety, or opposition; as, John is an honest man, ...

1009

adverse
AD'VERSE, a. [L. adversus, opposite; of ad and versus, turned; from verto, to turn. See Advert. ...

1010

adversely
AD'VERSELY, adv. In an adverse manner; oppositely; unfortunately; unprosperously; in a manner ...

1011

adverseness
AD'VERSENESS, n. Opposition; unprosperousness.

1012

adversity
ADVERS'ITY, n. An event, or series of events, which oppose success or desire; misfortune; ...

1013

advert
ADVERT', v.i. [L. adverto, of ad and verto, to turn.]To turn the mind or attention to; to regard, ...

1014

adverted
ADVERT'ED, pp. Attended to; regarded; with to.

1015

advertence
ADVERT'ENCE,

1016

advertency
ADVERT'ENCY, n. A direction of the mind to; attention; notice; regard; consideration; ...

1017

advertent
ADVERT'ENT, a. Attentive; heedful.

1018

adverting
ADVERT'ING, ppr. Attending to; regarding; observing.

1019

advertise
ADVERTI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advert.]1. To inform; to give notice, advice or intelligence to, ...

1020

advertised
ADVERTI'SED, pp. Informed; notified; warned; used of persons: published; made known; used of ...

1021

advertisement
ADVER'TISEMENT, n. Information; admonition, notice given. More generally, a publication intended ...

1022

advertiser
ADVERTI'SER, n. One who advertises. This title is often given to public prints.

1023

advertising
ADVERTI'SING, ppr. 1. Informing; giving notice; publishing notice.2. a. Furnishing ...

1024

advice
ADVI'CE, n. [L. viso, to see, to visit.]1. Counsel; an opinion recommended, or offered, as worthy ...

1025

advisable
ADVI'SABLE, a. [See Advise.]1. Proper to be advised; prudent; expedient; proper to be done or ...

1026

advisableness
ADVI'SABLENESS, n. The quality of being advisable or expedient.

1027

advise
ADVI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advice.]1. To give counsel to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or ...

1028

advised
ADVI'SED, pp. 1. Informed; counseled; also cautious; prudent; acting with deliberation.Let him be ...

1029

advisedly
ADVI'SEDLY, adv. With deliberation or advice; heedfully; purposely; by design; as, an enterprize ...

1030

advisedness
ADVI'SEDNESS, n. Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure.

1031

advisement
ADVI'SEMENT, n.1. Counsel; information; circumspection.2. Consultation.The action standing ...

1032

adviser
ADVI'SER, n. One who gives advice or admonition; also, in a bad sense, one who instigates or ...

1033

advising
ADVI'SING, ppr. Giving counsel.

1034

advisory
ADVI'SORY, a. 1. Having power to advise.The general association has a general advisory ...

1035

advocacy
AD'VOCACY, n. 1. The act of pleading for; intercession.2. Judicial pleading; law-suit.

1036

advocate
AD'VOCATE, n. [L. advocatus, from advoco, to call for, to plead for; of ad and voco, to call. See ...

1037

advocated
AD'VOCATED, pp. Defended by argument; vindicated.

1038

advocatess
AD'VOCATESS, n. A female advocate.

1039

advocating
AD'VOCATING, ppr. Supporting by reasons; defending; maintaining.

1040

advocation
ADVOCA'TION, n. A pleading for: plea; apology.A bill of advocation, in Scotland, is a written ...

1041

advoutress
ADVOU'TRESS, n. An adulteress.

1042

advoutry
ADVOU'TRY, n. Adultery. [Little used.]

1043

advowee
ADVOWEE', n. 1. He that has the right of advowson.2. The advocate of a church or religious ...

1044

advowson
ADVOW'SON, n. s as z. [The word was latinized, advocatio, from advoco, and avow is from ...

1045

advoyer
ADVOY'ER, or Avoy'er, A chief magistrate of a town or canton in Switzerland.

1046

ady
A'DY, n. The abanga, or Thernel's restorative; a species of Palm tree, in the West Indies, tall, ...

1047

adz
ADZ, n. An iron instrument with an arching edge, across the line of the handle, and ground from a ...

1048

ae
AE, a diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. In derivatives from the ...

1049

aed
AED, ed, ead, syllables found in names from the Saxon, signify happy; as, Eadric, happy kingdom; ...

1050

aedile
AE'DILE, n. [Lat.] In ancient Rome, an officer or magistrate, who had the care of the public ...

1051

aegilops
AE'GILOPS, n. [Gr. a goat and the eye.]A tumor in the corner of the eye, and a plant so called.

1052

aegis
AE'GIS, n. [Gr. a goat skin, and shield; from a goat.]A shield, or defensive armor.

1053

ael
AEL, Eng. all, are seen in many names; as, in AElfred, Alfred, all peace; AElwin, all conqueror.

1054

aelf
AELF, seems to be one form of help, but more generally written elph or ulph; as, in AElfwin, ...

1055

aeolist
AE'OLIST, n. [L. AEolus.]A pretender to inspiration.

1056

aerate
A'ERATE, v.t. [See Air.] To combine with carbonic acid, formerly called fixed air. [The word has ...

1057

aerated
A'ERATED, pp. Combined with carbonic acid.

1058

aerating
A'ERATING, ppr. Combining with carbonic acid.

1059

aeration
AERA'TION, n. The act or operation of combining with carbonic acid.

1060

aerial
AE'RIAL, a. [L. aerius. See Air.]1. Belonging to the air, or atmosphere; as, aerial regions.2. ...

1061

aerians
AE'RIANS, n. In church history, a branch of Arians, so called from Aerius, who maintained, that ...

1062

aerie
A'ERIE, n. The nest of a fowl, as of an eagle or hawk; a covey of birds.

1063

aerification
AERIFICA'TION, n.1. The act of combining air with; the state of being filled with air.2. The act ...

1064

aerified
A'ERIFIED, pp. Having air infused, or combined with.

1065

aeriform
A'ERIFORM, a. [L. aer, air, and forma, form.]Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic, ...

1066

aerify
A'ERIFY, v.t. To infuse air into; to fill with air, or to combine air with.

1067

aerography
AEROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. air, and to describe.]A description of the air or atmosphere; but aerology is ...

1068

aerolite
A'EROLITE, n. [Gr. air, and a stone.]A stone falling from the air, or atmospheric regions; a ...

1069

aerological
AEROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to aerology.

1070

aerologist
AEROL'OGIST, n. One who is versed in aerology.

1071

aerology
AEROL'OGY, n [Gr. air, and description.]A description of the air; that branch of philosophy which ...

1072

aeromancy
A'EROMANCY, n. [Gr. divination.]Divination by means of the air and winds. [Little used.]

1073

aerometer
AEROM'ETER, n. [Gr. air, and measure.]An instrument for weighing air, or for ascertaining the ...

1074

aerometry
AEROM'ETRY, n. [as above.] The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its ...

1075

aeronaut
A'ERONAUT, n. [Gr. a sailor, from a ship.]One who sails or floats in the air; an aerial navigator; ...

1076

aeronautic
AERONAUT'IC, a. Sailing or floating in the air; pertaining to aerial sailing.

1077

aeronautics
AERONAUT'ICS, n. The doctrine, science, or art of sailing in the air, by means of a balloon.

1078

aeronautism
A'ERONAUTISM, n. The practice of ascending and floating in the atmosphere, in balloons.

1079

aeroscopy
AEROS'COPY, n. [Gr to see.] The observation of the air. [Little used.]

1080

aerostat
A'EROSTAT, n. [Gr. sustaining, from to stand.]A machine or vessel sustaining weights in the air; a ...

1081

aerostatic
AEROSTAT'IC, a. Suspending in air; pertaining to the art of aerial navigation.

1082

aerostation
AEROSTA'TION, n. 1. Aerial navigation; the science of raising, suspending, and guiding machines ...

1083

aery-light
A'ERY-LIGHT, in Milton, light as air; used for airy light.

1084

aethel
ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth.

1085

afar
AF'AR, adv. [a and far. See Far.]1. At a distance in place; to or from a distance; used with ...

1086

afeard
AFE'ARD, a. Afeard is the participle passive. See Fear.]Afraid; affected with fear or ...

1087

affa
AF'FA, n. A weight used on the Guinea coast, equal to an ounce. The half of it is call eggeba.

1088

affability
AFFABIL'ITY, n. [See Affable.] The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; civility and ...

1089

affable
AF'FABLE, a. [L. affabilis, of ad and fabulor. See Fable.]1. Easy of conversation; admitting ...

1090

affableness
AF'FABLENESS, n. Affability.

1091

affably
AF'FABLY, adv. In an affable manner; courteously; invitingly.

1092

affair
AFFA'IR, n. [L. facere. The primary sense of facio is to urge, drive, impel.]1. Business of any ...

1093

affect
AFFECT', v.t. [L. afficio, affectum, of ad and facio, to make; affecto, to desire, from the same ...

1094

affectation
AFFECTA'TION, n. [L. affectatio.]1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; ...

1095

affected
AFFECT'ED, pp. 1. Impressed; moved, or touched, either in person or in interest; having suffered ...

1096

affectedly
AFFECT'EDLY, adv. In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality; formally; ...

1097

affectedness
AFFECT'EDNESS, n. The quality of being affected; affectation.

1098

affecter
AFFECT'ER, n. One that affects; one that practices affectation.

1099

affecting
AFFECT'ING, ppr.1. Impressing; having an effect on; touching the feelings; moving the passions; ...

1100

affectingly
AFFECT'INGLY, adv. In an affecting manner; in a manner to excite emotions.

1101

affection
AFFEC'TION, n. 1. The state of being affected. [Little used.]2. Passion; but more generally,3. ...

1102

affectionate
AFFEC'TIONATE, a. 1. Having great love, or affection; fond; as, an affectionate brother.2. Warm ...

1103

affectionately
AFFEC'TIONATELY, adv. With affection; fondly; tenderly; kindly. 1Thes. 2.

1104

affectionateness
AFFEC'TIONATENESS, n. Fondness; goodwill; affection.

1105

affectioned
AFFEC'TIONED, a. 1. Disposed; having an affection of heart.Be ye kindly affectioned one to ...

1106

affective
AFFECT'IVE, a. That affects, or excites emotion; suited to affect. [Little used.]

1107

affectively
AFFECT'IVELY, adv. In an affective or impressive manner.

1108

affector
AFFECT'OR

1109

affectuous
AFFECT'UOUS, a. Full of passion. [Not used.]

1110

affeer
AFFEE'R, v.t. To confirm. [Not used.]AFFEE'R, v.t.In law, to assess or reduce an arbitrary ...

1111

affeered
AFFEE'RED, pp. Moderated in sum; assessed; reduced to a certainty.

1112

affeerment
AFFEE'RMENT, n. The act of affeering, or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances ...

1113

affeeror
AFFEE'ROR, n. One who affeers; a person sworn to assess a penalty, or reduce an uncertain penalty ...

1114

affettuoso
AFFETTUO'SO, or con affetto, [L. affectus.]In music, a direction to render notes soft and ...

1115

affiance
AFFI'ANCE, n. [L. fido, fides.]1. The marriage contract or promise; faith pledged.2. Trust in ...

1116

affianced
AFFI'ANCED, pp. Pledged in marriage; betrothed; bound in faith.

1117

affiancer
AFFI'ANCER, n. One who makes a contract of marriage between parties.

1118

affiancing
AFFI'ANCING, ppr. Pledging in marriage; promising fidelity.

1119

affidavit
AFFIDA'VIT, n. [An old law verb in the perfect tense; he made oath; from ad and fides, faith.]A ...

1120

affied
AFFI'ED, a. or part. Joined by contract; affianced. [Not used.]

1121

affile
AFFI'LE, v.t. To polish. [Not used.]

1122

affiliate
AFFIL'IATE, v.t. [L. ad and filius, a son.]1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son.2. To ...

1123

affiliation
AFFILIA'TION, n. Adoption; association in the same family or society.

1124

affinity
AFFIN'ITY, n. [L. affinitas, from affinis, adjacent, related by marriage; ad and finis, end.]1. ...

1125

affirm
AFFIRM, v.t. afferm' [L. affirmo; ad and firmo, to make firm. See Firm.]1. To assert positively; ...

1126

affirmable
AFFIRM'ABLE, a. That may be asserted or declared; followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of ...

1127

affirmance
AFFIRM'ANCE, n. 1. Confirmation; ratification; as, the affirmance of a judgment; a statute in ...

1128

affirmant
AFFIRM'ANT, n. One who affirms.

1129

affirmation
AFFIRMA'TION, n.1. The act of affirming or asserting as true; opposed to negation or denial.2. ...

1130

affirmative
AFFIRM'ATIVE, a. 1. That affirms, or asserts; declaratory of what exists; opposed to negative; ...

1131

affirmatively
AFFIRM'ATIVELY, adv. In an affirmative manner; positively; on the affirmative side of a question; ...

1132

affirmed
AFFIRM'ED, pp. Declared; asserted; averred; confirmed; ratified.

1133

affirmer
AFFIRM'ER, n. One who affirms.

1134

affirming
AFFIRM'ING, ppr. Asserting; declaring positively; confirming.

1135

affix
AFFIX', v.t. [L. affigo, affixum, of ad and figo, to fix. Eng. peg. See Fix.]1. To unite at ...

1136

affixed
AFFIX'ED, pp. United at the end; annexed; attached.

1137

affixing
AFFIX'ING, ppr. Uniting at the end; subjoining; attaching.

1138

affixion
AFFIX'ION, n. The act of uniting at the end, or state of being so united. [Little used.]

1139

affixture
AFFIX'TURE, n. That which is affixed.

1140

afflation
AFFLA'TION, n. [L. affle, afflatum, of ad and flo; Eng. blow. See Blow.]A blowing or breathing ...

1141

afflatus
AFFLA'TUS, n. [L.]1. A breath or blast of wind.2. Inspiration; communication of divine ...

1142

afflict
AFFLICT', v.t. [L. affligo, afflicto, of ad and figo, to strike; eng. flog; Gr. to strike;, L. ...

1143

afflicted
AFFLICT'ED, pp. Affected with continued or often repeated pain, either of body or mind; suffering ...

1144

afflictedness
AFFLICT'EDNESS, n. The state of being afflicted; but superseded by affliction.

1145

afflicter
AFFLICT'ER, n. One who afflicts, or causes pain of body or of mind.

1146

afflicting
AFFLICT'ING, ppr. Causing continued or durable pain of body or mind; grieving; ...

1147

affliction
AFFLIC'TION, n. 1. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.Some virtues ...

1148

afflictive
AFFLICT'IVE, a. Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; painful; distressing.

1149

afflictively
AFFLICT'IVELY, adv. In a manner to give pain or grief.

1150

affluence
AF'FLUENCE, n. [L. affluentia, of ad and fluo, to flow. See Flow.]1. Literally, a flowing to, or ...

1151

affluent
AF'FLUENT, a. Flowing to; more generally, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches; abundant.

1152

affluently
AF'FLUENTLY, adv. In abundance; abundantly.

1153

afflux
AF'FLUX, n. [L. affluxum, from affluo. See Flow.]The act of flowing to; a flowing to, or that ...

1154

affluxion
AFFLUX'ION, n. The act of flowing to; that which flows to. [See Afflux.]

1155

afforage
AF'FORAGE, n. [ad and force.]In France, a duty paid to the lord of a district, for permission to ...

1156

afforcement
AFFO'RCEMENT, n. [ad and force.]In old charters, a fortress; a fortification for defense. Obs.

1157

afford
AFFO'RD, v.t. [ad and the root of forth, further. The sense is to send forth. But I have not ...

1158

afforded
AFFO'RDED, pp. Yielded as fruit, produce or result; sold without loss or with profit.

1159

affording
AFFO'RDING, ppr. Yielding; producing; selling without loss; bearing expenses.

1160

afforest
AFFOR'EST, v.t. [ad and forest.]To convert ground into forest, as was done by the first Norman ...

1161

afforestation
AFFORESTA'TION, n. The act of turning ground into forest or wood land.

1162

afforested
AFFOR'ESTED, pp. Converted into forest.

1163

afforesting
AFFOR'ESTING, ppr. Converting into forest.

1164

affranchisement
AFFRAN'CHISEMENT,n. [See Franchise and disfranchise.]The act of making free, or liberating from ...

1165

affrap
AFFRAP', v.t. [Eng. rap.] To strike. Obs.

1166

affray
AFFRA'Y,

1167

affrayment
AFFRA'YMENT, n.1. In law, the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror ...

1168

affreight
AFFREIGHT', v.t. affra'te. [See Freight.]To hire a ship for the transportation of goods or ...

1169

affreighted
AFFREIGHT'ED, pp. Hired for transporting goods.

1170

affreighter
AFFREIGHT'ER, n. The person who hires or charters a ship or other vessel to convey goods.

1171

affreightment
AFFREIGHT'MENT, n. The act of hiring a ship for the transportation of goods.

1172

affret
AFFRET', n. A furious onset, or attack. [Not used.]

1173

affriction
AFFRIC'TION, n. The act of rubbing. [Not used.] [See Friction.]

1174

affriended
AFFRIENDED, a. affrend'ed. Made friends; reconciled. Obs.

1175

affright
AFFRI'GHT, v.t. affri'te. [See Fright.]To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to terrify or ...

1176

affrighted
AFFRI'GHTED, pp. Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by ...

1177

affrighter
AFFRI'GHTER, n. One who frightens.

1178

affrightful
AFFRI'GHTFUL, a. Terrifying; terrible; that may excite great fear; dreadful.

1179

affrighting
AFFRI'GHTING, ppr. Impressing sudden fear; terrifying.

1180

affrightment
AFFRI'GHTMENT, n. Affright; terror; the state of being frightened. [Rarely used.] [In common ...

1181

affront
AFFRONT', v.t. [L. frons, front, face.]1. Literally, to meet or encounter face to face, in a good ...

1182

affronted
AFFRONT'ED, pp. 1. Opposed face to face; dared; defied; abused.2. In popular language, offended; ...

1183

affrontee
AFFRONTEE', a. In heraldry, front to front; an epithet given to animals that face each other.

1184

affronter
AFFRONT'ER, n. One that affronts.

1185

affronting
AFFRONT'ING, ppr. Opposing face to face; defying; abusing; offering abuse, or any cause of ...

1186

affrontive
AFFRONT'IVE, a. Giving offense; tending to offend; abusive.

1187

affrontiveness
AFFRONT'IVENESS, n. The quality that gives offense. [Little used.]

1188

affuse
AFFU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. affundo, affusum, ad and fundo, to pour out. See Fuse.]To pour upon; ...

1189

affused
AFFU'SED, pp. Sprinkled with a liquid; sprinkled on; having a liquid poured upon.

1190

affusing
AFFU'SING, ppr. Pouring upon, or sprinkling.

1191

affusion
AFFU'SION, n. affu'zhun. The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid substance, as water ...

1192

affy
AFFY', v.t. To betroth; to bind or join. [Not used.]AFFY', v.t. To trust or confide in. [Not ...

1193

afield
AFIE'LD, adv. [a and field.] To the field.

1194

afire
AFI'RE, adv. On fire.

1195

aflat
AFLAT', adv. [a and flat.] Level with the ground.

1196

afloat
AFLO'AT, adv. or a. [a and float.]1. Borne on the water; floating; swimming; as, the ship is ...

1197

afoot
AFOOT', adv. [a or on and foot.] 1. On foot; borne by the feet; opposed to riding.2. In action; ...

1198

afore
AFO'RE, adv. or prep. [a and fore.]1. In front.2. Between one object and another, so as to ...

1199

aforegoing
AFO'REGOING, a. Going before. [See Foregoing, which is chiefly used.]

1200

aforehand
AFO'REHAND, adv. [afore and hand.]1. In time previous; by previous provision; as, he is ready ...

1201

aforementioned
AFO'REMENTIONED, a. [afore and mention.]Mentioned before in the same writing or discourse.

1202

aforenamed
AFO'RENAMED, a. [afore and name.] Named before.

1203

aforesaid
AFO'RESAID, a. [afore and say.] Said or recited before, or in a proceeding part.

1204

aforetime
AFO'RETIME, adv. [afore and time.] In time past; in a former time.

1205

afoul
AFOUL', adv. or a. [a and foul.] Not free; entangled.

1206

afraid
AFRA'ID, a. [The participle of affray.]Impressed with fear or apprehension; fearful. This word ...

1207

afresh
AFRESH', adv. [a and fresh.] Anew; again; recently; after intermission.They crucify the son of ...

1208

afric
AF'RIC,

1209

africa
AF'RICA, n. [L. a neg. and frigus, cold.]One of the four quarters or largest divisions of the ...

1210

african
AF'RICAN, a. Pertaining to Africa.AF'RICAN, n. A native of Africa.This name is given also to the ...

1211

afront
AFRONT', adv. In front.

1212

aft
'AFT, a. or adv.In seaman's language, a word used to denote the stern or what pertains to the stern ...

1213

after
'AFTER, a. [The comparative degree of aft. But is some Teutonic dialects it is written with g.]1. ...

1214

after-account
'AFTER-ACCOUNT, n. A subsequent reckoning.

1215

after-act
'AFTER-ACT, n. A subsequent act.

1216

after-ages
'AFTER-AGES, n. Later ages; succeeding times. After-age, in the singular, is not improper.

1217

after-band
'AFTER-BAND, n. A future band.

1218

after-birth
'AFTER-BIRTH, n. The appendages of the fetus, called also secundines.

1219

after-clap
'AFTER-CLAP, n. An unexpected, subsequent event; something happening after an affair is supposed ...

1220

after-comer
'AFTER-COMER, n. A successor.

1221

after-comfort
'AFTER-COMFORT, n. Future comfort

1222

after-conduct
'AFTER-CONDUCT, n. Subsequent behavior.

1223

after-conviction
'AFTER-CONVIC'TION, n Future conviction.

1224

after-cost
'AFTER-COST, n. Later cost; expense after the execution of the main design.

1225

after-course
'AFTER-COURSE, n. Future course.

1226

after-crop
'AFTER-CROP, n. The second crop in the same year.

1227

after-days
'AFTER-DAYS, n. Future days.

1228

after-eatage
'AFTER-EATAGE, n. Part of the increase of the same year. [Local.]

1229

after-endeavor
'AFTER-ENDEAV'OR, n. An endeavor after the first or former effort.

1230

after-game
'AFTER-GAME, n. A subsequent scheme, or expedient.

1231

after-guard
'AFTER-GUARD, n. The seaman stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after ...

1232

after-hope
'AFTER-HOPE, n. Future hope.

1233

after-hours
'AFTER-HOURS, n. Hours that follow; time following.

1234

after-ignorance
'AFTER-IGNORANCE, n. Subsequent ignorance.

1235

after-king
'AFTER-KING, n. A succeeding king.

1236

after-life
'AFTER-LIFE, n. 1. Future life or the life after this. 2. A later period of life; subsequent ...

1237

after-liver
'AFTER-LIVER, n. One who lives in succeeding times.

1238

after-love
'AFTER-LOVE, n. The second or later love.

1239

after-malice
'AFTER-MALICE, n. Succeeding malice.

1240

after-math
'AFTER-MATH, n. [after and math. See Mow.]A second crop of grass, in the same season; rowen.

1241

after-most
'AFTER-MOST, a. Superl. In marine language, nearest the stern, opposed to foremost; also ...

1242

after-noon
'AFTER-NOON', n. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

1243

after-pains
'AFTER-PAINS, n. The pains which succeed child birth.

1244

after-part
'AFTER-PART, n. The latter part. In marine language, the part of a ship towards the stern.

1245

after-piece
'AFTER-PIECE, n. A piece performed after a play; a farce or other entertainment.

1246

after-proof
'AFTER-PROOF, n. Subsequent proof or evidence; qualities known by subsequent experience.

1247

after-repentance
'AFTER-REPENT'ANCE, n. Subsequent repentance.

1248

after-report
'AFTER-REPORT, n. Subsequent report, or information.

1249

after-sails
'AFTER-SAILS, n. The sails on the mizzenmast and stays, between the main and mizzen-masts.

1250

after-state
'AFTER-STATE, n. The future state.

1251

after-sting
'AFTER-STING, n. Subsequent sting.

1252

after-storm
'AFTER-STORM, n. A succeeding or future storm.

1253

after-supper
'AFTER-SUPPER, n. The time between supper and going to bed.

1254

after-swarm
'AFTER-SWARM, n. A swarm of bees which leaves the hive after the first.

1255

after-taste
'AFTER-TASTE, n. A taste which succeeds eating and drinking.

1256

after-thought
'AFTER-THOUGHT, n. [See Thought.] Reflections after an act; later thought, or expedient occurring ...

1257

after-times
'AFTER-TIMES, n. Succeeding times. It may be used in the singular.

1258

after-tossing
'AFTER-TOSSING, n. The swell or agitation of the sea after a storm.

1259

after-wise
'AFTER-WISE, a. Wise afterwards or too late.

1260

after-wit
'AFTER-WIT, n. Subsequent wit; wisdom that comes too late.

1261

after-wrath
'AFTER-WRATH, n. Later wrath; anger after the provocation has ceased.

1262

after-writer
'AFTER-WRITER, n. A succeeding writer.

1263

afterward
'AFTERWARD, or 'AFTERWARDS, adv. [See Ward.] In later or subsequent time.

1264

afterwards
'AFTERWARD, or 'AFTERWARDS, adv. [See Ward.] In later or subsequent time.

1265

aga
AGA, n. In the Turkish dominions, a commander or chief officer. The title is given to various ...

1266

again
AGAIN, adv. agen'. [L. con, whence contra;]1. A second time; once more.I will not again curse the ...

1267

against
AGAINST, prep. agenst'.1. In opposition; noting enmity or disapprobation.His hand will be against ...

1268

agalloch
AG'ALLOCH,

1269

agallochum
AGAL'LOCHUM, n. [Of oriental origin.]Aloes-wood, the product of a tree growing in China, and some ...

1270

agalmatolite
AGALMAT'OLITE,n. [Gr. image, and stone.]A name given by Klaproth to two varieties of the pierre de ...

1271

agape
AG'APE, adv. or a. [a and gape. See Gape.]Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager ...

1272

agaric
AG'ARIC, n. [Gr.]In botany, mushroom, a genus of funguses, containing numerous species. Mushrooms ...

1273

agast
AG'AST or AGH'AST, aStruck with terror, or astonishment; amazed; struck silent with horror.With ...

1274

agate
AGA'TE, adv. [a and gate.] On the way; going. Obs.

1275

agatine
AG'ATINE, a. Pretaining to agate.AG'ATINE, n. A genus of shells, oval or oblong.

1276

agatized
AG'ATIZED, a. Having the colored lines and figures of agate.Agatized wood, a substance apparently ...

1277

agaty
AG'ATY, a. Of the nature of agate.

1278

agave
AGA'VE, n. [Gr. admirable.]1. The American aloe. The great aloe rises twenty feet, and its ...

1279

agaze
AGA'ZE, v.t. [from gaze.] To strike with amazement. Obs.

1280

agazed
AGA'ZED, pp. Struck with amazement. [Not in use.]

1281

age
AGE, n. [L. aetas,or aevum. But these are undoubtedly contracted words.]1. The whole duration of ...

1282

aged
A'GED, a. 1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost the usual time allotted to that species ...

1283

agen
AGEN', for again. Obs.

1284

agency
A'GENCY, n. [L. agens. See Act.]1. The quality of moving or of exerting power; the state of ...

1285

agenda
AGEND'A, n. [L. things to be done.]A memorandum-book; the service or office of a church; a ritual ...

1286

agent
A'GENT, a. Acting; opposed to patient, or sustaining action; as, the body agent. [Little ...

1287

agentship
A'GENTSHIP, n. The office of an agent. [Not used.] We now use agency.

1288

aggelation
AGGELA'TION, n. [L. gelu.] Concretion of a fluid. [Not used.]

1289

aggeneration
AGGENERA'TION, n. [L. ad and generatio.] The state of growing to another. [Not used.]

1290

agger
AG'GER, n. [L.] A fortress, or mound. [Not used.]

1291

aggerate
AG'GERATE, v.t. [L. aggero.] To heap. [Not used.]

1292

aggeration
AGGERA'TION, n. A heaping; accumulation; as, "aggerations of sand."

1293

agglomerate
AGGLOM'ERATE, v.t. [L. agglomero, ad and glomero, to wind into a ball, from glomus a ball of ...

1294

agglomerated
AGGLOM'ERATED, pp. Wound or collected into a ball.

1295

agglomerating
AGGLOM'ERATING, ppr. Winding into a ball; gathering into a lump.

1296

agglomeration
AGGLOMERA'TION, n. The act of winding into a ball; the state of being gathered into a ball or ...

1297

agglutinant
AGGLU'TINANT, n. Any viscous substance which unites other substances, by causing an adhesion; any ...

1298

agglutinate
AGGLU'TINATE, v.t. [Lat. agglutino, ad and glutino, from gluten. Eng. glue. See Glue.]To unite, ...

1299

agglutinated
AGGLU'TINATED, pp. Glued together; united by a viscous substance.

1300

agglutinating
AGGLU'TINATING, ppr. Gluing together; united by causing adhesion.

1301

agglutination
AGGLUTINA'TION, n. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being ...

1302

agglutinative
AGGLU'TINATIVE, a. That tends to unite, or has power to cause adhesion.

1303

aggrace
AGGRA'CE, v.t. To favor. [Not used.]AGGRA'CE, n. Kindness; favor. [Not used.]

1304

aggrandization
AGGRANDIZA'TION, n. The act of aggrandizing. [Not used.]

1305

aggrandize
AG'GRANDIZE, v.t. [L. ad and grandis. See Grand.]1. To make great or greater in power, rank or ...

1306

aggrandized
AG'GRANDIZED, pp. Made great or greater; exalted; enlarged.

1307

aggrandizement
AGGRAND'IZEMENT, n. The act of aggrandizing; the state of being exalted in power, rank or honor; ...

1308

aggrandizer
AG'GRANDIZER, n. One that aggrandizes or exalts in power, rank or honor.

1309

aggrandizing
AG'GRANDIZING, ppr. Making great; exalting; enlarging.

1310

aggrate
AGGRA'TE, v.t. To please. [Not used.]

1311

aggravate
AG'GRAVATE, v.t. [L. aggravo, of ad and gravis, heavy. See Grave, Gravity.]1. To make heavy, but ...

1312

aggravated
AG'GRAVATED, pp. Increased, in severity or enormity; made worse; exaggerated.

1313

aggravating
AG'GRAVATING, ppr. Increasing in severity, enormity, or degree, as evils, misfortunes, pain, ...

1314

aggravation
AGGRAVA'TION, n. 1. The act of making worse, used of evils, natural or moral; the act of ...

1315

aggregate
AG'GREGATE, v.t [L. aggrego, to collect in troops, of ad and grex, a herd or band. See ...

1316

aggregated
AG'GREGATED, pp. Collected into a sum, mass or system.

1317

aggregately
AG'GREGATELY, adv. Collectively; taken in a sum or mass.

1318

aggregating
AG'GREGATING, ppr. Collecting into a sum or mass.

1319

aggregation
AGGREGA'TION, n. 1. The act of aggregating; the state of being collected into a sum or mass; a ...

1320

aggregative
AG'GREGATIVE, a. Taken together; collective.

1321

aggregator
AG'GREGATOR, n. He that collects into a whole or mass.

1322

aggress
AGGRESS', v.i. [L. aggredior, aggressus, of ad and gradior, to go. See Grade.]To make a first ...

1323

aggressing
AGGRESS'ING, ppr. Commencing hostility first; making the first attack.

1324

aggression
AGGRESS'ION, n. The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act ...

1325

aggressive
AGGRESS'IVE, a. Tending to aggress; making the first attack.

1326

aggressor
AGGRESS'OR, n. The person who first attacks; he who first commences hostility or a quarrel; an ...

1327

aggrievance
AGGRIE'VANCE, n. See Aggrieve.] Oppression; hardship; injury. But grievance is more generally ...

1328

aggrieve
AGGRIE'VE, v.t. [of ad and grieve from grief. See Grief and Grave.]1. To give pain or sorrow; to ...

1329

aggrieved
AGGRIE'VED, pp. Pained; afflicted, civilly or politically oppressed.

1330

aggrieving
AGGRIE'VING, ppr. Afflicting; imposing hardships on; oppressing.

1331

aggroop
AGGROOP, v.t. [See Group.]To bring together; to group; to collect many persons in a crowd, or many ...

1332

aggrooped
AGGROOP'ED, pp. Collected into a group or assemblage.

1333

aggroup
AGGROUP',

1334

aggrouped
AGGROUP'ED,

1335

aghast
AGH'AST, or more correctly AGHAST, a or adv. [Perhaps the participle of agaze; otherwise from the ...

1336

agile
AG'ILE, a. [L. agilis, from ago. See Act.]Nimble; having the faculty of quick motion in the ...

1337

agileness
AG'ILENESS, n. Nimbleness; activity; the faculty of moving the limbs quickly; agility.

1338

agility
AGIL'ITY, n. [L. agilitas.]The power of moving the limbs quickly; nimbleness; briskness; activity; ...

1339

agio
A'GIO, n.1. In commerce, the difference between bank notes and current coin. In Holland, the agio ...

1340

agist
AGIST', v.t. In law, to take the cattle of others to graze, at a certain sum; to feed or pasture ...

1341

agistator
AGIST'OR, or AGISTA'TOR n. An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, ...

1342

agistment
AGIST'MENT, n. The taking and feeding other men's cattle in the king's forest, or on one's own ...

1343

agistor
AGIST'OR, or AGISTA'TOR n. An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, ...

1344

agitable
AG'ITABLE, a. [See Agitate.] That may be agitated, shaken or discussed.

1345

agitate
AG'ITATE, v.t. [L. agito, from ago. See Act.]1. To stir violently; to move back and forth with a ...

1346

agitated
AG'ITATED, pp. Tossed from side to side; shaken; moved violently and irregularly; disturbed; ...

1347

agitating
AG'ITATING, ppr. Shaking; moving with violence; disturbing; disputing; contriving.

1348

agitation
AGITA'TION, n. 1. The act of shaking; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular ...

1349

agitato
AGITA'TO, in music, denotes a broken style of performance, adapted to awaken surprise or ...

1350

agitator
AG'ITATOR, n. One who agitates; also, an insurgent; one who excites sedition or revolt. In ...

1351

aglet
AG'LET,

1352

aglet-baby
AG'LET-BABY, n. A small image on the top of a lace.

1353

agminal
AG'MINAL, a. [L. agmen, a troop or body of men arrayed from ago.] Pertaining to an army or troop. ...

1354

agnail
AG'NAIL, n. [ad and nail. See Nail.]A disease of the nail; a whitlow; an inflammation round the ...

1355

agnate
AG'NATE, a. [L. agnatus.] Related or akin by the father's side.AG'NATE, n. [L. agnatus, ...

1356

agnatic
AGNAT'IC, a. Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors.

1357

agnation
AGNA'TION, n. Relation by the father's side only, or descent in the male line, distinct from ...

1358

agnel
AG'NEL, n. [From agnus, a lamb, the figure struck on the coin.]An ancient French coin, value ...

1359

agnition
AGNI'TION, n. [L. agnitio, agnosco.] Acknowledgment. [Little used.]

1360

agnize
AGNI'ZE, v.t. To acknowledge. [Not in use.]

1361

agnominate
AGNOM'INATE, v.t. [L. agnomino; ad and nomino, nomen, name.] To name. [Little used.]

1362

agnomination
AGNOMINA'TION, n. [L. agnomen, a surname, of ad and nomen. See Name.]1. An additional name, or ...

1363

ago
AGO', adv. or a. [See Go.] Past; gone; as a year ago.

1364

agog
AGOG', adv.In a state of desire; highly excited by eagerness after an object.The gaudy gossip when ...

1365

agoing
AGO'ING, [The participle of go, with the prefix a.]In motion, as to set a mill agoing; or about to ...

1366

agon
A'GON, n. [Gr.] The contest for the prize. [Not used.]

1367

agone
AGONE, pp. agawn;, [See ago and Gone.] Ago; past; since.[Nearly Obs.]

1368

agonism
AG'ONISM, n. [Gr.] Contention for a prize.

1369

agonist
AG'ONIST, n. One who contends for the prize in public games. Milton has used Agonistes in this ...

1370

agonistic
AGONIST'IC,

1371

agonistical
AGONIST'ICAL, a. Pertaining to prize-fighting, contests of strength, or athletic combats.

1372

agonistically
AGONIST'ICALLY, adv. In an agonistic manner; like prize-fighting.

1373

agonize
AG'ONIZE, v.t. [Gr. to strive. See Agony.]To write with extreme pain; to suffer violent ...

1374

agonizing
AG'ONIZING, ppr. Suffering severe pain; writhing with torture.

1375

agonizingly
AG'ONIZINGLY, adv. With extreme anguish.

1376

agony
AG'ONY, n. [Gr. a contest with bodily exertion; a word used to denote the athletic games, in ...

1377

agood
AGOOD, adv. In earnest. [Not used.]

1378

agouty
AGOUTY, n. [L. acutus.]A quadruped of the order Rodentia; arranged by naturalist in the genus ...

1379

agrarian
AGRA'RIAN, a. [L. agrarius, from ager, a field.]Relating to lands. appropriately, denoting or ...

1380

agree
AGREE', v.i.[L. gratia. the primary sense is advancing, from the same root as L. gradior.]1. To ...

1381

agreeability
AGREEABIL'ITY, n. Easiness of disposition. [Not used.]

1382

agreeable
AGREE'ABLE, a.1. Suitable; conformable; correspondent; consistent with; as, the practice of virtue ...

1383

agreeableness
AGREE'ABLENESS, n. 1. Suitableness; conformity; consistency; as, the agreeableness of virtue to ...

1384

agreeably
AGREE'ABLY, adv.1. Pleasingly; in an agreeable manner; in a manner to give pleasure; as, to be ...

1385

agreed
AGREE'D, pp. 1. Being in concord or harmony of opinion; of one mind.Can two walk together except ...

1386

agreeing
AGREE'ING, ppr. Living in concord; concurring; assenting; settling by consent.

1387

agreeingly
AGREE'INGLY, adv. In conformity to. [Little used.]

1388

agreement
AGREE'MENT, n. 1. Concord; harmony; conformity.What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? ...

1389

agrestic
AGRES'TIC,

1390

agrestical
AGRES'TICAL, a. [L. agrestis; ager, a field, or the same root.]Rural; rustic; pertaining to fields ...

1391

agricultor
AG'RICULTOR, n. [L. ager, a field, and cultor, a cultivator.]One whose occupation is to till the ...

1392

agricultural
AGRICUL'TURAL, a. Pertaining to husbandry, tillage, or the culture of the earth.

1393

agriculture
AG'RICULTURE, n. [L. ager, a field, and cultura, cultivation. See Acre and Culture.]In general ...

1394

agriculturism
AGRICUL'TURISM, n. The art or science of agriculture. [Little used.]

1395

agriculturist
AGRICUL'TURIST, n. One skilled in the art of cultivating the ground; a skilful husbandman.

1396

agrimony
AG'RIMONY, n. [L. agremonia, from the Gr. Thus it is written by Pliny. But in lower Latin it is ...

1397

agrippinians
AGRIPPIN'IANS, n. In Church history, the followers of Agrippinus, bishop of Carthage, in the third ...

1398

agrise
AGRISE, v.i. To shiver. [Not in use.]AGRISE, v.t. To terrify; also, to make frightful. [Not in ...

1399

agrom
A'GROM, n. a disease frequent in Bengal, and other parts of the E. Indies, in which the tongue ...

1400

agrostemma
AGROSTEM'MA, n. A genus of plants of several species, containing the common corn cockle, wild ...

1401

agrostis
AGROS'TIS, n. [Gr.] Bent grass; a genus of many species.

1402

aground
AGROUND', adv. [Of a, at or on, and ground.]1. On the ground; a marine term, signifying that the ...

1403

aguapecaca
AGUAPECA'CA, n. The Jacana, a Brazilian bird, about the size of a pigeon. In the extremity of ...

1404

ague
A'GUE, n. a'gu,1. The cold fit which precedes a fever, or a paroxysm of fever in intermittents. ...

1405

ague-cake
A'GUE-CAKE, n. a hard tumor on the left side of the belly, lower than the false ribs; supposed to ...

1406

ague-fit
A'GUE-FIT, n. A paroxysm of cold, or shivering; chilliness.

1407

ague-proof
A'GUE-PROOF, n. Able to resist agues; proof against agues.

1408

ague-spell
A'GUE-SPELL, n. A charm or spell to cure or prevent ague.

1409

ague-struck
A'GUE-STRUCK, a. Struck with ague.

1410

ague-tree
A'GUE-TREE, n. A name sometimes applied to sassafras, on account of its febrifuge qualities.

1411

agued
A'GUED, a. Chilly; having a fit of ague; shivering with cold or fear.

1412

aguerry
AGUER'RY, v.t. To inure to the hardships of war; to instruct in the art of war. [Not in use.]

1413

aguillaneuf
AGUILLANEUF', n. [From a, to, gui, misleto, and l'an neuf, the new year.]A form of rejoicing among ...

1414

aguise
AGUI'SE, v.t. [See Guise.] To dress; to adorn. [Not in use.]AGUI'SE, n. Dress. [Not in use.]

1415

aguish
A'GUISH, a. Chilly; somewhat cold or shivering; also, having the qualities of an ague.Her aguish ...

1416

aguishness
A'GUISHNESS, n. Chilliness; the quality of being aguish.

1417

agul
A'GUL, n. A species of the hedysarum.

1418

ah
AH, An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, contempt, dislike, joy, exultation, ...

1419

aha
'AH'A.1. An exclamation expressing triumph, contempt, or simple surprise; but the senses are ...

1420

ahaniger
AHAN'IGER, n. A name of the gar-fish.

1421

ahead
AHEAD, adv. Ahed', [a and head, or at head.]1. Further forward than another thing; in front; ...

1422

aheight
AHEI'GHT, adv. [a and height.] Aloft; on high. [Not used.]

1423

ahiccyatli
AHICCYAT'LI, n. A poisonous serpent of Mexico, somewhat resembling the rattlesnake, but destitute ...

1424

ahigh
AHI'GH, adv. On high. [Not used.]

1425

ahold
AHO'LD, adv. Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Not in use.]

1426

ahovai
AHOVAI, n. A trivial name synonymous with Cerbera, a very poisonous species of plum.

1427

ahoy
AHOY;, Exclam. A sea term used in hailing.

1428

ahriman
AHRIMAN. [See Ariman.]

1429

ahuitla
AHUIT'LA, n. A worm found in the lake of Mexico, four inches in length, as thick as a goose-quill; ...

1430

ahuitzote
AHUIT'ZOTE, n. An amphibious quadruped of the tropical climate. of America, whose body is a foot ...

1431

aia
A'IA, n. A Brazilian fowl of the spoon-bill kind, and resembling that bird in form and size.

1432

aicurus
AICU'RUS, n. A large and beautiful species of parrot, found in Brazil; its head beautifully ...

1433

aid
AID, v.t. [L. adjuto.To help; to assist; to support, either by furnishing strength or means to ...

1434

aidance
A'IDANCE, n. Aid; help; assistance. [little used.]

1435

aidant
A'IDANT, a. Helping; helpful; supplying aid. [Not used.]

1436

aiddecamp
A'IDDECAMP, n. plur. Aiddecamps.]In military affairs, an officer whose duty is to receive and ...

1437

aided
A'IDED, pp. Assisted; supported; furnished with succor.

1438

aider
A'IDER, n. One who helps; an assistant, or auxiliary.

1439

aiding
A'IDING, ppr. Helping; assisting.

1440

aidless
A'IDLESS, a. Helpless; without aid; unsupported; undefended.

1441

aiglet
A'IGLET, n. 1. A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; ...

1442

aigret
A'IGRET, AIGRETTE, n. 1. In zoology, a name of the small white heron.2. In botany. [See ...

1443

aigrette
A'IGRET, AIGRETTE, n. 1. In zoology, a name of the small white heron.2. In botany. [See ...

1444

aigulet
A'IGULET, n. [Fr. Usually contracted into aiglet, which see.]

1445

aikraw
A'IKRAW, n. A popular name of a species of lichen, or moss.

1446

ail
AIL, v.t.To trouble; to affect with uneasiness, either of body or mind; used to express some ...

1447

aile
AISLE, or AILE, n. Pronounced Ile. [L. ala.]The wing of a quire; a walk in a church.

1448

ailing
A'ILING, ppr. Diseased; indisposed; full of complaints.

1449

ailment
A'ILMENT, n. Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body; but the word is not applied ...

1450

aim
AIM, v.i.To point at, with a missive weapon; to direct the intention or purpose; to attempt to ...

1451

aimed
A'IMED, pp. Pointed; directed; intended to strike or affect.

1452

aimer
A'IMER, n. One that aims.

1453

aiming
A'IMING, ppr. Pointing a weapon at an object; directing any thing to an object; intending; ...

1454

aimless
A'IMLESS, a. Without aim.

1455

air
AIR, n. [L. aer; Heb. to shine. The radical sense is to open, expand; whence clear; or to flow, ...

1456

air-balloon
A'IR-BALLOON. [See Balloon.]

1457

air-bladder
A'IR-BLADDER, n. A vesicle or cuticle filled with air; also, the bladder of a fish.

1458

air-born
A'IR-BORN, a. Born of the air.

1459

air-braving
A'IR-BRAVING, a. Braving the winds.

1460

air-built
A'IR-BUILT, a. Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built ...

1461

air-drawn
A'IR-DRAWN, a. Drawn in air; imaginary.

1462

air-gun
A'IR-GUN, n. A pneumatic engine, resembling a musket, to discharge bullets by means of the elastic ...

1463

air-holder
A'IR-HOLDER, n. [Air and hold.]An instrument for holding air, for the purpose of counteracting the ...

1464

air-hole
A'IR-HOLE, n. An opening to admit or discharge air.

1465

air-jacket
A'IR-JACKET, n. A leather jacket, to which are fastened bags or bladders filled with air, to ...

1466

air-pipe
A'IR-PIPE, n. A pipe used to draw foul air from a ship's hold, by means of a communication with ...

1467

air-poise
A'IR-POISE, n. [Air and poise.]An instrument to measure the weight of the air.

1468

air-pump
A'IR-PUMP, n. A machine for exhausting the air of a vessel. The machines for this purpose are of ...

1469

air-sacs
A'IR-SACS, n. Air bags in birds, which are certain receptacles of air, or vesicles lodged in the ...

1470

air-shaft
A'IR-SHAFT, n. A passage for air into a mine, usually opened in a perpendicular direction, and ...

1471

air-stirring
A'IR-STIRRING, a. Putting the air in motion.

1472

air-thread
A'IR-THREAD, n. A name given to the spider's webs, which are often seen floating in the air. ...

1473

air-threatening
A'IR-THREATENING, a. Threatening the air; lofty.

1474

air-vessel
A'IR-VESSEL, n. A spiral duct in plants contained air, and supposed to be analogous to the lungs ...

1475

aira
A'IRA, n. Hair grass, a genus of plants.

1476

aired
A'IRED, pp. Exposed to air; cleansed by air; heated or dried by exposure to a fire; ventilated.

1477

airer
A'IRER, n. One who exposes to the air.

1478

airiness
A'IRINESS, n. 1. Exposure to a free current of air; openness to the air; as, the airiness of a ...

1479

airing
A'IRING, ppr. Exposing to the air; warming; drying.A'IRING, n. An exposure to the air, or to a ...

1480

airless
A'IRLESS, a. Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with open air.

1481

airling
A'IRLING, n. A thoughtless, gay person.

1482

airy
A'IRY, a. 1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance.2. Relating or belonging to air; high in ...

1483

airy-flying
A'IRY-FLYING, a. Flying like air.

1484

aisle
AISLE, or AILE, n. Pronounced Ile. [L. ala.]The wing of a quire; a walk in a church.

1485

aizoon
AIZO'ON, n. [L. aizoon.] it seems to be composed of Gr. always, and Eng. aye, and living.]A genus ...

1486

ajava
AJA'VA, n. The seed of a plant brought from Malabar, said to be an excellent carminative, and very ...

1487

ajuga
AJU'GA, n. Bugle, a genus of plants.

1488

ajuru-catinga
AJU'RU-CATINGA, n. A species of American parrot, of a green color, with eyes of a fiery red, ...

1489

ajuru-curau
AJU'RU-CURAU, n. An American parrot, of a lively green color, with a blue crown; the throat, and ...

1490

ajuru-para
AJU'RU-PARA, n. A small parrot of America, of a beautiful green, with the beak, legs and circlets ...

1491

ajutage
AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, n. A tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a ...

1492

ake
AKE, v.i. Less properly written ache. [See Ache.]1. To be in pain; usually, in pain of some ...

1493

aker
A'KER, n. [Gr., L. ager.]Originally an open field. But in G. Britain the quantity of land in the ...

1494

akin
AKIN', a. [a or of and kin. See Kin.]1. Related by blood, used of persons; as, the two families ...

1495

aking
A'KING, ppr. Having continued pain; suffering distress of mind, or grief.

1496

al
AL, in Arabic, an adjective or inseparable prefix. Its use is to render nouns definite, like the ...

1497

alabaster
AL'ABASTER, n. [L. from Gr.]A sub-variety of carbonate of lime, found in large masses, formed by ...

1498

alack
ALACK', exclam.An exclamation expressive of sorrow.

1499

alackaday
ALACK'ADAY, An exclamation uttered to express regret or sorrow.

1500

alacriousness
ALAC'RIOUSNESS, n. Briskness. [Not used.]

1501

alacrity
ALAC'RITY, n. [L. alacritas, from alacer, alaris.]Cheerfulness; gaiety; sprightliness; more ...

1502

aladinists
ALAD'INISTS. Free thinkers among the Mohammedans.

1503

alalite
AL'ALITE, n. A crystallized mineral; diopside; a semi-transparent pyroxene. A variety with twelve ...

1504

alamire
ALAMIRE', n. The lowest note but one, in Guido Aretine's scale of music.

1505

alamodality
ALAMODAL'ITY, n. Conformity to the prevailing mode, or fashion of the times. [Little used.]

1506

alamode
ALAMO'DE, adv. According to the fashion or prevailing mode.ALAMO'DE, n. A thin glossy silk for ...

1507

aland
ALAND', adv. At or on land.

1508

alarm
AL'ARM, n. 1. Any sound, outcry or information intended to give notice of approaching danger as, ...

1509

alarm-bell
AL'ARM-BELL, n. A bell that gives notice of danger.

1510

alarm-post
AL'ARM-POST, n. A place to which troops are to repair in cases of an alarm.

1511

alarm-watch
AL'ARM-WATCH, n. A watch that strikes the hour by regulated movement.

1512

alarmed
AL'ARMED, pp. Notified of sudden danger; surprised with fear; roused to vigilance or activity by ...

1513

alarming
AL'ARMING, ppr. Giving notice of approaching danger; rousing to vigilance; exciting solicitude by ...

1514

alarmingly
AL'ARMINGLY, adv. With alarm; in a manner to excite apprehension.

1515

alarmist
AL'ARMIST, n. One that excites alarm.

1516

alarum
ALARUM, For alarm, is a corruption, and is not to be used.

1517

alas
ALAS', ex. An exclamation expressive of sorrow, grief, pity, concern, or apprehension of evil; ...

1518

alate
ALA'TE, adv. Lately. [Not used.]

1519

alated
ALA'TED, a. [L. ala, a wing; alatus, winged.]Winged; having dilatations like wings.

1520

alatern
AL'ATERN, n. A trivial name of a species of rhamnus or buckthorn.

1521

alb
ALB, n. [L. albus, Gr. white.]A surplice or vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, worn by ...

1522

albatros
AL'BATROS, n. An aquatic fowl, belonging to the order of ansers. The bill is strait; the upper ...

1523

albegeois
ALBIGEN'SES, ALBEGEOIS, n. A party of Reformers, who separated from the church of Rome, in the ...

1524

albeit
ALBE'IT, [This is supposed to be a compound of all, be and it, and is equivalent to admit, or ...

1525

albelen
AL'BELEN, n. A fish of the truttaceous or trout kind, found in the German lakes, weighing five or ...

1526

albescent
ALBES'CENT, a. [L. albesco, to grow white.]Becoming white, or rather, whitish; moderately white.

1527

albicore
AL'BICORE, n. A marine fish, like a tunny, noted for following ships.

1528

albigenses
ALBIGEN'SES, ALBEGEOIS, n. A party of Reformers, who separated from the church of Rome, in the ...

1529

albin
AL'BIN, n. [L. albus, white.]A mineral, of an opake white color, consisting of aggregated ...

1530

albino
ALBI'NO, n. [L. albus, white.]A white descendant of black parents, or a white person belonging to ...

1531

albinos
ALBI'NOS, n. A name signifying white men, given by the Portuguese to the white negroes of Africa. ...

1532

albion
AL'BION, n. An ancient name of England, still used in poetry. It is supposed this name was given ...

1533

albora
ALBO'RA, n. A sort of itch or rather leprosy, terminating without ulceration, but with fetid ...

1534

alboro
ALBO'RO, n. The erythrinus, a small red fish of the Mediterranean.

1535

albugineous
ALBUGIN'EOUS, a. [L. albugo, the white spot in the eye, from albus white.]Pertaining to or ...

1536

albugo
ALBU'GO,n. The white speck in the eye, called the film, haw, dragon, pearl or cicatrice. Also a ...

1537

albula
ALBU'LA, n. A species of truttaceous fish, destitute of teeth. The albula Indica is called by the ...

1538

album
AL'BUM, n. [L. albus, white.]1. Among the Romans, a white table, board or register, on which the ...

1539

albumen
ALBU'MEN, n. [L. from albus, white.]The white of an egg. A like substance is a chief constituent ...

1540

albuminous
ALBU'MINOUS, a. Pertaining to, or having the properties of albumen.

1541

alburn
AL'BURN,

1542

alburnum
ALBURN'UM, n. [L. alburnum, from albus, white.]The white and softer part of wood, between the ...

1543

alcahest
AL'CAHEST, or ALKAHEST, n. A pretended universal dissolvent, or menstruum.

1544

alcaic
ALCA'IC, a. Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Lyric poet of Mitylene, in Lesbos, who flourished about the ...

1545

alcaics
ALCA'ICS, n. plu. Several kinds of verse; so called from Alcaeus, their inventor. One kind ...

1546

alcaid
ALCA'ID,Among the Moors, Spaniards and Portuguese, a governor. In Portugal, the chief civil ...

1547

alcanna
ALCAN'NA, n. A plant; and a powder, prepared from the leaves of the Egyptian privet, used by the ...

1548

alcatraz
AL'CATRAZ, n. The Spanish name of the Pelecanus Onocrotalus of Linne; a pelican; also a fish taken ...

1549

alcavala
ALCAV'ALA, n. In Spain, a tax on every transfer of property, real or personal.

1550

alcedo
ALCE'DO, n. [L.]The king fisher; a genus of birds, of the order of Picae. The species are ...

1551

alchimic
ALCHIM'IC,

1552

alchimical
ALCHIM'ICAL

1553

alchimically
ALCHIM'ICALLY, a. Relating to alchimy, or produced by it. adv. In the manner of alchimy.

1554

alchimist
AL'CHIMIST, n. One who practices alchimy.

1555

alchimistic
ALCHIMIST'IC,

1556

alchimistical
ALCHIMIST'ICAL, a. Practicing alchimy, or relating to it.

1557

alchimy
AL'CHIMY, n. [See Chimistry.]1. The more sublime and difficult part of chimistry, and chiefly ...

1558

alcmanian
ALCMA'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Alcman, a lyric poet of the twenty-seventh Olympiad, celebrated for ...

1559

alco
AL'CO, n. a quadruped of America, nearly resembling a dog, but mute and melancholy; and this ...

1560

alcohol
AL'COHOL, n. [Heb. to paint with a preparation of powder of antimony. The oriental females still ...

1561

alcoholic
ALCOHOL'IC, a. Pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities.

1562

alcoholization
ALCOHOLIZA'TION, n. the act of rectifying spirit, till it is wholly dephlegmatedor of reducing a ...

1563

alcoholize
AL'COHOLIZE, v.t. To convert into alcohol; to rectify spirit till it is wholly dephlegmated; also, ...

1564

alcor
AL'COR, n. A small star adjoining to the large bright one in the middle of the tail of Ursa Major.

1565

alcoran
ALCORAN. [See Koran and Alkoran.]

1566

alcove
AL'COVE or ALCO'VE, n. [Eng. cubby.]1. A recess, or part of a room, separated by an estrade, or ...

1567

alcyon
AL'CYON, n. A trivial name of the kingfisher. [See Halcyon.]

1568

alcyonite
AL'CYONITE, n. A fossil zoophite, somewhat resembling a fungus.

1569

alcyonium
ALCYO'NIUM, n. The name of a submarine plant, or bastard spunge. Also a kind of astroit or coral, ...

1570

alder
AL'DER, n. [L. alnus.]A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. ...

1571

alderman
ALD'ERMAN, n. plu. Aldermen.1. Among our Saxon ancestors, a senior or superior. The title was ...

1572

aldermanly
AL'DERMANLY, a. Pertaining to or like an alderman.

1573

aldern
AL'DERN, a. Made of Alder.

1574

ale
ALE, n.1. A liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation. It differs from beer, in having ...

1575

ale-bench
A'LE-BENCH, n. A bench in or before an ale house.

1576

ale-berry
A'LE-BERRY, n. A beverage, made by boiling ale with spice, sugar and sops of bread.

1577

ale-brewer
A'LE-BREWER, n. One whose occupation is to brew ale.

1578

ale-conner
A'LE-CONNER, n. [ale and con, to know or see.]An officer in London, whose business is to inspect ...

1579

ale-cost
A'LE-COST, n. Costmary, a plant, a species of Tanacetum.

1580

ale-fed
A'LE-FED, a. Fed with ale.

1581

ale-gar
A'LE-GAR, n. Sour ale; the acid of ale.

1582

ale-hoof
A'LE-HOOF, n.Ground-ivy, the glechoma hederacea, of Linne. The leaves of this plant are used to ...

1583

ale-house
A'LE-HOUSE, n. a house where ale is retailed; and hence a tipling house.

1584

ale-house-keeper
A'LE-HOUSE-KEEPER, n. One who keeps an ale-house.

1585

ale-knight
A'LE-KNIGHT, n. a pot companion.

1586

ale-shot
A'LE-SHOT, n. A reckoning to be paid for ale.

1587

ale-silver
A'LE-SILVER, n. A duty paid to the Lord Mayor of London, by the sellers of ale within the city.

1588

ale-stake
A'LE-STAKE, n. a stake set as a sign before an ale-house.

1589

ale-taster
A'LE-TASTER, n. An officer appointed in every court leet, and sworn, to inspect ale, beer and ...

1590

ale-vat
A'LE-VAT, n. a vat in which ale is fermented.

1591

ale-washed
A'LE-WASHED, a. Steeped or soaked in ale.

1592

ale-wife
A'LE-WIFE, n. a woman who keeps an ale house.

1593

alectryomancy
ALECTRYOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. a cock and divination.]An ancient practice of foretelling events by means ...

1594

alee
ALEE', adv. [a or at and lee. See Lee.]In seaman's language, on the side opposite to the wind, ...

1595

aleger
A'LEGER, a. [L. alacer.]Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Not used.]

1596

alegge
ALEGGE, v.t To lighten; to lessen; to assuage. [Not used.]

1597

alembdar
ALEMB'DAR, n. In Turkey, an officer who bears the green standard of Mohammed, when the Sultan ...

1598

alembic
ALEM'BIC, n.A chimical vessel used in distillation; usually made of glass or copper. The bottom ...

1599

alength
ALENGTH', adv. [a and length.]At full length; along; stretched at full length.

1600

alepidote
ALEP'IDOTE, n. [Gr. a scale.]Any fish whose skin is not covered with scales.

1601

alert
ALERT', a.1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance. hence the military phrase, upon the alert, ...

1602

alertness
ALERT'NESS, n. Briskness; nimbleness; sprightliness; levity.

1603

aleuromancy
ALEUROM'ANCY, n. [Gr. meal and divination.]A kind of divination by meal, used by the ancients.

1604

aleutian
ALEU'TIAN, or ALEU'TIC, a. Designating certain isles in the Pacific ocean, eastward of ...

1605

aleutic
ALEU'TIAN, or ALEU'TIC, a. Designating certain isles in the Pacific ocean, eastward of ...

1606

alewife
A'LEWIFE, or A'LOOF, n. An American fish, belonging to the genus Clupea, and called Clupea ...

1607

alexanders
ALEX'ANDERS, n. The name of a plant of the genus Smyrnium.

1608

alexandrian
ALEX'ANDRIAN, n. Pertaining to Alexandria. There are many cities of this name, in various parts ...

1609

alexandrine
ALEX'ANDRINE,or ALEXANDRIAN, n. A kind of verse, consisting of twelve syllables, or of twelve and ...

1610

alexipharmic
ALEXIPH'ARMIC, a. [Gr. to expel, and poison.]Expelling poison; antidotal; sudorific; that has the ...

1611

alexiterial
ALEXITE'RIAL, a. [Gr. to expel, and poison.]Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom.

1612

alexiteric
ALEXITER'IC,

1613

alexiterical
ALEXITER'ICAL, n. A medicine to resist the effects of poison, or the bite of venomous animals; ...

1614

algarot
AL'GAROT, or AL'GAROTH, n. The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, ...

1615

algaroth
AL'GAROT, or AL'GAROTH, n. The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, ...

1616

algates
ALGATES, adv. By all means; on any terms.

1617

algebra
AL'GEBRA, n. [Ar. the reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers from the verb, ...

1618

algebraic
ALGEBRA'IC,

1619

algebraical
ALGEBRA'ICAL, a. Pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of Algebra, or deduced from such ...

1620

algebraist
ALGEBRA'IST, n. One who is versed in the science of algebra.

1621

algeneb
AL'GENEB, n. A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the right side of Perseus; Long. 27 degrees ...

1622

algerine
ALGERINE', n. [from Algiers.] A native of Algiers, a city and a government on the coast of ...

1623

algid
AL'GID, a. [L. algidus.] Cold. [Not used.]

1624

algol
AL'GOL, n. A fixed star of the third magnitude, called Medusa's head, in Perseus; Long. 21 degrees ...

1625

algor
AL'GOR, n. [Lat.] Among physicians, an unusual coldness in any part of the body.

1626

algorism
AL'GORITHM, or AL'GORISM, n. An arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six ...

1627

algorithm
AL'GORITHM, or AL'GORISM, n. An arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six ...

1628

algous
AL'GOUS, a. [L. alga, sea weed.] Pertaining to sea weed; abounding with, or like sea weed.

1629

algum
AL'GUM, n. In scripture, a tree or wood about which the learned are not agreed. The most probably ...

1630

alhenna
ALHEN'NA, n. [See Alkenna.]

1631

alias
A'LIAS, [L.] Otherwise; as in this example, Simson alias Smith; a word used in judicial ...

1632

alibi
AL'IBI, n. [L.] Elsewhere; in another place; a law term. When a person is charged with an ...

1633

alien
A'LIEN, a. alyen, [L. alienus, from alius, another. L. alieno, to alienate; alter, another, to ...

1634

alienability
ALIENABIL'ITY, n. The capacity of being alienated or transferred.The alienability of the domain.

1635

alienable
A'LIENABLE, a. That may be sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the ...

1636

alienage
A'LIENAGE, n. The state of being an alien. Why restore estates, forfeitable on account of ...

1637

alienate
A'LIENATE, v.t. [L. alieno.]1. To transfer title, property or right to another; as, to alienate ...

1638

alienation
ALIENA'TION, n. [L. alienatio.]1. A transfer of title; or a legal conveyance of property to ...

1639

alienator
A'LIENATOR, n. One that alienates or transfers property.

1640

aliene
ALIE'NE, v.t. [L. alieno.]1. To transfer title or property to another; to sell.Nor could he ...

1641

alienee
ALIENEE', n. One to whom the title to property is transferred.If the alienee enters and keeps ...

1642

alienism
ALIENISM, n. Alyenizm. The state of being an alien.The law was very gentle in the construction of ...

1643

alife
ALI'FE, adv. [a or on and life.] On my life.

1644

aliferous
ALIF'EROUS, a. [L. ala, wing, and fero, to bear.] Having wings.

1645

aliform
ALI'FORM, a. [L. ala, wing, and forma, shape.]Having the shape of a wing; a term applied to a ...

1646

aligerous
ALIG'EROUS, a. [L. ala wing, and gero, to carry] Having wings.

1647

alight
ALI'GHT, v.i.1. To get down or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage.2. To descend and ...

1648

alike
ALI'KE, a.Having resemblance or similitude; similar.The darkness and the light are both alike to ...

1649

alike-minded
ALI'KE-MINDED, a. Having the same mind; but like-minded is more generally used.

1650

aliment
AL'IMENT, n. [L. alimentum, from alo, to feed.]That which nourishes; food; nutriment; any thing ...

1651

alimental
ALIMENT'AL, a. Supplying food; that has the quality of nourishing; that furnishes the materials ...

1652

alimentally
ALIMENT'ALLY, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food.

1653

alimentariness
ALIMENT'ARINESS, n. The quality of supplying nutriment.

1654

alimentary
ALIMENT'ARY, a. Pertaining to aliment or food; having the quality of nourishing; as, alimentary ...

1655

alimentation
ALIMENTA'TION, n. 1. The act or power of affording nutriment.2. The state of being nourished.

1656

alimonious
ALIMO'NIOUS, a. [See alimony.] Nourishing; affording food. [Little used.]

1657

alimony
ALI'MONY, n. [L. alimonia, of alo, to feed. See Aliment.]An allowance made for the support of a ...

1658

aliped
AL'IPED, a. [L. ala, wing, and pes, foot.]Wing-footed; having the toes connected by a membrane, ...

1659

aliquant
AL'IQUANT, a. [L. aliquantum, a little.]In arithmetic, an aliquant number or part is that which ...

1660

aliquot
AL'IQUOT, a. [L.]An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will measure it without a ...

1661

alish
A'LISH, a. [From ale.] Like ale; having the qualities of ale.

1662

alive
ALI'VE, a.1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs ...

1663

alkahest
AL'KAHEST, n. A universal dissolvent; a menstrumm capable of dissolving every body, which ...

1664

alkalescency
ALKALES'CENCY, n. [See Alkali.]A tendency to become alkaline; or a tendency to the properties of ...

1665

alkalescent
ALKALES'CENT, a. tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

1666

alkali
AL'KALI, n. plu. AlkaliesIn chimistry, a term applied to all bodies which possess the following ...

1667

alkalify
AL'KALIFY, v.t. To form, or to convert into an alkali.AL'KALIFY, v.i. To become an alkali.

1668

alkaligenous
ALKALIG'ENOUS, a. [Alkali and to generate.]Producing or generating alkali.

1669

alkalimeter
ALKALIM'ETER, n. [Alkali and Gr. measure.]An instrument for ascertaining the strength of alkalies, ...

1670

alkaline
AL'KALINE, a. Having the properties of alkali.

1671

alkalinity
ALKALIN'ITY, n. The quality which constitutes an alkali.

1672

alkalizate
AL'KALIZATE, a. Alkaline; impregnated with alkali. Obs.

1673

alkalization
ALKALIZA'TION, n. The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali.

1674

alkalize
AL'KALIZE, v.t. [and formerly Alkalizate.]To make alkaline; to communicate the properties of an ...

1675

alkanet
AL'KANET, n. The plant bugloss. The root is used to impart a deep red color to oily substances, ...

1676

alkekengi
ALKEKEN'GI, n. The winter cherry, a species of physalis. The plant bears a near resemblance to ...

1677

alkenna
ALKEN'NA or ALHEN'NA, n. Egyptian privet, a species of Lawsonia. The pulverized leaves of this ...

1678

alkermes
ALKERM'ES, n.In pharmacy, a compound cordial, in the form of a confection, derived from the kermes ...

1679

alkerva
ALKER'VA, n. An arabic name of the Palma Christi.

1680

alkoran
AL'KORAN, n.The book which contains the Mohammedan doctrines of faith and practice. It was written ...

1681

alkoranist
AL'KORANIST, n. One who adheres strictly to the letter of the Alkoran, rejecting all comments. ...

1682

alkussa
ALKUS'SA, n. A fish of the Silurus kind, with one beard only under the chin.

1683

all
ALL, a. awl. [Gr. Shemitic from calah, to be ended or completed to perfect.]1. Every one, or the ...

1684

all-abandoned
ALL-ABAN'DONED, a. Abandoned by all

1685

all-abhorred
ALL-ABHOR'RED, a. Detested by all.

1686

all-accomplished
ALL-ACCOM'PLISHED, a. Fully accomplished; whose education is highly finished or complete.

1687

all-admiring
ALL-ADMI'RING, a. Wholly admiring.

1688

all-advised
ALL-ADVI'SED, a. Advised by all.

1689

all-approved
ALL-APPROVED, a. Approved by all.

1690

all-atoning
ALL-ATO'NING, a. Atoning for all; making complete atonement.

1691

all-bearing
ALL-BEA'RING, a. Producing every thing; omniparous.

1692

all-beauteous
ALL-BEAU'TEOUS, a. Perfectly beautiful

1693

all-beholding
ALL-BEHO'LDING, a. Beholding or seeing all things.

1694

all-blasting
ALL-BL'ASTING, a. Blasting all; defaming or destroying all.

1695

all-bounteous
ALL-BOUN'TEOUS,

1696

all-bountiful
ALL-BOUN'TIFUL, a. Perfectly bountiful; of infinite bounty.

1697

all-changing
ALL-CHA'NGING, a. Perpetually changing.

1698

all-cheering
ALL-CHEE'RING, a. That cheers all; that gives gaiety or cheerfulness to all.

1699

all-commanding
ALL-COMM'ANDING, a. Having command or sovereignty over all.

1700

all-complying
ALL-COMPLY'ING, a. Complying in every respect.

1701

all-composing
ALL-COMPO'SING, a. That makes all tranquil or peaceful.

1702

all-comprehensive
ALL-COMPREHEN'SIVE, a. Comprehending all things.

1703

all-concealing
ALL-CONCE'ALING, a. Hiding or concealing all.

1704

all-conquering
ALL-CON'QUERING, a. That subdues all.

1705

all-conscious
ALL-CON'SCIOUS, a. Conscious of all; all-knowing.

1706

all-constraining
ALL-CONSTRA'INING, a. Constraining all

1707

all-consuming
ALL-CONSU'MING, a. That consumes or devours all.

1708

all-daring
ALL-DA'RING, a. Daring to attempt every thing.

1709

all-destroying
ALL-DESTROY'ING, a. Destroying every thing.

1710

all-devastating
ALL-DEV'ASTATING, a. Wasting every thing.

1711

all-devouring
ALL-DEVOUR'ING, a Eating or consuming all.

1712

all-dimming
ALL-DIM'MING, a. Obscuring every thing.

1713

all-discovering
ALL-DISCOV'ERING, a. Discovering or disclosing every thing.

1714

all-disgraced
ALL-DISGRA'CED, a. Completely disgraced.

1715

all-dispensing
ALL-DISPENS'ING, a. Dispensing all things; affording dispensation or permission.

1716

all-divine
ALL-DIVI'NE, a. Supremely excellent.

1717

all-divining
ALL-DIVI'NING, a. Foretelling all things.

1718

all-dreaded
ALL-DREAD'ED, a. Dreaded by all.

1719

all-efficient
ALL-EFFI'CIENT, a. Of perfect or unlimited efficacy or efficiency.

1720

all-eloquent
ALL-EL'OQUENT, a. Eloquent in the highest degree.

1721

all-embracing
ALL-EMBRA'CING, a. Embracing all things.

1722

all-ending
ALL-END'ING, a. Putting an end to all things.

1723

all-enlightening
ALL-ENLI'GHTENING, a. Enlightening all things.

1724

all-enraged
ALL-ENRA'GED, a. Highly enraged.

1725

all-flaming
ALL-FLA'MING, a. Flaming in all directions.

1726

all-fools-day
ALL-FOOL'S-DAY, n. The first of April.

1727

all-forgiving
ALL-FORGIV'ING, a. Forgiving or pardoning all.

1728

all-fours
ALL-FOURS, n. [all and four.]A game at cards, played by two or four persons; so called from the ...

1729

all-giver
ALL-GIV'ER, n. The giver of all things.

1730

all-good
ALL-GOOD', a. Completely good.

1731

all-gracious
ALL-GRA'CIOUS, a. Perfectly gracious.

1732

all-guiding
ALL-GUI'DING, a. Guiding or conducting all things.

1733

all-hail
ALL-HA'IL, ex.All health; a phrase of salutation, expressing a wish of all health or safety to the ...

1734

all-hallow
ALL-HAL'LOW, or ALL-HALLOWS, n. All Saints day, the first of November; a feast dedicated to all ...

1735

all-hallow-tide
ALL-HALLOW-TIDE, n. The time near All Saints, or November first.

1736

all-hallows
ALL-HAL'LOW, or ALL-HALLOWS, n. All Saints day, the first of November; a feast dedicated to all ...

1737

all-happy
ALL-HAP'PY, a. Completely happy.

1738

all-heal
ALL-HE'AL, n. The popular name of several plants.

1739

all-healing
ALL-HE'ALING, a. Healing all things.

1740

all-helping
ALL-HELP'ING, a. Assisting all

1741

all-hiding
ALL-HI'DING, a. Concealing all things.

1742

all-honored
ALL-HON'ORED, a. Honored by all.

1743

all-hurting
ALL-HURT'ING, a. Hurting all things.

1744

all-idolizing
ALL-I'DOLIZING, a. Worshiping any thing.

1745

all-imitating
ALL-IM'ITATING, a. Imitating every thing.

1746

all-informing
ALL-INFORM'ING, a. Imitating every thing.

1747

all-interesting
ALL-IN'TERESTING, a. Interesting in the highest degree.

1748

all-interpreting
ALL-INTER'PRETING, a. Explaining all things.

1749

all-judging
ALL-JUDG'ING, a. Judging all; possessing the sovereign right of judging.

1750

all-just
ALL-JUST;, a. Perfectly just.

1751

all-kind
ALL-KI'ND, a. Perfectly kind or benevolent.

1752

all-knowing
ALL-KNO'WING, a. Having all knowledge; omniscient.

1753

all-licensed
ALL-LI'CENSED, a. Licensed to every thing.

1754

all-loving
ALL-LOV'ING, a. Of infinite love.

1755

all-making
ALL-MA'KING, a. Making or creating all; omnific.

1756

all-maturing
ALL-MATU'RING, a. Maturing all things.

1757

all-merciful
ALL-MER'CIFUL, a. Of perfect mercy or compassion.

1758

all-murdering
ALL-MUR'DERING, a. Killing or destroying every thing.

1759

all-obedient
ALL-OBE'DIENT, a. Entirely obedient.

1760

all-obeying
ALL-OBEY'ING, a. [See Obey.] Receiving obedience from all.

1761

all-oblivious
ALL-OBLIV'IOUS, a. Causing total oblivion.

1762

all-obscuring
ALL-OBSCU'RING, a. Obscuring every thing.

1763

all-patient
ALL-PA'TIENT, a. Enduring every thing without murmurs.

1764

all-penetrating
ALL-PEN'ETRATING, a. Penetrating every thing.

1765

all-perfect
ALL-PER'FECT, a. Completely perfect; having all perfection.

1766

all-perfectness
ALL-PER'FECTNESS, n. The perfection of the whole; entire perfection.

1767

all-piercing
ALL-PIER'CING, a. Piercing every thing.

1768

all-powerful
ALL-POW'ERFUL, a. Almighty; omnipotent.

1769

all-praised
ALL-PRA'ISED, a. Praised by all.

1770

all-ruling
ALL-RU'LING, a. Governing all things.

1771

all-sagacious
ALL-SAGA'CIOUS, a. Having all sagacity; of perfect discernment.

1772

all-saints-day
ALL-SAINTS-DAY, n. The first day of November, called also all hallows; a feast in honor of all the ...

1773

all-sanctifying
ALL-SANC'TIFYING, a. Sanctifying the whole.

1774

all-saving
ALL-SA'VING, a. Saving all.

1775

all-searching
ALL-SEARCH'ING, a. Pervading and searching every thing.

1776

all-seeing
ALL-SEE'ING, a. Seeing every thing.

1777

all-seer
ALL-SEE'R, n. One that sees every thing.

1778

all-shaking
ALL-SHA'KING, a. Shaking all things.

1779

all-shunned
ALL-SHUN'NED, a. Shunned by all.

1780

all-souls-day
ALL-SOULS-DAY, n. The second day of November; a feast or solemnity held by the church of Rome, to ...

1781

all-sufficiency
ALL-SUFFI'CIENCY, n. Complete or infinite ability.

1782

all-sufficient
ALL-SUFFI'CIENT, a. Sufficient to every thing; infinitely able.ALL-SUFFI'CIENT, n. The ...

1783

all-surrounding
ALL-SURROUND'ING, a. Encompassing the whole.

1784

all-surveying
ALL-SURVEY'ING, n. [See Survey.] Surveying every thing.

1785

all-sustaining
ALL-SUSTA'INING, a. Upholding all things.

1786

all-telling
ALL-TELL'ING, a. Telling or divulging every thing.

1787

all-triumphing
ALL-TRI'UMPHING, a. Triumphant every where or over all.

1788

all-watched
ALL-WATCH'ED, a. Watched throughout.

1789

all-wise
ALL-WI'SE, a. Possessed of infinite wisdom.

1790

all-witted
ALL-WIT'TED, a. Having all kinds of wit.

1791

all-worshiped
ALL-WOR'SHIPED, a. Worshiped or adored by all.

1792

all-worthy
ALL-WOR'THY, a. Of infinite worth; of the highest worth.

1793

allagite
AL'LAGITE, n. A mineral, of a brown or green color, massive, with a flat conchoidal fracture, and ...

1794

allanite
AL'LANITE, n. A mineral named from Mr. Allan, of Edinburg, who first recognized it as a distinct ...

1795

allatrate
AL'LATRATE, v.t. [L. allatro.] To bark, as a dog. [Not used.]

1796

allay
ALLA'Y, v.t. [Gr.; L.ligo, to bind; but this may be the same word differently applied, that is, to ...

1797

allayed
ALLA'YED, pp. Layed at rest; quieted; tranquilized; abated; [reduced by mixture. Obs.]

1798

allayer
ALLA'YER, n. He, or that which allays.

1799

allaying
ALLA'YING, ppr. Quieting; reducing to tranquility; abating; [reducing by mixture. Obs.]

1800

allayment
ALLA'YMENT, n. The act of quieting, or a state of tranquility; a state of rest after disturbance; ...

1801

alle
AL'LE, n. ally. The little auk, or black and white diver.

1802

allective
ALLEC'TIVE, a. Alluring. [Not used.]ALLEC'TIVE, n. Allurement. [Not used.]

1803

alledge
ALLEDGE', v.t. [L. allego, ad and lego, to send; Eng. lay.]1. To declare; to affirm; to assert; ...

1804

alledged
ALLEDG'ED, pp. Affirmed; asserted, whether as a charge or a plea.

1805

alledger
ALLEDG'ER, n. One who affirms or declares.

1806

alledging
ALLEDG'ING, ppr. Asserting; averring; declaring.

1807

allegation
ALLEGA'TION, n. 1. Affirmation; positive assertion or declaration.2. That which is affirmed or ...

1808

allege
ALLEGE. [See Alledge.]

1809

allegeable
ALLEG'EABLE, a. That may be alledged. [Not used.]

1810

allegeas
ALLE'GEAS, or ALLE'GIAS, n. A stuff manufactured in the East Indies, of two kinds, one of cotton, ...

1811

allegement
ALLEG'EMENT, n. Allegation. [Not in use.]

1812

alleghanean
ALLEGHA'NEAN, a. Pertaining to the mountains called Alleghany, or Alleghenny.

1813

alleghany
ALLEGHA'NY, n. The chief ridge of the great chains of mountains which run from N. East to S. West ...

1814

allegiance
ALLE'GIANCE, n. [L. alligo, of ad and ligo, to bind. See Liege and League.]The tie or obligation ...

1815

allegiant
ALLE'GIANT, a. Loyal. [Not used.]

1816

allegias
ALLE'GEAS, or ALLE'GIAS, n. A stuff manufactured in the East Indies, of two kinds, one of cotton, ...

1817

allegoric
ALLEGOR'IC,

1818

allegorical
ALLEGOR'ICAL, a. In the manner of allegory; figurative; describing by resemblances.

1819

allegorically
ALLEGOR'ICALLY, adv. In a figurative manner; by way of allegory.

1820

allegoricalness
ALLEGOR'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being allegorical.

1821

allegorize
AL'LEGORIZE, v.t. 1. To form an allegory; to turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of ...

1822

allegorized
AL'LEGORIZED, pp. Turned into allegory, or understood allegorically.

1823

allegorizing
AL'LEGORIZING, ppr. Turning into allegory, or understanding in all allegorical sense.

1824

allegory
AL'LEGORY, n. [Gr. other, to speak, a forum, an oration.]A figurative sentence or discourse, in ...

1825

allegretto
ALLEGRET'TO, [from allegro,] denotes, in music, a movement or time quicker than andante, but not ...

1826

allegro
ALLE'GRO. [See Light.]In music, a word denoting a brisk movement; a sprightly part or strain; the ...

1827

alleluiah
ALLELU'IAH, n. [Heb. praise to Jah.]Praise to Jehovah; a word used to denote pious joy and ...

1828

allemand
ALLEMAND', n. A slow air in common time, or grave, solemn music, with a slow movement. Also a ...

1829

allemannic
ALLEMAN'NIC, a. Belonging to the Alemanni, ancient Germans, and to Alemannia, their country. The ...

1830

allerion
ALLER'ION, n. In heraldry, an eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings; denoting ...

1831

alleveur
ALLEVEU'R, n. A small Swedish coin, value about a cent.

1832

alleviate
ALLE'VIATE, v.t. [Low L. allevio; ad and levo, to raise, levis, light.]1. To make light; but ...

1833

alleviated
ALLE'VIATED, pp. Made lighter; mitigated; eased; extenuated.

1834

alleviating
ALLE'VIATING, ppr. Making lighter, or more tolerable; extenuating.

1835

alleviation
ALLEVIA'TION, n. 1. The act of lightening, allaying, or extenuating; a lessening or mitigation.2. ...

1836

alleviative
ALLE'VIATIVE, n. That which mitigates. [Not in use.]

1837

alley
AL'LEY, n. al'ly1. A walk in a garden; a narrow passage.2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as ...

1838

alliaceous
ALLIA'CEOUS, a. [L. allium, garlic.]Pertaining to allium, or garlic; having the properties of ...

1839

alliance
ALLI'ANCE, n. [Gr.; L.]1. The relation or union between families, contracted by marriage.2. The ...

1840

alliant
ALLI'ANT, n. An ally. [Not used.]

1841

alliciency
ALLI'CIENCY, n. [Lat. allicio, ad and lacio, allecto, elicio.The power of attracting any thing; ...

1842

allicient
ALLI'CIENT, n. That which attracts. [Not used.]

1843

allied
ALLI'ED, pp. Connected by marriage, treaty or similitude. [See ally.]

1844

alligate
AL'LIGATE, v.t. [L. alligo, and ad and ligo, to bind. See Allegiance, Liege, League.]To tie ...

1845

alligation
ALLIGA'TION, n. 1. The act of tying together; the state of being tied. [Little used.]2. A rule ...

1846

alligator
ALLIGA'TOR, n. [The Latin word seems to be connected with lacertus, the arm; and the animal may be ...

1847

alligator-pear
ALLIGA'TOR-PEAR, n. A west India fruit, resembling a pear in shape, from one to two pounds in ...

1848

alligature
ALLIG'ATURE, n. See Ligature, which is the word in use.

1849

allinement
ALLI'NEMENT, n. [L. linea.]A reducing to a line or to a square; a state of being in squares, in a ...

1850

allioth
AL'LIOTH, n. A star in the tail of the great bear, much used for finding the latitude at sea.

1851

allision
ALLISION, n. allizh'un. [L. allido, to dash or strike against of ad and lado, to hurt by ...

1852

alliteration
ALLITERA'TION, n. [L. ad and litera, a letter.]The repetition of the same letter at the beginning ...

1853

alliterative
ALLIT'ERATIVE, a. Pertaining to, or consisting in, alliteration.

1854

allocation
ALLOCA'TION, n. [L. ad and locatio, a placing, from locus, place. See Local.]The act of putting ...

1855

allochroite
AL'LOCHROITE, n. An amorphous, massive, opake mineral, of a grayish, yellowish or reddish color, ...

1856

allocution
ALLOCU'TION, n. [L. allocutio, of ad and loquor, to speak. See eloquence.]1. The act or manner ...

1857

allodial
ALLO'DIAL, a. Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independence of a ...

1858

allodian
ALLODIAN is sometimes used, but is not well authorized.

1859

allodium
ALLO'DIUM, n.Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in ...

1860

allonge
ALLONGE', n. allunj'.1. A pass with a sword; a thrust made by stepping forward and extending the ...

1861

alloo
ALLOO', v.t. or i. To incite dogs by a call.[See the correct word, Halloo.]

1862

allophane
AL'LOPHANE, n. [Gr. other and to appear.]A mineral of a blue, and sometimes of a green or brown ...

1863

allot
ALLOT', v.t. [of ad and lot; See Lot.]1. To divide or distribute by lot.2. To distribute, or ...

1864

allotment
ALLOT'MENT, n.1. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that ...

1865

allotted
ALLOT'TED, pp. Distributed by lot; granted; assigned.

1866

allottery
ALLOT'TERY is used by Shakespeare for allotment; but is not authorized by usage.

1867

allotting
ALLOT'TING, ppr. Distributing by lot giving as portions; assigning.

1868

allow
ALLOW', v.t. [L. loco, to lay, set, place. See Lay.]1. To grant, give or yield; as, to allow a ...

1869

allow-ableness
ALLOW-ABLENESS, n. The quality of being allowable; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition, or ...

1870

allowable
ALLOW'ABLE, a. That may be permitted as lawful, or admitted as true and proper; not forbid; not ...

1871

allowably
ALLOW'ABLY, adv. In an allowable manner; with propriety.

1872

allowance
ALLOW'ANCE, n. 1. The act of allowing or admitting.2. Permission; license; approbation; sanction; ...

1873

allowed
ALLOW'ED, pp. Granted; permitted; assented to; admitted; approved; indulged; appointed; abated.

1874

allowing
ALLOW'ING, ppr. Granting; permitting; admitting; approving; indulging; deducting.

1875

alloy
ALLOY', v.t. [L. alligo, ad and ligo, to bind. Gr.]1. To reduce the purity of a metal, by mixing ...

1876

alloyage
ALLOY'AGE, n. 1. The act of alloying metals or the mixture of a baser metal with a finer, to ...

1877

alloyed
ALLOY'ED, pp. Mixed; reduced in purity; debased; abated by foreign mixture.

1878

alloying
ALLOY'ING, ppr. Mixing a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; abating by foreign ...

1879

allspice
ALL'SPICE, [See under the compounds of all.]

1880

allude
ALLU'DE, v.i. [L. alludo, to smile upon or make sport with of ad and ludo, to play.]To refer to ...

1881

alluding
ALLU'DING, ppr. Having reference; hinting at.

1882

alluminor
ALLU'MINOR, n.One who colors or paints upon paper or parchment, giving light and ornament to ...

1883

allure
ALLU'RE, v.t.To attempt to draw to; to tempt by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite ...

1884

allured
ALLU'RED, pp. Tempted; drawn, or invited, by something that appears desirable.

1885

allurement
ALLU'REMENT, n. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating; as a ...

1886

allurer
ALLU'RER, n. He, or that, which allures.

1887

alluring
ALLU'RING, ppr.1. Drawing; tempting; inviting by some real or apparent good.2. a. Inviting; ...

1888

alluringly
ALLU'RINGLY, adv. In an alluring manner; enticingly.

1889

alluringness
ALLU'RINGNESS, n. The quality of alluring or tempting by the prospect of some good. [Rarely ...

1890

allusion
ALLU'SION, n. alluzhun. [L. See Allude.]A reference to something not explicitly mentioned; a ...

1891

allusive
ALLU'SIVE, a. Having reference to something not fully expressed.

1892

allusively
ALLU'SIVELY, adv. By way of allusion; by implication, remote suggestion or insinuation.

1893

allusiveness
ALLU'SIVENESS, n. The quality of being allusive. [Rarely used.]

1894

alluvial
ALLU'VIAL, a. [See alluvion.]1. Pertaining to alluvion; added to land by the wash of water.2. ...

1895

alluvion
ALLU'VION,

1896

alluvious
ALLU'VIOUS, a. The same as alluvial, and less frequently used.

1897

alluvium
ALLU'VIUM, n. [L. alluvio, of ad and lavo or luo, alluo, to wash. See Lave.]1. The insensible ...

1898

ally
ALLY', v.t. [L. ligo.]1. To unite, or form a relation, as between families by marriage, or ...

1899

allying
ALLY'ING, ppr. Uniting by marriage or treaty.

1900

alma
AL'ME, or AL'MA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is to amuse company with singing and dancing.

1901

almacantar
AL'MACANTAR, n. [See almucantar.]

1902

almadie
ALMADIE, n. A bark canoe used by the Africans; also a long boat used at Calicut, in India,eighty ...

1903

almagest
AL'MAGEST, n. A book or collection of problems in astronomy and geometry, drawn up by Ptolemy. ...

1904

almagra
ALMA'GRA, n. a fine deep red ocher, with an admixture of purple, very heavy, dense but friable, ...

1905

almanack
AL'MANACK, n.A small book or table, containing a calendar of days, weeks and months, with the times ...

1906

almanack-maker
ALMANACK-MAKER, n. A maker of almanacks.

1907

almandine
AL'MANDINE, n. In mineralogy, precious garnet, a beautiful mineral of a red color, of various ...

1908

alme
AL'ME, or AL'MA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is to amuse company with singing and dancing.

1909

almena
ALME'NA, n. A weight of two pounds, used to weigh saffron in several parts of Asia.

1910

almightiness
ALMI'GHTINESS, n. Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; an attribute of God only.

1911

almighty
ALMI'GHTY, a. [all and mighty. See Might.]Possessing all power; omnipotent; being of unlimited ...

1912

almond
AL'MOND, n.1. The fruit of the almond tree; an ovate, compressed nut, perforated in the pores. It ...

1913

almond-furnace
ALMOND-FURNACE, among refiners, is a furnace in which the slags of litharge, left in refining ...

1914

almond-tree
ALMOND-TREE, n. The tree which produces the almond. The leaves and flowers resemble those of the ...

1915

almond-willow
ALMOND-WILLOW, n. A tree with leaves of a light green on both sides.

1916

almoner
AL'MONER, n. [See Alms.]An officer whose duty is to distribute charity or alms. By the ancient ...

1917

almonry
AL'MONRY, n. [Corrupted into ambry, aumbry, or aumery.]The place where the almoner resides, or ...

1918

almost
ALMO'ST, adv. [all and most.] Nearly; well nigh; for the greatest part.Almost thou persuadest me ...

1919

alms
'ALMS, 'amz. [Eng. almesse; L. eleemosyna; Gr. to pity.]Any thing given gratuitously to relieve ...

1920

alms-chest
'ALMS-BASKET; 'ALMS-BOX; 'ALMS-CHEST; vessels appropriated to receive alms.

1921

alms-deed
'ALMS-DEED, n. An act of charity; a charitable gift.

1922

alms-folk
'ALMS-FOLK, n. Persons supporting other by alms. [Not used.]

1923

alms-giver
'ALMS-GIVER, n. One who gives to the poor.

1924

alms-giving
'ALMS-GIVING, n. The bestowment of charity.

1925

alms-house
'ALMS-HOUSE, n. A house appropriated for the use of the poor, who are supported by the public.

1926

alms-men
'ALMS-MEN,

1927

alms-people
'ALMS-PEOPLE, n. Persons supported by charity or by public provision.

1928

almucantar
AL'MUCANTAR, n. A series of circles of the sphere passing through the center of the sun, or of a ...

1929

almude
ALMU'DE, n. A wine measure in Portugal, of which twenty-six make a pipe.

1930

almug
AL'MUG,

1931

alnagar
AL'NAGER, or AL'NAGAR, n. A measurer by the ell; a sworn officer, whose duty was to inspect and ...

1932

alnage
AL'NAGE, n. [L. ulna; Gr. an arm, a cubit. See Ell.]A measuring by the ell.

1933

alnager
AL'NAGER, or AL'NAGAR, n. A measurer by the ell; a sworn officer, whose duty was to inspect and ...

1934

alnight
AL'NIGHT, n A cake of wax with the wick in the midst.

1935

aloe
AL'OE, n. al'o, plu. aloes, pronounced aloze, and popularly al'oez, in three syllables, according ...

1936

aloes
ALOES, in medicine, is the inspissated juice of the aloe. The juice is collected from the leaves, ...

1937

aloes-wood
AL'OES-WOOD, n. [See Agallochum.]

1938

aloetic
ALOET'IC,

1939

aloetical
ALOET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to aloe or aloes; partaking of the qualities of aloes.

1940

aloft
ALOFT', adv. [a and loft. See Loft and Luff.]1. On high; in the air; high above the ground; as, ...

1941

alogians
ALO'GIANS, n. [Gr. a neg. and word.]In church history, a sect of ancient heretics, who denied ...

1942

alogotrophy
AL'OGOTROPHY, n. [Gr. unreasonable and nutrition.]A disproportionate nutrition of the parts of the ...

1943

alogy
AL'OGY, n. [Gr.] Unreasonableness; absurdity. Obs.

1944

alone
ALO'NE, a. [all and one.]1. Single; solitary; without the presence of another; applied to a ...

1945

alonely
ALO'NELY, a. or adv. Only; merely; singly. [Not used.]

1946

aloneness
ALO'NENESS, n. That state which belong to no other. [Not used.]

1947

along
ALONG', adv. [See Long.]1. By the length; lengthwise; in a line with the length; as, the troops ...

1948

alongst
ALONGST', adv. Along; through or by the length. Obs.

1949

aloof
ALOOF, adv. [Probably from the root of leave, to depart.]1. At a distance, but within view, or at ...

1950

alopecy
AL'OPECY, n. [Gr. a fox, whose urine is said to occasion baldness.]A disease, called the fox-evil ...

1951

alosa
ALO'SA, n. A fish of passage, called the shad, or other of herrings, a species of Clupea. It is ...

1952

aloud
ALOUD', adv. [a and loud; See Loud.]Loudly; with a loud voice, or great noise. Cry aloud, spare ...

1953

alp
ALP, ALPS, n. [Gr. white; L. albusA high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given ...

1954

alpagna
ALPAG'NA, n. An animal of Peru, used as a beast of burden; the Camelus Paco of Linne, and the ...

1955

alpha
AL'PHA, n. [Heb. an ox, a leader.]The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and used ...

1956

alphabet
AL'PHABET, n. [Gr.]The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of ...

1957

alphabetarian
ALPHABETA'RIAN, n. A learner while in the A.B.C.

1958

alphabetic
ALPHABET'IC,

1959

alphabetical
ALPHABET'ICAL, a. In the order of an alphabet, or in the order of the letters as customarily ...

1960

alphabetically
ALPHABET'ICALLY, adv. In an alphabetical manner; in the customary order of the letters.

1961

alphenix
ALPHE'NIX, n. [al and phaenix.]White barley sugar, used for colds. It is common sugar boiled till ...

1962

alphest
AL'PHEST, n. A small fish, having a purple back and belly, with yellow sides, a smooth mouth, and ...

1963

alphonsin
ALPHON'SIN, n. A surgical instrument for extracting bullets from wounds, so called from its ...

1964

alphus
AL'PHUS, n. [Gr. white.]That species of leprosy called vitiligo, in which the skin is rough, with ...

1965

alpia
AL'PIST, or AL'PIA, n. The seed of the fox-tail; a small seed, used for feeding birds.

1966

alpine
AL'PINE, a. [L. alpinus, from Alpes.]1. Pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; very ...

1967

alpist
AL'PIST, or AL'PIA, n. The seed of the fox-tail; a small seed, used for feeding birds.

1968

alps
ALP, ALPS, n. [Gr. white; L. albusA high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given ...

1969

alquier
AL'QUIER, n. A measure in Portugal for dry things, as well as liquids, containing half an almude ...

1970

alquifou
AL'QUIFOU, n. A sort of lead ore, which, when broke, looks like antimony. It is found in ...

1971

already
ALREAD'Y, adv. alred'dy. [all and ready. See Ready.]Literally, a state of complete preparation; ...

1972

also
AL'SO, adv. [all and so.] Likewise; in like manner.Where your treasure is, there will your heart ...

1973

alt
ALT or AL'TO, a. [L. altus, high; Heb. upper, high.]In music a term applied to high notes in the ...

1974

altaian
ALTA'IC, or ALTA'IAN, a. Pertaining to the Altai, a vast ridge of mountains extending, in an ...

1975

altaic
ALTA'IC, or ALTA'IAN, a. Pertaining to the Altai, a vast ridge of mountains extending, in an ...

1976

altar
AL'TAR, n. [L. altare, probably from the same root as altus, high.1. A mount; a table or elevated ...

1977

altar-cloth
AL'TAR-CLOTH, n. A cloth to lay upon an altar in churches.

1978

altar-piece
AL'TAR-PIECE, n. A painting placed over the altar in a church.

1979

altar-thane
AL'TARIST, or AL'TAR-THANE, n. In old laws, an appellation given to the priest to whom the ...

1980

altar-wise
AL'TAR-WISE, adv. Placed in the manner of an altar.

1981

altarage
AL'TARAGE, n. The profits arising to priests from oblations, or on account of the altar. Also, in ...

1982

altarist
AL'TARIST, or AL'TAR-THANE, n. In old laws, an appellation given to the priest to whom the ...

1983

alter
AL'TER, v.t. [L. alter, another. See Alien.]1. To make some change in; to make different in some ...

1984

alterability
AL'TERABILITY, n. The quality of being susceptible of alteration.

1985

alterable
AL'TERABLE, a. That may become different; that may vary.

1986

alterableness
AL'TERABLENESS, n. The quality of admitting alteration; variableness.

1987

alterably
AL'TERABLY, adv. In a manner that may be altered, or varied.

1988

alterage
AL'TERAGE, n. [From alo, to feed.]The breeding, nourishing or fostering of a child. But this is ...

1989

alterant
AL'TERANT, a. Altering; gradually changing.AL'TERANT, n. A medicine which, without a sensible ...

1990

alteration
ALTERA'TION, n. [L. alteratio.]The act of making different, or of varying in some particular; an ...

1991

alterative
AL'TERATIVE, a. Causing alteration; having the power to alter.AL'TERATIVE, n. A medicine which, ...

1992

altercate
AL'TERCATE, v.i. [L. altercor, alterco, from alter, another.]To contend in words; to dispute with ...

1993

altercation
ALTERCA'TION, n. [L. altercatio.]Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; ...

1994

altern
AL'TERN a. [L. alternus, of alter, another.]1. Acting by turns; one succeeding another; ...

1995

alternacy
AL'TERNACY, n. Performance or actions by turns. [Little used.]

1996

alternal
ALTERN'AL, a. Alternative. [Little used.]

1997

alternally
ALTERN'ALLY, adv. By turns. [Little used.]

1998

alternate
ALTERN'ATE, a. [L. alternatus.]1. Being by turns; one following the other in succession of time ...

1999

alternately
ALTERN'ATELY, adv. In reciprocal succession; by turns, so that each is succeeded by that which it ...

2000

alternateness
ALTERN'ATENESS, n. The quality of being alternate, or of following in succession.

2001

alternating
AL'TERNATING, ppr. Performing or following by turns.

2002

alternation
ALTERNA'TION, n.1. The reciprocal succession of things, in time or place; the act of following and ...

2003

alternative
ALTERN'ATIVE, a. Offering a choice of two things.ALTERN'ATIVE, n. That which may be chosen or ...

2004

alternatively
ALTERN'ATIVELY, adv. In the manner of alternatives; in a manner that admits the choice of one out ...

2005

alternativeness
ALTERN'ATIVENESS, n. The quality or state of being alternative.

2006

alternity
ALTERN'ITY, n. Succession by turns; alternation.

2007

althea
ALTHE'A, n. [Gr. to heal.]In botany, a genus of polyandrian monadelphs, of several species; called ...

2008

although
ALTHO'UGH, altho', obs. verb, or used only in the Imperative. Grant all this; be it so; allow all; ...

2009

altiloquence
ALTIL'OQUENCE, n. [L. altus, high, and loquor, loquens, speaking.] Lofty speech; pompous ...

2010

altimeter
ALTIM'ETER, n. [L. altus, high and Gr. measure. See Measure and Mode.]An instrument for taking ...

2011

altimetry
ALTIM'ETRY, n. The art of ascertaining altitudes by means of a proper instrument, and by ...

2012

altin
AL'TIN, n. A money of account in Russia, value three kopecks, or about three cents; also a lake in ...

2013

altincar
ALTIN'CAR, n. A species of factitious salt or powder, used in the fusion and purification of ...

2014

altisonant
ALTIS'ONANT,

2015

altisonous
ALTIS'ONOUS, a. [L. altus, high, and sonans, sounding; sonus, sound.] High sounding, lofty or ...

2016

altitude
AL'TITUDE, n. [L. altitudo, of altus, high, and a common termination, denoting state, condition or ...

2017

altivolant
ALTIV'OLANT, a. [L. altus, high, and volans, flying.]Flying high.

2018

alto
AL'TO. [L. altus.] High.Alto and Basso, high and low, in old law, terms used to signify a ...

2019

alto-octavo
AL'TO-OCTA'VO. An octave higher.

2020

alto-relievo
AL'TO-RELIE'VO. High relief, in sculpture, is the projection of a figure half or more, without ...

2021

alto-ripieno
AL'TO-RIPIE'NO. The tenor of the great chorus, which sings and plays only in particular places.

2022

alto-viola
AL'TO-VIOLA. A small tenor viol.

2023

alto-violino
AL'TO-VIOLINO. A small tenor violin.

2024

altogether
ALTOGETH'ER, adv. [all and together. See Together.]Wholly; entirely; completely; without ...

2025

aludel
AL'UDEL, n. [a and lutum, without lute. Lunier.]In chimistry, aludels are earthern pots without ...

2026

alum
AL'UM, n. [L. alumen.]A triple sulphate of alumina and potassa. This substance is white, ...

2027

alum-earth
ALUM-EARTH, n. A massive mineral, of a blackish brown color, a dull luster, and soft consistence.

2028

alum-slate
ALUM-SLATE, n. A mineral of two species, common and glossy.

2029

alum-stone
ALUM-STONE, n. The siliceous subsulphate of alumina and potash.

2030

alumin
AL'UMIN,

2031

alumina
ALU'MINA, n. An earth or earthy substance, which has been considered to be elementary, and called ...

2032

aluminiform
ALU'MINIFORM a. Having the form of alumina.

2033

aluminite
AL'UMINITE, n. Subsulphate of alumina; a mineral that occurs in small roundish or reniform masses. ...

2034

aluminous
ALU'MINOUS, a. Pertaining to alum or alumina, or partaking of the same properties.

2035

aluminum
ALU'MINUM, n. The name given to the supposed metallic base of alumina.

2036

alumish
AL'UMISH, a. Having the nature of alum; somewhat resembling alum.

2037

aluta
ALU'TA, n. [L.] A species of leatherstone, soft, pliable and not laminated.

2038

alutation
ALUTA'TION, n. [L. aluta, tanned leather.] The tanning of leather.

2039

alveary
AL'VEARY, n. [L. alvearium, alveare,a bee hive, from alvus, the belly.] The hollow of the ...

2040

alveolar
AL'VEOLAR,

2041

alveolary
AL'VEOLARY, a. [L. alveolus, a socket, from alveus, a hollow vessel.] Containing sockets, hollow ...

2042

alveolate
AL'VEOLATE, a. [L. alveolatus,from alveus, a hollow vessel.]pitted, so as to resemble a honey ...

2043

alveole
AL'VEOLE,

2044

alveolite
AL'VEOLITE, n. [L. alveolus, and Gr.]In natural history, a kind of stony polypiers, of a globular ...

2045

alveolus
AL'VEOLUS, n. [L. dim of alveus.]1. A cell in a bee hive, or in a fossil.2. The socket in the ...

2046

alvine
AL'VINE, a. [from alvus, the belly.] Belonging to the belly or intestines.

2047

alwargrim
ALWAR'GRIM, n. The spotted plover.

2048

alway
AL'WAY or AL'WAYS, adv. [all and way]1. Perpetually; throughout all time; as, God is always the ...

2049

always
AL'WAY or AL'WAYS, adv. [all and way]1. Perpetually; throughout all time; as, God is always the ...

2050

am
AMB,AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb.

2051

ama
A'MA, or HA'MA, n. In church affairs, a vessel to contain wine for the eucharist; also, a wine ...

2052

amability
AMABIL'ITY, n. [L. amabilis, from to love.]Loveliness; the power of pleasing, or rather the ...

2053

amadavad
AMAD'AVAD, n. A small curious bird of the size of the crested wren; the upper part of the body is ...

2054

amadetto
AMADET'TO, n. a sort of pear, so called, it is said, from a person who cultivated it.

2055

amadogade
AMAD'OGADE, n. a small beautiful bird in Peru; the upper part of its body and wings are of a ...

2056

amadot
AM'ADOT, n. A sort of pear.

2057

amadou
AM'ADOU, n. A variety of the boletus igniarius, found on old ash and other trees.This is written ...

2058

amain
AMA'IN, adv.With force, strength or violence; violently; furiously; suddenly; at once.What, when we ...

2059

amalgam
AMAL'GAM, n. [Gr. to soften. Its usual derivation is certainly erroneous.]1. A mixture of ...

2060

amalgamate
AMAL'GAMATE, v.t. 1. To mix quicksilver with another metal. Gregory uses amalgamize.2. To mix ...

2061

amalgamated
AMAL'GAMATED, pp. Mixed with quicksilver; blended.

2062

amalgamating
AMAL'GAMATING, ppr. Mixing quicksilver with another metal; compounding.

2063

amalgamation
AMALGAMA'TION, n. 1. The act or operation of mixing mercury with another metal.2. The mixing or ...

2064

amalozk
AM'ALOZK, n. A large aquatic fowl of Mexico.

2065

amandola
AMAN'DOLA, n. A green marble, having the appearance of honey comb, and containing white spots; of ...

2066

amanuensis
AMANUEN'SIS, n. [L. from manus, hand.]A person whose employment is to write what another dictates.

2067

amaranth
AM'ARANTH,

2068

amaranthine
AMARANTH'INE, a. Belonging to amaranth; consisting of, containing, or resembling amaranth.

2069

amaranthus
AMARANTH'US, n. [Gr.of a neg. and to decay; so called, it is said, because, when cropped, it does ...

2070

amaritude
AMAR'ITUDE, n. [L. amaritudo, from amarus, bitter; from Heb. bitter.] Bitterness. [Not much ...

2071

amaryllis
AMARYL'LIS, n. [The name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.]In botany, lily-daffodil, a ...

2072

amass
AM'ASS, v.t. [L. massa, a heap or lump; Gr. See mass.]1. To collect into a heap; to gather a ...

2073

amassed
AM'ASSED, pp. Collected in a heap, or in a great quantity or number; accumulated.

2074

amassing
AM'ASSING, ppr. Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number.

2075

amassment
AM'ASSMENT, n. A heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.

2076

amate
AMA'TE, v.i. [See Mate.] To accompany; also to terrify, to perplex. [Not used.]

2077

amateur
AMATEU'R, n. [L. anator, a lover, from amo, to love.]A person attached to a particular pursuit, ...

2078

amatorial
AMATO'RIAL,

2079

amatorially
AMATO'RIALLY, adv. In an amatorial manner; by way of love.

2080

amatorious
AMATORIOUS, a. Pertaining to love.

2081

amatory
AM'ATORY, a. [L. amatorius, from amo, to love.]1. Relating to love; as, amatorial verses; causing ...

2082

amaurosis
AMAURO'SIS, n. [Gr. obscure.]A loss or decay of sight, without any visible defect in the eye, ...

2083

amaze
AMA'ZE, v.t.To confound with fear, sudden surprise, or wonder; to astonish.They shall be afraid; ...

2084

amazed
AMA'ZED, pp. Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise or wonder.

2085

amazedly
AMA'ZEDLY, adv. With amazement; in a manner to confound. [Little used.]

2086

amazedness
AMA'ZEDNESS, n. The state of being confounded with fear, surprise or wonder; astonishment; great ...

2087

amazement
AMA'ZEMENT, n. Astonishment; confusion or perplexity, from a sudden impression of fear, surprise ...

2088

amazing
AMA'ZING, ppr.1. Confounding with fear, surprise or wonder.2. a. Very wonderful; exciting ...

2089

amazingly
AMA'ZINGLY, adv. In an astonishing degree; in a manner to excite astonishment, or to perplex, ...

2090

amazon
AM'AZON, n. [This is said to be formed of a neg and breast. History informs us, that the Amazons ...

2091

amazonian
AMAZO'NIAN, a. 1. Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon. Applied to females, bold; of masculine ...

2092

amb
AMB,AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb.

2093

ambages
AMBA'GES, n. [L. amb and ago, to drive.]1. A circumlocution; a circuit of words to express ideas ...

2094

ambassador
AMBAS'SADOR, n. [This is the more common orthography; but good authors write also embassador; and ...

2095

ambe
AM'BE or AM'BI, n. [Gr. a brim; from amb, about.]Literally, a brim; but in surgery, an instrument ...

2096

amber
AM'BER, n. [In 1Kings 10:2-10, the Arabic is rendered spices. The Arabic word is rendered by ...

2097

amber-drink
AM'BER-DRINK, n. A drink resembling amber in color.

2098

amber-dropping
AM'BER-DROPPING, a. Dropping amber.

2099

amber-fellow
CHAMBER-FELLOW,AMBER-FELLOW, n. One who sleeps in the same apartment.

2100

amber-seed
AM'BER-SEED, n. Musk-seed, resembling millet. It is of a bitterish taste, and brought from Egypt ...

2101

amber-tree
AM'BER-TREE, n. The English name of a species of Anthospermum, a shrub, with evergreen leaves, ...

2102

ambergris
AM'BERGRIS, n. A solid, opake, ash-colored inflammable substance, variegated like marble, ...

2103

ambi
AM'BE or AM'BI, n. [Gr. a brim; from amb, about.]Literally, a brim; but in surgery, an instrument ...

2104

ambidexter
AM'BIDEXTER, n. [L. ambo, both, and dexter, the right hand.]1. A person who uses both hands with ...

2105

ambidexterity
AMBIDEXTER'ITY,

2106

ambidextrous
AMBIDEX'TROUS, a. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease; practicing on siding ...

2107

ambidextrousness
AMBIDEX'TROUSNESS, n. The faculty of using both hands with equal facility; double dealing; the ...

2108

ambient
AM'BIENT, a. [L. ambiens, from ambio, to go round, from amb, about, and eo, to go.]Surrounding; ...

2109

ambigenal
AMBIG'ENAL, a. [L. ambo, both, and genu, a knee.]An ambigenal hyperbola is one of the triple ...

2110

ambigu
AM'BIGU, n. An entertainment or feast, consisting of a medley of dishes.

2111

ambiguity
AMBIGU'ITY, n. [L. ambiguitas, from ambigo.]Doubtfulness or uncertainty of signification, from a ...

2112

ambiguous
AMBIG'UOUS, a. [L. ambiguus.]Having two or more meanings; doubtful; being of uncertain ...

2113

ambiguously
AMBIG'UOUSLY, adv. In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.

2114

ambiguousness
AMBIG'UOUSNESS, n. The quality of being ambiguous; uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; and hence, ...

2115

ambilevous
AMBILEVOUS, a. [L., both, left.] Left handed on both sides. [Not in use.]

2116

ambilogy
AMBIL'OGY, n. [ambo, both, and speech.] Talk or language of doubtful meaning.

2117

ambiloquous
AMBIL'OQUOUS, a. [ambo, both, and laquor, to speak.]Using ambiguous expressions.

2118

ambit
AM'BIT, n. [L. ambitus, a circuit, from ambio, to go about. See Ambient.]The line that ...

2119

ambition
AMBI'TION, n. [L. ambitio, from ambio, to go about, or to seek by making interest, of amb, about, ...

2120

ambitious
AMBI'TIOUS, a. 1. Desirous of power, honor, office, superiority or excellence; aspiring; eager for ...

2121

ambitiously
AMBI'TIOUSLY, adv. In an ambitious manner; with an eager desire after preferment, or superiority.

2122

ambitiousness
AMBI'TIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being ambitious; ambition. Being nearly synonymous with ...

2123

amble
AM'BLE, v.i. [L. ambulo, to walk.]1. To move with a certain peculiar pace, as a horse, first ...

2124

ambler
AM'BLER, n. A horse which ambles; a pacer.

2125

ambligon
AM'BLIGON, or AM'BLYGON, n. [Gr. obtuse, and an angle.]An obtuse angled triangle; a triangle with ...

2126

ambligonal
AMBLIG'ONAL, a. Containing an obtuse angle.

2127

ambligonite
AM'BLIGONITE, n. [Gr. having an obtuse angle.]A greenish colored mineral, of different pale ...

2128

ambling
AM'BLING, ppr. or a. Lifting the two legs on the same side at first going off, and then changing.

2129

amblingly
AM'BLINGLY, adv. With an ambling gait.

2130

amblygon
AM'BLIGON, or AM'BLYGON, n. [Gr. obtuse, and an angle.]An obtuse angled triangle; a triangle with ...

2131

amblyopy
AM'BLYOPY, n. [Gr. dull, and eye.]Incipient amaurosis; dulness or obscurity of sight, without any ...

2132

ambo
AM'BO, n. [Gr. a pulpit; L. umbo, a boss.]A reading desk, or pulpit.

2133

ambreada
AMBREA'DA, n. [from amber.] A kind of factitious amber, which the Europeans sell to the Africans.

2134

ambrosia
AMBRO'SIA, n. ambro'zha, [Gr. a neg. and mortal, because it was supposed to confer immortality on ...

2135

ambrosial
AMBRO'SIAL, a. ambro'zhal. Partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrosia; fragrant; delighting ...

2136

ambrosian
AMBRO'SIAN, a. Pertaining to St Ambrose. The Ambrosian office, or ritual, is a formula of worship ...

2137

ambrosin
AM'BROSIN, n. In the middle ages, a coin struck by the dukes of Milan, on which St. Ambrose was ...

2138

ambry
AM'BRY, n. 1. An almonry; a place where alms are deposited for distribution to the poor. In ...

2139

ambsace
AMBS'ACE, n. [L. ambo, both, and ace.]A double ace, as when two dice turn up the ace.

2140

ambulant
AM'BULANT, a. [L. ambulans, from ambulo.]Walking; moving from place to place.Ambulant brokers, in ...

2141

ambulation
AMBULA'TION, n. [L. ambulatio.] a walking about; the act of walking.

2142

ambulator
AM'BULATOR, n. In entomology, a species of Lamia, whose thorax is armed on each side with two ...

2143

ambulatory
AM'BULATORY, a. 1. That has the power of faculty of walking; as, an animal is ambulatory.2. ...

2144

ambury
AM'BURY, OR AN'BURY, n. [L. umbo, the navel; Gr.]Among farriers, a tumor, wart or swelling on a ...

2145

ambuscade
AM'BUSCADE, n. [Eng. bush.]1. Literally, a lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of ...

2146

ambuscaded
AM'BUSCADED, pp. Having an ambush laid against, or attacked from a private station; as, his troops ...

2147

ambuscading
AM'BUSCADING, ppr. Lying in wait for; attacking from a secret station.

2148

ambush
AM'BUSH, n.1. A private or concealed station, where troops lie in wait to attack their enemy by ...

2149

ambushed
AM'BUSHED, pp. Lain in wait for; suddenly attacked from a concealed station.

2150

ambushing
AM'BUSHING, ppr. Lying in wait for; attacking from a concealed station.

2151

ambushment
AM'BUSHMENT, n. An ambush; which see.

2152

ambustion
AMBUS'TION, n. [L. ambustio, from amburo, to burn or scorch, of amb, about, and uro, to ...

2153

ameiva
AMEI'VA, n. A species of lizard, found in Brazil.

2154

amel
AM'EL, n. The matter with which metallic bodies are overlaid; but its use is superseded by enamel; ...

2155

ameliorate
AME'LIORATE, v.t. [L. melior, better.]To make better; to improve; to meliorate.AME'LIORATE, v.il ...

2156

amelioration
AMELIORA'TION, n. A making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

2157

amen
AMEN'. This word, with slight differences or orthography, is in all the dialects of the Assyrian ...

2158

amenable
AME'NABLE, a. 1. In old law, easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [This sense ...

2159

amenage
AM'ENAGE, v.t. To manage. Obs.

2160

amenance
AM'ENANCE, n. Conduct, behavior. Obs.

2161

amend
AMEND', v.t. [L. emendo, of e neg, and menda, mendum, a fault. See mend.]1. To correct; to ...

2162

amendable
AMEND'ABLE, a. That may be amended; capable of correction; as, an amendable writ or error.

2163

amendatory
AMEND'ATORY, a. That amends; supplying amendment; corrective.

2164

amended
AMEND'ED, pp. Corrected; rectified; reformed; improved, or altered for the better.

2165

amender
AMEND'ER, n. The person that amends.

2166

amending
AMEND'ING, ppr. Correcting; reforming; altering for the better.

2167

amendment
AMEND'MENT, n.1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or faults; ...

2168

amends
AMENDS', n. plu.Compensation for an injury; recompense; satisfaction; equivalent; as, the happiness ...

2169

amenity
AME'NITY, n. [L. amanitas; amanus.] Pleasantness; agreeableness of situation; that which delights ...

2170

ament
AM'ENT, n. [L. amentum, a thong, or strap.]A botany, a species of inflorescence, from a common, ...

2171

amentaceous
AMENTA'CEOUS, a. Growing in an ament; resembling; a thong; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous ...

2172

amerce
AMERCE, v.t. amers'. [A verb formed from a for on or at, from L. merces, reward.]1. To inflict a ...

2173

amerced
AMER'CED, pp. Fined at the discretion of a court.

2174

amercement
AMERCEMENT, n. amers'ment. A pecuniary penalty inflicted on an offender at the discretion of the ...

2175

amercer
AMER'CER, n. One who set a fine at discretion, upon an offender.

2176

america
AMER'ICA, n. [from Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine, who pretended to have first discovered the ...

2177

american
AMER'ICAN, a. Pertaining to America.AMER'ICAN, n. A native of America; originally applied to the ...

2178

americanism
AMER'ICANISM, n. The love which American citizens have to their own country, or the preference of ...

2179

americanize
AMER'ICANIZE, v.t. To render American; to naturalize in America.

2180

americim
AMER'ICIM, n. A species of lizard in South America, not more than two inches in length, and the ...

2181

amethodist
AMETH'ODIST, n. A quack. [Not used.]

2182

amethyst
AM'ETHYST, n. [L. amethystus; Gr. which the Greeks supposed to be formed from a neg. and to ...

2183

amethystine
AMETHYST'INE, a. Pertaining to or resembling amethyst; anciently applied to a garment of the color ...

2184

amia
AM'IA, n. A genus of fish, of the abdominal order, found in the rivers of Carolina.

2185

amiable
A'MIABLE, a. [L. amabilis; from amo, to love.]1. Lovely; worth of love; deserving of affection; ...

2186

amiableness
A'MIABLENESS, n. The quality of deserving love; loveliness.

2187

amiably
A'MIABLY, adv. In an amiable manner; in a manner to excite or attract love.

2188

amianth
AM'IANTH,

2189

amianthiform
AMIANTH'IFORM , a. [Amianth and form.] Having the form or likeness of amianth.Amianthiform ...

2190

amianthinite
AMIANTH'INITE, n. A species of amorphous mineral, a variety of actinolite; its color ash, greenish ...

2191

amianthoid
AMIANTH'OID, n. [Amianth and Gr. form.]A mineral which occurs in tufts, composed of long capillary ...

2192

amianthus
AMIANTH'US, n. [Gr. of a neg. and to pollute, or vitiate; so called from its incombustibility. ...

2193

amicable
AM'ICABLE, a. [L. amicabilis, from amicus, a friend, from amo, to love.]1. Friendly; peaceable; ...

2194

amicableness
AM'ICABLENESS, n. The quality of being peaceable, friendly, or disposed to peace; friendliness; a ...

2195

amicably
AM'ICABLY, adv. In a friendly manner; with harmony or good will; without controversy; as, the ...

2196

amice
AM'ICE, n. [L. amictus from amicior, to clothe.]A square linen cloth that a Catholic priest ties ...

2197

amid
AMID'

2198

amidst
AMIDST', prep. [L. medius. See Middle and Midst.]1. In the midst or middle.2. Among; mingled ...

2199

amilot
AM'ILOT, n. A white fish in the Mexican lakes, more than a foot in length, and much esteemed at ...

2200

amiss
AMISS', a. [a and miss. See Miss.]1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be ...

2201

amity
AM'ITY, n. [L. amo, amicitia.]Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies or ...

2202

amma
AM'MA, n. [Heb. mother.]1. An abbess or spiritual mother.2. A girdle or truss used in ruptures. ...

2203

amman
AM'MAN, n. [See embassador.]In some European nations, a judge who has cognizance of civil causes. ...

2204

ammite
AM'MITE, or HAM'MITE, n. [Gr. sand.]A sand-stone or free-stone, of a pale brown color, very heavy, ...

2205

ammocete
AM'MOCETE,n. An obsolete name of the ammodyte. In Cuvier, the name of a genus of fish, including ...

2206

ammochryse
AM'MOCHRYSE, n. am'mokris. [Gr. sand and gold.]A yellow soft stone, found in Germany, consisting ...

2207

ammodyte
AM'MODYTE, n. [Gr. and, and to enter.]The sand eel, a genus of fish, of the apodal order, about a ...

2208

ammonia
AMMO'NIA,

2209

ammoniac
AMMO'NIAC,

2210

ammoniacal
AMMONI'ACAL, a. Pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties.

2211

ammonian
AMMO'NIAN, a. Relating to Ammonius, surnamed Saccas,of Alexandria, who flourished at the end of ...

2212

ammonite
AM'MONITE, n.[Cornu ammonis, from Jupiter Ammon, whose statues were represented with ram's ...

2213

ammonium
AMMO'NIUM, n. A name given to the supposed metallic basis of ammonia. If mercury, at the negative ...

2214

ammoniuret
AMMONI'URET, n. The solution of a substance in ammonia.

2215

ammony
AM'MONY, n. [The real origin of this word is not ascertained. Some authors suppose it to be from ...

2216

ammunition
AMMUNI'TION, n. [L. ad and munitio, from munio, to fortify.]Military stores, or provisions for ...

2217

amnesty
AM'NESTY, n. [Gr. of a neg and memory, from the root of mens, mind. See Mind.]An act of oblivion; ...

2218

amnion
AM'NIOS or AM'NION, n. [Gr. a vessel or membrane.]The innermost membrane surrounding the fetus in ...

2219

amnios
AM'NIOS or AM'NION, n. [Gr. a vessel or membrane.]The innermost membrane surrounding the fetus in ...

2220

amniotic
AMNIOT'IC, a. Obtained from the liquor of the amnios, as the amniotic acid.

2221

amobean
AMOBE'AN, a. Alternately answering.

2222

amobeum
AMOBE'UM, n. [Gr. alternate; change.]A poem in which persona are represented as speaking ...

2223

amomum
AMO'MUM n. [Gr.]A genus of plants; all natives of warm climates, and remarkable for their pungency ...

2224

among
AMONG',

2225

amongst
AMONGST', prep. [Gr. See Mingle.]1. In a general or primitive sense, mixed or mingled with; as ...

2226

amonian
AMO'NIAN, a. [from Amon or Hamon, a title of Jupiter, or rather of the sun. Heb.]Pertaining to ...

2227

amorado
AMORA'DO, n. [L. amor, love, amo, to love. but the word is ill formed.] A lover. See Inamorato, ...

2228

amore
AMO'RE, n. A name given by Marcgrave, to a tribe of fish, of three species, the pixuma, guacu, and ...

2229

amoreans
AMORE'ANS, n. A sect of Gemaric doctors or commentators on the Jerusalem Talmud. The Amoreans ...

2230

amoret
AMORET', n. [L. amor, love.]A lover; an amorous woman; also a love knot or a trifling love affair.

2231

amorist
AM'ORIST, n. [L. amor, love.] A lover, a gallant; an inamorato.

2232

amoroso
AMORO'SO, n. A lover; a man enamored.

2233

amorous
AM'OROUS, a. [L. amor, love.]1. Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual ...

2234

amorously
AM'OROUSLY, adv. In an amorous manner; fondly; lovingly.

2235

amorousness
AM'OROUSNESS, n. The quality of being inclined to love, or to sexual pleasure; fondness; ...

2236

amorpha
AMORPH'A, n. [Gr. a neg and form.]False or bastard indigo. The plant is a native of Carolina, ...

2237

amorphous
AMORPH'OUS, a. [Gr. a neg and form.]Having no determinate form; of irregular shape; not of any ...

2238

amorphy
AMORPH'Y, n. Irregularity of form; deviation from a determinate shape.

2239

amort
AMORT', adv. [L. mors, mortuus.] In the state of the dead.

2240

amortization
AMORTIZA'TION or AMORT'IZEMENT, n. The act or right of alienating lands or tenements to a ...

2241

amortize
AMORT'IZE, v.t. [L. mors, death. See Mortmain.]In English law, to alienate in mortmain, that is, ...

2242

amortizement
AMORTIZA'TION or AMORT'IZEMENT, n. The act or right of alienating lands or tenements to a ...

2243

amotion
AMO'TION, n. [L. amotio; amoveo.] Removal.

2244

amount
AMOUNT', v.i. [L. mons, a mountain, or its root.]1. To rise to or reach, by an accumulation of ...

2245

amounting
AMOUNT'ING, ppr. Rising to, by accumulation or addition; coming or increasing to; resulting in ...

2246

amour
AMOUR', n. [L. amor, love.]An unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an affair of ...

2247

amoval
AMOV'AL, n. [L. amoveo.] Total removal. [Not used.]

2248

amove
AMOVE', v.t. [L. amoveo, a and moveo, to move.] To remove. [Not used.]

2249

ampelite
AM'PELITE, n. [Gr. a vine. The name of an earth used to kill worms on vines. Pliny says it is ...

2250

amphibia
AMPHIB'IAL, AMPHIB'IA, n. [Gr. both or about and life.]In zoology, amphibials are a class of ...

2251

amphibial
AMPHIB'IAL, AMPHIB'IA, n. [Gr. both or about and life.]In zoology, amphibials are a class of ...

2252

amphibiolite
AMPHIB'IOLITE, n. [Gr. amphibious and stone.]A fragment of a petrified amphibious animal.

2253

amphibiological
AMPHIBIOLOG'ICAL, a. [Infra.] Pertaining to amphibiology.

2254

amphibiology
AMPHIBIOL'OGY, n. [Gr. on both sides, life, and discourse.]A discourse or treatise on amphibious ...

2255

amphibious
AMPHIB'IOUS, a. [See Amphibial.]1. Having the power of living in two elements, air and water, as ...

2256

amphibiousness
AMPHIB'IOUSNESS, n. The quality of being able to live in two elements, or of partaking of two ...

2257

amphibium
AMPHIB'IUM, n. That which lives in two elements, as in air and water.

2258

amphibole
AM'PHIBOLE, n. [Gr. equivocal.]A name given by Hauy to a species of minerals, including the ...

2259

amphibolic
AMPHIBOL'IC, a. Pertaining to amphibole; resembling amphibole, or partaking of its nature and ...

2260

amphibological
AMPHIBOLOG'ICAL, a. Doubtful; of doubtful meaning.

2261

amphibologically
AMPHIBOLOG'ICALLY, adv. With a doubtful meaning.

2262

amphibology
AMPHIBOL'OGY, n. [Gr. speech.]A phrase or discourse, susceptible of two interpretations; and ...

2263

amphibolous
AMPHIB'OLOUS, a. [Gr. to strike.]Tossed from one to another; striking each way, with mutual blows. ...

2264

amphiboly
AMPHIB'OLY, n. [Gr. both ways and to strike.]Ambiguity of meaning. [Rarely used.]

2265

amphibrach
AM'PHIBRACH, n. [Gr. short.]In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first ...

2266

amphicome
AM'PHICOME, n. [Gr. hair.]A kind of figured stone, of a round shape, but rugged and beset with ...

2267

amphictyonic
AMPHICTYON'IC, a. Pertaining to the august council of Amphictyons.

2268

amphictyons
AMPHIC'TYONS, n. In Grecian history, an assembly or council of deputies from the different states ...

2269

amphigene
AM'PHIGENE, n. [Gr.]In mineralogy, another name of the leucite or Vesuvian.

2270

amphihexahedral
AMPHIHEXAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. and hexahedral.]In crystallography, when the faces of the crystal, ...

2271

amphimacer
AMPHIM'ACER, n. [Gr. long on both sides.]In ancient poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle ...

2272

amphisben
AMPHIS'BEN,

2273

amphisbena
AMPHISBE'NA, n. [Gr. to go; indicating that the animal moves with either end foremost.]A genus of ...

2274

amphiscians
AMPHIS'CIANS, n. [Gr. on both sides and shadow.]In geography, the inhabitants of the tropics, ...

2275

amphiscil
AMPHIS'CIL,

2276

amphitane
AM'PHITANE, n. A name given by ancient naturalists to a fossil, called by Dr. Hill pyricubium. ...

2277

amphitheater
AMPHITHE'ATER, n. [Gr. about and to see or look.]1. An edifice in an oval or circular form, ...

2278

amphitheatral
AMPHITHE'ATRAL, a. Resembling an amphitheater.

2279

amphitheatrical
AMPHITHEAT'RICAL, a. Pertaining to or exhibited in an amphitheater.

2280

amphitrite
AM'PHITRITE, n. [Gr. a goddess of the sea.]A genus of marine animals, of the Linnean order.

2281

amphor
AM'PHOR, or AM'PHORA, n. [L. amphora; Gr.]Among the Greeks and Romans, a liquid measure. The ...

2282

amphora
AM'PHOR, or AM'PHORA, n. [L. amphora; Gr.]Among the Greeks and Romans, a liquid measure. The ...

2283

ample
AM'PLE, a. [L. amplus.]1. Large; wide; spacious; extended; as ample room. This word carries with ...

2284

ampleness
AM'PLENESS, n. Largeness; spaciousness; sufficiency; abundance.

2285

amplexicaul
AMPLEX'ICAUL, a. [L. amplexor, to embrace, of amb about, and plico, plexus, to fold, and caulis a ...

2286

ampliate
AM'PLIATE, v.t. [L. amplio. See ample.]To enlarge; to make greater; to extend. [Little used.]

2287

ampliation
AMPLIA'TION, n.1. Enlargement; amplification; diffuseness. [Little used.]2. In Roman antiquity, ...

2288

amplification
AMPLIFICA'TION, n. [L. amplificatio.]1. Enlargement; extension.2. In rhetoric, diffusive ...

2289

amplified
AM'PLIFIED, pp. Enlarged; extended; diffusively treated.

2290

amplifier
AM'PLIFIER, n. One who amplifies or enlarges; one who treats a subject diffusively, to exhibit it ...

2291

amplify
AM'PLIFY, v.t. [L. amplifico; of amplus and facio, to make large.]1. To enlarge; to augment; to ...

2292

amplifying
AM'PLIFYING, ppr. Enlarging; exaggerating; diffusively treating.

2293

amplitude
AM'PLITUDE, n. [L. amplitudo, from amplus, large.]1. Largeness; extent, applied to bodies; as, ...

2294

amply
AM'PLY, adv. Largely; liberally; fully; sufficiently; copiously; in a diffusive manner.

2295

amputate
AM'PUTATE, v.t. [L. amputo, of amb, about, and puto, to prune.]1. To prune branches of trees or ...

2296

amputated
AM'PUTATED, pp. Cut off; separated from the body.

2297

amputating
AM'PUTATING, ppr. Cutting off a limb or part of the body.

2298

amputation
AMPUTA'TION, n. [L. amputatio.]The act of operation of cutting off a limb or some part of the ...

2299

amulet
AM'ULET, n. [L. amuletum; amolior, amolitus to remove.]Something worn as a remedy or preservative ...

2300

amuse
AMU'SE, v.t. s as z. [Gr. and L. musso.]1. To entertain the mind agreeably; to occupy or detain ...

2301

amused
AMU'SED, pp. s as z. Agreeably entertained; having the mind engaged by something pleasing.

2302

amusement
AMU'SEMENT, n. s as z. That which amuses, detains or engages the mind; entertainment of the mind; ...

2303

amuser
AMU'SER, n. s as z. One who amuses, or affords an agreeable entertainment to the mind.

2304

amusing
AMU'SING, ppr. or a. s as z. Entertaining; giving moderate pleasure to the mind, so as to engage ...

2305

amusingly
AMU'SINGLY, adv. s as z. In an amusing manner.

2306

amusive
AMU'SIVE, a. That has the power to amuse or entertain the mind.

2307

amygdalate
AMYG'DALATE, a. [L. amygdalus, an almond.] Made of almonds.AMYG'DALATE, n. An emulsion made of ...

2308

amygdaline
AMYG'DALINE, a. Pertaining to or resembling the almond.

2309

amygdalite
AMYG'DALITE, n. A plant; a species of spurge, with leaves resembling those of the almond.

2310

amygdaloid
AMYG'DALOID, n. [Gr. an almond, and form;]Toad-stone; a compound rock, consisting of a basis of ...

2311

amygdaloidal
AMYG'DALOIDAL, a. Pertaining to amygdaloid.

2312

amylaceous
AMYLA'CEOUS, a. [L. amylum, starch, of a priv. and a mill, being formerly made without ...

2313

amyline
AM'YLINE, n. [L. amylum; Gr. unground, a mill.]A farinaceous substance between gum and starch.

2314

amyraldism
AM'YRALDISM, n. In church history, the doctrine of universal grace, as explained by Amyraldus, or ...

2315

amyztli
AMYZ'TLI, n. A Mexican name of the sealion, an amphibious quadruped, inhabiting the shores and ...

2316

an
AN, a. [L. unus, una, unum; Gr.]One; noting an individual, either definitely, known, certain, ...

2317

ana
A'NA, aa, or a. [Gr.]In medical prescriptions, it signifies an equal quantity of the several ...

2318

anabaptism
ANABAP'TISM, n. [See Anabaptist.] The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

2319

anabaptist
ANABAP'TIST, n. [Gr. again, and a baptist.]One who holds the doctrine of the baptism of adults, or ...

2320

anabaptistic
ANABAPTIST'IC,

2321

anabaptistical
ANABAPTIST'ICAL, a. Relating to the Anabaptists, or to their doctrines.

2322

anabaptistry
ANABAP'TISTRY, n. The sect of Anabaptists.

2323

anabaptize
ANABAPTI'ZE, v.t. To rebaptize. [Not used.]

2324

anaca
ANACA, n. A species of parakeet, about the size of a lark; the crown of the head is a dark red, ...

2325

anacamptic
ANACAMP'TIC, a. [Gr. to bend.]1. Reflecting or reflected; a word formerly applied to that part of ...

2326

anacamptics
ANACAMP'TICS, n. The doctrine of reflected light. [See Catoptrics.]

2327

anacardium
ANACAR'DIUM, n. The cashew-nut, or marking nut, which produces a thickish, red, caustic, ...

2328

anacathartic
ANACATHAR'TIC, a. [Gr. upward and a purging. See Cathartic.]Throwing upwards; cleansing by ...

2329

anachoret
ANACHORET. [See anchoret.]

2330

anachronism
ANACH'RONISM, n. [Gr. time.]An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events ...

2331

anachronistic
ANACHRONIS'TIC, a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.

2332

anaclastic
ANACLAS'TIC, a. [Gr. breaking, from to break.]Refracting; breaking the rectilinear course of ...

2333

anaclastics
ANACLAS'TICS, n. That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light, commonly called ...

2334

anacoenosis
ANACOENO'SIS, n. [Gr. common.]A figure of rhetoric, by which a speaker applies to his opponents ...

2335

anaconda
ANACOND'A, n. A name given in Ceylon to a large snake, a species of Boa, which is said to devour ...

2336

anacreontic
ANACREON'TIC, a. Pertaining to Anacreon, a Greek poet, whose odes and epigrams are celebrated for ...

2337

anademe
AN'ADEME, n. [Gr.] A chaplet or crown of flowers.

2338

anadiplosis
ANADIPLO'SIS, n. [Gr. again, and double.]Duplication, a figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting ...

2339

anadromous
ANAD'ROMOUS, a. [Gr. upward and course.]Ascending; a word applied to such fish as pass from the ...

2340

anaglyph
AN'AGLYPH, n. [Gr. to engrave.]An ornament made by sculpture.

2341

anaglyptic
ANAGLYP'TIC, a. Relating to the art of carving, engraving, enchasing or embossing plate.

2342

anagoge
AN'AGOGE,

2343

anagogical
ANAGOG'ICAL, a. Mysterious; elevated; spiritual; as, the rest of the sabbath, in an anagogical ...

2344

anagogically
ANAGOG'ICALLY, adv. In a mysterious sense; with religious elevation.

2345

anagogics
ANAGOG'ICS, n. Mysterious considerations.

2346

anagogy
AN'AGOGY, n. [Gr. upward, and a leading.]An elevation of mind to things celestial; the spiritual ...

2347

anagram
AN'AGRAM, n. [Gr. a letter.]A transposition of the letters of a name, by which a new word is ...

2348

anagrammatic
ANAGRAMMAT'IC

2349

anagrammatical
ANAGRAMMAT'ICAL, a. Making an anagram.

2350

anagrammatically
ANAGRAMMAT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of an anagram.

2351

anagrammatism
ANAGRAM'MATISM, n. The act or practice of making anagrams.

2352

anagrammatist
ANAGRAM'MATIST, n. A maker of anagrams.

2353

anagrammatize
ANAGRAM'MATIZE, v.i. To make anagrams.

2354

anagros
AN'AGROS, n. A measure of grain in Spain, containing something less than two bushels.

2355

anal
A'NAL, a. [L. anus.] Pertaining to the anus; as, the anal fin.

2356

analcim
ANAL'CIM,

2357

analcime
ANAL'CIME, n. Cubic zeolite, found in aggregated or cubic crystals.This mineral is generally ...

2358

analects
AN'ALECTS, n. [Gr. to collect.] A collection of short essays, or remarks.

2359

analemma
AN'ALEMMA, n. [Gr. altitude.]1. In geometry, a projection of the sphere on the plane of the ...

2360

analepsis
ANALEP'SIS, n. [Gr. to receive again.]The augmentation of nutrition of an emaciated body; recovery ...

2361

analeptic
ANALEP'TIC, a. Corroborating; invigorating; giving strength after disease.ANALEP'TIC, n. A ...

2362

analogal
ANAL'OGAL, a. Analogous. [Not used.]

2363

analogical
ANALOG'ICAL, a. Having analogy; used by way of analogy; bearing some relation. Thus analogical ...

2364

analogically
ANALOG'ICALLY, adv. In an analogical manner; by way of similitude, relation or agreement. Thus to ...

2365

analogicalness
ANALOG'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being analogical; fitness to be applied for the illustration of ...

2366

analogism
ANAL'OGISM, n. [Gr.] An argument from the cause to the effect.Investigation of things by the ...

2367

analogist
ANAL'OGIST, n. One who adheres to analogy.

2368

analogize
ANAL'OGIZE, v.t. To explain by analogy; to form some resemblance between different things; to ...

2369

analogous
ANAL'OGOUS, a. Having analogy; bearing some resemblance or proportion; followed by to; as, there ...

2370

analogy
ANAL'OGY, n. [Gr. ratio, proportion.]1. an agreement or likeness between things in some ...

2371

analysis
ANAL'YSIS, n. [Gr. a loosing, or resolving, from to loosen. See Loose.]1. The separation of a ...

2372

analyst
AN'ALYST, n. One who analyzes, or is versed in analysis.

2373

analytic
ANALYT'IC,

2374

analytical
ANALYT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to analysis; that resolves into first principles; that separates into ...

2375

analytically
ANALYT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of analysis; by way of separating a body into its constituent ...

2376

analytics
ANALYT'ICS, n. The science of analysis. [See Analysis.]

2377

analyze
AN'ALYZE, v.t. [Gr. See Analysis.]To resolve a body into its elements; to separate a compound ...

2378

analyzed
AN'ALYZED, pp. Resolved into its constituent parts or principles, for examination.

2379

analyzer
AN'ALYZER, n. One who analyzes; that which analyzes or has the power to analyze.

2380

analyzing
AN'ALYZING, ppr. Resolving into elements, constituent parts, or first principles.

2381

anamorphosis
ANAMORPHOSIS, n. [Gr. formation.]In perspective drawings, a deformed or distorted portrait or ...

2382

ananas
ANA'NAS, n. The name of a species of Bromelia, the pine-apple.

2383

anapest
AN'APEST, n. [Gr to strike.]In poetry, a foot, consisting of three syllables, the two first short, ...

2384

anapestic
ANAPEST'IC, n. The anapestic measure.ANAPEST'IC, a. Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of ...

2385

anaphora
ANAPH'ORA, n. [Gr.]1. A figure in rhetoric, when the same word or words are repeated at the ...

2386

anaplerotic
ANAPLEROT'IC, a. [Gr. to fill.] Filling up; supplying or renovating flesh.ANAPLEROT'IC, n. A ...

2387

anarch
AN'ARCH, n. [See Anarchy.] The author of confusion; one who excites revolt.

2388

anarchic
ANARCH'IC,

2389

anarchical
ANARCH'ICAL, a. Without rule or government; in a state of confusion; applied to a state or ...

2390

anarchist
AN'ARCHIST, n. An anarch; one who excites revolt, or promotes disorder in a state.

2391

anarchy
AN'ARCHY, n. [Gr. rule.]Want of government; a state of society, when there is no law or supreme ...

2392

anarhichas
ANAR'HICHAS, n. The sea wolf; a genus of ravenous fish, of the order of Apodals, found in the ...

2393

anas
A'NAS, n. [L.] A genus of water fowl of the order Anseres; including the swans, geese, and ducks. ...

2394

anasarca
ANAS'ARCA, n. [Gr. in or between, and flesh.]A species of dropsy, from a serous humor spread ...

2395

anasarcous
ANAS'ARCOUS, a. Belonging to anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

2396

anastomose
ANAS'TOMOSE, v.i. s as z. [Gr. mouth.]To inosculate; to unite the mouth of one vessel with ...

2397

anastomosis
ANASTOMO'SIS, n. The inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an ...

2398

anastomosy
ANASTOM'OSY,

2399

anastomotic
ANASTOMOT'IC, a. Opening the mouths of vessels, or removing obstructions.ANASTOMOT'IC, n. a ...

2400

anastrophe
ANAS'TROPHE,

2401

anastrophy
ANAS'TROPHY, n. [Gr. a conversion or inversion.]In rhetoric and grammar, an inversion of the ...

2402

anatase
AN'ATASE, n. [Gr. extension, so named from the length of its crystals.]Octahedrite; octahedral ...

2403

anathema
ANATH'EMA, n. [Gr. to place behind, backward or at a distance, to separate.]1. Excommunication ...

2404

anathematical
ANATHEMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anathema.

2405

anathematically
ANATHEMAT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of anathema.

2406

anathematization
ANATHEMATIZA'TION, n. The act of anathematizing.

2407

anathematize
ANATH'EMATIZE, v.t. To excommunicate with a denunciation of curses; to pronounce an anathema ...

2408

anathematized
ANATH'EMATIZED, pp. Excommunicated with curses.

2409

anathematizing
ANATH'EMATIZING, ppr. Pronouncing an anathema.

2410

anatiferous
ANATIF'EROUS, a. [L. anas, a duck and fero, to produce.] Producing ducks.

2411

anatocism
ANAT'OCISM, n. [L. anatocismus, from Gr. again and usury.]Interest upon interest; the taking of ...

2412

anatomical
ANATOM'ICAL, a. Belonging to anatomy or dissection; produced by or according to the principles of ...

2413

anatomically
ANATOM'ICALLY, adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection; according to the doctrine of ...

2414

anatomist
ANAT'OMIST, n. One who dissects bodies; more generally, one who is skilled in the art of ...

2415

anatomize
ANAT'OMIZE, v.t. To dissect an animal; to divide into the constituent parts, for the purpose of ...

2416

anatomized
ANAT'OMIZED, pp. Dissected, as an animal body.

2417

anatomizing
ANAT'OMIZING, ppr. Dissecting.

2418

anatomy
ANAT'OMY, n. [Gr. through and to cut.]1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the ...

2419

anatreptic
ANATREP'TIC, a. [Gr. to overturn.]Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating; a word applied to the ...

2420

anatron
AN'ATRON, n. [Gr. niter.]1. Soda or mineral fixed alkali.2. Spume or glass gall, a scum which ...

2421

anbury
AN'BURY, n. A disease in turneps, or an injury occasioned by a fly.

2422

ance
'ANCE, n. Agreement with a person; conformity with a thing.

2423

ancestor
AN'CESTOR, n. [L. antecessor, of ante, before, and cedo, to go.]One from whom a person descends, ...

2424

ancestral
AN'CESTRAL, a. Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors; as, an ...

2425

ancestry
AN'CESTRY, n. A series of ancestors, or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of ...

2426

anchilops
AN'CHILOPS, n. [Gr. a goat and an eye.]The goat's eye; an abscess in the inner angle of the eye; ...

2427

anchor
AN'CHOR, n. [L. anchora; Gr.]1. An iron instrument for holding a ship or other vessel at rest in ...

2428

anchor-ground
AN'CHOR-GROUND, n. Ground suitable for anchoring.

2429

anchor-hold
AN'CHOR-HOLD, n. The hold or fastness of an anchor; security.

2430

anchor-smith
AN'CHOR-SMITH, n. The maker or forger of anchors, or one whose occupation is to make anchors.

2431

anchorable
AN'CHORABLE, a. Fit for anchorage. [Not used.]

2432

anchorage
AN'CHORAGE, n. 1. Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor, where the ground is not too ...

2433

anchored
AN'CHORED, pp. Lying or riding at anchor; held by an anchor; moored; fixed in safety.

2434

anchoress
AN'CHORESS, n. A female anchoret.

2435

anchoret
AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, n. [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]A ...

2436

anchoring
AN'CHORING, ppr. Mooring; coming to anchor; casting anchor.

2437

anchorite
AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, n. [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]A ...

2438

anchovy
ANCHO'VY,

2439

anchovy-pear
ANCHO'VY-PEAR, n. A fruit of Jamaica, constituting the genus Grias. It is large, contains a ...

2440

ancient
AN'CIENT, a. Usually pronounced most anomalously, ancient. The pronunciation of the first vowel ...

2441

anciently
AN'CIENTLY, adv. In old times; in times long since past; as Rome was anciently more populous than ...

2442

ancientness
AN'CIENTNESS, n. The state of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.

2443

ancientry
AN'CIENTRY, n. Dignity of birth; the honor of ancient lineage.

2444

ancienty
AN'CIENTY, n. Age; antiquity. [Not used.]AN'CIENTY, n. In some old English statutes and authors, ...

2445

ancillary
AN'CILLARY, a. [L. ancilla, a female servant.]Pertaining to a maid servant, or female service; ...

2446

ancipital
ANCIP'ITAL, a. [L. anceps.]Doubtful, or double; double-faced or double-formed; applied to the stem ...

2447

ancome
AN'COME, n. A small ulcerous swelling coming suddenly.

2448

ancon
AN'CON, n. [L. ancon; Gr. the elbow.]The olecranon, the upper end of the ulna, or elbow.

2449

ancone
AN'CONE, n. [L. ancon, Gr.] In architecture, the corner of a wall, crossbeam or rafter.

2450

ancony
AN'CONY, n. [Probably from Gr., the cubit, from its resemblance to the arm.]In iron works, a piece ...

2451

and
AND, conj.And is a conjunction, connective or conjoining word. It signifies that a word or part of ...

2452

andalusite
AN'DALUSITE, n. A massive mineral, of a flesh or rose red color; sometimes found crystallized in ...

2453

andante
ANDAN'TE, [Eng. to wend, to wander.]In music, a word used to direct to a movement moderately slow, ...

2454

andean
AN'DEAN, a. Pertaining to the Andes. The great chain of mountains extending through S. America.

2455

andira
ANDI'RA, n. A species of bat in Brazil, nearly as large as a pigeon.

2456

andiron
AND'IRON, n. An iron utensil used, in Great Britain, where coal is the common fuel, to support the ...

2457

andorinha
ANDORIN'HA, n. The Brazilian swallow.

2458

andranatomy
ANDRANAT'OMY, n. [Gr. a man and dissection.]The dissection of a human body, especially of a male.

2459

andreolite
AN'DREOLITE, n. A mineral, the harmotome, or cross-stone.

2460

androgynal
ANDROG'YNAL,

2461

androgynally
ANDROG'YNALLY, adv. With the parts of both sexes.

2462

androgynous
ANDROG'YNOUS, a. [Gr. a man and woman.]Having two sexes; being male and female; ...

2463

androgynus
ANDROG'YNUS, n. A hermaphrodite.

2464

android
AN'DROID, n. [Gr. man and form.]A machine, in the human form, which, by certain springs, performs ...

2465

andromeda
ANDROM'EDA, n. 1. A northern constellation, behind Pegasus, Cassiopeia and Perseus, representing ...

2466

androphagi
ANDROPH'AGI, [Gr. man, and to eat.]Man-eaters; but the word is little used, being superseded by ...

2467

anear
ANE'AR, prep. Near.

2468

anecdote
AN'ECDOTE, n. [Gr. to publish, part, given out.]In its original sense, secret history, or facts ...

2469

anecdotical
ANECDOT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anecdotes.

2470

anele
ANE'LE, v.t. To give extreme unction. [Not used.]

2471

anemography
ANEMOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. wind, and description.] A description of the winds.

2472

anemology
ANEMOL'OGY, n. [Gr. wind, and discourse.] The doctrine of winds, or a treatise on the subject.

2473

anemometer
ANEMOM'ETER, n. [Gr. wind, and to measure.] An instrument or machine for measuring the force and ...

2474

anemone
ANEM'ONE,

2475

anemony
ANEM'ONY, n. [Gr. from wind.]Wind-flower; a genus of plants of numerous species. Some of the ...

2476

anemoscope
ANEM'OSCOPE, n. [Gr. wind, and to view.] A machine which shows the course or velocity of the ...

2477

anent
ANENT', prep. About; concerning; over against: a Scottish word. [Gr.]

2478

aneurism
AN'EURISM, n. [Gr. to dilate, from broad.]A preternatural dilatation or rupture of the coats of an ...

2479

aneurismal
ANEURIS'MAL, a. Pertaining to an aneurism.

2480

anew
ANEW', adv. [a and new.]Over again; another time; in a new form; as, to arm anew; to create anew.

2481

anfractuous
ANFRAC'TUOUS, a. [L. anfractus, of amb, about, and fractus, broken. See Break.]Winding; full of ...

2482

anfractuousness
ANFRAC'TUOUSNESS, n. A state of being full of windings and turnings.

2483

angariation
ANGARIA'TION, n. [L. angario; Gr. to compel; a word of Persian origin.] Compulsion; exertion. ...

2484

angeiotomy
ANGEIOT'OMY, See Angiotomy.

2485

angel
AN'GEL, n. Usually pronounced angel, but most anomalously. [L. angelus; Gr. a messenger, to tell ...

2486

angel-age
ANGEL-AGE, n. The existence or state of angels.

2487

angel-fish
AN'GEL-FISH, n. A species of shark, the squalus squatina. It is from six to eight feet long, ...

2488

angel-like
AN'GEL-LIKE, a. Resembling or having the manners of angels.

2489

angel-shot
AN'GEL-SHOT, n. Chain-shot, being two halves of a cannon ball fastened to the ends of a chain.

2490

angel-winged
AN'GEL-WINGED, a. Winged like angels.

2491

angel-worship
AN'GEL-WORSHIP, n. The worshipping of angels.

2492

angelic
ANGEL'IC,

2493

angelica
ANGEL'ICA, n. A genus of digynian pentanders, containing several species. The common sort is ...

2494

angelical
ANGEL'ICAL, a. [L. angelicus.] Resembling angels; belonging to angels, or partaking of their ...

2495

angelically
ANGEL'ICALLY, adv. Like an angel.

2496

angelicalness
ANGEL'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.

2497

angelites
AN'GELITES, in Church history, so called from Angelicum in Alexandria, where they held their first ...

2498

angelology
ANGELOL'OGY, n. A discourse on angels; or the doctrine of angelic beings.

2499

angelot
AN'GELOT, n. 1. An instrument of music, somewhat resembling a lute.2. An ancient English coin ...

2500

anger
AN'GER, n. ang'ger. [L. ango, to choke strangle, vex; whence angor, vexation, anguish, the ...

2501

angered
AN'GRED or ANG'ERED, pp. Made angry; provoked.

2502

angerly
AN'GERLY, adv. [anger and like.] In an angry manner; more generally written angrily.

2503

angina
ANGI'NA, n. [L. from ango, to choke. See Anger.]A quinsey; an inflammation of the throat; a tumor ...

2504

angiography
ANGIOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and description.] A description of the vessels in the human body.

2505

angiology
ANGIOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and discourse.]A treatise or discourse on the vessels of the human ...

2506

angiomonospermous
ANGIOMONOSPERM'OUS, n. [Gr. a vessel, alone, and seed.] Producing one seed only in a pod.

2507

angiosperm
AN'GIOSPERM, n. [Gr. a vessel, and seed.] In botany, a plant which has its seeds inclosed in a ...

2508

angiospermous
ANGIOSPERM'OUS, a. Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. In Linne's system, the ...

2509

angiotomy
ANGIOT'OMY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and to cut.]The opening of a vessel, whether a vein or an artery, as ...

2510

angle
AN'GLE, n. [L. angulus, a corner. Gr.]In popular language, the point where two lines meet, or the ...

2511

angle-rod
AN'GLE-ROD, n. The rod or pole to which a line and hook are fastened.

2512

angled
AN'GLED, a. Having angles - used only in compounds.

2513

angler
AN'GLER, n. One that fishes with an angle; also a fish, a species of lophius.

2514

anglic
AN'GLIC,

2515

anglican
AN'GLICAN, a. [L. icus, in publicus, and all similar adjectives. From ing, was formed Angles, the ...

2516

anglicism
AN'GLICISM, n. An English Idiom; a form of language peculiar to the English.

2517

anglicize
AN'GLICIZE, v.t. To make English; to render conformable to the English idiom, or to English ...

2518

angling
AN'GLING, ppr. Fishing with an angle.AN'GLING, n. A fishing with a rod and line.

2519

anglo-danish
ANGLO-DA'NISH, a. Pertaining to the English Danes, or the Danes who settled in England.

2520

anglo-norman
ANGLO-NORM'AN, a Pertaining to the English Normans.

2521

anglo-saxon
ANGLO-SAX'ON, a. Pertaining to the Saxons, who settled in England, or English Saxons.ANGLO-SAX'ON, ...

2522

angola-pea
ANGO'LA-PEA or PIGEON-PEA. A species of Cytisus.

2523

angor
AN'GOR, n. [L. See anger.]1. Pain; intense bodily pain.2. The retiring of the native bodily ...

2524

angred
AN'GRED or ANG'ERED, pp. Made angry; provoked.

2525

angrily
AN'GRILY, adv. In an angry manner; peevishly; with indications of resentment.

2526

angry
AN'GRY, a. [See anger.]1. Feeling resentment; provoked; followed generally by with before a ...

2527

angsana
ANGSA'NA or ANGSA'VA, n. A red gum of the East Indies, like that of dragon's blood.

2528

angsava
ANGSA'NA or ANGSA'VA, n. A red gum of the East Indies, like that of dragon's blood.

2529

angu
AN'GU, n. Bread made of the Cassada, a plant of the W. Indies.

2530

anguifer
AN'GUIFER, n. [L. anguis, a serpent, and fero, to bear.]In astronomy, a cluster of stars in the ...

2531

anguilla
ANGUIL'LA, n. [L. an eel.]In zoology, an eel; also the name of a Mediterranean fish used for food, ...

2532

anguilliform
ANGUIL'LIFORM, a. [L. anguilla, an eel, and forma, shape.] In the form of an eel, or of a ...

2533

anguish
AN'GUISH, n. [L. angustia, narrowness, from pressure. See Anger.]Extreme pain, either of body or ...

2534

anguished
AN'GUISHED, pp. Extremely pained; tortured; deeply distressed.

2535

angular
AN'GULAR, a.1. Having an angle, angles or corners; pointed; as an angular figure.2. Consisting of ...

2536

angularity
ANGULAR'ITY, n. The quality of having an angle or corner.

2537

angularly
AN'GULARLY, adv. With angles, or corners; in the direction of the angles.

2538

angularness
AN'GULARNESS, n. The quality of being angular.

2539

angulated
AN'GULATED, a. Formed with angles or corners.

2540

angulous
AN'GULOUS, a. Angular; having corners; hooked.

2541

angust
ANGUST', a. [L. angustus.] Narrow; straight. [Not used.]

2542

angustation
ANGUSTA'TION, n. [L. angustus, narrow. See Anger.]The act of making narrow; a straightening, or ...

2543

angusticlave
ANGUST'ICLAVE, n. [L. angustus, narrow, and clavus, a knob or stud.]A robe or tunic embroidered ...

2544

anhelation
ANHELA'TION, n. [L. anhelo, to pant or breathe with difficulty; from halo, to breathe.]Shortness ...

2545

anhelose
ANHELO'SE, a. Out of breath; panting; breathing with difficulty. [Little used.]

2546

anhima
AN'HIMA, n. A Brazilian aquatic fowl, larger than a swan, somewhat like a crane. Its head is ...

2547

anhydrite
AN'HYDRITE, n. [See Anhydrous.]A species of sulphate of lime, anhydrous gypsum, of which there are ...

2548

anhydrous
ANHY'DROUS, a. [Gr. dry, and water.]Destitute of water. Anhydrite is so called, because it is ...

2549

aniented
ANIENT'ED, a. Frustrated; brought to naught. Obs.

2550

anight
ANI'GHT, adv. [a or at, and night.]In the night time; anights, in the plural, is used of frequent ...

2551

anil
AN'IL, n. A shrub from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made; Indigofera, or the indigo plant.

2552

anility
ANIL'ITY, n. [L. anilis, anilitas, from anus, an old woman; Celtic, hen old.]The state of being an ...

2553

animadversion
ANIMADVER'SION, n. [L. animadversio.]Remarks by way of censure or criticism; reproof; blame. It ...

2554

animadversive
ANIMADVER'SIVE, a. That has the power of perceiving. Obs.

2555

animadvert
ANIMADVERT', v.i. [L. animadverto, of animus, mind, and adverto, to turn to.]1. To turn the mind ...

2556

animadverter
ANIMADVERT'ER, n. One who animadverts or makes remarks by way of censure.

2557

animadverting
ANIMADVERT'ING, ppr. Considering; remarking by way of criticism or censure.

2558

animal
AN'IMAL, n. [L. animal, from anima, air, breath, soul.]An organized body, endowed with life and ...

2559

animal-flower
ANIMAL-FLOWER, n. In zoology, sea-anemone, sea-nettle or urtica marina, the name of several ...

2560

animalcule
ANIMAL'CULE, n. [L. animalculum, animalcula.]A little animal; but appropriately, an animal whose ...

2561

animalization
ANIMALIZA'TION, n. The act of giving animal life,or endowing with the properties of an animal.

2562

animalize
AN'IMALIZE, v.t. 1. To give animal life to; to endow with the properties of animals.2. To convert ...

2563

animalized
AN'IMALIZED, pp. Endowed with animal life.

2564

animalizing
AN'IMALIZING, ppr. Giving animal life to.

2565

animate
AN'IMATE, v.t [L. amino. See Animal.]1. To give natural life to; to quicken; to make alive; as ...

2566

animated
AN'IMATED, pp.1. Being endowed with anima life, as the various classes of animated beings.2. a. ...

2567

animating
AN'IMATING, ppr. Giving life; infusing spirit; enlivening.

2568

animation
ANIMA'TION, n. 1. The act of infusing life; the state of being animated.2. The state of being ...

2569

animative
AN'IMATIVE, a. That has the power of giving life or spirit.

2570

animator
AN'IMATOR, n. One that gives life; that which infuses life or spirit.

2571

anime
AN'IME, n. In heraldry, a term denoting that the eyes of a rapacious animal are borne of a ...

2572

animetta
ANIMET'TA, n. Among ecclesiastical writers, the cloth which covers the cup of the eucharist.

2573

animosity
ANIMOS'ITY, n. [L. animositas; animosus, animated, courageous, enraged; from animus, spirit, mind ...

2574

aninga
ANIN'GA, n. A root growing in the West Indies, like the China plant, used in refining sugar.

2575

anise
AN'ISE, n. an'nis. [L. anisum; Gr.]An annual plant, placed by Linne under the genus Pimpinella. ...

2576

anker
ANK'ER, n. A measure of liquids used in Holland, containing about 32 gallons, English ...

2577

ankle
ANK'LE, n. ank'l. The joint which connects the foot with the leg.

2578

ankle-bone
ANK'LE-BONE, n. The bone of the ankle.

2579

annalist
AN'NALIST, n. [See Annals.] A writer of annals.

2580

annalize
AN'NALIZE, v.t. To record; to write annals. [Not much used.]

2581

annals
AN'NALS, n. plu. [L. amnales, annalis, from annus, a year, the root of which may be the Celtic ...

2582

annats
AN'NATS, n. [L. annus.]A year's income of a spiritual living; the first fruits, originally given ...

2583

anneal
ANNE'AL, v.t. 1. To heat; to heat, as glass and iron for the purpose of rendering them less ...

2584

annealed
ANNE'ALED, pp. Heated; tempered; made malleable and less brittle by heat.

2585

annealing
ANNE'ALING, ppr. heating; tempering by heat.

2586

annex
ANNEX', v.t. [L. annecto, annexum.]1. To unite at the end; as to annex a codicil to a will. To ...

2587

annexation
ANNEXA'TION, n. The act of annexing, or uniting at the end; conjunction; addition; the act of ...

2588

annexed
ANNEX'ED, pp. Joined at the end; connected with; affixed.

2589

annexing
ANNEX'ING, ppr. Uniting at the end; affixing.

2590

annexion
ANNEX'ION, n. The act of annexing; annexation; addition. [Little used.]

2591

annexment
ANNEX'MENT, n. The act of annexing; the thing annexed.

2592

annihilable
ANNI'HILABLE, a. That may be annihilated.

2593

annihilate
ANNI'HILATE, v.t. [L. ad and nihilum, nothing, of ne, not, and hilum, a trifle.]1. To reduce to ...

2594

annihilated
ANNI'HILATED, pp. Reduced to nothing; destroyed.

2595

annihilating
ANNI'HILATING, ppr. Reducing to nothing; destroying the specific form of.

2596

annihilation
ANNIHILA'TION, n. 1. The act of reducing to nothing or non-existence; or the act of destroying ...

2597

anniversarily
ANNIVERS'ARILY, adv. Annually.

2598

anniversary
ANNIVERS'ARY, a. [L. anniversarius, of annus, year, and verto, to turn.]Returning with the year, ...

2599

annomination
ANNOMINA'TION, n. [L. ad and nominatio, from nomino, to name, from nomen.]1. A pun; the use of ...

2600

annona
ANNO'NA, n. [L. annoma, from annus, a year, and signifying a year's production or increase; hence ...

2601

annotate
AN'NOTATE, v.i. [L.annoto.] To comment; to make remarks on a writing.

2602

annotation
ANNOTA'TION, n. [L. annotatio, of ad and notatio, a marking, from noto, to mark, or nota, a ...

2603

annotator
AN'NOTATOR, n. A writer of notes; a commentator; a scholiast; one who writes notes to illustrate ...

2604

annotta
ANNOT'TA, n. Orlean, or roucou; a hard dry paste, consisting of the pellicles of the seeds of the ...

2605

announce
ANNOUNCE, v.t. announs'. [L. annuncio, to deliver a message, of ad and nuncio, to tell from ...

2606

announced
ANNOUN'CED, pp. Proclaimed; first published.

2607

announcement
ANNOUNCEMENT, n. announs'ment. The act of giving notice; proclamation; publication.

2608

announcer
ANNOUN'CER, n. One that announces, or first gives notice; a proclaimer.

2609

announcing
ANNOUN'CING, ppr. Introducing notice; first publishing; proclaiming.

2610

annoy
ANNOY', v.t. [L. neceo, to hurt, that is, to strike; neco, to kill.To incommode; to injure or ...

2611

annoyance
ANNOY'ANCE, n. That which annoys, or injures; the act of annoying; the state of being annoyed. It ...

2612

annoyed
ANNOY'ED, pp. Incommoded, injured or molested by something that is continued or repeated.

2613

annoyer
ANNOY'ER, n. One that annoys.

2614

annoyful
ANNOY'FUL, a. Giving trouble; incommoding; molesting. [Not used.]

2615

annoying
ANNOY'ING, ppr. Incommoding; hurting; molesting.

2616

annoyous
ANNOY'OUS, a. Troublesome. [Not used.]

2617

annual
AN'NUAL, a. [L. annalis, from annus, a year; Gr.]1. Yearly; that returns every year; coming ...

2618

annually
AN'NUALLY, adv. Yearly; returning every year; year by year.

2619

annuitant
ANNU'ITANT, n. [See annuity.]One who receives or is entitled to receive an annuity.

2620

annuity
ANNU'ITY, n. [See Annual.]A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, ...

2621

annul
ANNUL', v.t. [L. ad nullum, to nothing.]1. To make void; to nullify; to abrogate; to abolish; ...

2622

annular
AN'NULAR, a. [L. annulus, a ring, from Celtic ain, a circle, and ul, young, small; annulus, a ...

2623

annulary
AN'NULARY, a. Having the form of a ring.

2624

annulated
AN'NULATED, a. Furnished with rings, or circles, like rings; having belts.

2625

annulet
AN'NULET, n. [L. annulus, a ring.]In architecture, a small square member in the Doric capital, ...

2626

annulled
ANNUL'LED, pp. Made void; abrogated.

2627

annulling
ANNUL'LING, ppr. Abrogating; abolishing.

2628

annulment
ANNUL'MENT, n. The act of annulling.

2629

annumerate
ANNU'MERATE, v.t. [L. annumero, of ad and numero, to numer, from numerus, number. See Number.]To ...

2630

annumeration
ANNUMERA'TION, n. Addition to a former number.

2631

annunciate
ANNUN'CIATE, v.t. [See Announce.] To bring tidings; to announce.

2632

annunciation
ANNUNCIA'TION, n. 1. An announcing; the tidings brought by the angel to Mary, of the incarnation ...

2633

annunciator
ANNUNCIA'TOR, n. One who announces; an officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business was ...

2634

anodyne
AN'ODYNE, [Gr. pain.]Any medicine which allays pain, or causes sleep, as an opiate, paregoric, ...

2635

anoint
ANOINT', v.t. [L. ungo.]1. To pour oil upon; to smear or rub over with oil or unctuous ...

2636

anointed
ANOINT'ED, pp. Smeared or rubbed with oil; set apart; consecrated with oil.ANOINT'ED, n. The ...

2637

anointer
ANOINT'ER, n. One who anoints.

2638

anointing
ANOINT'ING, ppr. Smearing with oil; pouring on oil, or other oleaginous substance; ...

2639

anointment
ANOINT'MENT, n. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed.

2640

anole
ANO'LE, n. A species of lizard in the W. Indies, of a yellowish color, having several blue and ...

2641

anomaliped
ANOM'ALIPED, a. [Gr. inequality and L. pes, foot.]An epithet given to fowls, whose middle toe is ...

2642

anomalism
ANOM'ALISM, n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule.

2643

anomalistic
ANOMALIS'TIC,

2644

anomalistical
ANOMALIS'TICAL, a. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.In astronomy, the ...

2645

anomalous
ANOM'ALOUS, a. Irregular; deviating from a general rule, method or analogy; applied, in grammar, ...

2646

anomalously
ANOM'ALOUSLY, adv. Irregularly; in a manner different from common rule, method or analogy.

2647

anomaly
ANOM'ALY, n. [Gr. inequality, equal, similar.]1. Irregularity; deviation from the common rule; ...

2648

anomeans
ANO'MEANS, n. [Gr. dissimilar.]In church history, the pure Arians, as distinguished from the ...

2649

anomia
ANO'MIA, n. [Gr. rule.]A genus of bivalve shells, so called from their unequal valves; the beaked ...

2650

anomite
AN'OMITE, n. A fossil shell of the genus anomia.

2651

anomorhomboid
ANOMORHOM'BOID, n. [Gr irregular, and of a rhomboidal figure.]A genus os spars, pellucid, and ...

2652

anomy
AN'OMY, n. [Gr.] A violation of law. [Rarely used.]

2653

anon
ANON', adv. 1. Quickly; without intermission: soon; immediately.The same is he that heareth the ...

2654

anonymous
ANON'YMOUS, a [L. anonymus; Gr. name. See Name.]Nameless; wanting a name; without the real name ...

2655

anonymously
ANON'YMOUSLY, adv. Without a name.

2656

anoplother
AN'OPLOTHER,

2657

anoplotherium
ANOPLOTHE'RIUM, n. [Gr. a beast.]This is the name which Cuvier has given to a genus of animals, ...

2658

anopsy
ANOP'SY, n. [Gr. sight.] Want of sight; invision. [Little used.]

2659

anorexy
AN'OREXY, n. [Gr. appetite.Want of appetite, without a lothing of food.

2660

another
ANOTH'ER, a. [an, or one and other.]1. Not the same; different; as, we have one form of ...

2661

another-gaines
ANOTH'ER-GAINES, adv. Of another kind. Obs.

2662

another-gates
ANOTH'ER-GATES, adv. Of another sort. Obs.

2663

another-guise
ANOTH'ER-GUISE, a. Of a different kind; different. This is a vulgar word, and usually contracted ...

2664

anotta
ANOT'TA, n. An elegant red color, formed from the pellicles or pulp of the seeds of the bixa, a ...

2665

ansated
AN'SATED, a. [L. ansatus, from ansa, a handle.]Having a handle or handles, or something in the ...

2666

anser
AN'SER, n. [L. a goose.]1. In zoology, the name of the goose, whether tame or wild. The domestic ...

2667

anserine
AN'SERINE, a. [L. anserinum, from anser, a goose.]1. Resembling the skin of a goose; uneven; as, ...

2668

ansers
AN'SERS, n. In Linne's system, the third order of aves or fowls, whose characteristics are a ...

2669

anslaight
AN'SLAIGHT, n. [See Slay.] An attack; an affray. [Not in use.]

2670

answer
'ANSWER, v.t. ansur.1. To speak in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration or ...

2671

answer-jobber
'ANSWER-JOBBER, n. One who makes a business of writing answers.

2672

answerable
'ANSWERABLE, a.1. That may be answered; that to which a reply may be made, usually implying that ...

2673

answerableness
ANSWERABLENESS, n. The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.

2674

answerably
ANSWERABLY, adv. In due proportion, correspondence or conformity; suitably; as, continents have ...

2675

answered
ANSWERED, pp. Replied to; fulfilled; paid; complied with; accomplished; solved; confuted.

2676

answerer
ANSWERER, n. One who answers; he or that which makes a return to what another has spoken; he who ...

2677

answering
'ANSWERING, ppr. Replying; corresponding to; fulfilling; solving; succeeding; reverberating; ...

2678

ant
AN'T, in old authors, is a contraction of an it, that is if it. [See An.]

2679

ant-bear
'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, n. A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a ...

2680

ant-eater
'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, n. A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a ...

2681

ant-eggs
'ANT-EGGS, n. Little white balls found in the hillocks of ants, usually supposed to be their eggs, ...

2682

ant-hill
'ANT-HILL, n. A little tumulus or hillock, formed by ants, for their habitation.

2683

anta
AN'TA, n. In ancient architecture, a square column, at the corner of a building; a pilaster; ...

2684

antacid
ANTAC'ID, n. [anti and acid.]In pharmacy, an alkali, or a remedy for sourness or acidity; better ...

2685

antacrid
ANTAC'RID, n. [anti and acrid.] That which corrects acrimony; better written anti-acrid.

2686

antagonism
ANTAG'ONISM, n. Opposition of action; counteraction of things or principles.

2687

antagonist
ANTAG'ONIST, n. [Gr. against, and a champion. See Act and Agony.]1. One who contends with ...

2688

antagonistic
ANTAGONIS'TIC, a. Opposing in combat; contending against.

2689

antagonize
ANTAG'ONIZE, v.i. To contend against; to act in opposition; to oppose in argument.

2690

antagony
ANTAG'ONY, n. Contest; opposition [Not used.]

2691

antalgic
ANTAL'GIC, a. [Gr. against, and pain.] Alleviating pain; anodyne.

2692

antanaclasis
ANTANACLA'SIS, n. [Gr. a driving back.]1. In rhetoric, a figure, which consists in repeating the ...

2693

antanagoge
ANTANAGO'GE, n. antanago'gy. [Gr. against, and a taking up.]In rhetoric, a figure which consists ...

2694

antaphrodisiac
ANTAPHRODIS'IAC, a. [Gr. against, and venereal, from Venus.]Antivenereal; having the quality of ...

2695

antaphroditic
ANTAPHRODIT'IC, a. [Gr. See the preceding words.] Antivenereal, abating the venereal appetite, or ...

2696

antapoplectic
ANTAPOPLEC'TIC, a. Good against apoplexy.

2697

antarctic
ANTARC'TIC, a. [Gr. against, and the bear, a northern constellation.]Opposite to the northern or ...

2698

antares
ANTA'RES, n. The name of a star of the first magnitude, called also the scorpion's heart. Its ...

2699

antarthritic
ANTARTHRIT'IC, n. A remedy which cures or alleviates the gout.ANTARTHRIT'IC, a. [Gr against, and ...

2700

antasthmatic
ANTASTHMAT'IC, a. [Gr. against, and asthma.] Opposing the asthma.

2701

ante
AN'TE. A Latin preposition, Gr.; much used in the composition of English words, especially in ...

2702

anteact
AN'TEACT, n. [ante and act.] A preceding act.

2703

antecedaneous
ANTECEDA'NEOUS, a. [Infra.] Antecedent; preceding in time.

2704

antecede
ANTECE'DE, v.t. [ante and cedo, to go. See Cede.] To go before in time; to precede.

2705

antecedence
ANTECE'DENCE, n. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. In astronomy, an apparent ...

2706

antecedent
ANTECE'DENT, a. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the ...

2707

antecedently
ANTECE'DENTLY, adv. Previously; at a time preceding.

2708

antecessor
ANTECES'SOR, n. [L. whence ancestor. See Antecede.]1. One who goes before; a leader; a ...

2709

antechamber
AN'TECHAMBER, n. [Ante, before, and chamber.]A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment to ...

2710

antechapel
ANTECHAP'EL, n. The part of the chapel through which is the passage to the choir or body of it.

2711

antecian
ANTE'CIAN, n. [Gr. opposite, and to dwell; L. antaci.]In geography, the antecians are those ...

2712

antecursor
ANTECURS'OR, n. [L. ante, before, and cursor, a runner, from curro, to run. See Course.]One who ...

2713

antedate
AN'TEDATE, n. [Infra.] Prior date; a date antecedent to another.AN'TEDATE, v.t. [L. ante, and ...

2714

antediluvial
ANTEDILU'VIAL,

2715

antediluvian
ANTEDILU'VIAN, a. [L. ante and diluvium, a flood. See Lave.]Before the flood, or deluge, in ...

2716

antelope
AN'TELOPE, n. [Gr. resembling a deer.]In zoology, the gazelle; a genus of ruminant quadrupeds, ...

2717

antelucan
ANTELU'CAN, a. [L. antelucanus, of ante, before, and lux, light.]Being before light; a word ...

2718

antemeridian
ANTEMERID'IAN, a. [ante, before, and meridian.]Being before noon; pertaining to the forenoon.

2719

antemetic
ANTEMET'IC, a. [against, and emetic, from to vomit.] Restraining or allaying vomiting.ANTEMET'IC, ...

2720

antemundane
ANTEMUND'ANE, a. [ante, before, and mundus, the world.] Being before the creation of the world.

2721

antenicene
ANTENI'CENE, a. [ante, before, and Nicene, from Nice.]Anterior to the first council of Nice; as ...

2722

antennae
ANTEN'NAE, n. plu. [L. antenna, a sail yard.]In zoology, the horns or feelers of insects, ...

2723

antenumber
ANTENUM'BER, n. A number that precedes another.

2724

antenuptial
ANTENUP'TIAL, a. [ante and nuptial.]Being before marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement; ...

2725

antepaschal
ANTEPASCH'AL, a. Pertaining to the time before Easter.

2726

antepast
AN'TEPAST, n. [ante, before, and pastum, fed.]A foretaste; something taken before the proper time.

2727

antepenult
ANTEPENULT', n. [L. ante, before, pene, almost, and ultimus, last.]The last syllable of a word, ...

2728

antepenultimate
ANTEPENULT'IMATE, a. Pertaining to the last syllable but two.

2729

antepheptic
ANTEPHEP'TIC, a. [against, and epileptic, from to seize.]Resisting or curing epilepsy.

2730

antepileptic
ANTEPILEP'TIC, n. A remedy for the epilepsy.

2731

anteposition
ANTEPOSI'TION, n. s as z. [L. ante, before, and position, from pono, to place.]In grammar, the ...

2732

antepredicament
ANTEPREDIC'AMENT, n. [ante and predicament.]A preliminary question in logic to illustrate the ...

2733

anterior
ANTE'RIOR, a. [L.] 1. Before in time or place; prior; antecedent; preceding in time.2. Before ...

2734

anteriority
ANTERIOR'ITY, n. The state of being anterior, preceding or in front; a state of being before in ...

2735

anteroom
AN'TEROOM, n. [ante and room.] A room before or in front of another.

2736

antes
AN'TES, n. plu. [L.] Pillars of large dimensions that support the front of a building.

2737

antestature
ANTESTAT'URE, n. [ante and stature.]In fortification, a small retrenchment or work formed of ...

2738

antestomach
ANTESTOM'ACH, n. [ante and stomach.]A cavity which leads into the stomach, as the crop in birds. ...

2739

antevert
ANTEVERT', v.t. [L. anteverto.] To prevent. [Not in use.]

2740

antevirgilian
ANTEVIRGIL'IAN, a. A term given to Tull's new husbandry, or method of horse hoeing.

2741

anthelmintic
ANTHELMIN'TIC, a. [against, and a worm.] Good against worms.ANTHELMIN'TIC, n. A remedy for worms ...

2742

anthem
AN'THEM, n. [Gr. against, and a hymn, from to sing. See Hymn.]A hymn sung in alternate parts; but ...

2743

anthem-wise
AN'THEM-WISE, adv. In the manner of an anthem; alternately.

2744

anthemis
AN'THEMIS, n. Camomile.

2745

anther
AN'THER, n. [L. anthera, a flowery plant, from the Greek, flowery, from a flower.]In botany, the ...

2746

antheral
AN'THERAL, a. Pertaining to anthers.

2747

antheriferous
ANTHERIF'EROUS, a. [anther and fero, to bear.] Producing anthers.

2748

anthesterion
ANTHESTE'RION, n. The sixth month of the Athenian year, consisting of 29 days, and answering to a ...

2749

anthological
ANTHOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anthology.

2750

anthology
ANTHOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a flower, and a discourse, a collection.]1. A discourse on flowers.2. A ...

2751

anthophyllite
ANTHOPH'YLLITE, n. [Gr. a flower, and a leaf.]A mineral in masses composed of interlaced plates, ...

2752

anthorism
AN'THORISM, n. [Gr. opposite, and definition.]In rhetoric, a description or definition contrary to ...

2753

anthracite
AN'THRACITE, n. [Gr. a burning coal; infra.]Slaty glance-coal, or columnar glance coal; that ...

2754

anthracolite
AN'THRACOLITE. [See Anthracite.]

2755

anthrax
AN'THRAX, n. [Gr.; supra.]A carbuncle; a malignant ulcer, with intense burning. The ancients gave ...

2756

anthropoglot
ANTHROP'OGLOT, [Gr. man, and the tongue.]An animal which has a tongue resembling that of a man, of ...

2757

anthropography
ANTHROPOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. man, and description.]A description of man or the human race, or of the ...

2758

anthropolite
ANTHROP'OLITE, n. [Gr. man, and a stone.]A petrifaction of the human body, or skeleton. Some ...

2759

anthropological
ANTHROPOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anthropology; according to human manner of speaking.

2760

anthropologist
ANTHROPOL'OGIST, n. One who describes, or is versed in the physical history of the human body.

2761

anthropology
ANTHROPOL'OGY, n. [Gr. man, and discourse.]1. A discourse upon human nature.2. The doctrine of ...

2762

anthropomancy
ANTHROPOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. man, and divination.]Divination by inspecting the entrails of a human ...

2763

anthropomorphism
ANTHROPOMORPH'ISM, n. The heresy of the anthropomorphites.

2764

anthropomorphite
ANTHROPOMORPH'ITE, n. [Gr. man, and form.]One who believes a human form in the Supreme Being. A ...

2765

anthropomorphous
ANTHROPOMORPH'OUS, a. Belonging to that which has the form of man; having the figure of ...

2766

anthropopathy
ANTHROPOP'ATHY, n. [man, and passion.]The affections of man, or the application of human passions ...

2767

anthropophagi
ANTHROPOPH'AGI, n. plu. [Gr. man, and to eat.]Maneaters; cannibals; men that eat human flesh.

2768

anthropophagous
ANTHROPOPH'AGOUS, a. Feeding on human flesh.

2769

anthropophagy
ANTHROPOPH'AGY, n. The eating of human flesh, or the practice of eat it.

2770

anthroposcopy
ANTHROPOS'COPY, n. [Gr. man, and to view.]The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, ...

2771

anthroposophy
ANTHROPOS'OPHY, n. [Gr. man, and wisdom.]Knowledge of the nature of man; acquaintance with man's ...

2772

anthypnotic
ANTHYPNOT'IC, a. Corrupt orthography. [See Antihypnotic.]

2773

anthypochondriac
ANTHYPOCHOND'RIAC. [See Antihypochondriac.]

2774

anthypophora
ANTHYPOPH'ORA. [See Antihypopohora.]

2775

anthysteric
ANTHYSTER'IC. [See Antihysteric.]

2776

anti
AN'TI, n. [Gr. See Ante.] A preposition signifying against, opposite, contrary, or in place of; ...

2777

anti-chamber
AN'TI-CHAMBER, n. Dr. Johnson prefers ante-chamber, which see. But ante and anti are the same ...

2778

anti-christ
AN'TI-CHRIST, n. [Gr. against, and Christ.]A great adversary of Christ; the man of sin; described ...

2779

antiacid
ANTIAC'ID, a. Opposing or removing acidity. Often written antacid.ANTIAC'ID, n. An alkali; a ...

2780

antiamerican
ANTIAMER'ICAN, a. Opposed to America, or to the true interests or government of the United States; ...

2781

antiarthritic
ANTIARTHRIT'IC, a. [See Antarthritic.] Good against the gout.ANTIARTHRIT'IC, n. A remedy for the ...

2782

antiasthmatic
ANTIASTHMAT'IC, a. [See Antasthmatic.] Good against asthma.ANTIASTHMAT'IC, n. A remedy for the ...

2783

antibacchius
ANTIBAC'CHIUS, n. [Gr. a foot of one short and two long syllables.]In poetry, a foot of three ...

2784

antibasilican
ANTIBASIL'ICAN, a. s as z. [Gr. a palace; L. royal, a hall of justice.] Opposed to royal state ...

2785

antic
AN'TIC, a. [L. antiquus.] Odd' fanciful; as, antic tricks.AN'TIC, n. 1. A buffoon or merry ...

2786

anticachectic
ANTICACHEC'TIC, a. [Gr. of an ill habit of body.]Curing or tending to cure an ill habit of the ...

2787

anticatarrhal
ANTICAT'ARRHAL, a. [against, and a catarrh.] Good against catarrh.ANTICAT'ARRHAL, a. Remedy for ...

2788

anticausotic
ANTICAUSOT'IC, a. [against, and a burning fever.] Good against a burning fever.ANTICAUSOT'IC, n. ...

2789

antichachectic
ANTICHACHEC'TIC, n. A medicine that tends to correct an ill habit of body.

2790

antichristian
ANTICHRIS'TIAN, a. Pertaining to antichrist; opposite to or opposing the christian ...

2791

antichristianism
ANTICHRIS'TIANISM, n. Opposition or contrariety to the christian religion.

2792

antichristianity
ANTICHRISTIAN'ITY, n. Opposition or contrariety to christianity.

2793

antichronism
ANTICH'RONISM, n. [Gr. time.] Deviation from the true order of time.

2794

anticipate
ANTIC'IPATE, v.t. [L. anticipo, of ante, before, and capio, to take.]1. To take or act, before ...

2795

anticipated
ANTIC'IPATED, pp. Taken before; foretasted; foreseen; precluded; prevented.

2796

anticipating
ANTIC'IPATING, ppr. Taking before; foretasting; precluding; preventing.

2797

anticipation
ANTICIPA'TION, n. 1. The act of taking up, placing, or considering something before the proper ...

2798

anticipator
ANTIC'IPATOR, n. One who anticipates.

2799

anticipatory
ANTIC'IPATORY, a. Taking before the time.

2800

anticlimax
ANTICLI'MAX, n. [Gr. opposite, and climax. See Climate.]A sentence in which the ideas fall or ...

2801

anticly
AN'TICLY, adv. In an antic manner; with odd postures and gesticulations; with fanciful appearance.

2802

anticmask
AN'TICMASK or AN'TIMASK, n. A mask of antics.

2803

anticonstitutional
ANTICONSTITU'TIONALIST, n. One opposed to the constitution.

2804

anticonstitutional
ANTICONSTITU'TIONALIST, n. One opposed to the constitution.

2805

anticontagionist
ANTICONTA'GIONIST, n. One who opposes the doctrine of contagion.

2806

anticontagious
ANTICONTA'GIOUS, a. [and contagious.] Opposing or destroying contagion.

2807

anticonvulsive
ANTICONVUL'SIVE, a. [and convulsive.] Good against convulsions.

2808

anticor
AN'TICOR, n. [anti, and L. cor, the heart.]Among farriers, an inflammation in a horse's throat, ...

2809

anticosmetic
ANTICOSMET'IC, a. [anti and cosmetic. See Cosmetic.] Destructive or injurious to ...

2810

anticourt
AN'TICOURT, a. In opposition to the court. [Not used.]

2811

anticourtier
ANTICOURTIER, n. anticortyer. [anti and courtier.]One who opposed the court, or the measures of ...

2812

anticreator
ANTICREA'TOR, n. One that opposes the creator.

2813

antidemocratic
ANTIDEMOCRAT'IC,

2814

antidemocratical
ANTIDEMOCRAT'ICAL, a. Opposing democracy; contrary to government by the people.

2815

antidotal
AN'TIDOTAL, a. That has the quality of preventing the ill effects of poison, or of any thing ...

2816

antidote
AN'TIDOTE, n. [against, to give.]1. A medicine to counteract the effects of poison, or of any ...

2817

antidotical
ANTIDO'TICAL, a. Serving as an antidote.

2818

antidotically
ANTIDO'TICALLY, adv. By way of antidote.

2819

antidysenteric
ANTIDYSENTER'IC, a. [Gr. against, and dysenteric.] Good against the dysentery, or bloody ...

2820

antiemetic
ANTIEMET'IC, a. [Gr. against, and emetic, from to vomit.] Having the quality of allaying ...

2821

antienneahedral
ANTIENNEAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. opposite, nine, and side.]In crystallography, having nine faces on two ...

2822

antienthusiastic
ANTIENTHUSIAS'TIC, a. [anti and enthusiastic.] Opposing enthusiasm.

2823

antientry
AN'TIENTRY, n. [More correctly, ancientry.] Cast of antiquity; that which is ancient.

2824

antiepiscopal
ANTIEPISC'OPAL, a. Adverse to episcopacy.

2825

antievangelical
ANTIEVANGEL'ICAL, a. Contrary to orthodoxy, or the genuine sense of the gospel.

2826

antiface
AN'TIFACE, n. Opposite face.

2827

antifanatic
ANTIFANAT'IC, n. An opposer of fanaticism.

2828

antifebrile
ANTIFE'BRILE, a. [against, and febrile.]That has the quality of abating fever; opposing or tending ...

2829

antiflattering
ANTIFLAT'TERING, a. Opposite to flattery.

2830

antigugler
ANTIGUG'LER, n. [anti and guggle.]A crooked tube of metal, so bent as to be introduced into the ...

2831

antihectic
ANTIHEC'TIC, a. [Gr. against, and hectic.]That has the quality of opposing or curing hectical ...

2832

antihypnotic
ANTIHYPNOT'IC, a. [Gr. sleep.]Counteracting sleep; tending to prevent sleep or ...

2833

antihypochondriac
ANTIHYPOCHOND'RIAC, a. [Gr. hypochondriac.]That counteracts or tends to cure hypochondriac ...

2834

antihypophora
ANTIHYPOPH'ORA, n. [Gr. an inference.]In rhetoric, a figure which consists in refuting an ...

2835

antihysteric
ANTIHYSTER'IC, a. [Gr. uterus.] Counteracting hysterics.ANTIHYSTER'IC, n. A medicine that cures ...

2836

antilogarithm
ANTILOG'ARITHM, n. [anti and logarithm.]The complement of the logarithm of any sine, tangent or ...

2837

antilogy
ANTIL'OGY, n. [Gr. against, and speech.]A contradiction between any words or passages in an ...

2838

antimagistrical
ANTIMAGIS'TRICAL, a. Opposed to the office of magistrates. [Not used.]

2839

antimaniac
ANTIMA'NIAC,

2840

antimaniacal
ANTIMANI'ACAL, a. [anti and maniac.] Counteracting or curing madness or frenzy.

2841

antimask
AN'TIMASK, n. A lesser mask.

2842

antimetabole
ANTIMETAB'OLE, n. antimetab'oly. [Gr. against, and mutation.]In rhetoric, a setting of two things ...

2843

antimetathesis
ANTIMETATH'ESIS, n. [Gr. against, and a transposition.]In rhetoric, an inversion of the parts or ...

2844

antimeter
ANTIM'ETER, n. [Gr. measure.]An optical instrument for measuring angles, with greater accuracy ...

2845

antimetrical
ANTIMET'RICAL, a. Contrary to the rules of meter or verse.

2846

antiministerial
ANTIMINISTE'RIAL, a. [anti and ministerial.]Opposed to the ministry, or administration of ...

2847

antiministerialist
ANTIMINISTE'RIALIST, n. One that opposes the ministry.

2848

antimonarchical
ANTIMONARCH'ICAL, a. [anti, against and monarchical.]Opposed to monarchy; that opposes a kingly ...

2849

antimonarchicalnes
ANTIMONARCH'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being opposed to monarchy.

2850

antimonial
ANTIMO'NIAL, a. [from antimony.]Pertaining to antimony; relating to antimony, or partaking of its ...

2851

antimoniate
ANTIMO'NIATE, n. A compound or salt composed of antimonic acid and a base.

2852

antimoniated
ANTIMO'NIATED, a. Partaking of antimony; mixed or prepared with antimony; as antimoniated tartar.

2853

antimonic
ANTIMO'NIC, a. Pertaining to antimony; the antimonic acid is a peroxide of antimony.

2854

antimonious
ANTIMO'NIOUS, a. Pertaining to antimony. The antimonious acid is a deutoxyd of antimony.

2855

antimonite
AN'TIMONITE, n. A compound of antimonious acid and a base.

2856

antimony
AN'TIMONY, n. [Low L. antimonium.]Primarily, a metallic ore consisting of sulphur combined with a ...

2857

antimoralist
ANTIMOR'ALIST, n. An opposer of morality.

2858

antimusical
ANTIMU'SICAL, a. Opposed to music; having no ear for music.

2859

antinephritic
ANTINEPHRIT'IC, a. [anti, and nephritic, which see.]Counteracting diseases of the ...

2860

antinomian
ANTINO'MIAN, a. [Gr. against, and law.] Against law; pertaining to the Antinomians.ANTINO'MIAN, ...

2861

antinomianism
ANTINO'MIANISM, n. The tenets of Antinomians.

2862

antinomist
AN'TINOMIST, n. One who pays no regard to the law, or to good works.

2863

antinomy
AN'TINOMY, n. A contradiction between two laws, or between two parts of the same law.

2864

antiochian
ANTIO'CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Antiochus, the founder of a sect of philosophers, contemporary with ...

2865

antipapal
ANTIPA'PAL, a. Opposing popery.

2866

antipapistic
ANTIPAPIS'TIC,

2867

antipapistical
ANTIPAPIS'TICAL, a. Opposed to popery or papacy.

2868

antiparallel
ANTIPAR'ALLEL, a. Running in a contrary direction.

2869

antiparalytic
ANTIPARALYT'IC, a. [paralytic, which see.] Good against the palsy.ANTIPARALYT'IC, n. A remedy ...

2870

antipathetic
ANTIPATHET'IC,

2871

antipathetical
ANTIPATHET'ICAL, a. [See Antipathy.]Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion to a ...

2872

antipatheticalness
ANTIPATHET'ICALNESS, n. The quality or state of having an aversion or contrariety to a thing.

2873

antipathy
ANTIP'ATHY, n. [Gr. against, and feeling.]1. Natural aversion; instinctive contrariety or ...

2874

antipatriotic
ANTIPATRIOT'IC, a. Not patriotic; opposing the interests of one's country.Antipatriotic ...

2875

antipedobaptist
ANTIPEDOBAP'TIST, n. [Gr. against, a child, and baptize.]One who is opposed to the baptism of ...

2876

antiperistaltic
ANTIPERISTAL'TIC, a. [See Peristaltic.]Opposed to peristaltic; retroverted, as in vomiting; as, ...

2877

antiperistasis
ANTIPERIS'TASIS, n. [Gr. against, and a standing around.]The opposition of a contrary quality, by ...

2878

antiperistatic
ANTIPERISTAT'IC, a. Pertaining to antiperistasis.

2879

antipestilential
ANTIPESTILEN'TIAL, a. [anti and pestilential, which see.]Counteracting contagion or infection; ...

2880

antiphlogistian
ANTIPHLOGIS'TIAN, n. [anti and phlogiston, which see.] An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.

2881

antiphlogistic
ANTIPHLOGIS'TIC, a. Counteracting heat or inflammation; tending to reduce arterial action; opposed ...

2882

antiphon
AN'TIPHON, n. [See Antiphony.]The chant or alternate singing in choirs of cathedrals.

2883

antiphonal
ANTIPH'ONAL,

2884

antiphonary
ANTIPH'ONARY, n. [contrary, and sound, voice.]A service book, in the Catholic church, containing ...

2885

antiphoner
ANTIPH'ONER, n. A book of anthems or antiphons.

2886

antiphonic
ANTIPHON'IC,

2887

antiphonical
ANTIPHON'ICAL, a. [See Antiphony.] Pertaining to antiphony or alternate singing.

2888

antiphony
ANTIPH'ONY, n. [contrary, and voice.]1. The answer of one choir to another, when an anthem or ...

2889

antiphrasis
ANTIPH'RASIS, n. [Gr. against, and a form of speech.]The use of words in a sense opposite to their ...

2890

antiphrastic
ANTIPHRAS'TIC,

2891

antiphrastical
ANTIPHRAS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to antiphrasis.

2892

antipodal
ANTIP'ODAL, a. Pertaining to the antipodes; having the feet directly opposite.

2893

antipode
AN'TIPODE, n. [Gr. opposite, and foot.]One who lives on the opposite side of the globe, and of ...

2894

antipoison
ANTIPOI'SON, n. s as z. An antidote for poison.

2895

antipope
AN'TIPOPE, n. [anti and pope.]One who usurps the papal power, in opposition to the pope.AN'TIPOPE, ...

2896

antiprelatical
ANTIPRELAT'ICAL, a. Adverse to prelacy.

2897

antipriest
AN'TIPRIEST, n. An opposer or enemy of priests.

2898

antipriestcraft
ANTIPRIE'STCRAFT, n. Opposition to priestcraft.

2899

antiprinciple
ANTIPRIN'CIPLE, n. An opposite principle.

2900

antiprophet
ANTIPROPH'ET, n. An enemy or opposer of prophets.

2901

antiptosis
ANTIP'TOSIS, n. [Gr. case.]In grammar, the putting of one case for another.

2902

antipuritan
ANTIPU'RITAN, n. An opposer of puritans.

2903

antiquarian
ANTIQUA'RIAN, a. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity. As a noun, this is used for ...

2904

antiquarianism
ANTIQUA'RIANISM, n. Love of antiquities.

2905

antiquary
AN'TIQUARY, n. [L. antiquarius.]One who studies into the history of ancient things, as statues, ...

2906

antiquate
AN'TIQUATE, v.t. [L. antiquo. See Antiquary.]To make old, or obsolete; to make old in such a ...

2907

antiquated
AN'TIQUATED, pp. Grown old; obsolete; out of use; having lost its binding force by non-observance; ...

2908

antiquatedness
AN'TIQUATEDNESS, n. The state of being old or obsolete.

2909

antiquation
ANTIQUA'TION, n. The state of being antiquated.

2910

antique
ANTIQUE, a. antee'k. [L. antiquus, probably from ante.]1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; in ...

2911

antiqueness
ANTIQUENESS, n. antee'kness. The quality of being ancient; an appearance of ancient origin and ...

2912

antiquity
ANTIQ'UITY, n. [L. antiquitas.]1. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; a very ...

2913

antirevolutionary
ANTIREVOLU'TIONARY, a. [See Revolution.]Opposed to a revolution; opposed to an entire change in ...

2914

antirevolutionist
ANTIREVOLU'TIONIST, n. One who is opposed to a revolution in government.

2915

antisabbatarian
ANTISABBATA'RIAN, n. [anti and sabbath.]One of a sect who oppose the observance of the Christian ...

2916

antisabian
ANTISA'BIAN, a. [See sabian.]Opposed or contrary to Sabianism, or the worship of the celestial ...

2917

antisacerdotal
ANTISACERDO'TAL, a. Adverse to priests.

2918

antiscian
ANTIS'CIAN, ANTIS'CIANS, n. [L. antiscii, of Gr. opposite, and shadow.]In geography, the ...

2919

antiscians
ANTIS'CIAN, ANTIS'CIANS, n. [L. antiscii, of Gr. opposite, and shadow.]In geography, the ...

2920

antiscorbutic
ANTISCORBU'TIC, a. [anti and scorbutic.] which see.]Counteracting the scurvy.ANTISCORBU'TIC, n. A ...

2921

antiscripturism
ANTISCRIP'TURISM, n. Opposition to the Holy Scriptures.

2922

antiscripturist
ANTISCRIP'TURIST, n. One that denies revelation.

2923

antiseptic
ANTISEP'TIC, a. [Gr. putrid, from to putrify.]Opposing or counteracting putrefaction.ANTISEP'TIC, ...

2924

antisocial
ANTISO'CIAL, a. [See Social.]Averse to society; that tends to interrupt or destroy social ...

2925

antispasis
ANTIS'PASIS, n. [Gr. against, and to draw.]A revulsion of fluids, from one part of the body to ...

2926

antispasmodic
ANTISPASMOD'IC, a. [Gr. against, and from to draw.]Opposing spasm; resisting convulsions; as ...

2927

antispastic
ANTISPAS'TIC, a. [See Antispansis.]Causing a revulsion of fluids or humors.

2928

antisplenetic
ANTISPLENET'IC, a. [See Spleen.]Good as a remedy in diseases of the spleen.

2929

antistasis
ANTIS'TASIS, n. [Gr. Opposite, and station.]In oratory, the defense of an action from the ...

2930

antistes
ANTIS'TES, n. [L.] The chief priest or prelate.

2931

antistrophe
ANTIS'TROPHE,'TROPHY, n. [Gr. opposite, and a turning.1. In grammar, the changing of things ...

2932

antistrophon
ANTIS'TROPHON, n. A figure which repeats a word often.

2933

antistrumatic
ANTISTRUMAT'IC, a. [anti and struma, a scrophulous swelling.]Good against scrophulous disorders.

2934

antithesis
ANTITH'ESIS, n. [Gr. from, to place.]1. In rhetoric, an opposition of words or sentiments; ...

2935

antithetic
ANTITHET'IC,

2936

antithetical
ANTITHET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing or ...

2937

antitrinitarian
ANTITRINITA'RIAN, n. [anti and trinitarian, which see.]One who denies the trinity or the existence ...

2938

antitrinitarianism
ANTITRINITA'RIANISM, n. A denial of the trinity.

2939

antitype
AN'TITYPE, n. [Gr. against, and a type, or pattern.]A figure corresponding to another figure; that ...

2940

antitypical
ANTITYP'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.

2941

antivariolous
ANTIVARIO'LOUS, a. [anti and variolous, which see.]Opposing the small pox.

2942

antler
ANT'LER, n. [From the root of ante, before. See Ante.]A start or branch of a horn, especially of ...

2943

antlered
ANT'LERED, a. Furnished with antlers.

2944

antonian
ANTO'NIAN, a. Noting certain medicinal waters in Germany, at or Tonstein.

2945

antonomasia
ANTONOMA'SIA,

2946

antonomasy
ANTONOM'ASY, n. [Gr. name.]To use of the name of some office, dignity, profession, science or ...

2947

antosiandrian
ANTOSIAN'DRIAN, n. One of a sect of rigid Lutherans, so denominated from their opposing the ...

2948

anvil
AN'VIL, n. [The Latin word incus, incudis,is formed by a like analogy fromin and cudo, to hammer, ...

2949

anxiety
ANXI'ETY, n. angzi'ety. [L. anxietas, from anxius, solicitous; L. ango. See Anger.]1. concern ...

2950

anxious
ANX'IOUS, a ank'shus. 1. Greatly concerned or solicitous, respecting something future or unknown; ...

2951

anxiously
ANX'IOUSLY, adv. In an anxious manner; solicitously; with painful uncertainty; carefully; ...

2952

anxiousness
ANX'IOUSNESS, n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude.

2953

any
AN'Y, a. en'ny.1. One indefinitely.Nor knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. Math. 11.If a ...

2954

any-wise
ANY-WISE is sometimes used adverbially, but the two words may be separated, and used with a ...

2955

aonian
AO'NIAN, a. [From aonia, a part of Boeotia, in Greece.]Pertaining to the muses, or to Aonia in ...

2956

aorist
A'ORIST, n. [Gr. indefinite, of a priv. and limit.]The name of certain tenses in the grammar of ...

2957

aoristic
AORIST'IC, a. Indefinite; pertaining to an aorist, or indefinite tense.

2958

aorta
AORT'A, n. [Gr. the great artery; also an ark or chest.]The great artery, or trunk of the arterial ...

2959

aortal
AORT'AL, a. Pertaining to the aorta, or great artery.

2960

aouta
AOU'TA, n. The paper-mulberry tree in Otaheite, from whose bark is manufactured a cloth worn by ...

2961

apace
APA'CE, adv. [a and pace.]With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily; with haste; hastily; applied ...

2962

apagoge
AP'AGOGE,

2963

apagogical
APAGOG'ICAL, a. An apagogical demonstration is an indirect way of proof, by showing the absurdity ...

2964

apagogy
AP'AGOGY, n. [Gr. from, to draw aside, of from and to drive.]1. In logic abduction; a kind of ...

2965

apalachian
APALACH'IAN, a. Pertaining to the Apalaches, a tribe of Indians, in the westen part of Georgia. ...

2966

apanthropy
APAN'THROPY, n. [Gr. from, and man.]An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

2967

aparithmesis
APARITH'MESIS, n. [Gr.] In rhetoric, enumeration.

2968

apart
AP'ART, adv. [a and part; See Part.]1. Separately; at a distance; in a state of separation, as ...

2969

apartment
AP'ARTMENT, n. [See Part.]A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by ...

2970

apathetic
APATHET'IC, a. Void of feeling; free from passion; insensible.

2971

apathy
AP'ATHY, n. [Gr. passion.]Want of feeling; an utter privation of passion, or insensibility to ...

2972

apatite
AP'ATITE, n. [From Gr. to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.]A variety of ...

2973

ape
APE, n.1. A genus of quadrupeds, found in the torrid zone of both continents, of a great variety ...

2974

apeak
APE'AK, adv. [a and peak, a point. See peak.]1. One the point; in a posture to pierce.2. In ...

2975

apennine
AP'ENNINE, a. [L. apenninus; ad and penninus, an epithet applied to a peak or ridge of the ...

2976

apennines
AP'ENNINES, n. The mountains above described.

2977

apepsy
APEP'SY, n. [Gr. diges.]Defective digestion; indigestion. [Little used.]

2978

aper
A'PER, n. One who apes. in zoology, the wild boar.

2979

aperient
APE'RIENT, a. [L. aperiens, aperio.]Opening; that has the quality of opening; deobstruent; ...

2980

aperitive
APER'ITIVE, a. Opening; deobstruent; aperient.

2981

apert
APERT', a. [L. apertus.] Open; evident; undisguised. [Not used.]

2982

apertion
APER'TION, n. The act of opening; the state of being opened; an opening; a gap, aperture, or ...

2983

apertly
APERT'LY, adv. Openly [Little used.]

2984

apertness
APERT'NESS, n. [L. apertus.] Openness. [Rarely used.]

2985

apertor
APERT'OR, n. A muscle that raises the upper eye lid.

2986

aperture
AP'ERTURE, n.1. The act of opening; more generally, an opening; a gap, cleft or chasm; a passage ...

2987

apetalous
APET'ALOUS, a. [Gr. a flower-leaf or petal.]In botany, having no petals, or flower-leaves; having ...

2988

apetalousness
APET'ALOUSNESS, n. A state of being without petals.

2989

apex
A'PEX, n. plu. apexes. [L. apex, plu. apices.]The tip, point of summit of any thing. In ...

2990

apexes
A'PICES, A'PEXES. [See Apex, and Anther.]

2991

aphanite
APH'ANITE, n. [Gr. to appear.]In mineralogy, compact amphibole in a particular state.

2992

aphelion
APHE'LION, n. [Gr. from, and the sun.]That point of a planet's orbit which is most distant from ...

2993

apheresis
APHERE'SIS, n. [Gr. from, and to take.]1. The taking of a litter or syllable from the beginning ...

2994

aphidivorous
APHIDIV'OROUS, a. [of aphis, the puceron or vine fretter, and voro, to eat.]Eating, devouring, or ...

2995

aphilanthropy
APHILAN'THROPY, n. [of a neg. and to love, and man.]Want of love to mankind. In medicine, the ...

2996

aphis
A'PHIS, n. In zoology, the puceron, vine fretter, or plant-louse; a genus of insects, belonging to ...

2997

aphlogistic
APHLOGIS'TIC, a. [Gr. inflammable.]Flameless; as an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is ...

2998

aphony
APH'ONY, n. [Gr. voice.]A loss of voice; a palsy of the tongue; dumbness; catalepsy.

2999

aphorism
APH'ORISM, n. [Gr. determination, distinction; from to separate.]A maxim; a precept, or principle ...

3000

aphorismer
APHORISM'ER, n. A dealer in aphorisms.

3001

aphoristic
APHORIS'TIC,

3002

aphoristical
APHORIS'TICAL, a. In the form of an aphorism; in the form of short unconnected sentences; as an ...

3003

aphoristically
APHORIS'TICALLY, adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms.

3004

aphrite
APH'RITE, n. [Gr. froth; the schaum erde, or earth scum, of Werner; the silvery chalk of Kirwan.]A ...

3005

aphrizite
APH'RIZITE, n. A variety of black tourmalin.

3006

aphrodisiac
APHRODIS'IAC,

3007

aphrodisiacal
APHRODISI'ACAL, a. [Gr. venereal, Venus, from froth.]Exciting venereal desire; increasing the ...

3008

aphrodita
APHRODI'TA, n. 1. In zoology, a genus of the order of Molluscas, called also sea-mouse. The body ...

3009

aphrodite
APH'RODITE, n. [Gr.] A follower of Venus.APH'RODITE,

3010

aphthong
APH'THONG, n. [Gr. without, and sound.]A letter or combination of letters, which, in the customary ...

3011

aphthous
APH'THOUS, a. [Gr. ulcers in the mouth.]Pertaining to thrush; of the nature of thrush or ulcerous ...

3012

aphyllous
APH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. a leaf.]In botany, destitute of leaves, as the rush, mushrooms, garlic, some ...

3013

apiary
A'PIARY, n. [L. apiarium, of apis, a bee.]The place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees.

3014

apiaster
A'PIASTER, n. [From apis, a bee.]The bird called a bee-eater, a species of merops. The apiaster ...

3015

apices
A'PICES, A'PEXES. [See Apex, and Anther.]

3016

apiece
APIE'CE, adv. [a and piece.]To each; noting the share of each; as here is an orange apiece.

3017

apis
A'PIS, n. In mythology, an ox, worshiped in ancient Egypt, or a divinity or idol in the figure of ...

3018

apish
A'PISH, a. [See Ape.] Having the qualities of an ape; inclined to imitate in a servile manner; ...

3019

apishly
A'PISHLY, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

3020

apishness
A'PISHNESS, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

3021

apitpat
APIT'PAT, With quick beating or palpitation; a word formed from the sound, pit and pat, or from ...

3022

aplanatic
APLANAT'IC, a. [Gr. to wander.]An aplanatic telescope is one which entirely corrects the ...

3023

aplome
APLO'ME, n. [Gr. simple.]A mineral closely allied to garnet. It is considered by Jameson, as ...

3024

apluster
APLUS'TER,

3025

aplustre
APLUS'TRE, n. [L. from Gr. the summit of the poop of a ship.]An ensign, or ornament carried by ...

3026

apocalypse
APOC'ALYPSE, n. apoc'alyps. [Gr. from to disclose; and to cover.]Revelation; discovery; ...

3027

apocalyptic
APOCALYP'TIC,

3028

apocalyptical
APOCALYP'TICAL, a. Containing or pertaining to revelation; disclosing.

3029

apocalyptically
APOCALYP'TICALLY, adv. By revelation; in the manner of disclosure.

3030

apocopate
APOC'OPATE, v.t. [See apocope.]To cut off, or drop the last letter or syllable of a word.

3031

apocopated
APOC'OPATED, pp. Shortened by the omission of the last letter or syllable.

3032

apocopating
APOC'OPATING, ppr. Cutting off, or omitting the last letter or syllable.

3033

apocope
APOC'OPE,

3034

apocopy
APOC'OPY, n. [Gr. abscission, of and to cut.]The cutting off, or omission of the last letter or ...

3035

apocrisary
APOC'RISARY, n. [Gr. from answer, to answer.]Anciently a resident in an imperial city, in the name ...

3036

apocrustic
APOCRUST'IC, a. [Gr. from, to drive from.]Astringent; repelling.APOCRUST'IC, n. A medicine which ...

3037

apocrypha
APOC'RYPHA, n. [Gr. from, to conceal.]Literally such things as are not published; but in an ...

3038

apocryphal
APOC'RYPHAL, a. Pertaining to the apecrypha; not canonical; of uncertain authority or credit; ...

3039

apocryphally
APOC'RYPHALLY, adv. Uncertainly; not indisputably.

3040

apocryphalness
APOC'RYPHALNESS, n. Uncertainty, as to authenticity; doubtfulness of credit, or genuineness.

3041

apodal
AP'ODAL, a. [See apode.]Without feet; in zoology, destitute of ventral fins.

3042

apode
AP'ODE, n. [Gr. foot.]An animal that has no feet, applied to certain fabulous fowls, which are ...

3043

apodictic
APODIC'TIC,

3044

apodictical
APODIC'TICAL, a. [Gr. evidence, of an to show.]Demonstrative; evident beyond contradiction; ...

3045

apodictically
APODIC'TICALLY, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

3046

apodosis
APOD'OSIS, n. [Gr.] The application or latter part of a similitude.

3047

apogee
AP'OGEE, n. [apogeon, apogeum; Gr. from, and the earth.]That point in the orbit of a a planet, ...

3048

apogon
AP'OGON, n. A fish of the Mediterranean, the summit of whose head is elevated.

3049

apograph
AP'OGRAPH n. [Gr.] An exemplar; a copy or transcript.

3050

apollinarian
APOLLINA'RIAN, a. [From Apollo.]The Apollinarian games, in Roman antiquity, were celebrated in ...

3051

apollinarians
APOLLINA'RIANS, in Church history, a sect, deriving their name from Apollinaris, bishop of ...

3052

apollyon
APOL'LYON, n. [Gr. destroying.]The destroyer; a name used Rev. 9:11, for the angel of the ...

3053

apologetic
APOLOGET'IC,

3054

apologetical
APOLOGET'ICAL, a. [Gr. to speak in defense of; and speech.]Defending by words or arguments; ...

3055

apologetically
APOLOGET'ICALLY, adv. By way of apology or excuse.

3056

apologist
APOL'OGIST, n. [See Apology.]One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of ...

3057

apologize
APOL'OGIZE, v.i. To make an apology; to write or speak in favor of, or to make excuse for; ...

3058

apologue
AP'OLOGUE, n. ap'olog. [Gr. a long speech, a fable.]A moral fable; a story or relation of ...

3059

apology
APOL'OGY, n. [Gr. discourse.]An excuse; something said or written in defense or extenuation of ...

3060

aponeurosis
APONEURO'SIS,

3061

aponeurosy
APONEU'ROSY, n. [Gr. from, and to send.]An expansion of a tendon in the manner of a membrane; the ...

3062

apopemptic
APOPEMP'TIC, a. [Gr. from, and a nerve.]Denoting a song or hymn among the ancients, sung or ...

3063

apophasis
APOPH'ASIS, n. [Gr. from, and form of speech.]In rhetoric, a waving or omission of what one, ...

3064

apophlegmatic
APOPHLEGMAT'IC, a. [Gr. from, and phlegm.]Masticatory; having the quality of exciting discharges ...

3065

apophlegmatism
APOPHLEG'MATISM, n. An apophlegmatic.

3066

apophlegmatizant
APOPHLEGMAT'IZANT, n. An apophlegmatic.

3067

apophthegm
AP'OPHTHEGM,

3068

apophyge
APOPH'YGE,

3069

apophygy
APOPH'YGY, n. [Gr. from, and flight.]1. In architecture, the part of a column, where it springs ...

3070

apophyllite
APOPH'YLLITE, n. [Gr. from, and a leaf; so called because of its tendency to exfoliate.]A mineral ...

3071

apophysis
APOPH'YSIS,

3072

apophysy
APOPH'YSY, n. [Gr. from, and growth.]The projecting soft end or protuberance of a bone; a process ...

3073

apoplectic
APOPLEC'TIC,

3074

apoplectical
APOPLEC'TICAL, a. [See apoplexy.] Pertaining to or consisting in apoplexy, as an apoplectic fit; ...

3075

apoplexed
AP'OPLEXED, a. Affected with apoplexy.

3076

apoplexy
AP'OPLEXY, n. [Gr. from, to strike.]A sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion, ...

3077

aporia
APO'RIA, n. [Gr. from a way or passage.]1. In rhetoric, a doubting or being at a loss where to ...

3078

aporime
AP'ORIME, n. [See Apory.] A problem difficult to be resolved.

3079

aporon
AP'ORON,

3080

apory
AP'ORY,

3081

aposiopesis
APOSIOPE'SIS,

3082

aposiopesy
APOSIO'PESY, n. [Gr. of to be silent.]Reticence or suppression; as when a speaker for some cause, ...

3083

apostasy
APOS'TASY, n. [Gr. a defection, to depart.]1. An abandonment of what one has professed; a total ...

3084

apostate
APOS'TATE, n. [Gr.]One who has forsaken the church, sect or profession to which he before adhered. ...

3085

apostatical
APOSTAT'ICAL, a. After the manner of an apostate.

3086

apostatize
APOS'TATIZE, v.i. To abandon one's profession or church; to forsake principles or faith which one ...

3087

apostatizing
APOS'TATIZING, ppr. Abandoning a church, profession, sect or party.

3088

apostemate
APOS'TEMATE, v.i. To form into an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.

3089

apostemation
APOSTEMA'TION, n. The formation of an aposteme; the process of gathering into an abscess; written ...

3090

apostematous
APOSTEM'ATOUS, a. Pertaining to an abscess; partaking of the nature of an aposteme.

3091

aposteme
AP'OSTEME, n. [Gr. from to go off, to recede; and to stand.]An abscess; a swelling filled with ...

3092

apostle
APOS'TLE, n. [L. apostalus; Gr. to send away, to sent.]A person deputed to execute some important ...

3093

apostle-ship
APOSTLE-SHIP, n. The office or dignity of an apostle.

3094

apostolate
APOS'TOLATE, n. A mission; the dignity or office of an apostle. Ancient writers use it for the ...

3095

apostolic
APOSTOL'IC

3096

apostolical
APOSTOL'ICAL, a. 1. Pertaining or relating to the apostles, as the apostolic age.2. According to ...

3097

apostolically
APOSTOL'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of the apostles.

3098

apostolicalness
APOSTOL'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being apostolical, or according to the doctrines of the ...

3099

apostolics
APOSTOL'ICS, n. Certain sects so called from their pretending to imitate the practice of the ...

3100

apostrophe
APOS'TROPHE,

3101

apostrophic
APOS'TROPHIC, a. Pertaining to an apostrophe, noting the contraction of a word.

3102

apostrophize
APOS'TROPHIZE, v.i. or t. 1. To make an apostrophe, or short detached address in speaking; to ...

3103

apostrophized
APOS'TROPHIZED, pp. Addressed by way of digression; contracted by the omission of a letter or ...

3104

apostrophizing
APOS'TROPHIZING, ppr. Addressing in a digression; contracting or marking by apostrophy.

3105

apostrophy
APOS'TROPHY, n. [Gr. from and a turning.]1. In rhetoric, a diversion of speech; a digressive ...

3106

apostume
AP'OSTUME, n. An aposteme, which see.

3107

apotactite
APOTAC'TITE, n. [Gr. from to renounce; to ordain.]One of a sect of ancient christians, who, in ...

3108

apothecary
APOTH'ECARY, n. [L. and Gr. apotheca, a repository, from to deposit or lay aside, or from a ...

3109

apothegm
AP'OTHEGM,

3110

apothegmatic
APOTHEGMAT'IC,

3111

apothegmatical
APOTHEGMAT'ICAL, a. In the manner of an apothem.

3112

apothegmatist
APOTHEG'MATIST, n. A collector or maker of apothems.

3113

apothegmatize
APOTHEG'MATIZE, v.t. To utter apothems or short instructive sentences.

3114

apothem
AP'OTHEM, n. [Gr. from, and word. It would be eligible to reduce this harsh word to apothem.]A ...

3115

apotheme
AP'OTHEME, n. [See Apothecary.]In Russia, an apothecary's shop, or a shop for the preparation and ...

3116

apotheosis
APOTHE'OSIS, n. [Gr. of God.]Deification; consecration; the act of placing a prince or other ...

3117

apothesis
APOTH'ESIS, n. [Gr. to put back.]1. The reduction of a dislocated bone.2. A place on the south ...

3118

apotome
APOT'OME,

3119

apotomy
APOT'OMY, n. [Gr. to cut off.]1. In mathematics, the difference between two incommensurable ...

3120

apotrepsis
APOTREP'SIS, n. [Gr. to turn.] The resolution of a suppurating tumor.

3121

apotropy
AP'OTROPY, n. [Gr. to turn.]In ancient poetry, a verse or hymn composed for averting the wrath of ...

3122

apozem
AP'OZEM, n. [Gr. to boil.]A decoction, in which the medicinal substances of plants are extracted ...

3123

apozemical
APOZEM'ICAL, a. Like a decoction.

3124

appair
APPA'IR, v.t. To impair. [Not in use.]APPA'IR, v.i. To degenerate. [Not in use.]

3125

appall
APPALL', v.t. [L. palleo, to become pale. See Pale.]1. To depress or discourage with fear; to ...

3126

appalled
APPALL'ED, pp. Depressed or disheartened with fear; reduced.

3127

appalling
APPALL'ING, ppr. Depressing occasioned by fear; discouragement.

3128

appallment
APPALL'MENT, n. Depression occasioned by fear; discouragement.

3129

appanage
AP'PANAGE, n. 1. Lands appropriated by a prince to the maintenance of his younger sons, as their ...

3130

apparatus
APPARA'TUS, n. plu. apparatuses. [L. from apparo, to prepare, of ad and par.]1. Things provided ...

3131

apparel
APPAR'EL, n. [L. paro, apparo, to prepare; Heb. bara]1. Clothing; vesture; garments; dress.2. ...

3132

appareled
APPAR'ELED, pp. Dressed; clothed; covered as with dress; furnished.

3133

appareling
APPAR'ELING, ppr. Dressing; clothing; covering as with dress; furnishing.

3134

apparence
APPA'RENCE,

3135

apparency
APPA'RENCY, n. Appearance. [Not in use.]

3136

apparent
APPA'RENT, a. [See Appear.]1. That may be seen, or easily seen; visible to the eye; within sight ...

3137

apparently
APPA'RENTLY, adv.1. Openly; evidently; as, the goodness of God is apparently manifest in his works ...

3138

apparition
APPARI'TION, n. [See Appear.]1. In a general sense, an appearance; visibility. [Little used.]2. ...

3139

apparitor
APPAR'ITOR, n. [L. apparo, to prepare, or appareo, to attend.]Among the Romans, any officer who ...

3140

appay
APPA'Y, v.t. To satisfy. Obs. [See Pay.]

3141

appeach
APPE'ACH, v.t. To accuse; to censure, or reproach. Obs. [See Impeach.]

3142

appeachment
APPE'ACHMENT, n. Accusation; charge exhibited. Obs.

3143

appeal
APPE'AL, v.i. [L. apello; ad and pello, to drive or send; Gr. We do not see the sense of call in ...

3144

appealable
APPE'ALABLE, 1. That may be appealed; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, ...

3145

appealant
APPE'ALANT, n. One who appeals. [Not used.]

3146

appealed
APPE'ALED, pp. Removed to a higher court, as a cause; prosecuted for a crime by a private person, ...

3147

appealer
APPE'ALER, n. One who appeals; an appellor.

3148

appealing
APPE'ALING, ppr. Removing a cause to a higher tribunal; prosecuting as a private person for an ...

3149

appear
APPE'AR, v.i. [L. appareo, of ad and pareo, to appear, or be manifest.]1. To come or be in sight; ...

3150

appearance
APPE'ARANCE, n. 1. The act of coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his ...

3151

appearer
APPE'ARER, n. The person that appears.

3152

appearing
APPE'ARING, ppr. Coming in sight; becoming evident; making an external show; seeming; having the ...

3153

appeasable
APPE'ASABLE, a. That may be appeased, quieted, calmed, or pacified.

3154

appeasableness
APPE'ASABLENESS, n. The quality of being appeasable.

3155

appease
APPE'ASE, v.t. s as z. [L. pax. See Peace.]To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; ...

3156

appeased
APPE'ASED, pp. Quieted; calmed; stilled; pacified.

3157

appeasement
APPE'ASEMENT, n. The act of appeasing; the state of being in peace.

3158

appeaser
APPE'ASER, n. One who appeases, or pacifies.

3159

appeasive
APPE'ASIVE, a. Having the power to appease; mitigating; quieting.

3160

appellant
APPEL'LANT, n. [See Appeal.]1. One who appeals, or removes a cause from a lower to a higher ...

3161

appellate
APPEL'LATE, n. A person appealed, or prosecuted for a crime. [Not now used. See ...

3162

appellation
APPELLA'TION, n. [L. appellatio. See Appeal.]Name; the word by which a thing is called and known. ...

3163

appellative
APPEL'LATIVE, a. Pertaining to a common name; noting the common name of a species.APPEL'LATIVE, n. ...

3164

appellatively
APPEL'LATIVELY, adv. According to the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole ...

3165

appellatory
APPEL'LATORY, a. Containing an appeal.

3166

appellee
APPELLEE', n.1. The defendant in an appeal.2. The person who is appealed, or prosecuted by a ...

3167

appellor
APPELLOR', n. The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.This word is ...

3168

append
APPEND', v.t. [L. appendo, of ad and pendeo, to hand.]1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so ...

3169

appendage
APPEND'AGE n. Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a ...

3170

appendance
APPEND'ANCE,

3171

appendant
APPEND'ANT, a.1. hanging to; annexed; belonging to something; attached; as, a seal appendant to a ...

3172

appended
APPEND'ED, pp. Annexed; attached.

3173

appendence
APPEND'ENCE, n. Something annexed. [Not used.]

3174

appendicate
APPEND'ICATE, v.t. To append; to add to. Obs.

3175

appendication
APPENDICA'TION, n. An appendage or adjunct. Obs.

3176

appendicle
APPEND'ICLE, n. A small appendage.

3177

appending
APPEND'ING, n. That which is by right annexed.

3178

appendix
APPEND'IX, n. plu. appendixes. [L. The Latin plural is appendices. See Append.]1. something ...

3179

apperception
APPERCEP'TION, n. [ad and perception.]Perception that reflects upon itself; consciousness.

3180

appercetive
APPERCE'TIVE, v.t. To comprehend. Obs.

3181

apperil
APPER'IL, n. Peril; danger, [Not in use.]

3182

appertain
APPERTA'IN, v.i. [L. ad and pertineo, to pertain, of per and teneo, to hold. Pertineo is to reach ...

3183

appertaining
APPERTA'INING, pp. Belonging.

3184

appertainment
APPERTA'INMENT, n. That which belongs.

3185

appertenence
APPER'TENENCE, n. [See Appurtenance.]

3186

appertinent
APPER'TINENT, a. Belonging; now written appurtenant.APPER'TINENT, n. That which belongs to ...

3187

appetence
AP'PETENCE,

3188

appetency
AP'PETENCY, n. [L. appetentia, appetens, from appeto, to desire; of ad and peto, to ask, ...

3189

appetent
AP'PETENT, a. Desiring; very desirous.

3190

appetibility
APPETIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being desirable for gratification.

3191

appetible
AP'PETIBLE, a. [Low L. appetibilis, from appeto. Desirable; that may be the object of sensual ...

3192

appetite
AP'PETITE, n. [L. appetitus, from appeto. See Appetence.]1. The natural desire of pleasure or ...

3193

appetition
APPETI'TION, n. [L. appetitio.] Desire. [Rarely used.]

3194

appetitive
AP'PETITIVE, a. That desires; that has the quality of desiring gratification; as appetitive power ...

3195

appian
AP'PIAN, a. Designating something that belongs to Appius, particularly a way from Rome through ...

3196

applaud
APPLAUD', v.t. [L. applaudo; ad and plaudo, to make a noise by clapping the hands; Eng. loud.]1. ...

3197

applauded
APPLAUD'ED, pp. Praised by acclamation, or other means; commended.

3198

applauder
APPLAUD'ER, n. One who praises or commends.

3199

applauding
APPLAUD'ING, ppr. praising by acclamation; commending.

3200

applause
APPLAUSE', n. s as z. [L. applausus.]A shout of approbation; approbation and praise, expressed by ...

3201

applausive
APPLAU'SIVE, a. Applauding; containing applause.

3202

apple
AP'PLE, n.1. The fruit of the apple tree, [pyrus malus,] from which cider is made.2. The apple of ...

3203

apple-graft
AP'PLE-GRAFT, n. A scion of the appletree engrafted.

3204

apple-harvest
AP'PLE-HARVEST, n. The gathering of apples, or the time of gathering.

3205

apple-pie
AP'PLE-PIE, n. a pie made of apples stewed or baked, inclosed in paste, or covered with paste, as ...

3206

apple-sauce
AP'PLE-SAUCE, n. A sauce made of stewed apples.

3207

apple-tart
AP'PLE-TART, n. A tart made of apples baked on paste.

3208

apple-tree
AP'PLE-TREE, n. A tree arranged by Linne under the genus pyrus. The fruit of this tree is ...

3209

apple-woman
AP'PLE-WOMAN, n. A woman who sells apples and other fruit.

3210

apple-yard
AP'PLE-YARD, n. An orchard; an inclosure for apples.

3211

appliable
APPLI'ABLE, a. [See Apply.] That may be applied. This word is superseded by applicable.

3212

appliance
APPLI'ANCE, n. The act of applying, or thing applied. Obs.

3213

applicability
APPLICABIL'ITY, n. [See Apply.] The quality of being applicable, or fit to be applied.

3214

applicable
AP'PLICABLE, a. That may be applied; fit to be applied, as related to a thing; that may have ...

3215

applicableness
AP'PLICABLENESS, n. Fitness to be applied; the quality of being applicable.

3216

applicably
AP'PLICABLY, adv. In such a manner that it may be applied.

3217

applicant
AP'PLICANT, n. One who applies; one who makes request; a petitioner.The applicant for a cup of ...

3218

applicate
AP'PLICATE, n. A right line drawn across a curve, so as to be bisected by the diameter; an ...

3219

applicate-ordinate
AP'PLICATE-ORDINATE. A right line at right angles applied to the axis of any conic section, and ...

3220

application
APPLICA'TION, n. [L. applicatio. See Apply.]1. The act of laying on; as the application of ...

3221

applicative
AP'PLICATIVE, a. That applies.

3222

applicatory
AP'PLICATORY, a. That includes the act of applying.AP'PLICATORY, n. That which applies.

3223

applied
APPLI'ED, pp. Put on; put to: directed; employed.

3224

appliedly
APPLI'EDLY, adv. In a manner which may be applied. [Not in use.]

3225

applier
APPLI'ER, n. One that applies.

3226

appliment
APPLI'MENT, n. Application. [Not in use.]

3227

apply
APPLY', v.t. [L. applico, of ad and plico, to fold or knit together; Gr. to knit, or twist; Eng. ...

3228

applying
APPLY'ING, ppr. Laying on; making application.

3229

appoint
APPOINT', v.t. 1. To fix; to settle; to establish; to make fast.When he appointed the foundations ...

3230

appointable
APPOINT'ABLE, a. That may be appointed or constituted; as, officers are appointable by the ...

3231

appointed
APPOINT'ED, pp. 1. Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted.2. ...

3232

appointee
APPOINTEE', n. 1. A person appointed. "The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and ...

3233

appointer
APPOINT'ER, n. One who appoints.

3234

appointing
APPOINT'ING, ppr. Setting; fixing; ordaining; constituting; assigning.

3235

appointment
APPOINT'MENT, n.1. The act of appointing; designation to office; as, he erred by the appointment ...

3236

apporter
APPO'RTER, n. [L. porto.] A bringer in; one that brings into the country. [Not in use.]

3237

apportion
APPO'RTION, v.t. [L. ad and portio, portion. See Portion and Part.]To divide and assign in just ...

3238

apportioned
APPO'RTIONED, Divided; set out or assigned in suitable parts or shares.

3239

apportioner
APPO'RTIONER, n. One that apportions.

3240

apportioning
APPO'RTIONING, ppr. Setting out in just proportions or shares.

3241

apportionment
APPO'RTIONMENT, n. The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a dividing ...

3242

appose
APPO'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. appono. See Apposite.]1. To put questions; to examine. [See Post.]2. ...

3243

apposer
APPO'SER, n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. In the English Court of ...

3244

apposite
AP'POSITE, a. s as z. [L. appositus, set or put to, from appono, of ad and pono, to put or ...

3245

appositely
AP'POSITELY, adv. Suitably; fitly; properly.

3246

appositeness
AP'POSITENESS, n. Fitness; propriety; suitableness.

3247

apposition
APPOSI'TION, n. 1. The act of adding to; addition; a setting to.By the opposition of new ...

3248

appraise
APPRA'ISE, v.t. [L. ad and pretium, price. See Price and Appreciate.]This word is written and ...

3249

appraisement
APPRA'ISEMENT, n. The act of setting the value; a valuation. [See Appreciate.]

3250

appraiser
APPRA'ISER, n. One who values; appropriately a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the ...

3251

appreciable
APPRE'CIABLE, a. apprishable. [See Appreciate.]1. That may be appreciated; valuable.2. That may ...

3252

appreciate
APPRE'CIATE, v.t. apprishate. [L. ad and pretium, value, price. See Price.]1. To value; to set ...

3253

appreciated
APPRE'CIATED, pp. Valued; prized; estimated; advanced in value.

3254

appreciating
APPRE'CIATING, ppr. Setting a value on; estimating; rising in value.

3255

appreciation
APPRECIA'TION, n. 1. A setting a value on; a just valuation or estimate of merit, weight, or any ...

3256

apprehend
APPREHEND', v.t. [L. apprehendo, of ad and prehendo, to take or seize.]1. To take or seize; to ...

3257

apprehended
APPREHEND'ED, pp. Taken; seized; arrested; conceived; understood; feared.

3258

apprehender
APPREHEND'ER, n. One who takes; one who conceives in his mind; one who fears.

3259

apprehending
APPREHEND'ING, ppr. Seizing; taking; conceiving; understanding; fearing.

3260

apprehensible
APPREHEN'SIBLE, a. That may be apprehended or conceived.

3261

apprehension
APPREHEN'SION, n. 1. The act of taking or arresting; as, the felon, after his apprehension ...

3262

apprehensive
APPREHEN'SIVE, a. 1. Quick to understand; as, an apprehensive scholar.2. Fearful; in expectation ...

3263

apprehensively
APPREHEN'SIVELY, adv. In an apprehensive manner.

3264

apprehensiveness
APPREHEN'SIVENESS, n. The quality of being apprehensive; readiness to understand; fearfulness.

3265

apprentice
APPREN'TICE, n. [L. apprehendo. See Apprehend.]1. One who is bound by covenant to serve a ...

3266

apprenticehood
APPREN'TICEHOOD, n. Apprenticeship. [Not used.]

3267

apprenticeship
APPREN'TICESHIP, n. 1. The term for which an apprentice is bound to serve his master. This term ...

3268

apprentisage
APPREN'TISAGE, n. Apprenticeship. [Not used.]

3269

apprest
APPREST', [ad and pressed.]In botany, pressed close; lying near the stem; or applying its upper ...

3270

apprise
APPRI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Apprehend.]To inform; to give notice, verbal or written; followed by ...

3271

apprised
APPRI'SED, pp. Informed; having notice or knowledge communicated.

3272

apprising
APPRI'SING, ppr. Informing; communicating notice to.

3273

apprize
APPRI'ZE, v.t. To value; to set a value, in pursuance of authority. It is generally used for the ...

3274

apprized
APPRI'ZED, pp. Valued; having the worth fixed by authorized persons.

3275

apprizement
APPRI'ZEMENT, n.1. The act of setting a value under some authority or appointment; a valuation.2. ...

3276

apprizer
APPRI'ZER, n. a person appoointed to rate, or set a value on articles. When apprizers act under ...

3277

apprizing
APPRI'ZING, ppr. Rating; setting a value under authority.APPRI'ZING, n. The act of valuing under ...

3278

approach
APPROACH, v.i. [The Latin proximus contains the root, but the word, in the positive degree, is not ...

3279

approachable
APPROACHABLE, a. That may be approached; accessible.

3280

approacher
APPROACHER, n. One who approaches or draws near.

3281

approaching
APPROACHING, ppr. Drawing nearer; advancing nearer.

3282

approachment
APPROACHMENT, n. The act of coming near. [Little used.]

3283

approbate
AP'PROBATE, a. [L. approbatus.] Approved.AP'PROBATE, v.t. [L. approbo, to approve, of ad and ...

3284

approbated
AP'PROBATED, pp. Approved; commended.

3285

approbating
AP'PROBATING, ppr. Expressing approbation of.

3286

approbation
APPROBA'TION, n. [L. approbatio. See Proof and Prove.]1. The act of approving; a liking; that ...

3287

approbative
AP'PROBATIVE, a. Approving; implying approbation.

3288

approbatory
AP'PROBATORY, a. Comtaining approbation; expressing approbation.

3289

approff
APPROFF', n. Approval. [Not used.]

3290

apprompt
APPROMPT', Prompt. [Not used.]

3291

approperate
APPRO'PERATE, v.t. [L. appropero.] To hasten. [Not used.]

3292

appropinquate
APPROPIN'QUATE, v.i. ]L. appropinquo.] To draw near. [Not used.]

3293

appropinquation
APPROPINQUA'TION, n. A drawing night. [Not used.]

3294

appropinque
APPROPINQUE, v.i. To approach. [Not used.]

3295

appropriable
APPRO'PRIABLE, a. [From appropriate.]That may be appropriated; that may be set apart, sequestered, ...

3296

appropriate
APPRO'PRIATE, v.t. [L. ad and proprius, private, peculiar. See Proper.]1. To set apart for, or ...

3297

appropriated
APPRO'PRIATED, pp. Assigned to a particular use; claimed or used exclusively; annexed to an ...

3298

appropriateness
APPRO'PRIATENESS, n. Peculiar fitness; the quality of being appropriate, or peculiarly suitable.

3299

appropriating
APPRO'PRIATING, ppr. Assigning to a particular person or use; claiming or using exclusively; ...

3300

appropriation
APPROPRIA'TION, n.1. The act of sequestering, or assigning to a particular use or person, in ...

3301

appropriator
APPRO'PRIATOR, n.1. One who appropriates.2. One who is possessed of an appropriated benefice.

3302

approprietary
APPRO'PRIETARY, n. A lay possessor of the profits of a benefice.

3303

approvable
APPROV'ABLE, a. [See Approve.]That may be approved; that merits approbation.

3304

approval
APPROV'AL, n. Approbation. [See Approve.]

3305

approvance
APPROV'ANCE, n. Approbation. [See Approve.]

3306

approve
APPROVE', v.t. [L. approbo; of ad and probo, to prove or approve. See Approbate, Prove and ...

3307

approved
APPROV'ED, pp. Liked; commended; shown or proved to be worthy of approbation; having the ...

3308

approvement
APPROVE'MENT, n.1. Approbation; liking.2. In law, when a person indicated for felony or treason, ...

3309

approver
APPROV'ER, n. 1. One who approves. Formerly one who proves or makes trial.2. In law, one who ...

3310

approving
APPROV'ING, ppr. Liking; commending; giving or expressing approbation.APPROV'ING, a. Yielding ...

3311

approximant
APPROX'IMANT, a. Approaching. [Not used.]

3312

approximate
APPROX'IMATE, a. [L. ad and proximus, next. See approach.]Nearest to; next; near to. [This word ...

3313

approximation
APPROXIMA'TION, n.1. Approach; a drawing, moving or advancing near.2. In arithmetic and algebra, ...

3314

approximative
APPROX'IMATIVE, a. Approaching; that approaches.

3315

appulse
APPULSE, n. appuls;. [L. appulsus, of ad and pello, to drive.]1. The act of striking against; as ...

3316

appulsion
APPUL'SION, n. The act of striking against by a moving body.

3317

appulsive
APPUL'SIVE, a. Striking against; driving towards; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.

3318

appurtenance
APPUR'TENANCE, n. so written for appertenance. See Appertain.]That which belongs to something ...

3319

appurtenant
APPUR'TENANT, a. 1. Belonging to; pertaining to of right.2. In law, common appurtenant is that ...

3320

apricate
A'PRICATE, v.i. [L. apricor.] To bask in the sun. [Little used.]

3321

apricity
APRIC'ITY, n. Sunshine. [Little used.]

3322

apricot
A'PRICOT, n. A fruit belonging to the genus Prunus, of the plum kind, of an oval figure, and ...

3323

april
A'PRIL, n. [L. aprilis.] The fourth month of the year.

3324

apron
A'PRON, n. 1. A cloth or piece of leather worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes ...

3325

apron-man
A'PRON-MAN, n. A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.

3326

aproned
A'PRONED, a. Wearing an apron.

3327

apropos
AP'ROPOS, adv. ap'ropo.1. Opportunely; seasonably.2. By the way; to the purpose; a word used to ...

3328

apsis
AP'SIS, n. plu apsides. [Gr. connection, from to connect.]1. In astronomy, the apsides are the ...

3329

apt
APT, a. [L. aptus, from apto, to fit. Gr. to tie.]1. Fit; suitable; as, he used very apt ...

3330

aptable
APT'ABLE, a. That may be adapted. [Not used.]

3331

aptate
AP'TATE, v.t. To make fit. [Not used.]

3332

apter
AP'TER,

3333

aptera
AP'TERA, n. [Gr. priv. and a wing.]An insect without wings. The aptera, constituting the seventh ...

3334

apteral
AP'TERAL, a. [Supra.] Destitute of wings.

3335

aptitude
APT'ITUDE, n. [of aptus, apt.]1. A natural or acquired disposition for a particular purpose, or ...

3336

aptly
APT'LY, adv. In an apt or suitable manner; with just correspondence of parts; fitly; properly; ...

3337

aptness
APT'NESS, n.1. Fitness; suitableness; as, the aptness of things to their end.2. Disposition of ...

3338

aptote
AP'TOTE, n. [Gr. priv, and case.]In grammar, a noun which has no variation of termination, or ...

3339

apyrexy
AP'YREXY, n. [Gr. a priv., to be feverish, from fire.]The absence or intermission of fever.

3340

apyrous
AP'YROUS, a. [Gr. priv. and fire.]Incombustible, or that sustains a strong heat without alteration ...

3341

aqua
A'QUA, n. [L. aqua.]Water; a word much used in pharmacy, and the old chimistry.Aqua fortis, in the ...

3342

aquarian
AQUA'RIAN, n. One of a sect of christians, in the primitive church, who consecrated water in the ...

3343

aquarius
AQUA'RIUS, n. [L.] The water bearer; a sign in the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st day ...

3344

aquatic
AQUAT'IC, a. [L. aquaticus. See Aqua.]Pertaining to water; applied to animals which live in ...

3345

aquatile
AQ'UATILE, a. That inhabits the water. [Rarely used.]

3346

aquatinta
AQUATINT'A, n. [aqua, water. See tincture.]A method of etching on copper, by which a beautiful ...

3347

aqueduct
AQ'UEDUCT, n. [L. aqua, water, and ductus, a pipe or canal, from duco, to lead. See Duke.]A ...

3348

aqueous
A'QUEOUS, a. Watery; partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it.

3349

aqueousness
A'QUEOUSNESS, n. The quality of being watery; waterishness; wateriness.

3350

aquila
AQ'UILA, n. [L. whence aquilinus.]In ornithology, the eagle. Also a northern constellation ...

3351

aquiline
AQ'UILINE, a. [L. aquilinus. See aquilla.]1. Belonging to the eagle.2. Curving; hooked; ...

3352

aquilon
AQ'UILON, n. [L. aquilo.] The north wind.

3353

aquitanian
AQUITA'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Aquitania, one of the great divisions of Gaul, which, according to ...

3354

arabesky
ARABESK'Y, a. [See Arabian.]1. In the manner of the Arabians; applied to ornaments consisting of ...

3355

arabesque
ARABESQUE,

3356

arabian
ARA'BIAN, a. [See the noun.] Pertaining to Arabia.ARA'BIAN, n. [Arab denotes a wanderer, or a ...

3357

arabic
AR'ABIC, a. Belonging to Arabia, or the language of its inhabitants.AR'ABIC, n. The language of ...

3358

arabically
ARAB'ICALLY, adv. In the Arabian manner.

3359

arabism
AR'ABISM, n. An Arabic idiom or peculiarity of language.

3360

arabist
AR'ABIST, n. One well versed in Arabic literature.

3361

arable
AR'ABLE, a. [L. aro, Gr. to plow.]Fit for plowing or tillage; hence often applied to land which ...

3362

araby
AR'ABY, n. Arabia.

3363

arachnoid
ARACH'NOID, a. [Gr. a spider, and from; Heb. to weave, that is to stretch, to draw out; Eng. ...

3364

arachosian
ARACHO'SIAN, a. Designating a chain of mountains which divide Persia from India.

3365

araignee
ARAIGNEE' or ARRA'IGN, n. ardin.In fortification, the branch, return or gallery of a mine.

3366

araise
ARA'ISE, v.t. To raise. [Not used.]

3367

aramean
ARAME'AN, a. Pertaining to Aram, a son of Shem, or to the Chaldeans.

3368

aramism
AR'AMISM, n. An idiom of the Aramean or Chaldee language; a Chaldaism.

3369

araneous
ARA'NEOUS, a. [L. aransea, a spider, or cobweb.] Resembling a cobweb.

3370

araucanian
ARAUCA'NIAN, a Pertaining to the Araucanians, a tribe of aboriginals, inhabiting Arauco, in Chili.

3371

arbalist
'ARBALIST, n. [From arcus, a bow, and balista, L., an engine to throw stones; Gr. to throw.]A ...

3372

arbalister
'ARBALISTER, n. A cross-bowman.

3373

arbiter
'ARBITER, n. [L.]1. A person appointed, or chosen by parties in controversy, to decide their ...

3374

arbitrable
'ARBITRABLE, a. Arbitrary; depending on the will.

3375

arbitrament
ARBIT'RAMENT, n.1. Will; determination.2. The award of arbitrators. In this sense award is more ...

3376

arbitrarily
'ARBITRARILY, adv. By will only; despotically; absolutely.

3377

arbitrariness
'ARBITRARINESS, n. The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

3378

arbitrarious
ARBITRA'RIOUS, a. Arbitrary; despotic. [Not used.]

3379

arbitrariously
ARBITRA'RIOUSLY, adv. Arbitrarily. [Not used.]

3380

arbitrary
ARBITRARY, a. [L. arbitrarious.]1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed ...

3381

arbitrate
'ARBITRATE, v.i. [L. arbitror.]To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose men to arbitrate ...

3382

arbitration
ARBITRA'TION, n. 1. The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a ...

3383

arbitrator
'ARBITRATOR, n. A person chosen by a party, or by the parties who have a controversy, to determine ...

3384

arbitress
'ARBITRESS, n. A female arbiter.

3385

arbor
'ARBOR, n. [L. arbor, a tree, and the primary sense.]1. A frame of lattice work, covered with ...

3386

arborator
'ARBORATOR, n. One who plants or who prunes trees.

3387

arboreous
ARBO'REOUS, a. [L. arborecus, from arbor.]Belonging to a tree; resembling a tree; constituting a ...

3388

arborescence
ARBORES'CENCE, n. [L. arboresco, to grow to a tree.]The figure of a tree; the resemblance of a ...

3389

arborescent
ARBORES'CENT, a.1. Resembling a tree; having the figure of a tree; dendritical.2. From herbaceous ...

3390

arboret
'ARBORET, n. A small tree or shrub; a place planted or overgrown with trees.

3391

arborist
'ARBORIST, n. One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.

3392

arborization
ARBORIZA'TION, n. The appearance or figure of a tree or plant in minerals, or fossils. [See ...

3393

arborize
'ARBORIZE, v.t. To form the appearance of a tree or plant in minerals.

3394

arbuscle
'ARBUSCLE, n. [L. arbusculus, a little tree.]A dwarf tree, in size between a shrub and a tree.

3395

arbuscular
ARBUS'CULAR, a. Resembling a shrub; having the figure of small trees.

3396

arbustive
ARBUST'IVE, a. [From arbustum.]Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.

3397

arbustum
ARBUST'UM, n. [L. See Arbor.] A copse of shrubs or trees; an orchard.

3398

arbute
'ARBUTE, n. [L. arbutus.] The strawberry tree.

3399

arbutean
ARBU'TEAN, a. Pertaining to the strawberry tree.

3400

arc
'ARC, n. [L. arcus, a bow, vault or arch; arcuo, to bend; Gr. beginning, origin; to begin, to be ...

3401

arcade
ARCA'DE, n. A long or continued arch; a walk arched above.

3402

arcadian
ARCA'DIAN,

3403

arcadic
ARCA'DIC, a. Pertaining to Arcadia, a mountainous district in the heart of the Peloponnesus.

3404

arcadics
ARCA'DICS, n. The title of a book in Pausanias, which treats of Arcadia.

3405

arcane
ARCA'NE, a. [L. arcanus.] Hidden, secret. [Not much used.]

3406

arcanum
ARCA'NUM, n. [L.] A secret; generally used in the plural, arcana, secret things, mysteries.

3407

arcboutant
ARCBOUTANT, n. [See About, Abutment.] In building, an arched buttress.

3408

arch
'ARCH, n. [See Arc.] 1. A segment or part of a circle. A concave or hollow structure of stone ...

3409

archaism
'ARCHAISM, n. [Gr. ancient, from beginning.]An ancient or obsolete phrase or expression.

3410

archangel
ARCHAN'GEL, n.1. An angel of the highest order; an angel occupying the eighth rank in the ...

3411

archangelic
ARCHANGEL'IC, a. Belonging to archangels.

3412

archapostate
ARCHAPOS'TATE, n. A chief apostate.

3413

archapostle
ARCHAPOS'TLE, n. The chief apostle.

3414

archarchitect
ARCH'ARCHITECT, n. The supreme architect.

3415

archbeacon
ARCHBE'ACON, n. The chief beacon, place of prospect or signal.

3416

archbilder
ARCHBILD'ER, n. Chief builder.

3417

archbishop
ARCHBISH'OP, n. A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class; a metropolitan bishop, who ...

3418

archbishopric
ARCHBISH'OPRIC, n. [Archbishop and ric, or rick, territory or jurisdiction.]The jurisdiction or ...

3419

archbotcher
ARCHBOTCH'ER, n. The chief botcher, or mender, ironically.

3420

archbuilder
ARCHBUILD'ER,

3421

archbutler
ARCHBUT'LER, n. A chief butler; an officer of the German empire, who presents the cup to the ...

3422

archchamberlain
ARCHCHAMBERLAIN, n. A chief chamberlain; an officer of the German empire, whose office is similar ...

3423

archchancellor
ARCHCH'ANCELLOR, n. A chief chancellor; an officer in the German empire, who presides over the ...

3424

archchanter
ARCHCH'ANTER, n. The chief chanter, or president of the chanters of a church.

3425

archchimic
ARCHCHIM'IC, a. Of supreme chimical powers.

3426

archconspirator
ARCHCONSPIR'ATOR, n. Principal conspirator.

3427

archcount
ARCHCOUNT', n. A chief count; a title formerly given to the earl of Flanders, on account of his ...

3428

archcritic
ARCHCRIT'IC, n. A chief critic.

3429

archdapifer
ARCHDAP'IFER, n. [Arch, chief, and L. dapifer, a food-bearer, from daps, meat or a feast, and ...

3430

archdeacon
ARCHDE'ACON, n. [See Deacon.]In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, ...

3431

archdeaconry
ARCHDE'ACONRY, n. The office, jurisdiction or residence of an archdeacon. In England, every ...

3432

archdeaconship
ARCHDE'ACONSHIP, n. The office of an archdeacon.

3433

archdivine
ARCHDIVI'NE, n. A principal theologian.

3434

archdruid
ARCHDRU'ID, n. [See Druid.] A chief druid, or pontiff of the ancient druids.

3435

archducal
ARCHDU'CAL, a. [See Archduke.] Pertaining to an archduke.

3436

archduchess
ARCHDUCH'ESS, n. [See Duchess.] A title given to the females of the house of Austria.

3437

archduchy
ARCHDUCH'Y, n. The territory of an archduke or archduchess.

3438

archduke
ARCHDU'KE, [See Duke.] A title given to princes of the House of Austria; all the sons being ...

3439

archdukedom
ARCHDU'KEDOM, n. The territory or jurisdiction of an archduke or archduchess.

3440

arched
'ARCHED, pp. Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch.

3441

archenemy
ARCHEN'EMY, n. A principal enemy.

3442

archeological
ARCHEOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a treatise or antiquity, or to the knowledge of ancient things.

3443

archeology
ARCHEOL'OGY, n. [Gr. ancient, and discourse.]A discourse an antiquity; learning or knowledge which ...

3444

archer
'ARCHER, n. [See Arch and Arc.]A bowman; one who uses a bow in battle; one who is skilled in the ...

3445

archeress
'ARCHERESS, n. A female archer.

3446

archery
'ARCHERY, n. The use of the bow and arrow; the practice, art or skill of archers; the act of ...

3447

arches-court
'ARCHES-COURT, in England, so called from the church of St. Mary le bow (de arcubus,) whose top is ...

3448

archetypal
'ARCHETYPAL, a. Original; constituting a model or pattern.

3449

archetype
'ARCHETYPE, n. [Gr. beginning, and form.]1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model ...

3450

archeus
ARCHE'US, n. [Gr. beginning, or a chief.]A term used by the ancient chimists, to denote the ...

3451

archfelon
ARCHFEL'ON, n. [See Felon.] A chief felon.

3452

archfiend
ARCHFIE'ND, n. [See Fiend.] A chief fiend or foe.

3453

archflamen
ARCHFLAM'EN, n. A chief flamen or priest.

3454

archflatterer
ARCHFLAT'TERER, n. [See Flatter.] A chief flatterer.

3455

archfoe
ARCHFO'E, n. [See Foe.] A grand or chief enemy.

3456

archfounder
ARCHFOUND'ER, n. A chief founder.

3457

archgovernor
ARCHGOV'ERNOR, n. The chief governor.

3458

archheresy
ARCHHER'ESY, n. [See Heresy.] The greatest heresy.

3459

archheretic
ARCHHER'ETIC, n. A chief heretic.

3460

archhierey
ARCHHI'EREY, n. [Gr. chief, and priest.] A chief priest in Russia.

3461

archhypocrite
ARCHHYP'OCRITE, n. A great or chief hypocrite.

3462

archiater
ARCH'IATER, n. [Gr. chief, and physician.] Chief physician; a word used in Russia.

3463

archical
ARCH'ICAL, a. Chief; primary.

3464

archidiaconal
ARCHIDIAC'ONAL, a. [See Deacon.]Pertaining to an archdeacon; as an archidiaconal visitation.

3465

archiepiscopal
ARCHIEPIS'COPAL, a. [See Episcopal.]Belonging to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an ...

3466

archil
'ARCHIL, n. A lichen, which grows on rocks, in the Canary and Cape de Verd isles, which yields a ...

3467

archilochian
ARCHILO'CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Archilochus, the poet, who invented a verse of seven feet, the ...

3468

archilute
'ARCHILUTE, n.A large lute, a theorbo, the base-strings of which are doubled with an octave, and ...

3469

archimagus
'ARCHIMAGUS, n. [See Magician.] The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

3470

archimandrite
ARCHIMAND'RITE, n. [from mandrite, a Syriac word for monk.]In church history, a chief of the ...

3471

arching
'ARCHING, ppr. Forming an arch; covering with an arch.'ARCHING, a. Curving like an arch.

3472

archipelago
ARCHIPEL'AGO, n. [Authors are not agreed as to the origin of this word. Some suppose it to be ...

3473

architect
'ARCHITECT, n. [Gr. chief, and a workman. See Technical.]1. A person skilled in the art of ...

3474

architective
ARCHITECT'IVE, a. Used in building; proper for building.

3475

architectonic
ARCHITECTON'IC, a. That has power or skill to build.

3476

architectonics
ARCHITECTON'ICS, n. The science of architecture.

3477

architectress
ARCHITECT'RESS, n. A female architect.

3478

architectural
ARCHITECT'URAL, a. Pertaining to the art of building; that is according to the rules of ...

3479

architecture
'ARCHITECTURE, n. [L. architectura.]1. The art of building; but in a more limited and appropriate ...

3480

architrave
'ARCHITRAVE, n. [Gr. chief, and L. trabs, a beam.]In architecture, the lower division of an ...

3481

archival
'ARCHIVAL, a. [See Archives.] Pertaining to archives or records; contained in records.

3482

archivault
'ARCHIVAULT, n. [arch, chief, and vault.]In building, the inner contour of an arch, or a band ...

3483

archives
'ARCHIVES, n. plu. [Gr.; Low L. archivum.]The apartment in which records are kept; also the ...

3484

archivist
'ARCHIVIST, n. The keeper of archives or records.

3485

archlike
'ARCHLIKE, a. Built like an arch.

3486

archlute
'ARCHLUTE,

3487

archly
'ARCHLY, adv. Shrewdly; wittily; jestingly.

3488

archmagician
ARCHMAGI'CIAN, n. The chief magician.

3489

archmarshal
ARCHMAR'SHAL, n. The grand marshal of the German empire; a dignity belonging to the elector of ...

3490

archness
'ARCHNESS, n. Cunning; shrewdness; waggishness.

3491

archon
'ARCHON, n. [Gr. a prince.]The archons in Greece were chief magistrates chosen, after the death of ...

3492

archonship
'ARCHONSHIP, n. The office of an archon; or the term of his office.

3493

archontics
ARCHON'TICS, n. In church history, a branch of the Valentinians, who held that the world was not ...

3494

archpastor
ARCHP'ASTOR, n. Chief pastor, the shepherd and bishop of our souls.

3495

archphilosopher
ARCHPHILOS'OPHER, n. A chief philosopher.

3496

archpillar
ARCHPIL'LAR, n. The main pillar.

3497

archpoet
ARCHPO'ET, n. The principal poet.

3498

archpolitician
ARCHPOLITI'CIAN, n. [See Policy.] An eminent or distinguished politician.

3499

archpontiff
ARCHPON'TIFF, n. [See Pontiff.] A supreme pontiff or priest.

3500

archprelate
ARCHPRE'LATE, n. [See Prelate.] The chief prelate.

3501

archpresbyter
ARCHPRES'BYTER, n. [See Presbyter.] a chief presbyter or priest.

3502

archpresbytery
ARCHPRES'BYTERY, n. The absolute dominion of presbytery, or the chief presbytery.

3503

archpriest
ARCHPRIE'ST, n. [See Priest.] A chief priest.

3504

archprimate
ARCHPRI'MATE, n. The chief primate; an archbishop

3505

archprophet
ARCHPROPH'ET, n. Chief prophet.

3506

archprotestant
ARCHPROT'ESTANT, n. A principal or distinguished protestant.

3507

archpublican
ARCHPUB'LICAN, n. The distinguished publican.

3508

archrebel
ARCHREB'EL, n. The chief rebel

3509

archtraitor
ARCHTRA'ITOR, n. A principal traitor.

3510

archtreasurer
ARCHTREAS'URER, n. [See Treasure.]The great treasurer of the German empire; a dignity claimed by ...

3511

archtreasurership
ARCHTREAS'URERSHIP, n. The office of archtreasurer.

3512

archtyrant
ARCHTY'RANT, n. A principal or great tyrant.

3513

archvillain
ARCHVIL'LAIN, n. [See Villain.] A chief or great villain.

3514

archvillany
ARCHVIL'LANY, n. Great villany.

3515

archwise
'ARCHWISE, adv. [arch and wise. See wise.] In the form of an arch.

3516

arctation
ARCTA'TION,

3517

arctic
ARC'TIC, a. [Gr. a bear, and a northern constellation so called.]Northern; pertaining to the ...

3518

arctitude
ARC'TITUDE, n. [L. artus, tight.] Preternatural straightness; constipation from inflammation.

3519

arctizite
'ARCTIZITE, n. A mineral, now called Wernerite.

3520

arcturus
ARCTU'RUS, n. [Gr. a bear, and tail.] A fixed star of the first magnitude, in the constellation ...

3521

arcuate
'ARCUATE, a. [L. arcuatus. See Arc.] Bent or curved in the form of a bow.

3522

arcuation
ARCUA'TION, n.1. The act of bending; incurvation; the state of being bent; curvity; crookedness; ...

3523

arcubalist
'ARCUBALIST, n. [L. arcus, a bow, and balista, an engine for throwing stones.] A cross-bow.

3524

arcubalister
ARCUBALIS'TER, n. A cross-bowman; one who used the arbalist.

3525

ard
'ARD, The termination of many English words. We observe it in Goddard, a divine temper; Giffard, ...

3526

ardency
'ARDENCY, n. [L. ardens, from ardeo, to burn.]Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; eagerness; ...

3527

ardent
'ARDENT, a. 1. Hot; burning; that causes sensation of burning; as, ardent spirits, that is ...

3528

ardently
'ARDENTLY, adv. With warmth; affectionately; passionately.

3529

ardentness
'ARDENTNESS, n. Ardency.

3530

ardor
'ARDOR, n. [L.]1. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.2. Warmth, or heat, ...

3531

arduous
ARDUOUS, a. [L. arduus.]1. High, lofty, in a literal sense; as, arduous paths.2. Difficult; ...

3532

arduously
'ARDUOUSLY, adv. In an arduous manner; with laboriousness.

3533

arduousness
'ARDUOUSNESS, n. Height; difficulty of execution.

3534

are
ARE. The plural of the substantive verb; but a different word from be, am or was. It is usually ...

3535

area
A'REA, n. [L. I suspect this to be contracted from Heb. from a root which signifies to reach, ...

3536

aread
AREA'D,

3537

areal
A'REAL, a. Pertaining to an area; as areal interstices.

3538

areed
AREE'D, v.t. To counsel; to advise. Obs.

3539

areek
AREE'K, adv. In a reeking condition. [See Reek.]

3540

arefaction
AREFAC'TION, n. [L. arefacio, to dry, from aero.] The act of drying; the state of growing dry.

3541

arefy
AR'EFY, v.t. To dry or make dry.

3542

arena
ARE'NA, n. [L. sand.] 1. An open space of ground strewed with sand, on which the gladiators, in ...

3543

arenaceous
ARENA'CEOUS, a. [from arena, sand.] 1. Sandy; having the properties of sand.2. Brittle; as ...

3544

arenation
ARENA'TION, n. Among physicians, a sand bath; a sprinkling of hot sand upon a diseased person.

3545

arendalite
AREN'DALITE, n. In mineralogy, another name of epidote, or pistacite; epidote being the name given ...

3546

arendator
ARENDA'TOR, n. In Livonia and other provinces of Russia, a farmer of the farms or rents; one who ...

3547

arenilitic
ARENILIT'IC, a. [arena, sand, and a stone.]Pertaining to sand stone; consisting of sand stone; as ...

3548

arenose
ARENO'SE,

3549

arenous
AR'ENOUS, a. Sandy; full of sand.

3550

areola
AREO'LA, n. [L.] The colored circle round the nipple or round a pustule.

3551

areole
AR'EOLE,

3552

areometer
AREOM'ETER, n. [Gr. rare, thin, and to measure.]An instrument for measuring the specific gravity ...

3553

areometrical
AREOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to an areometer.

3554

areometry
AREOM'ETRY, n. The measuring or act of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.

3555

areopagite
AREOP'AGITE, n. A member of the Areopagus, which see. Acts 17:34.

3556

areopagitic
AREOPAGIT'IC, a. Pertaining to the Areopagus.

3557

areopagus
AREOP'AGUS, n. [Gr. Mars, and hills.]A sovereign tribunal at Athens, famous for the justice and ...

3558

areotic
AREOT'IC, a. [Gr. thin.] Attenuating; making thin, as in liquids; rarefying.AREOT'IC, n. A ...

3559

aretology
ARETOL'OGY, n. [Gr. virtue, and discourse.]That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, ...

3560

argal
'ARGAL, n. Unrefined or crude tartar, a substance adhering to the sides of wine casks.

3561

argean
ARGE'AN, a. Pertaining to Argo or the Ark.

3562

argent
'ARGENT, n. [L. argentum; Gr. silver, from white.]1. The white color in coats of arms, intended ...

3563

argent-horned
'ARGENT-HORNED, a. Silver horned.

3564

argental
ARGENT'AL, a. Pertaining to silver; consisting of silver; containing silver; combined with silver; ...

3565

argentate
'ARGENTATE, n. A combination of the argentic acid with another substance.

3566

argentation
ARGENTA'TION, n. An overlaying with silver.

3567

argentic
ARGENT'IC, a. Pertaining to silver; the argentic acid is a saturated combination of silver and ...

3568

argentiferous
ARGENTIF'EROUS, a. [L. argentum, silver, and fero, to produce.] Producing silver; as ...

3569

argentina
ARGENTI'NA,

3570

argentine
'ARGENTINE, n. In ichthyology, a genus of fishes of the order of abdominals.Argentina is also a ...

3571

argil
'ARGIL, n. A species of the Ardea, or genus of cranes.'ARGIL, n. [L. argilla, white clay, from ...

3572

argillaceous
ARGILLA'CEOUS, a. [L. argillaceus.] Partaking of the nature of clay; clayey; consisting of argil.

3573

argilliferous
ARGILLIF'EROUS, a. [L. argilla, clay, and fero, to produce.] Producing clay; applied to such ...

3574

argillite
'ARGILLITE, n. Argillaceous shist or slate; clay-slate. Its usual color is bluish, greenish or ...

3575

argillitic
ARGILLIT'IC, a. Pertaining to argillite.

3576

argillocalcite
ARGILLOCAL'CITE, n. [of argilla, clay, and calx, calcarious earth.]A species of calcarious earth, ...

3577

argillomurite
ARGILLOMU'RITE, n. [of argilla, clay, and muria, brine or salt water; magnesia being obtained from ...

3578

argillous
ARGIL'LOUS, a. Consisting of clay; clayey; parting of clay; belonging to clay.

3579

argive
'ARGIVE, a. Designating what belongs to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece, whose inhabitants ...

3580

argo
ARGO, n. The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in ...

3581

argo-navis
ARGO-NAVIS, The ship Argo, is a constellation in the southern hemisphere, whose stars, in the ...

3582

argoan
ARGO'AN, a. Pertaining to the ship Argo.

3583

argolic
ARGOL'IC, a. Belonging to Argolis, a territory or district of Peloponnese, between Arcadia and the ...

3584

argolics
ARGOL'ICS, n. The title of a chapter in Pausanias, which treats of Argolis.

3585

argonaut
ARGONAUT, n. [of Jason's ship, and a sailor.]One of the persons who sailed to Colchis with Jason, ...

3586

argonauta
ARGONAUT'A, n. [See Argonaut.]A genus of shell-fish, of the order of vermes testacea. The shell ...

3587

argonautic
ARGONAUT'IC, a. Pertaining to the Argonauts, or to their voyage to Colchis; as the Argonautic ...

3588

argonautics
ARGONAUT'ICS, n. A poem on the subject of Jason's voyage, or the expedition of the Argonauts; as, ...

3589

argosy
'ARGOSY, n. A large merchantman; a carrac.

3590

argue
'ARGUE, v.i. [L. arguo, to show, argue, accuse or convict.]1. To reason; to invent and offer ...

3591

argued
'ARGUED, pp. Debated; discussed; evinced; accused.

3592

arguer
'ARGUER, n. One who argues; a reasoner; a disputer; a controvertist.

3593

arguing
'ARGUING, ppr. Inventing and offering reasons; disputing; discussing; evincing; accusing.'ARGUING, ...

3594

argument
'ARGUMENT, n. [L. argumentum.]1. A reason offered for or against a proposition, opinion, or ...

3595

argumental
ARGUMENT'AL, a. Belonging to argument; consisting in argument.

3596

argumentation
ARGUMENTA'TION, n. Reasoning; the act of reasoning; the act of inventing or forming reasons, ...

3597

argumentative
ARGUMENT'ATIVE, a. 1. Consisting of argument; containing a process of reasoning; as an ...

3598

argumentatively
ARGUMENT'ATIVELY, adv. In an argumentative manner.

3599

argus
'ARGUS, n. A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, placed by Juno to guard ...

3600

argus-shell
ARGUS-SHELL, n. A species of porcelain-shell, beautifully variegated with spots, resembling, in ...

3601

argute
ARGU'TE, a. [L. argutus.] Sharp; shrill; witty. [Little used.]

3602

arguteness
ARGU'TENESS, n. Acuteness; wittiness. [Little used.]

3603

arian
A'RIAN, a. Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century; or ...

3604

arianism
A'RIANISM, n. The doctrines of the Arians.

3605

arianize
A'RIANIZE, v.i. To admit the tenets of the Arians.

3606

arid
AR'ID, a. [L. aridus, dry, from areo, to be dry.]Dry; exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; as ...

3607

aridas
AR'IDAS, n. A kind of taffeta, from the East Indies, made of thread, from certain plants.

3608

aridity
ARID'ITY,

3609

aridness
AR'IDNESS, n. 1. Dryness; a state of being without moisture.2. A dry state of the body; ...

3610

aries
A'RIES, n. [L. from the Celtic.The ram, a constellation of fixed stars, drawn on the globe, in the ...

3611

arietate
AR'IETATE, v.i. [L. arieto, from aries.]To butt, as a ram. [Not used.]

3612

arietation
ARIETA'TION, n. 1. The act of battering with the aries or battering ram.2. The act of striking ...

3613

arietta
ARIET'TA, n. A short song; an air, or little air.

3614

aright
ARI'GHT, adv. [a and right.]Rightly; in a right form; without mistake or crime.

3615

aril
AR'IL,

3616

arillated
AR'ILLATED,

3617

arilled
AR'ILLED, a. Having an exterior covering or aril, as coffee.

3618

arillus
ARIL'LUS, n. The exterior coat or covering of a seed, fixed to it at the base only, investing it ...

3619

arima
AR'IMA,

3620

ariman
AR'IMAN,

3621

ariolation
ARIOLA'TION,

3622

arioso
ARIO'SO, a. Light; airy.But according to Rousseau, applied to music, it denotes a kind of melody ...

3623

arise
ARI'SE, v.i. s as z pret. arose; pp. arisen; Heb.1. To ascend, mount up or move to a higher ...

3624

arising
ARI'SING, ppr. Ascending; moving upward; originating or proceeding; getting up; springing up; ...

3625

arista
ARIST'A, n. [L.] In botany, awn, the long pointed beard which issues from the husk, or scaly ...

3626

aristarchy
ARISTAR'CHY, n. [Gr. best, and rule.]A body of good men in power, or government by excellent men.

3627

aristocracy
ARISTO'CRACY, n. [Gr. best, and to hold or govern.]A form of government, in which the whole ...

3628

aristocrat
ARIST'OCRAT, n. One who favors an aristocracy in principle or practice; one who is a friend to an ...

3629

aristocratic
ARISTOCRAT'IC,

3630

aristocratical
ARISTOCRAT'ICAL, a.1. Pertaining to aristocracy; consisting in a government of nobles, or ...

3631

aristocratically
ARISTOCRAT'ICALLY, adv. In an aristocratical manner.

3632

aristocraticalness
ARISTOCRAT'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being aristocratical.

3633

aristotelian
ARISTOTE'LIAN, a. Pertaining to Aristotle, a celebrated philosopher, who was born at Stagyra, in ...

3634

aristotelianism
ARISTOTE'LIANISM, n. The philosophy or doctrines of Aristotle.

3635

aristotelic
ARISTOTEL'IC, a. Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.The pernicious effects of the ...

3636

arithmancy
AR'ITHMANCY, n. [Gr. number, and divination.]Divination or the foretelling of future events by the ...

3637

arithmetic
ARITH'METIC, n. [Gr. to number, the art of numbering, from number; from number, rhythm, order, ...

3638

arithmetical
ARITHMET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.

3639

arithmetically
ARITHMET'ICALLY, adv. According to the rules, principles or method arithmetic.

3640

arithmetician
ARITHMETI'CIAN, n. One skilled in arithmetic, or versed in the science of numbers.

3641

ark
'ARK, n. [L. arca.]1. A small close vessel, chest or coffer, such as that which was the ...

3642

arkite
'ARKITE, n. A term used by Bryant to denote one of the persons who were preserved in the ark; or ...

3643

arktizite
'ARKTIZITE,

3644

arm
'ARM, n. [L. armus, an arm, a shoulder, a wing; armus is directly from the Gr. a joint, it would ...

3645

armada
ARMA'DA, n.A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. The term is usually applied to the Spanish fleet, ...

3646

armadillo
ARMADIL'LO, n.A quadruped peculiar to America, called also tatoo, and in zoology, the dasypus. ...

3647

armament
'ARMAMENT, n. [L. armamenta, utensils, tackle, from arma.]A body of forces equipped for war; used ...

3648

armamentary
ARMAMENT'ARY, n. An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [Rarely used.]

3649

armature
'ARMATURE, n. [L. armatura.]1. Armor; that which defends the body. It comprehends whatever is ...

3650

arme-puissant
ARME-PUIS'SANT, a. [See Puissant.] Powerful in arms.

3651

armed
'ARMED, pp. 1. Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of ...

3652

armenia
ARME'NIA, a. Pertaining to Armenia, a country and formerly, a kingdom, in Asia, divided into Major ...

3653

armenian
ARME'NIAN, n. A native of Armenia, or the language of the country.Armenian bole is a species of ...

3654

armful
'ARMFUL, n. As much as the arms can hold.

3655

armgaunt
ARMGAUNT, a. slender, as the arm. [Not in use.]

3656

armhole
'ARMHOLE, n. [arm and hole.] 1. The cavity under the shoulder, or the armpit.2. A hole for the ...

3657

armigerous
ARMIG'EROUS, a. [L. armiger, arma and gero.]Literally, bearing arms. But in present usage, ...

3658

armillary
'ARMILLARY, a. [L. armilla, a bracelet, from armus, the arm.]Resembling a bracelet, or ring; ...

3659

arming
'ARMING, ppr. Equipping with arms; providing with the means of defense or attack; also, preparing ...

3660

armings
'ARMINGS, n. The same as waist-clothes, hung about a ship's upper works.

3661

arminian
ARMIN'IAN, a. Pertaining to Arminius, or designating his principles.ARMIN'IAN, n. One of a sect ...

3662

arminianism
ARMIN'IANISM, n. The peculiar doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.

3663

armipotence
ARMIP'OTENCE, n. [arma and potentia. See Potency.] Power in arms.

3664

armipotent
ARMIP'OTENT, a. [arma and sonus. See sound.] Sounding or rustling in arms.

3665

armisonous
ARMIS'ONOUS, a. [arma and sonus. See sound.] Sounding or rustling in arms.

3666

armistice
'ARMISTICE, n. [L. arma and sisto, to stand still, Gr.]A cessation of arms, for a short time, by ...

3667

armless
'ARMLESS, a. Without an arm; destitute of weapons.

3668

armlet
'ARMLET, n. [dim. of arm.] A little arm; a piece of armor for the arm; a bracelet.

3669

armor
'ARMOR, n. [from arm.]1. Defensive arms; any habit worn to protect the body in battle; formerly ...

3670

armor-bearer
'ARMOR-BEARER, n. One who carries the armor of another.

3671

armorer
'ARMORER, n. A maker of armor or arms; a manufacturer of instruments of war. The armorer of a ...

3672

armorial
ARMO'RIAL, a. Belonging to armor, or to the arms or escutcheon of a family; as ensigns armorial.

3673

armoric
ARMOR'IC,

3674

armorican
ARMOR'ICAN, a. Designating the northwestern part of France, formerly called Armorica, afterward ...

3675

armorist
'ARMORIST, n. One skilled in heraldry.

3676

armory
'ARMORY, n.1. A place where arms, and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.2. Armor; ...

3677

armpit
'ARMPIT, n. [arm and pit.] The hollow place or cavity under the shoulder.

3678

arms
'ARMS, n. plu. [L. arma.]1. Weapons of offense, or armor for defense and protection of the ...

3679

arms-end
ARMS-END, n. At the end of the arms; at a good distance; a phrase taken from boxers or wrestlers.

3680

army
'ARMY, n. 1. A collection or body of men armed for war, and organized in companies, battalions, ...

3681

arnoldist
'ARNOLDIST, n. A disciple of Arnold of Brescia, who in the 12th century, preached against the ...

3682

arnot
'ARNOT, n. A name of the bunium, pignut or earthnut.

3683

arnotto
ARNOT'TO, The Anotta, which see. Also a tree so called.

3684

arnuts
'ARNUTS, n. Tall oat grass.

3685

aroma
ARO'MA,

3686

aromatic
AROMAT'IC,

3687

aromatical
AROMAT'ICAL, a. Fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; having an agreeable odor.

3688

aromatite
AR'OMATITE, n. A bituminous stone, in smell and color resembling myrrh.

3689

aromatization
AROMATIZA'TION, n. The act of impregnating or scenting with aroma, or rendering aromatic.

3690

aromatize
AR'OMATIZE, v.t. To impregnate with aroma; to infuse an aromatic odor; to give a spicy scent or ...

3691

aromatized
AR'OMATIZED, pp. Impregnated with aroma; rendered fragrant.

3692

aromatizer
AR'OMATIZER, n. That which communicates an aromatic quality.

3693

aromatizing
AR'OMATIZING, ppr. Rendering spicy; impregnating with aroma.

3694

aromatous
ARO'MATOUS, a. Containing aroma, or the principle of fragrance.

3695

aroph
AR'OPH, [A contraction of aroma philosophorum.]1. A name by which saffron is sometimes called.2. ...

3696

arose
ARO'SE, The past or preterit tense of the verb, to arise.

3697

around
AROUND', prep. [a and round. See Round.]1. About; on all sides; encircling; encompassing; as, a ...

3698

aroura
AROURA, n. [Gr.] A Grecian measure of fifty feet. Also, a square measure of half the plethron, a ...

3699

arouse
AROUSE, v.t. arouz'. [Heb.]To excite into action, that which is at rest; to stir, or put in ...

3700

aroused
AROUS'ED, pp. Excited into action; put in motion.

3701

arousing
AROUS'ING, ppr. Putting in motion; stirring; exciting into action or exertion.

3702

arow
AROW, adv. [a and row.] In a row; successively.

3703

aroynt
AROYNT', adv. Be gone; away. obs.

3704

arpeggio
ARPEG'GIO, n. The distinct sound of the notes of an instrumental chord, accompanying the voice.

3705

arpent
'ARPENT, n. In Domesday, it is written arpennus, arpendus, and arpent. Columella mentions that ...

3706

arquebusade
ARQUEBUSA'DE, n. 1. A distilled liquor applied to a bruise.2. The shot of an arquebuse.

3707

arquebuse
'ARQUEBUSE,

3708

arquebusier
ARQUEBUSIE'R, n. a soldier armed with an arquebuse.

3709

arrach
AR'RACH, n. a plant. See Orrach.

3710

arrack
ARRACK', n. Contacted into rack. a spirituous liquor imported from the East Indies. The name is ...

3711

arragonite
AR'RAGONITE, n. In mineralogy, a species of carbonate of lime, but not pure, and said to contain 3 ...

3712

arraign
ARRA'IGN v.t. arra'ne. [L. reus, contracted from the root of res.]1. To call or set a prisoner ...

3713

arraigned
ARRA'IGNED, pp. Called before a tribunal to answer, and elect triers; accused; called in question.

3714

arraigning
ARRA'IGNING, ppr. Calling before a court or tribunal; accusing.

3715

arraignment
ARRA'IGNMENT, n.1. The act of arraigning; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court ...

3716

arraiment
ARRA'IMENT, n. [See Array.] Clothes; garments. We now use raiment.

3717

arrange
ARRANGE, v.t 1. To put in proper order; to dispose the parts of a whole in the manner intended, or ...

3718

arranged
ARRANGED, pp. Put in order; disposed in the proper order; adjusted.

3719

arrangement
ARRANGEMENT, n.1. The act of putting in proper order; the state of being put in order; disposition ...

3720

arranger
ARRANGER, n. One that puts in order.

3721

arranging
ARRANGING, ppr. Putting in due order or form; adjusting.

3722

arrant
AR'RANT, a. [I know not the origin of this word.]Notorious, in an ill sense; infamous; mere; vile; ...

3723

arrantly
AR'RANTLY, adv. Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.

3724

arras
AR'RAS, n. Tapestry; hangings wove with figures.

3725

array
ARRA'Y, n. 1. Order; disposition in regular lines; as an army in battle array. Hence a posture ...

3726

arrayed
ARRA'YED, pp. Set in order, or in lines; arranged in order for attack or defense; dressed; adorned ...

3727

arrayer
ARRA'YER, n. One who arrays. In English history, an officer who had a commission of array, to put ...

3728

arraying
ARRA'YING, ppr. Setting in order; putting on splendid raiment; impaneling.

3729

arrear
ARRE'AR, adv. [L. ad and retro.]Behind; at the hinder part. In this sense obsolete. But from ...

3730

arrearage
ARRE'ARAGE, n.Arrears; any sum of money remaining unpaid, after previous payment of a part. A ...

3731

arrect
ARRECT',

3732

arrected
ARRECT'ED, a. [L. arrectus, raised, erect, from arrigo. See Reach.] Erect; attentive; as a ...

3733

arrentation
ARRENTA'TION, n. [See Rent.]In the forest laws of England, a licensing the owner of land in a ...

3734

arreptitious
ARREPTI'TIOUS, a. [L. arreptus, of ad and rapio, to snatch. See Rapacious.]1. Snatched away.2. ...

3735

arrest
ARREST', v.t. [L. resto, to stop; Eng. to rest. See Rest.]1. To obstruct; to stop; to check or ...

3736

arrestation
ARRESTA'TION, n. The act of arresting; an arrest, or seizure.

3737

arrested
ARREST'ED, pp. Seized; apprehended; stopped; hindered; restrained.

3738

arrester
ARREST'ER,

3739

arresting
ARREST'ING, ppr. Seizing; staying; hindering; restraining.

3740

arrestment
ARREST'MENT, n. The order of a judge by which a debtor to the arrestor's debtor is prohibited to ...

3741

arrestor
ARREST'OR, n. One who arrests.

3742

arret
ARRET', n. arreste'.The decision of a court tribunal or council; a decree published; the edict of ...

3743

arride
ARRI'DE, v.t. [L. arrideo.] To laugh at; to please well. [Not in use.]

3744

arriere
ARRIE'RE, n. The last body of an army; now called rear, which see.Arriere-ban, or ban and arriere ...

3745

arrival
ARRI'VAL, n.1. The coming to, or reaching a place, from a distance, whether by water, as in its ...

3746

arrivance
ARRI'VANCE, n. 1. Company coming. [Not used.]2. Arrival; a reading in progress. Obs.

3747

arrive
ARRI'VE, v.i. [L. ripa.]1. Literally, to come to the shore, or bank. Hence to come to or reach ...

3748

arriving
ARRI'VING, ppr. Coming to, or reaching by water or land; gaining by research, effort or study.

3749

arroba
ARRO'BA, n. A weight in Portugal of thirty two pounds; in Spain, of twenty five pounds. Also a ...

3750

arrogance
AR'ROGANCE, n. [L. arrogantia, from arrogo, to claim; of ad and rogo, to beg, or desire. See ...

3751

arrogancy
AR'ROGANCY, n. Arrogance. [This orthography is less usual.]

3752

arrogant
AR'ROGANT, a.1. Assuming; making or having the disposition to make exorbitant claims of rank or ...

3753

arrogantly
AR'ROGANTLY, adv. In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self importance.

3754

arrogantness
AR'ROGANTNESS, n. Arrogance. [Little used.]

3755

arrogate
AR'ROGATE, v.t. [L. arrogo, of ad and rogo.]To assume, demand or challenge more than is proper; to ...

3756

arrogated
AR'ROGATED, pp. Claimed by undue pretensions.

3757

arrogating
AR'ROGATING, ppr. Challenging or claiming more power or respect than is just or reasonable.

3758

arrogation
ARROGA'TION, n. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than ...

3759

arrogative
AR'ROGATIVE, a. Assuming or making undue claims and pretensions.

3760

arrondisment
ARROND'ISMENT, n. A circuit; a district; a division or portion of territory, in France, for the ...

3761

arrosion
ARRO'SION, n. s as z. [L. arrodo.] A gnawing.

3762

arrow
AR'ROW, n.1. A missive weapon of offense, straight, slender, pointed and barbed, to be shot with a ...

3763

arrow-grass
AR'ROW-GRASS, n. A plant or genus of plants; the Triglochin.

3764

arrow-head
AR'ROW-HEAD, n. 1. The head of an arrow.2. Sagittaria; a genus of aquatic plants, so called from ...

3765

arrow-root
AR'ROW-ROOT, n. 1. The Maranta; a genus of plants, natives of the Indies. The Indians are said ...

3766

arrowy
AR'ROWY, a. 1. Consisting of arrows.2. Formed like an arrow.

3767

arse
'ARSE, n. 'ars. The buttocks or hind part of an animal.To hang an arse, is to lag behind; to be ...

3768

arse-smart
'ARSE-SMART, n. The vulgar name of a species of polygonum, or knot-grass.

3769

arsenal
'ARSENAL, n. [L. arx navalis, a naval citadel or repository.]A repository or magazine of arms and ...

3770

arseniac
ARSE'NIAC or ARSEN'ICAL ACID. Arsenic combined with a greater proportion of oxygen, than in the ...

3771

arseniate
ARSE'NIATE, n. A neutral salt, formed by arsenical acid combined with any metallic, earthy or ...

3772

arsenic
'ARSENIC, n. [Gr.'L. arsenicum.]Arsenic, as it is usually seen in the shops, is not a metal, but ...

3773

arsenical
ARSEN'ICAL, a. Belonging to arsenic; consisting of or containing arsenic.

3774

arsenicate
ARSEN'ICATE, v.t. To combine with arsenic.

3775

arsenicated
ARSEN'ICATED, a. combined with arsenic.

3776

arsenious
ARSE'NIOUS, a. Pertaining to, or containing arsenic. The arsenious acid, or white oxyd of ...

3777

arsenite
'ARSENITE, n. a salt formed by the arsenious acid, with a base.

3778

arshine
'ARSHINE, n. a russian measure of two feet, four inches and 242 decimals. This seems to be the ...

3779

arson
'ARSON, n. 'arsn.In law, the malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, ...

3780

art
'ART, The second person, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive veb am.

3781

artemisia
ARTEMIS'IA, n. Mug-wort, southernwood, and wormwood; a genus of plats of numerous species. Of ...

3782

arterial
ARTE'RIAL, a. [See Artery.]1. Pertaining to an artery or the arteries; as arterial action.2. ...

3783

arteriotomy
ARTERIOT'OMY, n. [Gr. an artery, and a cutting.]The opening of an artery by the lancet, for the ...

3784

artery
'ARTERY, n. [Gr. from air and to preserve or contain; so called, from the opinion of the ancients, ...

3785

artful
ARTFUL, a. [See Art.1. Performed with art or skill.2. Artificial, as opposed to natural3. ...

3786

artfully
'ARTFULLY, adv. With art, or cunning; skillfully; dexterously.

3787

artfulness
'ARTFULNESS, n. Art; craft; cunning; address.

3788

arthritic
ARTHRIT'IC,

3789

arthritical
ARTHRIT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the joints, or to the gout; affecting the joints.

3790

arthritis
ARTHRIT'IS, n. [Gr. from a joint. It seems to be of the same family as artus, a limb.]In a ...

3791

arthrodia
ARTHRO'DIA, n. [Gr. from to frame or articulate.]1. A species of articulation, in which the head ...

3792

artic
'ARTIC, This word is by mistake used by some authors for arctic.

3793

artichoke
'ARTICHOKE, n. [Gr.; L. carduus, chard, thistle, corrupted.]A plant somewhat resembling a thistle, ...

3794

article
'ARTICLE, n. [L. articulus, a joint, from artus; Gr.]1. A single clause in a contract, account ...

3795

articled
'ARTICLED, pp. Drawn up in particulars; accused or bound by articles.

3796

articular
ARTIC'ULAR, a. [L. articularis.]Belonging to the joints; as, the gout is an articular disease.

3797

articulate
ARTIC'ULATE, a. [L. articulatus, jointed, distinct.]1. Formed by jointing or articulation of the ...

3798

articulated
ARTIC'ULATED, pp.1. Uttered distinctly in syllables or words.2. Jointed; having joints, as a ...

3799

articulately
ARTIC'ULATELY, adv. 1. With distinct utterance of syllables or words.2. Article by article; in ...

3800

articulateness
ARTIC'ULATENESS, n. The quality of being articulate.

3801

articulating
ARTIC'ULATING, ppr. Uttering in distinct syllables or words.

3802

articulation
ARTICULA'TION, n. 1. In anatomy, the joining or juncture of the bones. This is of three kinds: ...

3803

artifice
'ARTIFICE, n. [L. artificium, from ars, art, and facio, to make.]1. Stratagem; an artful or ...

3804

artificer
ARTIF'ICER, n. [L. artifex, from ars, and facio.]1. An artist; a mechanic or manufacturer; one ...

3805

artificial
ARTIFI'CIAL, a.1. Made or contrived by art, or by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; ...

3806

artificiality
ARTIFICIAL'ITY, n. The quality of being artificial; appearance of art.

3807

artificially
ARTIFI'CIALLY, adv. By art, or human skill and contrivance; hence, with good contrivance; with art ...

3808

artificialness
ARTIFI'CIALNESS, n. The quality of being artificial.

3809

artillery
ARTIL'LERY, n. This word has no plural.1. In a general sense, offensive weapons of war. Hence it ...

3810

artisan
'ARTISAN, n. s as z. [L. ars. See Art.]An artist; one skilled in any art, mystery or trade; a ...

3811

artist
'ARTIST, n. [L. ars. See Art.]1. One skilled in an art or trade; one who is master or professor ...

3812

artless
'ARTLESS, a. 1. Unskillful; wanting art, knowledge or skill.2. Free from guile, art, craft or ...

3813

artlessly
'ARTLESSLY, adv. 1. Without art or skill; in an artless manner.2. Without guile; naturally; ...

3814

artlessness
'ARTLESSNESS, n. The quality of being void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity; unaffectedness.

3815

artotyrite
AR'TOTYRITE, n. [Gr. bread, and cheese.]One of a sect of heretics, in the primitive church, who ...

3816

arts-man
'ARTS-MAN, n. A learned man. Obs.

3817

arum
A'RUM, n. [L. See aurate.] Gold.Aurum fulminans, fulminating gold, is gold dissolved in ...

3818

arundelian
ARUNDE'LIAN, a. Pertaining to Arundel, as Arundelian marbles. The Arundelian marbles are ancient ...

3819

arundinaceous
ARUNDINA'CEOUS, a. [L. arundo, a reed.]Pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

3820

arundineous
ARUNDIN'EOUS, a. Abounding with reeds.

3821

arura
ARU'RA, n. [Gr.] Literally, as authors suppose, a plowed field. According to Herodotus, and ...

3822

aruspex
ARUS'PEX, n. [L.] A soothsayer.

3823

aruspice
ARUS'PICE, n. Written also haruspice. [L. aruspex, or haruspex, a soothsayer, or diviner, who ...

3824

aruspicy
ARUS'PICY, n. The act of prognosticating by inspection of the entrails of beasts, slain in ...

3825

as
AS, adv. az. [Gr. But more probably the English word is contracted from als.]1. Literally, like; ...

3826

asa
ASA, A corruption of lasar, an ancient name of a gum. [See Ooze.]

3827

asa-dulcis
ASA-DULCIS, The same as benzoin.

3828

asa-fetida
ASA-FET'IDA, n. [Asa, gum, and L. fatidus, fetid.]A fetid gum-resin, from the East Indies. It is ...

3829

asbestine
ASBES'TINE, a. [See Asbestus.]Pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature and qualities; ...

3830

asbestinite
ASBES'TINITE, n. [See Asbestus.] The actinolite or strahlstein.Calciferous abestinite; a variety ...

3831

asbestos
ASBES'TOS, n. [Gr. inextinguishable; of neg. to extinguish.]A mineral, which has frequently the ...

3832

asbestus
ASBES'TUS,

3833

ascaris
ASCA'RIS, n. plu. ascar'ides. [Gr.]In zoology, a genus of intestinal worms. The body is ...

3834

ascend
ASCEND', v.i. [L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb.]1. To move upwards; to mount; to go ...

3835

ascendable
ASCEND'ABLE, a. That may be ascended.

3836

ascendant
ASCEND'ANT, n. 1. Superiority or commanding influence; as, one man has the ascendant over ...

3837

ascended
ASCEND'ED, pp. or a. Risen; mounted up; gone to heaven.

3838

ascendency
ASCEND'ENCY, n. Power; governing or controlling influence.Custom has an ascendency over the ...

3839

ascending
ASCEND'ING, ppr. Rising; moving upwards; proceeding from the less to the greater; proceeding from ...

3840

ascension
ASCEN'SION, n. [L. ascensio.]1. The act of ascending; a rising. It is frequently applied to the ...

3841

ascension-day
ASCENSION-DAY, n. A festival of some christian churches, held ten days or on the Thursday but one, ...

3842

ascensive
ASCEN'SIVE, a. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

3843

ascent
ASCENT', n. [L. ascensus.]1. The act of rising; motion upwards, whether in air, water or other ...

3844

ascertain
ASCERTA'IN, v.t. [L. ad certum, to a certainty.]1. To make certain; to define or reduce to ...

3845

ascertainable
ASCERTA'INABLE, a. That may be made certain in fact, or certain to the mind; that may be certainly ...

3846

ascertained
ASCERTA'INED, pp. Made certain; defined; established; reduced to a certainty.

3847

ascertainer
ASCERTA'INER, n. The person who ascertains or makes certain.

3848

ascertaining
ASCERTA'INING, ppr. Making certain; fixing; establishing; reducing to a certainty; obtaining ...

3849

ascertainment
ASCERTA'INMENT, n. The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; certainty; fixed rule.

3850

ascessancy
ASCESSANCY,

3851

ascessant
ASCESSANT, See Acescency, Acescent.]

3852

ascetic
ASCET'IC, a. [Gr. exercised, hardened; from to exercise.Retired from the world; rigid; severe; ...

3853

ascian
AS'CIAN, n. [L. ascii, from Gr. priv. and a shadow.]A person, who, at certain times of the year, ...

3854

ascitans
AS'CITANS, n. [Gr. a bag or bottle of skin.]A sect or branch of Montanists, who appeared in the ...

3855

ascites
AS'CITES, n. [Gr. a bladder.]A dropsy or tense elastic swelling of the belly, with fluctuation, ...

3856

ascitic
ASCIT'IC

3857

ascitical
ASCIT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an ascites; dropsical; hydropical.

3858

ascititious
ASCITI'TIOUS, a. [L. ascitus; Low L. ascititius, from ascisco, to take to or ...

3859

asclepiad
ASCLE'PIAD, n. In ancient poetry, a verse of four feet, the first of which is a spondee, the ...

3860

ascribable
ASCRI'BABLE, a. [See Ascribe.] That may be ascribed or attributed.

3861

ascribe
ASCRI'BE, v.t. [L. ascribo, of ad and scribo, to write.]1. To attribute, impute, or set to, as to ...

3862

ascribed
ASCRI'BED, pp. Attributed or imputed; considered or alleged, as belonging.

3863

ascribing
ASCRI'BING, ppr. Attributing; imputing; alleging to belong.

3864

ascription
ASCRIP'TION, n. The act of ascribing, imputing or affirming to belong.

3865

ascriptitious
ASCRIPTI'TIOUS, a. That is ascribed. This word is applied to villains under the feudal system, ...

3866

ash
ASH, n. 1. A well known tree, of which there are many species. There is no hermaphrodite calyx, ...

3867

ash-colored
ASH-COLORED, a. Of a color between brown and gray.

3868

ashame
ASHA'ME, v.t. To shame. [Not used.]

3869

ashamed
ASHA'MED, a. 1. Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt or a conviction of some criminal ...

3870

ashamedly
ASHA'MEDLY, adv. Bashfully. [Not used.]

3871

ashen
ASH'EN, a. [See Ash.] Pertaining to ash; made of ash.

3872

ashes
ASH'ES, n. plu. Without the singular number.1. The earthy particles of combustible substances ...

3873

ashlering
ASH'LERING, n. Quartering for lathing to, in garrets, two or three feet high, perpendicular to the ...

3874

ashore
ASHO'RE, adv. [a, at or on, and shore. See shore.]1. On shore; on the land adjacent to water; to ...

3875

ashwednesday
ASHWEDNESDAY, n. The first day of Lent; supposed to be so called from a custom in the Romish ...

3876

ashy
ASH'Y, a. Belonging to ashes; ash-colored; pale; inclining to a whitish gray.

3877

ashypale
ASHY'PALE, a. Pale as ashes.

3878

asian
A'SIAN, a. [from Asia, a name originally given to Asia Minor or some part of it; perhaps from the ...

3879

asiarch
A'SIARCH, n. [Asia and chief.]A chief or pontiff of Asia; one who had the superintendence of the ...

3880

asiatic
ASIAT'IC, a. Belonging to Asia, a quarter of the globe which extends from the strait of ...

3881

asiaticism
ASIAT'ICISM, n. Imitation of the Asiatic manner.

3882

aside
ASI'DE, ad. [a and side. See Side.]1. On or to one side; out of a perpendicular or straight ...

3883

asinego
ASINE'GO, n. A foolish fellow.

3884

asinine
AS'ININE, rarely. AS'INARY, a. [L. asinus.]Belonging to the ass; having the qualities of the ass.

3885

ask
'ASK, v.t. [Gr. In former times, the English word was pronounced ax, as in the royal style of ...

3886

askance
ASK'ANCE,

3887

askant
ASK'ANT, adv. sideways; obliquely; towards one corner of the eye.

3888

asked
'ASKED, pp. Requested; petitioned; questioned; interrogated.

3889

askew
ASKEW', adv. With a wry look; aside; askant; sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or envy.

3890

asking
'ASKING, ppr.1. Requesting; petitioning; interrogating; inquiring.2. Silently expressing request ...

3891

aslake
ASLA'KE, v.t. [See Slack.]To remit; to slacken. [Not in use.]

3892

aslani
ASLA'NI, n. A silver coin worth from 115 to 120 aspers.

3893

aslant
ASL'ANT, a. or adv. [a and slant. See Slant.]On one side; obliquely; not perpendicularly or with ...

3894

asleep
ASLEE'P, a. or adv. [a and sleep.]1. sleeping; in a state of sleep; at rest.Sisera was fast ...

3895

aslope
ASLO'PE, a. or adv. [a and slope. See Slope.With leaning or inclination; obliquely; with ...

3896

aslug
ASLUG', ad. In a sluggish manner. [Not used.]

3897

asmonean
ASMONE'AN, a. Pertaining to Asmoneus, the father of Simon, and chief of the Asmoneans, a family ...

3898

asomatous
ASO'MATOUS, a. [Gr. priv and body.]Without a material body; incorporeal. [Not used.]

3899

asp
'ASP,

3900

aspalathus
ASPAL'ATHUS, n. A plant.

3901

asparagin
ASPAR'AGIN, n. White transparent crystals of a peculiar vegetable principle, which spontaneously ...

3902

asparagus
ASPAR'AGUS, n. [L. and Gr. probably from to tear, from its lacerated appearance, or from the root ...

3903

aspect
'ASPECT, n. [L. aspectus, from aspicio, to look on, of ad and specio, to see or look.]1. Look; ...

3904

aspectable
ASPECT'ABLE, a. That may be seen. [Not used.]

3905

aspected
ASPECT'ED, a. Having an aspect. [Not used.]

3906

aspection
ASPEC'TION, n. The act of viewing. [Not used.]

3907

aspen
ASP'EN or ASP, n. A species of the poplar, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move ...

3908

asper
AS'PER, a. [L. See Asperate.] Rough; rugged. [Little used.]AS'PER, n. [L. aspiro, to ...

3909

asperate
AS'PERATE, v.t. [L. aspero, from asper, rough.]To make rough or uneven.

3910

asperation
ASPERA'TION, n. A making rough.

3911

asperifoliate
ASPERIFO'LIATE, a. [L. asper, rough, and folium, a leaf.]Having rough leaves. Plants of this kind ...

3912

asperifolious
ASPERIFO'LIOUS, a. Having leaves rough to the touch. [See the preceding word.]

3913

asperity
ASPER'ITY, n. [L. asperitas, from asper, rough.]1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to ...

3914

asperous
AS'PEROUS, a. [L. asper, rough.] Rough; uneven.

3915

asperse
ASPERSE, v.t. aspers'. [L. aspergo, aspersus, of ad and spargo, to scatter.]1. To bespatter with ...

3916

asperser
ASPERS'ER, n One that asperses, or villifies another.

3917

aspersion
ASPER'SION, n.1. A sprinkling, as of water or dust, in a literal sense.2. The spreading of ...

3918

asphalt
ASPHALT'

3919

asphaltic
ASPHALT'IC, a. Pertaining to asphalt, or containing it; bituminous.

3920

asphaltite
ASPHALT'ITE, a. Pertaining to or containing asphalt.

3921

asphaltum
ASPHALT'UM, n. [Gr.] Bitumen Judaicum, Jew's pitch; a smooth, hard, brittle, black or brown ...

3922

asphodel
AS'PHODEL, n. [L. and Gr. See Theoph.]King's-spear; a genus of lilaceous plants, cultivated for ...

3923

asphurelates
ASPHU'RELATES, n. [Gr. priv. and a hammer; not malleable.]A series of semimetallic fossils, ...

3924

asphyxy
ASPHYX'Y, n. [Gr. of a priv. and pulse.] A temporary suspension of the motion of the heart and ...

3925

aspic
ASP'IC, n. [L. aspis; Gr. a round shield and an asp; supposed to be from Heb. to gather in, or ...

3926

aspirant
ASPI'RANT, n. [See aspire.] One who aspires, breathes after, or seeks with eagerness.

3927

aspirate
AS'PIRATE, v.t. [L. aspiro, to breathe or blow; Gr. to palpitate, from spiro. See Spire, ...

3928

aspirated
AS'PIRATED, pp. Uttered with a strong emission of breath.

3929

aspirating
AS'PIRATING, ppr. Pronouncing with a full breath.

3930

aspiration
ASPIRA'TION, n. 1. The pronunciation of a letter with a full emission of breath.2. A breathing ...

3931

aspire
ASPI'RE, v.i. [L. aspiro, to breathe. See Aspirate.]1. To desire with eagerness; to pant after ...

3932

aspirer
ASPI'RER, n. One who aspires; one who aims to rise in power or consequence, or to accomplish some ...

3933

aspiring
ASPI'RING, ppr. Desiring eagerly; aiming at something noble, great, or spiritual.ASPI'RING, a. ...

3934

asportation
ASPORTA'TION, n. [L. asportatio, of abs and porto, to carry. See Bear.]A carrying away. In law, ...

3935

asquint
ASQUINT', adv. [See Askance, and Squint.]1. To the corner or angle of the eye; obliquely; towards ...

3936

ass
'ASS, n. [L. asinus; Gr. an ear.]1. A quadruped of the equine genus. This animal has long ...

3937

ass-head
'ASS-HEAD, n. [ass and head.] One dull, like the ass; one slow of apprehension; a blockhead.

3938

ass-like
'ASS-LIKE, a. Resembling an ass.

3939

assai
ASS'AI, A term in music; added to a word signifying slow, it denotes a little quicker; and to a ...

3940

assail
ASSA'IL, v.t. [L. assilio, to leap or rush upon, of ad and salio, to leap, to rise.]1. To leap or ...

3941

assailable
ASSA'ILABLE, a. That may be assailed, attacked or invaded.

3942

assailant
ASSA'ILANT, n. One who assails, attacks or assaults.ASSA'ILANT, a. Assaulting; attacking; ...

3943

assailed
ASSA'ILED, pp. Assaulted; invaded; attacked with violence.

3944

assailer
ASSA'ILER, n. One who assails.

3945

assailing
ASSA'ILING, ppr. assaulting; invading by force; attacking with violence.

3946

assailment
ASSA'ILMENT, n. Attack. [Little used.]

3947

assapanic
ASSAPAN'IC, n. The flying squirrel; an animal which flies a little distance by extending the skin ...

3948

assaron
AS'SARON, n. The omer or homer, a Hebrew measure of five pints.

3949

assart
ASSART', n. 1. In ancient laws, the offense of grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or ...

3950

assassin
ASSAS'SIN, n. One who kills or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault. The circumstance ...

3951

assassinate
ASSAS'SINATE, v.t. 1. To kill or attempt to kill, by surprise or secret assault; to murder by ...

3952

assassinated
ASSAS'SINATED, pp. Murdered by surprise or secret assault.

3953

assassinating
ASSAS'SINATING, ppr. Murdering by surprise or secret assault.

3954

assassination
ASSASSINA'TION, n. The act of killing or murdering, by surprise or secret assault; murder by ...

3955

assassinator
ASSAS'SINATOR, n. An assassin, which see.

3956

assassinous
ASSAS'SINOUS, a. Murderous. [Not used.]

3957

assassins
ASSAS'SINS, n. In Syria, a tribe or clan called Ismaelians, Batanists or Batenians. They ...

3958

assation
ASSA'TION, n. [L. assatus.] A roasting. [Not used.]

3959

assault
ASSAULT', n. [L. assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We ...

3960

assaultable
ASSAULT'ABLE, a. That may be assaulted.

3961

assaulted
ASSAULT'ED, pp. Attacked with force, arms, violence, or hostile views.

3962

assaulter
ASSAULT'ER, n. One who assaults, or violently attacks.

3963

assaulting
ASSAULT'ING, ppr. Attacking with force, or with hostile measures.

3964

assay
ASSA'Y, n. [L. sequor; assequor, to follow, to examine. See Essay.]1. The trial of the goodness, ...

3965

assay-balance
ASSAY-BALANCE, n. A balance for the trial of the weight and purity of metals.

3966

assay-master
ASSAY-MASTER, n. An assayer; an officer appointed to try the weight and fineness of the precious ...

3967

assayed
ASSA'YED, pp. Examined; tested; proved by experiment.

3968

assayer
ASSA'YER, n. One who examines metals to find their quantity and purity. An officer of the mint, ...

3969

assaying
ASSA'YING, ppr. Trying by some standard; examining by experiment, as metals; proving; attempting.

3970

assecurance
ASSECU'RANCE, n. Assurance. [Not used.]

3971

assecuration
ASSECURA'TION, n. assurance; a making secure. [Not used.]

3972

assecure
ASSECU'RE, v.t. To secure. [Not used.]

3973

assecution
ASSECU'TION, n. [L. assequor.] an obtaining or acquiring.

3974

assemblage
ASSEM'BLAGE, n. 1. A collection of individuals, or of particular things; the state of being ...

3975

assemblance
ASSEM'BLANCE, n. Representation; an assembling. [Not in use.]

3976

assemble
ASSEM'BLE, v.t. [L. simul.]To collect a number of individuals or particulars into one place, or ...

3977

assembled
ASSEM'BLED, pp. collected into a body; congregated.

3978

assembler
ASSEM'BLER, n. One who assembles.

3979

assembling
ASSEM'BLING, ppr. Coming together; collecting into one place.ASSEM'BLING, n. A collection or ...

3980

assembly
ASSEM'BLY, n.1. A company or collection of individuals, in the same place; usually for the same ...

3981

assembly-room
ASSEM'BLY-ROOM, n. a room in which persons assemble.

3982

assent
ASSENT', n. [L. assensus, from assentior, to assent, of ad and sentio, to thing.]1. The act of ...

3983

assentation
ASSENTA'TION, n. [L. assentatio, from assentor, to comply.]Compliance with the opinion of another, ...

3984

assentator
ASSENTA'TOR, n. A flatterer.

3985

assentatorily
ASSENTATO'RILY, adv. With adulation. [Not in use.]

3986

assenter
ASSENT'ER, n. One who assents, agrees to, or admits.

3987

assenting
ASSENT'ING, ppr. Agreeing to, or admitting as true; yielding to.

3988

assentingly
ASSENT'INGLY, adv. In a manner to express assent; by agreement.

3989

assentment
ASSENT'MENT, a. Assent; agreement. [Rarely used.]

3990

assert
ASSERT', v.t. [L. assero, assertum, to claim or challenge, to maintain or assert; of ad and sero. ...

3991

asserted
ASSERT'ED, pp. Affirmed positively; maintained; vindicated.

3992

asserting
ASSERT'ING, ppr. Declaring with confidence; maintaining; defending.

3993

assertion
ASSER'TION, n. 1. The act of asserting; the maintaining of a claim.2. Positive declaration or ...

3994

assertive
ASSERT'IVE, a. Positive; affirming confidently; peremptory.

3995

assertively
ASSERT'IVELY, adv. Affirmatively

3996

assertor
ASSERT'OR, n. One who affirms positively; one who maintains or vindicates a claim; an affirmer, ...

3997

assertory
ASSERT'ORY, a. Affirming; maintaining.

3998

assess
ASSESS', v.t. [L. assideo, ad and sedeo.]1. To set, fix or charge a certain sum upon one, as a ...

3999

assessable
ASSESS'ABLE, a. That may be assessed.

4000

assessed
ASSESS'ED, pp. Charged with a certain sum; valued; set; fixed; ascertained.

4001

assessing
ASSESS'ING, ppr. Charging with a sum; valuing; fixing; ascertaining.

4002

assession
ASSES'SION, n. A sitting down by a person. [Not used.]

4003

assessionary
ASSES'SIONARY, a. Pertaining to assessors.

4004

assessment
ASSESS'MENT, n. 1. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation. ...

4005

assessor
ASSESS'OR, n. 1. One appointed to assess the person or property.2. An inferior officer of ...

4006

assets
ASSETS', n. plu. [L. sat, satis, enough.]Goods or estate of a deceased person, sufficient to pay ...

4007

assever
ASSEV'ER,

4008

asseverate
ASSEV'ERATE, v.t. [L. assevero, from ad and swear.]To affirm or aver positively, or with ...

4009

asseveration
ASSEVERA'TION, n. Positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. This word is not, ...

4010

assideans
ASSIDE'ANS or CHASIDE'ANS, [Heb. pious.]A sect of Jews who resorted to Mattathias to fight for the ...

4011

assident
AS'SIDENT, a. [L. assideo, assidens, of ad and sedeo, to sit.]Assident signs, in medicine, are ...

4012

assiduate
ASSID'UATE, a. Daily. [Not in use.]

4013

assiduity
ASSIDU'ITY, n. [L. assiduitas. See Assiduous.]1. Constant or close application to any business ...

4014

assiduous
ASSID'UOUS, a. [L. assiduus, from assideo, to sit close, ad and sedeo; Eng. to sit.]1. Constant ...

4015

assiduously
ASSID'UOUSLY, adv. Diligently; attentively; with earnestness and care; with regular attendance.

4016

assiduousness
ASSID'UOUSNESS, n. Constant or diligent application.

4017

assiento
ASSIENT'O, n. [L. assideo.]A contract or convention between the king of Spain and other powers, ...

4018

assign
ASSI'GN, v.t. [L. assigno, of ad and signo, to allot to mark out, signum, a mark. The primary ...

4019

assignable
ASSI'GNABLE, a. 1. That may be allotted, appointed or assigned.2. That may be transferred by ...

4020

assignat
AS'SIGNAT, n. A public note or bill in France; paper currency.

4021

assignation
ASSIGNA'TION, n. 1. An appointment of time and place for meeting; used chiefly of ...

4022

assigned
ASSI'GNED, pp. Appointed; allotted; made over; shown or designated.

4023

assignee
ASSIGNEE', n. A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed to do some ...

4024

assigner
ASSI'GNER, n. One who assigns, or appoints.

4025

assigning
ASSI'GNING, ppr. Allotting; appointing; transferring; showing specially.

4026

assignment
ASSI'GNMENT, n.1. An allotting, or an appointment to a particular person or use.2. A transfer of ...

4027

assignor
ASSIGNOR', n. an assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as the assignor of a ...

4028

assimilable
ASSIM'ILABLE, a. That may be assimilated.

4029

assimilate
ASSIM'ILATE, v.t. [L. assimilo, of ad and similis, like. See Similar.]1. To bring to a likeness; ...

4030

assimilated
ASSIM'ILATED, pp. Brought to a likeness; changed into a like substance.

4031

assimilating
ASSIM'ILATING, ppr. Causing to resemble; converting into a like substance.

4032

assimilation
ASSIMILA'TION, n. 1. The act of bringing to a resemblance.2. The act or process by which bodies ...

4033

assimilative
ASSIM'ILATIVE, a. having power of converting to a likeness, or to a like substance.

4034

assimulate
ASSIM'ULATE, v.t. [L. assimulo.] To feign. [Not used. See simulate.]

4035

assimulation
ASSIMULA'TION, n. A counterfeiting. [Not used. See Simulation.]

4036

assist
ASSIST', v.t. [L. assisto, of ad and sisto, to stand up; English, to stand by.]To help; to aid; ...

4037

assistance
ASSIST'ANCE, n. Help; aid; furtherance; succor; a contribution of support in bodily strength or ...

4038

assistant
ASSIST'ANT, a. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.ASSIST'ANT, n. One who aids, or who ...

4039

assisted
ASSIST'ED, pp. Helped; aided.

4040

assister
ASSIST'ER, n. One that lends aid.

4041

assisting
ASSIST'ING, ppr. Helping; aiding; supporting with strength or means.

4042

assistless
ASSIST'LESS, a. Without aid or help.

4043

assize
ASSI'ZE,

4044

assized
ASSI'ZED, pp. Regulated in weight, measure or price, by an assize or ordinance.

4045

assizer
ASSI'ZER, n. An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures.

4046

assizes
ASSI'ZES, n. [L. assideo, to sit by, of ad and sedeo, to sit.]1. Originally, an assembly of ...

4047

assizor
ASSI'ZOR, n. In Scotland, a juror.

4048

assober
ASSO'BER, v.t. [See Sober.] To keep under. [Not used.]

4049

associability
ASSOCIABIL'ITY, n. The quality of being capable of association; the quality of suffering some ...

4050

associable
ASSO'CIABLE, a. assoshable. [See Associate.] 1. That may be joined to or associated.2. In a ...

4051

associate
ASSO'CIATE, v.t. assoshate. [L. associo, of ad and socio, to join.]1. To join in company, as a ...

4052

associated
ASSO'CIATED, pp. United in company or in interest; joined.

4053

associateship
ASSO'CIATESHIP, n. The state or office of an associate.

4054

associating
ASSO'CIATING, ppr. Uniting in company or in interest; joining.

4055

association
ASSOCIA'TION, n. 1. The act of associating; union; connection of persons.2. Union of persons in ...

4056

associational
ASSOCIA'TIONAL, a. Pertaining to an association of clergymen.

4057

associative
ASSO'CIATIVE, a. Having the quality of associating, or of being affected by sympathy.

4058

assoil
ASSOIL', v.t. [L. absolvo.] To solve; to release; to absolve.ASSOIL', v.t. To soil; to stain. ...

4059

assonance
AS'SONANCE, n. [L. ad and sono, to sound. See Sound.]Resemblance of sounds. In rhetoric and ...

4060

assonant
AS'SONANT, a. Having a resemblance of sounds. In Spanish poetry, assonant rhymes are those in ...

4061

assort
ASSORT', v.t. [See Sort.]1. To separate and distribute into classes things of the like kind, ...

4062

assorted
ASSORT'ED, pp. 1. Distributed into sorts, kinds or classes.2. Furnished with an assortment, or ...

4063

assorting
ASSORT'ING, ppr. Separating into sorts; supplying with an assortment.

4064

assortment
ASSORT'MENT, n.1. The act of distributing into sorts, kinds of classes, or of selecting and ...

4065

assot
ASSOT', v.t. [See Sot.] To infatuate; to besot. [Not used.]

4066

assuage
ASSUA'GE, v.t. To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease or lessen, as pain or ...

4067

assuaged
ASSUA'GED, pp. Allayed; mitigated; eased; appeased.

4068

assuagement
ASSUA'GEMENT, n. Mitigation; abatement.

4069

assuager
ASSUA'GER, n. One who allays; that which mitigates or abates.

4070

assuaging
ASSUA'GING, ppr. Allaying; mitigating; appeasing; abating.

4071

assuasive
ASSUA'SIVE, a. [from assuage.] Softening; mitigating; tranquilizing.

4072

assuefaction
ASSUEFAC'TION, n. [L. assuefacio.] The act of accustoming. [Not used.]

4073

assuetude
AS'SUETUDE, n. [L. assuetudo, from assuetus, p. of assuesco, to accustom.] Custom; habit; ...

4074

assume
ASSU'ME, v.t. [L. assumo, of ad and sumo, to take.]1. To take or take upon one. If differs from ...

4075

assumed
ASSU'MED, pp. Taken; arrogated; taken without proof; pretended.

4076

assumer
ASSU'MER, n. One who assumes; an arrogant person.

4077

assuming
ASSU'MING, ppr. Taking; arrogating; taking for granted; pretending.ASSU'MING, a. Taking or ...

4078

assumpsit
ASSUMP'SIT, n. [L. assumo.]1. In law, a promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This ...

4079

assumpt
ASSUMPT', v.t. To take up; to raise. [Barbarous and not used.]ASSUMPT', n. That which is ...

4080

assumption
ASSUMP'TION, n. [L. assumptio.]1. The act of taking to one's self.2. The act of taking for ...

4081

assumptive
ASSUMP'TIVE, a. That is or may be assumed. In heraldry, assumptive arms are such as a person has ...

4082

assurance
ASSU'RANCE, n. ashu'rance. [L. verus; or securus, contracted.]1. The act of assuring, or of ...

4083

assure
ASSU'RE, v.t. ashu're. [See Assurance.]1. To make certain; to give confidence by a promise, ...

4084

assured
ASSU'RED, pp. Made certain or confident; made secure; insured.ASSU'RED, a. Certain; indubitable; ...

4085

assuredly
ASSU'REDLY, adv. Certainly; indubitably. Assuredly thy son Solomon shall reign. 1Kings 1.

4086

assuredness
ASSU'REDNESS, n. The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.

4087

assurer
ASSU'RER, n. One who assumes; one who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

4088

assurgent
ASSUR'GENT, a. [l. assurgens, assurgo.]Rising upwards in an arch; as an assurgent stem, in botany.

4089

assuring
ASSU'RING, ppr. Making sure or confident; giving security; confirming.

4090

asswage
ASSWA'GE, [See Assuage.]

4091

astacite
AS'TACITE,

4092

astacolite
AS'TACOLITE, n. [Gr. a crawfish and a stone.] Petrified or fossil crawfish, and other crustaceous ...

4093

asteism
AS'TEISM, n. [Gr. beautiful, polite.]In rhetoric, genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of ...

4094

astenic
ASTEN'IC, a. asten'ic. [Gr. priv. and strength.]Weak; characterized by extreme debility.

4095

aster
AS'TER, n. [Gr.] A genus of plants, with compound flowers, many of which are cultivated for their ...

4096

asterias
ASTE'RIAS,

4097

asteriated
ASTE'RIATED, a. [Supra.] Radiated; presenting diverging rays, like a star; as asteriated ...

4098

asteriatite
ASTE'RIATITE, n. Petrified asterias.

4099

asterisk
AS'TERISK, n. [Gr. a little star, from a star.]The figure of a star thus, *, used in printing and ...

4100

asterism
AS'TERISM, n. [Gr. a little star, from a star.]1. A constellation; a sign in the zodiac.The ...

4101

asterite
AS'TERITE, or star stone. [See Astrite.]

4102

astern
ASTERN', adv. [a or at, and stern. See stern.]1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; or towards ...

4103

asteroid
AS'TEROID, n. [Gr. a star, and form.] A name given by Herschel to the newly discovered planets ...

4104

asteroidal
ASTEROID'AL, a. Resembling a star; or pertaining to the asteroids.

4105

asteropode
AS'TEROPODE,

4106

asteropodium
ASTEROPO'DIUM, n. [Gr. a star, and a foot.]A kind of extraneous fossil, of the same substance with ...

4107

astert
ASTERT', v.t. To startle. [Not in use.]

4108

asthenology
ASTHENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. priv., strength, and discourse.]The doctrine of diseases arising from ...

4109

asthma
ASTHMA, n. ast'ma. [Gr.]A shortness of breath; intermitting difficulty of breathing, with cough, ...

4110

asthmatic
ASTHMAT'IC, a. Pertaining to asthma; also affected by asthma; as an asthmatic patient.

4111

astipulate
ASTIPULATE for Stipulate. [Not in use.]

4112

astipulation
ASTIPULATION for Stipulation [Not in use.]

4113

astone
ASTO'NE,

4114

astoned
ASTO'NED,

4115

astonied
ASTO'NIED, pp. Astonished. Obs.

4116

astonish
ASTON'ISH, v.t. [L. attono, to astonish; ad and tono. See Tone and Stun.]To stun or strike dumb ...

4117

astonished
ASTON'ISHED, pp. Amazed; confounded with fear, surprise, or admiration.

4118

astonishing
ASTON'ISHING, ppr. Amazing; confounding with wonder or fear.ASTON'ISHING, a. Very wonderful; of a ...

4119

astonishingly
ASTON'ISHINGLY, adv. In a manner or degree to excite amazement.

4120

astonishingness
ASTON'ISHINGNESS, n. The quality of exciting astonishment.

4121

astonishment
ASTON'ISHMENT, n. Amazement; confusion of mind from fear, surprise or admiration, at an ...

4122

astony
ASTO'NY, v.t. [See Astonish.] To terrify or astonish. Obs.

4123

astound
ASTOUND', v.t. To astonish; to strike dumb with amazement.

4124

astraddle
ASTRAD'DLE, adv. [ a and straddle. See Straddle.]With the legs across a thing, or on different ...

4125

astragal
AS'TRAGAL, n. [Gr. a turning joint, vertebra, spondylus.]1. In architecture, a little round ...

4126

astral
AS'TRAL, a. [L. astrum; Gr. a star.]Belonging to the stars; starry.

4127

astray
ASTRA'Y, adv. [a and stray. See Stray.]Out of the right way or proper place, both in a literal ...

4128

astrea
ASTRE'A, n. [Gr. a star.]The goddess of justice. A name sometimes given to the sign virgo. The ...

4129

astrict
ASTRICT', v.t [L. astringo, astrictus. See Astringe.]To bind fast, or compress. [Not much ...

4130

astricted
ASTRICT'ED, pp. Bound fast; compressed with bandages.

4131

astricting
ASTRICT'ING, ppr. Binding close; compressing; contracting.

4132

astriction
ASTRIC'TION, n.1. The act of binding close, or compressing with ligatures.2. A contraction of ...

4133

astrictive
ASTRICT'IVE, a. Binding; compressing; styptic.

4134

astrictory
ASTRICT'ORY, a. Astringent; binding; apt to bind.

4135

astriferous
ASTRIF'EROUS, a. [L. astrifer; astrum, a star, and fero, to bear.]Bearing or containing stars. ...

4136

astrigerous
ASTRIG'EROUS,a. [Low L. astriger.] Bearing stars. [Not used.]

4137

astringe
ASTRINGE, v.t. astrinj'. [L. astringo, of ad and stringo, to bind fast, to strain. See ...

4138

astringed
ASTRING'ED, pp. Compressed; straitened; contracted.

4139

astringency
ASTRING'ENCY, n. The power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines which ...

4140

astringent
ASTRING'ENT, a. Binding; contracting; strengthening; opposed to laxative.ASTRING'ENT, n. a ...

4141

astringer
ASTRING'ER, n. A falconer that keeps a goss hawk.

4142

astringing
ASTRING'ING, ppr. Compressing; binding fast; contracting.

4143

astrite
AS'TRITE, n. [Gr. a star.]An extraneous fossil, called also asteria and astroit. Astrites are ...

4144

astro-theology
ASTRO-THEOL'OGY, n. [L. astrum, a star, and theologia, divinity.]Theology founded on the ...

4145

astrography
ASTROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a star, and to describe.]A description of the stars, or the science of ...

4146

astroit
AS'TROIT, n. 1. Star-stone. [See Astrite.]2. A species of petrified madrepore often found in ...

4147

astrolabe
AS'TROLABE, n. [Gr. a star, and to take.]1. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude ...

4148

astrologer
ASTROL'OGER,

4149

astrologian
ASTROLO'GIAN, n. [L. astrologus, of a star, and discourse.]1. One who professes to foretell ...

4150

astrologic
ASTROLOG'IC,

4151

astrological
ASTROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.

4152

astrologically
ASTROLOG'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of astrology.

4153

astrologize
ASTROL'OGIZE, v.i. To practice astrology.

4154

astrology
ASTROL'OGY, n. [Supra.] A science which teaches to judge of the effects and influences of the ...

4155

astronomer
ASTRON'OMER, n. One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the ...

4156

astronomic
ASTRONOM'IC,

4157

astronomical
ASTRONOM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to astronomy.

4158

astronomically
ASTRONOM'ICALLY, adv. in an astronomical manner; by the principles of astronomy.

4159

astronomize
ASTRON'OMIZE', v.i. To study astronomy. [Little used.]

4160

astronomy
ASTRON'OMY, n. [Gr. a star, and a law or rule.]The science which teaches the knowledge of the ...

4161

astroscope
AS'TROSCOPE, n. [Gr. a star, and to view.]An astronomical instrument, composed of two cones, on ...

4162

astroscopy
AS'TROSCOPY, n. [See Astroscope.] Observation of the stars.

4163

astrut
ASTRUT', adv. [See Strut.] In a strutting manner.

4164

astute
ASTU'TE, a. [L. astutus, from astus, craft, subtilty.]Shrewd; sharp; eagle-eyed; critically ...

4165

asunder
ASUND'ER, adv. [See sunder.]Apart; into parts; separately; in a divided state.The Lord hath cut ...

4166

aswoon
ASWOON', adv. In a swoon. Obs.

4167

asylum
ASY'LUM, n. [L. from Gr. safe from spoil, and spoil, to plunder.]1. A sanctuary, or place of ...

4168

asymmetral
ASYM'METRAL,

4169

asymmetrical
ASYMMET'RICAL, a. [See Symmetry.]Not having symmetry. [Little used.]

4170

asymmetry
ASYM'METRY, n. [Gr. priv. symmetry, of with, and to measure.]The want of proportion between the ...

4171

asymptote
AS'YMPTOTE, n. [Gr. priv. with, and to fall; not meeting or coinciding.]A line which approaches ...

4172

asymptotical
ASYMPTOT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an asymptote. Asymptotical lines or curves are such as continually ...

4173

asyndeton
ASYN'DETON, n. [Gr. priv. and to bind together.]In grammar, a figure which omits the connective; ...

4174

at
AT, prep. [L. ad. At, ad and to, if not radically the same word often coincide in signification; ...

4175

atabal
AT'ABAL, n. A kettle drum; a kind of tabor.

4176

atacamite
ATAC'AMITE, n. A muriate of copper

4177

atagas
AT'AGAS, n. The red cock or moor-game.

4178

atamasco
ATAMAS'CO, n. A species of lily of the genus Amaryllis.

4179

ataraxy
AT'ARAXY, n. [Gr. of a priv. and tumult.]Calmness of mind; a term used by the stoics and skeptics ...

4180

ataxy
ATAX'Y, n. [Gr. priv. and order.]Want of order; disturbance; irregularity in the functions of the ...

4181

atche
ATCHE, n. In Turkey, a small silver coin, value about six or seven mills.

4182

ate
ATE, The preterite of eat, which see.ATE, n. a'ty. [Gr. mischief; to hurt. Ate is a ...

4183

atellan
ATEL'LAN, a. Relating to the dramas at Atella in Italy.ATEL'LAN, n. A dramatic representation, ...

4184

atempogiusto
ATEMP'OGIUSTO, [L. in tempore, justo.]A direction in music, which signifies to sing or play in an ...

4185

athanasian
ATHANA'SIAN, a. Pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, in the fourth century. The ...

4186

athanor
ATH'ANOR, n. [Heb. thanor, an oven or furnace.]A digesting furnace, formerly used in chimical ...

4187

atheism
A'THEISM, n. The disbelief of the existence of a God, or Supreme intelligent Being.Atheism is a ...

4188

atheist
A'THEIST, n. [Gr. of a priv. and God.]One who disbelieves the existence of a God, or Supreme ...

4189

atheistic
ATHEIST'IC,

4190

atheistical
ATHEIST'ICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to atheism.2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious, ...

4191

atheistically
ATHEIST'ICALLY, adv. In an atheistic manner; impiously.

4192

atheisticalness
ATHEIST'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being atheistical.

4193

atheize
A'THEIZE, v.i. To discourse an an atheist. [Not used.]

4194

athel
ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth.

4195

athenian
ATHE'NIAN, a. [from Athens.] Pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Attica in Greece.ATHE'NIAN, ...

4196

atheologian
ATHEOLO'GIAN, n. One who is opposed to a theologian.

4197

atheology
ATHEOL'OGY, n. atheism. [Not in use.]

4198

atheous
A'THEOUS, a. Atheistic; impious. [Not used.]

4199

atherina
ATHERI'NA, n. a genus of fishes of the abdominal order. The characters are, the upper jaw is ...

4200

atherine
ATH'ERINE,

4201

atheroma
ATHERO'MA,

4202

atheromatous
ATHERO'MATOUS, a. Pertaining to or resembling an atherome; having the qualities of an atherome.

4203

atherome
ATH'EROME, n. [Gr. from pap.]An encysted tumor, without pain or discoloration of the skin, ...

4204

athirst
ATHIRST', a. athrust'. [a and thirst. See Thirst.]1. Thirsty; wanting drink.2. Having a keen ...

4205

athlete
ATHLE'TE, n. [See Athletic.] A contender for victory.

4206

athletic
ATHLET'IC, a. [Gr.; L. athleta, a wrestler; from strife, contest.]1. Belonging to wrestling, ...

4207

athwart
ATHWART', prep. [a and thwart. See Thwart.]1. Across; from side to side; transverse; as athwart ...

4208

atilt
ATILT', adv. [a and tilt. See Tilt.]1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the ...

4209

atimy
AT'IMY, n. [Gr. honor.]In ancient Greece, disgrace; exclusion from office or magistracy, by some ...

4210

atlantean
ATLANTE'AN, a. 1. Pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk and ...

4211

atlantian
ATLAN'TIAN,

4212

atlantic
ATLAN'TIC, a. [from Atlas or Atlantis.]Pertaining to that division of the ocean, which lies ...

4213

atlantica
ATLAN'TICA,

4214

atlantides
ATLAN'TIDES, n. A name given to the Pleiades or seven stars, which were feigned to be the ...

4215

atlantis
ATLAN'TIS, n. An isle mentioned by the ancients, situated west of Gades, or Cadiz, on the strait ...

4216

atlas
AT'LAS, n. 1. A collection of maps in a volume; supposed to be so called from a picture of mount ...

4217

atmometer
ATMOM'ETER, n. [Gr. vapor, and to measure.]An instrument to measure the quantity of exhalation ...

4218

atmosphere
AT'MOSPHERE, n. [Gr. vapor, and a sphere.The whole mass of fluid, consisting of air, aqueous and ...

4219

atmospheric
ATMOSPHER'IC,

4220

atmospherical
ATMOSPHER'ICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the atmosphere; as atmospheric air or vapors.2. Dependent on ...

4221

atom
AT'OM, n. [Gr.; L. atomus; from not, and to cut.]1. A particle of matter so minute as to admit of ...

4222

atom-like
AT'OM-LIKE, a. Resembling atoms.

4223

atomic
ATOM'IC,

4224

atomical
ATOM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to atoms; consisting of atoms; extremely minute.The atomical philosophy, ...

4225

atomism
AT'OMISM, n. The doctrine of atoms.

4226

atomist
AT'OMIST, n. One who holds to the atomical philosophy.

4227

atomy
AT'OMY, n. A word used by Shakespeare for atom; also an abbreviation of anatomy.

4228

atone
ATO'NE, adv. [at and one.] At one; together.ATO'NE, v.i. [Supposed to be compounded of at and ...

4229

atoned
ATO'NED, pp. Expiated; appeased; reconciled.

4230

atonement
ATO'NEMENT, n.1. Agreement; concord; reconciliation, after enmity or controversy. Rom. 5.Between ...

4231

atoner
ATO'NER, n. He who makes atonement.

4232

atonic
ATON'IC, a. Relaxed; debilitated.

4233

atoning
ATO'NING, ppr. 1. Reconciling. Obs.2. Making amends, or satisfaction.

4234

atony
AT'ONY, n. [Gr. defect, of a priv. and tone, from to stretch.]Debility; relaxation; a want of tone ...

4235

atop
ATOP', adv. [a and top. See Top.] On or at the top.

4236

atrabilarian
ATRABILA'RIAN,

4237

atrabilarious
ATRABILA'RIOUS, a. [L. atra bilis, black bile.]Affected with melancholy, which the ancients ...

4238

atrabilariousness
ATRABILA'RIOUSNESS, n. The state of being melancholy, or affected with disordered bile.

4239

atramental
ATRAMENT'AL,

4240

atramentarious
ATRAMENTA'RIOUS, a. Like ink; suitable for making ink. The sulphate of iron, or green copperas, ...

4241

atramentous
ATRAMENT'OUS, a. [L. atramentum, ink, after ater, black.]Inky; black like ink.

4242

atrip
ATRIP', adv. [a and trip. See Trip.]In nautical language, the anchor is atrip, when drawn out of ...

4243

atrocious
ATRO'CIOUS, a. [L. atrox, trux, fierce, cruel.]1. Extremely hainous, criminal or cruel; enormous; ...

4244

atrociously
ATRO'CIOUSLY, adv. In an atrocious manner; with enormous cruelty or guilt.

4245

atrociousness
ATRO'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being enormously criminal or cruel.

4246

atrocity
ATROC'ITY, n. Enormous wickedness; extreme hainousness or cruelty; as the atrocity of murder.

4247

atrophy
AT'ROPHY, n. [Gr. a priv. and to nourish.]A consumption or wasting of the flesh, with loss of ...

4248

atropia
ATRO'PIA, n. A new vegetable alkali extracted from the atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade. ...

4249

attach
ATTACH', v.t. [Gr.; L. tango, for tago, Eng. tack; &c. See attack and Tack.1. To take by legal ...

4250

attachable
ATTACH'ABLE, a. That may be legally attached; liable to be taken by writ or precept.

4251

attached
ATTACH'ED, pp. Taken by writ or precept; drawn to and fixed, or united by affection or interest.

4252

attaching
ATTACH'ING, ppr. Taking or seizing by commandment or writ; drawing to, and fixing by influence; ...

4253

attachment
ATTACH'MENT, n. 1. A taking of the person, goods or estate by a writ or precept in a civil action, ...

4254

attack
ATTACK', v.t [Heb. to thrust, to drive, to strike.1. To assault; to fall upon with force; to ...

4255

attacked
ATTACK'ED, pp. Assaulted; invaded; fallen on by force or enmity.

4256

attacker
ATTACK'ER, n. One who assaults or invades.

4257

attacking
ATTACK'ING, ppr. Assaulting; invading; falling on with force, calumny or criticism.

4258

attacottic
ATTACOT'TIC, a. Pertaining to the Attacotti, a tribe of ancient Britons, allies of the Scots.

4259

attagen
AT'TAGEN, n. A beautiful fowl, resembling the pheasant, with a short black bill and a fine crest ...

4260

attain
ATTA'IN, v.i. [L. attingo, to reach, come to or overtake; ad and tango, to touch, reach or strike; ...

4261

attainable
ATTA'INABLE, a. That may be attained; that may be reached by efforts of the mind or body; that may ...

4262

attainableness
ATTA'INABLENESS, n. The quality of being attainable.

4263

attainder
ATTA'INDER, n. [L. ad and tingo, to stain; Gr. See Tinge.]1. Literally a staining, corruption, ...

4264

attainment
ATTA'INMENT, n. 1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence the act of ...

4265

attaint
ATTA'INT, v.t. [See Attainder.]1. To taint or corrupt; to extinguish the pure or inheritable ...

4266

attainted
ATTA'INTED, pp. Stained; corrupted; rendered infamous; rendered incapable of inheriting.

4267

attainting
ATTA'INTING, ppr. Staining; corrupting; rendering infamous by judicial act; depriving of ...

4268

attaintment
ATTA'INTMENT, n. The being attainted.

4269

attainture
ATTA'INTURE, n. A staining or rendering infamous; reproach; imputation.

4270

attar
AT'TAR, n. The essential oil or essence of roses.

4271

attask
ATTASK', v.t. To task; to tax. [Not used. See Task.]

4272

attaste
ATTA'STE, v.t. To taste. [Not used. See Taste.]

4273

attemper
ATTEM'PER, v.t. [L. attempero, of ad and tempero, to temper, mix, or moderate. See Temper.]1. To ...

4274

attemperance
ATTEM'PERANCE, n. Temperance. [Not used.]

4275

attemperate
ATTEM'PERATE, a. [L. attemperatus.]Tempered; proportioned; suited.Hope must be proportioned and ...

4276

attempered
ATTEM'PERED, ppr. Reduced in quality; moderated; softened; well mixed; suited.

4277

attempering
ATTEM'PERING, ppr. Moderating in quality; softening; mixing in due proportion; making suitable.

4278

attemperly
ATTEM'PERLY, adv. In a temperate manner. [Not in use.]

4279

attempt
ATTEMPT', v.t. [L. attento, to attempt, of ad and tento, to try; tento is from the same root as ...

4280

attemptable
ATTEMPT'ABLE, a. That may be attempted, tried or attacked; liable to an attempt, or attack.

4281

attempted
ATTEMPT'ED, pp. Essayed; tried; attacked.

4282

attempter
ATTEMPT'ER, n. One who attempts, or attacks.

4283

attempting
ATTEMPT'ING, ppr. Trying; essaying; making an effort to gain a point; attacking.

4284

attend
ATTEND', v.t. [L. attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch, to tend. See Tend.]1. To go with, or ...

4285

attendance
ATTEND'ANCE, n. 1. The act of waiting on, or serving.Of which no man gave attendance at the ...

4286

attendant
ATTEND'ANT, a. 1. Accompanying; being present, or in the train.Other suns with their attendant ...

4287

attended
ATTEND'ED, pp. Accompanied; having attendants; served; waited on.

4288

attender
ATTEND'ER, n. One who attends; a companion; an associate. [Little used.]

4289

attending
ATTEND'ING, ppr. Going with; accompanying; waiting on; superintending or taking care of; being ...

4290

attent
ATTENT', a. Attentive. 2Chron. 6.

4291

attentates
ATTENT'ATES, n. Proceedings in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.

4292

attention
ATTEN'TION, n. 1. The act of attending or heeding; the due application of the ear to sounds, or ...

4293

attentive
ATTENT'IVE, a.Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care. It is applied to the senses of ...

4294

attentively
ATTENT'IVELY, adv. Heedfully; carefully; with fixed attention.

4295

attentiveness
ATTENT'IVENESS, n. The state of being attentive; heedfulness; attention.

4296

attenuant
ATTEN'UANT, a. [See Attenuate.]Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and ...

4297

attenuate
ATTEN'UATE, v.t. [L. attenuo, of ad and tenuo, to make thin; tenuis; Eng. thin, which see.]1. To ...

4298

attenuated
ATTEN'UATED, ppr. Made thin or less viscid; comminuted; made slender. In botany, growing slender ...

4299

attenuating
ATTEN'UATING, pp. Making thin, as fluids; making fine, as solid substances; making slender or ...

4300

attenuation
ATTENUA'TION, n.1. The act of making thin, as fluids; as the attenuation of the humors.2. The act ...

4301

atterate
AT'TERATE, v.t. [L. attero, to wear.]1. To wear away.2. To form or accumulate by wearing.

4302

atterated
AT'TERATED, pp. Formed by wearing.

4303

atteration
ATTERA'TION, n. The operation of forming land by the wearing of the sea, and the wearing of the ...

4304

attest
ATTEST', v.t. [L. attestor; of ad and testor, to affirm or bear witness, from testis. See ...

4305

attestation
ATTESTA'TION, n. Testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in ...

4306

attested
ATTEST'ED, pp. Proved or supported by testimony, solemn or official; witnessed; supported by ...

4307

attesting
ATTEST'ING, ppr. Witnessing; calling to witness; affirming in support of.

4308

attestor
ATTEST'OR, n. One who attests.

4309

attic
AT'TIC, a. [L. Atticus; Gr.]Pertaining to Attica in Greece, or to its principal city, Athens. ...

4310

atticism
AT'TICISM, n. 1. The peculiar style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; ...

4311

atticize
AT'TICIZE, v.t. To conform or make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica. AT'TICIZE, ...

4312

attics
AT'TICS, n. plu. The title of a book in Pausanias, which treats of Attica.

4313

attire
ATTI'RE, v.t.To dress; to array; to adorn with elegant or splendid garments.With the linen miter ...

4314

attired
ATTI'RED, pp. Dressed; decked with ornaments or attire.

4315

attirer
ATTI'RER, n. One who dresses or adorns with attire.

4316

attiring
ATTI'RING, ppr. Dressing; adorning with dress or attire.

4317

attitle
ATTI'TLE, v.t. To entitle. [Not in use.]

4318

attitude
AT'TITUDE, n. [L. actus, ago. 1. In painting and sculpture, the posture or action in which a ...

4319

attollent
ATTOL'LENT, a. [L. attollens, attollo, of ad and tollor, to lift.]Lifting up; raising; as an ...

4320

attorn
ATTORN', v.i. [L. ad and torno.]In the feudal law, to turn, or transfer homage and service from ...

4321

attorney
ATTORN'EY, n. plu. attorneys.One who is appointed or admitted in the place of another, to manage ...

4322

attorneyship
ATTORN'EYSHIP, n. The office of an attorney; agency for another.

4323

attorning
ATTORN'ING, ppr. Acknowledging a new lord, or transferring homage and fealty to the purchaser of ...

4324

attornment
ATTORN'MENT, n. The act of a feudatory, vassal or tenant, by which he consents, upon the ...

4325

attract
ATTRACT', v.t. [L. attraho, attractus, of ad and trako, to draw. See Drag and Draw.]1. To draw ...

4326

attractability
ATTRACTABIL'ITY, n. The quality of being attractable, or of being subject to the law of ...

4327

attractable
ATTRACT'ABLE, a. That may be attracted; subject to attraction.

4328

attracted
ATTRACT'ED, pp. Drawn towards; invited; allured; engaged.

4329

attractic
ATTRACT'IC,

4330

attractical
ATTRACT'ICAL, a. Having power to draw to. [Not used.]

4331

attractile
ATTRACT'ILE, a. That has power to attract.

4332

attracting
ATTRACT'ING, ppr. Drawing to or towards; inviting; alluring; engaging.

4333

attractingly
ATTRACT'INGLY, adv. In an attracting manner.

4334

attraction
ATTRAC'TION, n. 1. The power in bodies which is supposed to draw them together; or the tendency ...

4335

attractive
ATTRACT'IVE, a. 1. Having the quality of attracting; drawing to; as the attractive force of ...

4336

attractively
ATTRACT'IVELY, adv. With the power of attracting, or drawing to.

4337

attractiveness
ATTRACT'IVENESS, n. The quality of being attractive, or engaging.

4338

attractor
ATTRACT'OR, n. The person or thing that attracts.

4339

attrahent
ATTRA'HENT, a. [L. attrahens.] Drawing to; or as a noun, that which draws to.

4340

attrap
ATTRAP', v.t. To clothe; to dress. [Not in use.]

4341

attrectation
ATTRECTA'TION, n. [L. attrectatio.] Frequent handling.

4342

attributable
ATTRIB'UTABLE, a. [See attribute.]That may be ascribed, imputed or attributed; ascribable; ...

4343

attribute
ATTRIB'UTE, v.t. [L. attribuo; ad and tribuo, to divide, to bestow, to assign; tribus, a tribe, ...

4344

attributed
ATTRIB'UTED, pp. Ascribed; yielded as due; imputed.

4345

attributing
ATTRIB'UTING, ppr. Ascribing; yielding or giving as due; imputing.

4346

attribution
ATTRIBU'TION, n. The act of attributing, or the quality ascribed; commendation.

4347

attributive
ATTRIB'UTIVE, a. Pertaining to or expressing an attribute.ATTRIB'UTIVE, n. In grammar, a word ...

4348

attrite
ATTRI'TE, a. [L. attritus, worn, of ad and tero to wear; Gr. See Trite.] worn by rubbing or ...

4349

attriteness
ATTRI'TENESS, n. the being much worn.

4350

attrition
ATTRI'TION, n. 1. Abrasion; the act of wearing by friction, or rubbing substances together.the ...

4351

attune
ATTU'NE, v.t [of ad and tune. See tone and Tune.]1. to make musical.Vernal airs attune the ...

4352

attuned
ATTU'NED, pp. Made musical or harmonious; accommodated in sound.

4353

attuning
ATTU'NING, ppr. Putting in tune; making musical, or accordant in sound.

4354

atwain
ATWA'IN, adv. In twain; asunder. Obs.

4355

atween
ATWEE'N, adv. Between. Obs.

4356

atwixt
ATWIXT', adv. Betwixt. Obs.

4357

atwo
ATWO, adv. In two. Obs.

4358

aubaine
AUBA'INE, n. aub'ain.The droit d'aubaine, in France, is the right of the king to the goods of an ...

4359

auburn
AU'BURN, a. Brown; of a dark color.His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed.

4360

auction
AUC'TION, n. [L. auctio, a public sale; Eng. to hawk. See Hawk.]1. A public sale of property to ...

4361

auctionary
AUC'TIONARY, a. Belonging to an auction or public sale.

4362

auctioneer
AUCTIONEE'R, n. [L. auctionarius.]The person who sells at auction; a person licensed by government ...

4363

aucupation
AUCUPA'TION, n. [L. aucupatio, from aucupor, of avis and capio.] The act or practice of taking ...

4364

audacious
AUDA'CIOUS, a. [L. audax; audeo, to dare. The sense is, advancing forward.]1. Very bold or ...

4365

audaciously
AUDA'CIOUSLY, adv. In an impudent manner; with excess of boldness.

4366

audaciousness
AUDA'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

4367

audacity
AUDAC'ITY, n.1. Boldness, sometimes in a good sense; daring spirit, resolution or confidence.2. ...

4368

audeanism
AUD'EANISM, n. Anthropomorphism; or the doctrine of Audeus, who maintained that God has a human ...

4369

audible
AUD'IBLE, a. [L. audibilis, from audio, to hear. This word is evidently connected with the name ...

4370

audibleness
AUD'IBLENESS, n. The quality of being audible.

4371

audibly
AUD'IBLY, adv. In an audible manner; in a manner so as to be heard.

4372

audience
AUD'IENCE, n.1. The act of hearing, or attending to sounds.His bold discourse had audience.2. ...

4373

audient
AUD'IENT, n. A hearer. [Not in use.]

4374

audit
AUD'IT, n. [L. audit, he hears.] 1. An examination of an account or of accounts, with a hearing ...

4375

audit-house
AUD'IT-HOUSE, n. An appendage to a cathedral, in which the business belonging to it is transacted.

4376

auditive
AUD'ITIVE, a. Having the power of hearing.

4377

auditor
AUD'ITOR, [L.] 1. A hearer; one who attends to hear a discourse.2. A person appointed and ...

4378

auditorship
AUD'ITORSHIP, n. The office of auditor.

4379

auditory
AUD'ITORY, a. That has the power of hearing; pertaining to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the ...

4380

auditress
AUD'ITRESS, n. A female hearer.

4381

auf
AUF, n. A fool; a simpleton. [See Oaf.]

4382

augean
AUGE'AN, a. The Augean stable, in Grecian mythology, is represented as belonging to Augeas or ...

4383

auger
AUG'ER, n. An instrument for boring large holes, chiefly used by carpenters, joiners, cabinet ...

4384

auger-hole
AUG'ER-HOLE, n. A hole made by an auger.

4385

aught
AUGHT, n. aut.[L. qui, quae, quod, quid, what, to be the same word varied in orthography. This ...

4386

augite
AU'GITE, n. [Gr. brightness.]A mineral called by Hauy, pyroxene; often found in distinct crystals. ...

4387

augitic
AUGIT'IC, a. Pertaining to augite; resembling augite, or partaking of its nature and characters.

4388

augment
AUGMENT', v.t. [L. augmento, augmentum, from augeo, auxi, to increase; Gr. It seems to be the ...

4389

augmentable
AUGMENT'ABLE, a. That may be increased; capable of augmentation.

4390

augmentation
AUGMENTA'TION, n. 1. The act of increasing, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or ...

4391

augmentative
AUGMENT'ATIVE, a. Having the quality or power of augmenting.

4392

augmenter
AUGMENT'ER, n. He that augments.

4393

augmenting
AUGMENT'ING, ppr. Increasing; enlarging.

4394

augur
AU'GUR, n. [L. augur. The first syllable is from avis, a fowl; but the meaning and origin of the ...

4395

augural
AU'GURAL, a. [L. auguralis.] Pertaining to an augur, or to prediction by the appearance of birds. ...

4396

augurate
AU'GURATE, v.i. To judge by augury; to predict. [Little used.]

4397

auguration
AUGURA'TION, n. The practice of augury, or the foretelling of events by the chattering and flight ...

4398

augured
AU'GURED, pp. Conjectured by omens; prognosticated.

4399

augurer
AU'GURER, n. An augur. [Not legitimate.]

4400

augurial
AUGU'RIAL, a. Relating to augurs.

4401

augurize
AU'GURIZE, v.t. To augur. [Not in use.]

4402

augurous
AU'GUROUS, a. Predicting; foretelling; foreboding.

4403

augury
AU'GURY, n. [L. augurium.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by the flight or ...

4404

august
AUGUST', a. [L. augustus. The first syllable of this word is probably from the root of augeo, or ...

4405

augustan
AUGUST'AN, a.1. Pertaining to Augustus; as the Augustan age.2. The Augustan confession, drawn up ...

4406

augustinians
AUGUSTIN'IANS, n. Those divines, who from St. Augustin, maintain that grace is effectual from its ...

4407

augustins
AUGUST'INS,

4408

augustness
AUGUST'NESS, n. Dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.

4409

auk
AUK, n. [contracted from Alca.] The alca, a genus of aquatic fowls, of the order of ansers, ...

4410

aularian
AULA'RIAN, n. [L. aula, a hall.] At oxford, the member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.

4411

auletic
AULET'IC, a. [Gr. from a pipe.]Pertaining to pipes or to a pipe. [Little used.]

4412

aulic
AU'LIC, a. [L. audicus, from aula, a hall, court or palace; Gr.]Pertaining to a royal court. The ...

4413

aum
AUM, n.A Dutch liquid measure, containing eight steckans or twenty verges or verteels, equal to the ...

4414

aumail
AUMA'IL, v.t. To figure or variegate. [Not used.]

4415

aumbry
AUMBRY. [See Ambry.]

4416

aume
AUME, n. A dutch measure for Rhenish wine, containing 40 gallons.

4417

aune
AUNE, n. [A contraction of aulne, ulna.]A French cloth measure, but of different lengths in ...

4418

aunt
'AUNT, n. [L. amita, contracted.]The sister of one's father or mother, correlative to nephew or ...

4419

aura
AU'RA, n. [L. from Heb. a stream; Gr. See Air.]Literally, a breeze, or gentle current of air, but ...

4420

aurate
AU'RATE, n. [Supposed to be from aurum, gold.]A sort of pear.AU'RATE, n. [L. aurum, gold; Heb. ...

4421

aurated
AU'RATED, a. Resembling gold.

4422

aurelia
AURE'LIA, n. [from aurum, or aur, gold, from its color. See Chrysalis.]In natural history, the ...

4423

aurelian
AURE'LIAN, a. Like or pertaining to the aurelia.

4424

auric
AU'RIC, a. [from aurum, gold.] Pertaining to gold. The auric acid is a saturated combination of ...

4425

auricle
AU'RICLE, n. [L. auricula, dim. from auris, the ear.]1. The external ear, or that part which is ...

4426

auricula
AURIC'ULA, n. That species of primrose, called, from the shape of its leaves, bear's ear.

4427

auricular
AURIC'ULAR, a. [from L. auricula, the ear.]1. Pertaining to the ear; within the sense of hearing; ...

4428

auricularly
AURIC'ULARLY, adv. In a secret manner; by way of whisper, or voice addressed to the ear.

4429

auriculate
AURIC'ULATE, a. Shaped like the ear.

4430

auriculated
AURIC'ULATED, a. Having large or elongated ears; as the auriculated vulture.

4431

auriferous
AURIF'EROUS, a. [L. aurifer, from aurum, gold, and fero, to produce.] That yields or produces ...

4432

auriga
AURI'GA, n. [L. of aurea, orea, a head-stall, a bridle, and rego, to govern or manage.]Literally, ...

4433

aurigation
AURIGA'TION, n. [L. auriga.] The act or practice of driving horses harnessed to carriages.

4434

auripigmentum
AURIPIGMENTUM. [See Orpiment.]

4435

auriscalp
AU'RISCALP, n. [L. auris, ear, and scalpo, to scrape.]An instrument to clean the ears; used also ...

4436

aurist
AU'RIST, n. [L. auris, ear.] One skilled in disorders of the ear, or who professes to cure them.

4437

aurochs
AU'ROCHS, n. A species of ox, whose bones are found in gravel and alluvial soil.

4438

aurora
AURO'RA, n. [L. aurora; Heb. light and to raise.]1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of ...

4439

auroral
AURO'RAL, a. Belonging to the aurora, or to the northern lights; resembling the twilight.

4440

auscultation
AUSCULTA'TION, n. [L. from antiq. ause, Gr. the ear, and cultus, from colo, to use or exercise.]1. ...

4441

auspicate
AU'SPICATE, v.t. [L. asupicor.] 1. To give a favorable turn to; a sense taken from the Roman ...

4442

auspice
AU'SPICE, AU'SPICES, n. [L. auspicium, of avis, a bird, and specio, to inspect.]1. The omens of ...

4443

auspices
AU'SPICE, AU'SPICES, n. [L. auspicium, of avis, a bird, and specio, to inspect.]1. The omens of ...

4444

auspicious
AUSPI'CIOUS, a. [See auspice.] 1. Having omens of success, or favorable appearances; as an ...

4445

auspiciously
AUSPI'CIOUSLY, adv. With favorable omens; happily; prosperously; favorably; propitiously.

4446

auspiciousness
AUSPI'CIOUSNESS, n. A state of fair promise; prosperity.

4447

auster
AUS'TER, n. [L.] The south wind.

4448

austere
AUSTE'RE, a. [L. Austerus. 1. Severe; harsh; rigid; stern; applied to persons; as an austere ...

4449

austerely
AUSTE'RELY, adv. Severely; rigidly; harshly.

4450

austereness
AUSTE'RENESS, n. 1. Severity in manners; harshness; austerity.2. Roughness in taste.

4451

austerity
AUSTER'ITY, n. [L. austeritas.] Severity of manners or life; rigor; strictness; harsh discipline. ...

4452

austral
AUS'TRAL, a. [L. australis, from auster, the south wind, or south.]Southern; lying or being in the ...

4453

australasia
AUSTRALA'SIA, n. [austral and Asia.] A name given to the countries situated to the south of Asia; ...

4454

austrian
AUS'TRIAN, a. [from Austria. This word is formed with the Latin termination, ia, ...

4455

austrine
AUS'TRINE, a. [L. austrinus, from auster, south.]South; southerly; southern.

4456

austromancy
AUS'TROMANCY, n. [from auster, the south wind, and Gr. divination.]Soothsaying, or prediction of ...

4457

authentic
AUTHEN'TIC,

4458

authentical
AUTHEN'TICAL, a. [Low L. authenticus, from the Gr. from an author or maker; one who does any thing ...

4459

authentically
AUTHEN'TICALLY, adv. In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.

4460

authenticalness
AUTHEN'TICALNESS, n. The quality of being authentic; genuineness; the quality of being of good ...

4461

authenticate
AUTHEN'TICATE, v.t. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or ...

4462

authenticated
AUTHEN'TICATED, pp. Rendered authentic; having received the forms which prove genuineness.

4463

authenticating
AUTHEN'TICATING, ppr. Giving authority by the necessary signature, seal, attestation or other ...

4464

authentication
AUTHENTICA'TION, n. The act of authenticating; the giving of authority by the necessary ...

4465

authenticity
AUTHENTIC'ITY, n. Genuineness; the quality of being of genuine original; as the authenticity of ...

4466

authenticness
AUTHEN'TICNESS, n. Authenticity. [Rarely used.]

4467

author
AU'THOR, n. [L. auctor. The Latin word is from the root of augeo, to increase, or cause to ...

4468

authoress
AU'THORESS, n. A female author.

4469

authoritative
AUTHOR'ITATIVE, a. 1. Having due authority.2. Having an air of authority; positive; peremptory.

4470

authoritatively
AUTHOR'ITATIVELY, adv. In an authoritative manner; with a show of authority; with due authority.

4471

authoritativeness
AUTHOR'ITATIVENESS, n. The quality of being authoritative; an acting by authority; authoritative ...

4472

authority
AUTHOR'ITY, n. [L. auctoritas.]1. Legal power, or a right to command or to act; as the authority ...

4473

authorization
AUTHORIZA'TION, n. The act of giving authority, or legal power; establishment by authority.

4474

authorize
AU'THORIZE, v.t.1. To give authority, warrant or legal power to; to give a right to act; to ...

4475

authorized
AU'THORIZED, pp. Warranted by right; supported by authority; derived from legal or proper ...

4476

authorizing
AU'THORIZING, ppr. Giving authority to, or legal power, credit, or permission.

4477

authorship
AU'THORSHIP, n. [author and ship.] The quality or state of being an author.

4478

autobiography
AUTOBIOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. biography.]Biography or memoirs of one's life written by himself.

4479

autochthon
AUTOCHTHON, n. [Gr.] One who rises or grows out of the earth.

4480

autocrasy
AUTOC'RASY, n. [Gr. self, and power, or to govern, to take or hold.]Independent power; supreme, ...

4481

autocrat
AU'TOCRAT,

4482

autocrater
AU'TOCRATER,

4483

autocratic
AUTOCRAT'IC,

4484

autocratical
AUTOCRAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of ...

4485

autocrator
AU'TOCRATOR, n. 1. An absolute prince or sovereign; a ruler or monarch who holds and exercises ...

4486

autocratrix
AU'TOCRATRIX, n. A female sovereign, who is independent and absolute; a title given to the ...

4487

autograph
AU'TOGRAPH,

4488

autographic
AUTOGRAPH'IC,

4489

autographical
AUTOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own hand writing.

4490

autography
AUTOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. self, and writing.]A person's own hand writing; an original manuscript.

4491

automalite
AUTOM'ALITE, n. A mineral called by Hauy, spinelle zincifere. it is classed with the spinel ruby. ...

4492

automath
AU'TOMATH, n. [Gr. to learn.] One who is self taught.

4493

automatic
AUTOMAT'IC,

4494

automatical
AUTOMAT'ICAL, a. 1. Belonging to an automation; having the power of moving itself; mechanical.2. ...

4495

automation
AUTOM'ATION, n. [Gr. self. The Greek plural, automata, is sometimes used; but the regular English ...

4496

automatous
AUTOM'ATOUS, a. Having in itself the power of motion.

4497

autonomous
AUTON'OMOUS, a. [Infra.] Independent in government; having the right of self government.

4498

autonomy
AUTON'OMY, n. [Gr. self, and law, rule.]This word is rarely used. It signifies the power or right ...

4499

autopsy
AU'TOPSY, n. [Gr. self, and sight.]Personal observation; ocular view.

4500

autoptical
AUTOP'TICAL, a. Seen with one's own eyes.

4501

autoptically
AUTOP'TICALLY, adv. By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.[Autopsy and its derivatives ...

4502

autumn
AU'TUMN, n. au'tum. [L. autumnus, "Etymon multum torquetur."]The third season of the year, or the ...

4503

autumnal
AUTUM'NAL,a. Belonging to autumn; produced or gathered in autumn; as autumnal fruits.AUTUM'NAL, n. ...

4504

auxesis
AUXE'SIS, n. [Gr. increase.]In rhetoric, a figure by which any thing is magnified too much; an ...

4505

auxiliar
AUXIL'IAR,

4506

auxiliaries
AUXIL'IARIES, n. plu. Foreign troops in the service of nations at war.

4507

auxiliary
AUXIL'IARY, a. [L. auxiliaris, from auxilium, aid, uuxilior, to aid.]Helping; aiding; assisting; ...

4508

avail
AVA'IL, v.t. [L. valeo, to be strong or able, to profit, to be of force or authority; Eng. well. ...

4509

available
AVA'ILABLE, a. 1. Profitable; advantageous; having efficacy; as, a measure is more or less ...

4510

availableness
AVA'ILABLENESS, n. 1. Power or efficacy, in promoting an end in view.2. Competent power; legal ...

4511

availably
AVA'ILABLY, adv. Powerfully; profitably; advantageously; validly; efficaciously.

4512

availing
AVA'ILING, pp. Turning to profit; using to advantage or effect.

4513

availment
AVA'ILMENT, n. Profit; efficacy; successful issue. [Little used.]

4514

avails
AVA'ILS, n. plu. Profits or proceeds. It is used in New England, for the proceeds of goods sold, ...

4515

avalanche
AVALANCHE,

4516

avalange
AVALANGE, n.A snow-slip; a vast body of snow sliding down a mountain.

4517

avant
AVANT', n. The front of an army. [Not used. See Van.]

4518

avantguard
AVANT'GUARD, n. The van or advanced body of an army. [See Vanguard.]

4519

avanturine
AVANT'URINE, n. A variety of quartz rock containing spangles.

4520

avarice
AV'ARICE, n. [L. avaritia, from avarus, from aveo, to covet.]An inordinate desire of gaining and ...

4521

avaricious
AVARI'CIOUS, a. Covetous; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

4522

avariciously
AVARI'CIOUSLY, adv. Covetously; with inordinate desire of gaining wealth.

4523

avariciousness
AVARI'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being avaricious; insatiable or inordinate passion for ...

4524

avarous
AV'AROUS, a. Covetous. [Not used.]

4525

avast
AV'AST, exclam. In seamen's language, cease; stop; stay.

4526

avaunt
AVAUNT, exel.Begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase, "Get ...

4527

avegeance
AVEG'EANCE, n. Punishment. [Not used. See vengeance.]

4528

avemary
A'VEMARY, n. [from the first words of Gabriel's salutation to the Virgin Mary; L. ave, hail.]A ...

4529

avenaceous
AVENA'CEOUS, a. [L. avenacceus, from avena, oats.]Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of ...

4530

avenage
AV'ENAGE, n. A certain quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent or other ...

4531

avener
AV'ENER,

4532

avenge
AVENGE, v.t. avenj'. [L. vindex.]1. To take satisfaction for an injury by punishing the injuring ...

4533

avenged
AVENG'ED, pp. Satisfied by the punishment of the offender; vindicated; punished.

4534

avengement
AVENG'EMENT, n. Vengeance; punishment; the act of taking satisfaction for an injury in inflicting ...

4535

avenger
AVENG'ER, n. One who avenges or vindicates; a vindicator; a revenger.

4536

avengeress
AVENG'ERESS, n. A female avenger.

4537

avenging
AVENG'ING, ppr. Executing vengeance; taking satisfaction for an injury by the punishment of the ...

4538

avenor
AV'ENOR, n.In English feudal law, an officer of the king's stable whose duty was to provide oats.

4539

avens
AV'ENS, n. The herb bennet.

4540

aventine
AV'ENTINE, a. Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.

4541

aventure
AVEN'TURE, n. [L. venio, to come.]A mischance causing a person;s death without felony; as by ...

4542

avenue
AV'ENUE, n. [L. venio.]1. A passage; away or opening for entrance into a place; any opening or ...

4543

aver
AVER', v.t [See Verify.]To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive or peremptory manner, ...

4544

average
AV'ERAGE, n. 1. In commerce, a contribution to a general loss. When for the safety of a ship in ...

4545

averaged
AV'ERAGED, pp. Reduced or formed into a mean proportion, or into shares proportioned to each man's ...

4546

averaging
AV'ERAGING, ppr. Forming a mean proportion out of unequal sums or quantities, or reducing to just ...

4547

averment
AVER'MENT, n. [See Aver.]1. Affirmation; positive assertion; the act of averring.2. ...

4548

avernat
AVER'NAT, n. A sort of grape.

4549

avernian
AVER'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania in Italy, famous for its poisonous ...

4550

averpenny
AV'ERPENNY, n. Money paid towards the kings carriages by land, instead of service by the beasts in ...

4551

averred
AVER'RED, pp. Affirmed; laid with an averment.

4552

averring
AVER'RING, ppr. Affirming; declaring positively; offering to justify or verify.

4553

averroist
AVERROIST, n. One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who were so demoninated from Averroes, a ...

4554

averruncate
AVERRUNC'ATE, v.t [L. averrunco, of ab and erunco, from runco, to weed, or rake away.]To root up; ...

4555

averruncation
AVERRUNCA'TION, n. The act of tearing up or raking away by the roots.

4556

aversation
AVERSA'TION, n. [L. aversor. See Avert.]A turning from with disgust or dislike; aversion; hatred; ...

4557

averse
AVERSE, a. avers'. [See Avert.] The literal sense of this word is, turned from, in manifestation ...

4558

aversely
AVERSELY, adv. avers'ly. With repugnance; unwillingly.

4559

averseness
AVERSENESS, n. avers'ness. Opposition of mind; dislike; unwillingness; backwardness.

4560

aversion
AVER'SION, n. [L. averto.]1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; dislike; disinclination; ...

4561

avert
AVERT', v.t. [L. averto, a, from, and verto, to turn, anciently, vorto; hence vertex, vortex, ...

4562

averter
AVERT'ER, n. One that turns away; that which turns away.

4563

averting
AVERT'ING, ppr. Turning from; turning away.

4564

aviary
A'VIARY, n. [L. aviarium, from avis, a fowl.]A bird cage; an inclosure for keeping birds confined.

4565

avidiously
AVID'IOUSLY, adv. [See Avidity.] Eagerly; with greediness.

4566

avidity
AVID'ITY, n. [L. aviditas, from avidus, and this from aveo, to desire, to have appetite; Heb. to ...

4567

avigato
AVIGA'TO,

4568

avile
AVI'LE, v.t. [See Vile.] To depreciate. [Not in use.]

4569

avise
AVI'SE,

4570

avisement
AVI'SEMENT, n. Advisement. [See Advice and Advise.]

4571

aviso
AVI'SO, n. Advice; intelligence. [Not in use.]

4572

avocado
AVOCA'DO, n. The Persea, or alligator-pear, a species ranked under the genus Laurus, a native of ...

4573

avocate
AV'OCATE, v.t. [L. avoco, from a and voco, to call. See Voice and Vocal.]To call off, or away. ...

4574

avocation
AVOCA'TION, n. [See Vocation, Voice, Vocal.]1. The act of calling aside, or diverting from some ...

4575

avocative
AVO'CATIVE, a. Calling off. [Not used.]

4576

avoid
AVOID', v.t. [Eng. side, void, widow; L. vidua, vito, evito. See Void.]1. To shun; to keep at a ...

4577

avoidable
AVOID'ABLE, a. 1. That may be avoided, left at a distance, shunned or escaped.2. That may be ...

4578

avoidance
AVOID'ANCE, n. 1. The act of avoiding, or shunning.2. The act of vacating, or the state of being ...

4579

avoided
AVOID'ED, pp. Shunned; evaded; made void; ejected.

4580

avoider
AVOID'ER, n.1. One who avoids, shuns or escapes.2. The person who carries any thing away; the ...

4581

avoiding
AVOID'ING, ppr. Shunning, escaping; keeping at a distance; ejecting; evacuating; making void, or ...

4582

avoidless
AVOID'LESS, a. That cannot be avoided; inevitable.

4583

avoirdupois
AVOIRDUPOIS', n. s as z. [See Poise.]A weight, of which a pound contains 16 ounces. Its ...

4584

avolation
AVOLA'TION, n. [L. avolo, to fly away, of a and volo. See Volatile.]The act of flying away; ...

4585

avoset
AV'OSET,

4586

avosetta
AVOSET'TA, n. In ornithology, a species of fowls, arranged under the genus, recurvirostra, and ...

4587

avouch
AVOUCH', v.t. [L. voco, advoco. See Voice.]1. To affirm; to declare or assert with ...

4588

avouchable
AVOUCH'ABLE, a. That may be avouched. [Little used.]

4589

avouched
AVOUCH'ED, pp. Affirmed; maintained; called in to support.

4590

avoucher
AVOUCH'ER, n. One who avouches.

4591

avouching
AVOUCH'ING, ppr. Affirming; calling in to maintain; vindicating.

4592

avouchment
AVOUCH'MENT, n. Declaration; the act of avouching.

4593

avow
AVOW', v.t. [L. voveo.]1. To declare openly, with a view to justify, maintain or defend; or ...

4594

avowable
AVOW'ABLE, a. That may be avowed, or openly acknowledged with confidence.

4595

avowal
AVOW'AL, n. An open declaration; frank acknowledgment.

4596

avowant
AVOW'ANT, n. The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the ...

4597

avowed
AVOW'ED, pp. Openly declared; owned; frankly acknowledged.

4598

avowedly
AVOW'EDLY, adv. In an open manner; with frank acknowledgment.

4599

avowee
AVOW'EE, n. Sometimes used for advowee, the person who has a right to present to a benefice, the ...

4600

avower
AVOW'ER, n. One who avows, owns, or asserts.

4601

avowing
AVOW'ING, ppr. Openly declaring; frankly acknowledging; justifying.

4602

avowry
AVOW'RY, n. In law, the act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and ...

4603

avowtry
AVOW'TRY, [See Advowtry.]

4604

avulsed
AVULS'ED, a. [See Avulsion.] Plucked or pulled off.

4605

avulsion
AVUL'SION, n. [L. avulsio, from avello, a and vello, to pull coinciding with Heb. to separate; ...

4606

await
AWA'IT, v.t. [a and wait. See Wait.]Literally, to remain, hold or stay.1. To wait for; to look ...

4607

awaiting
AWA'ITING, ppr. Waiting for; looking for; expecting; being ready or in store for.

4608

awake
AWA'KE, v.t. pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked. [The L. vigilo seems to be formed on this root. ...

4609

awaken
AWA'KEN, v.t. awa'kn. This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or ...

4610

awakened
AWA'KENED, pp. Roused from sleep, in a natural or moral sense.

4611

awakener
AWA'KENER, n. He or that which awakens.

4612

awakening
AWA'KENING, n. A revival of religion, or more general attention to religion, than usual.

4613

award
AWARD', v.t. [See Guard and Regard.]To adjudge; to give by sentence or judicial determination; to ...

4614

awarded
AWARD'ED, pp. Adjudged, or given by judicial sentence, or by the decision of arbitrators.

4615

awarder
AWARD'ER, n. One that awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

4616

awarding
AWARD'ING, ppr. Adjudging; assigning by judicial sentence; determining.

4617

aware
AWA'RE, a. [See Ware and Wary.]Watchful; vigilant; guarded; but more strictly in modern usage, ...

4618

awarn
AWARN', v.t. To warn, which see.

4619

awatcha
AWAT'CHA, n. A bird of Kamtchatka, enumerated by Pennant, among the warblers. The upper parts of ...

4620

away
AWA'Y, adv. [See Way.]1. Absent; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.Have me away, ...

4621

awe
AWE, n. aw. [Gr. to be astonished.]1. Fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential ...

4622

awe-commanding
AWE-COMMAND'ING, a. Striking or influencing by awe.

4623

awe-inspiring
AWE-INSPI'RING, a. Impressing with awe.

4624

aweary
AWE'ARY, a. Weary, which see.

4625

aweather
AWEATHER, adv. aweth'er. [a and weather.]On the weather-side, or towards the wind; as, the helm is ...

4626

awed
AW'ED, pp. Struck with fear; influenced by fear or reverence.

4627

aweigh
AWEIGH', adv. [a and weigh.] Atrip. The anchor is aweigh, when it is just drawn out of the ...

4628

awestruck
AWE'STRUCK, a. Impressed or struck with awe.

4629

awful
AWFUL, a. [awe and full.]1. That strikes with awe; that fills with profound reverence; as the ...

4630

awfully
AW'FULLY, adv. In a manner to fill with awe; in a reverential manner.

4631

awfulness
AW'FULNESS, n.1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; solemnity; as, "the ...

4632

awhape
AWHAPE, v.t. awhap'. To strike; to confound. Obs. [This is our vulgar shop.]

4633

awhile
AWHILE, adv. [a and while, time, or interval.]A space of time; for some time; for a short time.

4634

awk
AWK, a. 1. Odd; out of order.2. Clumsy in performance, or manners; unhandy; not dexterous. ...

4635

awkward
AWK'WARD, a. [awk and ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands or of instruments; ...

4636

awkwardly
AWK'WARDLY, adv. Clumsily; in a rude or bungling manner; inelegantly; badly.

4637

awkwardness
AWK'WARDNESS, n. Clumsiness; ungracefulness in manners; want of dexterity in the use of the hands ...

4638

awl
AWL, n.An iron instrument for piercing small holes in leather, for sewing and stitching; used by ...

4639

awless
AW'LESS, a. [awe and less.]1. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; as awless insolence.2. ...

4640

awlwort
AWL'WORT, n. [awl and wort. See Wort.]The popular name of the Subularia aquatica, or rough leaved ...

4641

awm
AWM,

4642

awn
AWN, n. [Gr.]The beard of corn or grass, as it is usually understood. But technically, a slender ...

4643

awning
AWN'ING, n.1. A cover of canvas,usually a sail or tarpaulin, spread over a boat or ship's deck, to ...

4644

awnless
AWN'LESS, a. Without awn or beard.

4645

awny
AWN'Y, a. Having awns' full of beard.

4646

awoke
AWO'KE, The preterit of awake.

4647

awork
AWORK', adv.At work; in a state of labor or action. [Not used.]

4648

aworking
AWORK'ING, adv. At work; into a state of working or action.

4649

awry
AWRY', a. or adv.1. Turned or twisted towards one side; not in a straight or true direction, or ...

4650

ax
AX, n. improperly written axe. [Gr.]An instrument usually of iron, for hewing timber and chopping ...

4651

axayacat
AXAYA'CAT, n. A fly in Mexico, whose eggs, deposited on rushes and flags, in large quantities, are ...

4652

axestone
AXESTONE,

4653

axiform
AX'IFORM a. [L. axis, and forma.] In the form of an axis.

4654

axil
AX'IL, n. [L. axilla; Heb. to separate or set apart; whence armpits.]1. The armpit; a cavity ...

4655

axillar
AX'ILLAR,

4656

axillary
AX'ILLARY, a. Pertaining to the armpit, or to the axil of plants. Axillary leaves are those which ...

4657

axinite
AX'INITE, n. A mineral which sometimes occurs in lamellar masses, but commonly in crystals, whose ...

4658

axinomancy
AXINOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. an ax, and divination.]Among the ancients, a species of divination, by means ...

4659

axiom
AX'IOM, n. [Gr. authority, an authoritative sentence, or that which is assumed, from worthy, and ...

4660

axiomatic
AXIOMAT'IC,

4661

axiomatical
AXIOMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of self evident truths or received ...

4662

axis
AX'IS, n. plu. axes. [L.; Gr.]1. The straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, or ...

4663

axle
AX'LE,

4664

axle-tree
AX'LE-TREE, n. [See Axis.]A piece of timer or bar of iron, fitted for insertion in the hobs or ...

4665

axolote
AX'OLOTE, n. A water lizard found in the Mexican lake, about eight inches in length, sometimes ...

4666

axstone
AXSTONE, n. A mineral, a subspecies of jade; less hard than nephrite; of a leek or grass green, ...

4667

ay
AY,

4668

aye
AYE, adv.Yes, yea, a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is used ...

4669

ayle
AYLE, n. In law, a grandfather.

4670

ayry
A'YRY. [See Aerie.]

4671

azarole
AZ'AROLE, n. A species of thorn; the three grained medlar, a species of crataegus.

4672

azerira
AZERI'RA, n. A species of plum or prunus.

4673

azerit
AZ'ERIT,'TA,

4674

azimuth
AZ'IMUTH, n. 1. In astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the ...

4675

azote
AZOTE, n. [Gr. priv. and life, or vital.]A species of gas, called also mephitic air, and ...

4676

azoth
AZ'OTH, n. 1. Among alchimists, the first principle of metals; the mercury of metals; a universal ...

4677

azotic
AZOT'IC, a. Pertaining to azote; fatal to animal life.

4678

azotite
AZ'OTITE, n. A salt formed by a combination of the protoxyd of azote, or nitrous oxyd, with an ...

4679

azure
AZ'URE, a. azh'ur.Of a sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the sky.

4680

azure-stone
AZURE-STONE, AZURITE, n. Another name of the lazulite.

4681

azured
AZURED, a. Colored azure; being of an azure color.

4682

azurite
AZURE-STONE, AZURITE, n. Another name of the lazulite.

4683

azurn
AZURN, a. Of a blue color. [Little used.]

4684

azyme
AZYME, n. [See Azymous.] Unleavened bread. [Not in use.]

4685

azymite
AZYMITE, n. [See Azymous.] In church history, azymites are Christians who administer the eucharist ...

4686

azymous
AZYMOUS, a. [Gr., leaven.] Unleavened; unfermented; as sea-biscuit.

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