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word: Aplustre
definition:
Aplustre

A*plus"tre
(_;)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
Audsley.


word: Aplysia
definition:
Aplysia

A*plys"i*a
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; a dirty sponge, fr. _; unwashed; 'a priv. + _; to wash.]
(Zool.)
A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Apneumatic
definition:
Apneumatic

Ap`neu*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; not blown through.]
(Med.)
Devoid of air; free from air; as, an apneumatic lung; also, effected by or with exclusion of air; as, an apneumatic operation.


word: Apneumona
definition:
Apneumona

Ap*neu"mo*na
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + _;, _;, a lung.]
(Zool.)
An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.


word: Apnoea
definition:
Apnoea

Ap*nœ"a
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + _;, _;, breath, _; to breathe, blow.]
(Med.)
Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation; same as apnea.


word: Apo
definition:
Apo

Ap"o
(_;)
[Gr. _;. See Ab-.]
A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.


word: Apocalypse
definition:
Apocalypse

A*poc"a*lypse
(_;)
n.
[L. apocalypsis, Gr. _;, fr. _; to uncover, to disclose; _; from + _; to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse.]
1.
(Eccl.)
One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250  b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future.

2.
Specifically, the revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament (called Revelation or the Apocalypse).

3.
Anything viewed as a revelation, especially one that is highly significant for the person receiving it; a disclosure.  Often used of a realization or revelation that changes a person's goals or style of life.

The new apocalypse of Nature.
Carlyle.

4.
the final battle between good and evil, as foreseen in Saint John's Apocalypse; the time when God conquers the powers of evil, attended by cataclysmic cosmic events, and sometimes thought of as the end of the world; an Armageddon.


word: Apocalyptical
definition:
Apocalyptical

Apocalyptic

{ A*poc`a*lyp"tic (_;), A*poc`a*lyp"tic*al (_;), }
a.
[Gr. _;.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.

2.
pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling an apocalypse, in senses 3 or 4.

Apocalyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18., in which it is described as the number of the “beast of the earth”. It has been variously interpreted.  Some fundamentalist Christians consider it to be the number of the Devil, and avoid or fear objects containing that number.


word: Apocalyptist
definition:
Apocalyptist

Apocalyptic

A*poc`a*lyp"tic (ȧ*p&obreve_;k`ȧ*lĭp"tĭk), A*poc`a*lyp"tist
n.
The writer of the Apocalypse.


word: Apocarpous
definition:
Apocarpous

Ap`o*car"pous
a.
[Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.
Lindley.


word: Apochromatic
definition:
Apochromatic

Ap`o*chro*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. apo- + chromatic.]
(Optics)
Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective.
Ap`o*chro"ma*tism (#), n.


word: Apocodeine
definition:
Apocodeine

Ap`o*co*de"ine
(?)
n.
[Pref. apo- + codeine.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid, C18H19NO2, prepared from codeine. In its effects it resembles apomorphine.


word: Apocopate
definition:
Apocopate

A*poc"o*pate
(_;)
v. t.
[LL. apocopatus, p. p. of apocopare to cut off, fr. L. apocore. See Apocope.]
(Gram.)
To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.


word: Apocopated
definition:
Apocopated

Apocopate

{ A*poc"o*pate (_;), A*poc"o*pa`ted (_;), }
a.
Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.


word: Apocope
definition:
Apocope

A*poc"o*pe
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; a cutting off, fr. _; to cut off; _; from + _; to cut.]
1.
The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

2.
(Med.)
A cutting off; abscission.


word: Apocrisiarius
definition:
Apocrisiarius

Apocrisiary

{ Ap`o*cris"i*a*ry (_;), &VerbarAp`o*cris`i*a"ri*us (_;), }
n.
[L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. _; answer, fr. _; to answer; _; from + _; to separate.]
(Eccl.)
A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.


word: Apocrustic
definition:
Apocrustic

Ap`o*crus"tic
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _; able to drive off, fr. _; to drive off.]
(Med.)
Astringent and repellent.
n. An apocrustic medicine.


word: Apocrypha
definition:
Apocrypha

A*poc"ry*pha
(_;)
n. pl.
sing
pl. Apocryphas (_;).
[L. apocryphus apocryphal, Gr. _; hidden, spurious, fr. _; to hide; _; from + _; to hide.]
1.
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.
[Obs.]
Locke.

2.
Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.

&hand_; Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly _;mitted from the King James's Bible.


word: Apocryphal
definition:
Apocryphal

A*poc"ry*phal
(_;)
a.
1.
Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

2.
Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works.
Sir G. C. Lewis.


word: Apocryphalness
definition:
Apocryphalness

A*poc"ry*phal*ness
n.
The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.


word: Apocyneous
definition:
Apocyneous

Apocynaceous

A*poc`y*na"ceous (_;), Ap`o*cyn"e*ous
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _; dogbane; _; from + _; dog.]
(Bot.)
Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.


word: Apocynin
definition:
Apocynin

A*poc"y*nin
(_;)
n.
[From Apocynum, the generic name of dogbane.]
(Chem.)
A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).


word: Apodal
definition:
Apodal

Apod

{ Ap"od (_;), Ap"o*dal (_;), }
a.
[See Apod, n.]
1.
Without feet; footless.

2.
(Zool.)
Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.


word: Apode
definition:
Apode

Apod

{ Ap"od (_;), Ap"ode (_;), }
n.
pl. Apods (_;) or Apodes (_;).
[Gr. _;, _;, footless; 'a priv. + _;, _;, foot.]
(Zool.)
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

&hand_; The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.


word: Apoda
definition:
Apoda

Ap"o*da
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, _;. See Apod, n.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
(b)
An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.
(c)
A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.


word: Apodictical
definition:
Apodictical

Apodeictical

Apodictic

Apodeictic

{ Ap"o*deic"tic (_;), Ap`o*dic"tic (_;), Ap`o*deic"tic*al (_;), Ap`o*dic"tic*al (_;), }
a.
[L. apodicticus, Gr. _;, fr. _; to point out, to show by argument; _; from + _; to show.]
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.


word: Apodictically
definition:
Apodictically

Apodeictically

Ap`o*deic"tic*al*ly, Ap`o*dic"tic*al*ly
adv.
So as to be evident beyond contradiction.


word: Apodeme
definition:
Apodeme

Ap"o*deme
(_;)
n.
[Pref. apo- + Gr. _; body.]
(Zool.)
One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.


word: Apodes
definition:
Apodes

Ap"o*des
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., masc. pl. See Apoda.]
(Zool.)
(a)
An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.
(b)
A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.


word: Apodiformes
definition:
Apodiformes

Apodiformes
n.
1.
1
an oreer of birds including the swifts and hummingbirds.

Syn. -- order Apodiformes.


word: Apodosis
definition:
Apodosis

A*pod"o*sis
(_;)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to give back; _; from, back again + _; to give.]
(Gram.)
The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,” the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

&hand_; Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional.


word: Apodyterium
definition:
Apodyterium

A*pod`y*te"ri*um
(_;)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to strip one's self.]
(Anc. Arch.)
The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.


word: Apogamy
definition:
Apogamy

A*pog"a*my
(_;)
n.
[Pref. apo- + Gr. _; marriage.]
(Bot.)
The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore.
De Bary.


word: Apogean
definition:
Apogean

Ap`o*ge"an
(_;)
a.
Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.


word: Apogee
definition:
Apogee

Ap"o*gee
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; from the earth; _; from + _;, _;, earth: cf. F. apogée.]
1.
(Astron.)
That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

&hand_; Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth.

2.
Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.


word: Apogeotropic
definition:
Apogeotropic

Ap`o*ge`o*trop"ic
(_;)
a.
[Pref. apo- + Gr. _; earth + _; turning.]
(Bot.)
Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.
Darwin.


word: Apogeotropism
definition:
Apogeotropism

Ap"o*ge*ot"ro*pism
(_;)
n.
The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.


word: Apograph
definition:
Apograph

Ap"o*graph
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; from + _; to write: cf. F. apographe.]
A copy or transcript.
Blount.


word: Apohyal
definition:
Apohyal

Ap`o*hy"al
(_;)
a.
[Pref. apo- + the Gr. letter Y.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.


word: Apolar
definition:
Apolar

A*po"lar
(_;)
a.
[Pref. a- + polar.]
(Biol.)
Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.


word: Apollinarian
definition:
Apollinarian

A*pol`li*na"ri*an
(_;)
a.
[L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.


word: Apollinarian₂
definition:
Apollinarian

A*pol`li*na"ri*an
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.


word: Apollinaris water
definition:
Apollinaris water

A*pol`li*na"ris wa"ter
(_;)
An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.


word: Apollo
definition:
Apollo

A*pol"lo
(_;)
n.
[L. Apollo, -linis, Gr. _;.]
(Classic Myth.)
A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the “sun god”), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus.

The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.


word: Apollonic
definition:
Apollonic

Apollonian

Ap`ol*lo"ni*an (_;), Ap`ol*lon"ic
(_;)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.


word: Apollyon
definition:
Apollyon

A*pol"ly*on
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; destroying, fr. _;, _;, to destroy utterly; _; from, entirely + _; to destroy.]
The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.


word: Apologetical
definition:
Apologetical

Apologetic

{ A*pol`o*get"ic (_;), A*pol`o*get"ic*al (_;), }
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to speak in defense of; _; from + _; speech, _; to say, to speak. See Logic.]
Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.
apologetic
Macaulay.


word: Apologetics
definition:
Apologetics

A*pol`o*get"ics
(_;)
n.
That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.


word: Apologist
definition:
Apologist

A*pol"o*gist
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. apologiste.]
One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.


word: Apologize
definition:
Apologize

A*pol"o*gize
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Apologized (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Apologizing.]
[Cf. F. apologiser.]
1.
To make an apology or defense.
Dr. H. More.

2.
To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.

Syn. -- apologize, excuse, justify, rationalize

To apologize for his insolent language.
Froude.


word: Apologize₂
definition:
Apologize

A*pol"o*gize
v. t.
To defend.
[Obs.]

The Christians . . . were apologized by Plinie.
Dr. G. Benson.


word: Apologue
definition:
Apologue

Ap"o*logue
(_;)
n.
[L. apologous, Gr. _;; _; from + _; speech, _; to speak: cf. F. apologue.]
A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.

&hand_; An apologue differs from a parable in this;: the parable is drawn from events which take place among mankind, and therefore requires probability in the narrative; the apologue is founded on supposed actions of brutes or inanimate things, and therefore is not limited by strict rules of probability. Æsop's fables are good examples of apologues.


word: Apology
definition:
Apology

A*pol"o*gy
(_;)
n.
pl. Apologies
[L. apologia, Gr. _;; _; from + _;: cf. F. apologie. See Apologetic.]
1.
Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.

It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none.
Dryden.

2.
An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

3.
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.
Dickens.


word: Apology₂
definition:
Apology

A*pol"o*gy
(_;)
v. i.
To offer an apology.
[Obs.]

For which he can not well apology.
J. Webster.


word: Apomecometry
definition:
Apomecometry

Ap`o*me*com"e*try
n.
[Pref. apo- + Gr. _; length + -metry.]
The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.
[Obs. or R.]


word: Apomorphine
definition:
Apomorphine

Apomorphia

{ &VerbarAp`o*mor"phi*a (_;), Ap`o*mor"phine (_;), }
n.
[Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine.]
(Chem.)
A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.


word: Aponeurosis
definition:
Aponeurosis

Ap`o*neu*ro"sis
(_;)
n.
pl. Aponeuroses (_;).
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to pass into a tendon; _; from + _; to strain the sinews, _; sinew, tendon, nerve.]
(Anat.)
Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.


word: Aponeurotomy
definition:
Aponeurotomy

Ap`o*neu*rot"o*my
(_;)
n.
[Aponeurosis + Gr. _; a cutting.]
Dissection of aponeuroses.


word: Apopemptic
definition:
Apopemptic

Ap`o*pemp"tic
(-pĕmp"tĭk)
a.
[Gr. 'apopemptiko`s, fr. 'apope`mpein to send off or away; 'apo` from + pe`mpein to send.]
Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apopemptic songs or hymns.


word: &VerbarApophasis
definition:
&VerbarApophasis

A*poph"a*sis
(ȧ*p&obreve_;f"ȧ*sĭs)
n.
[Gr.  'apo`fasis denial, fr. 'apofa`nai to speak out, to deny.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Cæsar, iii. 2.]


word: Apophlegmatic
definition:
Apophlegmatic

Ap`o*phleg*mat"ic
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _;; _; from + _; full of phlegm. See Phlegmatic.]
(Med.)
Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
n. An apophlegmatic medicine.


word: Apophlegmatism
definition:
Apophlegmatism

Ap`o*phleg"ma*tism
n.
[Gr. _;, Galen.]
1.
(Med.)
The action of apophlegmatics.

2.
An apophlegmatic.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Apophthegmatical
definition:
Apophthegmatical

Apophthegmatic

Ap`oph*theg*mat"ic (_;), Ap`oph*theg*mat"ic*al
(_;)
a.
Same as Apothegmatic.


word: Apophyge
definition:
Apophyge

A*poph"y*ge
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'apofygh` escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, fr. 'apofey`gein to flee away; 'apo` from + fey`gein to flee: cf. F. apophyge.]
(Arch.)
The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
Parker.


word: Apophyllite
definition:
Apophyllite

A*poph"yl*lite
(_;)
n.
[Pref. apo- + Gr. _; leaf; so called from its foliated structure or easy cleavage.]
(Min.)
A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.


word: Apophysis
definition:
Apophysis

A*poph"y*sis
(_;)
n.
pl. -ses.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; offshoot, process of a bone, fr. _; to grow from; _; from + _;, _;, to grow.]
1.
(Anat.)
A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

2.
(Bot.)
An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.
Gray.


word: Apoplectical
definition:
Apoplectical

Apoplectic

{ Ap`o*plec"tic (_;)(#) Ap`o*plec"tic*al (_;), }
a.
[L. apoplecticus, Gr. _;, fr. _;: cf. F. apoplectique. See Apoplexy.]
Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.


word: Apoplectoid
definition:
Apoplectoid

Apoplectiform

Ap`o*plec"ti*form (_;), Ap`o*plec"toid
(_;)
a.
[Apoplectic + -form, -oid.]
Resembling apoplexy.


word: Apoplexy
definition:
Apoplexy

Ap"o*plex`y
(ăp"o̝*plĕks`&ybreve_;)
n.
[OE. poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr. 'apoplhxi`a, fr. 'apoplh`ssein to cripple by a stroke; 'apo` from + plh`ssein to strike: cf. F. apoplexie. See Plague.]
(Med.)
Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

&hand_; The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy, or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood into the substance of any organ; as, apoplexy of the lung.


word: Aporia
definition:
Aporia

A*po"ri*a
(_;)
n.
pl. Aporias (_;).
[L., doubt, Gr. _;, fr. _; without passage, at a loss; 'a priv. + _; passage.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.


word: Aporosa
definition:
Aporosa

Ap`o*ro"sa
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Aporia.]
(Zool.)
A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.


word: Aport
definition:
Aport

A*port"
(_;)
adv.
[Pref. a- + port.]
(Naut.)
On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.


word: Aposematic
definition:
Aposematic

Ap`o*se*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. apo- + sematic.]
(Zool.)
Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.


word: Aposiopesis
definition:
Aposiopesis

Ap`o*si`o*pe"sis
(?; 277)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, from _; to be quite silent.]
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, “I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here.”


word: Apositic
definition:
Apositic

Ap`o*sit"ic
a.
[Gr. _;; _; from + _; food.]
(Med.)
Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.


word: Apostasy
definition:
Apostasy

A*pos"ta*sy
(_;)
n.
pl. Apostasies (_;).
[OE. apostasie, F. apostasie, L. apostasia, fr. Gr. _; a standing off from, a defection, fr. _; to stand off, revolt; _; from + _; to stand. See Off and Stand.]
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.


word: Apostate
definition:
Apostate

A*pos"tate
(_;)
n.
[L. apostata, Gr. _;, fr. _;. See Apostasy.]
1.
One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.


word: Apostate₂
definition:
Apostate

A*pos"tate
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.

So spake the apostate angel.
Milton.

A wretched and apostate state.
Steele.


word: Apostate₃
definition:
Apostate

A*pos"tate
v. i.
[L. apostatare.]
To apostatize.
[Obs.]

We are not of them which apostate from Christ.
Bp. Hall.


word: Apostatize
definition:
Apostatize

A*pos"ta*tize
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Apostatized (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Apostatizing.]
[LL. apostatizare.]
To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.

He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in _;emblances.
Carlyle.


word: Apostemate
definition:
Apostemate

A*pos"te*mate
(_;)
v. i.
[See Aposteme.]
To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.
Wiseman.


word: Apostemation
definition:
Apostemation

A*pos`te*ma"tion
(_;)
n.
[LL. apostematio: cf. F. apostémation.]
(Med.)
The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
[Written corruptly imposthumation.]
Wiseman.


word: Aposteme
definition:
Aposteme

Ap"os*teme
(_;)
n.
[L. apostema, Gr. _; the separation of corrupt matter into an ulcer, fr. _; to stand off: cf. F. apostème. See Apostasy.]
(Med.)
An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
[Written corruptly imposthume.]


word: A posteriori
definition:
A posteriori

A` pos*te`ri*o"ri
(_;)
[L. a (ab) + posterior latter.]
1.
(Logic)
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

2.
(Philos.)
Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.


word: Apostille
definition:
Apostille

Apostil

{ A*pos"til (_;), A*pos"tille (_;), }
n.
[F. apostille. See Postil.]
A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.
Motley.


word: Apostle
definition:
Apostle

A*pos"tle
(_;)
n.
[OE. apostle, apostel, postle, AS. apostol, L. apostolus, fr. Gr. _; messenger, one sent forth or away, fr. _; to send off or away; _; from + _; to send; akin to G. stellen to set, E. stall: cf. F. apôtre, Of. apostre, apostle, apostele, apostole.]
1.
Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.

He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles.
Luke vi. 13.

&hand_; The title of apostle is also applied to others, who, though not of the number of the Twelve, yet were equal with them in office and dignity; as, “Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ.” 1 Cor. i. 1.  In Heb. iii. 1, the name is given to Christ himself, as having been sent from heaven to publish the gospel. In the primitive church, other ministers were called apostles (Rom. xvi. 7).

2.
The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.

3.
(Civ. & Admiralty Law)
A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.
Wharton. Burrill.

Apostles' creed, a creed of unknown origin, which was formerly ascribed to the apostles. It certainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth century, and some assert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourth century. -- Apostle spoon (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle. One or more were offered by sponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild. B. Jonson.


word: Apostolate
definition:
Apostolate

A*pos"to*late
(_;)
n.
[L. apostolatus, fr. apostolus. See Apostle.]
1.
The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.

Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.


word: Apostolical
definition:
Apostolical

Apostolic

{ Ap`os*tol"ic (_;), Ap`os*tol"ic*al (_;), }
a.
[L. apostolicus, Gr. _;: cf. F. apostolique.]
1.
Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

2.
According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.

3.
Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.

Apostolical brief. See under Brief. -- Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. -- Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches. -- Apostolic constitutions, directions of a nature similar to the apostolic canons, and perhaps compiled by the same authors or author. -- Apostolic fathers, early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added. -- Apostolic king (or majesty), a title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary. -- Apostolic see, a see founded and governed by an apostle; specifically, the Church of Rome; -- so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office. -- Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. Hook.


word: Apostolic
definition:
Apostolic

Ap`os*tol"ic
n.
[L. apostolicus.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.


word: Apostolic delegate
definition:
Apostolic delegate

Ap`os*tol"ic del"e*gate
(R. C. Ch.)
The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.


word: Apostolicity
definition:
Apostolicity

Apostolicism

{ Ap`os*tol"i*cism (_;), A*pos`to*lic"i*ty (_;), }
n.
The state or quality of being apostolical.


word: Apostrophe
definition:
Apostrophe

A*pos"tro*phe
(_;)
n.
[(1) L., fr. Gr. _; a turning away, fr. _; to turn away; _; from + _; to turn. (2) F., fr. L. apostrophus apostrophe, the turning away or omitting of a letter, Gr. _;.]
1.
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of “Paradise Lost.”

2.
(Gram.)
The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.

3.
The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.

The apostrophe is used to mark the plural of figures and letters; as, two 10's and three a's. It is also employed to mark the close of a quotation.


word: Apostrophize
definition:
Apostrophize

A*pos"tro*phize
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Apostrophized (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Apostrophizing.]
1.
To address by apostrophe.

2.
To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.


word: Apotactite
definition:
Apotactite

Ap`o*tac"tite
(_;)
n.
[LL. pl. apotactitae, Gr. _;, fr. _; set apart; _; from + _; to arrange, ordain.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.


word: Apotelesm
definition:
Apotelesm

A*pot"e*lesm
(_;)
n.
[See Apotelesmatic.]
1.
The result or issue.
[Obs.]

2.
(Astrol.)
The calculation and explanation of a nativity.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Apotelesmatic
definition:
Apotelesmatic

Ap`o*tel`es*mat"ic
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; effect of the stars on human destiny, fr. _; to complete; _; from + _; to end, _; end.]
1.
Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
[Archaic]
Whewell.

2.
Relating to an issue of fulfillment.

In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment.
M. Stuart.


word: Apothecary
definition:
Apothecary

A*poth"e*ca*ry
(_;)
n.
pl. Apothecaries.
[OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. _; to put away; _; from + _; to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See Thesis.]
1.
One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes; a druggist; a pharmacist.

&hand_; In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners, licensed to prescribe medicine -- a kind of sub-physician.  The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist.

2.
A drugstore; a store where medicines are sold.

Apothecaries' weight, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight.


word: Apothecium
definition:
Apothecium

Apo`*the"ci*um
n.
pl. Apothecia (_;).
[NL.]
(Bot.)
The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.


word: Apophthegm₂
definition:
Apophthegm

Apothegm

{ Ap"o*thegm, Ap"oph*thegm  }
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'apo`fqegma thing uttered, apothegm, from 'apofqe`ggesqai to speak out; 'apo` from + fqe`ggesqai to speak.]
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
[Apothegm is now the prevalent spelling in the United States.]


word: Apothegmatical
definition:
Apothegmatical

Apothegmatic

{ Ap`o*theg*mat"ic (_;), Ap`o*theg*mat"ic*al (_;), }
a.
[Gr. 'apofqegmatiko`s.]
Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.


word: Apothem
definition:
Apothem

Ap"o*them
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'apo` + qe`ma that which is placed, tiqe`nai to place.]
1.
(Math.)
The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.

2.
A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.


word: Apotheosis
definition:
Apotheosis

Ap`o*the"o*sis
(ăp`o̝*thē"o̝*sĭs; 277)
n. pl.
Apotheoses
(ăp`o̝*thē"o̝*sēz)
[L., fr. Gr. 'apoqe`wsis, fr. 'apoqewy^n to deify; 'apo` from + qewy^n to deify, qeo`s a god.]
1.
The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, “the gods;” deification.

2.
Glorification; exaltation.
apotheosis
Prescott.
apotheosis
F. Harrison.


word: Apotheosize
definition:
Apotheosize

Ap`o*the"o*size
(_;)
v. t.
To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.


word: Apothesis
definition:
Apothesis

A*poth"e*sis
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'apo`qesis a putting back or away, fr. 'apotiqe`nai. See Apothecary.]
(Arch.)
(a)
A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
Weale.
(b)
A dressing room connected with a public bath.


word: Apotome
definition:
Apotome

A*pot"o*me
(ȧ*p&obreve_;t"o̝*me̝)
n.
[Gr. 'apotomh` a cutting off, fr. 'apote`mnein to cut off; 'apo` from + te`mnein to cut.]
1.
(Math.)
The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between √2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

2.
(Mus)
The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
[Obs.]


word: apotropaic
definition:
apotropaic

ap`o*tro*pa"ic
(ăp`o̝*tr&omacr*pā"ĭk)
n.
[Gr. 'apotro`paios averting evil.]
Intended to protect from evil.


word: Apozem
definition:
Apozem

Ap"o*zem
(ăp"o̝*z,ecr/m)
n.
[L. apozema, Gr. 'apo`zema, fr. 'apozei^n to extract by boiling; 'apo` from +  zei^n boil.]
(Med.)
A decoction or infusion.
[Obs.]
Wiseman.


word: Appair
definition:
Appair

Ap*pair"
(_;)
v. t. & i.
[OF. empeirier, F. empire. See Impair.]
To impair; to grow worse.
[Obs.]


word: Appalachian
definition:
Appalachian

Ap`pa*la"chi*an
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

&hand_; The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the neighboring Indians.
Am. Cyc.


word: Appall
definition:
Appall

Ap*pall"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appalled (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling.]
[OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + pâlir to grow pale, to make pale, pâle pale. See Pale, a., and cf. Pall.]
1.
To make pale; to blanch.
[Obs.]

The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . 
Hath so appalled my countenance.
Wyatt.

2.
To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold.
Holland.

3.
To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.

The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.
Clarendon.


word: Appall₂
definition:
Appall

Ap*pall"
v. i.
1.
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
[Obs.]
Gower.

2.
To lose flavor or become stale.
[Obs.]


word: appalled
definition:
appalled

appalled
adj.
1.
struck with fear, dread, or consternation.

Syn. -- aghast(predicate), dismayed, shocked.


word: Appaloosa
definition:
Appaloosa

Appaloosa
n.
1.
a hardy breed of horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump.


word: Appanage
definition:
Appanage

Ap"pa*nage
(_;)
n.
[F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread.]
1.
The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

2.
A dependency; a dependent territory.

3.
That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
appanage
Swift.


word: Appanagist
definition:
Appanagist

Ap*pan"a*gist
(ăp*păn"ȧ*jĭst)
n.
[F. apanagiste.]
A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.


word: Apparatus
definition:
Apparatus

Ap"pa*ratus
(_;)
n.
pl. Apparatus, also rarely Apparatuses (_;).
[L., from apparare, apparatum, to prepare; ad + prepare to make ready.]
1.
Things provided as means to some end.

2.
Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.

3.
(Physiol.)
A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.


word: Apparel
definition:
Apparel

Ap*par"el
(_;)
n.
[OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair.]
1.
External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young.
Denham.

At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity.
Tatler.

2.
A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

3.
(Naut.)
The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.


word: Apparel₂
definition:
Apparel

Ap*par"el
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling.]
[OF. apareiller.]
1.
To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

Ships . . . appareled to fight.
Hayward.

3.
To dress or clothe; to attire.

They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
Luke vii. 25.

4.
To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

Appareled in celestial light.
Wordsworth.


word: appareled
definition:
appareled

appareled
adj.
1.
1
wearing clothes.
the elegantly appareled gentleman

Syn. -- attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed.


word: Apparency
definition:
Apparency

Ap*par"en*cy
(_;)
n.
1.
Appearance.
[Obs.]

2.
Apparentness; state of being apparent.
Coleridge.

3.
The position of being heir apparent.


word: Apparent
definition:
Apparent

Ap*par"ent
(_;)
a.
[F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See Appear.]
1.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

The moon . . . apparent queen.
Milton.

2.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

It is apparent foul play.
Shak.

3.
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.

To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship.
Macaulay.

What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.
Reid.

Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. -- Apparent time. See Time. -- Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive.


word: Apparent₂
definition:
Apparent

Ap*par"ent
n.
An heir apparent.
[Obs.]

I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown.
Shak.


word: Apparently
definition:
Apparently

Ap*par"ent*ly
adv.
1.
Visibly.
[Obs.]
Hobbes.

2.
Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.

If he should scorn me so apparently.
Shak.

3.
Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.


word: Apparentness
definition:
Apparentness

Ap*par"ent*ness
n.
Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
[R.]
Sherwood.


word: Apparition
definition:
Apparition

Ap`pa*ri"tion
(_;)
n.
[F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1.
The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
Milton.

The sudden apparition of the Spaniards.
Prescott.

The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

Which apparition, it seems, was you.
Tatler.

3.
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
apparition
Milton.

I think it is the weakness of mine eyes
That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Shak.

4.
(Astron.)
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.

Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.


word: Apparitional
definition:
Apparitional

Ap`pa*ri"tion*al
(_;)
a.
Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.
apparitional
Tylor.


word: Apparitor
definition:
Apparitor

Ap*par"i*tor
(_;)
n.
[L., fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1.
Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.

Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world.
De Quincey.

2.
(Law)
A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
Bouvier.


word: Appaume
definition:
Appaume

Ap`pau`mé"
(_;)
n.
[F. appaumé; _; (l. ad) + paume the palm, fr. L. palma.]
(Her.)
A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.


word: Appay
definition:
Appay

Ap*pay"
(_;)
v. t.
[OF. appayer, apaier, LL. appacare, appagare, fr. L. ad + pacare to pacify, pax, pacis, peace. See Pay, Appease.]
To pay; to satisfy or appease.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Appeach
definition:
Appeach

Ap*peach"
(_;)
v. t.
[OE. apechen, for empechen, OF. empeechier, F. empêcher, to hinder. See Impeach.]
To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.
[Obs.]

And oft of error did himself appeach.
Spenser.


word: Appeal
definition:
Appeal

Ap*peal"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appealed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appealing.]
[OE. appelen, apelen, to appeal, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad + pellere to drive. See Pulse, and cf. Peal.]
1.
(Law)
(a)
To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.
(b)
To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.

2.
To summon; to challenge.
[Archaic]

Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
To invoke.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Appeal₂
definition:
Appeal

Ap*peal"
v. t.
1.
(Law)
To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reëxamination of for decision.
Tomlins.

I appeal unto Cæsar.
Acts xxv. 11.

2.
To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.

I appeal to the Scriptures in the original.
Horsley.

They appealed to the sword.
Macaulay.


word: Appeal₃
definition:
Appeal

Ap*peal"
n.
[OE. appel, apel, OF. apel, F. appel, fr. appeler. See Appeal, v. t.]
1.
(Law)
(a)
An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review.
(b)
The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
(c)
The right of appeal.
(d)
An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.
(e)
An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement.
Tomlins. Bouvier.

2.
A summons to answer to a charge.
Dryden.

3.
A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.

A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders.
Bacon.

4.
Resort to physical means; recourse.

Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms.
Kent.


word: Appealable
definition:
Appealable

Ap*peal"a*ble
(_;)
a.
1.
Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.

2.
That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.
[Obs.]


word: Appear
definition:
Appear

Ap*pear"
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Appeared (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appearing.]
[OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar_;re to appear + par_;reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par_;re to produce. Cf. Apparent, Parent, Peer, v. i.]
1.
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear.
Gen. i. 9.

2.
To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.

3.
To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.

We must all appear before the judgment seat.
2 Cor. v. 10.

One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear.
Macaulay.

4.
To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.

It doth not yet appear what we shall be.
1 John iii. 2.

Of their vain contest appeared no end.
Milton.

5.
To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Matt. vi. 16.


word: Appearance
definition:
Appearance

Ap*pear"ance
(_;)
n.
[F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1.
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

2.
A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

3.
Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.

And now am come to see . . . 
It thy appearance answer loud report.
Milton.

4.
Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.

 There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire.
Num. ix. 15.

For man looketh on the outward appearance.
1 Sam. xvi. 7.

Judge not according to the appearance.
John. vii. 24.

5.
The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.

Will he now retire,
After appearance, and again prolong
Our expectation?
Milton.

6.
Probability; likelihood.
[Obs.]

There is that which hath no appearance.
Bacon.

7.
(Law)
The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell.

To put in an appearance, to be present; to appear in person. -- To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.


word: Appeasable
definition:
Appeasable

Ap*peas"a*ble
(_;)
a.
Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.
Ap*peas"a*ble*ness, n.


word: Appease
definition:
Appease

Ap*pease"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appealed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appeasing.]
[OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.


word: Appeasement
definition:
Appeasement

Ap*pease"ment
(_;)
n.
The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.
Hayward.


word: Appel
definition:
Appel

Ap`pel"
(?)
n.
[F., prop., a call. See Appeal, n.]
(Fencing)
A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; -- called also attack.


word: Appellant
definition:
Appellant

Ap*pel"lant
(_;)
a.
[L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See Appeal.]
Relating to an appeal; appellate.
appellant
Hallam.

Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins.


word: Appellant₂
definition:
Appellant

Ap*pel"lant
n.
1.
(Law)
(a)
One who accuses another of felony or treason.
[Obs.]
(b)
One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.

2.
A challenger.
[Obs.]
Milton.

3.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.

4.
One who appeals or entreats.


word: Appellate
definition:
Appellate

Ap*pel"late
(_;)
a.
[L. appelatus, p. p. of appellare.]
Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
Appellate
Blackstone.
Appellate
Burke.

Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.


word: Appellation
definition:
Appellation

Ap`pel*la"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. appellatio, fr. appellare: cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.]
1.
The act of appealing; appeal.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
The act of calling by a name.

3.
The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.

They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates.
Hume.


word: Appellative
definition:
Appellative

Ap*pel"la*tive
(_;)
a.
[L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]
1.
Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
Cudworth.

2.
(Gram.)
Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.


word: Appellative₂
definition:
Appellative

Ap*pel"la*tive
n.
[L. appelativum, sc. nomen.]
1.
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.

2.
An appellation or title; a descriptive name.

God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the Defender of them.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Appellatively
definition:
Appellatively

Ap*pel"la*tive*ly
adv.
After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.


word: Appellatory
definition:
Appellatory

Ap*pel"la*tory
(_;)
a.
[L. appellatorius, fr. appellare.]
Containing an appeal.

An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant.
Ayliffe.


word: Appellee
definition:
Appellee

Ap`pel*lee"
n.
[F. appelé, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare.]
(Law)
(a)
The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.
(b)
The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor.
Blackstone.


word: Appellor
definition:
Appellor

Ap`pel*lor"
(ăp`pĕl*lôr")
n.
[OF. apeleur, fr. L. appellator, fr. appellare.]
(Law)
(a)
The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.
Blackstone.
(b)
One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
Blount. Burrill.

&hand_; This word is rarely or never used for the plaintiff in appeal from a lower court, who is called the appellant.  Appellee is opposed both to appellant and appellor.


word: Append
definition:
Append

Ap*pend"
(ăp*pĕnd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appended; p. pr. & vb. n. Appending.]
[L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. appendēre, v. i., to hang to, appendĕre, v. t., to hang to; ad + pendēre, v. i., to hang, pendĕre, v. t., to hang. See Pendant.]
1.
To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

2.
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.

A further purpose appended to the primary one.
I. Taylor.


word: Appendage
definition:
Appendage

Ap*pend"age
n.
1.
Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

Modesty is the appendage of sobriety.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
(Biol.)
A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.

Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling.
Carpenter.


word: Appendant
definition:
Appendant

Ap*pend"ant
a.
[F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append, v. t.]
1.
Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.

As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
(Law)
Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
Wharton. Coke.


word: Appendant₂
definition:
Appendant

Ap*pend"ant
n.
1.
Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.

2.
(Law)
A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.


word: Appendicectomy
definition:
Appendicectomy

Appendectomy

{ Ap`pen*dec"to*my (?), Ap*pend`i*cec"to*my (?) }
n.
[Appendix + Gr. _;, fr. _; excision.]
(Surg.)
Excision of the vermiform appendix.


word: Appendency
definition:
Appendency

Appendence

{ Ap*pend"ence (_;), Ap*pend"en*cy (_;), }
n.
State of being appendant; appendance.
[Obs.]


word: Appendicularia
definition:
Appendicularia

Ap`pen*dic`u*la"ri*a
(_;)
n.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Appendiculate
definition:
Appendiculate

Ap`pen*dic"u*late
(_;)
a.
[See Appendicle.]
Having small appendages; forming an appendage.

Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. Withering.


word: Appendix
definition:
Appendix

Ap*pen"dix
(_;)
n.
pl. E. Appendixes (_;), L. Appendices (_;).
[L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See Append.]
1.
Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.

Normandy became an appendix to England.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.

3.
(Anatomy)
The vermiform appendix.


word: Apperceive
definition:
Apperceive

Ap`per*ceive"
(_;)
v. t.
[F. apercevoir, fr. L. ad + percipere, perceptum, to perceive. See Perceive.]
To perceive; to comprehend.
Chaucer.


word: Apperception
definition:
Apperception

Ap`per*cep"tion
(_;)
n.
[Pref. ad- + perception: cf. F. apperception.]
(Metaph.)
The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.
Leibnitz. Reid.

This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Appertain
definition:
Appertain

Ap`per*tain"
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Appertained (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appertaining.]
[OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain.]
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.

Things appertaining to this life.
Hooker.

Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth.
Lev. vi. 5.


word: Appertainment
definition:
Appertainment

Ap`per*tain"ment
n.
That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance.
[Obs. or R.]
Shak.


word: Appertinent
definition:
Appertinent

Ap*per"ti*nent
(_;)
a.
Belonging; appertaining.
[Now usually written appurtenant.]
Coleridge.


word: Appete
definition:
Appete

Ap*pete"
(_;)
v. t.
[L. appetere: cf. F. appéter. See Appetite.]
To seek for; to desire.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Appetence
definition:
Appetence

Ap"pe*tence
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. appétence. See Appetency.]
A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.


word: Appetency
definition:
Appetency

Ap"pe*ten*cy
(_;)
n.
pl. Appetencies (_;).
[L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite.]
1.
Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.

They had a strong appetency for reading.
Merivale.

2.
Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.

These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.
E. Darwin.

3.
Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.


word: Appetent
definition:
Appetent

Ap"pe*tent
(_;)
a.
[L. appetens, p. pr. of appetere.]
Desiring; eagerly desirous.
[R.]

Appetent after glory and renown.
Sir G. Buck.


word: Appetibility
definition:
Appetibility

Ap`pe*ti*bil"i*ty
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. appétibilité.]
The quality of being desirable.
Bramhall.


word: Appetible
definition:
Appetible

Ap"pe*ti*ble
(_;)
a.
[L. appetibilis, fr. appetere: cf. F. appétible.]
Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
Bramhall.


word: Appetite
definition:
Appetite

Ap"pe*tite
(_;)
n.
[OE. appetit, F. appétit, fr. L. appetitus, fr. appetere to strive after, long for; ad + petere to seek. See Petition, and cf. Appetence.]
1.
The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.
Hooker.

2.
Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.

Men must have appetite before they will eat.
Buckle.

3.
Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

It God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
Jer. Taylor.

To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous.
Macaulay.

4.
Tendency; appetency.
[Obs.]

In all bodies there as an appetite of union.
Bacon.

5.
The thing desired.
[Obs.]

Power being the natural appetite of princes.
Swift.

&hand_; In old authors, appetite is followed by to or of, but regularly it should be followed by for before the object; as, an appetite for pleasure.


word: Appetition
definition:
Appetition

Ap`pe*ti"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. appetitio: cf. F. appétition.]
Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something.
Holland.


word: Appetitive
definition:
Appetitive

Ap"pe*ti"tive
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. appétitif.]
Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Appetizing
definition:
Appetizing

Ap"pe*ti`zing
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. appétissant.]
Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.

The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Appian
definition:
Appian

Ap"pi*an
(_;)
a.
[L. Appius, Appianus.]
Of or pertaining to Appius.

Appian Way, the great paved highway from ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.


word: Applaud
definition:
Applaud

Ap*plaud"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Applauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Applauding.]
[L. applaudere; ad + plaudere to clash, to clap the hands: cf. F. applaudir. Cf. Explode.]
1.
To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.

I would applaud thee to the very echo,
That should applaud again.
Shak.

2.
To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.

By the gods, I do applaud his courage.
Shak.


word: Applause
definition:
Applause

Ap*plause"
(_;)
n.
[L. applaudere, applausum. See Applaud.]
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

The brave man seeks not popular applause.
Dryden.


word: Applausive
definition:
Applausive

Ap*plau"sive
(_;)
a.
[LL. applausivus.]
Expressing applause; approbative.
Ap*plau"sive*ly, adv.


word: Apple
definition:
Apple

Ap"ple
(ăp"p'l)
n.
[OE. appel, eppel, AS. æppel, æpl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. äple, Dan. æble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. obůlys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.]
1.
The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.

&hand_; The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung.

2.
(bot.)
Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.

3.
Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.

4.
Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.

Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.

Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See Blight, n. -- Apple borer (Zool.), a coleopterous insect (Saperda candida or Saperda bivittata), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. -- Apple brandy, brandy made from apples. -- Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. Bartlett. -- Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. -- Apple fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera Drosophila and Trypeta. -- Apple midge (Zool.) a small dipterous insect (Sciara mali), the larva of which bores in apples. -- Apple of the eye, the pupil. -- Apple of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed “For the fairest,” which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. -- Apple of love, or Love apple, the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum). -- Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. -- Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum Sodomæum, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. -- Apple sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.] -- Apple snail or Apple shell (Zool.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria. -- Apple tart, a tart containing apples. -- Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2. -- Apple wine, cider. -- Apple worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth. -- Dead Sea Apple. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom.  Also Fig.  “To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.” S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.


word: applecart
definition:
applecart

applecart
n.
1.
the planning that is disrupted when someone "upsets the applecart".

2.
a cart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street.


word: Apple-jack
definition:
Apple-jack

applejack

applejack, Ap"ple-jack`
(_;)
n.
Apple brandy; a brandy distilled from cider.
[U.S.]


word: Apple-john
definition:
Apple-john

Ap"ple-john`
n.
A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple.
Shak.


word: applemint
definition:
applemint

applemint
n.
1.
a mint (Mentha rotundifolia or Mentha suaveolens) with apple-scented stems of South and West Europe; naturalized in U.S.

Syn. -- apple mint.


word: Apple pie
definition:
Apple pie

Ap"ple pie`
(_;)
A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.

Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell Conybeare. -- Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.] Halliwell.


word: applesauce
definition:
applesauce

applesauce
n.
1.
1
puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced.

Syn. -- apple sauce

2.
nonsensical talk or writing.

Syn. -- folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash.


word: Appliance
definition:
Appliance

Ap*pli"ance
(_;)
n.
1.
The act of applying; application.

2.
subservience; compliance.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.

4.
Specifically:
An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions.  An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost.  Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher.  Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner  or microwave oven.


word: Applicable
definition:
Applicable

Ap"pli*ca*ble
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.]
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.


word: Applicant
definition:
Applicant

Ap"pli*cant
(_;)
n.
[L. applicans, p. pr. of applicare. See Apply.]
One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

The applicant for a cup of water.
Plumtre.

The court require the applicant to appear in person.
Z. Swift.


word: Applicate
definition:
Applicate

Ap"pli*cate
(_;)
a.
[L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare.  See Apply.]
Applied or put to some use.

Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements.
I. Taylor.

Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. -- Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.


word: Applicate₂
definition:
Applicate

Ap"pli*cate
(_;)
v. i.
To apply.
[Obs.]

The act of faith is applicated to the object.
Bp. Pearson.


word: Application
definition:
Application

Ap`pli*ca"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See Apply.]
1.
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

2.
The thing applied.

He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.
Johnson.

3.
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.
Locke.

4.
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.

5.
Hence, in specific uses:
(a)
That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the “moral” of a fable.
(b)
The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.

6.
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.

7.
The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.

Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater.
J. Jay.

8.
The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.

9.
A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.


word: Applicative
definition:
Applicative

Ap"pli*ca*tive
(ăp"plĭ*ka̝*tĭv)
a.
[Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.]
Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
Bramhall.
Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.


word: Applicatory
definition:
Applicatory

Ap"pli*ca*to*ry
a.
Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.
n. That which applies.


word: Applique
definition:
Applique

Ap`pli`qué"
(?; 277)
a.
[F., fr. appliquer to put on.]
Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work.


word: Applot
definition:
Applot

Ap*plot"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Applotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Applotting.]
[Pref. ad- + plot.]
To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
Milton.


word: Apply
definition:
Apply

Ap*ply"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Applied (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.]
[OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.]
1.
To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.

He said, and the sword his throat applied.
Dryden.

2.
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.

3.
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.

Yet God at last
To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.
Milton.

4.
To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

Apply thine heart unto instruction.
Prov. xxiii. 12.

5.
To direct or address.
[R.]

Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto.
Pope.

6.
To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.

I applied myself to him for help.
Johnson.

7.
To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
[Obs.]

She was skillful in applying his “humors.”
Sir P. Sidney.

8.
To visit.
[Obs.]

And he applied each place so fast.
Chapman.

Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. -- Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.


word: Apply₂
definition:
Apply

Ap*ply"
v. i.
1.
To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

2.
To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.

3.
To ply; to move.
[R.]

I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water.
T. Moore.

4.
To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).


word: Appoggiatura
definition:
Appoggiatura

Ap*pog`gia*tu"ra
(_;)
n.
[It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.]
(Mus.)
A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.


word: Appoint
definition:
Appoint

Ap*point"
(ăp*point")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appointing.]
[OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a point. See Point.]
1.
To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

When he appointed the foundations of the earth.
Prov. viii. 29.

2.
To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.

Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
2 Sam. xv. 15.

He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness.
Acts xvii. 31.

Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting.
Shak.

3.
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.

Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.
Num. iv. 19.

These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Josh. xx. 9.

4.
To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.

The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn.
Hayward.

5.
To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.
[Obs.]

Appoint not heavenly disposition.
Milton.

6.
(Law)
To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed.
Burrill. Kent.

To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.


word: Appoint₂
definition:
Appoint

Ap*point"
(ăp*point")
v. i.
To ordain; to determine; to arrange.

For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Sam. xvii. 14.


word: appointed
definition:
appointed

appointed
adj.
1.
having acquired an office or responsibility through appointment; -- said of officials, and contrasting with elected.

2.
fixed or established by order or command.

Syn. -- decreed, ordained, prescribed.

3.
provided with furnishing and accessories especially of a tasteful kind.
a house that is beautifully appointed

4.
selected for a duty or job


word: Appointee
definition:
Appointee

Ap*point*ee"
(_;)
n.
[F. appointé, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t.]
1.
A person appointed.

The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees.
Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768).

2.
(law)
A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
Kent. Wharton.


word: Appointment
definition:
Appointment

Ap*point"ment
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. appointement.]
1.
The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

2.
The state of being appointed to som_; service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.

3.
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.

4.
Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.

According to the appointment of the priests.
Ezra vi. 9.

5.
(Law)
The exercise of the power of designating (under a “power of appointment”) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

6.
Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.

The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments.
Prescott.

I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands
Void of appointment, that thou liest.
Beau. & Fl.

7.
An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
[Obs.]

An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary.
Chesterfield.

8.
A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
[U.S.]


word: Apporter
definition:
Apporter

Ap*por"ter
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. apporter to bring in, fr. L. apportare; ad + portare to bear.]
A bringer in; an importer.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Apportion
definition:
Apportion

Ap*por"tion
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Apportioned (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.]
[OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.]
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.


word: Apportionateness
definition:
Apportionateness

Ap*por"tion*ate*ness
(_;)
n.
The quality of being apportioned or in proportion.
[Obs. & R.]


word: Apportionment
definition:
Apportionment

Ap*por"tion*ment
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.]
The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property.
A. Hamilton.


word: Apposable
definition:
Apposable

Ap*pos"a*ble
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.

Syn. -- opposable


word: Appose
definition:
Appose

Ap*pose"
(_;)
v. t.
[F. apposer to set to; _; (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.]
1.
To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).

The nymph herself did then appose,
For food and beverage, to him all best meat.
Chapman.

2.
To place in juxtaposition or proximity.


word: Appose₂
definition:
Appose

Ap*pose"
v. t.
[For oppose. See Oppose.]
To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.

To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly.
Tyndale.


word: Apposed
definition:
Apposed

Ap*posed"
(_;)
a.
Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.


word: Apposer
definition:
Apposer

Ap*pos"er
(_;)
n.
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.


word: Apposite
definition:
Apposite

Ap"po*site
(_;)
a.
[L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.]
Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.
Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.


word: Apposition
definition:
Apposition

Ap`po*si"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite.]
1.
The act of adding; application; accretion.

It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter.
Arbuthnot.

2.
The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.

3.
(Gram.)
The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.

Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.


word: Appositional
definition:
Appositional

Ap`po*si"tion*al
(_;)
a.
Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.
Ellicott.


word: Appositive
definition:
Appositive

Ap*pos"i*tive
(_;)
a.
Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.
n. A noun in apposition.
Ap*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.

Appositive to the words going immediately before.
Knatchbull.


word: Appraisal
definition:
Appraisal

Ap*prais"al
(_;)
n.
[See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal.]
A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.


word: Appraise
definition:
Appraise

Ap*praise"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appraised (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising.]
[Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.]
1.
To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

2.
To estimate; to conjecture.

Enoch . . . appraised his weight.
Tennyson.

3.
To praise; to commend.
[Obs.]
R. Browning.

Appraised the Lycian custom.
Tennyson.

&hand_; In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.


word: Appraisement
definition:
Appraisement

Ap*praise"ment
(_;)
n.
[See Appraise. Cf. Apprizement.]
The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.


word: Appraiser
definition:
Appraiser

Ap*prais"er
(_;)
n.
[See Appraise, Apprizer.]
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.


word: Apprecation
definition:
Apprecation

Ap`pre*ca"tion
n.
[L. apprecari to pray to; ad + precari to pray, prex, precis, prayer.]
Earnest prayer; devout wish.
[Obs.]

A solemn apprecation of good success.
Bp. Hall.


word: Appreciable
definition:
Appreciable

Ap*pre"ci*a*ble
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. appréciable.]
Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.
Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv.


word: Appreciate
definition:
Appreciate

Ap*pre"ci*ate
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating.]
[L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. Appraise.]
1.
To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.

To appreciate the motives of their enemies.
Gibbon.

3.
To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.
[U.S.]

Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money.
Ramsay.

4.
To be sensible of; to distinguish.

To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
Lubbock.


word: Appreciation
definition:
Appreciation

Ap*pre`ci*a"tion
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. appréciation.]
1.
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

2.
Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.

His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character.
J. R. Green.

3.
A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.


word: Appreciative
definition:
Appreciative

Ap*pre"ci*a*tive
(_;)
a.
Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience.
Ap*pre"ci*a*tive*ly, adv.


word: Appreciativeness
definition:
Appreciativeness

Ap*pre"ci*a*tive*ness
n.
The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.


word: Appreciatory
definition:
Appreciatory

Ap*pre"ci*a*to*ry
(_;)
a.
Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation.
Ap*pre"ci*a*to*ri*ly (_;), adv.


word: Apprehend
definition:
Apprehend

Ap`pre*hend"
(ăp`pre̝*hĕnd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Apprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprehending.]
[L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appréhender. See Prehensile, Get.]
1.
To take or seize; to take hold of.
[Archaic]

We have two hands to apprehend it.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.

3.
To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it.
Fuller.

The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them.
Gladstone.

4.
To know or learn with certainty.
[Obs.]

G. You are too much distrustful of my truth.
E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend
The means and manner how.
Beau. & Fl.

5.
To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence.
Macaulay.


word: Apprehend₂
definition:
Apprehend

Ap`pre*hend"
v. i.
1.
To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

2.
To be apprehensive; to fear.

It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.
Rowe.


word: Apprehensibiity
definition:
Apprehensibiity

Ap`pre*hen`si*bi"i*ty
(_;)
n.
The quality of being apprehensible.
[R.]
De Quincey.


word: Apprehensible
definition:
Apprehensible

Ap`pre*hen"si*ble
(_;)
a.
[L. apprehensibilis. See Apprehend.]
Capable of being apprehended or conceived.
Apprehensible
Bp. Hall.
Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly, adv.


word: Apprehension
definition:
Apprehension

Ap`pre*hen"sion
(_;)
n.
[L. apprehensio: cf. F. appréhension. See Apprehend.]
1.
The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.

3.
The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.

Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object.
Glanvill.

4.
Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

&hand_; In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our apprehension, the facts prove the issue.

To false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men, who act not according to truth, but apprehension.
South.

5.
The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.

6.
Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life.
Addison.


word: Apprehensive
definition:
Apprehensive

Ap`pre*hen"sive
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. appréhensif. See Apprehend.]
1.
Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.

It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk.
Hawthorne.

2.
Knowing; conscious; cognizant.
[R.]

A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
Relating to the faculty of apprehension.

Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act.
Sir W. Hamilton.

4.
Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.

Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.
Tillotson.

Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives.
Gladstone.

5.
Sensible; feeling; perceptive.
[R.]

Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts.
Milton.


word: Apprentice
definition:
Apprentice

Ap*pren"tice
(_;)
n.
[OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See Apprehend, Prentice.]
1.
One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

2.
One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.


3.
(Old law)
A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
[Obs.]
Blackstone.


word: Apprentice₂
definition:
Apprentice

Ap*pren"tice
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing.]
To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.


word: Apprenticeship
definition:
Apprenticeship

Ap*pren"tice*ship
n.
1.
The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

2.
The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).


word: Apprest
definition:
Apprest

Appressed

{ Ap*pressed", Ap*prest"  }
a.
[p. p. appress, which is not in use. See Adpress.]
(Bot.)
Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem.
Gray.


word: Apprise
definition:
Apprise

Ap*prise"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Apprised; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprising.]
[F. appris, fem. apprise, p. p. apprendre to learn, to teach, to inform. Cf. Apprehend, Apprentice.]
To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.


word: Apprize
definition:
Apprize

Ap*prize"
v. t.
[The same as Appraise, only more accommodated to the English form of the L. pretiare.]
To appraise; to value; to appreciate.


word: Apprizer
definition:
Apprizer

Ap*priz"er
n.
1.
An appraiser.

2.
(Scots Law)
A creditor for whom an appraisal is made.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Approach
definition:
Approach

Ap*proach"
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.]
[OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.]
1.
To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?
2 Sam. xi. 20.

But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Heb. x. 25.

2.
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.


word: Approach₂
definition:
Approach

Ap*proach"
v. t.
1.
To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
[Archaic]
Boyle.

2.
To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.

He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer.
Temple.

3.
(Mil.)
To take approaches to.


word: Approach₃
definition:
Approach

Ap*proach"
n.
[Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.]
1.
The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
approach
Horsley.

A nearer approach to the human type.
Owen.

2.
A access, or opportunity of drawing near.

The approach to kings and principal persons.
Bacon.

3.
pl.
Movements to gain favor; advances.

4.
A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
Macaulay.

5.
pl.
(Fort.)
The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

6.
(Hort.)
See Approaching.

7.
(Golf)
A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.

8.
(Aviation)
that part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip.

9.
(Bowling)
the steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins.


word: Approachable
definition:
Approachable

Ap*proach"a*ble
(_;)
a.
Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.


word: Approachableness
definition:
Approachableness

Ap*proach"a*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.


word: Approaching
definition:
Approaching

Ap*proach"ing
n.
(Hort.)
The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.


word: Approbate
definition:
Approbate

Ap"pro*bate
(_;)
a.
[L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.]
Approved.
[Obs.]
Elyot.


word: Approbate₂
definition:
Approbate

Ap"pro*bate
(_;)
v. t.
To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.
Sir W. Hamilton.

&hand_; This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house.
Pickering (1816).


word: Approbation
definition:
Approbation

Ap`pro*ba"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See Approve to prove.]
1.
Proof; attestation.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation.
Macaulay.

The silent approbation of one's own breast.
Melmoth.

Animals . . . love approbation or praise.
Darwin.

3.
Probation or novitiate.
[Obs.]

This day my sister should the cloister enter,
And there receive her approbation.
Shak.


word: Approbative
definition:
Approbative

Ap"pro*ba*tive
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. approbatif.]
Approving, or implying approbation.
Milner.


word: Approbativeness
definition:
Approbativeness

Ap"pro*ba*tive*ness
n.
1.
The quality of being approbative.

2.
(Phren.)
Love of approbation.


word: Appromt
definition:
Appromt

Ap*promt"
(?; 215)
v. t.
[Pref. ad- + promt.]
To quicken; to prompt.
[Obs.]

To appromt our invention.
Bacon.


word: Approof
definition:
Approof

Ap*proof"
(_;)
n.
[See Approve, and Proof.]
1.
Trial; proof.
[Archaic]
Shak.

2.
Approval; commendation.
Shak.


word: Appropinquate
definition:
Appropinquate

Ap`pro*pin"quate
(_;)
v. i.
[L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near.]
To approach.
[Archaic]
Ld. Lytton.


word: Appropinquation
definition:
Appropinquation

Ap`pro*pin*qua"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. appropinquatio.]
A drawing nigh; approach.
[R.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Appropinquity
definition:
Appropinquity

Ap`pro*pin"qui*ty
(_;)
n.
[Pref. ad- + propinquity.]
Nearness; propinquity.
[R.]
J. Gregory.


word: Appropre
definition:
Appropre

Ap*pro"pre
(_;)
v. t.
[OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See Appropriate.]
To appropriate.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Appropriable
definition:
Appropriable

Ap*pro"pri*a*ble
(_;)
a.
[See Appropriate.]
Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Appropriament
definition:
Appropriament

Ap*pro"pri*a*ment
(_;)
n.
What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.
[Obs.]

If you can neglect
Your own appropriaments.
Ford.


word: Appropriate
definition:
Appropriate

Ap*pro"pri*ate
(_;)
a.
[L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper.]
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

In its strict and appropriate meaning.
Porteus.

Appropriate acts of divine worship.
Stillingfleet.

It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas.
Locke.


word: Appropriate₂
definition:
Appropriate

Ap*pro"pri*ate
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Appropriated (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appropriating (_;).]
1.
To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

2.
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

3.
To make suitable; to suit.
[Archaic]
Paley.

4.
(Eng. Eccl. Law)
To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
Blackstone.


word: appropriated
definition:
appropriated

appropriated
adj.
1.
1
taken without permission or consent especially by public authority.

Syn. -- confiscate, confiscated, seized, taken over.


word: Appropriateness
definition:
Appropriateness

Ap*pro"pri*ate*ness
n.
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.
Froude.


word: Appropriation
definition:
Appropriation

Ap*pro`pri*a"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. appropriatio: cf. F. appropriation.]
1.
The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.

2.
Anything, especially money, thus set apart.

The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation.
Macaulay.

3.
(Law)
(a)
The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.
(b)
The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.
Chitty.


word: Appropriative
definition:
Appropriative

Ap*pro"pri*a*tive
(_;)
a.
Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act.
Ap*pro"pri*a*tive*ness, n.


word: Appropriator
definition:
Appropriator

Ap*pro"pri*a`tor
(_;)
n.
1.
One who appropriates.

2.
(Law)
A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.


word: Approval
definition:
Approval

Ap*prov"al
(_;)
n.
Approbation; sanction.

A censor . . . without whose approval n_; capital sentences are to be executed.
Temple.


word: Approve
definition:
Approve

Ap*prove"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Approved (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Approving.]
[OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove, and cf. Approbate.]
1.
To show to be real or true; to prove.
[Obs.]

Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve
First thy obedience.
Milton.

2.
To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

Opportunities to approve . . . worth.
Emerson.

 He had approved himself a great warrior.
Macaulay.

'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
Byron.

His account . . . approves him a man of thought.
Parkman.

3.
To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.

4.
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.

5.
To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.
Rogers.

&hand_; This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of.

They had not approved of the deposition of James.
Macaulay.

They approved of the political institutions.
W. Black.


word: Approve₂
definition:
Approve

Ap*prove"
(ăp*prōv")
v. t.
[OF. aprouer; a (L. ad) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro, prod, in L. prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. Cf. Improve.]
(Eng. Law)
To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.


word: Approvement
definition:
Approvement

Ap*prove"ment
(_;)
n.
[Obs.]
1.
Approbation.

I did nothing without your approvement.
Hayward.

2.
(Eng. Law)
a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States.
Burrill. Bouvier.


word: Approvement₂
definition:
Approvement

Ap*prove"ment
n.
(Old Eng. Law)
Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.
Blackstone.


word: Approver
definition:
Approver

Ap*prov"er
(_;)
n.
1.
One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.

2.
An informer; an accuser.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

3.
(Eng. Law)
One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.


word: Approver₂
definition:
Approver

Ap*prov"er
n.
[See 2d Approve, v. t.]
(Eng. Law)
A bailiff or steward; an agent.
[Obs.]
Jacobs.


word: Approving
definition:
Approving

Ap*prov"ing
a.
Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.
Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.


word: Approximate
definition:
Approximate

Ap*prox"i*mate
(_;)
a.
[L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See Proximate.]
1.
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

2.
Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal.


word: Approximate₂
definition:
Approximate

Ap*prox"i*mate
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Approximated (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating.]
1.
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature.
Burke.

2.
To come near to; to approach.

The telescope approximates perfection.
J. Morse.


word: Approximation
definition:
Approximation

Ap*prox`i*ma"tion
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. approximation, LL. approximatio.]
1.
The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.

The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry of human nature.
I. Taylor.

2.
An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

3.
(Math.)
(a)
A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation.
(b)
A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.


word: Approximative
definition:
Approximative

Ap*prox"i*ma*tive
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. approximatif.]
Approaching; approximate.
Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ly, adv. -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ness, n.


word: Appui
definition:
Appui

Ap`pui"
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. L. ad + podium foothold, Gr. _;, dim. of _;, _;, foot.]
1.
A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.
[Obs.]

If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it.
Holland.

2.
(Man.)
The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle.

Point d'appui (_;). [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, morass, wood, declivity, etc. (c) any point of support or basis of operations, as a rallying point.


word: Appulse
definition:
Appulse

Ap"pulse
(?; 277)
n.
[L. appulsus, fr. appellere, appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F. appulse.]
1.
A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.

In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
Holder.

2.
(Astron.)
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.


word: Appulsive
definition:
Appulsive

Ap*pul"sive
(_;)
a.
Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.
P. Cyc.


word: Appurtenance
definition:
Appurtenance

Ap*pur"te*nance
(_;)
n.
[OF. apurtenaunce, apartenance, F. appartenance, LL. appartenentia, from L. appertinere. See Appertain.]
That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.
Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill.

Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy.
Bacon.

The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances.
Reid.


word: appurtenances
definition:
appurtenances

appurtenances
n.
1.
miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

Syn. -- gear, paraphernalia.


word: Appurtenant
definition:
Appurtenant

Ap*pur"te*nant
(_;)
a.
[F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance.]
Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.
Blackstone.

Common appurtenant. (Law) See under Common, n.


word: Appurtenant₂
definition:
Appurtenant

Ap*pur"te*nant
n.
Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.

Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption.
Coleridge.


word: apractic
definition:
apractic

apractic
adj.
1.
having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder; suffering from apraxia.

Syn. -- apraxic.


word: apraxia
definition:
apraxia

apraxia
n.
1.
inability to make purposeful movements, but without paralysis or loss of sensory function.


word: apraxic
definition:
apraxic

apraxic
adj.
1.
having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.

Syn. -- apractic.


word: apres-ski
definition:
apres-ski

a`pres-ski", a`près-ski"
(ȧ`prā*skē")
adj.
1.
concerned with or designed for use after skiing; occurring after a day of skiing; as, apres-ski wear; an apres-ski party.


word: Apricate
definition:
Apricate

Ap"ri*cate
(_;)
v. t. & i.
[L. apricatus, p. p. of apricare, fr. apricus exposed to the sun, fr. aperire to uncover, open.]
To bask in the sun.
Boyle.


word: Apricot
definition:
Apricot

A"pri*cot
n.
[OE. apricock, abricot, F. abricot, fr. Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque, fr. Ar. albirqūq, al-burqūq. Though the E. and F. form abricot is derived from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word itself was formed from the Gr. praiko`kia, pl. (Diosc. c. 100) fr. L. praecoquus, praecox, early ripe. The older E. form apricock was prob. taken direct from Pg. See Precocious, Cook.]
(Bot.)
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnæus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.


word: April
definition:
April

A"pril
(_;)
n.
[L. Aprilis. OE. also Averil, F. Avril, fr. L. Aprilis.]
1.
The fourth month of the year.

2.
Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.

The April's her eyes; it is love's spring.
Shak.

April fool, one who is sportively imposed upon by others on the first day of April.


word: A priori
definition:
A priori

A` pri*o"ri
(_;)
[L. a (ab) + prior former.]
1.
(Logic)
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

3.
(Philos.)
Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible.

A priori, that is, form these necessities of the mind or forms of thinking, which, though first revealed to us by experience, must yet have preëxisted in order to make experience possible.
Coleridge.


word: Apriority
definition:
Apriority

A`pri*or"i*ty
(_;)
n.
The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.


word: Aprocta
definition:
Aprocta

A*proc"ta
(ȧ*pr&obreve_;k"tȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + prwkto`s anus.]
(Zool.)
A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.


word: Apron
definition:
Apron

A"pron
(ā"pŭrn or ā"prŭn; 277)
n.
[OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See Map.]
1.
An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.

2.
Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
as,
(a)
The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
(b)
A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot.
apron
Hughes.
(c)
(Gun.)
A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.
(d)
(Shipbuilding)
A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
Totten
(e)
A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.
(f)
A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
(g)
(Mech.)
The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
(h)
(Plumbing)
A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
(i)
(Zool.)
The infolded abdomen of a crab.


word: Apron string
definition:
Apron string

A"pron string`
(_;)
The string of an apron.

To be tied to a wife's apron strings or To be tied to a mother's apron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.

He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives.
Macaulay.


word: Apropos
definition:
Apropos

Ap"ro*pos`
(ăp"ro̝*p&omacr`)
a. & adv.
[F. à propos; à (L. ad) + propos purpose, L. proposium plan, purpose, fr. proponere to propose. See Propound.]
1.
Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.

A tale extremely apropos.
Pope.

2.
By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.


word: Apse
definition:
Apse

Apse
(ăps)
n.
pl. Apses
(ăp"sĕz)
Apsis
1.
(Arch.)
(a)
A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
(b)
The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.

2.
A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.

&hand_; This word is also written apsis and absis.


word: Apsidal
definition:
Apsidal

Ap"si*dal
(ăp"sĭ*dal)
a.
1.
(Astron.)
Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.

2.
(Arch.)
Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.


word: Apsis
definition:
Apsis

Ap"sis
(ăp"sĭs)
n.
pl. Apsides (ăp"sĭ*dēz).
See Apse.
[L. apsis, absis, Gr. "apsi`s, "apsi^dos, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. "a`ptein to fasten.]
1.
(Astron.)
One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.

2.
(Math.)
In a curve referred to polar coördinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.

3.
(Arch.)
Same as Apse.


word: Apterygiformes
definition:
Apterygiformes

Apterygiformes
n.
1.
1
a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis.

Syn. -- order Apterygiformes


word: Apt
definition:
Apt

Apt
(ăpt)
a.
[F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. _; to fasten, Skr. āpta fit, fr. āp to reach attain.]
1.
Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

They have always apt instruments.
Burke.

A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.

My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
Temple.

This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
Lubbock.

3.
Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.

Apter to give than thou wit be to ask.
Beau. & Fl.

That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers.
F. Harrison.

4.
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
apt
Johnson.

Live a thousand years,
I shall not find myself so apt to die.
Shak.

I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear.
Shak.


word: Apt₂
definition:
Apt

Apt
v. t.
[L. aptare. See Aptate.]
To fit; to suit; to adapt.
[Obs.]
apt
B. Jonson.

That our speech be apted to edification.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Aptable
definition:
Aptable

Apt"a*ble
(_;)
a.
[LL. aptabilis, fr. L. aptare.]
Capable of being adapted.
[Obs.]
Sherwood.


word: Aptera
definition:
Aptera

Ap"te*ra
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL. aptera, fr. Gr. _; without wings; 'a priv. + _; wing, _; to fly.]
(Zool.)
Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnæn order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.


word: Apteral
definition:
Apteral

Ap"ter*al
(_;)
a.
1.
(Zool.)
Apterous.

2.
(Arch.)
Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.
R. Cyc.


word: Apteria
definition:
Apteria

Ap*te"ri*a
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL. See Aptera.]
(Zool.)
Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliæ.


word: Apterous
definition:
Apterous

Ap"ter*ous
(_;)
a.
1.
(Zool.)
Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.

2.
(Bot.)
Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate.


word: Apteryges
definition:
Apteryges

Ap*ter"y*ges
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL. See Apteryx.]
(Zool.)
An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.


word: Apteryx
definition:
Apteryx

Ap"te*ryx
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'a priv. + pte`ryx wing. Cf. Aptera.]
(Zool.)
A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.


word: Aptitude
definition:
Aptitude

Apt"i*tude
(_;)
n.
[F. aptitude, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude.]
1.
A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.

He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops.
Macaulay.

2.
A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.

That sociable and helpful aptitude which God implanted between man and woman.
Milton.

3.
Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.

He was a boy of remarkable aptitude.
Macaulay.


word: Aptly
definition:
Aptly

Apt"ly
(_;)
adv.
In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.


word: Aptness
definition:
Aptness

Apt"ness
n.
1.
Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.

The aptness of his quotations.
J. R. Green.

2.
Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.

3.
Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.

4.
Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.


word: Aptote
definition:
Aptote

Ap"tote
(ăp"t&omacrt)
n.
[L. aptotum, Gr. _; indeclinable; 'a priv. + _; fallen, declined, _; to fall.]
(Gram.)
A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.


word: Aptotic
definition:
Aptotic

Ap*tot"ic
(_;)
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.


word: Aptychus
definition:
Aptychus

Ap"ty*chus
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + _;, _;, fold.]
(Zool.)
A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.


word: Apus
definition:
Apus

A"pus
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Apode, n.]
(Zool.)
A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.


word: Apyretic
definition:
Apyretic

Ap`y*ret"ic
(_;)
a.
[Pref. a_; not + pyretic.]
(Med.)
Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.
Dunglison.


word: Apyrexy
definition:
Apyrexy

Apyrexia

{ &VerbarAp`y*rex"i*a (_;), Ap`y*rex`y (_;), }
n.
[NL. apyrexia, fr. Gr. _;; 'a priv. + _; to be feverish, fr. _; fire: cf. F. apyrexie.]
(Med.)
The absence or intermission of fever.


word: Apyrous
definition:
Apyrous

Ap"y*rous
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _;; 'a priv. + _; fire.]
Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.


word: Aqua
definition:
Aqua

A"qua
(_;)
n.
[L. See Ewer.]
Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.

Aqua ammoniæ, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called aqua ammonia. -- Aqua marine (_;), or Aqua marina (_;). Same as Aquamarine. -- Aqua regia (_;). [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the “royal” metal. -- Aqua Tofana (_;), a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. Francis. -- Aqua vitæ (_;) [L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. Shak.


word: aquacultural
definition:
aquacultural

aquacultural
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to aquiculture.
aquacultural methods

Syn. -- aquicultural, hydroponic


word: aquaculture
definition:
aquaculture

aquaculture
adj.
1.
the cultivation of aquatic animals, such as fish or shellfish, or of plants, such as seaweed, in a controlled and sometimes enclosed body of water.  The term includes use of either salt or fresh water.  It is a form of agriculture, but under water.


word: aqualung
definition:
aqualung

aqualung
n.
an apparatus containing compressed air or other oxygen-gas mixture, permitting a person to breathe under water; -- also called a scuba.

Syn. -- scuba


word: Aquamarine
definition:
Aquamarine

A`qua*ma*rine"
(_;)
n.
(Min.)
A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.


word: Aquapuncture
definition:
Aquapuncture

A`qua*punc"ture
(_;)
n.
[L. aqua water, + punctura puncture, pungere, punctum, to, prick.]
(Med.)
The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.


word: Aquarelle
definition:
Aquarelle

Aq`ua*relle"
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. Ital acquerello, fr. acqua water, L. aqua.]
A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.


word: Aquarian₂
definition:
Aquarian

A*qua"ri*an
n.
[L. (assumed) Aquarianus, fr. aqua: cf. F. Aquarien. See Aqua.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.


word: Aquarium
definition:
Aquarium

A*qua"ri*um
(_;)
n.
pl. E. Aquariums (_;), L. Aquaria (_;).
[L. See Aquarius, Ewer.]
An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.


word: Aquarius
definition:
Aquarius

A*qua"ri*us
(_;)
n.
[L. aquarius, adj., relating to water, and n., a water-carrier, fr. aqua. See Aqua.]
(Astron.)
(a)
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
(b)
A constellation south of Pegasus.


word: Aquatic
definition:
Aquatic

A*quat"ic
(_;)
a.
[L. aquaticus: cf. F. aquatique. See Aqua.]
Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.


word: Aquatic₂
definition:
Aquatic

A*quat`ic
n.
1.
An aquatic animal or plant.

2.
pl.
Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.


word: Aquatile
definition:
Aquatile

Aq"ua*tile
(_;)
a.
[L. aquatilis: cf. F. aquatile.]
Inhabiting the water.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Aquatinta
definition:
Aquatinta

Aquatint

{ A"qua*tint (_;), A`qua*tin"ta (_;), }
n.
[It. acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem. tinta, dyed. See Tint.]
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.


word: Aqueduct
definition:
Aqueduct

Aq"ue*duct
(_;)
n.
[F. aqueduc, OF. aqueduct (Cotgr.), fr. L. aquaeductus; aquae, gen. of aqua water + ductus a leading, ducere to lead. See Aqua, Duke.]
1.
A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.

&hand_; The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river or hollow; more properly called an aqueduct bridge.

2.
(Anat.)
A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.


word: aquavit
definition:
aquavit

aquavit
n.
1.
1
a Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caroway seeds; -- also called akvavit.

Syn. -- akvavit.


word: Aqueous
definition:
Aqueous

A"que*ous
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.]
1.
Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.

The aqueous vapor of the air.
Tyndall.

2.
Made from, or by means of, water.

An aqueous deposit.
Dana.

Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. -- Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) -- Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.


word: aquifer
definition:
aquifer

aquifer
n.
1.
an underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc.; as, the Oglala aquifer.  The water contained in an aquifer may be of great age, and in such cases is sometimes called fossil water.


word: Aquiferous
definition:
Aquiferous

A*quif"er*ous
(_;)
a.
[L. aqua water + -ferous.]
Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.


word: Aquifoliaceae
definition:
Aquifoliaceae

Aquifoliaceae
n.
1.
1
a family of widely distributed shrubs and trees.

Syn. -- family Aquifoliaceae, holly family


word: aquilege
definition:
aquilege

aquilege
n.
1.
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains.

Syn. -- columbine, aquilegia


word: aquilegia
definition:
aquilegia

aquilegia
n.
1.
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains.

Syn. -- columbine, aquilege


word: Aquila
definition:
Aquila

Aq"ui*la
(_;)
n.
pl. Aquilæ (_;).
[L., an eagle.]
1.
(Zool.)
A genus of eagles.

2.
(Astron.)
A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.

Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.


word: Aquiline
definition:
Aquiline

Aq"ui*line
(?; 277)
a.
[L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ]
1.
Belonging to or like an eagle.

2.
Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose

Terribly arched and aquiline his nose.
Cowper.


word: Aquiparous
definition:
Aquiparous

A*quip"a*rous
(_;)
a.
[L. aqua water + parere to bring forth.]
(Med.)
Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands.
Dunglison.


word: Aquose
definition:
Aquose

A*quose"
(_;)
a.
[L. aquosus watery, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aqueous.]
Watery; aqueous.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Aquosity
definition:
Aquosity

A*quos"i*ty
(_;)
n.
[LL. aquositas.]
The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness.
Huxley.

Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly.
Holland.


word: Ara
definition:
Ara

A"ra
(_;)
n.
[L.]
(Astron.)
The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.


word: Ara₂
definition:
Ara

A"ra
(_;)
n.
[Native Indian name.]
(Zool.)
A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.


word: Arab
definition:
Arab

Ar"ab
(?; 277)
n.
[Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. _;.]
One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.

Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor.
[1913 Webster]
The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.


word: Araba
definition:
Araba

A*ra"ba
(?)
n.
[Written also aroba and arba.]
[Ar. or Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.]
A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered.
[Oriental]

The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to admit the air
Balfour (Cyc. of India).


word: Arabesque
definition:
Arabesque

Ar`a*besque"
(_;)
n.
[F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo Arab.]
A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.

&hand_; It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art. (See Moresque.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on Greco-Roman work.


word: Arabesque₂
definition:
Arabesque

Ar`a*besque"
a.
1.
Arabian.
[Obs.]

2.
Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.


word: Arabian
definition:
Arabian

A*ra"bi*an
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.

Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak.


word: Arabic
definition:
Arabic

Ar"a*bic
(_;)
a.
[L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.]
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

Arabic numerals or figures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0. -- Gum arabic. See under Gum.


word: Arabic₂
definition:
Arabic

Ar"a*bic
n.
The language of the Arabians.

&hand_; The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew. It is very widely diffused, being the language in which all Moslems must read the Koran, and is spoken as a vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern Africa.


word: Arabin
definition:
Arabin

Ar"a*bin
(_;)
n.
1.
(Chem.)
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.

2.
Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.


word: Arabinose
definition:
Arabinose

Ar"a*bin*ose`
(_;)
n.
(Chem.)
A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.


word: Arabist
definition:
Arabist

Ar`a*bist
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. Arabiste.]
One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.


word: Arable
definition:
Arable

Ar"a*ble
(_;)
a.
[F. arable, L. arabilis, fr. arare to plow, akin to Gr. _;, E. ear, to plow. See Earable.]
Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.


word: Aracanese
definition:
Aracanese

Ar`a*ca*nese"
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.
n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Aracan.


word: Aracari
definition:
Aracari

A`ra*ça"ri
(_;)
n.
(Zool.)
A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.


word: Arace
definition:
Arace

A*race"
(_;)
v. t.
[OE. aracen, arasen, OF. arachier, esracier, F. arracher, fr. L. exradicare, eradicare. The prefix a- is perh. due to L. ab. See Eradicate.]
To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
[Obs.]
Wyatt.


word: Araceous
definition:
Araceous

A*ra"ceous
(_;)
a.
[L. arum a genus of plants, fr. Gr. _;.]
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.


word: Arachnida
definition:
Arachnida

A*rach"ni*da
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; spider.]
(Zool.)
One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.

&hand_; They have four pairs of legs, no antennæ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxillæ or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by trancheæ or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders: Araneina, or spiders; Arthrogastra, including scorpions, etc.; and Acarina, or mites and ticks.


word: Arachnidial
definition:
Arachnidial

Ar`ach*nid"i*al
(_;)
a.
(Zool.)
(a)
Of or pertaining to the Arachnida.
(b)
Pertaining to the arachnidium.


word: Arachnidium
definition:
Arachnidium

Ar`ach*nid"i*um
(_;)
n.
[NL. See Arachnida.]
(Zool.)
The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.


word: Arachnoid
definition:
Arachnoid

A*rach"noid
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _; like a cobweb; _; spider, spider's web + e'i^dos form.]
1.
Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

2.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.

3.
(Bot.)
Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.


word: Arachnology
definition:
Arachnology

Ar`ach*nol"o*gy
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; spider + -logy.]
The department of Zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.


word: Araeostyle
definition:
Araeostyle

A*ræ"o*style
(_;)
a. & n.
[L. araeostylos, Gr. _;; _; at intervals + _; pillar, column.]
(Arch.)
See Intercolumniation.


word: Araeosystyle
definition:
Araeosystyle

A*ræ`o*sys"tyle
(_;)
a. & n.
[Gr. _; as intervals + _;. See Systyle.]
(Arch.)
See Intercolumniation.


word: Aragonese
definition:
Aragonese

Ar`a*go*nese
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants.
n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain.


word: Aragonite
definition:
Aragonite

A*rag"o*nite
(_;)
n.
[From Aragon, in Spain.]
(Min.)
A mineral composed of calcium carbonate and identical in composition with calcite, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.


word: Araguato
definition:
Araguato

A`ra*gua"to
(_;)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.


word: aralia
definition:
aralia

aralia
n.
1.
any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers.


word: Araliaceae
definition:
Araliaceae

Araliaceae
n.
1.
1
a family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: ginseng; hedera.

Syn. -- family Araliaceae, ivy family


word: Aramean
definition:
Aramean

Aramaean

{ Ar`a*mæan, Ar`a*me"an  }
(_;)
a.
[L. Aramaeus, Gr. _;, fr. Heb. Arām, i. e. Highland, a name given to Syria and Mesopotamia.]
Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic.
n. A native of Aram.


word: Aramaic
definition:
Aramaic

Ar`a*ma"ic
(_;)
a.
[See Aramæan, a.]
Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.
n. The Aramaic language.


word: Araneae
definition:
Araneae

Araneae
n.
an order of arthropods constituting the spiders.

Syn. -- order Araneae, Araneida, order Araneida.


word: Araneoidea
definition:
Araneoidea

Araneida

{ &VerbarAr`a*ne"i*da (_;), &VerbarAr`a*ne*oid"e*a (_;), }
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
See Araneina.


word: araneidal
definition:
araneidal

araneidal
adj.
[from the order Araneida.]
relating to or resembling a spider.

Syn. -- araneidan.


word: Araneidan
definition:
Araneidan

Ar`a*ne"i*dan
(_;)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.
n. One of the Araneina; a spider.


word: Araneiform
definition:
Araneiform

Ar`a*ne"i*form
(_;)
a.
[L. aranea spider + -form.]
(Zool.)
Having the form of a spider.
Kirby.


word: Araneina
definition:
Araneina

A*ra`ne*i"na
(ȧ*rā`ne̝*ī"nȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. aranea spider.]
(Zool.)
The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.

&hand_; They have mandibles, modified as poison fangs, leglike palpi, simple eyes, abdomen without segments, and spinnerets for spinning a web. They breathe by pulmonary sacs and tracheæ in the abdomen. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Araneose
definition:
Araneose

A*ra"ne*ose`
(ȧ*rā"ne̝*&omacrs`)
a.
[L. araneosus.]
Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.


word: Araneous
definition:
Araneous

A*ra"ne*ous
(ȧ*rā`ne̝*ŭs)
a.
[L. araneosus, fr. aranea spider, spider's web.]
Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.
Derham.


word: Arango
definition:
Arango

A*ran"go
(ȧ*ră&nsmacr_;"go̝)
n.
pl. Arangoes (-g&omacrz).
[The native name.]
A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.
McCulloch.


word: Arapaima
definition:
Arapaima

A`ra*pai"ma
(_;)
n.
[Prob. native name.]
(Zool.)
A large fresh-water food fish of South America.


word: Arara
definition:
Arara

A*ra"ra
(_;)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).


word: Araroba
definition:
Araroba

Ar`a*ro"ba
(?)
n.
[Tupi.]
1.
Goa powder.

2.
A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; -- called also zebrawood.


word: Aration
definition:
Aration

A*ra"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. aratio, fr. arare to plow.]
Plowing; tillage.
[R.]

Lands are said to be in a state of aration when they are under tillage.
Brande.


word: Araucaria
definition:
Araucaria

Ar`au*ca"ri*a
(_;)
n.
[Araucania, a territory south of Chili.]
(Bot.)
A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.


word: Araucariaceae
definition:
Araucariaceae

Araucariaceae
n.
1.
1
a family of tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae.

Syn. -- family Araucariaceae, araucaria family


word: Araucarian
definition:
Araucarian

Ar`au*ca"ri*an
(_;)
a.
Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.
Dana.


word: arb
definition:
arb

arb
n.
[Shortened from arbitrageur.]
Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential); shortened form of arbitrageur.

Syn. -- arbitrageur


word: Arbalist
definition:
Arbalist

Arbalest

{ Ar"ba*lest (_;), Ar"ba*list (_;), }
n.
[OF. arbaleste, LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a military engine. See Ballista.]
(Antiq.)
A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow.  It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.
[Written also arbalet and arblast.]
Fosbroke.


word: Arbalister
definition:
Arbalister

Arbalester

{ Ar"ba*lest`er (_;), Ar"ba*list`er (_;), }
n.
[OF. arblastere, OF. arbalestier. See Arbalest.]
A crossbowman.
[Obs.]
Speed.


word: Arbiter
definition:
Arbiter

Ar"bi*ter
(_;)
n.
[L. arbiter; ar- (for ad) + the root of betere to go; hence properly, one who comes up to look on.]
1.
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.

&hand_; In modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word.

2.
Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.

For Jove is arbiter of both to man.
Cowper.


word: Arbitrable
definition:
Arbitrable

Ar"bi*tra*ble
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. arbitrable, fr. L. arbitrari. See Arbitrate, v. t.]
Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.
[Archaic]
Bp. Hall.


word: Arbitrage
definition:
Arbitrage

Ar"bi*trage
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. arbiter to give judgment, L. arbitrari.]
1.
Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
[Archaic]

2.
(Com.)
A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange).

3.
(Finance)
the simultaneous or near simultaneous purchase and sale of the same or closely linked securities or commodities in different markets to make a profit on the (often small) differences in price.


word: arbitrageur
definition:
arbitrageur

arbitrageur
n.
someone who engages in arbitrage; i. e. one who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential.

Syn. -- arb, arbitrager.


word: Arbitrament
definition:
Arbitrament

Ar*bit"ra*ment
(_;)
n.
[LL. arbitramentum.]
1.
Determination; decision; arbitration.

The arbitrament of time.
Everett.

Gladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
The award of arbitrators.
Cowell.


word: Arbitrarily
definition:
Arbitrarily

Ar"bi*tra*ri*ly
(_;)
adv.
In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.


word: Arbitrariness
definition:
Arbitrariness

Ar"bi*tra*ri*ness
n.
The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.
Bp. Hall.


word: Arbitrarious
definition:
Arbitrarious

Ar`bi*tra"ri*ous
(_;)
a.
[L. arbitrarius. See Arbitrary.]
Arbitrary; despotic.
[Obs.]
Ar`bi*tra"ri*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Arbitrary
definition:
Arbitrary

Ar"bi*tra*ry
(_;)
a.
[L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See Arbiter.]
1.
Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so.
Jer. Taylor.

Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things.
Landor.

2.
Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness.
Washington.

3.
Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government.
Dryden.

Arbitrary constant, Arbitrary function (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. -- Arbitrary quantity (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.


word: Arbitrate
definition:
Arbitrate

Ar"bi*trate
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arbitrated (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Arbitrating (_;).]
[L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See Arbiter.]
1.
To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

2.
To decide, or determine generally.
South.

There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
The swelling difference of your settled hate.
Shak.


word: Arbitrate₂
definition:
Arbitrate

Ar"bi*trate
(_;)
v. i.
1.
To decide; to determine.
Shak.

2.
To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.


word: Arbitration
definition:
Arbitration

Ar`bi*tra"tion
(_;)
n.
[F. arbitration, L. arbitratio, fr. arbitrari.]
The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.

&hand_; This may be done by one person; but it is usual to choose two or three called arbitrators; or for each party to choose one, and these to name a third, who is called the umpire. Their determination is called the award.
Bouvier

Arbitration bond, a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration. -- Arbitration of Exchange, the operation of converting the currency of one country into that of another, or determining the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An arbitrated rate is one determined by such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies.


word: arbitrational
definition:
arbitrational

arbitrational
adj.
1.
relating to or resulting from arbitration.
an arbitrational settlement

Syn. -- arbitral


word: arbitrative
definition:
arbitrative

arbitrative
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to arbitration; relating to or having the authority to arbitrate.
an arbitrative board


word: Arbitrator
definition:
Arbitrator

Ar"bi*tra`tor
(_;)
n.
[L., fr. arbitrari: cf. F. arbitrateur.]
1.
A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.

2.
One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.

Though Heaven be shut,
And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure.
Milton.

Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace.
Addison.


word: Arbor
definition:
Arbor

Ar"bor
(_;)
n.
[OE. herber, herbere, properly a garden of herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See Herb, and cf. Herbarium.]
A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Arbor₂
definition:
Arbor

Ar"bor
n.
[Written also arbour.]
[L., a tree, a beam.]
1.
(Bot.)
A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.

2.
[Cf. F. arbre.]
(Mech.)
(a)
An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
(b)
A mandrel in lathe turning.
Knight.


word: arboraceous
definition:
arboraceous

arboraceous
adj.
1.
1
abounding in trees.
an arboraceous landscape

Syn. -- arboreous, woodsy, woody.

Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]


word: Arborary
definition:
Arborary

Ar"bo*ra*ry
(_;)
a.
[L. arborarius, fr. arbor tree.]
Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.


word: Arborator
definition:
Arborator

Ar"bo*ra`tor
(_;)
n.
[L., fr. arbor tree.]
One who plants or who prunes trees.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: Arbor Dianae
definition:
Arbor Dianae

Ar"bor Di*a"næ
(_;)
[L., the tree of Diana, or silver.]
(Chem.)
A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.


word: Arboreal
definition:
Arboreal

Ar*bo"re*al
(_;)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.
Cowley.

2.
Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals.

Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal.
Darwin.


word: Arboreous
definition:
Arboreous

Ar*bo"re*ous
(_;)
a.
[L. arboreous, fr. arbor tree.]
1.
Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.
Loudon.

2.
Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.
Quincy.


word: Arborescence
definition:
Arborescence

Ar`bo*res"cence
(_;)
n.
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.


word: Arborescent
definition:
Arborescent

Ar`bo*res"cent
(_;)
a.
[L. arborescens, p. pr. of arborescere to become a tree, fr. arbor tree.]
Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.
Arborescent
Evelyn.


word: arboresque
definition:
arboresque

arboresque
adj.
1.
resembling a tree in form and branching structure.

Syn. -- arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped.


word: Arboret
definition:
Arboret

Ar"bo*ret
(_;)
n.
[OF. arboret, dim. of arbre tree, L. arbor]
A small tree or shrub.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Among thick-woven arborets, and flowers
Imbordered on each bank.
Milton.


word: Arboretum
definition:
Arboretum

Ar`bo*re"tum
(_;)
n.
pl. Arboreta (_;).
[L., a place grown with trees.]
A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.


word: Arboricole
definition:
Arboricole

Ar*bor"i*cole
(_;)
a.
[L. arbor + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.


word: Arboriculture
definition:
Arboriculture

Ar`bor*i*cul"ture
(?; 135)
n.
[L. arbor tree + cultura. See Culture.]
The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.


word: Arborist
definition:
Arborist

Ar"bor*ist
(_;)
n.
[F. arboriste, fr. L. arbor tree.]
One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.
Howell.


word: Arborization
definition:
Arborization

Ar`bor*i*za"tion
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. arborisation, fr. L. arbor tree.]
The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.


word: Arbor vitae
definition:
Arbor vitae

Ar"bor vi"tæ
(_;)
[L., tree of life.]
1.
(Bot.)
An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja.  The American species is the Thuja occidentalis.  It is commonly used as an ornamental shrub around homes.

2.
(Anat.)
The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.


word: Arbuscle
definition:
Arbuscle

Ar"bus*cle
(_;)
n.
[L. arbuscula small tree, shrub, dim. of arbor tree.]
A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub.
Bradley.


word: Arbustive
definition:
Arbustive

Ar*bus"tive
(_;)
a.
[L. arbustivus, fr. arbustum place where trees are planted.]
Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.
Bartram.


word: Arbute
definition:
Arbute

Arbutus

{ Ar"bu*tus (_;), Ar"bute (_;), }
n.
[L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree.]
The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree.

Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigæa repens), having white or usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray.


word: Arc
definition:
Arc

Arc
(_;)
n.
[F. arc, L. arcus bow, arc. See Arch, n.]
1.
(Geom.)
A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

2.
A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.

3.
An arch.
[Obs.]

Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs.
Milton.

4.
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.

Electric arc, Voltaic arc.  See under Voltaic.


word: Arc₂
definition:
Arc

Arc
(ärk)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Arcked (ärkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Arcking.]
(Elec.)
To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken or disconnected circuit.


word: Arca
definition:
Arca

Arca
n.
1.
1
the type genus of the family Arcidae, including ark shells and blood clams.

Syn. -- genus Arca.


word: Arcade
definition:
Arcade

Ar*cade"
(_;)
n.
[F. arcade, Sp. arcada, LL. arcata, fr. L. arcus bow, arch.]
1.
(Arch.)
(a)
A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.
(b)
A long, arched building or gallery.

2.
An arched or covered passageway or avenue.


word: Arcadia
definition:
Arcadia

Ar*ca"di*a
(_;)
n.
[L. Arcadia, Gr. _;.]
1.
A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

2.
Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

Where the cow is, there is Arcadia.
J. Burroughs.


word: Arcadic
definition:
Arcadic

Arcadian

{ Ar*ca"di*an (_;), Ar*ca"dic (_;), }
a.
[L. Arcadius, Arcadicus, fr. Arcadia: cf. F. Arcadien, Arcadique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.

2.
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians.


word: Arcanum
definition:
Arcanum

Ar*ca"num
(_;)
n.
pl. Arcana (_;).
[L., fr. arcanus closed, secret, fr. arca chest, box, fr. arcere to inclose. See Ark.]
1.
A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.

Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead.
Warburton.

2.
(Med.)
A secret remedy; an elixir.
Dunglison.


word: arc-boutant
definition:
arc-boutant

arc`-bou`tant"
(är`bō`täN)
n.
[F.]
(Arch.)
A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch; same as flying buttress.
Gwilt.

Syn. -- flying buttress


word: Arcellidae
definition:
Arcellidae

Arcellidae
prop. n.
A natural family of soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan.

Syn. -- family Arcellidae.


word: Arceuthobium
definition:
Arceuthobium

Arceuthobium
prop. n.
A genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers.

Syn. -- genus Arceuthobium.


word: Arch
definition:
Arch

Arch
(ärch)
n.
[F. arche, fr. LL. arca, for arcus. See Arc.]
1.
(Geom.)
Any part of a curved line.

2.
(Arch.)
(a)
Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening.  In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
(b)
A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.

&hand_; Scientifically considered, the arch is a means of spanning an opening by resolving vertical pressure into horizontal or diagonal thrust.

3.
Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

4.
Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
arch
Milton.

Triumphal arch, a monumental structure resembling an arched gateway, with one or more passages, erected to commemorate a triumph.


word: Arch₂
definition:
Arch

Arch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arched (ärcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Arching.]
1.
To cover with an arch or arches.

2.
To form or bend into the shape of an arch.

The horse arched his neck.
Charlesworth.


word: Arch-
definition:
Arch-

Arch-
(ärch-, except in archangel and one or two other words)
[L. arch-, Gr. 'arch- = 'archi-. See Arch-.]
A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.


word: Arch₄
definition:
Arch

Arch
(ärch)
a.
[See Arch-, pref.]
1.
Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.

The most arch act of piteous massacre.
Shak.

2.
Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.

[He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
Tatler.


word: -arch
definition:
-arch

-arch
(_;)
[Gr. 'archo`s chief, commander, 'a`rchein to rule. See Arch, a.]
A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).


word: Archaean
definition:
Archaean

Ar*chæ"an
(_;)
a.
[Gr. 'archai^os ancient, fr. 'archh` beginning.]
Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.


word: Archaean₂
definition:
Archaean

Ar*chæ"an
n.
(Geol.)
The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life.

&hand_; This is equivalent to the formerly accepted term Azoic, and to the Eozoic of Dawson.


word: Archaebacteria
definition:
Archaebacteria

Archaeobacteria

Ar*chæ"bac*te"ri*a, Ar*chæ"o*bac*te"ri*a
n.
(Microbiol.)
A group of single-celled microorganisms including the methanogens and some halophiles and thermoacidophiles, recognized in the 1970's by C. R. Woese and his colleagues as being a distinct group on the basis of RNA sequences, cell walls, and coenzymes differing from those of other microbes.  It is believed to be an ancient form of living organism that evolved separately from the eubacteria and blue-green algae.  It is classified as a separate kingdom by some taxonomists.  See also The Archaebacteria.


word: Archaeography
definition:
Archaeography

Ar`chæ*og"ra*phy
(är`ke̝*&obreve_;g"rȧ*f&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. 'archai^os ancient + -graphy.]
A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.


word: Archaeolithic
definition:
Archaeolithic

Ar`chæ*o*lith"ic
(är`ke̝*o̝*lĭth"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. 'archai^os ancient + liqiko`s pertaining to a stone.]
(Archæol.)
Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.


word: Archaeological
definition:
Archaeological

Archaeologic

{ Ar`chæ*o*log"ic (är`ke̝*o̝*l&obreve_;j"ĭk), Ar`chæ*o*log"ic*al (är`ke̝*o̝*l&obreve_;j"ĭ*kal), }
Relating to archæology, or antiquities; as, archæological researches.
Ar`*chæ*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Archaeologist
definition:
Archaeologist

Ar`chæ*ol"o*gist
(är`ke̝*&obreve_;l"o̝*jĭst)
n.
One versed in archæology; an antiquary.
Wright.


word: Archaeology
definition:
Archaeology

Ar`chæ*ol"o*gy
(är`ke̝*&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. 'archaiologi`a; 'archai^os ancient (fr. 'archh` beginning) + lo`gos discourse, le`gein to speak.]
The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.


word: Archaeopteryx
definition:
Archaeopteryx

Ar`chæ*op"te*ryx
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'archai^os ancient + pte`ryx wing.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.


word: archaeornis
definition:
archaeornis

archaeornis
n.
1.
an extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing.


word: Archaeornithes
definition:
Archaeornithes

Archaeornithes
n.
1.
1
a subclass of primitive reptilelike fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous.

Syn. -- subclass Archaeornithes


word: Archaeostomatous
definition:
Archaeostomatous

Ar`chæ*o*stom"a*tous
(_;)
a.
[Gr. 'archai^os ancient + sto`ma mouth.]
(Biol.)
Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up.


word: Archaeozoic
definition:
Archaeozoic

archaeozoic

archaeozoic, Ar`chæ*o*zo"ic
(_;)
a.
[Gr. 'archai^os ancient + zw^,on animal.]
(Zool.)
Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.

2.
(Geol.)
formed in or belonging to the earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era.
archaeozoic life forms

Syn. -- archeozoic


word: Archaeozoic₂
definition:
Archaeozoic

Archaeozoic
n.
[Gr. 'archai^os ancient + zw^,on animal.]
the time from 1.5 billion to 5 billion years ago; the time when the earth's crust formed; a time when only unicellular organisms and the earliest forms of life are present.

Syn. -- Archeozoic, Archeozoic era, Archaeozoic era


word: Archaic
definition:
Archaic

Ar*cha"ic
(_;)
a.
[Gr. 'archai:ko`s old-fashioned, fr. 'archai^os ancient.]
Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.


word: Archaism
definition:
Archaism

Ar"cha*ism
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'archai:smo`s, fr. 'archai^os ancient, fr. 'archh` beginning: cf. F. archaïsme. See Arch, a.]
1.
An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.

2.
Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.

A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary.
De Quincey.


word: Archaistic
definition:
Archaistic

Ar`cha*is"tic
(_;)
a.
Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.


word: Archaize
definition:
Archaize

Ar"cha*ize
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Archaized (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Archaizing.]
[Gr. 'archai:`zein.]
To make appear archaic or antique.
Mahaffy.


word: Archangel
definition:
Archangel

Arch`an"gel
(_;)
n.
[L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos: cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See Arch-, pref., and Angel.]
1.
A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
Milton.

2.
(Bot.)
A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).


word: Archangelic
definition:
Archangelic

Arch`an*gel"ic
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. archangélique.]
Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel.
Milton.


word: Archbishop
definition:
Archbishop

Arch`bish"op
(_;)
n.
[AS. arcebisceop, arcebiscop, L. archiepiscopus, fr. Gr. 'archiepi`skopos. See Bishop.]
A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.


word: Archbishopric
definition:
Archbishopric

Arch`bish"op*ric
(_;)
n.
[AS. arcebiscoprīce. See -ric.]
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.


word: Archbutler
definition:
Archbutler

Arch`but"ler
(_;)
n.
[Pref. arch- + butler.]
A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.


word: Archchamberlain
definition:
Archchamberlain

Arch`cham"ber*lain
(_;)
n.
[Cf. G. erzkämmerer. See Arch-, pref.]
A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.


word: Archchancellor
definition:
Archchancellor

Arch`chan"cel*lor
(_;)
n.
[Cf. Ger. erzkanzler. See Arch-, pref.]
A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.


word: Archdeacon
definition:
Archdeacon

Arch`dea"con
(_;)
n.
[AS. arcediacon, archidiacon, L. archidiaconus, fr. Gr. _;. See Arch-, pref., and Deacon.]
In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.
Blackstone.


word: Archdeaconry
definition:
Archdeaconry

Arch`dea"con*ry
n.
The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.

Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries.
Blackstone.


word: Archduchess
definition:
Archduchess

Arch`duch"ess
(_;)
n.
[Pref. arch- + duchess.]
The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.


word: Archduke
definition:
Archduke

Arch`duke"
(_;)
n.
[Pref. arch- + duke.]
A prince of the imperial family of Austria.

&hand_; Formerly this title was assumed by the rulers of Lorraine, Brabant, Austria, etc. It is now appropriated to the descendants of the imperial family of Austria through the make line, all such male descendants being styled archduke, and all such female descendants archduchesses.


word: Archebiosis
definition:
Archebiosis

Ar`che*bi*o"sis
(_;)
n.
[Pref. arche- = archi- + Gr. bi`wsis, bi`os, life.]
The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis.
Bastian.


word: Archegonial
definition:
Archegonial

Ar`che*go"ni*al
(_;)
a.
Relating to the archegonium.

Syn. -- archegoniate, archegonical.


word: archegonical
definition:
archegonical

archegoniate

archegoniate archegonical
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to an archegonium.

Syn. -- archegonial

2.
bearing archegonia.

Syn. -- archegonial


word: Archegonium
definition:
Archegonium

Ar`che*go"ni*um
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; the first of a race.]
(Bot.)
The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.


word: Archelogy
definition:
Archelogy

Ar*chel"o*gy
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; an element or first principle + -logy.]
The science of, or a treatise on, first principles.
Fleming.


word: Archencephala
definition:
Archencephala

Ar`chen*ceph"a*la
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. pref. _; + _; the brain.]
(Zool.)
The division that includes man alone.
R. Owen.


word: Archenemy
definition:
Archenemy

Arch`en"e*my
(_;)
n.
[Pref. arch- + enemy.]
A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.
Milton.


word: Archenteric
definition:
Archenteric

Arch`en*ter"ic
(_;)
a.
(Biol.)
Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.


word: Archenteron
definition:
Archenteron

Arch`en"ter*on
n.
[Pref. arch- + Gr. _; intestine.]
(Biol.)
The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.


word: archeological
definition:
archeological

archeological
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to archeology.
archeological excavations

2.
related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology.
an archeological dig

Syn. -- archaeological, archaeologic, archeologic


word: archeologist
definition:
archeologist

archeologist
n.
1.
1
an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture.

Syn. -- archaeologist.


word: Archeological
definition:
Archeological

Archeology

Ar`che*ol"o*gy (_;), n., Ar`che*o*log`ic*al (_;), a. 
the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures.  Same as Archæology, etc.

Syn. -- archaeology, Archæology


word: archeopteryx
definition:
archeopteryx

archeopteryx
n.
1.
an extinct primitive toothed bird (Archaeopteryx lithographica) of the Upper Jurassic having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all known birds.  Same as archaeopteryx.

Syn. -- archaeopteryx.


word: Archeozoic
definition:
Archeozoic

Archeozoic
n.
1.
1
the time from 1.5 billion to 5 billion years ago, when the earth's crust was formed; the time when only unicellular organisms and the earliest forms of life are present.  Same as Archaeozoic.

Syn. -- Archaeozoic, Archeozoic era, Archaeozoic era


word: archepiscopal
definition:
archepiscopal

archepiscopal
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to an archbishop.
an archepiscopal see

Syn. -- archiepiscopal


word: Archer
definition:
Archer

Arch"er
(_;)
n.
[archier, F. archer, LL. arcarius, fr. L. arcus bow. See Arc, Arch, n.]
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.


word: Archer fish
definition:
Archer fish

Arch"er fish`
(_;)
(Zool.)
A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.


word: Archery
definition:
Archery

Arch"er*y
(_;)
n.
[OE. archerie.]
1.
The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

2.
Archers, or bowmen, collectively.

Let all our archery fall off
In wings of shot a-both sides of the van.
Webster (1607).


word: Arches
definition:
Arches

Arch"es
(_;)
pl. of Arch, n.

Court of arches, or Arches Court (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.


word: archesporium
definition:
archesporium

archesporium
n.
1.
a primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.

Syn. -- archespore.


word: Archetypal
definition:
Archetypal

Ar"che*ty`pal
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.
archetypal
Gudworth.

&hand_; Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation.


word: Archetypally
definition:
Archetypally

Ar"che*ty`pal*ly
adv.
With reference to the archetype; originally. “Parts archetypally distinct.”
Dana.


word: Archetype
definition:
Archetype

Ar"che*type
(är"ke̝*tīp)
n.
[L. archetypum, Gr. 'arche`typon, fr. 'arche`typos stamped first and as model; 'arche =  'archi + ty`pos stamp, figure, pattern, ty`ptein to strike: cf. F. archétype. See Arch-, pref.]
1.
The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.

The House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet.
Macaulay.

Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world.
South.

2.
(Coinage)
The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.

3.
(Biol.)
The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.


word: Archeus
definition:
Archeus

Ar*che"us
(_;)
n.
[LL. archēus, Gr. 'archai^os ancient, primeval, fr. 'archh` beginning. See Archi-, pref.]
The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Archi-
definition:
Archi-

Ar"chi-
(_;)
[L., archi-, Gr. 'archi-, a prefix which is from the same root as 'a`rchein to be first, to begin; 'archh the first place, beginning; 'archo`s chief. Cf. AS. arce-, erce-, OHG. erzi-, G. erz-.]
A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In (Biol.) and (Anat.) it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.


word: Archiannelida
definition:
Archiannelida

Ar`chi*an*nel"i*da
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL.; pref. archi- + annelida.]
(Zool.)
A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.


word: Archiater
definition:
Archiater

Ar"chi*a`ter
(_;)
n.
[L. archiatrus, Gr. _;; pref. _; + _; physician, _; to heal.]
Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities.
P. Cyc.


word: Archibald wheel
definition:
Archibald wheel

Ar"chi*bald wheel
(?)
A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.


word: Archiblastula
definition:
Archiblastula

Ar`chi*blas"tu*la
(_;)
n.
[Pref. archi + blastula.]
(Biol.)
A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a cœloblastula.


word: Archical
definition:
Archical

Ar"chi*cal
(_;)
a.
[Gr. 'archiko`s able to govern, fr. 'archh` beginning, government. See Arch-, pref.]
Chief; primary; primordial.
[Obs.]
Cudworth.


word: Archidiaconal
definition:
Archidiaconal

Ar`chi*di*ac"o*nal
(_;)
a.
[L. archidiaconus, Gr. _;, equiv. to E. archdeacon.]
Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.

This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation.
Johnson.


word: Archiepiscopacy
definition:
Archiepiscopacy

Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pa*cy
(_;)
n.
[Pref. archi- + episcopacy.]
1.
That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.

2.
The state or dignity of an archbishop.


word: Archiepiscopal
definition:
Archiepiscopal

Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pal
(_;)
a.
[Pref. archi- + episcopal.]
Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.


word: Archiepiscopality
definition:
Archiepiscopality

Ar`chi*e*pis`co*pal"i*ty
(_;)
n.
The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.
Fuller.


word: Archiepiscopate
definition:
Archiepiscopate

Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pate
(_;)
n.
[Pref. archi- + episcopate.]
The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.


word: Archierey
definition:
Archierey

Ar*chi"e*rey
(_;)
n.
[Russ. archieréi, fr. Gr. 'archierey`s; pref. 'archi- (E. arch-) + "ierey`s priest.]
The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
Pinkerton.


word: Archil
definition:
Archil

Ar"chil
(?; 277)
n.
[OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella, oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. Orchil.]
1.
A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc.
Tomlinson.

2.
The plant from which the dye is obtained.
[Written also orchal and orchil.]


word: Archilochian
definition:
Archilochian

Ar`chi*lo"chi*an
(_;)
a.
[L. Archilochius.]
Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.


word: Archimage
definition:
Archimage

Archimagus

{ Ar"chi*mage (är"kĭmāj), &VerbarAr`chi*ma"gus (är`kĭmā"gŭs), }
n.
[NL.; pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. ma`gos, a Magian.]
1.
The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

2.
A great magician, wizard, or enchanter.
Spenser.


word: Archimandrite
definition:
Archimandrite

Ar`chi*man"drite
(är`kĭmăn"drīt)
n.
[L. archimandrita, LGr. 'archimandri`ths; pref. 'archi (E. arch-) + ma`ndra an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery.]
(Gr. Church)
(a)
A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.
(b)
A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.


word: Archimedean
definition:
Archimedean

Ar`chi*me*de"an
(är`kĭme̝*dē"an)
a.
[L. Archimedeus.]
Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.

Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw.  When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. Francis.


word: Archimedes
definition:
Archimedes

Ar*chi*me"des
(är*kĭ*mē"dēz)
pr. n.
[Gr. 'Archimh`dhs.]
Born at Syracuse about 287 b. c.: died at Syracuse, 212 b. c.  The most celebrated geometrician of antiquity.  He is said to have been a relative of King Hiero of Syracuse, to have traveled early in life in Egypt, and to have been the pupil of Conon the Samian at Alexandria.  His most important services were rendered to pure geometry, but his popular fame rests chiefly on his application of mathematical theory to mechanics.  He invented the water-screw, and discovered the principle of the lever. Concerning the latter the famous saying is attributed to him, "Give me where I may stand and I will move the world " (do`s pou^  stw^ kai` to`n ko`smos kinh`sw).  By means of military engines which he invented he postponed the fall of Syracuse when besieged by Marcellus 214-212 b. c., whose fleet he is incorrectly said to have destroyed by mirrors reflecting the sun's rays.  He detected the admixture of silver, and determined the proportions of the two metals, in a crown ordered by Hiero to be made of pure gold.  The method of detecting the alloy, without destroying the crown, occurred to him as he stepped in the bath and observed the overflow caused by the displacement of the water. He ran home through the street naked crying heureka, "I have found it."  He was killed at the capture of Syracuse by Marcellus.
Century Dict. 1906


word: Archimedes₂
definition:
Archimedes

Ar`chi*me"des
(_;)
n.
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.


word: Arching
definition:
Arching

Arch"ing
(_;)
n.
1.
The arched part of a structure.

2.
(Naut.)
Hogging; -- opposed to sagging.


word: Archipelago
definition:
Archipelago

Ar`chi*pel"a*go
n.
pl. -goes or -gos (_;).
[It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref _; + _; sea, perh. akin to _; blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See Plague.]

1.
The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

2.
Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.


word: Archipterygium
definition:
Archipterygium

Ar*chip`te*ryg"i*um
(är*kĭp`te̝*rĭj"ĭ*ŭm)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. pref. 'archi- (E. arch-) + ptery`gion wing, fin.]
(Anat.)
The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.


word: Architect
definition:
Architect

Ar"chi*tect
(är"kĭ*tĕkt)
n.
[L. architectus, architecton, Gr. _; chief artificer, master builder; pref. 'archi- (E. archi-) + _; workman, akin to _; art, skill, _; to produce: cf. F. architecte, It. architetto. See Technical.]
1.
A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.

2.
A contriver, designer, or maker.

The architects of their own happiness.
Milton.

A French woman is a perfect architect in dress.
Coldsmith.


word: Architectonical
definition:
Architectonical

Architectonic

{ Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic (_;), Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic*al (_;), }
a.
[L. architectonicus, Gr. _;. See Architect.]
1.
Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.
Architectonic
Boyle.

These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged.
J. C. Shairp.

2.
Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.


word: Architectonic
definition:
Architectonic

Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic
n.
[Cf. F. architectonique.]
1.
The science of architecture.

2.
The act of arranging knowledge into a system.


word: Architectural
definition:
Architectural

Ar`chi*tec"tur*al
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.
Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv.


word: Architecture
definition:
Architecture

Ar"chi*tec`ture
(?; 135)
n.
[L. architectura, fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See Architect.]
1.
The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.

Many other architectures besides Gothic.
Ruskin.

3.
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees.
Tyndall.

The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture.
Burnet.

Military architecture, the art of fortifications. -- Naval architecture, the art of building ships.


word: Architeuthis
definition:
Architeuthis

Ar`chi*teu"this
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. pref. _; + _;, _;, a kind of squid.]
(Zool.)
A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.


word: Architrave
definition:
Architrave

Ar"chi*trave
(_;)
n.
[F. architrave, fr. It. architrave; pref. archi- + trave beam, L. trabs.]
(Arch.)
(a)
The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.
(b)
The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.


word: Archive
definition:
Archive

Ar"chive
(_;)
n.
pl. Archives (_;).
[F. archives, pl., L. archivum, archium, fr. Gr. _; government house, _; _; archives, fr. _; the first place, government. See Archi-, pref.]
1.
pl.
The place in which public records or historic documents are kept.

Our words . . . . become records in God's court, and are laid up in his archives as witnesses.
Gov. of Tongue.

2.
pl.
Public records or documents preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a country or family.

Some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom explored press.
Lamb.


word: archives
definition:
archives

archives
n.
1.
a collection of records especially about an institution.

2.
a place where historical records and documents are kept.


word: Archivolt
definition:
Archivolt

Ar"chi*volt
(_;)
n.
[F. archivolte, fr. It. archivolto; pref. archi- + volto vault, arch. See Vault.]
(Arch.)
(a)
The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.
(b)
More commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.


word: Archilute
definition:
Archilute

Archlute

{ Arch"lute (_;), Arch"i*lute (_;), }
n.
[Cf. F. archiluth, It. arciliuto.]
(Mus.)
A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.


word: Archly
definition:
Archly

Arch"ly
(_;)
adv.
In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.

Archly the maiden smiled.
Longfellow.


word: Archmarshal
definition:
Archmarshal

Arch`mar"shal
(_;)
n.
[G. erzmarschall. See Arch-, pref.]
The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.


word: Archness
definition:
Archness

Arch"ness
n.
The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.
Goldsmith.


word: Archon
definition:
Archon

Ar"chon
(_;)
n.
[L. archon, Gr. _;, _;, ruler, chief magistrate, p. pr. of _; to be first, to rule.]
(Antiq.)
One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preëminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.
Ar*chon"tic (_;), a.


word: Archonts
definition:
Archonts

Ar"chonts
(_;)
n. pl.
[Gr. 'a`rchwn, p. pr.  See Archon.]
(Zool.)
The group including man alone.


word: Archoplasm
definition:
Archoplasm

Ar"cho*plasm
(?)
n.
[See Archon; Plasma.]
(Biol.)
The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.


word: Archpresbytery
definition:
Archpresbytery

Arch`pres"by*ter*y
(_;)
n.
[Pref. arch- + presbytery.]
The absolute dominion of presbytery.
Milton.


word: Archtraitor
definition:
Archtraitor

Arch`trai"tor
(_;)
n.
[Pref. arch- + traitor.]
A chief or transcendent traitor.
I. Watts.


word: Archtreasurer
definition:
Archtreasurer

Arch`treas"ur*er
(?; 135)
n.
[Pref. arch- + treasurer.]
A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.


word: archy
definition:
archy

*ar"chy
(_;)
[Gr. _;, fr. _; chief. See Arch-, pref.]
A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch.


word: Arcograph
definition:
Arcograph

Arc"o*graph
(_;)
n.
[L. arcus (E. arc) + -graph.]
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.


word: Arctation
definition:
Arctation

Arc*ta"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. arctus shut in, narrow, p. p. of arcere to shut in: cf. F. arctation.]
(Med.)
Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.


word: Arctic
definition:
Arctic

Arc"tic
(_;)
a.
[OE. artik, OF. artique, F. arctique, L. arcticus, fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; a bear, also a northern constellation so called; akin to L. ursus bear, Skr. _;ksha.]
Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.

&hand_; The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the equator, 23° 28′  from the north pole. This and the antarctic circle are called the polar circles, and between these and the poles lie the frigid zones. See Zone.


word: arctiid
definition:
arctiid

arctiid
n.
1.
1
a stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars.

Syn. -- arctiid moth.


word: Arctisca
definition:
Arctisca

Arc*tis"ca
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; bear.]
(Zool.)
A group of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Arctogeal
definition:
Arctogeal

Arc`to*ge"al
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _; the north + _;, _;, country.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna.


word: Arctoidea
definition:
Arctoidea

Arc*toid"e*a
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; bear + -oid.]
(Zool.)
A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.


word: Arctostaphylos
definition:
Arctostaphylos

Arctostaphylos
n.
1.
1
a genus of plants including the bearberry; manzanita.

Syn. -- genus Arctostaphylos.


word: Arcturus
definition:
Arcturus

Arc*tu"rus
(_;)
n.
[L. Arcturus, Gr. _; bearward, equiv. to _;; _; bear + _; ward, guard. See Arctic.]
(Anat.)
A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Boötes.

&hand_; Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major.

Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons [Rev. Ver.: “the Bear with her train”].
Job xxxviii. 32.


word: Arcual
definition:
Arcual

Arc"u*al
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to an arc.

Arcual measure of an angle (Math.), that in which the unit angle has its measuring arc equal to the radius of the circle.


word: Arcuated
definition:
Arcuated

Arcuate

{ Arc"u*ate (_;), Arc"u*a`ted (_;)(#), }
a.
[L. arcuatus, p. p. of arcuare to shape like a bow, fr. arcus. See Arc.]
Bent or curved in the form of a bow.
Arcuate
Gray.


word: Arcuation
definition:
Arcuation

Arc`u*a"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. arcuatio.]
1.
The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Coxe.

2.
(Hort.)
A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
Chambers.


word: Arcubalister
definition:
Arcubalister

Ar`cu*bal"ist*er
(_;)
n.
[L. arcuballistarius. Cf. Arbalister.]
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
Camden.


word: -art
definition:
-art

-ard

-ard, -art
The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.


word: Ardassine
definition:
Ardassine

Ar*das"sine
(_;)
n.
[F. (cf. Sp. ardacina), fr. ardasse a kind of silk thread, fr. Ar. & Per. ardan a kind of raw silk.]
A very fine sort of Persian silk.


word: Ardeidae
definition:
Ardeidae

Ardeidae
n.
1.
1
a familu of wading birds incuding the herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.

Syn. -- family Ardeidae.


word: Ardency
definition:
Ardency

Ar"den*cy
(_;)
n.
1.
Heat.
[R.]
Sir T. Herbert.

2.
Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.


word: Ardennes
definition:
Ardennes

Ardennes
n.
1.
a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World Wars I and II.


word: Ardent
definition:
Ardent

Ar"dent
(_;)
a.
[OE. ardaunt, F. ardant, p. pr. of arder to burn, fr. L. ardere.]
1.
Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.

2.
Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.
Dryden.

3.
Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.

An ardent and impetuous race.
Macaulay.


word: Ardently
definition:
Ardently

Ar"dent*ly
(_;)
adv.
In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.


word: Ardent spirits
definition:
Ardent spirits

Ar"dent spir`its
n.
any type of strongly alcoholic beverage prepared by distillation of an alcohol-containing fermented material.


word: Ardois system
definition:
Ardois system

Ar`dois" sys"tem
(?)
(Naut.)
A widely used system of electric night signals in which a series of double electric lamps (white and red) is arranged vertically on a mast, and operated from a keyboard below.
[Archaic]


word: Ardor
definition:
Ardor

Ar"dor
(_;)
n.
[L. ardor, fr. ardere to burn: cf. OF. ardor, ardur, F. ardeur.]
[Spelt also ardour.]
1.
Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

2.
Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.

3.
pl.
Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.
[Thus used by Milton.]


word: Arduous
definition:
Arduous

Ar"du*ous
(?; 135)
a.
[L. arduus steep, high; akin to Ir. ard high, height.]
1.
Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.

Those arduous paths they trod.
Pope.

2.
Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.


word: Ardurous
definition:
Ardurous

Ar"du*rous
(_;)
a.
Burning; ardent.
[R.]

Lo! further on,
Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore.
Cary.


word: Are
definition:
Are

Are
(_;)
[AS. (Northumbrian) aron, akin to the 1st pers. pl. forms, Icel. erum, Goth. sijum, L. sumus, Gr. _;, Skr. smas; all from a root as. _; See Am and Is, and cf. Be.]
The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.


word: Are₂
definition:
Are

Are
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. L. area. See Area.]
(Metric system)
The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.


word: Area
definition:
Area

A"re*a
(ā"re̝*ȧ; 277)
n.
pl. Areas (-ȧz) .
[L. area a broad piece of level ground. Cf. Are, n.]
1.
Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater.
Addison.

2.
The inclosed space on which a building stands.

3.
The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

4.
An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.

5.
(Geom.)
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

6.
(Biol.)
A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.

7.
Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

The largest area of human history and man's common nature.
F. Harrison.

Dry area. See under Dry.


word: Areed
definition:
Areed

Aread

{ A*read", A*reed"  }
(_;)
v. t.
[OE. areden, AS. ār&aemacr_;dan to interpret. See Read.]
1.
To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream.
[Obs.]

Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.
Spenser.

2.
To read.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

3.
To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.

But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt!
Milton.

4.
To decree; to adjudge.
[Archaic]
Ld. Lytton.


word: Areal
definition:
Areal

A"re*al
(_;)
a.
[Cf. L. arealis, fr. area.]
Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).


word: Arear
definition:
Arear

A*rear"
(_;)
v. t. & i.
[AS. ār&aemacr_;ran. See Rear.]
To raise; to set up; to stir up.
[Obs.]


word: Areca
definition:
Areca

A*re"ca
(_;)
n.
[Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.]
(Bot.)
A genus of palms, one species of which (Areca catechu) produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India and Southeast Asia with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.


word: Arecidae
definition:
Arecidae

Arecidae
n.
1.
1
one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae: and Lemnaceae.

Syn. -- subclass Arecidae


word: -lin
definition:
-lin

Arecoline

{ A*re"co*line (?), n. Also -lin  }
[From NL. Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut.]
An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.

Syn. -- arecholine; arecaline; methylarecaidin; methyl N-methyltetrahydronicotinate; 1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid methyl ester.


word: Arefaction
definition:
Arefaction

Ar`e*fac"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. arefacere to dry.]
The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.

The arefaction of the earth.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Arena
definition:
Arena

A*re"na
(_;)
n.
pl. E. Arenas (_;); L. Arenæ
(_;)
[L. arena, harena, sand, a sandy place.]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.

2.
Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

3.
(Med.)
“Sand” or “gravel” in the kidneys.


word: Arenaceous
definition:
Arenaceous

Ar`e*na"ceous
(_;)
a.
[L. arenaceus, fr. arena sand.]
Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.


word: Arenation
definition:
Arenation

Ar`e*na"tion
(ăr`e̝*nā"shŭn)
n.
[L. arenatio, fr. arena sand.]
(Med.)
A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body.
Dunglison.


word: Arendator
definition:
Arendator

Ar`en*da"tor
(_;)
n.
[LL. arendator, arrendator, fr. arendare, arrendare, to pay rent, fr. arenda yearly rent; ad + renda, F. rente, E. rent. Cf. Arrentation and Rent.]
In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

&hand_; A person who rents an estate belonging to the crown is called crown arendator.
Tooke.


word: Arenga
definition:
Arenga

Areng

&VerbarA*reng" (_;), &VerbarA*ren"ga
(_;)
n.
[Malayan.]
A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.


word: Arenicolite
definition:
Arenicolite

Ar`e*nic"o*lite
(_;)
n.
[L. arena sand + colere to cherish or live.]
(Paleon.)
An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks.
Dana.


word: Arenilitic
definition:
Arenilitic

A*ren`i*lit"ic
(_;)
a.
[L. arena sand + Gr. li`qos stone.]
Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains.
Kirwan.


word: Arenulous
definition:
Arenulous

A*ren"u*lous
(_;)
a.
[L. arenula fine sand, dim. of arena.]
Full of fine sand; like sand.
[Obs.]


word: Areola
definition:
Areola

A*re"o*la
(_;)
n.
pl. Areolæ (_;).
[L. areola, dim. of area: cf. F. aréole. See Area.]
1.
An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

2.
(Anat. & Med.)
The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.


word: Areolar
definition:
Areolar

A*re"o*lar
(_;)
a.
Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolæ.

reolar tissue (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, or areolæ, between them.


word: Areolated
definition:
Areolated

Areolate

{ A*re"o*late (_;), A*re"o*la*ted, }
a.
[L. areola: cf. F. aréole.]
Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.


word: Areolation
definition:
Areolation

A`re*o*la"tion
(_;)
n.
1.
Division into areolæ.
Dana.

2.
Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.


word: Areolet
definition:
Areolet

A*re"o*let
(_;)
n.
[Dim. of L. areola.]
(Zool.)
A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.


word: Areometer
definition:
Areometer

A`re*om"e*ter
(?; 277)
n.
[Gr. 'araio`s thin, rare + -meter: cf. F. aréomètre.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a form hydrometer.


word: Areometrical
definition:
Areometrical

Areometric

{ A`re*o*met"ric (_;), A`re*o*met"ric*al (_;), }
a.
Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer.


word: Areometry
definition:
Areometry

A`re*om"e*try
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'araio`s thin, rare + -metry.]
The art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.


word: Areopagite
definition:
Areopagite

Ar`e*op"a*gite
(_;)
n.
[L. Areopagites, Gr. _;.]
A member of the Areopagus.
Acts xvii. 34.


word: Areopagitic
definition:
Areopagitic

Ar`e*op`a*git"ic
(_;)
a.
[L. Areopagiticus, Gr. _;.]
Pertaining to the Areopagus.
Mitford.


word: Areopagus
definition:
Areopagus

Ar`e*op"a*gus
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, and _; _;, hill of Ares (Mars' Hill).]
The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal


word: Aret
definition:
Aret

A*ret"
(_;)
v. t.
[OE. aretten, OF. areter; a (L. ad) + OF. reter, L. reputare. See Repute.]
To reckon; to ascribe; to impute.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Aretaics
definition:
Aretaics

Ar`e*ta"ics
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; virtue.]
The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.
J. Grote.


word: Arete
definition:
Arete

A`rête"
(?)
n.
[F., lit., a sharp fish bone, ridge, sharp edge, fr. L. arista beard of grain.]
(Geog.)
An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.


word: Aretology
definition:
Aretology

Ar`e*tol"o*gy
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; virtue + _; discourse, _; to speak: cf. F. arétologie.]
That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.


word: Argali
definition:
Argali

Argal

{ &VerbarAr"gal (_;), &VerbarAr"ga*li, }
n.
[Mongolian.]
(Zool.)
A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or Ovis argali), remarkable for its large horns.  It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.

&hand_; The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky Mountains. See Bighorn.


word: Argand lamp
definition:
Argand lamp

Ar"gand lamp`
(_;)
[Named from the inventor, Aimé Argand of Geneva.]
A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.

Argand burner, a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied.


word: Argas
definition:
Argas

Ar"gas
(_;)
n.
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals.  The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is Argas Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is Argas Talaje.


word: Argent
definition:
Argent

Ar"gent
(_;)
n.
[F. argent, fr. L. argentum, silver; akin to Gr. 'a`rgyros silver, 'argo`s, 'argh`s, white, bright, Skr. rajata white, silver, raj to shine, Ir. arg white, milk, airgiod silver, money, and L. arguere to make clear. See Argue.]
1.
Silver, or money.
[Archaic]

2.
(Fig. & Poet.)
Whiteness; anything that is white.

The polished argent of her breast.
Tennyson.

3.
(Her.)
The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface.
Weale.


word: Argent₂
definition:
Argent

Ar"gent
a.
Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.

Yonder argent fields above.
Pope.


word: Argental
definition:
Argental

Ar*gen"tal
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.


word: Argentalium
definition:
Argentalium

Ar`gen*ta"li*um
(?)
n.
[NL.; L. argentum silver + E. aluminium.]
A (patented) alloy of aluminium and silver, with a density of about 2.9.


word: -min
definition:
-min

Argentamine

{ Ar*gen"ta*mine (?), n. Also -min  }
[L. argentum silver + E. amine.]
(Med.)
A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant.


word: Argentation
definition:
Argentation

Ar`gen*ta"tion
n.
[L. argentare to silver, fr. argentum silver. See Argent.]
A coating or overlaying with silver.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Argentic
definition:
Argentic

Ar*gen"tic
(_;)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.


word: Argentiferous
definition:
Argentiferous

Ar`gen*tif"er*ous
(_;)
a.
[L. argentum silver + -ferous: cf. F. argentifère.]
Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.


word: Argentina
definition:
Argentina

Argentina
n.
1.
1
a country in South America, bordering Chile and Bolivia.

Syn. -- the Argentine

2.
1
type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines.

Syn. -- genus Argentina


word: Argentine
definition:
Argentine

Ar"gen*tine
(?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.

Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.
Shak.

2.
Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.


word: Argentine₂
definition:
Argentine

Ar"gen*tine
n.
[Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver.]
1.
(Min.)
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

2.
White metal coated with silver.
Simmonds.

3.
(Zool.)
A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

4.
A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian.

5.
Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the.


word: Argentinian
definition:
Argentinian

Argentinian
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to Argentina or its inhabitants.
Argentinian tago

Syn. -- Argentine


word: Argentinidae
definition:
Argentinidae

Argentinidae
n.
1.
1
a family of small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts.

Syn. -- family Argentinidae.


word: Argentite
definition:
Argentite

Ar"gen*tite
(_;)
n.
[L. argentum silver.]
(Min.)
Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.


word: Argentous
definition:
Argentous

Ar*gen"tous
(_;)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.


word: Argentry
definition:
Argentry

Ar"gent*ry
(_;)
n.
[F. argenterie, fr. argent silver, L. argentum.]
Silver plate or vessels.
[Obs.]

Bowls of frosted argentry.
Howell.


word: Argil
definition:
Argil

Ar"gil
(_;)
n.
[F. argile, L. argilla white clay, akin to Gr. _; or _; argil, _; white. See Argent.]
(Min.)
Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.


word: Argillaceous
definition:
Argillaceous

Ar`gil*la"ceous
(_;)
a.
[L. argillaceus, fr. argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. -- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. -- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.


word: Argilliferous
definition:
Argilliferous

Ar`gil*lif"er*ous
(_;)
a.
[L. argilla white clay + -ferous.]
Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.
Kirwan.


word: Argillite
definition:
Argillite

Ar"gil*lite
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; clay + -lite.]
(Min.)
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.
Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.


word: Argillo-areenaceous
definition:
Argillo-areenaceous

Ar*gil`lo-are`e*na"ceous
(_;)
a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.


word: Argillo-calcareous
definition:
Argillo-calcareous

Ar*gil`lo-cal*ca"re*ous
(_;)
a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.


word: Argillous
definition:
Argillous

Ar*gil"lous
(_;)
a.
[L. argillosus, fr. argilla. See Argil.]
Argillaceous; clayey.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Argive
definition:
Argive

Ar"give
(_;)
a.
[L. Argivus, fr. Argos, Argi.]
Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.
n. A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.


word: Argo
definition:
Argo

Ar"go
(_;)
n.
[L. Argo, Gr. _;.]
1.
(Myth.)
The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

2.
(Astron.)
A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.


word: Argol
definition:
Argol

Ar"gol
(_;)
n.
[Cf. Argal, Orgal. Of unknown origin.]
Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks.
Ure.


word: Argolic
definition:
Argolic

Ar*gol"ic
(_;)
a.
[L. Argolicus, Gr. _;.]
Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.


word: Argon
definition:
Argon

Ar"gon
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, neut. of _; inactive; _; priv. + _; work.]
(Chem.)
A colorless, odorless gas occurring in the air (of which it constitutes 0.93 per cent by volume), in volcanic gases, etc.; -- so named on account of its inertness by Rayleigh and Ramsay, who prepared and examined it in 1894-95. Symbol, A; at. wt., 39.9. Argon is condensible to a colorless liquid boiling at -186.1° C. and to a solid melting at -189.6° C. It has a characteristic spectrum. No compounds of it are known, but there is physical evidence that its molecule is monatomic. Weight of one liter at 0° C. and 760 mm., 1.7828 g.


word: Argonaut
definition:
Argonaut

Ar"go*naut
(_;)
n.
[L. Argonauta, Gr. _;; _; + _; sailor, _; ship. See Argo.]
1.
Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

2.
(Zool.)
A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.

2.
One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848.
[U. S.]
Bret Harte.

The “Argonauts of '49” were a strong, self-reliant, generous body of men.
D. S. Jordan.


word: Argonauta
definition:
Argonauta

Ar`go*nau"ta
(_;)
n.
(Zool.)
A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

&hand_; The animal has much resemblance to an Octopus. It has eight arms, two of which are expanded at the end and clasp the shell, but are never elevated in the air for sails as was formerly supposed. The creature swims beneath the surface by means of a jet of water, like other cephalopods. The male has no shell, and is much smaller than the female. See Hectocotylus.


word: Argonautidae
definition:
Argonautidae

Argonautidae
n.
1.
1
a family of cephalopods represented solely by the genus Argonauta.

Syn. -- family Argonautidae.


word: Argonne
definition:
Argonne

Argonne
n.
1.
an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the Armistice on November 11.

Syn. -- Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation


word: Argosy
definition:
Argosy

Ar"go*sy
(_;)
n.
pl. Argosies (_;).
[Earlier ragusy, fr. ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]
A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.

Where your argosies with portly sail . . . 
Do overpeer the petty traffickers.
Shak.


word: Argot
definition:
Argot

Ar`got"
(_;)
n.
[F. Of unknown origin.]
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.


word: Argue
definition:
Argue

Ar"gue
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Argued (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Arguing.]
[OE. arguen, F. arguer, fr. L. argutare, freq. of arguere to make clear; from the same root as E. argent.]
1.
To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

I argue not
Against Heaven's hand or will.
Milton.

2.
To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.


word: Argue₂
definition:
Argue

Ar"gue
v. t.
1.
To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.

2.
To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.

So many laws argue so many sins.
Milton.

3.
To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.

4.
To blame; to accuse; to charge with.
[Obs.]

Thoughts and expressions . . . which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality.
Dryden.

Men of many words sometimes argue for the sake of talking; men of ready tongues frequently dispute for the sake of victory; men in public life often debate for the sake of opposing the ruling party, or from any other motive than the love of truth.
Crabb.

Unskilled to argue, in dispute yet loud,
Bold without caution, without honors proud.
Falconer.

Betwixt the dearest friends to raise debate.
Dryden.


word: Argufy
definition:
Argufy

Ar"gu*fy
(_;)
v. t. & i.
[Argue + -fy.]
1.
To argue pertinaciously.
[Colloq.]
Halliwell.

2.
To signify.
[Colloq.]


word: Argulus
definition:
Argulus

Ar"gu*lus
(_;)
n.
[NL., dim of Argus.]
(Zool.)
A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura.


word: Argument
definition:
Argument

Ar"gu*ment
(_;)
n.
[F. argument, L. argumentum, fr. arguere to argue.]
1.
Proof; evidence.
[Obs.]

There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity.
Ray.

Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion?
South.

2.
A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

3.
A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.

The argument is about things, but names.
Locke.

4.
The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.

You and love are still my argument.
Shak.

The abstract or argument of the piece.
Jeffrey.

[Shields] with boastful argument portrayed.
Milton.

5.
Matter for question; business in hand.
[Obs.]

Sheathed their swords for lack of argument.
Shak.

6.
(Astron.)
The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.

7.
(Math.)
The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
Brande & C.


word: Argument₂
definition:
Argument

Ar"gu*ment
(ăr"g&uuptack_;*ment)
v. i.
[L. argumentari.]
To make an argument; to argue.
[Obs.]
Gower.


word: Argumentable
definition:
Argumentable

Ar`gu*men"ta*ble
(-men"tȧ*b'l)
a.
[L. argumentabilis.]
Admitting of argument.
[R.]
Chalmers.


word: Argumental
definition:
Argumental

Ar`gu*men"tal
(_;)
a.
[L. argumentalis.]
Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.


word: Argumentation
definition:
Argumentation

Ar`gu*men*ta"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. argumentatio, from argumentari: cf. F. argumentation.]
1.
The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.

Which manner of argumentation, how false and naught it is, . . . every man that hath with perceiveth.
Tyndale.

2.
Debate; discussion.


word: Argumentative
definition:
Argumentative

Ar`gu*men"ta*tive
(_;)
a.
1.
Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

2.
Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.
[Obs.]

3.
Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.


word: Argus
definition:
Argus

Ar"gus
(_;)
prop. n.
[L. Argus, Gr. _;.]
1.
(Myth.)
A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io.  His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.

2.
One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.

3.
(Zool.)
A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (Argus giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male.  The species Argus Grayi inhabits Borneo.


word: Argus shell
definition:
Argus shell

Ar"gus shell`
(_;)
(Zool.)
A species of shell (Cypræa argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.


word: Argute
definition:
Argute

Ar*gute"
(_;)
a.
[L. argutus, p. p. of arguere. See Argue.]
1.
Sharp; shrill.
[Obs.]
Johnson.

2.
Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.

The active preacher . . . the argue schoolman.
Milman.


word: Argyreia
definition:
Argyreia

Argyreia
n.
1.
1
a genus of woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.

Syn. -- genus Argyreia.


word: Argyrol
definition:
Argyrol

Argyrol
n.
1.
a compound of protein and silver used as a mild antiseptic; Argyrol is the trademark.

Syn. -- mild silver protein.


word: Argyrotaenia
definition:
Argyrotaenia

Argyrotaenia
n.
1.
1
a genus comprising the orange tortrix.

Syn. -- genus Argyrotaenia.


word: Argyroxiphium
definition:
Argyroxiphium

Argyroxiphium
n.
1.
1
a small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs.

Syn. -- genus Argyroxiphium.


word: Arhythmous
definition:
Arhythmous

Arhythmic

Arhizous

Arhizal

A*rhi"zal (_;), A*rhi"zous (_;), A*rhyth"mic (_;), A*rhyth"mous (_;)
a.
See Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous.


word: Aria
definition:
Aria

A"ri*a
(_;)
n.
[It., fr. L. aër. See Air.]
(Mus.)
An air or song; a melody; a tune.

&hand_; The Italian term is now mostly used for the more elaborate accompanied melodies sung by a single voice, in operas, oratorios, cantatas, anthems, etc., and not so much for simple airs or tunes.


word: Arian₂
definition:
Arian

A"ri*an
(_;)
a.
[L. Arianus.]
Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.
n. One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.
Mosheim.


word: Arianrod
definition:
Arianrod

Arianrod
n.
(Welsh mythology)
a goddess famous for her beauty; the mother of Dylan.

Syn. -- Arianrhod.


word: Aricine
definition:
Aricine

Ar"i*cine
(_;)
n.
[From Arica, in Chile.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.


word: Arid
definition:
Arid

Ar"id
(_;)
a.
[L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.]
Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
arid
Thomson.


word: Aridity
definition:
Aridity

A*rid"i*ty
(_;)
n.
pl. Aridities (_;).
[L. ariditas, fr. aridus.]
1.
The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

2.
Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.
Norris.


word: Ariel gazelle
definition:
Ariel gazelle

Ariel

A"ri*el (_;), n., or A"ri*el ga*zelle" (_;)
[Ar. aryil, ayyil, stag.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A variety of the gazelle (Antilope dorcas, or Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries.
(b)
A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus.
(c)
A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).


word: Ariel
definition:
Ariel

A"ri*el
(?)
n.
[Heb. ariël, perh. confused with E. aërial.]
In the Cabala, a water spirit; in later folklore, a light and graceful spirit of the air.

&hand_; In Zoology, ariel is used adjectively of certain birds noted for their graceful flight; as, the ariel toucan; the ariel petrel.


word: Aries
definition:
Aries

A"ri*es
prop. n.
[L.]
1.
(Astron.)
(a)
The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.
(b)
A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

2.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A battering-ram.


word: Arietate
definition:
Arietate

Ar"i*e*tate
(_;)
v. i.
[L. arietatus, p. p. of arietare, fr. aries ram.]
To butt, as a ram.
[Obs.]


word: Arietation
definition:
Arietation

Ar`i*e*ta"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. arietatio.]
1.
The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
Act of striking or conflicting.
[R.]
Glanvill.


word: Ariette
definition:
Ariette

Arietta

{ &VerbarA`ri*et"ta (_;), Ar`i*ette" (_;), }
n.
[It. arietta, dim. of aria; F. ariette.]
(Mus.)
A short aria, or air.
ariette
Sir W. Scott.


word: Aright
definition:
Aright

A*right"
(_;)
adv.
[Pref. a- + right.]
Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.


word: Arillus
definition:
Arillus

Aril

Ar"il (_;), &VerbarA*ril"lus (_;)
n.
[From LL. arilli dry grapes, perh. fr. L. aridus dry: cf. F,. arille.]
(Bot.)
A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed of the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.
Gray.


word: Ariled
definition:
Ariled

Arllated

Arillate

Ar"il*late (_;). Ar"l*la`ted (_;), Ar"iled (_;)
a.
[Cf. NL. arillatus, F. arillé.]
Having an aril.


word: Arillode
definition:
Arillode

Ar"il*lode
(?)
n.
[Arillus + Gr. e'i^dos form.]
(Bot.)
A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.


word: Ariocarpus
definition:
Ariocarpus

Ariocarpus
prop. n.
1.
1
a genus of slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas.

Syn. -- genus Ariocarpus.


word: Ariolation
definition:
Ariolation

Ar`i*o*la"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. ariolatio, hariolatio, fr. hariolari to prophesy, fr. hariolus soothsayer.]
A soothsaying; a foretelling.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Arion
definition:
Arion

Arion
(_;)
prop. n.
In Greek legend, a fabulous horse, the offspring of Poseidon by Demeter (or, in other accounts, Gaea or a harpy) who to escape him had metamorphosed herself into a mare. It was successively owned by Copreus, Oncus, Heracles, and Adrastus. It possessed marvelous powers of speech, and its right feet were those of a man.


word: Ariose
definition:
Ariose

Ar"i*ose
(_;)
a.
[It. arioso, fr. aria.]
Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.

Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs is harmonic.
Foreign Quart. Rev.


word: Arisarum
definition:
Arisarum

Arisarum
n.
1.
1
a genus of tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area.

Syn. -- genus Arisarum.


word: Arise
definition:
Arise

A*rise"
(ȧ*rīz")
v. i.
[imp. Arose (-r&omacrz"); p. pr. & vb. n. Arising; p. p. Arisen (-rĭz"'n).]
[AS. ārīsan; ā (equiv. to Goth. us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + rīsan to rise; cf. Goth. urreisan to arise. See Rise.]
1.
To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

2.
To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.

There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph.
Ex. i. 8.

The doubts that in his heart arose.
Milton.

3.
To proceed; to issue; to spring.

Whence haply mention may arise
Of something not unseasonable to ask.
Milton.


word: Aristarch
definition:
Aristarch

Ar"is*tarch
(_;)
n.
[From Aristarchus, a Greek grammarian and critic, of Alexandria, about 200 b. c.]
A severe critic.
Knowles.


word: Aristate
definition:
Aristate

A*ris"tate
(_;)
a.
[L. aristatus, fr. arista. See Arista.]
1.
(Bot.)
Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.
Gray.

2.
(Zool.)
Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.


word: Aristocracy
definition:
Aristocracy

Ar`is*toc"ra*cy
(_;)
n.
pl. Aristocracies (_;).
[Gr. _;; _; best + _; to be strong, to rule, _; strength; _; is perh. from the same root as E. arm, and orig. meant fitting: cf. F. aristocratie. See Arm, and Create, which is related to Gr. _;.]
1.
Government by the best citizens.

2.
A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
[Obs.]

In the Senate
Right not our quest in this, I will protest them
To all the world, no aristocracy.
B. Jonson.

3.
A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.

The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach.
Swift.

4.
The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.


word: Aristocrat
definition:
Aristocrat

A*ris"to*crat
(?; 277)
n.
[F. aristocrate. See Aristocracy.]
1.
One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.

2.
One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.

A born aristocrat, bred radical.
Mrs. Browning.

3.
One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.

His whole family are accused of being aristocrats.
Romilly.


word: Aristocratical
definition:
Aristocratical

Aristocratic

{ Ar`is*to*crat"ic (_;), Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al (_;), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. aristocratique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.

2.
Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.
Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.


word: Aristocratism
definition:
Aristocratism

Ar"is*to*crat`ism
(_;)
n.
1.
The principles of aristocrats.
Romilly.

2.
Aristocrats, collectively.
[R.]


word: Aristolochiaceae
definition:
Aristolochiaceae

Aristolochiaceae
n.
1.
1
a family comprising the birthworts; wild ginger.

Syn. -- family Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family


word: Aristolochiales
definition:
Aristolochiales

Aristolochiales
n.
1.
1
an order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary.  It includes the Aristolochiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, and Hydnoraceae.

Syn. -- order Aristolochiales.


word: Aristotelia
definition:
Aristotelia

Aristotelia
n.
1.
1
a small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and West South America.

Syn. -- genus Aristotelia.


word: Aristotelian
definition:
Aristotelian

Ar`is*to*te"li*an
(?; 277)
a.
Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).
n. A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.


word: Aristotelianism
definition:
Aristotelianism

Ar`is*to*te"li*an*ism
(_;)
The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.


word: Aristotelic
definition:
Aristotelic

Ar`is*to*tel"ic
(_;)
a.
Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.
Aristotelic
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Aristotle's lantern
definition:
Aristotle's lantern

Ar"is*to`tle's lan"tern
(_;)
(Zool.)
The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.


word: Aristotype
definition:
Aristotype

A*ris"to*type`
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; best + -type.]
(Photog.)
Orig., a printing-out process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin; now, any such process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin; also, a print so made.


word: Arithmetic
definition:
Arithmetic

A*rith"me*tic
(_;)
n.
[OE. arsmetike, OF. arismetique, L. arithmetica, fr. Gr. _; (sc. _;), fr. _; arithmetical, fr. _; to number, fr. _; number, prob. fr. same root as E. arm, the idea of counting coming from that of fitting, attaching. See Arm. The modern Eng. and French forms are accommodated to the Greek.]
1.
The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.

2.
A book containing the principles of this science.

Arithmetic of sines, trigonometry. -- Political arithmetic, the application of the science of numbers to problems in civil government, political economy, and social science. -- Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.


word: Arithmetical
definition:
Arithmetical

Ar`ith*met"ic*al
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.

Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See Logarithm. -- Arithmetical mean. See Mean. -- Arithmetical progression. See Progression. -- Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion.


word: Arithmometer
definition:
Arithmometer

Ar`ith*mom"e*ter
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; number + -meter: cf. F. arithmomètre.]
A calculating machine.


word: Ark
definition:
Ark

Ark
(ärk)
n.
[OE. ark, arke, arche, AS. arc, earc, earce, fr. L. arca, fr. arcere to inclose, keep off; akin to Gr. 'arkei^n to keep off.]
1.
A chest, or coffer.
[Obs.]

Bearing that precious relic in an ark.
Spenser.

2.
(Jewish Hist.)
The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

3.
The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.

4.
A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.


word: Arkose
definition:
Arkose

Ar*kose"
(?)
n.
[F]
(Petrog)
A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments.
Ar*kos"ic (#), a.


word: Ark shell
definition:
Ark shell

Ark" shell`
(_;)
(Zool.)
A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.


word: Arles
definition:
Arles

Arles
(_;)
n. pl.
[Cf. F. arrhes, Scot. airles. Cf. Earles penny.]
An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.
[Scot.]

Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey.


word: Arm
definition:
Arm

Arm
(_;)
n.
[AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., & Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and prob. to Gr. _; joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root _; to join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. _;. See Art, Article.]
1.
The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

2.
Anything resembling an arm
(a)
The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
(b)
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
(c)
A branch of a tree.
(d)
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
(e)
(Naut)
The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
(f)
An inlet of water from the sea.
(g)
A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.

3.
Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.

To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
Isa. lii. 1.

Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off. Dryden. -- Arm's length, the length of the arm. -- Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach. -- To go (or walk) arm in arm, to go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. “When arm in armwe went along.” Tennyson. -- To keep at arm's length, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse. -- To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.


word: Arm₂
definition:
Arm

Arm
n.
[See Arms.]
(Mil.)
(a)
A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
(b)
A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.


word: Arm₃
definition:
Arm

Arm
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Armed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Arming.]
[OE. armen, F. armer, fr. L. armare, fr. arma, pl., arms. See arms.]
1.
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
[Obs.]

And make him with our pikes and partisans
A grave: come, arm him.
Shak.

Arm your prize;
I know you will not lose him.
Two N. Kins.

2.
To furnish with arms or limbs.
[R.]

His shoulders broad and strong,
Armed long and round.
Beau. & Fl.

3.
To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.

Abram . . . armed his trained servants.
Gen. xiv. 14.

4.
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.

5.
Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind.
1 Pet. iv. 1.

To arm a magnet, to fit it with an armature.


word: Arm₄
definition:
Arm

Arm
v. i.
To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
arm
Shak.


word: Armada
definition:
Armada

Ar*ma"da
(är*mā"dȧ or är*mä"dȧ)
n.
[Sp. armada, L. as if armata (sc. classic fleet), fr. armatus, p. p. of armare. See Arm, v. t. Army.]
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.


word: Armadillidiidae
definition:
Armadillidiidae

Armadillidiidae
n.
1.
1
a family comrising the pill bugs.

Syn. -- family Armadillidiidae.


word: Armadillidium
definition:
Armadillidium

Armadillidium
n.
1.
1
the type genus of the Armadillidiidae.

Syn. -- genus Armadillidium.


word: Armadillo
definition:
Armadillo

Ar`ma*dil"lo
(är`mȧ*dĭl"lo̝)
n.
pl. Armadillos (-l&omacrz).
[Sp. armadillo, dim. of armado armed, p. p. of armar to arm. So called from being armed with a bony shell.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidæ, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.
(b)
A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.


word: Armageddon
definition:
Armageddon

Ar`ma*ged"don
(är*mȧ"jĕ"d'n)
n.
the final, decisive battle between the forces of good and evil, as foretold in the Apocolypse of Saint John.  Also, the site of that battle.  Used metaphorically for a vast and decisive conflict, attended by cataclysmic destruction.


word: Armament
definition:
Armament

Ar"ma*ment
(_;)
n.
[L. armamenta, pl., utensils, esp. the tackle of a ship, fr. armare to arm: cf. LL. armamentum, F. armement.]
1.
A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.
armament
Glover.

2.
(Mil. & Nav.)
All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

3.
Any equipment for resistance.


word: Armamentary
definition:
Armamentary

Ar`ma*men"ta*ry
(_;)
n.
[L. armamentarium, fr. armamentum: cf. F. armamentaire.]
An armory; a magazine or arsenal.
[R.]


word: Armature
definition:
Armature

Ar"ma*ture
(_;)
n.
[L. armatura, fr. armare to arm: cf. F. armature. See Arm, v. t., Armor.]
1.
Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.

2.
(Magnetism)
A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.

3.
(Arch.)
Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.
Oxf. Gloss.

4.
(Elec.)
That moving part of a dynamo or electric generator in which a current is induced by a moving through a magnetic field, or, in an electric motor, the part through which the applied current moves, thereby generating torque. The armature usually consists of a series of coils or groups of insulated conductors surrounding a core of iron.


word: armband
definition:
armband

armband
n.
1.
a band worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning.

2.
a band worn around the upper arm.


word: Armed
definition:
Armed

Armed
(_;)
a.
1.
Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.
armed
Dryden.

2.
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.

A distemper eminently armed from heaven.
De Foe.

3.
(Her.)
Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.

Armed at all points (Blazoning), completely incased in armor, sometimes described as armed cap-à-pie. Cussans. -- Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute. -- Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature. -- Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality.


word: Armenian
definition:
Armenian

Ar*me"ni*an
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. Arménien, L. Armenias, fr. Armenia.]
Of or pertaining to Armenia.

Armenian bole, a soft clayey earth of a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc. -- Armenian stone. (a) The commercial name of lapis lazuli. (b) Emery.


word: Armenian₂
definition:
Armenian

Ar*me"ni*an
n.
1.
A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.

2.
(Eccl. Hist.)
An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.


word: Armeria
definition:
Armeria

Armeria
n.
1.
1
a genus of shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials.

Syn. -- genus Armeria.


word: Armet
definition:
Armet

Arm"et
(_;)
n.
[F., dim. of arme arm, or corrupted for healmet helmet.]
A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.


word: Armgaunt
definition:
Armgaunt

Arm"gaunt`
(_;)
a.
With gaunt or slender legs. (?)
armgaunt
Shak.

&hand_; This word is peculiar to Shakespeare. Its meaning has not yet been satisfactorily explained.


word: Armhole
definition:
Armhole

Arm"hole`
(_;)
n.
[Arm + hole.]
1.
The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.
Bacon.

2.
A hole for the arm in a garment.


word: Armiferous
definition:
Armiferous

Ar*mif"er*ous
(_;)
a.
[L. armifer; arma arms + ferre to bear.]
Bearing arms or weapons.
[R.]


word: Armiger
definition:
Armiger

Ar"mi*ger
(_;)
n.
[L. armiger armor bearer; arma arms + gerere to bear.]
Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire.
Jacob.


word: Armigerous
definition:
Armigerous

Ar*mig"er*ous
(_;)
a.
Bearing arms.
[R.]

They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire.
De Quincey.


word: Armil
definition:
Armil

Ar"mil
(_;)
n.
[L. armilla a bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. OF. armille.]
1.
A bracelet.
[Obs.]

2.
An ancient astronomical instrument.

&hand_; When composed of one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes, it is called an equinoctial armil; when of two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices, it is called a solstitial armil.
Whewell.


word: Armilla
definition:
Armilla

Ar*mil"la
(_;)
n.
pl. E. Armillas (_;), L. Armillæ (_;).
[L., a bracelet.]
1.
An armil.

2.
(Zool.)
A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.


word: Armillary
definition:
Armillary

Ar"mil*la*ry
(_;)
a.
[LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See Arm, n.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.

Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere. Nichol.


word: Arming
definition:
Arming

Arm"ing
(_;)
n.
1.
The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.

The arming was now universal.
Macaulay.

2.
(Naut.)
A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.
Totten.

3.
pl.
(Naut.)
Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.

Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.


word: Arminian
definition:
Arminian

Ar*min"i*an
(?; 277)
a.
Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.


word: Arminian₂
definition:
Arminian

Ar*min"i*an
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).

The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in opposition to absolute predestination. 2. Universal redemption, or that the atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can be partakers of the benefit. 3. That man, in order to exercise true faith, must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which is the gift of God. 4. That man may resist divine grace. 5. That man may relapse from a state of grace.


word: Armipotence
definition:
Armipotence

Ar*mip"o*tence
(_;)
n.
[L. armipotentia, fr. armipotents.]
Power in arms.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Armipotent
definition:
Armipotent

Ar*mip"o*tent
(_;)
a.
[L. armipotents; arma arms + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able.]
Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.

The temple stood of Mars armipotent.
Dryden.


word: Armisonous
definition:
Armisonous

Armisonant

{ Ar*mis"o*nant (_;), Ar*mis"o*nous (_;), }
a.
[L. armisonus; arma arms + sonare (p. pr. sonans) to sound.]
Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.
[Obs.]


word: Armistice
definition:
Armistice

Ar"mis*tice
(_;)
n.
[F. armistice, fr. (an assumed word) L. armistitium; arma arms + stare, statum (combining form, -stitum), to stand still.]
A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.


word: Armlet
definition:
Armlet

Arm"let
(_;)
n.
[Arm + -let.]
1.
A small arm; as, an armlet of the sea.
Johnson.

2.
An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.

3.
Armor for the arm.


word: Armor
definition:
Armor

Ar"mor
(_;)
n.
[OE. armure, fr. F. armure, OF. armeure, fr. L. armatura. See Armature.]
[Spelt also armour.]
1.
Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

&hand_; In English statues, armor is used for the whole apparatus of war, including offensive as well as defensive arms. The statues of armor directed what arms every man should provide.

2.
Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.

Coat armor, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. -- Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.


word: Armor-bearer
definition:
Armor-bearer

Ar"mor-bear`er
(_;)
n.
One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.
Judg. ix. 54.


word: armour-clad
definition:
armour-clad

armour-plated

armor-plated

armor-clad

armor-clad armor-plated armour-plated armour-clad
adj.
1.
1
protected with a covering of armor.

Syn. -- steel-plated.


word: Armored cruiser
definition:
Armored cruiser

Ar"mored cruis"er
(Nav.)
A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first have more or heavier armor than the second.
[Archaic]


word: Armored division
definition:
Armored division

Ar"mored division
(Mil.)
a division of a land army which is equipped with armored vehicles such as tanks or armored personnel carriers.


word: Armorer
definition:
Armorer

Ar"mor*er
(_;)
n.
[OE. armurer, armerer, fr. F. armurter, fr. armure armor.]
1.
One who makes or repairs armor or arms.

2.
Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor.
Shak.

3.
One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.


word: Armorial
definition:
Armorial

Ar*mo"ri*al
(_;)
a.
[F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See Arms, Armory.]
Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.

Figures with armorial signs of race and birth.
Wordsworth.

Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.


word: Armorican
definition:
Armorican

Armoric

{ Ar*mor"ic (_;), Ar*mor"i*can (_;), }
a.
[L. Armoricus, fr. Celtic ar on, at + mor sea.]
Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people.
n. The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.


word: Armor-plated
definition:
Armor-plated

Ar"mor-plat`ed
(_;)
a.
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.

This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain.
Times (Dec. 29, 1860).


word: Armory
definition:
Armory

Ar"mo*ry
(_;)
n.
pl. Armories (_;).
[OF. armaire, armarie, F. armoire, fr. L. armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with F. armoiries. See Armorial, Ambry.]
1.
A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.

2.
Armor; defensive and offensive arms.

Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears.
Milton.

3.
A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.
[U.S.]

4.
Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
Spenser.

5.
That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.

The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin.
Cussans.


word: armoured
definition:
armoured

armoured
adj.
1.
provided with protective covering; -- used of animals.  Opposite of unarmored.
[Narrower terms: bone-covered ; scaly, scaley, scaled.

Syn. -- armored.

2.
same as armor-clad; -- used of persons or things military.  Opposite of unarmored.
One that is aromour-clad is bulletproof.  Narrower terms: lightly armored, lightly armoured; mail-clad, mailed;  panzer; scaled 

Syn. -- armored.


word: armourer
definition:
armourer

armourer
n.
1.
an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.

Syn. -- armorer, artificer.

2.
a manufacturer of firearms.

Syn. -- armorer


word: armoury
definition:
armoury

armoury
n.
1.
a collection of resources.

Syn. -- armory, inventory.

2.
all the weapons and equipment that a country has.

Syn. -- arsenal, armory.

3.
a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms.

Syn. -- arsenal, armory.

4.
a place where arms are manufactured.

Syn. -- armory, arsenal


word: Armozine
definition:
Armozine

Armozeen

{ Ar`mo*zeen", Ar`mo*zine"  }
(_;)
n.
[armosin, armoisin.]
A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.
Simmonds.


word: Armpit
definition:
Armpit

Arm"pit`
(_;)
n.
[Arm + pit.]
The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.


word: Arms
definition:
Arms

Arms
(_;)
n. pl.
[OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See Arm, n.]
1.
Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

He lays down his arms, but not his wiles.
Milton.

Three horses and three goodly suits of arms.
Tennyson.

2.
The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
Arms
Dryden.

3.
(Law)
Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
Cowell. Blackstone.

4.
(Her.)
The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.

5.
(Falconry)
The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
Halliwell.

Bred to arms, educated to the profession of a soldier. -- In arms, armed for war; in a state of hostility. -- Small arms, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone. -- To arms! a summons to war or battle. -- Under arms, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a military parade.

Arm's end, Arm's length, Arm's reach. See under Arm.


word: Armure
definition:
Armure

Ar"mure
(_;)
n.
[F. See Armor.]
1.
Armor.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.


word: Army
definition:
Army

Ar"my
(_;)
n.
[F. armée, fr. L. armata, fem. of armatus, p. p. of armare to arm. Cf. Armada.]
1.
A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

2.
A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.

3.
A great number; a vast multitude; a host.

An army of good words.
Shak.

Standing army, a permanent army of professional soldiers, as distinguished from militia or volunteers.


word: Army organization
definition:
Army organization

Army organization
The system by which a country raises, classifies, arranges, and equips its armed land forces. The usual divisions are: (1) A regular or active army, in which soldiers serve continuously with the colors and live in barracks or cantonments when not in the field; (2) the reserves of this army, in which the soldiers, while remaining constantly subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes, being summoned more or less frequently to report for instruction, drill, or maneuvers; and (3) one or more classes of soldiers organized largely for territorial defense, living at home and having only occasional periods of drill and instraction, who are variously called home reserves (as in the table below), second, third, etc., line of defense (the regular army and its reserves ordinarily constituting the first line of defense), territorial forces, or the like. In countries where conscription prevails a soldier is supposed to serve a given number of years.  He is usually enrolled first in the regular army, then passes to its reserve, then into the home reserves, to serve until he reaches the age limit. It for any reason he is not enrolled in the regular army, he may begin his service in the army reserves or even the home reserves, but then serves the full number of years or up to the age limit. In equipment the organization of the army is into the three great arms of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, together with more or less numerous other branches, such as engineers, medical corps, etc., besides the staff organizations such as those of the pay and subsistence departments.


word: Army worm
definition:
Army worm

armyworm

armyworm, Ar"my worm`
(_;)
(Zool.)
(a)
A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is the noctuid moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta, formerly Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.
(b)
The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.

Syn. -- army worm

2.
the larva of the fungus gnat; -- they march in large companies in regular order.


word: Arnee
definition:
Arnee

Arna

&VerbarAr"na (_;), &VerbarAr"nee (_;), 
n.
(Zool.)
The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.


word: Arnaout
definition:
Arnaout

Arnaut

{ &VerbarAr*naut"  &VerbarAr*naout"  }
(?)
n.
[Turk. Arnaut, fr. NGr. _;, for _;.]
An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army.


word: Arnica
definition:
Arnica

Ar"ni*ca
(_;)
n.
[Prob. a corruption of ptarmica.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.

&hand_; The tincture of arnica is applied externally as a remedy for bruises, sprains, etc.


word: Arnicin
definition:
Arnicin

Ar"ni*cin
(_;)
n.
[See Arnica.]
(Chem.)
An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.


word: Aroideous
definition:
Aroideous

Aroid

A"roid (_;), A*roid"e*ous (_;)
a.
[Arum + -oid.]
(Bot.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants (Araceae).

Syn. -- araceous


word: Aroid
definition:
Aroid

Ar"oid
(?)
n.
[Arum + -oid.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the Arum family (Araceæ); -- have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.

Syn. -- arum


word: Aroint
definition:
Aroint

A*roint"
(ȧ*roint")
interj.
[Cf. Prov. E. rynt, rynt thee, roynt, or runt, terms used by milkmaids to a cow that has been milked, in order to drive her away, to make room for others; AS. r&ymacr_;man to make room or way, fr. rūm room. The final t is perh. for ta, for thou.  Cf. Room space.]
Stand off, or begone.
[Obs.]

Aroint thee, witch, the rump-fed ronyon cries.
Shak.


word: Aroma
definition:
Aroma

A*ro"ma
(_;)
n.
[L. aroma, Gr. _;: cf. OE. aromaz, aromat, spice, F. aromate.]
1.
The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

2.
Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.


word: Aromatical
definition:
Aromatical

Aromatic

{ Ar`o*mat"ic (_;), Ar`o*mat"ic*al (_;), }
a.
[L. aromaticus, Gr. _;: cf. F. aromatique. See Aroma.]
Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.

Aromatic compound (Chem.), one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitter almonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc., many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many of the most important of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from the benzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of their derivatives. -- Aromatic vinegar. See under Vinegar.


word: Aromatic
definition:
Aromatic

Ar`o*mat"ic
(ăr`o̝*măt"ĭk)
n.
A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.


word: Aromatization
definition:
Aromatization

Ar`o*mat`i*za"tion
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. aromatisation.]
The act of impregnating or secting with aroma.


word: Aromatize
definition:
Aromatize

A*ro"ma*tize
(?; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Aromatized (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aromatizing.]
[L. aromatizare, Gr. _;: cf. F. aromatiser.]
To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.
Bacon.


word: Aroph
definition:
Aroph

Ar"oph
(_;)
n.
[A contraction of aroma philosophorum.]
A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies.
[Obs.]


word: Around
definition:
Around

A*round"
(_;)
adv.
[Pref. a- + round.]
1.
In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

2.
In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

3.
Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
[Colloq. U. S.]

&hand_; See Round, the shorter form, adv. & prep., which, in some of the meanings, is more commonly used.


word: Around₂
definition:
Around

A*round"
prep.
1.
On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

A lambent flame arose, which gently spread
Around his brows.
Dryden.

2.
From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: around-the-clock
definition:
around-the-clock

around-the-clock
adj.
1.
1
proceeding without interruption for twenty four hours every day.
around-the-clock nursing care

Syn. -- day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock, twenty four hours a day.


word: Arousal
definition:
Arousal

A*rous"al
(_;)
n.
The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.

Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature.
Hare.


word: Arouse
definition:
Arouse

A*rouse"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Aroused (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Arousing.]
[Pref. a- + rouse.]
To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.

Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse
His brother, mighty sovereign on the host.
Cowper.

No suspicion was aroused.
Merivale.


word: aroused
definition:
aroused

aroused
adj.
1.
emotionally stimulated.

Syn. -- stimulated, stirred, stirred up.

2.
1
brought to a state of great psychological tension.

Syn. -- wound up.

3.
1
stimulated to a state of awareness and interest.
the aroused opposition

Syn. -- awakened.

4.
sexually aroused; feeling a strong urge for sexual activity.

Syn. -- aflame, hot, turned on(predicate), horny.

5.
excessively affected by emotion; -- of persons.

Syn. -- emotional, excited.


word: Arow
definition:
Arow

A*row"
(_;)
adv.
[Pref. a- + row.]
In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order.
Shak.

And twenty, rank in rank, they rode arow.
Dryden.


word: Arpeggio
definition:
Arpeggio

Ar*peg"gio
(_;)
n.
[It., fr. arpeggiare to play on the harp, fr. arpa harp.]
(Mus.)
The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.


word: Arpen
definition:
Arpen

Arpent

{ Ar"pent (_;), Ar"pen (_;), }
n.
[F. arpent, fr. L. arepennis, arapennis. According to Columella, a Gallic word for a measure equiv. to half a Roman jugerum.]
Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.


word: Arpentator
definition:
Arpentator

Ar`pen*ta"tor
(_;)
n.
[See Arpent.]
The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.
[R.]


word: Arquebuse
definition:
Arquebuse

Arquebus

{ Ar"que*bus, Ar"que*buse  }
(?; 277)
n.
[F. arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G. hakenbüchse a gun with a hook. See Hagbut.]
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.
[Written also harquebus.]


word: Arquebusade
definition:
Arquebusade

Ar`que*bus*ade"
(_;)
n.
[F. arquebusade shot of an arquebus; eau d'arquebusade a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.]
1.
The shot of an arquebus.
Ash.

2.
A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
Parr.


word: Arquebusier
definition:
Arquebusier

Ar`que*bus*ier
(_;)
n.
[F. arquebusier.]
A soldier armed with an arquebus.

Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers.
E. Lodge.


word: Arrack
definition:
Arrack

Ar"rack
(?; 277)
n.
[Ar. araq sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr. araqa to sweat. Cf. Rack arrack.]
A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.


word: Arraign
definition:
Arraign

Ar*raign"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arraigned (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Arraigning.]
[OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See Reason.]
1.
(Law)
To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
Blackstone.

2.
To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.

They will not arraign you for want of knowledge.
Dryden.

It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.
I. Taylor.


word: Arraign₃
definition:
Arraign

Ar*raign"
(_;)
v. t.
[From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.]
(Old Eng. Law)
To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.


word: Arraignment
definition:
Arraignment

Ar*raign"ment
(_;)
n.
[Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.]
1.
(Law)
The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.

2.
A calling to an account to faults; accusation.

In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition.
Dryden.


word: Arrayment
definition:
Arrayment

Arraiment

Ar*rai"ment, Ar*ray"ment
(_;)
n.
[From Array, v. t.]
Clothes; raiment.
[Obs.]


word: Arrange
definition:
Arrange

Ar*range"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Arranging (_;).]
[OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See Range, v. t.]
1.
To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets.
Berners.

[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
Boswell.

A mechanism previously arranged.
Paley.

2.
To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.


word: arranged
definition:
arranged

arranged
adj.
1.
1
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order.
the carefully arranged chessmen
haphazardly arranged interlobular septa
comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace
disarranged

Syn. -- ordered

2.
having a schedule and itinerary established prior to departure; -- of travel plans.
an arranged tour of Madrid

3.
1
deliberately arranged for effect.
candid

Syn. -- staged


word: Arrangement
definition:
Arrangement

Ar*range"ment
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. arrangement.]
1.
The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

2.
The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnæan arrangement of plants.

3.
Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.

4.
Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.

5.
(Mus.)
(a)
The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.
(b)
A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.


word: Arrant
definition:
Arrant

Ar"rant
(_;)
a.
[OE. erraunt, errant, errand, equiv. to E. errant wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue, an errant thief, and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See Errant.]
Notoriously or preëminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.

I discover an arrant laziness in my soul.
Fuller.

2.
Thorough or downright, in a good sense.
[Obs.]

An arrant honest woman.
Burton.


word: Arrantly
definition:
Arrantly

Ar"rant*ly
adv.
Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.
L'Estrange.


word: Arras
definition:
Arras

Ar"ras
(_;)
n.
[From Arras the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands.]
Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.

Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread.
Cowper.

Behind the arras I'll convey myself.
Shak.


word: Arrasene
definition:
Arrasene

Ar`ras*ene"
(_;)
n.
[From Arras.]
A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.


word: Arrastre
definition:
Arrastre

Ar*ras"tre
(_;)
n.
[Sp.]
A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.


word: Arrasways
definition:
Arrasways

Arraswise

Ar"ras*wise` (_;), Ar"ras*ways`
adv.
[Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See Arris.]
Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form.
Encyc. Brit. Cussans.


word: Arraught
definition:
Arraught

Ar*raught"
(_;)
[The past tense of an old v. areach or arreach. Cf. Reach, obs. pret. raught.]
Obtained; seized.
Spenser.


word: Array
definition:
Array

Ar*ray"
(_;)
n.
[OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reiði rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready, Greith, Curry.]
1.
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

Wedged together in the closest array.
Gibbon.

2.
The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.

A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers.
Prescott.

3.
An imposing series of things.

Their long array of sapphire and of gold.
Byron.

4.
Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
Dryden.

5.
(Law)
(a)
A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
(b)
The panel itself.
(c)
The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.

To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. -- Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone.


word: Array₂
definition:
Array

Ar*ray"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arrayed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying.]
[OE. araien, arraien, fr. OE. arraier, arreier, arreer, arroier, fr. arrai. See Array, n.]
1.
To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.

By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each horseman drew his battle blade.
Campbell.

These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.
Farrar.

2.
To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.

Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
Gen. xli._;.

In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed.
Trumbull.

3.
(Law)
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
Blackstone.

To array a panel, to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. Cowell. Tomlins.


word: Arrayer
definition:
Arrayer

Ar*ray"er
n.
One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.


word: Arrear
definition:
Arrear

Ar*rear"
(_;)
adv.
[OE. arere, OF. arere, ariere, F. arrière, fr. L. ad + retro backward. See Rear.]
To or in the rear; behind; backwards.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Arrear₂
definition:
Arrear

Ar*rear"
n.
That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.
Locke.

For much I dread due payment by the Greeks
Of yesterday's arrear.
Cowper.

I have a large arrear of letters to write.
J. D. Forbes.

In arrear or In arrears, behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.


word: Arrearage
definition:
Arrearage

Ar*rear"age
(_;)
n.
[F. arrérage, fr. arrière, OF. arere. See Arrear.]
That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.

The old arrearages . . . being defrayed.
Howell.


word: Arrected
definition:
Arrected

Arrect

{ Ar*rect" (_;), Ar*rect"ed, }
a.
[L. arrectus, p. p. of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to direct.]
1.
Lifted up; raised; erect.

2.
Attentive, as a person listening.
[Obs.]

God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect.
Smalridge.


word: Arrect
definition:
Arrect

Ar*rect"
v. t.
1.
To direct.
[Obs.]

My supplication to you I arrect.
Skelton.

2.
[See Aret.]
To impute.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.


word: Arrectary
definition:
Arrectary

Ar*rect"a*ry
(_;)
n.
[L. arrectarius, fr. arrigere o set up.]
An upright beam.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Arrenotokous
definition:
Arrenotokous

Ar`re*not"o*kous
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _; bearing males; _; a male + _; a bringing forth.]
(Zool.)
Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.


word: Arrentation
definition:
Arrentation

Ar`ren*ta"tion
(_;)
[Cf. F. arrenter to give or take as rent. See Arendator.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.


word: Arreption
definition:
Arreption

Ar*rep"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. arripere, arreptum, to seize, snatch; ad + rapere to snatch. See Rapacious.]
The act of taking away.
[Obs.]
arreption
Bp. Hall.


word: Arreptitious
definition:
Arreptitious

Ar`rep*ti"tious
(_;)
a.
[L. arreptitius.]
Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained.
[Obs.]

Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances.
Howell.


word: Arrest
definition:
Arrest

Ar*rest"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arrested; p. pr. & vb. n. Arresting.]
[OE. aresten, OF. arester, F. arrêter, fr. LL. arrestare; L. ad + restare to remain, stop; re + stare to stand. See Rest remainder.]
1.
To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

Nor could her virtues the relentless hand
Of Death arrest.
Philips.

2.
(Law)
To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.

&hand_; After this word Shakespeare uses of (“I arrest thee of high treason”) or on; the modern usage is for.

3.
To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
Buckminster.

4.
To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
[Obs.]

We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Arrest₃
definition:
Arrest

Ar*rest"
n.
[OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrêt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arr_;t.]
1.
The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

As the arrest of the air showeth.
Bacon.

2.
(Law)
The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest.
Macaulay.

[Our brother Norway] sends out arrests
On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys.
Shak.

&hand_; An arrest may be made by seizing or touching the body; but it is sufficient in the party be within the power of the officer and submit to the arrest. In Admiralty law, and in old English practice, the term is applied to the seizure of property.

3.
Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., . . . were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.
Jer. Taylor.

4.
(Far.)
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
White.

Arrest of judgment (Law), the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment.


word: Arrestation
definition:
Arrestation

Ar`res*ta"tion
(_;)
n.
[F. arrestation, LL. arrestatio.]
Arrest.
[R.]

The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention.
H. M. Williams.


word: Arrestee
definition:
Arrestee

Ar`res*tee"
(_;)
n.
[See Arrest, v.]
(Scots Law)
The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.


word: Arrester
definition:
Arrester

Ar*rest"er
(_;)
n.
1.
One who arrests.

2.
(Scots Law)
The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.
[Also written arrestor.]


word: Arresting
definition:
Arresting

Ar*rest"ing
(ăr*rĕst"ĭng)
a.
Striking; attracting attention; impressive.

This most solemn and arresting occurrence.
J. H. Newman.


word: Arrestment
definition:
Arrestment

Ar*rest"ment
n.
[OF. arrestement.]
1.
(Scots Law)
The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.

2.
A stoppage or check.
Darwin.


word: Arret
definition:
Arret

Ar*rêt
(_;)
n.
[F. See Arrest, n.]
(F. Law)
(a)
A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.
(b)
An arrest; a legal seizure.


word: Arrha
definition:
Arrha

Ar"rha
(?)
n.
pl. Arrhæ (#)
[L. Cf. Earnest.]
(Law)
Money or other valuable thing given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.


word: Arrhizous
definition:
Arrhizous

Arrhizal

{ Ar*rhi"zal (_;), Ar*rhi"zous (_;), }
a.
[Gr. _; not rooted; 'a priv. + _; a root.]
(Bot.)
Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.


word: Arrhythmous
definition:
Arrhythmous

Arrhythmic

{ Ar*rhyth"mic (_;), Ar*rhyth"mous (_;), }
a.
[Gr. _;; 'a priv. + _; rhythm.]
(Med.)
Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.


word: Arride
definition:
Arride

Ar*ride"
(_;)
v. t.
[L. arridere; ad + ridere to laugh.]
To please; to gratify.
[Archaic]
B. Jonson.

Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning.
Lamb.


word: Arriere
definition:
Arriere

Ar*riere"
(_;)
n.
[F. arrière. See Arrear.]
“That which is behind”; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.

Arriere fee, Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. -- Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal.


word: Arriere-ban
definition:
Arriere-ban

Ar*riere"-ban`
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. OE. arban, heriban, fr. OHG. hariban, heriban, G. heerbann, the calling together of an army; OHG. heri an army + ban a public call or order. The French have misunderstood their old word, and have changed it into arrière-ban, though arrière has no connection with its proper meaning. See Ban, Abandon.]
A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.


word: Arris
definition:
Arris

Ar"ris
(_;)
n.
[OF. areste, F. arête, fr. L. arista the top or beard of an ear of grain, the bone of a fish.]
(Arch.)
The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.
P. Cyc.

Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.


word: Arrish
definition:
Arrish

Ar"rish
(_;)
n.
[See Eddish.]
The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.
[Eng.]
[Written also arish, ersh, etc.]

The moment we entered the stubble or arrish.
Blackw. Mag.


word: Arrival
definition:
Arrival

Ar*riv"al
(_;)
n.
[From Arrive.]
1.
The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.

Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes,
Expect his swift arrival.
Dryden.

2.
The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.

3.
The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.

Another arrival still more important was speedily announced.
Macaulay.

4.
An approach.
[Obs.]

The house has a corner arrival.
H. Walpole.


word: Arrive
definition:
Arrive

Ar*rive"
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Arrived (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Arriving.]
[OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F. arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian.]
1.
To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.
Arrived
Shak.

[Æneas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum.
Holland.

There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich.
Macaulay.

2.
To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.

To arrive at, or attain to.

When he arrived at manhood.
Rogers.

We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts.
McCosh.

If at great things thou wouldst arrive.
Milton.

3.
To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.

4.
To happen or occur.
[Archaic]

Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
Waller.


word: Arrive₂
definition:
Arrive

Ar*rive"
v. t.
1.
To bring to shore.
[Obs.]

And made the sea-trod ship arrive them.
Chapman.

2.
To reach; to come to.
[Archaic]

Ere he arrive the happy isle.
Milton.

Ere we could arrive the point proposed.
Shak.

Arrive at last the blessed goal.
Tennyson.


word: arriving
definition:
arriving

arriving
adj. prenom.
directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving trains.

Syn. -- inbound, inward.


word: Arroba
definition:
Arroba

Ar*ro"ba
(_;)
n.
[Sp. and Pg., from Ar. arrub, ar-rubu, a fourth part.]
1.
A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.

2.
A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.


word: Arrogance
definition:
Arrogance

Ar"ro*gance
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See Arrogant.]
The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

I hate not you for her proud arrogance.
Shak.


word: Arrogant
definition:
Arrogant

Ar"ro*gant
(_;)
a.
[F. arrogant, L. arrogans, p. pr. of arrogare. See Arrogate.]
1.
Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons.

Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate.
Shak.

2.
Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.


word: Arrogate
definition:
Arrogate

Ar"ro*gate
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arrogated (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Arrogating (_;).]
[L. arrogatus, p. p. of adrogare, arrogare, to ask, appropriate to one's self; ad + rogare to ask. See Rogation.]
To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.

He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine.
Macaulay.


word: Arrogation
definition:
Arrogation

Ar`ro*ga"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. arrogatio, fr. arrogare. Cf. Adrogation.]
1.
The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.
Hall.

2.
(Civ. Law)
Adoption of a person of full age.


word: Arrogative
definition:
Arrogative

Ar"ro*ga*tive
(_;)
a.
Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Arrondissement
definition:
Arrondissement

Ar`ron`disse`ment"
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.]
A subdivision of a department.
[France]

&hand_; The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.


word: Arrose
definition:
Arrose

Ar*rose"
(_;)
v. t.
[F. arroser.]
To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
[Obs.]

The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you.
Two N. Kins.


word: Arrosion
definition:
Arrosion

Ar*ro"sion
(_;)
n.
[L. arrodere, arrosum, to gnaw: cf. F. arrosion.]
A gnawing.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Arrow
definition:
Arrow

Ar"row
(_;)
n.
[OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ör, örvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. Arc.]
A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

Broad arrow. (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.


word: Arrow grass
definition:
Arrow grass

Ar"row grass`
(_;)
n.
(Bot.)
An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.


word: arrow-head
definition:
arrow-head

Arrowhead

Ar"row*head` ar"row-head`
(_;)
n.
1.
the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow.

2.
(Bot.)
An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. Sagittaria sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.


word: Arrowheaded
definition:
Arrowheaded

Ar"row*head`ed
a.
Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.

Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform.


word: Arrowroot
definition:
Arrowroot

Ar"row*root`
(_;)
n.
1.
(Bot.)
A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries.  Its root yields arrowroot starch.  It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.

Syn. -- arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant.

2.
A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.


word: arrow-shaped
definition:
arrow-shaped

arrow-shaped
adj.
1.
(Botany)
like an arrow head without flaring base lobes; -- of a leaf shape.

Syn. -- sagittate, sagittiform.


word: arrow-wood
definition:
arrow-wood

arrow-wood
n.
1.
any  plant (Viburnum recognitum) closely related to southern arrow wood; eastern U.S. Maine to Ohio and Georgia.

Syn. -- arrow wood.


word: Arrowwood
definition:
Arrowwood

Ar"row*wood`
(_;)
n.
1.
A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.  Also, any of several other similar small trees whose straight shoots were used for making arrows.


word: Arrowworm
definition:
Arrowworm

Ar"row*worm`
n.
(Zool.)
A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.


word: Arrowy
definition:
Arrowy

Ar"row*y
(_;)
a.
1.
Consisting of arrows.

How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot
Sharp sleet of arrowy showers.
Milton.

2.
Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.
arrowy
Cowper.

By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone.
Byron.

With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities.
Carlyle.


word: Arroyo
definition:
Arroyo

Ar*roy"o
(_;)
n.
pl. Arroyos (_;).
[Sp., fr. LL. arrogium; cf. Gr. _; river, stream, fr. _; to flow.]
1.
A water course; a rivulet.

2.
The dry bed of a small stream.
[Western U. S.]


word: Arse
definition:
Arse

Arse
(ärs)
n.
[AS. ears; ærs; akin to OHG. ars. G. arsch, D. aars, Sw. ars, Dan. arts, Gr. _; (cf. o'yra` tail).]
The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.


word: arsehole
definition:
arsehole

arse"hole`
(ärs"h&omacrl`)
n.
1.
execretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal.

Syn. -- anus, arse, asshole


word: Arsenal
definition:
Arsenal

Ar"se*nal
(är"se̝*nal)
n.
[Sp. & F. arsenal arsenal, dockyard, or It. arzanale, arsenale (cf. It. & darsena dock); all fr. Ar. dārçinā'a house of industry or fabrication; dār house + çinā'a art, industry.]
A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.


word: Arsenic
definition:
Arsenic

Ar"se*nic
(är"se̝*nĭk; 277)
n.
[L. arsenicum, Gr. 'arseniko`n, 'arreniko`n, yellow orpiment, perh. fr. 'arseniko`s or better Attic 'arreniko`s masculine, 'a`rrhn male, on account of its strength, or fr. Per. zernīkh: cf. F. arsenic.]
1.
(Chem.)
One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356° Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.

2.
(Com.)
Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.


word: Arsenic₂
definition:
Arsenic

Ar*sen"ic
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.


word: Arsenical
definition:
Arsenical

Ar*sen"ic*al
a.
Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.

Arsenical silver, an ore of silver containing arsenic.


word: Arsenicate
definition:
Arsenicate

Ar*sen"i*cate
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arsenicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Arsenicating.]
To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.


word: Arsenide
definition:
Arsenide

Ar"sen*ide
(_;)
n.
(Chem.)
A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.


word: Arsenious
definition:
Arsenious

Ar*se"ni*ous
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. arsénieux.]
1.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.

2.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.


word: Arsenite
definition:
Arsenite

Ar"sen*ite
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. arsénite.]
(Chem.)
A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.


word: Arseniureted
definition:
Arseniureted

Ar`se*ni"u*ret`ed
a.
(Chem.)
Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen.
[Also spelt arseniuretted.]


word: Arsenopyrite
definition:
Arsenopyrite

Ar`sen*o*pyr"ite
(_;)
n.
[Arsenic + pyrite.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.


word: Arshine
definition:
Arshine

Ar"shine
(är"shēn)
n.
[Russ. arshin, of Turkish-Tartar origin; Turk. arshin, arshūn, ell, yard.]
A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.


word: Arsine
definition:
Arsine

Ar"sine
(är"sĭn or -sēn)
n.
[From Arsenic.]
(Chem.)
A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.


word: Arsis
definition:
Arsis

Ar"sis
(är"sĭs)
n.
[L. arsis, Gr. 'a`rsis a raising or lifting, an elevation of the voice, fr. a'i`rein to raise or lift up.  Its ordinary use is the result of am early misapprehension; originally and properly it denotes the lifting of the hand in beating time, and hence the unaccented part of the rhythm.]
1.
(Pros.)
(a)
That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice.
Hermann.
(b)
That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.

&hand_; It is uncertain whether the arsis originally consisted in a higher musical tone, greater volume, or longer duration of sound, or in all combined.

2.
(Mus.)
The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.
Moore.


word: Arsmetrike
definition:
Arsmetrike

Ars`met"rike
(ärz`mĕt"rĭk)
n.
[An erroneous form of arithmetic, as if from L. ars metrica the measuring art.]
Arithmetic.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Arson
definition:
Arson

Ar"son
(är"s'n; 277)
n.
[OF. arson, arsun, fr. L. ardere, arsum, to burn.]
(Law)
The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship.
Wharton.


word: arsonist
definition:
arsonist

arsonist
n.
1.
1
a criminal who illegaly sets fire to property.

Syn. -- incendiary, firebug.

&hand_; The definition of this crime is varied by statues in different countries and states. The English law of arson has been considerably modified in the United States; in some of the States it has been materially enlarged, while in others, various degrees of arson have been established, with corresponding punishment.
Burrill.


word: Art
definition:
Art

Art
(ärt)
The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.


word: Art₂
definition:
Art

Art
(ärt)
n.
[F. art, L. ars, artis, orig., skill in joining or fitting; prob. akin to E. arm, aristocrat, article.]
1.
The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.

Blest with each grace of nature and of art.
Pope.

2.
A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.

Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art is knowledge made efficient by skill.
J. F. Genung.

3.
The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.

The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea.
Addison.

4.
The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.

5.
pl.
Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.

In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts.
Pope.

Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation.
Goldsmith.

6.
Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
[Archaic]

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Pope.

7.
Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

8.
Skillful plan; device.

They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors.
Macaulay.

9.
Cunning; artifice; craft.

Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
Shak.

Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors in strength.
Crabb.

10.
The black art; magic.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Art and part (Scots Law), share or concern by aiding and abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime, whether by advice or by assistance in the execution; complicity.

&hand_; The arts are divided into various classes. The useful arts, The mechanical arts, or The industrial arts are those in which the hands and body are more concerned than the mind; as in making clothes and utensils. These are called trades.  The fine arts are those which have primarily to do with imagination and taste, and are applied to the production of what is beautiful. They include poetry, music, painting, engraving, sculpture, and architecture; but the term is often confined to painting, sculpture, and architecture. The liberal arts (artes liberales, the higher arts, which, among the Romans, only freemen were permitted to pursue) were, in the Middle Ages, these seven branches of learning, -- grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. In modern times the liberal arts include the sciences, philosophy, history, etc., which compose the course of academical or collegiate education. Hence, degrees in the arts; master and bachelor of arts.

In America, literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity.
Irving.


word: Artamidae
definition:
Artamidae

Artamidae
n.
1.
1
a natural family comprising the wood swallows.

Syn. -- family Artamidae.


word: artefactual
definition:
artefactual

artefactual
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to an artefact.

Syn. -- artifactual

2.
made by human actions.
natural

Syn. -- artifactual


word: Artemia
definition:
Artemia

Ar*te"mi*a
(är*tĕ"mĭ*ȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'A`rtemis, a Greek goddess.]
(Zool.)
A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.


word: Artemis
definition:
Artemis

Artemis
n.
1.
1
the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology; one of the Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with the Roman Diana.

Syn. -- Cynthia, Diana.


word: Artemisia
definition:
Artemisia

Ar`te*mi"si*a
(ärte̝"mĭzh"ĭ*ȧ or ärte̝"mĭsh"ĭ*ȧ)
n.
[L. Artemisia, Gr. 'Artemisi`a.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these Artemisia absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.


word: arteria
definition:
arteria

arteria
n.
1.
a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.

Syn. -- artery.


word: Arteriac
definition:
Arteriac

Ar*te"ri*ac
(_;)
a.
[L. arteriacus, Gr. _;. See Artery.]
Of or pertaining to the windpipe.


word: Arterial
definition:
Arterial

Ar*te"ri*al
(_;)
a.
[Cf. F. artériel.]
1.
Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.

2.
Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.

Arterial blood, blood which has been changed and vitalized (arterialized) during passage through the lungs.


word: Arterialization
definition:
Arterialization

Ar*te`ri*al*i*za"tion
(_;)
n.
(Physiol.)
The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aëration and hematosis.


word: Arterialize
definition:
Arterialize

Ar*te"ri*al*ize
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Arterialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Arterializing.]
To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.


word: Arteriole
definition:
Arteriole

Arteriola

Ar*te`ri*o"la (_;), Ar*te"ri*ole (_;)
n.
[NL. arteriola, dim. of L. arteria: cf. F. artériole.]
A small artery with a muscular wall.


word: Arteriology
definition:
Arteriology

Ar*te`ri*ol"o*gy
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; + -logy.]
That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.


word: Arteriolosclerosis
definition:
Arteriolosclerosis

Ar*te`ri*ol"o*scle*ro"sis
(är*tē`rĭ*&omacrl"o̝*skle̝*r&omacr"sĭs)
n.
[Gr. 'arthri`a + -logy.]
(Med.)
a form of arteriosclerosis which affects predominantly the arterioles, found especially in people with chronic hypertension.
Stedman


word: Arteriosclerosis
definition:
Arteriosclerosis

Ar*te`ri*o*scle*ro"sis
(är*tē`rĭ*o̝*skle̝*r&omacr"sĭs)
n.
[NL.; Gr. _; artery + sclerosis.]
(Med.)
a chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima, occurring mostly in old age.  Subtypes are distinguished, such as arteriolosclerosis and atherosclerosis.
Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot"ic (#), a.


word: Arteriotomy
definition:
Arteriotomy

Ar*te`ri*ot"o*my
(_;)
n.
[L. arteriotomia, Gr. _;; _; + _; a cutting.]
1.
(Med.)
The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.

2.
That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.


word: Arteritis
definition:
Arteritis

Ar`te*ri"tis
(_;)
n.
[Artery + -etis.]
Inflammation of an artery or arteries.
Dunglison.


word: Artery
definition:
Artery

Ar"ter*y
(_;)
n.
pl. Arteries (_;).
[L. arteria windpipe, artery, Gr. _;.]
1.
The trachea or windpipe.
[Obs.]
artery
Holland.

2.
(Anat.)
One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.

&hand_; In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle of the heart through the aorta. See Aorta. The pulmonary artery conveys the venous blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized blood is returned through the pulmonary veins.

3.
Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.


word: Artesian
definition:
Artesian

Ar*te"sian
(_;)
a.
[F. artésien, fr. Artois in France, where many such wells have been made since the middle of the last century.]
Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.

Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth.


word: Artful
definition:
Artful

Art"ful
(_;)
a.
[From Art.]
1.
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
[Archaic]
Artful
Artful
Milton.

2.
Artificial; imitative.
Addison.

3.
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.

He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.
Dryden.

4.
Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]

Artful in speech, in action, and in mind.
Pope.

The artful revenge of various animals.
Darwin.


word: Artfully
definition:
Artfully

Art"ful*ly
adv.
In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.


word: Arthritical
definition:
Arthritical

Arthritic

{ Ar*thrit"ic (_;), Ar*thrit"ic*al (_;), }
a.
[L. arthriticus, Gr. 'arqritiko`s. See Arthritis.]
1.
Pertaining to the joints.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty.
Cowper.

3.
afflicted with arthritis.

Syn. -- creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid.


word: Arthritis
definition:
Arthritis

Ar*thri"tis
(är*thrī"tĭs)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. 'arqri^tis (as if fem. of 'arqri`tis belonging to the joints, sc. no`sos disease) gout, fr. 'a`rqron a joint.]
(Med.)
Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout.  A variety of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as rheumatoid arthritis, also called arthritis deformans and arthritis nodosa) are chronic and progressive, and lead to incapacitation and deformity.


word: Arthroderm
definition:
Arthroderm

Ar"thro*derm
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'a`rqron joint + 'derm.]
(Zool.)
The external covering of an Arthropod.


word: Arthrodesis
definition:
Arthrodesis

Ar*throd"e*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; joint + _; a binding together.]
(Surg.)
Surgical fixation of joints.


word: Arthrodia
definition:
Arthrodia

Ar*thro"di*a
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; well articulated; 'a`rqron a joint + _; shape.]
(Anat.)
A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.


word: Arthrodynia
definition:
Arthrodynia

Ar`thro*dyn"i*a
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + 'ody`nh pain.]
(Med.)
An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.


word: Arthrogastra
definition:
Arthrogastra

Ar`thro*gas"tra
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + _; stomach.]
(Zool.)
A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.


word: Arthrology
definition:
Arthrology

Ar*throl"o*gy
n.
[Gr. 'a`rqron joint + -logy.]
That part of anatomy which treats of joints.


word: Arthromere
definition:
Arthromere

Ar"thro*mere
(_;)
n.
[Gr. 'a`rqron joint + -mere.]
(Zool.)
One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.
Packard.


word: Arthropleura
definition:
Arthropleura

Ar`thro*pleu"ra
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + _; the side.]
(Zool.)
The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.


word: Arthropathy
definition:
Arthropathy

Ar*throp"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; joint + _;, _;, to suffer.]
(Med.)
Any disease of the joints.


word: Arthropoda
definition:
Arthropoda

Ar*throp"o*da
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + -poda.]
(Zool.)
A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.
Ar*throp"o*dal (_;), a.


word: Arthropomata
definition:
Arthropomata

Ar`thro*pom"a*ta
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + _; lid.]
(Zool.)
One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.


word: Arthrospore
definition:
Arthrospore

Ar"thro*spore
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; joint + E. spore.]
(Bacteriol.)
1.
A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria.

2.
one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi.  Called also oidium.


word: arthrosporic
definition:
arthrosporic

arthrosporic
adj.
1.
1
of or pertaining to an arthrospore{2}.

Syn. -- arthrosporous.


word: Arthrostraca
definition:
Arthrostraca

Ar*thros"tra*ca
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + _; a shell.]
(Zool.)
One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.


word: Arthrotome
definition:
Arthrotome

Ar"thro*tome
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; joint + _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints.


word: Arthrozoic
definition:
Arthrozoic

Ar`thro*zo"ic
(_;)
a.
[Gr. 'a`rqron joint + _; animal, fr. _; an animal.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate.


word: Arthurian
definition:
Arthurian

Ar*thu"ri*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights.
J. R. Symonds.

In magnitude, in interest, and as a literary origin, the Arthurian invention dwarfs all other things in the book.
Saintsbury.


word: Artiad
definition:
Artiad

Ar"ti*ad
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _; even, fr. _; exactly.]
(Chem.)
Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.


word: Artichoke
definition:
Artichoke

Ar"ti*choke
(_;)
n.
[It. articiocco, perh. corrupted fr. the same word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco, archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra; prob. fr. Ar. al-harshaf, al-kharshūf.]
(Bot.)
1.
The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.

2.
See Jerusalem artichoke.


word: Article
definition:
Article

Ar"ti*cle
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. L. articulus, dim. of artus joint, akin to Gr. _;, fr. a root ar to join, fit. See Art, n.]
1.
A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.

2.
A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

3.
Subject; matter; concern; distinct.
[Obs.]

A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding.
Addison.

This last article will hardly be believed.
De Foe.

4.
A distinct part.
article
Paley.
article
Habington.

The articles which compose the blood.
E. Darwin.

5.
A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food.
Landor.

6.
Precise point of time; moment.
[Obs. or Archaic]

This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice.
Evelyn.

7.
(Gram.)
One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

8.
(Zool.)
One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

Articles of Confederation, the compact which was first made by the original thirteen States of the United States. They were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789. -- Articles of impeachment, an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case. -- Articles of war, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for the better government of the army. -- In the article of death [L. in articulo mortis], at the moment of death; in the dying struggle. -- Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. -- The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.


word: Article₂
definition:
Article

Ar"ti*cle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Articled (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Articling (_;).]
[Cf. F. articuler, fr. L. articulare. See Article, n., Articulate.]
1.
To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty.
Stat. 33 Geo. III.

3.
To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.


word: Article₃
definition:
Article

Ar"ti*cle
v. i.
To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
[R.]

Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased.
Selden.


word: Articular
definition:
Articular

Ar*tic"u*lar
(_;)
a.
[L. articularis: cf. F. articulaire. See Article, n.]
Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.


word: Articulary
definition:
Articulary

Articular

{ Ar*tic"u*lar (_;), Ar*tic"u*la*ry (_;), }
n.
(Anat.)
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.


word: Articularly
definition:
Articularly

Ar*tic"u*lar*ly
(är*tĭk"&uuptack_;*lẽr*l&ybreve_;)
adv.
In an articular or an articulate manner.


word: Articulata
definition:
Articulata

Ar*tic`u*la"ta
(är*tĭk`&uuptack_;*lā"tȧ)
n. pl.
[Neut. pl. from L. articulatus furnished with joints, distinct, p. p. of articulare.  See Article, v.]
(Zool.)
1.
One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.

&hand_; It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of a series of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Malacopoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms.

2.
One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.

3.
A subdivision of the Crinoidea.


word: Articulate
definition:
Articulate

Ar*tic"u*late
(_;)
a.
[L. articulatus. See Articulata.]
1.
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
[Archaic]
Bacon.

2.
Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

3.
Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.

Total changes of party and articulate opinion.
Carlyle.


word: Articulate₃
definition:
Articulate

Ar*tic"u*late
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Articulated (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Articulating (_;)]
1.
To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

2.
To treat or make terms.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
To join or be connected by articulation.


word: Articulate₄
definition:
Articulate

Ar*tic"u*late
v. t.
1.
To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

2.
To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
[Obs.]

3.
To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
articulate
Ray.

4.
To express distinctly; to give utterance to.

Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church.
Bibliotheca Sacra.

To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people.
Carlyle.


word: Articulated
definition:
Articulated

Ar*tic"u*la`ted
(_;)
a.
1.
United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.

2.
Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.


word: Articulately
definition:
Articulately

Ar*tic"u*late*ly
(_;)
adv.
1.
After the manner, or in the form, of a joint.

2.
Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.
Paley.

I had articulately set down in writing our points.
Fuller.

3.
With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.


word: articulatio
definition:
articulatio

articulatio
n.
[Latin.]
(anatomy)
the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion.

Syn. -- joint, articulation.


word: Articulation
definition:
Articulation

Ar*tic`u*la"tion
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. articulation, fr. L. articulatio.]
1.
(Anat.)
A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

&hand_; Articulations may be immovable, when the bones are directly united (synarthrosis), or slightly movable, when they are united intervening substance (amphiarthrosis), or they may be more or less freely movable, when the articular surfaces are covered with synovial membranes, as in complete joints (diarthrosis). The last (diarthrosis) includes hinge joints, admitting motion in one plane only (ginglymus), ball and socket joints (enarthrosis), pivot and rotation joints, etc.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
(b)
One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
(c)
One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc.
Lindley.

3.
The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.

4.
The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
[R.]

That definiteness and articulation of imagery.
Coleridge.

5.
The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

6.
A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.


word: Articulator
definition:
Articulator

Ar*tic"u*la`tor
(_;)
n.
One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.


word: Articulus
definition:
Articulus

Ar*tic"u*lus
(_;)
n.
pl. Articuli (_;).
[L. See Article.]
(Zool.)
A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.


word: Artifact
definition:
Artifact

Ar"ti*fact
(?)
n.
[L. ars, artis, art + facere, factum, to make.]
1.
(Archæol.)
A product of human workmanship; -- applied esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.

Syn. -- artefact.

2.
Any product of human workmanship; -- applied both to objects made for practical purposes as well as works of art.  It is contrasted to natural object, i.e. anything produced by natural forces without the intervention of man.

Syn. -- artefact.

3.
(Biol.)
A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.

Syn. -- artefact.

4.
(Technology)
an object, oservation, phenomenon, or result arising from hidden or unexpected causes extraneous to the subject of a study, and therefore spurious and having potential to lead one to an erroneous conclusion, or to invalidate the study.  In experimental science, artifacts may arise due to inadvertant contamination of equipment, faulty experimental design or faulty analysis, or unexpected effects of agencies not known to affect the system under study.

Syn. -- artefact.


word: Artifice
definition:
Artifice

Ar"ti*fice
(_;)
n.
[L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer; ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.]
1.
A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
[Obs.]

2.
Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

The material universe . . . in the artifice of God, the artifice of the best Mechanist.
Cudworth.

3.
Artful or skillful contrivance.

His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much artifice.
Craik.

4.
Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]

Those who were conscious of guilt employed numerous artifices for the purpose of averting inquiry.
Macaulay.


word: Artificer
definition:
Artificer

Ar*tif"i*cer
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. artificier, fr. LL. artificiarius.]
1.
An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

2.
One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.
Artificer
Milton.

The great Artificer of all that moves.
Cowper.

3.
A cunning or artful fellow.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

4.
(Mil.)
A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.


word: Artificial
definition:
Artificial

Ar`ti*fi"cial
(_;)
a.
[L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See Artifice.]
1.
Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.

Artificial strife
Lives in these touches, livelier than life.
Shak.

2.
Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
Artificial
Shak.

3.
Artful; cunning; crafty.
[Obs.]
Shak.

4.
Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
Gibbon.

Artificial arguments (Rhet.), arguments invented by the speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs. Johnson. -- Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement based on superficial characters, and not expressing the true natural relations species; as, “the artificial system” in botany, which is the same as the Linnæan system. -- Artificial horizon. See under Horizon. Artificial light, any light other than that which proceeds from the heavenly bodies. -- Artificial lines, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which, by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc. -- Artificial numbers, logarithms. -- Artificial person (Law). See under Person. -- Artificial sines, tangents, etc., the same as logarithms of the natural sines, tangents, etc. Hutton.


word: Artificiality
definition:
Artificiality

Ar`ti*fi`ci*al"i*ty
(_;)
n.
The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.


word: Artificially
definition:
Artificially

Ar`ti*fi"cial*ly
adv.
1.
In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.

2.
Ingeniously; skillfully.
[Obs.]

The spider's web, finely and artificially wrought.
Tillotson.

3.
Craftily; artfully.
[Obs.]

Sharp dissembled so artificially.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Artilize
definition:
Artilize

Art"i*lize
(_;)
v. t.
To make resemble.
[Obs.]

If I was a philosopher, says Montaigne, I would naturalize art instead of artilizing nature.
Bolingbroke.


word: Artillerist
definition:
Artillerist

Ar*til"ler*ist
(_;)
n.
A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.


word: Artillery
definition:
Artillery

Ar*til"ler*y
(_;)
n.
[OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art. See Art.]
1.
Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.
[Obs.]

And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad.
1 Sam. xx. 40.

2.
Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.

&hand_; The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense, including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils, machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a train of artillery.

3.
The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.

4.
The science of artillery or gunnery.
Campbell.

Artillery park, or Park of artillery. (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery, including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them. (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or collected. -- Artillery train, or Train of artillery, a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching.


word: Artilleryman
definition:
Artilleryman

Ar*til"ler*y*man
(_;)
n.
A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.


word: Artillery wheel
definition:
Artillery wheel

Ar*til"ler*y wheel
A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.


word: artiodactyl
definition:
artiodactyl

artiodactyl
n.
1.
placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot; a member of the artiodactyla.

Syn. -- artiodactyle, even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal


word: artiodactyl₂
definition:
artiodactyl

artiodactyl
adj.
of, pertaining to, or belonging to the order Artiodactyla.

Syn. -- artiodactylous, even-toed.


word: Artiodactyla
definition:
Artiodactyla

Ar`ti*o*dac"ty*la
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; even + _; finger or toe.]
(Zool.)
One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla.


word: Artiodactyle
definition:
Artiodactyle

Ar`ti*o*dac"tyle
(_;)
n.
(Zool.)
One of the Artiodactyla.

Syn. -- artiodactyl, even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal.


word: Artisan
definition:
Artisan

Ar"ti*san
(?; 277)
n.
[F. artisan, fr. L. artitus skilled in arts, fr. ars, artis, art: cf. It. artigiano. See Art, n.]
1.
One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.
[Obs.]

2.
One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.

This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue.
Hume.


word: Artist
definition:
Artist

Art"ist
(_;)
n.
[F. artiste, LL. artista, fr. L. ars. See Art, n., and cf. Artiste.]
1.
One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.
[Obs.]

How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast,
Instruct the articles and reward their.
Waller.

2.
One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.

&hand_; The term is particularly applied to painters, sculptors, musicians, engravers, and architects.
Elmes.

3.
One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation.
Pope.

4.
An artful person; a schemer.
[Obs.]


word: Artiste
definition:
Artiste

Ar*tiste"
(_;)
n.
[F. See Artist.]
One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

&hand_; This term should not be confounded with the English word artist.


word: Artistical
definition:
Artistical

Artistic

{ Ar*tis"tic, Ar*tis"tic*al (_;), }
a.
[Cf. F. artistique, fr. artiste.]
Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill.
Ar*tis"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Artistry
definition:
Artistry

Art"ist*ry
(_;)
n.
1.
Works of art collectively.

2.
Artistic effect or quality.
Southey.

3.
Artistic pursuits; artistic ability.
The Academy.


word: Artless
definition:
Artless

Art"less
(_;)
a.
1.
Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.

Artless of stars and of the moving sand.
Dryden.

2.
Contrived without skill or art; inartistic.
[R.]

Artless and massy pillars.
T. Warton.

3.
Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.

They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them.
Porteus.

O, how unlike the complex works of man,
Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan!
Cowper.


word: Artlessly
definition:
Artlessly

Art"less*ly
adv.
In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly.
Pope.


word: Artlessness
definition:
Artlessness

Art"less*ness
n.
The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.


word: Artocarpous
definition:
Artocarpous

Artocarpeous

{ Ar`to*car"pe*ous (_;), Ar`to*car"pous (_;), }
a.
[Gr. _; bread + _; fruit.]
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus.


word: Artotyrite
definition:
Artotyrite

Ar`to*ty"rite
(_;)
n.
[LL. Artotyritae, pl., fr. Gr. _; bread + _; cheese.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.]


word: artsy
definition:
artsy

artsy
adj.
1.
same as arty.

Syn. -- arty.

2.
same as artsy-craftsy.

Syn. -- artsy-craftsy.


word: artsy-craftsy
definition:
artsy-craftsy

artsy-craftsy
adj.
1.
1
pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.

Syn. -- arty-crafty, artsy, arty.


word: Art union
definition:
Art union

Art` un"ion
(_;)
An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.


word: artwork
definition:
artwork

artwork
n.
(Publishing)
photographs, illustrations, or other visual representations other than the text, in a printed publication.

Syn. -- art, graphics, nontextual matter.


word: arugula
definition:
arugula

arugula
n.
1.
an erect European annual (Eruca vesicaria sativa) of the mustard family, often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.

Syn. -- rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, Eruca sativa.


word: arui
definition:
arui

arui
n.
1.
a wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa, having a thick mane on the throat, chest, and forelegs; -- also called the aoudad and Barbary sheep.

Syn. -- aoudad, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep.


word: Arum
definition:
Arum

A"rum
n.
[L. arum, aros, Gr. _;.]
A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.

Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village children.
Lubbock.

&hand_; The American “Jack in the pulpit” is now separated from the genus Arum.


word: Arundelian
definition:
Arundelian

Ar`un*del"ian
(_;)
a.
Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.


word: Arundiferous
definition:
Arundiferous

Ar`un*dif"er*ous
a.
[L. arundifer; arundo reed + ferre to bear.]
Producing reeds or canes.


word: Arundinaceous
definition:
Arundinaceous

A*run`di*na"ceous
(_;)
a.
[L. arundinaceus, fr. arundo reed.]
Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.


word: Arundineous
definition:
Arundineous

Ar`un*din"e*ous
(_;)
a.
[L. arundineus, fr. arundo reed.]
Abounding with reeds; reedy.


word: Aruru
definition:
Aruru

Aruru
n.
(Akkadian mythology)
mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag (Mama; Nintu).


word: Aruspex
definition:
Aruspex

A*rus"pex
(_;)
n.
pl. Aruspices (_;).
[L. aruspex or haruspex.]
One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.


word: Aruspice
definition:
Aruspice

A*rus"pice
(_;)
n.
[L. aruspex: cf. F. aruspice. Cf. Aruspex, Haruspice.]
A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
[Written also haruspice.]


word: Aruspicy
definition:
Aruspicy

A*rus"pi*cy
(_;)
n.
[L. aruspicium, haruspicium.]
Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.


word: Arval
definition:
Arval

Ar"val
(_;)
n.
[W. arwyl funeral; ar over + wylo to weep, or cf. arföl; Icel. arfr inheritance + Sw. öl ale. Cf. Bridal.]
A funeral feast.
[North of Eng.]
Grose.


word: Arvicola
definition:
Arvicola

Arvicola
n.
a genus of mice in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus.

Syn. -- genus Arvicola.


word: Arvicole
definition:
Arvicole

Ar"vi*cole
(_;)
n.
[L. arvum field + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.


word: Aryan
definition:
Aryan

Ar"yan
(är"yan or ăr"ĭ*an)
n.
[Skr. ārya excellent, honorable; akin to the name of the country Iran, and perh. to Erin, Ireland, and the early name of this people, at least in Asia.]
1.
One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindu Kush and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindu, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.

2.
The language of the original Aryans.
[Written also Arian.]

3.
(Nazism)
a non-Jewish caucasian of Nordic stock; -- a classification used by Nazis, having no anthropological basis.
[Written also Arian.]


word: Aryan₂
definition:
Aryan

Ar"yan
(är"yan or ăr"ĭ*an)
a.
Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.


word: Arytenoid
definition:
Arytenoid

A*ryt"e*noid
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _; shaped like a ladle; _; a ladle + e'i^dos form.]
(Anat.)
Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.


word: as
definition:
as

as
(ăz)
adv. & conj.
[OE. as, als, alse, also, al swa, AS. eal swā, lit. all so; hence, quite so, quite as: cf. G. als as, than, also so, then. See Also.]
1.
Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.

His spiritual attendants adjured him, as he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren.
Macaulay.

&hand_; As is often preceded by one of the antecedent or correlative words such, same, so, or as, in expressing an equality or comparison; as, give us such things as you please, and so long as you please, or as long as you please; he is not so brave as Cato; she is as amiable as she is handsome; come as quickly as possible. “Bees appear fortunately to prefer the same colors as we do.” Lubbock. As, in a preceding part of a sentence, has such or so to answer correlatively to it; as with the people, so with the priest.

2.
In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.

The beggar is greater as a man, than is the man merely as a king.
Dewey.

3.
While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.

As I return I will fetch off these justices.
Shak.

4.
Because; since; it being the case that.

As the population of Scotland had been generally trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared.
Sir W. Scott.

5.
Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).

We wish, however, to avail ourselves of the interest, transient as it may be, which this work has excited.
Macaulay.

6.
That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
[Obs.]

I can place thee in such abject state, as help shall never find thee.
Rowe.

So as, so that. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The relations are so uncertain as they require a great deal of examination. Bacon.


7.
As if; as though.
[Obs. or Poetic]

He lies, as he his bliss did know.
Waller.

8.
For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.

9.
Than.
[Obs. & R.]

The king was not more forward to bestow favors on them as they free to deal affronts to others their superiors.
Fuller.

10.
Expressing a wish.
[Obs.]
As
i. e., may he have.
Chaucer.

As . . as. See So . . as, under So. -- As far as, to the extent or degree. “As far as can be ascertained.” Macaulay. -- As far forth as, as far as. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- As for, or As to, in regard to; with respect to. -- As good as, not less than; not falling short of. -- As good as one's word, faithful to a promise. -- As if, or As though, of the same kind, or in the same condition or manner, that it would be if. -- As it were (as if it were), a qualifying phrase used to apologize for or to relieve some expression which might be regarded as inappropriate or incongruous; in a manner. -- As now, just now. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- As swythe, as quickly as possible. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- As well, also; too; besides. Addison. -- As well as, equally with, no less than.  “I have understanding as well as you.” Job xii. 3. -- As yet, until now; up to or at the present time; still; now.


word: As₃
definition:
As

As
(_;)
n.
pl. Asses (_;).
[L. as. See Ace.]
1.
A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.

2.
A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.


word: Asa
definition:
Asa

As"a
(_;)
n.
[NL. asa, of oriental origin; cf. Per. azā mastic, Ar. asā healing, isā remedy.]
An ancient name of a gum.


word: Asafoetida
definition:
Asafoetida

Asafetida

{ As`a*fet"i*da, As`a*fœt"i*da  }
(_;)
n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies.  It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]


word: Asaphus
definition:
Asaphus

As"a*phus
(_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; indistinct, uncertain.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.


word: Asarabacca
definition:
Asarabacca

As`a*ra*bac"ca
(_;)
n.
[L. asarum + bacca a berry. See Asarone.]
(Bot.)
An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europæum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.


word: Asarone
definition:
Asarone

As"a*rone
(_;)
n.
[L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr. 'a`saron]
(Chem.)
A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europæum; -- called also camphor of asarum.


word: Asbestiform
definition:
Asbestiform

As*bes"ti*form
(_;)
a.
[L. asbestus + -form.]
Having the form or structure of asbestus.


word: Asbestine
definition:
Asbestine

As*bes"tine
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.


word: Asbestos
definition:
Asbestos

Asbestus

{ As*bes"tus (_;), As*bes"tos (?; 277), }
n.
[L. asbestos (NL. asbestus) a kind of mineral unaffected by fire, Gr. _; (prop. an adj.) inextinguishable; 'a priv. + _; to extinguish.]
(Min.)
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.

&hand_; The finer varieties have been wrought into gloves and cloth which are incombustible. The cloth was formerly used as a shroud for dead bodies, and has been recommended for firemen's clothes. Asbestus in also employed in the manufacture of iron safes, for fireproof roofing, and for lampwicks. Some varieties are called amianthus.  Dana.


word: Asbolin
definition:
Asbolin

As"bo*lin
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; soot.]
(Chem.)
A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.


word: ASC
definition:
ASC

ASC
n.
[Acronym: American Society of Cinematographers.]
1.
the American Society of Cinematographers.
Syn. -- American Society of Cinematographers, A. S. C.


word: ASCAP
definition:
ASCAP

ASCAP
n.
[Acronym: American Society of Composers, Authors and Puplishers.]
1.
the American Society of Cinematographers.
Syn. -- American Society of Composers, Authors and Puplishers


word: Ascaphidae
definition:
Ascaphidae

Ascaphidae
n.
1.
1
a natural family containing only one species of frog: the tailed frog.

Syn. -- family Ascaphidae.


word: Ascaphus
definition:
Ascaphus

Ascaphus
n.
1.
1
the type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae.

Syn. -- genus Ascaphus.


word: Ascariasis
definition:
Ascariasis

As`ca*ri"a*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; an intestinal worm.]
(Med.)
A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal.


word: Ascarid
definition:
Ascarid

As"ca*rid
(_;)
n.
pl. Ascarides (_;) or Ascarids.
[NL. ascaris, fr. Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
A parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.


word: Ascaridae
definition:
Ascaridae

Ascaridae
n.
a natural family of large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates.

Syn. -- family Ascaridae.


word: Ascaris
definition:
Ascaris

Ascaris
n.
1.
1
the type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth.

Syn. -- genus Ascaris.


word: Ascend
definition:
Ascend

As*cend"
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ascending.]
[L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb, mount. See Scan.]
1.
To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

Higher yet that star ascends.
Bowring.

I ascend unto my father and your father.
John xx. 17.

Formerly used with up.

The smoke of it ascended up to heaven.
Addison.

2.
To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.


word: Ascend₂
definition:
Ascend

As*cend"
v. t.
To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.


word: Ascendant
definition:
Ascendant

As*cend"ant
(_;)
n.
[F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere.]
1.
Ascent; height; elevation.
[R.]

Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant.
Temple.

2.
(Astrol.)
The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.

&hand_; Hence the phrases To be in the ascendant, to have commanding power or influence, and Lord of the ascendant, one who has possession of such power or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the ascendant.
Burke.

3.
Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.

Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.
Robertson.

4.
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.
Ayliffe.


word: Ascendent
definition:
Ascendent

Ascendant

{ As*cend"ant (_;), As*cend"ent (_;), }
a.
1.
Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

The constellation . . . about that time ascendant.
Browne.

2.
Rising; ascending.
Ruskin.

3.
Superior; surpassing; ruling.

An ascendant spirit over him.
South.

The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.
J. S. Mill.

Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position.
Grote.


word: Ascendency
definition:
Ascendency

As*cend"en*cy
(_;)
n.
Governing or controlling influence; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; domination; power.

An undisputed ascendency.
Macaulay.

Custom has an ascendency over the understanding.
Watts.


word: ascendent
definition:
ascendent

ascendent
adj.
1.
tending or directed upward.

Syn. -- ascendant, ascensive.

rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage.
John Ruskin

2.
having the most important influence.

Syn. -- ascendant, dominating, prestigious.


word: ascendent₂
definition:
ascendent

ascendent
n.
1.
position or state of being dominant or in control.
that idea was in the ascendant

Syn. -- ascendant.

2.
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent).

Syn. -- ancestor, ascendant, antecedent.


word: Ascending
definition:
Ascending

As*cend"ing
a.
Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.
As*cend"ing*ly, adv.

Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. -- Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line direct ascending. -- Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node. Herschel. -- Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term is greater than the preceding. -- Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian.


word: Ascension
definition:
Ascension

As*cen"sion
n.
[F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr. ascendere. See Ascend.]
1.
The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

2.
Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.

3.
An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.

Vaporous ascensions from the stomach.
Sir T. Browne.

Ascension Day, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also Holy Thursday. -- Right ascension (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial, counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or in time. -- Oblique ascension (Astron.), an arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, in an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is little used in modern astronomy.


word: Ascensional
definition:
Ascensional

As*cen"sion*al
(_;)
a.
Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.

Ascensional difference (Astron.), the difference between oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between the time of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian passage.


word: Ascensive
definition:
Ascensive

As*cen"sive
(_;)
a.
[See Ascend.]
1.
Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
Owen.

2.
(Gram.)
Augmentative; intensive.
Ellicott.


word: Ascent
definition:
Ascent

As*cent"
(_;)
[Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent.]
1.
The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

To him with swift ascent he up returned.
Milton.

2.
The way or means by which one ascends.

3.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
Addison.

4.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.


word: Ascertain
definition:
Ascertain

As`cer*tain"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ascertained (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Ascertaining.]
[OF. acertener; a (L. ad) + certain. See Certain.]
1.
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
[Obs.]

When the blessed Virgin was so ascertained.
Jer. Taylor.

Muncer assured them that the design was approved of by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream ascertained him of its effects.
Robertson.

2.
To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
[Archaic]

The divine law . . . ascertaineth the truth.
Hooker.

The very deferring [of his execution] shall increase and ascertain the condemnation.
Jer. Taylor.

The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers.
Smollett.

The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation.
Gibbon.

3.
To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.

He was there only for the purpose of ascertaining whether a descent on England was practicable.
Macaulay.


word: Ascertainable
definition:
Ascertainable

As`cer*tain"a*ble
(_;)
a.
That may be ascertained.
As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.


word: Ascertainment
definition:
Ascertainment

As`cer*tain"ment
(_;)
n.
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery.

The positive ascertainment of its limits.
Burke.


word: Ascetic
definition:
Ascetic

As*cet"ic
(_;)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to exercise, to practice gymnastics.]
Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.

The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Ascetic₂
definition:
Ascetic

As*cet"ic
n.
In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.

I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts.
Norris.

Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of perfection. Am. Cyc.


word: ascetical
definition:
ascetical

ascetical
adj.
1.
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic
ascetical practices

Syn. -- ascetic

2.
practicing great self-denial.

Syn. -- ascetic, austere, spartan

Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it.
William James.


word: Ascham
definition:
Ascham

As"cham
(_;)
n.
[From Roger Ascham, who was a great lover of archery.]
A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.


word: Ascidian
definition:
Ascidian

As*cid"i*an
(_;)
n.
[Gr. _; bladder, pouch.]
(Zool.)
One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.


word: Ascidiarium
definition:
Ascidiarium

As*cid`i*a"ri*um
(_;)
n.
[NL. See Ascidium.]
(Zool.)
The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.


word: Ascidioidea
definition:
Ascidioidea

As*cid`i*oid"e*a
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. ascidium + -oid. See Ascidium.]
(Zool.)
A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Ascidiozooid
definition:
Ascidiozooid

As*cid`i*o*zo"oid
(ăs*sĭd`ĭ*o̝*z&omacr"oid)
n.
[Ascidium +  zooid.]
(Zool.)
One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.


word: Ascidium
definition:
Ascidium

As*cid"i*um
(ăs*sĭd"ĭ*ŭm)
n.
pl. Ascidia (-ȧ).
[NL., fr. ascus. See Ascus.]
1.
(Bot.)
A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).

2.
pl.
(Zool.)
A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.


word: Ascians
definition:
Ascians

Ascii

{ &VerbarAs"ci*i (_;), As"cians (_;), }
n. pl.
[L. ascii, pl. of ascius, Gr. _; without shadow; 'a priv. + _; shadow.]
Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun.


word: ASCII
definition:
ASCII

ASCII
n.
[Acronym: American Standard Code for Information Interchange.]
(Computers)
1.
the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a code consisting of a set of 128 7-bit combinations used in digital computers internally, for display purposes, and for exchanging data between computers.  It is very widely used, but because of the limited number of characters encoded must be supplemented or replaced by other codes for encoding special symbols or words in languages other than English.  Also used attributively; -- as, an ASCII file.
Syn. -- American Standard Code for Information Interchange.


word: Ascites
definition:
Ascites

As*ci"tes
(_;)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; (sc. _; disease), fr. _; bladder, belly.]
(Med.)
A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Dunglison.


word: Ascitical
definition:
Ascitical

Ascitic

{ As*cit"ic (_;), As*cit"ic*al (_;), }
a.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.


word: Ascititious
definition:
Ascititious

As`ci*ti"tious
(_;)
a.
[See Adscititious.]
Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.

Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name.
Pope.


word: Asclepiad
definition:
Asclepiad

As*cle"pi*ad
(_;)
n.
(Gr. & L. Pros.)
A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.


word: Asclepiadaceae
definition:
Asclepiadaceae

Asclepiadaceae
n.
a widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs most with milky juice; examples are the milkweeds (genus Asclepias).


word: Asclepiadaceous
definition:
Asclepiadaceous

As*cle`pi*a*da"ceous
a.
[See Asclepias.]
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.


word: Asclepias
definition:
Asclepias

As*cle"pi*as
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.

Asclepias butterfly (Zool.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.


word: Ascocarp
definition:
Ascocarp

As"co*carp
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'asko`s a bladder + karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit.


word: Ascococcus
definition:
Ascococcus

As`co*coc"cus
(_;)
n.
pl. Ascococci (_;).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'asko`s bladder, bag + _; kernel.]
(Biol.)
A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.


word: ascoma
definition:
ascoma

ascoma
n.
1.
an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.


word: ascomycete
definition:
ascomycete

ascomycete
n.
1.
1
any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.

Syn. -- ascomycetous fungus.


word: Ascomycetes₂
definition:
Ascomycetes

As`co*my*ce"tes
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.; ascus + Gr. _;, _;, fungus.]
(Bot.)
A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphæ, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs; the sac fungi. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc.  The class is coextensive with the phylum Ascomycota.
As`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.


word: Ascomycota₂
definition:
Ascomycota

Ascomycota
n.
a phylum of higher fungi, coextensive with the class Ascomycetes.  It comprises Hemiascomycetes; Plectomycetes; Pyrenomycetes; Discomycetessac fungi; in some classification systems it is considered a division of the kingdom Fungi.

Syn. -- subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina.


word: Ascomycotina
definition:
Ascomycotina

Ascomycotina
n.
same as Ascomycota.

Syn. -- Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina


word: Ascophyllum
definition:
Ascophyllum

Ascophyllum
n.
1.
1
a genus of brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis.

Syn. -- genus Ascophyllum.


word: Ascospore
definition:
Ascospore

As"co*spore
(_;)
n.
[Ascus + spore.]
(Bot.)
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]


word: ascot
definition:
ascot

ascot
n.
[from the fashionable clothjing worn at the Ascot races.]
a cravat with wide square ends, tied so that the ends are laid flat; the ends are often secured with an ornamental pin; -- called cravat in Britain.


word: Ascribe
definition:
Ascribe

As*cribe"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ascribed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Ascribing.]
[L. ascribere, adscribere, to ascribe; ad + scribere to write: cf. OF. ascrire. See Scribe.]
1.
To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.

The finest [speech] that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem.
Addison.

2.
To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.

More than good-will to me attribute naught.
Spenser.

Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit.
Pope.

And fairly quit him of the imputed blame.
Spenser.


word: Ascription
definition:
Ascription

As*crip"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. ascriptio, fr. ascribere. See Ascribe.]
The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.


word: Ascriptitious
definition:
Ascriptitious

As`crip*ti"tious
(_;)
a.
[L. ascriptitius, fr. ascribere.]
1.
Ascribed.

2.
Added; additional.
[Obs.]

An ascriptitious and supernumerary God.
Farindon.


word: Ascus
definition:
Ascus

As"cus
(_;)
n.
pl. Asci
(_;)
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a bladder.]
(Bot.)
A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.


word: Asemia
definition:
Asemia

A*se"mi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; priv. + _; sign.]
(Med.)
Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.


word: Asepsis
definition:
Asepsis

A*sep"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; priv. + sepsis.]
State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing.


word: Aseptic
definition:
Aseptic

A*sep"tic
(_;)
a.
[Pref. a- not + septic.]
1.
Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.

2.
free from pathogenic microorganisms; sterile; as, aseptic operating conditions.

3.
[metaphorical]
lacking emotion, human warmth, or excitement.


word: Asexual
definition:
Asexual

A*sex"u*al
(?; 135)
a.
[Pref. a- not + sexual.]
1.
(Biol.)
Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

2.
not involving sexual activity or sexual attraction; as, an asexual friendship.


word: Asexualization
definition:
Asexualization

A*sex`u*al*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Asexual + -ize + -ation.]
The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, as by vasectomy.


word: Ash
definition:
Ash

Ash
(ăsh)
n.
[OE. asch, esh, AS. æsc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).

Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage. -- Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.

2.
The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.


word: Ash₂
definition:
Ash

Ash
n.
sing. of Ashes.

&hand_; Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash.

Bone ash, burnt powered; bone earth. -- Volcanic ash. See under Ashes.


word: Ashame
definition:
Ashame

A*shame
(_;)
v. t.
[Pref. a- + shame: cf. AS. āscamian to shame (where ā- is the same as Goth. us-, G. er-, and orig. meant out), gescamian, gesceamian, to shame.]
To shame.
[R.]
Barrow.


word: Ashamed
definition:
Ashamed

A*shamed"
(_;)
a.
[Orig. a p. p. of ashame, v. t.]
Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
ashamed
Wyclif.

All that forsake thee shall be ashamed.
Jer. xvii. 13.

I began to be ashamed of sitting idle.
Johnson.

Enough to make us ashamed of our species.
Macaulay.

An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present.
Darwin.

&hand_; Ashamed seldom precedes the noun or pronoun it qualifies. By a Hebraism, it is sometimes used in the Bible to mean disappointed, or defeated.


word: Ashantee
definition:
Ashantee

Ash`an*tee"
(_;)
n.
pl. Ashantees (_;).
A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.


word: ashcan
definition:
ashcan

ashcan
n.
a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.

Syn. -- trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin.


word: Ashen₂
definition:
Ashen

Ash"en
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.

The ashen hue of age.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Ashes
definition:
Ashes

Ash"es
(_;)
n. pl.
[OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, æsce, axe; akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan. aske, Goth. azgo.]
1.
The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

2.
Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when “returned to dust” by natural decay.

Their martyred blood and ashes sow.
Milton.

The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds.
Macaulay.

3.
The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.

The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame.
Byron.

In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. -- Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.


word: Ash-furnace
definition:
Ash-furnace

Ash-oven

Ash"-fur`nace (_;), Ash"-ov`en (_;)
n.
A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.


word: Ashgabat
definition:
Ashgabat

Ashgabat
prop. n.
(Geography)
The capital city of Turkmenistan.  Population (2000) = 518,000.


word: Ashler
definition:
Ashler

Ashlar

{ Ash"lar, Ash"ler  }
(_;)
n.
[OE. ascheler, achiler, OF. aiseler, fr. aiselle, dim. of ais plank, fr. L. axis, assis, plank, axle. See Axle.]
1.
(Masonry)
(a)
Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.

Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar.
Knight.


word: Ashlering
definition:
Ashlering

Ashlaring

{ Ash"lar*ing, Ash"ler*ing, }
n.
1.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.

2.
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
Brande & C.

3.
(Carp.)
The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.


word: Ashore
definition:
Ashore

A*shore"
(_;)
adv.
[Pref. a- + shore.]
On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.

Here shall I die ashore.
Shak.

I must fetch his necessaries ashore.
Shak.


word: ash-pan
definition:
ash-pan

ash-pan
n.
1.
a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed.


word: Ashtoreth
definition:
Ashtoreth

Ash"to*reth
(_;)
n.
pl. Ashtaroth (_;).
The principal female divinity of the Phœnicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.
W. Smith.


word: Ash Wednesday
definition:
Ash Wednesday

Ash` Wednes"day
(ăsh` wĕnz"da̝)
The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.


word: Ashweed
definition:
Ashweed

Ash"weed`
(_;)
n.
(Bot.)
[A corruption of ache-weed; F. ache. So named from the likeness of its leaves to those of ache (celery).]
Goutweed.


word: Ashy
definition:
Ashy

Ash"y
(_;)
a.
1.
Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.

2.
Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.
Shak.

Ashy pale, pale as ashes. Shak.


word: Asian
definition:
Asian

A"sian
(_;)
a.
[L. Asianus, Gr. _;, fr. _;, L. Asia.]
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.
Asian
Jer. Taylor.
n. An Asiatic.


word: Asiarch
definition:
Asiarch

A"si*arch
(_;)
n.
[L. Asiarcha, Gr. _;; _; + _; ruler.]
One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
Milner.


word: Asiatic
definition:
Asiatic

A`si*at"ic
(_;)
a.
[L. Asiaticus, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.
n. A native, or one of the people, of Asia.


word: Aside
definition:
Aside

A*side"
(_;)
adv.
[Pref. a- + side.]
1.
On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.

Thou shalt set aside that which is full.
2 Kings iv. 4.

But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.
Shak.

The flames were blown aside.
Dryden.

2.
Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.
aside
Heb. xii. 1.

3.
So as to be heard by others; privately.

Then lords and ladies spake aside.
Sir W. Scott.

To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.


word: Aside₂
definition:
Aside

A*side"
n.
Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.


word: Asilus
definition:
Asilus

A*si"lus
(_;)
n.
[L., a gadfly.]
(Zool.)
A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.


word: Assinego
definition:
Assinego

Asinego

{ As`i*ne"go, As`si*ne"go  }
(_;)
n.
[Sp. asnico, dim. of asno an ass.]
A stupid fellow.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Asinine
definition:
Asinine

As"i*nine
(_;)
a.
[L. asininus, fr. asinus ass. See Ass.]
Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.
Asinine
B. Jonson.
Asinine
Milton.


word: Asiphonate
definition:
Asiphonate

A*si"phon*ate
(_;)
a.
(Zool.)
Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.
n. An asiphonate mollusk.


word: Asiphonida
definition:
Asiphonida

Asiphonata

Asiphonea

{ &VerbarAs`i*pho"ne*a (_;), &VerbarA*si`pho*na"ta (_;), &VerbarAs`i*phon"i*da (_;), }
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + _; a tube.]
(Zool.)
A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.


word: Ask
definition:
Ask

Ask
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Asked (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Asking.]
[OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. āscian, ācsian; akin to OS. ēsc&omacrn, OHG. eisc&omacrn, Sw. āska, Dan. æske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith. jëskóti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire. √5.]
1.
To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God.
Judg. xviii. 5.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John xv. 7.

2.
To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?

Ask me never so much dowry.
Gen. xxxiv. 12.

To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Luke xii. 48.

An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity.
Addison.

3.
To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
John ix. 21.

He asked the way to Chester.
Shak.

4.
To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

5.
To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.
Fuller.


word: Ask₂
definition:
Ask

Ask
v. i.
1.
To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.

Ask, and it shall be given you.
Matt. vii. 7.

2.
To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.

Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name?
Gen. xxxii. 29.


word: Askant
definition:
Askant

Askance

{ A*skance" (_;), A*skant" (_;), }
adv.
[Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.]
Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.

They dart away; they wheel askance.
Beattie.

My palfrey eyed them askance.
Landor.

Both . . . were viewed askance by authority.
Gladstone.


word: Askance
definition:
Askance

A*skance"
v. t.
To turn aside.
[Poet.]

O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes!
Shak.


word: askant
definition:
askant

askant
adj.
1.
toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance.

Syn. -- askance, sidelong.


word: Asker₂
definition:
Asker

Ask"er
n.
[A corruption of AS. a_;exe lizard, newt.]
(Zool.)
An ask; a water newt.
[Local Eng.]


word: Askew
definition:
Askew

A*skew"
adv. & a.
[Pref. a- + skew.]
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.
Spenser.


word: Asking
definition:
Asking

Ask"ing
n.
1.
The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
Longfellow.

2.
The publishing of banns.


word: ASL
definition:
ASL

ASL
n.
same as American sign language, the sign language used in the US.

Syn. -- American sign language, AMESLAN


word: Aslake
definition:
Aslake

A*slake"
(ȧ*slāk")
v. t. & i.
[AS. āslacian, slacian, to slacken. Cf. Slake.]
To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
[Archaic]
Chaucer.


word: Aslant
definition:
Aslant

A*slant"
(_;)
adv. & a.
[Pref. a- + slant.]
Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.

[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant.
Dryden.


word: Aslant₂
definition:
Aslant

A*slant"
prep.
In a slanting direction over; athwart.

There is a willow grows aslant a brook.
Shak.


word: Asleep
definition:
Asleep

A*sleep"
a. & adv.
[Pref. a- + sleep.]
1.
In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

Fast asleep the giant lay supine.
Dryden.

By whispering winds soon lulled asleep.
Milton.

2.
In the sleep of the grave; dead.

Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1 Thess. iv. 13.

3.
Numbed, and, usually, tingling.
Udall.

Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call it, asleep.
Bacon.


word: Aslope
definition:
Aslope

A*slope"
(_;)
adv. & a.
[Pref. a- + slope.]
Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
aslope
Bacon.


word: Asmonean
definition:
Asmonean

As`mo*ne"an
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
[Written also Asmonæan.]


word: Asmonean₂
definition:
Asmonean

As`mo*ne"an
n.
One of the Asmonean family.  The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.


word: Asomatous
definition:
Asomatous

A*so"ma*tous
(_;)
a.
[L. asomatus, Gr. _;; 'a priv. + _; body.]
Without a material body; incorporeal.
Todd.


word: Asp₂
definition:
Asp

Asp
(ȧsp)
n.
[L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe, F. aspic.]
(Zool.)
A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.


word: Aspalathus
definition:
Aspalathus


As*pal"a*thus
(_;)
n.
[L. aspalathus, Gr. _;.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
Ecclus. xxiv. 15.
(b)
A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosæ. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.


word: Asparagaceae
definition:
Asparagaceae

Asparagaceae
n.
1.
1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus.

Syn. -- family Asparagaceae.


word: Asparagine
definition:
Asparagine

As*par"a*gine
(_;)
n.
[Cf. F. asparagine.]
(Chem.)
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus.  It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.


word: Asparaginous
definition:
Asparaginous

As`pa*rag"i*nous
(_;)
a.
Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.


word: Asparagus
definition:
Asparagus

As*par"a*gus
(ăs*păr"ȧ*gŭs)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. 'aspa`ragos, 'asfa`ragos; cf. sparga^n to swell with sap or juice, and Zend çparegha prong, sprout, Pers. asparag, Lith. spurgas sprout, Skr. sphurj to swell. Perh. the Greek borrowed from the Persian. Cf. Sparrowgrass.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceæ, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers.  Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.

2.
The young and tender shoots of Asparagus officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.

&hand_; This word was formerly pronounced sparrowgrass; but this pronunciation is now confined exclusively to uneducated people.

Asparagus beetle (Zool.), a small beetle (Crioceris asparagi) injurious to asparagus.


word: aspartame
definition:
aspartame

aspartame
n.
1.
an artificial sweetener containing an aspartic acid peptide, (C14H18N2O5); it is 160 times sweeter than sucrose (cane sugar) and is used as a calorie-free sweetener. Chemically it is N-L-α-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester.  It is sold also under the trade name Equal.


word: Aspect
definition:
Aspect

As"pect
(_;)
n.
[L. aspectus, fr. aspicere, aspectum, to look at; ad + spicere, specere, to look, akin to E. spy.]
1.
The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
[R.]
aspect
Bacon.

His aspect was bent on the ground.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
aspect
Dryden.

[Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head.
Pope.

3.
Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
aspect
Macaulay.

The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish.
T. Burnet.

4.
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.

5.
Prospect; outlook.
[Obs.]

This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended.
Evelyn.

6.
(Astrol.)
The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
Milton.

&hand_; The aspects which two planets can assume are five; sextile, _;, when the planets are 60° apart; quartile, or quadrate, _;, when their distance is 90° or the quarter of a circle; trine, _;, when the distance is 120°; opposition, _;, when the distance is 180°, or half a circle; and conjunction, _;, when they are in the same degree. Astrology taught that the aspects of the planets exerted an influence on human affairs, in some situations for good and in others for evil.

7.
(Astrol.)
The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
Shak.

The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects.
Bacon.

8.
(Aëronautics)
A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above; more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through  which it is moving or to a current. If an immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost, or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more effective than short broad ones of the same area.

Aspect of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane.


word: Aspect₂
definition:
Aspect

As*pect"
(_;)
v. t.
[L. aspectare, v. intens. of aspicere. See Aspect, n.]
To behold; to look at.
[Obs.]


word: Aspectable
definition:
Aspectable

As*pect"a*ble
(_;)
a.
[L. aspectabilis.]
Capable of being; visible.
aspectable
Ray.
Aspectable
Mrs. Browning.


word: Aspect ratio
definition:
Aspect ratio

Aspect ratio
(Aëronautics)
The ratio of the long to the short side of an aëroplane, aërocurve, or wing.


word: Aspection
definition:
Aspection

As*pec"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. aspectio, fr. aspicere to look at.]
The act of viewing; a look.
[Obs.]


word: Asp₃
definition:
Asp

Aspen

{ Asp"en (ăs"pĕn), Asp (ȧsp), }
n.
[AS. æsp, æps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ösp, Dan. æsp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, äspe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.]
(Bot.)
One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.


word: Aspen
definition:
Aspen

Asp"en
(ăs"pĕn)
a.
Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.

Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze.
Gay.


word: Asper
definition:
Asper

As"per
(ăs"pẽr)
a.
[OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F. âpre, fr. L. asper rough.]
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
[Archaic]
asper
Bacon.


word: Asper₂
definition:
Asper

As"per
(ăs"pẽr)
n.
[L. spiritus asper rough breathing.]
(Greek Gram.)
The rough breathing; a mark (&asper_;) placed over an initial vowel sound or over ρ to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h&omacrs, "rh`twr, pronounced hrā"t&omacrr.


word: Asper₃
definition:
Asper

As"per
n.
[F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr. 'a`spron, 'a`spros, white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver coins).]
A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.


word: Asperate
definition:
Asperate

As"per*ate
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Asperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Asperating.]
[L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr. asper rough.]
To make rough or uneven.

The asperated part of its surface.
Boyle.


word: Asperges
definition:
Asperges

As*per"ges
(_;)
n.
[L., Thou shalt sprinkle.]
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
(b)
The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.


word: Aspergillum
definition:
Aspergillum

Aspergill

{ As"per*gill (_;), &VerbarAs`per*gil"lum (_;), }
n.
[LL. aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t.]
1.
The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
[Also written aspergillus.]

2.
(Zool.)
See Wateringpot shell.


word: Aspergilliform
definition:
Aspergilliform

As`per*gil"li*form
(_;)
a.
[Aspergillum + -form.]
(Bot.)
Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.
Gray.


word: Asperifolious
definition:
Asperifolious

Asperifoliate

{ As`per*i*fo"li*ate (_;), As`per*i*fo"li*ous (_;), }
a.
[L. asper rough + folium leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having rough leaves.

&hand_; By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceæ or borageworts.


word: Asperity
definition:
Asperity

As*per"i*ty
(_;)
n.
pl. Asperities (_;).
[L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. aspérité.]
1.
Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
asperities
Boyle.

2.
Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.

3.
Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.

4.
Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
Asperity
Landor.

It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received.
Johnson.

5.
Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.

The acclivities and asperities of duty.
Barrow.


word: Asperne
definition:
Asperne

A*sperne"
(_;)
v. t.
[L. aspernari; a (ab) + spernari.]
To spurn; to despise.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.


word: Asperse
definition:
Asperse

As*perse"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Aspersed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aspersing.]
[L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
1.
To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
Heywood.

2.
To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.

With blackest crimes aspersed.
Cowper.


word: Aspersed
definition:
Aspersed

As*persed"
(_;)
a.
1.
(Her.)
Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface.
Cussans.

2.
Bespattered; slandered; calumniated.
Motley.


word: Aspersion
definition:
Aspersion

As*per"sion
(_;)
n.
[L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F. aspersion.]
1.
A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

Behold an immersion, not and aspersion.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.

Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers.
Grote.

Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue.
Dryden.


word: Aspersorium
definition:
Aspersorium

As`per*so"ri*um
(_;)
n.
pl. Aspersoria (_;).
[LL. See Asperse.]
1.
The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.

2.
A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.


word: Asphaltum
definition:
Asphaltum

Asphalt

{ As"phalt (_;), As*phal"tum (_;), }
n.
[Gr. _;, of eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.]
1.
Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.

2.
A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.

Asphalt stone, Asphalt rock, a limestone found impregnated with asphalt.


word: Asphaltic
definition:
Asphaltic

As*phal"tic
(_;)
a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.
Asphaltic
Asphaltic
Milton.


word: Asphodel
definition:
Asphodel

As"pho*del
(_;)
n.
[L. asphodelus, Gr. _;. See Daffodil.]
(Bot.)
A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

&hand_; The name is also popularly given to species of other genera. The asphodel of the early English and French poets was the daffodil. The asphodel of the Greek poets is supposed to be the Narcissus poeticus.
Dr. Prior.

Pansies, and violets, and asphodel.
Milton.


word: Asphodelus
definition:
Asphodelus

Asphodelus
n.
1.
1
small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.

Syn. -- genus Asphodelus.


word: Asphyxy
definition:
Asphyxy

Asphyxia

{ &VerbarAs*phyx"i*a (_;), As*phyx"y (_;), }
n.
[NL. asphyxia, fr. Gr. _;; 'a priv. + _; to throb, beat.]
(Med.)
Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of poisonous or irrespirable gases.


word: Asphyxiate
definition:
Asphyxiate

As*phyx"i*ate
(_;)
v. t.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]


word: Asphyxied
definition:
Asphyxied

Asphyxiated

As*phyx"i*a`ted (_;), As*phyx"ied (_;)
p. p.
In a state of asphyxia; suffocated.


word: Aspic
definition:
Aspic

As"pic
(_;)
n.
[F. See Asp.]
1.
The venomous asp.
[Chiefly poetic]
Shak. Tennyson.

2.
A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
[Obs.]


word: Aspic₂
definition:
Aspic

As"pic
n.
[F., a corrupt. of spic (OF. espi, F. épi), L. spica (spicum, spicus), ear, spike. See Spike.]
A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.


word: Aspic₃
definition:
Aspic

As"pic
n.
[F., prob. fr. aspic an asp.]
A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.
Thackeray.


word: aspidistra
definition:
aspidistra

aspidistra
n.
1.
1
an evergreen perennial (Aspidistra elatio) with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant.

Syn. -- cast-iron plant, bar-room plant


word: Aspidophoroides
definition:
Aspidophoroides

Aspidophoroides
n.
1.
1
a genus comprising the alligatorfishes.

Syn. -- genus Aspidophoroides.


word: Aspidobranchia
definition:
Aspidobranchia

As`pi*do*bran"chi*a
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, _;, shield + _; gills.]
(Zool.)
A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.


word: Aspirant₂
definition:
Aspirant

As*pir"ant
n.
[Cf. F. aspirant.]
One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.

In consequence of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants.
Macaulay.


word: Aspirate
definition:
Aspirate

As"pi*rate
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Aspirated (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aspirating (_;).]
[L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. Aspire.]
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.


word: Aspirate₂
definition:
Aspirate

As"pi*rate
(_;)
n.
1.
A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.

2.
A mark of aspiration (&asper_;) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
Bentley.

3.
An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.


word: Aspirated
definition:
Aspirated

Aspirate

{ As"pi*rate (ăs"pĭ*ra̝t), As"pi*ra"ted (-rā"tĕd), }
a.
[L. aspiratus, p. p.]
Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.

But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h.
Holder.


word: Aspiration
definition:
Aspiration

As`pi*ra"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. aspiratio, fr. aspirare: cf. F. aspiration.]
1.
The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

If aspiration be defined to be an impetus of breathing.
Wilkins.

2.
The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.

3.
The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.
Aspirations
Johnson.

Vague aspiration after military renown.
Prescott.


word: Aspirator
definition:
Aspirator

As"pi*ra`tor
(_;)
n.
1.
(Chem.)
An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.

2.
(Med.)
An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.


word: Aspire
definition:
Aspire

As*pire"
(_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Aspired (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aspiring.]
[F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See Aspirate, v. t.]
1.
To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.

Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell;
Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.
Pope.

2.
To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

My own breath still foments the fire,
Which flames as high as fancy can aspire.
Waller.


word: Aspire₂
definition:
Aspire

As*pire"
v. t.
To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
[Obs.]

That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
Shak.


word: Aspirin
definition:
Aspirin

As"pi*rin
(?)
n.
(Pharm.)
A white crystalline compound, acetyl salicylic acid (CH3.CO.O.C6H4.CO.OH) widely used as a drug for relief of pain and alleviation of fever.  It has analgesic, antipyretic, and antiinflammatory properties, and is one of a class of agents called non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).  The name was originally a trade name, but has become the preferred name for the substance.  It is actually a prodrug, liberating salicylic acid, the ultimate pharmacologically active agent, in the intestines. It is more effective when taken orally than is salicylic acid, because it dissolves more readily.

Syn. -- 2-(acetyloxy)benzoic acid


word: Aspiring
definition:
Aspiring

As*pir"ing
a.
That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind.
As*pir"ing*ly, adv. -- As*pir"ing*ness, n.


word: Asportation
definition:
Asportation

As`por*ta"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. asportatio, fr. asportare to carry away; abs = ab + portare to bear, carry.]
(Law)
The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.

&hand_; It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment.
Blackstone.


word: Asquint
definition:
Asquint

A*squint"
(_;)
adv.
[Cf. Askant, Squint.]
With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.


word: Ass
definition:
Ass

Ass
(_;)
n.
[OE. asse, AS. assa; akin to Icel. asni, W. asen, asyn, L. asinus, dim. aselus, Gr. _;; also to AS. esol, OHG. esil, G. esel, Goth. asilus, Dan. æsel, Lith. asilas, Bohem. osel, Pol. osiel.  The word is prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. ath_;n she ass.  Cf. Ease.]
1.
(Zool.)
A quadruped of the genus Equus (Equus asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears.  The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity.  There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.

2.
A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt.
Shak.

Asses' Bridge. [L. pons asinorum.] The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, “The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another.” [Sportive] “A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge.” F. Harrison. -- To make an ass of one's self, to do or say something very foolish or absurd.


word: Assegai
definition:
Assegai

Assagai

As"sa*gai (_;), As"se*gai (_;)
n.
[Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. Lancegay.]
A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.


word: Assai
definition:
Assai

As*sa"i
(_;)
[It., fr. L. ad + satis enough. See Assets.]
(Mus.)
A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.


word: Assail
definition:
Assail

As*sail"
(ăs*sāl")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Assailed (-sāld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Assailing.]
[OE. assailen, asailen, OF. asaillir, assailler, F. assaillir; a (L. ad) + saillir to burst out, project, fr. L. salire to leap, spring; cf. L. assilire to leap or spring upon. See Sally.]
1.
To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

No rude noise mine ears assailing.
Cowper.

No storm can now assail
The charm he wears within.
Keble.

2.
To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.

The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail.
Pope.

3.
To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.

The papal authority . . . assailed.
Hallam.

They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony.
Macaulay.


word: Assailant₂
definition:
Assailant

As*sail"ant
n.
[F. assaillant.]
One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.

An assailant of the church.
Macaulay.


word: Assailment
definition:
Assailment

As*sail"ment
(_;)
n.
The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
[R.]

His most frequent assailment was the headache.
Johnson.


word: Assamar
definition:
Assamar

As"sa*mar
(_;)
n.
[L. assare to roast + amarus, bitter.]
(Chem.)
The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.


word: Assamese
definition:
Assamese

As`sam*ese"
(_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants.
n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Assam.


word: Assapanic
definition:
Assapanic

Assapan

&VerbarAs`sa*pan" (_;), &VerbarAs`sa*pan"ic
(_;)
n.
[Prob. Indian name.]
(Zool.)
The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).


word: Assart
definition:
Assart

As*sart"
(ăs*särt")
n.
[OF. essart the grubbing up of trees, fr. essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., fr. LL. exartum, exartare, for exsaritare; L. ex + sarire, sarrire, saritum, to hoe, weed.]
1.
(Old Law)
The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
Spelman. Cowell.

2.
A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
Ash.

Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush.


word: Assart₂
definition:
Assart

As*sart"
v. t.
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
Ashmole.


word: Assassin
definition:
Assassin

As*sas"sin
(_;)
n.
[F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. ‘hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh al-Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the murders required by their chief.]
One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.


word: Assassinate
definition:
Assassinate

As*sas"sin*ate
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Assassinated (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating (_;).]
[LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]
1.
To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.

Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated.
Dryden.

2.
To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
[Archaic]

Your rhymes assassinate our fame.
Dryden.

Such usage as your honorable lords
Afford me, assassinated and betrayed.
Milton.


word: Assassinate₂
definition:
Assassinate

As*sas"sin*ate
(_;)
n.
[F. assassinat.]
1.
An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
[Obs.]

If I had made an assassinate upon your father.
B. Jonson.

2.
An assassin.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Assassination
definition:
Assassination

As*sas`si*na"tion
(_;)
n.
The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.


word: Assastion
definition:
Assastion

As*sas"tion
(_;)
n.
[F., fr. LL. assatio, fr. L. assare to roast.]
Roasting.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Assault
definition:
Assault

As*sault"
(_;)
n.
[OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt, F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See Assail.]
1.
A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.

The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault.
Prescott.

Unshaken bears the assault
Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.
Wordsworth.

2.
A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
Clarendon.

3.
(Law)
An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.
Blackstone. Wharton.

Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery.
Mozley & W.


word: Assault₂
definition:
Assault

As*sault"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Assaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assaulting.]
[From Assault, n.: cf. OF. assaulter, LL. assaltare.]
1.
To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.

Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound.
Milton.

2.
To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration.

Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . . 
Assault his ears.
Dryden.

&hand_; In the latter sense, assail is more common.


word: assaulted
definition:
assaulted

assaulted
adj.
sexually abused; -- a euphemism.

Syn. -- molested, raped, criminally assaulted, sexually assaulted.


word: Assay
definition:
Assay

As*say"
(_;)
n.
[OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See Essay, n.]
1.
Trial; attempt; essay.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance.
Milton.

2.
Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
[Obs.]

This can not be, by no assay of reason.
Shak.

3.
Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
[Obs.]

Through many hard assays which did betide.
Spenser.

4.
Tested purity or value.
[Obs.]

With gold and pearl of rich assay.
Spenser.

5.
(Metallurgy)
The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

6.
The alloy or metal to be assayed.
Ure.

&hand_; Assay is used adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, assay balance, assay furnace.

Assay master, an officer who assays or tests gold or silver coin or bullion. -- Assay ton, a weight of 29,1662/3 grams.


word: Assay₂
definition:
Assay

As*say"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Assayed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Assaying.]
[OF. asaier, essaier, F. essayer, fr. essai. See Assay, n., Essay, v.]
1.
To try; to attempt; to apply.
[Obs. or Archaic]

To-night let us assay our plot.
Shak.

Soft words to his fierce passion she assayed.
Milton.

2.
To affect.
[Obs.]

When the heart is ill assayed.
Spenser.

3.
To try tasting, as food or drink.
[Obs.]

4.
To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.


word: Assay₃
definition:
Assay

As*say"
v. i.
To attempt, try, or endeavor.
[Archaic. In this sense essay is now commonly used.]

She thrice assayed to speak.
Dryden.


word: Assayer
definition:
Assayer

As*say"er
n.
One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.


word: Assaying
definition:
Assaying

As*say"ing
n.
The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.


word: Assay pound
definition:
Assay pound

As"say pound
A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer.


word: Assay ton
definition:
Assay ton

Assay ton
A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience. Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000 avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore gives directly the number of ounces to the ton.


word: Asse
definition:
Asse

Asse
(_;)
n.
(Zool.)
A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.


word: Assecuration
definition:
Assecuration

As`se*cu*ra"tion
(_;)
n.
[LL. assecuratio, fr. assecurare.]
Assurance; certainty.
[Obs.]


word: Assecution
definition:
Assecution

As`se*cu"tion
(_;)
n.
[F. assécution, fr. L. assequi to obtain; ad + sequi to follow.]
An obtaining or acquiring.
[Obs.]
Ayliffe.


word: Assemblage
definition:
Assemblage

As*sem"blage
n.
[Cf. F. assemblage. See Assemble.]
1.
The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

In sweet assemblage every blooming grace.
Fenton.

2.
A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.


word: Assemblance
definition:
Assemblance

As*sem"blance
n.
[Cf. OF. assemblance.]
1.
Resemblance; likeness; appearance.
[Obs.]

Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man?  Give me the spirit.
Shak.

2.
An assembling; assemblage.
[Obs.]

To weete [know] the cause of their assemblance.
Spenser.


word: Assemble
definition:
Assemble

As*sem"ble
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Assembled (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Assembling (_;).]
[F. assembler, fr. LL. assimulare to bring together to collect; L. ad + simul together; akin to similis like, Gr. _; at the same time, and E. same. Cf. Assimilate, Same.]
1.
To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

Thither he assembled all his train.
Milton.

All the men of Israel assembled themselves.
1 Kings viii. 2.

2.
To collect and put together the parts of; as, to assemble a bicycle, watch, gun, or other manufactured article.


word: Assemble₂
definition:
Assemble

As*sem"ble
v. i.
To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate.
Dryden.

The Parliament assembled in November.
W. Massey.


word: Assemble₃
definition:
Assemble

As*sem"ble
v. i.
To liken; to compare.
[Obs.]

Bribes may be assembled to pitch.
Latimer.


word: assembled
definition:
assembled

assembled
adj.
1.
brought together into a group or crowd.
the assembled letters in my office

Syn. -- accumulated, collected, congregate, massed.

2.
1
formed by fitting or joining components together.

Syn. -- built(prenominal), made-up.


word: Assembler
definition:
Assembler

As*sem"bler
(_;)
n.
One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

2.
(Computers)
a computer program that takes as input a set of instructions written in assembly language, and produces a corresponding executable computer program in machine language.

3.
(Computers)
same as assembly language.
[informal]


word: Assembly
definition:
Assembly

As*sem"bly
(_;)
n.
pl. Assemblies (_;).
[F. assemblée, fr. assembler. See Assemble.]
1.
A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.

2.
A collection of inanimate objects.
[Obs.]
Howell.

3.
(Mil.)
A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

&hand_; In some of the United States, the legislature, or the popular branch of it, is called the Assembly, or the General Assembly. In the Presbyterian Church, the General Assembly is the highest ecclesiastical tribunal, composed of ministers and ruling elders delegated from each presbytery; as, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, or of Scotland.

Assembly room, a room in which persons assemble, especially for dancing. -- Unlawful assembly (Law), a meeting of three or more persons on a common plan, in such a way as to cause a reasonable apprehension that they will disturb the peace tumultuously. -- Westminster Assembly, a convocation, consisting chiefly of divines, which, by act of Parliament, assembled July 1, 1643, and remained in session some years. It framed the “Confession of Faith,” the “Larger Catechism,” and the “Shorter Catechism,” which are still received as authority by Presbyterians, and are substantially accepted by Congregationalists.


word: assembly language
definition:
assembly language

assembly language
n.
1.
(Computers)
an artificial computer language with mnemonic codes representing the basic machine-language instructions of a computer, which can be interpreted by an assembler to produce a computer program in machine language.  Also informally referred to as assembler.
Writing a program in assembly language is very much simpler than writing the machine instructions in binary code, and the use of such a language greatly increases the efficiency of the process of writing computer programs.  See also programming language, FORTRAN, BASIC.


word: assembly line
definition:
assembly line

assembly line
n.
A line of machinery, tools, and workers on which objects to be manufactured are moved from one post to the next, where different workers perform different steps in the manufacturing process; called also production line.  The objects to be manufactured usually move on a form of conveyor belt, which does not necessarily move only in a straight line, but may continue around the factory area for some distance.


word: assembly-line
definition:
assembly-line

assembly-line
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling an assembly line; as, an assembly-line process; also used metaphorically, as an assembly-line educational system.


word: Assemblyman
definition:
Assemblyman

As*sem"bly*man
(ăs*sĕm"bl&ybreve_;*man)
n.
pl. Assemblymen (-men).
A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.


word: Assent
definition:
Assent

As*sent"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Assented; p. pr. & vb. n. Assenting.]
[F. assentir, L. assentire, assentiri; ad + sentire to feel, think. See Sense.]
To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
Acts xxiv. 9.

The princess assented to all that was suggested.
Macaulay.


word: Assent₂
definition:
Assent

As*sent"
(_;)
n.
[OE. assent, fr. assentir. See Assent, v.]
The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.

Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer.
Locke.

The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince.
Prescott.

Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration.
Macaulay.

Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.


word: Assentation
definition:
Assentation

As`sen*ta"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. assentatio. See Assent, v.]
Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.
Ld. Chesterfield.


word: Assentator
definition:
Assentator

As`sen*ta"tor
n.
[L., fr. assentari to assent constantly.]
An obsequious; a flatterer.
[R.]


word: Assentatory
definition:
Assentatory

As*sent"a*to*ry
(_;)
a.
Flattering; obsequious.
[Obs.]
As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Assentive
definition:
Assentive

As*sent"ive
(_;)
a.
Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying.
As*sent"ive*ness, n.


word: Assert
definition:
Assert

As*sert"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Asserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Asserting.]
[L. assertus, p. p. of asserere to join or fasten to one's self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See Series.]
1.
To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause.
Ray.

2.
To maintain; to defend.
[Obs. or Archaic]

That . . . I may assert Eternal Providence,
And justify the ways of God to men.
Milton.

I will assert it from the scandal.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.

To assert one's self, to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition.


word: Asserter
definition:
Asserter

As*sert"er
(_;)
n.
One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.

The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church.
Milman.


word: Assertion
definition:
Assertion

As*ser"tion
(_;)
n.
[L. assertio, fr. asserere.]
1.
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

There is a difference between assertion and demonstration.
Macaulay.

2.
Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.


word: Assertive
definition:
Assertive

As*sert"ive
(_;)
a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

In a confident and assertive form.
Glanvill.


word: Assertor
definition:
Assertor

As*sert"or
(_;)
n.
[L., fr. asserere.]
One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.

The assertors of liberty said not a word.
Macaulay.

Faithful assertor of thy country's cause.
Prior.


word: Assertorial
definition:
Assertorial

As`ser*to"ri*al
(_;)
a.
Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.


word: Assertory
definition:
Assertory

As*sert"o*ry
(_;)
a.
[L. assertorius, fr. asserere.]
Affirming; maintaining.

Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory.
Jer. Taylor.

An assertory, not a promissory, declaration.
Bentham.

A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Assess
definition:
Assess

As*sess"
(_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Assessed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Assessing.]
[OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL. assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to assess, tax. Cf. Assize, v., Cess.]
1.
To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

2.
To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.

3.
To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.

4.
To fix or determine the rate or amount of.

This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act.
Blackstone.


word: Assession
definition:
Assession

As*ses"sion
(_;)
n.
[L. assessio, fr. assid_;re to sit by or near; ad + sed_;re to sit. See Sit.]
A sitting beside or near.


word: Assessment
definition:
Assessment

As*sess"ment
(_;)
n.
[LL. assessamentum.]
1.
The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

2.
A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property.

&hand_; An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum certain or determined by law. It is a valuation of the property of those who are to pay the tax, for the purpose of fixing the proportion which each man shall pay.
Blackstone. Burrill.

3.
The specific sum levied or assessed.

4.
An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a “call”).
[U. S.]


