-nỏ, move, nor, nôt;-tùbe, tüb, bull;-öll ;-pound;-thin, THIS. ADORATION, âd-do-rå'shủn. s. The ADVANTAGE-GROUND, ad-vẫn′tâje Ground that gives superiority, and opportunities of annoyance external homage paid to the divinity; homage paid to persons in high place or esteem. To ADORE, á-dore'. v. a. To worship with external homage. ADORER, â-do'růr. s. (98). He that adores; a worshipper. TO ADORN, å-dorn'. v. a. (167.) To dress; to deck the person with ornaments; - to set out any place or thing with decorations. ADORNMENT, â-dòrn'mẻnt. s. Orna ment, embellishment. ADOWN, â-doin'. ad. (323). Down, on the ground. ADOWN, 4-dòùn'. prep. Down to wards the ground. ADROIT, â-droit'. a. (305). Active, skilful. ADROITNESS, åâ-droit'ness. s. Dexterity, readiness, activity. ADRY, á-dri'. ad. Athirst, thirsty. ADSCITITIOUS, âd-sé-tish'ùs. a. That which is taken in to complete something else. (314). ADSTRICTION, âd-strik'shůn. s. The act of binding together. To To ADVANCE, âd-vânse'. v. a. (78). To bring forward, in the local sense; to raise to preferment; to aggrandize; to improve; to forward; to accelerate; to propose; to offer to the public. To ADVANCE, åd-vânse'. v. n. come forward; to make improvement. ADVANCE, ád-vânse'. s. (79). The act of coming forward; a tendency to come forward to meet a lover; progression, rise from one point to another; improvement; progress towards perfection. ADVANCEMENT, âd-vânse'mênt. s. The act of coming forward; the state of being advanced; preferment; improvement. ADVANCER, &d vẫn’sur. s. (98). A promoter, forwarder. ADVANTAGE, &d-vấnt&dje. S. (90). Superiority; superiority gained by stratagem; gain; profit; preponderation on one side of the comparison. To ADVANTAGE, åd-vân'tâdje. v. a. To benefit; to promote; to bring forward. ADVANTAGED, åd-vân'tâ-jêd. a. Possessed of advantages. (362). ground. s. or resistance. ness. s. convenience. To ac Adven To ADVENE, âd-vène'. v. n. cede to something; to be superadded. ADVENIENT, âd-vè'né-ènt. a. ing, superadded... ADVENT, åd'vent. s. The name of one of the holy seasons, signifying the coming; this is, the coming of our Saviour; which is made the subject of our devotion during the four weeks before Christmas. ADVENTINE, âd-vên'tin. a. (140). Adventitious; that which is extrinsically added. ADVENTITIOUS, åd-ven-tish'ús. a. That which advenes; extrinsically ad led. ADVENTIVE, âd-ven'tiv. s. (157). The thing or person that comes from without. ADVENTUAL, âd-vèn'tshù-âl. a. (461).. ADVENTURE, âd-ven'tshure. s. (461). Relating to the season of Advent, An accident, a chance, a hazard; an ens terprise in which something must be left to hazard. TO ADVENTURE, âd-ven'tshûre. v. n. To try the chance; to dare. ADVENTURER, åd-ven'tshur-år. s. He that seeks occasions of hazard; he that puts himself in the hands of chance. (98). ADVENTUROUS, âd-ven'tshùr-ůs. a. He that is inclined to adventures; daring; courageous; full of hazard; dangerous. ADVENTUROUSLY, âd-ven'tshur-us-lė. ad. Boldly, daringly. ADVENTURESOME, âd-ven'tshùr-sům, a. The same with adventurous. ADVENTURESOMENESS, åd-ven'tshursûm-ness. s. (461). The quality of being adventuresome. ADVERB, âd'verb. S. A word joined to a verb or adjective, and solely applied to the use of qualifying and restraining the latitude of their signification. ADVERBIAL, âd-ver'bê-âl. a. That which has the quality or structure of an adverb, C (559).-Fåte, får, fåll, fât;—mè, mêt ;-pine, pîin ; ADVERBIALLY, ADVERSARY, åd'ver-sa-rẻ. s. (512). ADVERSE, âd'verse. a. Acting with contrary directions; calamitous, afflictive; opposed to prosperous. ADVERSITY, ad-ver'sẻ-tè. s. (511). Affliction, calamity; the cause of our sorrow; misfortune; the state of unhappiness; misery. To at ADVERSELY, áď'verse-lè. a. Opposite- Atten TO ADVERTISE, âd-ver-tize'. v. a. } S. the accentuation of the verbs from which "Wherein he did the King his lord adver- "Now pris'ner to the palsy, chastise thee." RICHARD II. "And chastisement doth therefore hide its But since that time the verbs advertise and where the termination ise has not the ac cent either primary or secondary; and if an alteration must be made to reconcile the pronunciation of the simple with that of the compound, we should find it much easier to change advértisement and chastisement into advertisement and chastisement, than advertise and chastise into advertise and chastise; but the irregularity seems too inveterate to admit of any alteration. ADVERTISER, fâd-vẻr-tiʼzůr. s. (98). He that gives intelligence or information; the paper in which advertisements are published. ADVERTISING, âd-vér-tiʼzing. a. Ac- ADVISEABLENESS, åd-vi'zâ-bl-ness. s. TO ADVISE, ád-vize'. v. n. (499). To ADVISER, ád-vi'zůr. s. (98). The flatterer. ADULATORY, âd'jù-lå-tůr'ré. a. Flat- the age of infancy. ADULTNESS, â-dûlt'ness. s. The state of being adult. up. ADUST, â-důst'. a. Burnt up, scorched; it is generally now applied to the humours of the body. -no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tub, bùll ;-ỏil ;-pound;-thin, THIS. To ADULTER, â-důl'tür. v. a. (98). | ADVOWSON, åd-vou zůn. s. (170), (556). To commit adultery with another. A right to present to a benefice. ADULTERANT, â-důl'tůr-ânt. s. · The To ADURE, â-dúre', v. n. To burn person or thing which adulterates. TO ADULTERATE, â-dûl'túr-åte. v. a. To commit adultery; to corrupt by some foreign admixture. (91). ADULTERATE, â-dûi'tür-åte. a. (91). Tainted with the guilt of adultery; corrupted with some foreign admixture. ADULTERATENESS, â-důì'tûr-åte-ness. s. (91) (98) (559). The quality or state of being adulterate. ADULTERATION, â-důl'tůr-à'shůn. s. The act of corrupting by foreign mixture; the state of being contaminated. ADULTERER, â-dûi'túr-úr. s. (98). | A child born of an adulteress. ADULTEROUS, â-dültür-ůs. a, (314). S. (556). The act of violating the bed of a married person. That ADUMBRANT, âd-ům′brânt. a. Crookedness, hookedness. ed. ADUSTED, â-důst'ed. a. Burnt, dried with fire. ADUSTIBLE, á-düs'tè-bl. a. (179). That which may be adusted, or burnt up. ADUSTION, â-düs'tshůn. S. (464). The act of burning up, or drying. EGYPTIACUM, è-jip-ti'â-cům. (460). s. An ointment consisting of honey, verdigris, and vinegar. AERIAL, à-è'rè-ål. a. Belonging to the AERIE, è'ré. s. A nest of hawks and The doctrine of the air. s. (556). AEROMANCY, à'ůr-o-mân-se. s. (519). The art of measuring the air. One who AEROSCOPY, à-ůr-ôs'kò-pê. s. (518). The observation of the air. ETHIOPS-MINERAL, e'the-ups-min'ůrrâl. s. A medicine so called, from its dark colour, made of quicksilver and súlphur ground together in a marble mortar. ÆTITES, è-ti'téz. s. Eagle-stone. AFAR, á-får'. a. At a great distance ; to a great distance. AFEARD, á-fèrd'. participial a. Fright .ened, terrified, afraid. AFER, à'für. s. (98). The south-west wind. AFFABILITY, âf-fâ-bil′lè-të s. Easi- AFFABLE, âf'få-bl. a. (405). Easy of AFFAIR, âf-fare'. s. Business, some To AFFEAR, âf-fère'. To confirm, to establish. (559).-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;-mè, mêt;—pine, pîn ;— AFFECT, âf-fékt'. s. Affection, passion, sensation. To AFFECT, af-fékt'. v. a. To act upon; to produce effects in any other thing; to move the passions; to aim at; to aspire to; to be fond of; to be pleased with; to love; to practise the appearance of any thing, with some degree of hypocrisy; to imitate in an unnatural and constrained manner. AFFECTATION, âf-fék-tà'shůn. s. The act of making an artificial appearance; awkward imitation. AFFECTED, âf-iek'tèd. participial a. AFFIDAVIT, âf-fè-dà'vit. s. A declara Moved, touched with affection; studied To AFFIRM, âf-fêrm'. v. n. (108). an with over-much care; in a personal sense, full of affectation, as, an affected lady. AFFECTEDLY, âf-iék'têd-ié. ad. In affected manner, bypocritically. AFFECTEDNESS, âf-fék'têd-ness. s. The quality of being affected. AFFECTION, át-iek'shůn. s. The state of being affected by any cause, or agent; passion of any kind; love, kindness, goodwill to some person. a. AFFECTIONATE, âf-fèk'shún-åte. Fuli of affection, warm, zealous; fond, tender. AFFECTIONATELY, áf-fék'shûn-åte-lè. ad. (91). Fondly, tenderly. AFFECTIONATENESS, af-fèk'shûn-ateness. s. Fondness, tenderness, good will. In AFFECTIONED, âf-fék'shund. a. Affected; conceited; inclined; mentally disposed. (559). AFFECTIOUSLY, âf-fék'shús-lé. ad. an affecting manner. AFFECTIVE, âf-fektiv. a. That which affects, which strongly touches. AFFECTUOSITY, âf-fék-tshù-ôs'sé-tè. Passionateness. S. AFFECTUOUS, âf-fêk'tshù-ůs. a. Full of passion. (464). To AFFERE, af-fère'. v. a. A law term, signifying to confirm. AFFIANCE, af-fi'ânse. s. A marriage contract; trust in general; confidence; trust in the divine promises and protection. To AFFIANCE, âf-fl'ânse. v. a. To betroth; to bind any one by promise to marriage; to give confidence. AFFIANCER, âf-fi'ân-sûr. s. He that makes a contract of marriage between two parties. AFFIDATION, âf-fè-dà'shûn, AFFIDATURE, âf-fé-da'tshúre. S. Mutual contract; mutual oath of fidelity. To declare; to assert confidently; opposed to the word deny. AFFIRM, âf-ferm'. v. a. To ratify or approve a former law, or judgment. AFFIRMABLE, âf-fer'må-bl. a. which may be affirmed. That AFFIRMANCE, åf-fèr'mânse. s. Confirmation; opposed to repeal. AFFIRMANT, âf-fër'mânt. s. The person that affirms. AFFIRMATION, âf-fêr-måʼshûn. s. The act of afirmang or declaring; opposed to negation; the position athrmed; confirmation; opposed to repeal. AFFIRMATIVE, åt-fèr'nâ-tiv. (158). a. That which affirms; opposed to negative; that which can or may be affirmed. AFFIRMATIVELY, âl-fér'mâ-tiv-lè. ad. On the positive side, not negatively. AFFIRMER, âf-lér'mûr. s. (98). The person that affirms. To AFFIX, ât-fiks'. v. a. the end; to subjoin. AFFIX, affiks. s. (492). united to the end of a word. AFFIXION, âf-fik'shûn. s. To unite to A particle The act of affixing; the state of being affixed. AFFLATION, ât-fia'shun. s. Act of breathing upon any thing. S. AFFLATUS, af-flà'tus. s. Communication of the power of prophecy. To AFFLICT, âf-flikt'. v. a. To put to pain; to grieve; to torment. AFFLICTEDNESS, åt-flik'têd-nės. Sorrowfulness, grief. AFFLICTER, åf-flik'tûr. s. (98). The person that afflicts. AFFLICTION, âf-flik'shůn. s. The cause of pain or sorrow; calamity; the state of sorrowfulness; misery. AFFLICTIVE, âf-flik'tiv. a. (158). Painful, tormenting. -nỏ, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tub, båll ;-ôil ;-pound; thin, THIS. AFFLUENCE, âf'fìù-ênse. s. AFLAT, â-flât'. ad. Level with the The act of flowing to any place; concourse; exuberance of riches; plenty, AFFLUENCY, âf'flù-en-sé. s. The same with affluence. AFFLUENT, âf'flúù-ént. a. Flowing to any part; abundant, exuberant, wealthy. AFFLUENTNESS, âf'flù-ént-ness. s. The quality of being affluent. AFFLUX, âf'fluks. s. The act of flowing to some place; affluence; that which flows to any place. AFFLUXION, af-flûk'shûn. s. The act of flowing to a particular place; that which flows from one place to another. To AFFORD, âf-ford'. v. a. To yield or produce; to grant, or confer any thing; to be able to sell; to be able to hear ex penses. To AFFOREST, åf-för'rest. v. a. (109). (168). To tura ground into forest. To AFFRANCHISE, âf-frân'tshiz. v. a. (140). To make free. To AFFRAY, áf-frà'. v. a. To fright, to terrify. AFFRAY, âf-fra'. s. A tumultuous assault of one or more persons upon others. AFFRICTION, âf-frik'shůn. s. The act of rubbing one thing upon another. To AFFRIGHT, áf-frite'. v. a. fect with fear; to terrify. AFFRIGHT, âf-frite'. s. (393). ror, fear. To af Ter AFFRIGHTFUL, âf-frite'fùl. a. Full of affright or terror; terrible. AFFRIGHTMENT, âf-frite'mẻnt. s. The impression of fear; terror; the state of fearfulness. To AFFRONT, âf-frûnt'. v. a. (¡65). To meet face to face; to encounter; to provoke by an open insult; to offend avowedly. AFFRONT, âf-frúnt', s. Insult offered to the face; outrage; act of contempt. AFFRONTER, âf-frün'tür. s. (98). The person that affronts. To pour AFFRONTING, åf-frün'ting. part. a. That which has the quality of affronting. To AFFUSE, åf-fùze', v. a. one thing upon another. AFFUSION, af-fü'zhůn. s. The act of affusing. To betroth in Το put confi To AFFY, áf-fi'. v. a. order to marriage. To AFFY, âf-fi'. v. n. dence in; to put trust ip. AFIELD, â-fèèld'. ad. (275). To the field. ground. AFLOAT, â-flote'. ad. (295). ing. Float AFOOT, â-füt'. ad. (307). On foot, not on horseback; in action, as, a design is afoot. AFORE, á-fòre'. prep. Before; nearer in place to any thing; sooner in time. AFORE, â-fòre'. ad. In time foregone or past; first in the way; in front, in the fore part. AFOREGOING, â-fòre'gd-ing. part. a. Going before. AFOREHAND, á-fòre'hånd. ad. By a previous provision; provided, prepared; previously fitted. AFOREMENTIONED, â-fòre'mên'shůnd. a. (362). Mentioned before. AFORENAMED, â-fòre'nå'mêd. a. Named before. (362). AFORESAID, âfore'såde. a. Said be fore. AFORETIME, â-fòre'time. ad. In time past. In AFRAID, â-fråde', participial a. Struck with fear; terrified; fearful. AFRESH, â-fresh'. ad. Anew, again. AFRONT, &-frůnt'. ad (165). front; in direct opposition. AFTER, âf'tur. prep. (98). Following in place; in pursuit of; behind; posterior in time; according to; in imitation of. AFTER, áf'tür. ad. In succeeding time; following another. AFTERAGES, âf'tůr-d'jêz. s. Succeeding times, posterity. AFTERALL, âf'tür-àll'. ad. At last, in fine, in conclusion. AFTERBIRTH, âf'tůr-berth. s. The secundine. |