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adv. Primarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To a fathomless depth; profoundly. “Abysmally ignorant.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an academical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an achromatic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of an acrostic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Actively. [ Obs. ] “Neither actually . . . nor passively.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of an adverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like, or from, the air; in an aërial manner. “A murmur heard aërially.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. a`ga`llochon, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ahālīm. ] A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agamic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agonistic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Basketball) A throw at the basket that completely misses, not even hitting the rim. Compare swoosh and nothing but net. [ PJC ]

adv. In the manner of alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By algebraic process. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. al, pl. alle, AS. eal, pl. ealle, Northumbrian alle, akin to D. & OHG. al, Ger. all, Icel. allr. Dan. al, Sw. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Ir. and Gael. uile, W. oll. ] 1. The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). [ 1913 Webster ]

Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess. v. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any. [ Obs. ] “Without all remedy.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When the definite article “the, ” or a possessive or a demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as, all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our families; all your citizens; all their property; all other joys. [ 1913 Webster ]

This word, not only in popular language, but in the Scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the cattle in Egypt died, all Judea and all the region round about Jordan, all men held John as a prophet, are not to be understood in a literal sense, but as including a large part, or very great numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Only; alone; nothing but. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the whole, the whole (emphatically). [ Obs. ] “All the whole army.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. “And cheeks all pale.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [ Obs. or Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All as his straying flock he fed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A damsel lay deploring
All on a rock reclined. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

All to, or
All-to. In such phrases as “all to rent, ” “all to break, ” “all-to frozen, ” etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in “all forlorn, ” and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, “The vail of the temple was to rent:” and of Judas, “He was hanged and to-burst the middle:” i. e., burst in two, or asunder. --
All along. See under Along. --
All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. [ Obs. ] “Displeased all and some.” Fairfax. --
All but. (a) Scarcely; not even. [ Obs. ] Shak. (b) Almost; nearly. “The fine arts were all but proscribed.” Macaulay. --
All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [ Low ] --
All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing. --
All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mother all over. [ Colloq. ] --
All the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference. --
All the same, nevertheless. “There they [ certain phenomena ] remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not.” J. C. Shairp. “But Rugby is a very nice place all the same.” T. Arnold. -- See also under All, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake. [ 1913 Webster ]

Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that thou seest is mine. Gen. xxxi. 43. [ 1913 Webster ]

All is used with of, like a partitive; as, all of a thing, all of us. [ 1913 Webster ]

After all, after considering everything to the contrary; nevertheless. --
All in all, a phrase which signifies all things to a person, or everything desired; (also adverbially) wholly; altogether. [ 1913 Webster ] Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee,
Forever. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Trust me not at all, or all in all. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] --
All in the wind (Naut.), a phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake. --
All told, all counted; in all. --
And all, and the rest; and everything connected. “Bring our crown and all.” Shak. --
At all. (a) In every respect; wholly; thoroughly. [ Obs. ] “She is a shrew at al(l).” Chaucer. (b) A phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences, and signifying in any way or respect; in the least degree or to the least extent; in the least; under any circumstances; as, he has no ambition at all; has he any property at all? “Nothing at all.” Shak. “If thy father at all miss me.” 1 Sam. xx. 6. --
Over all, everywhere. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ All is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning, or add force to a word. In some instances, it is completely incorporated into words, and its final consonant is dropped, as in almighty, already, always: but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen, as, all-bountiful, all-glorious, allimportant, all-surrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as, allpower, all-giver. Anciently many words, as, alabout, alaground, etc., were compounded with all, which are now written separately. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. [ Orig. all, adv., wholly: used with though or if, which being dropped before the subjunctive left all as if in the sense although. ] Although; albeit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All they were wondrous loth. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ It., according to the breve. ] (Old Church Music) With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by &unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ contr. fr. the article al the + ilah God. ] The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Muslims generally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Alamort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From T. Allan, who first distinguished it as a species. ] (min.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. allantoïque. ] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois. [ 1913 Webster ]

Allantoic acid. (Chem.) See Allantoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n.. (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; shaped like a sausage; &unr_; sausage + e'i^dos form. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. allatrare. See Latrate. ] To bark as a dog. [ Obs. ] Stubbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allayed p. pr. & vb. n. Allaying. ] [ OE. alaien, aleggen, to lay down, put down, humble, put an end to, AS. ālecgan; ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + lecgan to lay; but confused with old forms of allege, alloy, alegge. See Lay. ] 1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. [ 1913 Webster ]

It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See Alleviate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. “When the rage allays.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alloy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [ Archaic ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, allays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. 1. both plant- and flesh-eating; -- said of animals. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. alecret, halecret, hallecret. ] A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. allectare, freq. of allicere, allectum. ] To allure; to entice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. allectatio. ] Enticement; allurement. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]