n. [ L. additamentum, fr. additus, p. p. of addere to add. ] An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Afforcement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flame. ] In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Named before. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Aftergame at Irish,
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a. (Zool.) See Amoebean. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Resembling an amoeba especially in the shape or manner of motion
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n. A natural family of fish comprising the North American catfishes.
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n. [ OE. amell, OF. esmail, F. émail, of German origin; cf. OHG. smelzi, G. schmelz. See Smelt, v. t. ] Enamel. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. amellen, OF. esmailler, F. émailler, OF. esmail, F. émail. ] To enamel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Enlightened all with stars,
And richly ameled. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Ger. amelkorn: cf. MHG. amel, amer, spelt, and L. amylum starch, Gr. &unr_;. ] A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also
a. Capable of being ameliorated. [ 1913 Webster ]
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In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To grow better; to meliorate;
adj. prenom. [ p. pr. of ameliorate. ] causing improvement in or reducing the bad effects of an unfavorable condition.
n. [ Cf. F. amélioration. ] The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. “Amelioration of human affairs.” J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement;
n. One who ameliorates. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj., adv., & n. [ L. amen, Gr.
And let all the people say, Amen. Ps. cvi. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. [ 1913 Webster ]
To say amen to,
v. t. To say Amen to; to sanction fully. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. amener to lead; &unr_; (L. ad) = mener to lead, fr. L. minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten, minae threats. See Menace. ]
Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an amenable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. amesnagier. See Manage. ] To manage. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. See Amenable. ] Behavior; bearing. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Mar not the thing that can not be amended. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
To amend a bill,
v. i. To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. “My fortune . . . amends.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being amended;
a. Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. See Amend. ] A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amende honorable (Old French Law)
n. One who amends. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Much improving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. amendement, LL. amendamentum. ]
n. sing. & pl. [ F. amendes, pl. of amende. Cf. Amende. ] Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [ Now const. with sing. verb. ] “An honorable amends.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]
This climate has not seduced by its amenities. W. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]