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n. [ AS. ængel, engel, influenced by OF. angele, angle, F. ange. Both the AS. and the OF. words are from L. angelus, Gr. 'a`ggelos messenger, a messenger of God, an angel. ] 1. A messenger. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The dear good angel of the Spring,
The nightingale. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope,
Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of a class of “fallen angels;” an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write. Rev. ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Attendant spirit; genius; demon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. [ 1913 Webster ]

When pain and anguish wring the brow,
A ministering angel thou. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Numis.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Angel is sometimes used adjectively; as, angel grace; angel whiteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angel bed, a bed without posts. --
Angel fish. (Zool.) (a) A species of shark (Squatina angelus) from six to eight feet long, found on the coasts of Europe and North America. It takes its name from its pectoral fins, which are very large and extend horizontally like wings when spread. (b) One of several species of compressed, bright colored fishes warm seas, belonging to the family Chætodontidæ. --
Angel gold, standard gold. [ Obs. ] Fuller. --
Angel shark. See Angel fish. --
Angel shot (Mil.), a kind of chain shot. --
Angel water, a perfumed liquid made at first chiefly from angelica; afterwards containing rose, myrtle, and orange-flower waters, with ambergris, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Existence or state of angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. angelet. ] A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. See under Angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Angelica. ] (Chem.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Angelic. ] (Bot.) 1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. angelicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. angélique. ] 1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. “Angelic harps.” Thomson.“Angelical actions.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; as, an angelic smile.
Syn. -- angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; as, angelic benificence.
Syn. -- angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make like an angel; to angelize. [ Obs. ] Farindon (1647). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic. [ 1913 Webster ]

It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man. W. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Resembling an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; service, worship. ] Worship paid to angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. angelus, Gr. &unr_; + -logy. ] A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; to appear. ] The actual appearance of an angel to man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. angelot, LL. angelotus, angellotus, dim. of angelus. See Angel. ] 1. A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. (b) The Angelus bell. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. anger, angre, affliction, anger, fr. Icel. angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger regret, Swed. ånger regret, AS. ange oppressed, sad, L. angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Gr. 'a`gchein to strangle, Skr. a&mdot_;has pain, and to E. anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perh. awe, ugly. The word seems to have orig. meant to choke, squeeze. √3. ] 1. Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen. -- Anger, Indignation, Resentment, Wrath, Ire, Rage, Fury. Anger is a feeling of keen displeasure (usually with a desire to punish) for what we regard as wrong toward ourselves or others. It may be excessive or misplaced, but is not necessarily criminal. Indignation is a generous outburst of anger in view of things which are indigna, or unworthy to be done, involving what is mean, cruel, flagitious, etc., in character or conduct. Resentment is often a moody feeling, leading one to brood over his supposed personal wrongs with a deep and lasting anger. See Resentment. Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of anger; and fury is an excess of rage, amounting almost to madness. Warmth of constitution often gives rise to anger; a high sense of honor creates indignation at crime; a man of quick sensibilities is apt to cherish resentment; the wrath and ire of men are often connected with a haughty and vindictive spirit; rage and fury are distempers of the soul to be regarded only with abhorrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Angered p. pr. & vb. n. Angering. ] [ Cf. Icel. angra. ] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . angereth malign ulcers. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Angrily. [ Obs. or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Anjou.
Syn. -- Angevine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. Angevin. ] Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. -- n. A native of Anjou. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. archangélique. ] Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

So [ they ] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mechanism previously arranged. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a schedule and itinerary established prior to departure; -- of travel plans. an arranged tour of Madrid [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 deliberately arranged for effect. candid
Syn. -- staged [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who arranges. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an automatic device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.
Syn. -- record changer, changer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Mil.) The range within which the fire of small arms is very destructive. With the magazine rifle, this is six hundred yards. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + tangent. ] (Geom.) Possessing the property of touching at two points. -- n. A line that touches a curve in two points. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. blancmanger, lit. white food; blanc white + manger to eat. ] (Cookery) A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with milk, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Blancmange. ] A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D. boom tree + slang snake. ] (Zool.) A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Boulanger, a French mineralogist. ] (Min.) A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Changed p. pr. & vb. n. Changing. ] [ F. changer, fr. LL. cambiare, to exchange, barter, L. cambire. Cf. Cambial. ] 1. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that do change old love for new,
Pray gods, they change for worse! Peele. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left. --
To change hands, to change owners. --
To change one's tune, to become less confident or boastful. [ Colloq. ] --
To change step, to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance.

Syn. -- To alter; vary; deviate; substitute; innovate; diversify; shift; veer; turn. See Alter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better. [ 1913 Webster ]

For I am Lord, I change not. Mal. iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. change, fr. changer. See Change. v. t. ] 1. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our fathers did for change to France repair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ringing grooves of change. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments. Judg. xiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. [ See Exchange. ] A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. [ Colloq. for Exchange. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A public house; an alehouse. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They call an alehouse a change. Burt. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Change of life, the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age. --
Change ringing, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. --
Change wheel (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc. --
To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.

Syn. -- Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation; revolution; reverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Changeableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. changeable. ] 1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

Syn. -- Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful; vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a changeable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His course had been changeful. Motley.

-- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; -- called also
change-speed gear. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; -- distinguished from a master key. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.

-- Change"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]