n. (Law) One to whom anything is legally abandoned. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated;
n. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t. [ Pref. a- + deem. ] To award; to adjudge. [ Obs. ] “Unto him they did addeem the prise.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One to whom anything is addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. adimere. See Ademption. ] (Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. avowe, F. avoué, fr. L. advocatus. See Advocate, Avowee, Avoyer. ] One who has an advowson. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. aforer, afeurer, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L. ad + forum market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning price. ]
Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. aforement. ] (Old Law) The act of affeering. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who receives an affront. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Afrit. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
If music and sweet poetry agree. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56. [ 1913 Webster ]
The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]
Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? Matt. xx. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. “The jury were agreed.” Macaulay. “Can two walk together, except they be agreed ?” Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. “I agree me well to your desire.” Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ OF. agreablete. ]
a. [ F. agréable. ]
A train of agreeable reveries. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature. Pearce. [ 1913 Webster ]
The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Both clad in shepherds' weeds agreeably. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. prenom.
adv. In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. agrément. ]
What agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? 2 Cor. vi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Expansion and duration have this further agreement. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who agrees. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. a tree (Blighia sapida) widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by
adv. On the knee. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
Albe Clarissa were their chiefest founderess. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Pref. a- + lee. ] (Naut.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hard alee, or
Luff alee
n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to
It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made. [ 1913 Webster ]
. Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. An act of charity. Acts ix. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]
A species of
. (Zool.) A bark beetle that makes and feeds on ambrosia{ 4 }. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]
n. The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. “Oil of aniseed.” Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; from the earth; &unr_; from + &unr_;, &unr_;, earth: cf. F. apogée. ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. appelé, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare. ] (Law)
n. [ F. appointé, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t. ]
The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768). [ 1913 Webster ]
A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + reek. ] In a reeking condition. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Arrest, v. ] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment. [ 1913 Webster ]
. 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]