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n. One who accomplishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 death's-head moth.
Syn. -- genus Acherontia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as Akocanthera.
Syn. -- Akocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; distributed from Arabia to Africa.
Syn. -- Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of birds comprising the mynas.
Syn. -- genus Acridotheres. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Adhered p. pr. & vb. n. Adhering ] [ L. adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere to stick: cf. F. adhérer. See Aghast. ] 1. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. “Nor time nor place did then adhere.” “Every thing adheres together.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adhérence, LL. adhaerentia. ] 1. The quality or state of adhering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adherence, Adhesion. These words, which were once freely interchanged, are now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer used to denote physical union, but is applied, to mental states or habits; as, a strict adherence to one's duty; close adherence to the argument, etc. Adhesion is now confined chiefly to the physical sense, except in the phrase “To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adheres. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adhérent. ] 1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adheres; an appendage. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adherent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres; an adherent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + dia` through + &unr_;heat. ] Not pervious to heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who admonishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in aëography: an aërologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + sphere: cf. F. aérosphère. ] The atmosphere. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Everywhere. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together. ] 1. All together; conjointly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Altogether they went at once. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without exception; wholly; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”. [ informal ]
Syn. -- raw, buff, birthday suit [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One lying in ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. anther. ] (Bot.) Destitute of anthers. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. & a. [ An a, one + other. ] 1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not the same; different. [ 1913 Webster ]

He winks, and turns his lips another way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, “love one another, ” that is, let each love the other or others. “These two imparadised in one another's arms.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another kind. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates. ] Of another sort. [ Obs. ] “Another-gates adventure.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another sort. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. anthère, L. anthera a medicine composed of flowers, fr. Gr. &unr_; flowery, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary. -- An"ther*al a. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. 1 a genus of large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality.
Syn. -- genus Antheraea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Botany) capable of fertilizing female organs.
Syn. -- staminate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
Syn. -- genus Anthericum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Antheridia [ Anther + &unr_; (a Gr. diminutive ending). ] (Bot.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Anther + -ferous. ] (Bot.) (a) Producing anthers, as plants. (b) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -form. ] Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -genous. ] (Bot.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -oid. ] Resembling an anther. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; flowery + &unr_; animal + -oid. See Zooid. ] (Bot.) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who seceded from the Scottish Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Wireless Teleg.) A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Med.) Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli. -- n. An antidiphtheritic agent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In any place. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To or towards any place. [ Archaic ] De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aphaeresis, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to take away; &unr_; + &unr_; to take. ] 1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [ Obs. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]