a. Diminishing;
adj.
a. [ L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink. ]
Under his special eye
Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Obtained from plants by distillation. [ Obs. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetaria, n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] Used in salads;
a. [ Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux. ]
adv. In an acrimonious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. addititius, fr. addere. ] Additive. [ R. ] Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ L. adjectitius. ] Added; additional. Parkhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Adopted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adscitus, p. p. of adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know. ] Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. “Adscititious evidence.” Bowring. --
a. [ L. adventitius. ]
To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
--
a. Hostile. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alacer, alacris. ] Brisk; joyously active; lively. [ 1913 Webster ]
'T were well if we were a little more alacrious. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With alacrity; briskly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Alacrity. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Affording food; nourishing. [ R. ] “Alimonious humors.” Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Alkaline. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. alluvius. See Alluvion. ] Alluvial. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. [ L. amatorius, fr. amare to love. ] Amatory. [ Obs. ] “Amatorious poem.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ambagiosus. ] Circumlocutory; circuitous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See Ambition. ]
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honorable man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in vain. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
A giant statue . . .
Pushed by a wild and artless race,
From off wide, ambitious base. Collins. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an ambitious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Like an amphibious being. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Opposing or destroying contagion. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest;
a. [ L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr.
The sweet of life, from which
God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Anxious is followed by
adv. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. arbitrarius. See Arbitrary. ] Arbitrary; despotic. [ Obs. ] --
a. [ L. arenarius, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy;
a. [ L. arreptitius. ] Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. arsénieux. ]
a. [ L. artificiosus. ] Artificial. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Adscititious. ] Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed. [ 1913 Webster ]
Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ascriptitius, fr. ascribere. ]
An ascriptitious and supernumerary God. Farindon. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceæ or borageworts. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. astucieux. See Astute. ] Subtle; cunning; astute. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. --