n. Behavior. [ Obs. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.),
n.
a. [ L. aberrans, -rantis, p. pr. of aberrare. See Aberr. ]
The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Abranchiate. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr.
a. (Zool.) Without gills. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
‖a. [ It. ] (Mus.) Gradually accelerating the movement. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., from Gr.
a. Wanting a skull. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F., p. pr. of administrer. See Administer. ] Executive; acting; managing affairs. --
n. [ Cf. OF. admirance. ] Admiration. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. adulterans, p. pr. of adulterare. ] That which is used to adulterate anything. --
a. [ L. adumbrans, p. pr. of adumbrare. ] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, goat + &unr_;, n. pl., heads. ] (Arch.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ F., shaded enamel. ] (Fine Arts) An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ F. affranchir; &unr_; (L. ad) + franc free. See Franchise and Frank. ] To make free; to enfranchise. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. affranchissement. ] The act of making free; enfranchisement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being aggrandized. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Aggrandizement. [ Obs. ] Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To increase or become great. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. agrandissement. ] The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement;
n. One who aggrandizes, or makes great. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ alcoran, fr. Ar. al-qorān, orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf. Koran. ] The Muslim Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).
a. Of or pertaining to the Koran. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. [ Ar. al-debarān, fr. dabar to follow; so called because this star follows upon the Pleiades. ] (Astron.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the
Now when Aldebaran was mounted high
Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The Muslim Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Alcoranic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Alcoranist. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Allurement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. alterans, p. pr.: cf. F. altérant. ] Altering; gradually changing. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An alterative. [ R. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Amaranth, 1. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. amarantus, Gr. &unr_;, unfading, amaranth;
n.
a.
They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Anastomosing + branch. ] A branch of a river that reënters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [ Australia ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form branch islands. Col. Jackson. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gr.
n. (Zool.) One of the Anomura. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Preceding dinner. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n.
n. .
n.