English Dictionary: agape | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Onion \On"ion\, n. [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a single large pearl, an onion. See {One}, {Union}.] (Bot.) A liliaceous plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. cepa}), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus. {Onion fish} (Zo[94]l.), the grenadier. {Onion fly} (Zo[94]l.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon the onion; especially, {Anthomyia ceparum} and {Ortalis flexa}. {Welsh onion}. (Bot.) See {Cibol}. {Wild onion} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus {Allium}. | |
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Pipevine \Pipe"vine`\, n. Any climbing species of {Aristolochia}; esp., the Dutchman's pipe ({A. sipho}). | |
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Achieve \A*chieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Achieved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Achieving}.] [OE. acheven, OF. achever, achiever, F. achever, to finish; [85] (L. ad) + OF. chief, F. chef, end, head, fr. L. caput head. See {Chief}.] 1. To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise. Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. --I. Taylor. 2. To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. Some are born great, some achieve greatness. --Shak. Thou hast achieved our liberty. --Milton. Note: [[Obs]., with a material thing as the aim.] Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved. --Prior. He hath achieved a maid That paragons description. --Shak. 3. To finish; to kill. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: To accomplish; effect; fulfill; complete; execute; perform; realize; obtain. See {Accomplish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Agape \[d8]Ag"a*pe\, n.; pl. {Agap[91]}. [Gr. 'aga`ph love, pl. 'aga`pai.] The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agape \A*gape"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + gape.] Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agave \A*ga"ve\, n. [L. Agave, prop. name, fr. Gr. [?], fem. of [?] illustrious, noble.] (bot.) A genus of plants (order {Amaryllidace[91]}) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant ({A. Americana}), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) The century plant, a species of {Agave} ({A. Americana}). See {Agave}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Ajouan \[d8]Aj"ou*an\ d8Ajowan \[d8]Aj"ow*an\, n. [Written also {ajwain}.] [Prob. native name.] (Bot.) The fruit of {Ammi Copticum}, syn. {Carum Ajowan}, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also {Javanee seed}, {Javanese seed}, and {ajava}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
As \As\ ([acr]z), adv. & conj. [OE. as, als, alse, also, al swa, AS. eal sw[be], lit. all so; hence, quite so, quite as: cf. G. als as, than, also so, then. See {Also}.] 1. Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden. His spiritual attendants adjured him, as he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren. --Macaulay. Note: As is often preceded by one of the antecedent or correlative words such, same, so, or as, in expressing an equality or comparison; as, give us such things as you please, and so long as you please, or as long as you please; he is not so brave as Cato; she is as amiable as she is handsome; come as quickly as possible. [bd]Bees appear fortunately to prefer the same colors as we do.[b8] --Lubbock. As, in a preceding part of a sentence, has such or so to answer correlatively to it; as with the people, so with the priest. 2. In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet. The beggar is greater as a man, than is the man merely as a king. --Dewey. 3. While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke. As I return I will fetch off these justices. --Shak. 4. Because; since; it being the case that. As the population of Scotland had been generally trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared. --Sir W. Scott. [See Synonym under {Because}.] 5. Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning). We wish, however, to avail ourselves of the interest, transient as it may be, which this work has excited. --Macaulay. 6. That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such. [Obs.] I can place thee in such abject state, as help shall never find thee. --Rowe. {So as}, so that. [Obs.] The relations are so uncertain as they require a great deal of examination. --Bacon. 7. As if; as though. [Obs. or Poetic] He lies, as he his bliss did know. --Waller. 8. For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations. 9. Than. [Obs. & R.] The king was not more forward to bestow favors on them as they free to deal affronts to others their superiors. --Fuller. 10. Expressing a wish. [Obs.] [bd]As have,[b8] Note: i. e., may he have. --Chaucer. {As . . as}. See {So . . as}, under {So}. {As far as}, to the extent or degree. [bd]As far as can be ascertained.[b8] --Macaulay. {As far forth as}, as far as. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {As for}, [or] {As to}, in regard to; with respect to. {As good as}, not less than; not falling short of. {As good as one's word}, faithful to a promise. {As if}, or {As though}, of the same kind, or in the same condition or manner, that it would be if. {As it were} (as if it were), a qualifying phrase used to apologize for or to relieve some expression which might be regarded as inappropriate or incongruous; in a manner. {As now}, just now. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {As swythe}, as quickly as possible. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {As well}, also; too; besides. --Addison. {As well as}, equally with, no less than. [bd]I have understanding as well as you.[b8] --Job xii. 3. {As yet}, until now; up to or at the present time; still; now. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
If \If\, conj. [OE. if, gif, AS. gif; akin to OFries. ief, gef, ef, OS. ef, of, D. of, or, whether, if, G. ob whether, if, OHG. oba, ibu, Icel. ef, Goth. iba, ibai, an interrogative particle; properly a case form of a noun meaning, doubt (cf. OHG. iba doubt, condition, Icel. if, ef, ifi, efi), and therefore orig. meaning, on condition that.] 1. In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition. Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if [d1]dipus deserve thy care. --Pope. If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. --Matt. iv. 3. 2. Whether; -- in dependent questions. Uncertain if by augury or chance. --Dryden. She doubts if two and two make four. --Prior. {As if}, {But if}. See under {As}, {But}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Asp \Asp\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Aspen}. [bd]Trembling poplar or asp.[b8] --Martyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe, F. aspic.] (Zo[94]l.) A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the {Naja haje}. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to {Vipera aspis} of southern Europe. See {Haje}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Aspen \Asp"en\ ([acr]s"p[ecr]n), Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [AS. [91]sp, [91]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. [94]sp, Dan. [91]sp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, [84]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.) One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the {Populus tremula}, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Haye \Ha"ye\, n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo[94]l.) The Egyptian asp or cobra ({Naja haje}.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called {Cleopatra's snake} or {asp}. See {Asp}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Asp \Asp\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Aspen}. [bd]Trembling poplar or asp.[b8] --Martyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe, F. aspic.] (Zo[94]l.) A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the {Naja haje}. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to {Vipera aspis} of southern Europe. See {Haje}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Aspen \Asp"en\ ([acr]s"p[ecr]n), Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [AS. [91]sp, [91]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. [94]sp, Dan. [91]sp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, [84]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.) One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the {Populus tremula}, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Haye \Ha"ye\, n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo[94]l.) The Egyptian asp or cobra ({Naja haje}.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called {Cleopatra's snake} or {asp}. See {Asp}. | |
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Asweve \A*sweve"\, v. t. [AS. aswebban; a + swebban. See {Sweven}.] To stupefy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ACAP {Application Configuration Access Protocol} | |
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ACF {Advanced Communications Function} | |
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ACP {Algebra of Communicating Processes} | |
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ACPI {Advanced Configuration and Power Interface} | |
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AESOP {An Evolutionary System for On-line Programming} | |
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AGP {Accelerated Graphics Port} | |
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asap (1999-10-13) | |
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ASF {Algebraic Specification Language} | |
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ASP 1. 2. 3. [Sammet 1969, p.702]. 4. (2000-07-08) | |
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ASPI {Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Akkub (another form of Jacob). (1.) The head of one of the families of Nethinim (Ezra 2:45). (2.) A Levite who kept the gate of the temple after the return from Babylon (1 Chr. 9:17; Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45). (3.) A descendant of David (1 Chr. 3:24). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Asaph convener, or collector. (1.) A Levite; one of the leaders of David's choir (1 Chr. 6:39). Psalms 50 and 73-83 inclusive are attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and a "seer" (2 Chr. 29:30). The "sons of Asaph," mentioned in 1 Chr. 25:1, 2 Chr. 20:14, and Ezra 2:41, were his descendants, or more probably a class of poets or singers who recognized him as their master. (2.) The "recorder" in the time of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18, 37). (3.) The "keeper of the king's forest," to whom Nehemiah requested from Artaxerxes a "letter" that he might give him timber for the temple at Jerusalem (Neh. 2:8). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Asp (Heb. pethen), Deut. 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isa. 11:8. It was probably the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), which was very poisonous (Rom. 3:13; Gr. aspis). The Egyptians worshipped it as the _uraeus_, and it was found in the desert and in the fields. The peace and security of Messiah's reign is represented by the figure of a child playing on the hole of the asp. (See {ADDER}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Azubah deserted. (1.) The wife of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:18, 19). (2.) The daughter of Shilhi, and mother of king Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:42). | |
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Achab, brother of the father | |
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Ahasbai, trusting in me; a grown-up brother | |
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Akkub, foot-print; supplanting; crookedness; lewdness | |
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Asaph, who gathers together | |
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Azubah, forsaken |