English Dictionary: agitative | by the DICT Development Group |
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Stargaser \Star"gas`er\, n. 1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to {Uranoscopus}, {Astroscopus}, and allied genera, of the family {Uranoscopid[91]}. The common species of the Eastern United States are {Astroscopus anoplus}, and {A. guttatus}. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward. | |
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Acaudate \A*cau"date\, a. [Pref. a- not + caudate.] Tailless. | |
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Accede \Ac*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Acceded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acceding}.] [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. acc[82]dere. See {Cede}.] 1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to {recede}. [Obs.] --T. Gale. 2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain. Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. --T. Warton. If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. --Morley. 3. To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request. The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. --Chesterfield. Syn: To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur. | |
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Acetate \Ac"e*tate\, n. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash. | |
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Acetated \Ac"e*ta`ted\, a. Combined with acetic acid. | |
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Spindleworm \Spin"dle*worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth ({Achatodes ze[91]}) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment. | |
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Acidity \A*cid"i*ty\, n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidit[82]. See {Acid}.] The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice. | |
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Acquit \Ac*quit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquitting}.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; [?] (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See {Quit}, and cf. {Acquiet}.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. --I. Taylor. 2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions. 4. Reflexively: (a) To clear one's self. --Shak. (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly. Syn: To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See {Absolve}. | |
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Act \Act\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acting}.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but influenced by E. act, n.] 1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.] Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. --Pope. 2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic] That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no greater than our necessity. --Jer. Taylor. Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do. --Barrow. Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act extortion and the worst of crimes. --Cowper. 3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage. 4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero. 5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate. With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden. {To act a part}, to sustain the part of one of the characters in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble. {To act the part of}, to take the character of; to fulfill the duties of. | |
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Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[91]}. Note: The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or] Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler}, {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}. {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}. | |
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Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[91]}. Note: The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or] Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler}, {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}. {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}. | |
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Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Actuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Actuating}.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act.] 1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. --Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison. 2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] [bd]To actuate what you command.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate. | |
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Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.] Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] --South. | |
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Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Actuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Actuating}.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act.] 1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. --Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison. 2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] [bd]To actuate what you command.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate. | |
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Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Actuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Actuating}.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act.] 1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. --Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison. 2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] [bd]To actuate what you command.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate. | |
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Actuation \Ac`tu*a"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. actuatio.] A bringing into action; movement. --Bp. Pearson. | |
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Actuator \Ac"tu*a`tor\, n. One who actuates, or puts into action. [R.] --Melville. | |
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d8Chiretta \[d8]Chi*ret"ta\, n. [Hind. chir[be][c6]t[be].] A plant ({Agathotes Chirayta}) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge. | |
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Agitate \Ag"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agitating}.] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See {Act}, {Agent}.] 1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. [bd]Winds . . . agitate the air.[b8] --Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson. 4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle. 5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. Syn: To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass. | |
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Agitate \Ag"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agitating}.] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See {Act}, {Agent}.] 1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. [bd]Winds . . . agitate the air.[b8] --Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson. 4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle. 5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. Syn: To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass. | |
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Agitatedly \Ag"i*ta`ted*ly\, adv. In an agitated manner. | |
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Agitate \Ag"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agitating}.] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See {Act}, {Agent}.] 1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. [bd]Winds . . . agitate the air.[b8] --Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson. 4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle. 5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. Syn: To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass. | |
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Agitation \Ag`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. agitatio: cf. F. agitation.] 1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. 2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation. 3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation. [bd]Religious agitations.[b8] --Prescott. 4. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate. A logical agitation of the matter. --L'Estrange. The project now in agitation. --Swift. Syn: Emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor; perturbation. See {Emotion}. | |
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Agitative \Ag"i*ta*tive\, a. Tending to agitate. | |
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Agitator \Ag"i*ta`tor\, n. [L.] 1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also {adjutators}. --Clarendon. 3. An implement for shaking or mixing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Vertebrata}, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania). {Tunicata}, including the {Thaliacea}, and {Ascidioidea} or Ascidians. {Articulata} or {Annulosa}, including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda). | |
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Ascititious \As`ci*ti"tious\, a. [See {Adscititious}.] Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed. Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. --Pope. | |
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Assiduate \As*sid"u*ate\, a. [L. assiduatus, p. p. of assiduare to use assiduously.] Unremitting; assiduous. [Obs.] [bd]Assiduate labor.[b8] --Fabyan. | |
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Assiduity \As`si*du"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Assiduities}. [L. assiduitas: cf. F. assiduite. See {Assiduous}.] 1. Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence. I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified myself for a nomenclator. --Addison. 2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually in the plural. | |
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Assiduity \As`si*du"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Assiduities}. [L. assiduitas: cf. F. assiduite. See {Assiduous}.] 1. Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence. I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified myself for a nomenclator. --Addison. 2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually in the plural. | |
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Assuetude \As"sue*tude\, n. [L. assuetudo, fr. assuetus accustomed.] Accustomedness; habit; habitual use. Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt. --Bacon. | |
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Astate \A*state"\, n. Estate; state. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Astatic \A*stat"ic\, a. [Pref. a- not + static.] (Magnetism) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. {Astatic pair} (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers. | |
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Astatic \A*stat"ic\, a. [Pref. a- not + static.] (Magnetism) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. {Astatic pair} (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers. | |
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Astatically \A*stat"ic*al*ly\, adv. In an astatic manner. | |
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Astaticism \A*stat"i*cism\, n. The state of being astatic. | |
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Astatize \As"ta*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Astatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astatizing}.] (Magnetism) To render astatic. | |
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Astatize \As"ta*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Astatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astatizing}.] (Magnetism) To render astatic. | |
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Astatize \As"ta*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Astatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astatizing}.] (Magnetism) To render astatic. | |
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Astatki \As*tat"ki\, n. [From Russ. ostatki remnants, pl. of ostatok.] A thick liquid residuum obtained in the distillation of Russian petroleum, much used as fuel. | |
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Astute \As*tute"\, a. [L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning; perh. cognate with E. acute.] Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty. Syn: Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. {As*tute"ly}, adv. -- {As*tute"ness}, n. | |
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Astute \As*tute"\, a. [L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning; perh. cognate with E. acute.] Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty. Syn: Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. {As*tute"ly}, adv. -- {As*tute"ness}, n. | |
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Astute \As*tute"\, a. [L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning; perh. cognate with E. acute.] Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty. Syn: Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. {As*tute"ly}, adv. -- {As*tute"ness}, n. | |
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Azoted \Az"ot*ed\, a. Nitrogenized; nitrogenous. | |
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Azotite \Az"o*tite\, n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite. [R.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Astatula, FL (town, FIPS 2250) Location: 28.71055 N, 81.73490 W Population (1990): 981 (425 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34705 | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
astatine Symbol: At Atomic number: 85 Atomic weight: (210) Radioactive halogen element. Occurs naturally from uranium and thorium decay. At least 20 known isotopes. At-210, the most stable, has a half-life of 8.3 hours. Synthesized by nuclear bombardment in 1940 by D.R. Corson, K.R. MacKenzie and E. Segre at the University of California. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ashdod stronghold, a Philistine city (Josh. 15:47), about midway between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 miles from the Mediterranean. It was one of the chief seats of the worship of Dagon (1 Sam. 5:5). It belonged to the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:47), but it never came into their actual possession. It was an important city, as it stood on the highroad from Egypt to Palestine, and hence was strongly fortified (2 Chr. 26:6; Isa. 20:1). Uzziah took it, but fifty years after his death it was taken by the Assyrians (B.C. 758). According to Sargon's record, it was captured by him in B.C. 711. The only reference to it in the New Testament, where it is called Azotus, is in the account of Philip's return from Gaza (Acts 8:40). It is now called Eshdud. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ashdoth-pisgah (Deut. 3:17; Josh. 12:3; 13:20) in Authorized Version, but in Revised Version translated "slopes of Pisgah." In Deut. 4:49 it is translated in the Authorized Version "springs of Pisgah." The name Ashdoth is translated "springs" in the Authorized Version, but "slopes" in the Revised Version, of Josh. 10:40 and 12:8. It has been identified with the springs under Mount Nebo, now called 'Ayun Musa. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ashdod, effusion; inclination; theft |