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Friend \Friend\ (fr[ecr]nd), n. [OR. frend, freond, AS. fre[a2]nd, prop. p. pr. of fre[a2]n, fre[a2]gan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. fr[91]ndi kinsman, Sw. fr[84]nde. Goth. frij[omac]nds friend, frij[omac]n to love. [root]83. See {Free}, and cf. {Fiend}.] 1. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant. Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. --Dryden. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. --Prov. xviii. 24. 2. One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address. Friend, how camest thou in hither? --Matt. xxii. 12. 3. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution. 4. One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. America was first visited by Friends in 1656. --T. Chase. 5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] --Shak. {A friend} {at court [or] in court}, one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence. {To be friends with}, to have friendly relations with. [bd]He's . . . friends with C[91]sar.[b8] --Shak. {To make friends with}, to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with. [bd]Having now made friends with the Athenians.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd.). | |
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Leek \Leek\ (l[emac]k), n. [AS. le[a0]c; akin to D. look, G. lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. l[94]k, Dan l[94]g. Cf. {Garlic}.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. Porrum}), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion. {Wild leek}, in America, a plant ({Allium tricoccum}) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves. | |
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Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.] 1. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation. 2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. --Shak. 3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier. {A variance}, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. [bd]What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?[b8] --Milton. | |
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Cankerworm \Can"ker*worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv[91] are also called cankerworms. Note: The autumnal species ({Anisopteryx pometaria}) becomes adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The spring species ({A. vernata}) remains in the ground through the winter, and matures in early spring. Both have winged males and wingless females. The larv[91] are similar in appearance and habits, and belong to the family of measuring worms or spanworms. These larv[91] hatch from the eggs when the leaves begin to expand in spring. | |
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Abearance \A*bear"ance\, n. Behavior. [Obs.] --Blackstone. | |
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Abearing \A*bear"ing\, n. Behavior. [Obs.] --Sir. T. More. | |
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Aberrance \Ab*er"rance\, Aberrancy \Ab*er"ran*cy\, n. State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form. | |
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Aberrance \Ab*er"rance\, Aberrancy \Ab*er"ran*cy\, n. State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form. | |
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Aberrance \Ab*er"rance\, Aberrancy \Ab*er"ran*cy\, n. State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form. | |
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Curvature \Cur"va*ture\ (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See {Curvate}.] 1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve. --Cowper. The elegant curvature of their fronds. --Darwin. 2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point. {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form. {Absolute curvature}. See under {Absolute}. {Angle of curvature} (Geom.), one that expresses the amount of curvature of a curve. {Chord of curvature}. See under {Chord}. {Circle of curvature}. See {Osculating circle of a curve}, under {Circle}. {Curvature of the spine} (Med.), an abnormal curving of the spine, especially in a lateral direction. {Radius of curvature}, the radius of the circle of curvature, or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve. | |
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Aberrant \Ab*er"rant\, a. [L. aberrans, -rantis, p. pr. of aberrare. See {Aberr}.] 1. Wandering; straying from the right way. 2. (Biol.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. --Darwin. | |
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Aberuncate \Ab`e*run"cate\, v. t. [L. aberuncare, for aberruncare. See {Averruncate}.] To weed out. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Aberuncator \Ab`e*run"ca*tor\, n. A weeding machine. | |
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Abhorrence \Ab*hor"rence\, n. Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike. | |
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Abhorrency \Ab*hor"ren*cy\, n. Abhorrence. [Obs.] --Locke. | |
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Abhorrent \Ab*hor"rent\, a. [L. abhorens, -rentis, p. pr. of abhorrere.] 1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. --Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. --Clover. 2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to. [bd]Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles.[b8] --Gibbon. 3. Detestable. [bd]Pride, abhorrent as it is.[b8] --I. Taylor. | |
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Abhorrently \Ab*hor"rent*ly\, adv. With abhorrence. | |
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Abhor \Ab*hor"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abhorred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abhorring}.] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See {Horrid}.] 1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. --Rom. xii. 9. 2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.] It doth abhor me now I speak the word. --Shak. 3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.] I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. --Shak. Syn: To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See {Hate}. | |
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Abhorring \Ab*hor"ring\, n. 1. Detestation. --Milton. 2. Object of abhorrence. --Isa. lxvi. 24. | |
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Sham \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shamming}.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange. 2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.] We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason. --L'Estrange. 3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. {To sham Abram} [or] {Abraham}, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham. | |
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Abrahamic \A`bra*ham"ic\, a. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant. | |
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Abrahamitic \A`bra*ham*it"ic\, ical \*ic*al\, a. Relating to the patriarch Abraham. | |
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Abraham-man \A"bra*ham-man`\[or] Abram-man \A"bram-man`\, n. [Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in Luke xvi. --Murray (New Eng. Dict. ).] One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. --Nares. {To sham Abraham}, to feign sickness. --Goldsmith. | |
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Zope \Zope\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) A European fresh-water bream ({Abramis ballerus}). | |
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d8Z84rthe \[d8]Z[84]r"the\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European bream ({Abramis vimba}). [Written also {zaerthe}.] | |
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Abraham-man \A"bra*ham-man`\[or] Abram-man \A"bram-man`\, n. [Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in Luke xvi. --Murray (New Eng. Dict. ).] One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. --Nares. {To sham Abraham}, to feign sickness. --Goldsmith. | |
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Abranchial \A*bran"chi*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Abranchiate. | |
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Abranchiate \A*bran"chi*ate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Without gills. | |
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Abraum \A*braum"\ or Abraum salts \A*braum" salts\, n. [Ger., fr. abr[84]umen to remove.] A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium. | |
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Abraum \A*braum"\ or Abraum salts \A*braum" salts\, n. [Ger., fr. abr[84]umen to remove.] A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium. | |
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Abrenounce \Ab`re*nounce"\, v. t. [L. abrenuntiare; ab + renuntiare. See {Renounce}.] To renounce. [Obs.] [bd]They abrenounce and cast them off.[b8] --Latimer. | |
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Abrenunciation \Ab`re*nun`ci*a"tion\, n. [LL. abrenuntiatio. See {Abrenounce}.] Absolute renunciation or repudiation. [Obs.] An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed. --Fuller. | |
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Affeerment \Af*feer"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. aforement.] (Old Law) The act of affeering. --Blackstone. | |
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Afferent \Af"fer*ent\, a. [L. afferens, p. pr. of afferre; ad + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to {efferent}; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain. | |
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Affirm \Af*firm"\, v. i. 1. To declare or assert positively. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem To thee, who hast thy dwelling here on earth. --Milton. 2. (Law) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation. | |
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Affirm \Af*firm"\ ([acr]f*f[etil]rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affirmed} (-f[etil]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affirming}.] [OE. affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L. affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review. 2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to {deny}. Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts xxv. 19. 3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See {Affirmation}, 4. Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce; protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify. Usage: To {Affirm}, {Asseverate}, {Aver}, {Protest}. We affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We protest in a more public manner and with the energy of perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they protest when they wish to free themselves from imputations, or to produce a conviction of their innocence. | |
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Affirmable \Af*firm"a*ble\, a. Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man. | |
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Affirmance \Af*firm"ance\, n. [Cf. OF. afermance.] 1. Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act. This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law. --Bacon. 2. A strong declaration; affirmation. --Cowper. | |
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Affirmant \Af*firm"ant\ ([acr]f*f[etil]rm"[ait]nt), n. [L. affirmans, -antis, p. pr. See {Affirm}.] 1. One who affirms or asserts. 2. (Law) One who affirms, instead of taking an oath. | |
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Affirmation \Af`fir*ma"tion\, n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.] 1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. --Hooker. 2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to {negation} or {denial}. 3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality. 4. (Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. --Bouvier. | |
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Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F. affirmatif.] 1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. 2. That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering [bd]yes[b8] to a question; -- opposed to {negative}; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote. 3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor. Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito. --Berkeley. 4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. 5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to {negative}, or such as are to be subtracted. | |
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Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, n. 1. That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to {negative}; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative. Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. --Dryden. 2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc. | |
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Affirmatively \Af*firm"a*tive*ly\, adv. In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to {negatively}. | |
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Affirmatory \Af*firm"a*to*ry\, a. Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. --Massey. | |
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Affirm \Af*firm"\ ([acr]f*f[etil]rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affirmed} (-f[etil]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affirming}.] [OE. affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L. affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review. 2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to {deny}. Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts xxv. 19. 3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See {Affirmation}, 4. Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce; protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify. Usage: To {Affirm}, {Asseverate}, {Aver}, {Protest}. We affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We protest in a more public manner and with the energy of perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they protest when they wish to free themselves from imputations, or to produce a conviction of their innocence. | |
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Affirmer \Af*firm"er\, n. One who affirms. | |
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Affirm \Af*firm"\ ([acr]f*f[etil]rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affirmed} (-f[etil]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affirming}.] [OE. affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L. affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review. 2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to {deny}. Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts xxv. 19. 3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See {Affirmation}, 4. Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce; protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify. Usage: To {Affirm}, {Asseverate}, {Aver}, {Protest}. We affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We protest in a more public manner and with the energy of perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they protest when they wish to free themselves from imputations, or to produce a conviction of their innocence. | |
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Afformative \Af*form"a*tive\, n. An affix. | |
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Affranchise \Af*fran"chise\, v. t. [F. affranchir; [?] (L. ad) + franc free. See {Franchise} and {Frank}.] To make free; to enfranchise. --Johnson. | |
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Affranchisement \Af*fran"chise*ment\, n. [Cf. F. affranchissement.] The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.] | |
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Affrayment \Af*fray"ment\, n. Affray. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Affriended \Af*friend"ed\, p. p. Made friends; reconciled. [Obs.] [bd]Deadly foes . . . affriended.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Pocket \Pock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pocketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pocketing}.] 1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change. He would pocket the expense of the license. --Sterne. 2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently. He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead. --Macaulay. {To pocket a ball} (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket of the table. {To pocket an insult}, {affront}, etc., to receive an affront without open resentment, or without seeking redress. [bd]I must pocket up these wrongs.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See {Front}.] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.] All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. --Shak. 2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic] 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison. Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle. | |
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Affront \Af*front"\, n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. --Milton. 2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. --Addison. 3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. --Arbuthnot. Syn: {Affront}, {Insult}, {Outrage}. Usage: An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures. Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages. --Crabb. | |
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Pocket \Pock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pocketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pocketing}.] 1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change. He would pocket the expense of the license. --Sterne. 2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently. He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead. --Macaulay. {To pocket a ball} (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket of the table. {To pocket an insult}, {affront}, etc., to receive an affront without open resentment, or without seeking redress. [bd]I must pocket up these wrongs.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See {Front}.] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.] All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. --Shak. 2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic] 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison. Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle. | |
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Affront \Af*front"\, n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. --Milton. 2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. --Addison. 3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. --Arbuthnot. Syn: {Affront}, {Insult}, {Outrage}. Usage: An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures. Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages. --Crabb. | |
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Affront82 \Af*fron*t[82]"\, a. [F. affront[82], p. p.] (Her.) Face to face, or front to front; facing. | |
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Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See {Front}.] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.] All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. --Shak. 2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic] 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison. Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle. | |
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Affrontedly \Af*front"ed*ly\, adv. Shamelessly. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Affrontee \Af*fron*tee"\, n. One who receives an affront. --Lytton. | |
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Affronter \Af*front"er\, n. One who affronts, or insults to the face. | |
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Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See {Front}.] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.] All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. --Shak. 2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic] 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison. Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle. | |
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Affrontingly \Af*front"ing*ly\, adv. In an affronting manner. | |
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Affrontive \Af*front"ive\, a. Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. How affrontive it is to despise mercy. --South. | |
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Affrontiveness \Af*front"ive*ness\ ([acr]f*fr[ucr]nt"[icr]v*n[ecr]s), n. The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] --Bailey. | |
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Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\adv. Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.] She is come aforehand to anoint my body. --Mark xiv. 8. | |
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Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\, a. Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to {behindhand}. [Archaic or Dial.] Aforehand in all matters of power. --Bacon. | |
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Aforementioned \A*fore"men`tioned\, a. Previously mentioned; before-mentioned. --Addison. | |
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Aforenamed \A*fore"named`\, a. Named before. --Peacham. | |
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Afront \A*front"\, adv. [Pref. a- + front.] In front; face to face. -- prep. In front of. --Shak. | |
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Aperient \A*pe"ri*ent\, a. [L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. {Cover}, {Overt}.] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient medicine or food. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Apiarian \A`pi*a"ri*an\, a. Of or relating to bees. | |
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Apparence \Ap*par"ence\, n. [OF. aparence.] Appearance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Apparency \Ap*par"en*cy\, n. 1. Appearance. [Obs.] 2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. --Coleridge. 3. The position of being heir apparent. | |
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. --Shak. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. --Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid. {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. {Apparent time}. See {Time}. {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}. Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. | |
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, n. An heir apparent. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. --Shak. | |
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4. Greatness; grandeur. [bd]With plain, heroic magnitude of mind.[b8] --Milton. 5. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude. The magnitude of his designs. --Bp. Horsley. {Apparent magnitude} (Opt.), the angular breadth of an object viewed as measured by the angle which it subtends at the eye of the observer; -- called also {apparent diameter}. {Magnitude of a star} (Astron.), the rank of a star with respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth magnitude being just visible to the naked eye. Telescopic stars are classified down to the twelfth magnitude or lower. The scale of the magnitudes is quite arbitrary, but by means of photometers, the classification has been made to tenths of a magnitude. | |
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. --Shak. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. --Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid. {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. {Apparent time}. See {Time}. {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}. Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. | |
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Horizon \Ho*ri"zon\, n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) the bounding line, horizon, fr. [?] to bound, fr. [?] boundary, limit.] 1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky. And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon. --Shak. All the horizon round Invested with bright rays. --Milton. 2. (Astron.) (a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon. (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also {rational [or] celestial horizon}. (c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible. 3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. --Le Conte. 4. (Painting) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line. {Apparent horizon}. See under {Apparent}. {Artificial horizon}, a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body. {Celestial horizon}. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the former. {Rational horizon}, and {Sensible horizon}. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. {Visible horizon}. See definitions 1 and 2, above. | |
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4. Greatness; grandeur. [bd]With plain, heroic magnitude of mind.[b8] --Milton. 5. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude. The magnitude of his designs. --Bp. Horsley. {Apparent magnitude} (Opt.), the angular breadth of an object viewed as measured by the angle which it subtends at the eye of the observer; -- called also {apparent diameter}. {Magnitude of a star} (Astron.), the rank of a star with respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth magnitude being just visible to the naked eye. Telescopic stars are classified down to the twelfth magnitude or lower. The scale of the magnitudes is quite arbitrary, but by means of photometers, the classification has been made to tenths of a magnitude. | |
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Time \Time\, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[c6]ma, akin to t[c6]d time, and to Icel. t[c6]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [fb]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day. --Chaucer. I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to be accounted simple and original than those of space and time. --Reid. 2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. --Heb. i. 1. 3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times. 4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal. Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. --Buckminster. 5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity. There is . . . a time to every purpose. --Eccl. iii. 1. The time of figs was not yet. --Mark xi. 13. 6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. She was within one month of her time. --Clarendon. 7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen. Summers three times eight save one. --Milton. 8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration. Till time and sin together cease. --Keble. 9. (Gram.) Tense. 10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time. Some few lines set unto a solemn time. --Beau. & Fl. Note: Time is often used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered, time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming, time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned, time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc. {Absolute time}, time irrespective of local standards or epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same instant of absolute time. {Apparent time}, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. {Astronomical time}, mean solar time reckoned by counting the hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the next. {At times}, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then; as, at times he reads, at other times he rides. {Civil time}, time as reckoned for the purposes of common life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours, etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to midnight. {Common time} (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute. {Equation of time}. See under {Equation}, n. {In time}. (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in time to see the exhibition. (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually; finally; as, you will in time recover your health and strength. {Mean time}. See under 4th {Mean}. {Quick time} (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken in one minute. {Sidereal time}. See under {Sidereal}. {Standard time}, the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country. In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight hours slower than Greenwich time. {Time ball}, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich Observatory, England. --Nichol. {Time bargain} (Com.), a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future. | |
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. --Shak. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. --Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid. {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. {Apparent time}. See {Time}. {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}. Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. | |
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Apparently \Ap*par"ent*ly\, adv. 1. Visibly. [Obs.] --Hobbes. 2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. --Shak. 3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. | |
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Apparentness \Ap*par"ent*ness\, n. Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [R.] --Sherwood. | |
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Appearance \Ap*pear"ance\, n. [F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See {Appear}.] 1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me. 2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky. 3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien. And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report. --Milton. 4. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him. There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. --Num. ix. 15. For man looketh on the outward appearance. --1 Sam. xvi. 7. Judge not according to the appearance. --John. vii. 24. 5. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator. Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation? --Milton. 6. Probability; likelihood. [Obs.] There is that which hath no appearance. --Bacon. 7. (Law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction. --Burrill. --Bouvier. --Daniell. {To put in an appearance}, to be present; to appear in person. {To save appearances}, to preserve a fair outward show. Syn: Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air; look; manner; mien; figure; aspect. | |
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Appear \Ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Appeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appearing}.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar[?]re to appear + par[?]reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par[?]re to produce. Cf. {Apparent}, {Parent}, {Peer}, v. i.] 1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. --Gen. i. 9. 2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time. 3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. We must all appear before the judgment seat. --[b5] Cor. v. 10. One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. --Macaulay. 4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. --1 John iii. 2. Of their vain contest appeared no end. --Milton. 5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. --Matt. vi. 16. Syn: To seem; look. See {Seem}. | |
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Appearingly \Ap*pear"ing*ly\, adv. Apparently. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Apprehend \Ap`pre*hend"\ ([acr]p`pr[esl]*h[ecr]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appr[82]hender. See {Prehensile}, {Get}.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic] We have two hands to apprehend it. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. 3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it. --Fuller. The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. --Gladstone. 4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.] G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. --Beau. & Fl. 5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. --Macaulay. Syn: To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. Usage: To {Apprehend}, {Comprehend}. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. [bd]We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.[b8] --Trench. | |
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Apprehend \Ap`pre*hend"\, v. i. 1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose. 2. To be apprehensive; to fear. It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. --Rowe. | |
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Apprehend \Ap`pre*hend"\ ([acr]p`pr[esl]*h[ecr]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appr[82]hender. See {Prehensile}, {Get}.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic] We have two hands to apprehend it. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. 3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it. --Fuller. The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. --Gladstone. 4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.] G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. --Beau. & Fl. 5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. --Macaulay. Syn: To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. Usage: To {Apprehend}, {Comprehend}. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. [bd]We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.[b8] --Trench. | |
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Apprehender \Ap`pre*hend"er\, n. One who apprehends. | |
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Apprehend \Ap`pre*hend"\ ([acr]p`pr[esl]*h[ecr]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appr[82]hender. See {Prehensile}, {Get}.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic] We have two hands to apprehend it. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. 3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it. --Fuller. The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. --Gladstone. 4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.] G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. --Beau. & Fl. 5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. --Macaulay. Syn: To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. Usage: To {Apprehend}, {Comprehend}. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. [bd]We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.[b8] --Trench. | |
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Apprehensibiity \Ap`pre*hen`si*bi"i*ty\, n. The quality of being apprehensible. [R.] --De Quincey. | |
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Apprehensible \Ap`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. apprehensibilis. See {Apprehend}.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. [bd]Apprehensible by faith.[b8] --Bp. Hall. -- {Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Apprehensible \Ap`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. apprehensibilis. See {Apprehend}.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. [bd]Apprehensible by faith.[b8] --Bp. Hall. -- {Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Apprehension \Ap`pre*hen"sion\, n. [L. apprehensio: cf. F. appr[82]hension. See {Apprehend}.] 1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. --Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception. Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object. --Glanvill. 4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. Note: In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our apprehension, the facts prove the issue. To false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men, who act not according to truth, but apprehension. --South. 5. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension. 6. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil. After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. --Addison. Syn: {Apprehension}, {Alarm}. Usage: Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is calmer and more permanent; alarm is more agitating and transient. | |
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Apprehensive \Ap`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. appr[82]hensif. See {Apprehend}.] 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning. It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. --Hawthorne. 2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.] A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension. Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act. --Sir W. Hamilton. 4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil. Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance. --Tillotson. Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives. --Gladstone. 5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.] Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. --Milton. | |
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Apprehensively \Ap`pre*hen"sive*ly\, adv. In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger. | |
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Apprehensiveness \Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being apprehensive. | |
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Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See {Apprehend}, {Prentice}.] 1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him. 2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro. 3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] --Blackstone. | |
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Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprenticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprenticing}.] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. | |
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Apprenticeage \Ap*pren"tice*age\, n. [F. apprentissage.] Apprenticeship. [Obs.] | |
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Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprenticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprenticing}.] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. | |
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Apprenticehood \Ap*pren"tice*hood\, n. Apprenticeship. [Obs.] | |
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Apprenticeship \Ap*pren"tice*ship\, n. 1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement. 2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one). | |
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Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprenticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprenticing}.] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. | |
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Appromt \Ap*promt"\ (?; 215), v. t. [Pref. ad- + promt.] To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.] To appromt our invention. --Bacon. | |
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Apron \A"pron\ ([amac]"p[ucr]rn or [amac]"pr[ucr]n; 277), n. [OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See {Map}.] 1. An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings. 2. Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as, (a) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. (b) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot. [bd]The weather being too hot for the apron.[b8] --Hughes. (c) (Gun.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. (d) (Shipbuilding) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel. --Totten. (e) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut. (f) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent. (g) (Mech.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer. (h) (Plumbing) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing. (i) (Zo[94]l.) The infolded abdomen of a crab. | |
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Apron man \A"pron man`\ A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Apron string \A"pron string`\ The string of an apron. {To be tied to a} {wife's [or] mother's} {apron strings}, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother. He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives. --Macaulay. | |
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Apron string \A"pron string`\ The string of an apron. {To be tied to a} {wife's [or] mother's} {apron strings}, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother. He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives. --Macaulay. | |
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Aproned \A"proned\, a. Wearing an apron. A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. --Pope. | |
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Apronful \A"pron*ful\, n.; pl. {Apronfuls}. The quantity an apron can hold. | |
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Apronful \A"pron*ful\, n.; pl. {Apronfuls}. The quantity an apron can hold. | |
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Apronless \A"pron*less\, a. Without an apron. | |
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Auburn \Au"burn\, a. [OE. auburne blonde, OF. alborne, auborne, fr. LL. alburnus whitish, fr. L. albus white. Cf. {Alburn}.] 1. Flaxen-colored. [Obs.] --Florio. 2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. --Dryden. | |
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Averment \A*ver"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum. See {Aver}, v. t.] 1. The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion. Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events. --I. Taylor. 2. Verification; establishment by evidence. --Bacon. 3. (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. Note: In any stage of pleadings, when either party advances new matter, he avers it to be true, by using this form of words: [bd]and this he is ready to verify.[b8] This was formerly called an averment. It modern pleading, it is termed a verification. --Blackstone. | |
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Avernal \A*ver"nal\, Avernian \A*ver"ni*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions. | |
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Avernal \A*ver"nal\, Avernian \A*ver"ni*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions. | |
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Aver \A*ver"\ ([adot]*v[etil]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averred} ([adot]*v[etil]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Averring}.] [F. av[82]rer, LL. adverare, averare; L. ad + versus true. See {Verity}.] 1. To assert, or prove, the truth of. [Obs.] 2. (Law) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See {Averment}. 3. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth. It is sufficient that the very fact hath its foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the case. --Fielding. Then all averred I had killed the bird. --Coleridge. Syn: To assert; affirm; asseverate. See {Affirm}. | |
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Averruncate \Av`er*run"cate\, v. t. [L. averruncare to avert; a, ab, off + verruncare to turn; formerly derived from ab and eruncare to root out. Cf. {Aberuncate}.] 1. To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 2. To root up. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Averruncation \Av`er*run*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. OF. averroncation.] 1. The act of averting. [Obs.] 2. Eradication. [R.] --De Quincey. | |
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Averruncator \Av`er*run*ca"tor\, n. An instrument for pruning trees, having two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on a long rod and operated by a string or wire. | |
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Averruncator \Av`er*run*ca"tor\, n. [Cf. {Aberuncator}.] An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Abernathy, TX (city, FIPS 160) Location: 33.83176 N, 101.84463 W Population (1990): 2720 (1034 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79311 | |
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Abraham, WV Zip code(s): 25918 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Abram-Perezville, TX (CDP, FIPS 1066) Location: 26.22280 N, 98.40117 W Population (1990): 3999 (2769 housing units) Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Abrams, WI Zip code(s): 54101 | |
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Auburn, AL (city, FIPS 3076) Location: 32.59290 N, 85.48032 W Population (1990): 33830 (14673 housing units) Area: 84.2 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36830 Auburn, CA (city, FIPS 3204) Location: 38.89199 N, 121.07606 W Population (1990): 10592 (4771 housing units) Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95603 Auburn, GA (city, FIPS 4140) Location: 34.01328 N, 83.83318 W Population (1990): 3139 (1358 housing units) Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30203 Auburn, IA (city, FIPS 3610) Location: 42.24994 N, 94.87694 W Population (1990): 283 (141 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Auburn, IL (city, FIPS 2921) Location: 39.57724 N, 89.74581 W Population (1990): 3724 (1409 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62615 Auburn, IN (city, FIPS 2674) Location: 41.36332 N, 85.05763 W Population (1990): 9379 (3853 housing units) Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46706 Auburn, KS (city, FIPS 3250) Location: 38.90569 N, 95.81674 W Population (1990): 908 (316 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66402 Auburn, KY (city, FIPS 2638) Location: 36.86410 N, 86.71286 W Population (1990): 1273 (561 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42206 Auburn, MA Zip code(s): 01501 Auburn, ME (city, FIPS 2060) Location: 44.08420 N, 70.24954 W Population (1990): 24309 (10406 housing units) Area: 154.9 sq km (land), 15.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04210 Auburn, MI (city, FIPS 4080) Location: 43.60193 N, 84.07707 W Population (1990): 1855 (752 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48611 Auburn, NE (city, FIPS 2655) Location: 40.38827 N, 95.84197 W Population (1990): 3443 (1555 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68305 Auburn, NH Zip code(s): 03032 Auburn, NY (city, FIPS 3078) Location: 42.93325 N, 76.56895 W Population (1990): 31258 (12682 housing units) Area: 21.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13021 Auburn, PA (borough, FIPS 3488) Location: 40.59626 N, 76.09618 W Population (1990): 913 (342 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17922 Auburn, WA (city, FIPS 3180) Location: 47.29900 N, 122.21180 W Population (1990): 33102 (13977 housing units) Area: 51.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98002 Auburn, WV (town, FIPS 3364) Location: 39.09534 N, 80.85671 W Population (1990): 89 (45 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26325 Auburn, WY Zip code(s): 83111 | |
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Auburn Hills, MI (city, FIPS 4105) Location: 42.67450 N, 83.24353 W Population (1990): 17076 (7069 housing units) Area: 43.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48326 | |
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Auburndale, FL (city, FIPS 2550) Location: 28.07017 N, 81.79783 W Population (1990): 8858 (3865 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33823 Auburndale, MA Zip code(s): 02166 Auburndale, WI (village, FIPS 3775) Location: 44.62828 N, 90.01488 W Population (1990): 665 (249 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54412 | |
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Auburntown, TN (town, FIPS 2400) Location: 35.94894 N, 86.09426 W Population (1990): 240 (111 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37016 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abarim regions beyond; i.e., on the east of Jordan, a mountain, or rather a mountain-chain, over against Jericho, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab. From "the top of Pisgah", i.e., Mount Nebo (q.v.), one of its summits, Moses surveyed the Promised Land (Deut. 3:27; 32:49), and there he died (34:1,5). The Israelites had one of their encampments in the mountains of Abarim (Num. 33:47,48) after crossing the Arnon. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abiram father of height; i.e., "proud." (1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an earthquake (Num. 16:1-27; 26:9; Ps. 106:17). (2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho (1 Kings 16:34), according to the words of Joshua (6:26). (See {JERICHO}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abraham father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then, with his father and his family and household, quitted the city of Ur, in which he had hitherto dwelt, and went some 300 miles north to Haran, where he abode fifteen years. The cause of his migration was a call from God (Acts 7:2-4). There is no mention of this first call in the Old Testament; it is implied, however, in Gen. 12. While they tarried at Haran, Terah died at the age of 205 years. Abram now received a second and more definite call, accompanied by a promise from God (Gen. 12:1,2); whereupon he took his departure, taking his nephew Lot with him, "not knowing whither he went" (Heb. 11:8). He trusted implicitly to the guidance of Him who had called him. Abram now, with a large household of probably a thousand souls, entered on a migratory life, and dwelt in tents. Passing along the valley of the Jabbok, in the land of Canaan, he formed his first encampment at Sichem (Gen. 12:6), in the vale or oak-grove of Moreh, between Ebal on the north and Gerizim on the south. Here he received the great promise, "I will make of thee a great nation," etc. (Gen. 12:2,3,7). This promise comprehended not only temporal but also spiritual blessings. It implied that he was the chosen ancestor of the great Deliverer whose coming had been long ago predicted (Gen. 3:15). Soon after this, for some reason not mentioned, he removed his tent to the mountain district between Bethel, then called Luz, and Ai, towns about two miles apart, where he built an altar to "Jehovah." He again moved into the southern tract of Palestine, called by the Hebrews the Negeb; and was at length, on account of a famine, compelled to go down into Egypt. This took place in the time of the Hyksos, a Semitic race which now held the Egyptians in bondage. Here occurred that case of deception on the part of Abram which exposed him to the rebuke of Pharaoh (Gen. 12:18). Sarai was restored to him; and Pharaoh loaded him with presents, recommending him to withdraw from the country. He returned to Canaan richer than when he left it, "in cattle, in silver, and in gold" (Gen. 12:8; 13:2. Comp. Ps. 105:13, 14). The whole party then moved northward, and returned to their previous station near Bethel. Here disputes arose between Lot's shepherds and those of Abram about water and pasturage. Abram generously gave Lot his choice of the pasture-ground. (Comp. 1 Cor. 6:7.) He chose the well-watered plain in which Sodom was situated, and removed thither; and thus the uncle and nephew were separated. Immediately after this Abram was cheered by a repetition of the promises already made to him, and then removed to the plain or "oak-grove" of Mamre, which is in Hebron. He finally settled here, pitching his tent under a famous oak or terebinth tree, called "the oak of Mamre" (Gen. 13:18). This was his third resting-place in the land. Some fourteen years before this, while Abram was still in Chaldea, Palestine had been invaded by Chedorlaomer, King of Elam, who brought under tribute to him the five cities in the plain to which Lot had removed. This tribute was felt by the inhabitants of these cities to be a heavy burden, and after twelve years they revolted. This brought upon them the vengeance of Chedorlaomer, who had in league with him four other kings. He ravaged the whole country, plundering the towns, and carrying the inhabitants away as slaves. Among those thus treated was Lot. Hearing of the disaster that had fallen on his nephew, Abram immediately gathered from his own household a band of 318 armed men, and being joined by the Amoritish chiefs Mamre, Aner, and Eshcol, he pursued after Chedorlaomer, and overtook him near the springs of the Jordan. They attacked and routed his army, and pursued it over the range of Anti-Libanus as far as to Hobah, near Damascus, and then returned, bringing back all the spoils that had been carried away. Returning by way of Salem, i.e., Jerusalem, the king of that place, Melchizedek, came forth to meet them with refreshments. To him Abram presented a tenth of the spoils, in recognition of his character as a priest of the most high God (Gen. 14:18-20). In a recently-discovered tablet, dated in the reign of the grandfather of Amraphel (Gen. 14:1), one of the witnesses is called "the Amorite, the son of Abiramu," or Abram. Having returned to his home at Mamre, the promises already made to him by God were repeated and enlarged (Gen. 13:14). "The word of the Lord" (an expression occurring here for the first time) "came to him" (15:1). He now understood better the future that lay before the nation that was to spring from him. Sarai, now seventy-five years old, in her impatience, persuaded Abram to take Hagar, her Egyptian maid, as a concubine, intending that whatever child might be born should be reckoned as her own. Ishmael was accordingly thus brought up, and was regarded as the heir of these promises (Gen. 16). When Ishmael was thirteen years old, God again revealed yet more explicitly and fully his gracious purpose; and in token of the sure fulfilment of that purpose the patriarch's name was now changed from Abram to Abraham (Gen. 17:4,5), and the rite of circumcision was instituted as a sign of the covenant. It was then announced that the heir to these covenant promises would be the son of Sarai, though she was now ninety years old; and it was directed that his name should be Isaac. At the same time, in commemoration of the promises, Sarai's name was changed to Sarah. On that memorable day of God's thus revealing his design, Abraham and his son Ishmael and all the males of his house were circumcised (Gen. 17). Three months after this, as Abraham sat in his tent door, he saw three men approaching. They accepted his proffered hospitality, and, seated under an oak-tree, partook of the fare which Abraham and Sarah provided. One of the three visitants was none other than the Lord, and the other two were angels in the guise of men. The Lord renewed on this occasion his promise of a son by Sarah, who was rebuked for her unbelief. Abraham accompanied the three as they proceeded on their journey. The two angels went on toward Sodom; while the Lord tarried behind and talked with Abraham, making known to him the destruction that was about to fall on that guilty city. The patriarch interceded earnestly in behalf of the doomed city. But as not even ten righteous persons were found in it, for whose sake the city would have been spared, the threatened destruction fell upon it; and early next morning Abraham saw the smoke of the fire that consumed it as the "smoke of a furnace" (Gen. 19:1-28). After fifteen years' residence at Mamre, Abraham moved southward, and pitched his tent among the Philistines, near to Gerar. Here occurred that sad instance of prevarication on his part in his relation to Abimelech the King (Gen. 20). (See {ABIMELECH}.) Soon after this event, the patriarch left the vicinity of Gerar, and moved down the fertile valley about 25 miles to Beer-sheba. It was probably here that Isaac was born, Abraham being now an hundred years old. A feeling of jealousy now arose between Sarah and Hagar, whose son, Ishmael, was no longer to be regarded as Abraham's heir. Sarah insisted that both Hagar and her son should be sent away. This was done, although it was a hard trial to Abraham (Gen. 21:12). (See HAGAR ¯T0001583; {ISHMAEL}.) At this point there is a blank in the patriarch's history of perhaps twenty-five years. These years of peace and happiness were spent at Beer-sheba. The next time we see him his faith is put to a severe test by the command that suddenly came to him to go and offer up Isaac, the heir of all the promises, as a sacrifice on one of the mountains of Moriah. His faith stood the test (Heb. 11:17-19). He proceeded in a spirit of unhesitating obedience to carry out the command; and when about to slay his son, whom he had laid on the altar, his uplifted hand was arrested by the angel of Jehovah, and a ram, which was entangled in a thicket near at hand, was seized and offered in his stead. From this circumstance that place was called Jehovah-jireh, i.e., "The Lord will provide." The promises made to Abraham were again confirmed (and this was the last recorded word of God to the patriarch); and he descended the mount with his son, and returned to his home at Beer-sheba (Gen. 22:19), where he resided for some years, and then moved northward to Hebron. Some years after this Sarah died at Hebron, being 127 years old. Abraham acquired now the needful possession of a burying-place, the cave of Machpelah, by purchase from the owner of it, Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23); and there he buried Sarah. His next care was to provide a wife for Isaac, and for this purpose he sent his steward, Eliezer, to Haran (or Charran, Acts 7:2), where his brother Nahor and his family resided (Gen. 11:31). The result was that Rebekah, the daughter of Nahor's son Bethuel, became the wife of Isaac (Gen. 24). Abraham then himself took to wife Keturah, who became the mother of six sons, whose descendants were afterwards known as the "children of the east" (Judg. 6:3), and later as "Saracens." At length all his wanderings came to an end. At the age of 175 years, 100 years after he had first entered the land of Canaan, he died, and was buried in the old family burying-place at Machpelah (Gen. 25:7-10). The history of Abraham made a wide and deep impression on the ancient world, and references to it are interwoven in the religious traditions of almost all Eastern nations. He is called "the friend of God" (James 2:23), "faithful Abraham" (Gal. 3:9), "the father of us all" (Rom. 4:16). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abraham's bosom (Luke 16:22,23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which brought the head of one person almost into the bosom of the one who sat or reclined above him. To "be in Abraham's bosom" thus meant to enjoy happiness and rest (Matt. 8:11; Luke 16:23) at the banquet in Paradise. (See {BANQUET}; {MEALS}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abram exalted father. (see {ABRAHAM}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abronah R.V., one of Israel's halting-places in the desert (Num.33:34,35), just before Ezion-gaber. In A.V., "Ebronah." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Apron found in the Authorized Version in Gen. 3:7, of the bands of fig-leaves made by our first parents. In Acts 19:12, it denotes the belt or half-girdle worn by artisans and servants round the waist for the purpose of preserving the clothing from injury. In marg. of Authorized Version, Ruth 3:15, correctly rendered instead of "vail." (R.V., "mantle.") | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abarim, passages; passengers | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abiram, high father; father of deceit | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abraham, father of a great multitude | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abram, high father |