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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Amity \Am"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Amities}. [F. amiti[82], OF. amisti[82], amist[82], fr. an assumed LL. amisitas, fr. L. amicus friendly, from amare to love. See {Amiable}.] Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories. To live on terms of amity with vice. --Cowper. Syn: Harmony; friendliness; friendship; affection; good will; peace. | |
