abide : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   a bit
         adv 1: to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a
                  little better"; "a trifle smaller" [syn: {a bit}, {a
                  little}, {a trifle}]

English Dictionary: abide	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abate v make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" Synonym(s): abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
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abbot n the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: abbot, archimandrite]
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abed adv in bed
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abet v assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
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abide v dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" Synonym(s): bide, abide, stay put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" Synonym(s): digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abode n any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" Synonym(s): residence, abode housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" Synonym(s): dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
about adv (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" Synonym(s): approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" Synonym(s): about, around in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" Synonym(s): about, around used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" Synonym(s): about, around in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" Synonym(s): about, around in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play" (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" Synonym(s): about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh adj on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" Synonym(s): about(p), astir(p)
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abut v lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" Synonym(s): border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
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abwatt n a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten- thousandth of a milliwatt)
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afoot adv on foot; walking; "they went to the village afoot"; "quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback" adj traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this morning" currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway" Synonym(s): afoot(p), underway
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aft adv at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about" Synonym(s): aft, abaft, astern Antonym(s): fore, forward adj (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail Antonym(s): fore(a)
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apathy n an absence of emotion or enthusiasm the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally Synonym(s): apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness
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aphid n any of various small plant-sucking insects
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Apidae n honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees [syn: Apidae, family Apidae]
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Apoidea n bees Synonym(s): Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea
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apt adj (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions" Synonym(s): apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p) at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget" Synonym(s): apt(p), liable(p) mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker Synonym(s): apt, clever being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" Synonym(s): apposite, apt, pertinent
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au fait adj being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up on the news" Synonym(s): abreast(p), au courant, au fait, up on(p)
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aviate v operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly, aviate, pilot]
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avid adj (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" Synonym(s): avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan" Synonym(s): avid, zealous
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avoid v stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" Antonym(s): confront, face, face up prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" Synonym(s): debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories" refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" Synonym(s): keep off, avoid declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" Synonym(s): invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify Antonym(s): formalise, formalize, validate
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avowed adj openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist" Synonym(s): avowed(a), professed(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abada \Ab"ada\ ([acr]b"[adot]d[adot]), n. [Pg., the female rhinoceros.] The rhinoceros. [Obs.] --Purchas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abate \Abate"\ ([adot]b[amac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abated}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Abating}.] [OF. abatre to beat down, F. abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere (popular form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. {Bate}, {Batter}.] 1. To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.] The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls. --Edw. Hall. 2. To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope. His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. --Deut. xxxiv. 7. 3. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price. Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds. --Fuller. 4. To blunt. [Obs.] To abate the edge of envy. --Bacon. 5. To reduce in estimation; to deprive. [Obs.] She hath abated me of half my train. --Shak. 6. (Law) (a) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ. (b) (Eng. Law) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. {To abate a tax}, to remit it either wholly or in part.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abate \Abate"\ ([adot]b[amac]t"), v. i. [See {Abate}, v. t.] 1. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated. --Macaulay. 2. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates. {To abate into a freehold}, {To abate in lands} (Law), to enter into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, and before the heir takes possession. See {Abatement}, 4. Syn: To subside; decrease; intermit; decline; diminish; lessen. Usage: To {Abate}, {Subside}. These words, as here compared, imply a coming down from some previously raised or excited state. Abate expresses this in respect to degrees, and implies a diminution of force or of intensity; as, the storm abates, the cold abates, the force of the wind abates; or, the wind abates, a fever abates. Subside (to settle down) has reference to a previous state of agitation or commotion; as, the waves subside after a storm, the wind subsides into a calm. When the words are used figuratively, the same distinction should be observed. If we conceive of a thing as having different degrees of intensity or strength, the word to be used is abate. Thus we say, a man's anger abates, the ardor of one's love abates, [bd]Winter's rage abates[b8]. But if the image be that of a sinking down into quiet from preceding excitement or commotion, the word to be used is subside; as, the tumult of the people subsides, the public mind subsided into a calm. The same is the case with those emotions which are tumultuous in their nature; as, his passion subsides, his joy quickly subsided, his grief subsided into a pleasing melancholy. Yet if, in such cases, we were thinking of the degree of violence of the emotion, we might use abate; as, his joy will abate in the progress of time; and so in other instances.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abate \Abate\ ([adot]b[amac]t"), n. Abatement. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abawed \Abawed"\ ([acr]b[add]d"), p. p. [Perh. p. p. of a verb fr. OF. abaubir to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. ad + balbus stammering.] Astonished; abashed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n. 1. The act, or the result, of misruling. 2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope. {Abbot}, [or] {Lord}, {of Misrule}. See under {Abbot}, and {Lord}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbot \Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr. 'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[be] father. Cf. {Abba}, {Abb[82]}.] 1. The superior or head of an abbey. 2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. --Encyc. Brit. {Abbot of the people}. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. {Abbot of Misrule} (or {Lord of Misrule}), in medi[91]val times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the {Abbot of Unreason}. --Encyc. Brit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abed \A*bed"\, adv. [Pref. a- in, on + bed.] 1. In bed, or on the bed. Not to be abed after midnight. --Shak. 2. To childbed (in the phrase [bd]brought abed,[b8] that is, delivered of a child). --Shak.
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Abet \A*bet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abetting}.] [OF. abeter; a (L. ad) + beter to bait (as a bear), fr. Icel. beita to set dogs on, to feed, originally, to cause to bite, fr. Icel. b[c6]ta to bite, hence to bait, to incite. See {Bait}, {Bet}.] 1. To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. [bd]The whole tribe abets the villany.[b8] --South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth? --Gay. 2. To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense. [Obs.]. Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted. --Jer. Taylor. 3. (Law) To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense. Syn: To incite; instigate; set on; egg on; foment; advocate; countenance; encourage; second; uphold; aid; assist; support; sustain; back; connive at.
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Abet \A*bet"\, n. [OF. abet, fr. abeter.] Act of abetting; aid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Abide \Abide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [be]b[c6]dan; pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[c6]dan to bide. See {Bide}.] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide* with us a few days. --Gen. xxiv. 55. 3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: {To abide by}. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. --Fielding. (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abide \Abide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [be]b[c6]dan; pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[c6]dan to bide. See {Bide}.] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide* with us a few days. --Gen. xxiv. 55. 3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: {To abide by}. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. --Fielding. (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abide \Abide"\, v. t. 1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide* my time. [bd]I will abide the coming of my lord.[b8] --Tennyson. Note: [[Obs.], with a personal object. Bonds and afflictions abide me. --Acts xx. 23. 2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to. [Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. --Tennyson. 3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. She could not abide Master Shallow. --Shak. 4. Note: [Confused with aby to pay for. See {Aby}.] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I abide that boast so vain. --Milton.
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Abit \A*bit"\, 3d sing. pres. of {Abide}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Abide \Abide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [be]b[c6]dan; pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[c6]dan to bide. See {Bide}.] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide* with us a few days. --Gen. xxiv. 55. 3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: {To abide by}. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. --Fielding. (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\, pret. of {Abide}.
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Abode \A*bode"\, n. [OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See {Abide}. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide.] 1. Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] --Shak. And with her fled away without abode. --Spenser. 2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. He waxeth at your abode here. --Fielding. 3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. --Wordsworth.
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Abode \A*bode"\, n. [See {Bode}, v. t.] An omen. [Obs.] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. --Chapman.
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Abode \A*bode"\, v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Abode \A*bode"\, v. i. To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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About \A*bout"\, adv. 1. On all sides; around. 'Tis time to look about. --Shak. 2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. 3. Here and there; around; in one place and another. Wandering about from house to house. --1 Tim. v. 13. 4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. [bd]There fell . . . about three thousand men.[b8] --Exod. xxii. 28. 5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about. {To bring about}, to cause to take place; to accomplish. {To come about}, to occur; to take place. See under {Come}. {To go about}, {To set about}, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. [bd]Shall we set about some revels?[b8] --Shak. {Round about}, in every direction around.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
About \A*bout"\, prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS. [be]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan outward, from ut out. See {But}, {Out}.] 1. Around; all round; on every side of. [bd]Look about you.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Bind them about thy neck.[b8] --Prov. iii. 3. 2. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person). [bd]Have you much money about you?[b8] --Bulwer. 3. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. --Macaulay. Roving still about the world. --Milton. 4. Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity. [bd]To-morrow, about this time.[b8] --Exod. ix. 18. [bd]About my stature.[b8] --Shak. He went out about the third hour. --Matt. xx. 3. Note: This use passes into the adverbial sense. 5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on. I must be about my Father's business. --Luke ii. 49. 6. Before a verbal noun or an infinitive: On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. --Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. [bd]To treat about thy ransom.[b8] --Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. --Trollope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abut \A*but"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.] To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.
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Affy \Af*fy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affied}; p. pr. {Affying}.] [OF. afier, LL. affidare. Cf. {Affiance}.] 1. To confide (one's self to, or in); to trust. [Obs.] 2. To betroth or espouse; to affiance. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To bind in faith. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu.
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Afoot \A*foot"\, adv. [Pref. a- + foot.] 1. On foot. We 'll walk afoot a while. --Shak. 2. Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress. The matter being afoot. --Shak.
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Aft \Aft\ ([adot]ft), adv. & a. [AS. [91]ftan behind; orig. superl. of of, off. See {After}.] (Naut.) Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
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Apaid \A*paid"\, a. Paid; pleased. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Apathy \Ap"a*thy\, n.; pl. {Apathies}. [L. apathia, Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?], fr. [?], [?], to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See {Pathos}.] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. [bd]The apathy of despair.[b8] --Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. --Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. --Fleming. Note: In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns. Syn: Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.
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Ape \Ape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aping}.] To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. [bd]How he apes his sire.[b8] --Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. --Burke.
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Apehood \Ape"hood\, n. The state of being an ape.
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Aphid \A"phid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.
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d8Aphis \[d8]A"phis\, n.; pl. {Aphides}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family {Aphid[91]}, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies. Note: Besides the true males and females, there is a race of wingless asexual individuals which have the power of producing living young in rapid succession, and these in turn may produce others of the same kind for several generations, before sexual individuals appear. They suck the sap of plants by means of a tubular proboscis, and owing to the wonderful rapidity of their reproduction become very destructive to vegetation. Many of the {Aphid[91]} excrete honeydew from two tubes near the end of the body.
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Apod \Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See {Apod}, n.] 1. Without feet; footless. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
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Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr. [?], [?], footless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr. [?], [?], footless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.
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Appete \Ap*pete"\, v. t. [L. appetere: cf. F. app[82]ter. See {Appetite}.] To seek for; to desire. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apt \Apt\, v. t. [L. aptare. See {Aptate}.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] [bd] To apt their places.[b8] --B. Jonson. That our speech be apted to edification. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apt \Apt\, a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. [?] to fasten, Skr. [be]pta fit, fr. [be]p to reach attain.] 1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. They have always apt instruments. --Burke. A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things. My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. --Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. --Lubbock. 3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons. Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. --Beau. & Fl. That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers. --F. Harrison. 4. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar. [bd]An apt wit.[b8] --Johnson. Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. --Shak. I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. --Shak. Syn: Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aviate \A"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aviating}.] To fly, or navigate the air, in an a[89]roplane or heavier-than-air flying machine. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avid \Av"id\, a. [L. avidus, fr. av[?]re to long: cf. F. avide. See {Avarice}.] Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy. [bd]Avid of gold, yet greedier of renown.[b8] --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aviette \A`vi*ette"\, n. A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avoid \A*void"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avoided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Avoiding}.] [OF. esvuidier, es (L. ex) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. See {Void}, a.] 1. To empty. [Obs.] --Wyclif. 2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. [Obs.] Six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room. --Bacon. 4. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. How can these grants of the king's be avoided? --Spenser. 5. To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. What need a man forestall his date of grief. And run to meet what he would most avoid ? --Milton. He carefully avoided every act which could goad them into open hostility. --Macaulay. 6. To get rid of. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. (Pleading) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter. --Blackstone. Syn: To escape; elude; evade; eschew. Usage: To {Avoid}, {Shun}. Avoid in its commonest sense means, to keep clear of, an extension of the meaning, to withdraw one's self from. It denotes care taken not to come near or in contact; as, to avoid certain persons or places. Shun is a stronger term, implying more prominently the idea of intention. The words may, however, in many cases be interchanged. No man can pray from his heart to be kept from temptation, if the take no care of himself to avoid it. --Mason. So Chanticleer, who never saw a fox, Yet shunned him as a sailor shuns the rocks. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avoid \A*void"\, v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.] David avoided out of his presence. --1 Sam. xviii. 11. 2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avow \A*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avowed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Avowing}.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord, own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See {Advocate}, {Avouch}.] 1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes. Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test. --Milton. 2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See {Avowry}. --Blackstone. Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See {Confess}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avowed \Avowed"\, a. Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- {Avow"ed*ly}, adv.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Abbott, TX (city, FIPS 100) Location: 31.88370 N, 97.07741 W Population (1990): 314 (154 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76621
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AAP DTD A {DTD} for a standard {SGML} document type for scientific documents, defined by the {Association of American Publishers}. (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
APT 1. {Automatically Programmed Tools}. 2. {Audio Processing Technology}. (1996-01-15)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abda servant. (1.) The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., "levy"). (2.) A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (Neh. 11:17), also called Obadiah (1 Chr. 9:16).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abdi my servant. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:44. (2.) 2 Chr. 29:12. (3.) Ezra 10:26.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abida or Abi'dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons of Midian, who was the son of Abraham by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:33), and apparently the chief of an Arab tribe.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abihud father (i.e., "possessor") of renown. (1.) One of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:3); called also Ahihud (ver. 7). (2.) A descendant of Zerubbabel and father of Eliakim (Matt. 1:13, "Abiud"); called also Juda (Luke 3:26), and Obadiah (1 Chr. 3:21).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abda, a servant; servitude
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abdi, my servant
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abidah, father of knowledge
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abihud, father of praise; confession
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abiud, father of praise
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Avith, wicked, perverse