Adapin
         n 1: a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and
               Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and
               sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances) [syn:
               {doxepin}, {doxepin hydrochloride}, {Adapin}, {Sinequan}]

English Dictionary: advanced	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
advance adj being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" Synonym(s): advance(a), beforehand(p) situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" Synonym(s): advance(a), advanced(a), in advance(p) n a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" Synonym(s): progress, progression, advance a change for the better; progress in development Synonym(s): improvement, betterment, advance a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" Synonym(s): overture, advance, approach, feeler the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) Synonym(s): progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion Antonym(s): retreat an amount paid before it is earned Synonym(s): advance, cash advance increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" Synonym(s): advance, rise v move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" Synonym(s): advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on Antonym(s): draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument" Synonym(s): advance, throw out increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit" Synonym(s): boost, advance, supercharge contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" Synonym(s): promote, advance, boost, further, encourage cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?" Synonym(s): advance, bring forward Antonym(s): back obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" Synonym(s): gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground Antonym(s): drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" Synonym(s): progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up Antonym(s): regress, retrograde, retrogress develop further; "We are advancing technology every day" give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" Synonym(s): promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate Antonym(s): break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?" move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward" Synonym(s): advance, set ahead rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" Synonym(s): advance, gain
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advance death benefit n a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months)
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advanced adj farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average" comparatively late in a course of development; "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion" ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" Synonym(s): advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University" ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" Synonym(s): advanced, sophisticated far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" Synonym(s): advanced, ripe (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically" situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" Synonym(s): advance(a), advanced(a), in advance(p)
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Advanced Research and Development Activity n an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology Synonym(s): Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA
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advancement n encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something Synonym(s): promotion, furtherance, advancement the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) Synonym(s): progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion Antonym(s): retreat gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" Synonym(s): advancement, progress
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advancer n someone who advances
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advancing adj moving forward [syn: advancing, forward, {forward- moving}]
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advantage n the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" Synonym(s): advantage, vantage Antonym(s): disadvantage (tennis) first point scored after deuce benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity" Synonym(s): advantage, reward Antonym(s): penalty v give an advantage to; "This system advantages the rich" Antonym(s): disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
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advantageous adj giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" Antonym(s): disadvantageous appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
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advantageously adv in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle" Synonym(s): well, advantageously Antonym(s): badly, disadvantageously
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advantageousness n the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome Synonym(s): favorableness, favourableness, advantageousness, positivity, positiveness, profitableness Antonym(s): unfavorableness, unfavourableness
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advent n arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" Synonym(s): advent, coming the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment Synonym(s): Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousia
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Advent Sunday n the first of the four Sundays during Advent
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Adventism n any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent Synonym(s): Adventism, Second Adventism
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Adventist n a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ Synonym(s): Adventist, Second Adventist
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adventitia n an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue Synonym(s): tunic, tunica, adventitia
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adventitial adj of or pertaining to the adventitia
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adventitious adj associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"
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adventitious root n root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem
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adventive adj not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed"
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adventure n a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) Synonym(s): adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking v take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" Synonym(s): gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" Synonym(s): venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize
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adventure story n a story of an adventure [syn: adventure story, {heroic tale}]
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adventurer n a person who enjoys taking risks [syn: adventurer, venturer] someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) Synonym(s): explorer, adventurer
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adventuresome adj willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" Synonym(s): adventurous, adventuresome Antonym(s): unadventurous
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adventuress n a woman adventurer
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adventurism n recklessness in politics or foreign affairs
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adventuristic adj of or pertaining to adventurism
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adventurous adj willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" Synonym(s): adventurous, adventuresome Antonym(s): unadventurous
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adventurousness n the trait of being adventurous [syn: adventurousness, venturesomeness]
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Ativan n tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia Synonym(s): lorazepam, Ativan
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Audubon n United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851) Synonym(s): Audubon, John James Audubon
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Audubon warbler n common warbler of western North America [syn: {Audubon's warbler}, Audubon warbler, Dendroica auduboni]
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Audubon's caracara n widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail Synonym(s): Audubon's caracara, Polyborus cheriway audubonii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Audubon's warbler n common warbler of western North America [syn: {Audubon's warbler}, Audubon warbler, Dendroica auduboni]
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autobahn n an expressway in a German-speaking country
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Aythya affinis n common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads Synonym(s): lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck, lake duck, Aythya affinis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes       of the genus {Ammedytes}. The common European species ({A.       tobianus}) and the American species ({A. Americanus}) live on       sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large       quantities for bait. Called also {launce}, and {sand eel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Adipoma \[d8]Ad`i*po"ma\, n.; L. pl. {-mata}. [NL. See       {Adipose}; {-oma}.] (Med.)       A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. --       {Ad`i*pom"a*tous}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. i.       1. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to             greet me.          2. To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to             advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.          3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred             or promoted.                         Advanced to a level with ancient peers. --Prescott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advance \Ad*vance"\, n. [Cf. F. avance, fr. avancer. See       {Advance}, v.]       1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward;             progress.          2. Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally,             or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or             religion; an advance in rank or office.          3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an             advance on the prime cost of goods.          4. The first step towards the attainment of a result;             approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to             adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an             offer; -- usually in the plural.                         [He] made the like advances to the dissenters.                                                                               --Swift.          5. A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received             (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on             loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus             furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.                         I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.                                                                               --Jay.                         The account was made up with intent to show what                      advances had been made.                     --Kent.          {In advance}             (a) In front; before.             (b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received.             (c) In the state of having advanced money on account; as,                   A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer,       fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before.       The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be       fr. L. ad. See {Avaunt}.]       1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to             make to go on.          2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]                         They . . . advanced their eyelids.      --Shak.          3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.                         Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above                      all the princes.                                 --Esther iii.                                                                               1.          4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to             forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance             the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.          5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show;             as, to advance an argument.                         Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope.          6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.          7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes             due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as,             a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods             consigned to him.          8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate;             as, to advance the price of goods.          9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]                         Greatly advancing his gay chivalry.   --Spenser.          Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten;                accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advance \Ad*vance"\, a.       Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced;       as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body       of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due;       advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming       volume, received in advance of the time of publication.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer,       fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before.       The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be       fr. L. ad. See {Avaunt}.]       1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to             make to go on.          2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]                         They . . . advanced their eyelids.      --Shak.          3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.                         Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above                      all the princes.                                 --Esther iii.                                                                               1.          4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to             forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance             the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.          5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show;             as, to advance an argument.                         Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope.          6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.          7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes             due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as,             a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods             consigned to him.          8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate;             as, to advance the price of goods.          9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]                         Greatly advancing his gay chivalry.   --Spenser.          Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten;                accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advanced \Ad*vanced"\, a.       1. In the van or front.          2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or             ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.          3. Far on in life or time.                         A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard                      experience written in his wrinkles.   --Hawthorne.          {Advanced guard}, a detachment of troops which precedes the             march of the main body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advanced \Ad*vanced"\, a.       1. In the van or front.          2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or             ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.          3. Far on in life or time.                         A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard                      experience written in his wrinkles.   --Hawthorne.          {Advanced guard}, a detachment of troops which precedes the             march of the main body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guard \Guard\, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf.       OHG. wart, marto, one who watches, mata a watching, Goth.       wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.]       1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger,             exposure, or attack; defense; protection.                         His greatness was no guard to bar heaven's shaft.                                                                               --Shak.          2. A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a             person or position; a watch; a sentinel.                         The guard which kept the door of the king's house.                                                                               --Kings xiv.                                                                               27.          3. One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a             conductor. [Eng.]          4. Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure             against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss; as:             (a) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.             (b) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a                   garment.             (c) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person                   or dress.             (d) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a                   vessel.             (e) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull;                   esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of                   strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond                   the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft                   against collision.             (f) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock                   frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a                   bow, to protect the trigger.             (g) (Bookbinding) An interleaved strip at the back, as in                   a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when                   filled.          5. A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber             exercise.          6. An expression or admission intended to secure against             objections or censure.                         They have expressed themselves with as few guards                      and restrictions as I.                        --Atterbury.          7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.          8. (Zo[94]l.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone             of the Belemnites.          Note: Guard is often used adjectively or in combination; as,                guard boat or guardboat; guardroom or guard room; guard                duty.          {Advanced guard}, {Coast guard}, etc. See under {Advanced},             {Coast}, etc.          {Grand guard} (Mil.), one of the posts of the second line             belonging to a system of advance posts of an army.             --Mahan.          {Guard boat}.             (a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war                   in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good                   lookout.             (b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the                   observance of quarantine regulations.          {Guard cells} (Bot.), the bordering cells of stomates; they             are crescent-shaped and contain chlorophyll.          {Guard chamber}, a guardroom.          {Guard detail} (Mil.), men from a company regiment etc.,             detailed for guard duty.          {Guard duty} (Mil.), the duty of watching patrolling, etc.,             performed by a sentinel or sentinels.          {Guard lock} (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or             basin.          {Guard of honor} (Mil.), a guard appointed to receive or to             accompany eminent persons.          {Guard rail} (Railroads), a rail placed on the inside of a             main rail, on bridges, at switches, etc., as a safeguard             against derailment.          {Guard ship}, a war vessel appointed to superintend the             marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English             service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed             among their respective ships.          {Life guard} (Mil.), a body of select troops attending the             person of a prince or high officer.          {Off one's guard}, in a careless state; inattentive;             unsuspicious of danger.          {On guard}, serving in the capacity of a guard; doing duty as             a guard or sentinel; watching.          {On one's guard}, in a watchful state; alert; vigilant.          {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on duty as a guard or             sentinel.          {To run the guard}, to pass the watch or sentinel without             leave.          Syn: Defense; shield; protection; safeguard; convoy; escort;                care; attention; watch; heed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advancement \Ad*vance"ment\ ([acr]d*v[adot]ns"m[eit]nt), n. [OE.       avancement, F. avancement. See {Advance}, v. t.]       1. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced;             progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a             higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.                         In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each                      other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's                      advancement.                                       --Sir T. More.                         True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint                      advancement of the virtue and happiness of the                      people.                                             --Horsley.          2. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See             {Advance}, 5.          3. (Law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in             advance of a future distribution.          4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advancer \Ad*van"cer\, n.       1. One who advances; a promoter.          2. A second branch of a buck's antler. --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer,       fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before.       The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be       fr. L. ad. See {Avaunt}.]       1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to             make to go on.          2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]                         They . . . advanced their eyelids.      --Shak.          3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.                         Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above                      all the princes.                                 --Esther iii.                                                                               1.          4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to             forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance             the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.          5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show;             as, to advance an argument.                         Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope.          6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.          7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes             due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as,             a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods             consigned to him.          8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate;             as, to advance the price of goods.          9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]                         Greatly advancing his gay chivalry.   --Spenser.          Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten;                accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advancing edge \Ad*van"cing edge\ (A[89]ronautics)       The front edge (in direction of motion) of a supporting       surface; -- contr. with {following edge}, which is the rear       edge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advancing surface \Ad*van"cing sur"face\ (A[89]ronautics)       The first of two or more surfaces arranged in tandem; --       contr. with {following surface}, which is the rear surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advancive \Ad*van"cive\, a.       Tending to advance. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advantage \Ad*van"tage\ (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage,       avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See {Advance}, and       cf. {Vantage}.]       1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means,             particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;             benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more             elevated position.                         Give me advantage of some brief discourse. --Shak.                         The advantages of a close alliance.   --Macaulay.          2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.                         Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. --2 Cor.                                                                               ii. 11.          3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit;             gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.          4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth             in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]                         And with advantage means to pay thy love. --Shak.          {Advantage ground}, vantage ground. [R.] --Clarendon.          {To have the advantage of} (any one), to have a personal             knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge.             [bd]You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to             have had the honor.[b8] --Sheridan.          {To take advantage of}, to profit by; (often used in a bad             sense) to overreach, to outwit.          Syn: {Advantage}, {Advantageous}, {Benefit}, {Beneficial}.          Usage: We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial,                   when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits                   of early discipline; the beneficial effects of                   adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as                   advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting                   forward, and places us on a [bd]vantage ground[b8] for                   further effort. Hence, there is a difference between                   the benefits and the advantages of early education;                   between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of                   money.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advantage \Ad*van"tage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advantaged}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Advantaging}.] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See       {Advance}.]       To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;       to profit.                   The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and                averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged                his adversaries against him.                  --Fuller.                   What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,                and lose himself, or be cast away?         --Luke ix. 25.          {To advantage one's self of}, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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Turn \Turn\, v. i.       1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve             entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so             as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a             wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man             turns on his heel.                         The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.          2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;             to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.                         Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of                      war.                                                   --Swift.          3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to             issue.                         If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and                      serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our                      advantage.                                          --Wake.          4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or             tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently             applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.                         Turn from thy fierce wrath.               --Ex. xxxii.                                                                               12.                         Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.                                                                               xxxiii. 11.                         The understanding turns inward on itself, and                      reflects on its own operations.         --Locke.          5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become             transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to             grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one             color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.                         I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.                         Cygnets from gray turn white.            --Bacon.          6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory             turns well.          7. Specifically:             (a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.             (b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.                               I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn. --Shak.             (c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.             (d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of                   scales.             (e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --                   said of the tide.             (f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the                   womb, in order to facilitate delivery.          8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as             temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.          {To turn about}, to face to another quarter; to turn around.                      {To turn again}, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.          {To turn against}, to become unfriendly or hostile to.          {To turn} {aside [or] away}.             (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a                   company; to deviate.             (b) To depart; to remove.             (c) To avert one's face.          {To turn back}, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;             to retrace one's steps.          {To turn in}.             (a) To bend inward.             (b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.             (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]          {To turn into}, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a             side street.          {To turn off}, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,             the road turns off to the left.          {To turn on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.             (b) To reply to or retort.             (c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.                            {To turn out}.             (a) To move from its place, as a bone.             (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.             (c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]             (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to                   the fire.             (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the                   crops turned out poorly.          {To turn over}, to turn from side to side; to roll; to             tumble.          {To turn round}.             (a) To change position so as to face in another direction.             (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or                   party to another.          {To turn to}, to apply one's self to; have recourse to; to             refer to. [bd]Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all             occasions.[b8] --Locke.          {To turn to account}, {profit}, {advantage}, or the like, to             be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the             while.          {To turn under}, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.          {To turn up}.             (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.             (b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;                   to happen.
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Advantage \Ad*van"tage\ (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage,       avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See {Advance}, and       cf. {Vantage}.]       1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means,             particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;             benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more             elevated position.                         Give me advantage of some brief discourse. --Shak.                         The advantages of a close alliance.   --Macaulay.          2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.                         Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. --2 Cor.                                                                               ii. 11.          3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit;             gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.          4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth             in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]                         And with advantage means to pay thy love. --Shak.          {Advantage ground}, vantage ground. [R.] --Clarendon.          {To have the advantage of} (any one), to have a personal             knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge.             [bd]You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to             have had the honor.[b8] --Sheridan.          {To take advantage of}, to profit by; (often used in a bad             sense) to overreach, to outwit.          Syn: {Advantage}, {Advantageous}, {Benefit}, {Beneficial}.          Usage: We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial,                   when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits                   of early discipline; the beneficial effects of                   adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as                   advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting                   forward, and places us on a [bd]vantage ground[b8] for                   further effort. Hence, there is a difference between                   the benefits and the advantages of early education;                   between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of                   money.
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Advantage \Ad*van"tage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advantaged}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Advantaging}.] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See       {Advance}.]       To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;       to profit.                   The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and                averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged                his adversaries against him.                  --Fuller.                   What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,                and lose himself, or be cast away?         --Luke ix. 25.          {To advantage one's self of}, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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Turn \Turn\, v. i.       1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve             entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so             as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a             wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man             turns on his heel.                         The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.          2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;             to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.                         Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of                      war.                                                   --Swift.          3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to             issue.                         If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and                      serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our                      advantage.                                          --Wake.          4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or             tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently             applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.                         Turn from thy fierce wrath.               --Ex. xxxii.                                                                               12.                         Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.                                                                               xxxiii. 11.                         The understanding turns inward on itself, and                      reflects on its own operations.         --Locke.          5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become             transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to             grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one             color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.                         I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.                         Cygnets from gray turn white.            --Bacon.          6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory             turns well.          7. Specifically:             (a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.             (b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.                               I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn. --Shak.             (c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.             (d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of                   scales.             (e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --                   said of the tide.             (f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the                   womb, in order to facilitate delivery.          8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as             temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.          {To turn about}, to face to another quarter; to turn around.                      {To turn again}, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.          {To turn against}, to become unfriendly or hostile to.          {To turn} {aside [or] away}.             (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a                   company; to deviate.             (b) To depart; to remove.             (c) To avert one's face.          {To turn back}, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;             to retrace one's steps.          {To turn in}.             (a) To bend inward.             (b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.             (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]          {To turn into}, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a             side street.          {To turn off}, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,             the road turns off to the left.          {To turn on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.             (b) To reply to or retort.             (c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.                            {To turn out}.             (a) To move from its place, as a bone.             (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.             (c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]             (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to                   the fire.             (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the                   crops turned out poorly.          {To turn over}, to turn from side to side; to roll; to             tumble.          {To turn round}.             (a) To change position so as to face in another direction.             (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or                   party to another.          {To turn to}, to apply one's self to; have recourse to; to             refer to. [bd]Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all             occasions.[b8] --Locke.          {To turn to account}, {profit}, {advantage}, or the like, to             be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the             while.          {To turn under}, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.          {To turn up}.             (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.             (b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;                   to happen.
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Advantage \Ad*van"tage\ (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage,       avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See {Advance}, and       cf. {Vantage}.]       1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means,             particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;             benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more             elevated position.                         Give me advantage of some brief discourse. --Shak.                         The advantages of a close alliance.   --Macaulay.          2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.                         Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. --2 Cor.                                                                               ii. 11.          3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit;             gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.          4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth             in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]                         And with advantage means to pay thy love. --Shak.          {Advantage ground}, vantage ground. [R.] --Clarendon.          {To have the advantage of} (any one), to have a personal             knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge.             [bd]You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to             have had the honor.[b8] --Sheridan.          {To take advantage of}, to profit by; (often used in a bad             sense) to overreach, to outwit.          Syn: {Advantage}, {Advantageous}, {Benefit}, {Beneficial}.          Usage: We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial,                   when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits                   of early discipline; the beneficial effects of                   adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as                   advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting                   forward, and places us on a [bd]vantage ground[b8] for                   further effort. Hence, there is a difference between                   the benefits and the advantages of early education;                   between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of                   money.
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Advantageable \Ad*van"tage*a*ble\, a.       Advantageous. [Obs.]
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Advantage \Ad*van"tage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advantaged}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Advantaging}.] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See       {Advance}.]       To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;       to profit.                   The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and                averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged                his adversaries against him.                  --Fuller.                   What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,                and lose himself, or be cast away?         --Luke ix. 25.          {To advantage one's self of}, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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Advantageous \Ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [F. avantageux, fr.       avantage.]       Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful;       profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position;       trade is advantageous to a nation.                   Advabtageous comparison with any other country.                                                                               --Prescott.                   You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how                swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one                goes.                                                      --Chesterfield.
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Advantageously \Ad`van*ta"geous*ly\, adv.       Profitably; with advantage.
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Advantageousness \Ad`van*ta"geous*ness\, n.       Profitableness.
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Advantage \Ad*van"tage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advantaged}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Advantaging}.] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See       {Advance}.]       To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;       to profit.                   The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and                averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged                his adversaries against him.                  --Fuller.                   What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,                and lose himself, or be cast away?         --Luke ix. 25.          {To advantage one's self of}, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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Advene \Ad*vene"\, v. i. [L. advenire; ad + venire to come: cf.       F. avenir, advenir. See {Come}.]       To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a       part of it, though not essential. [R.]                   Where no act of the will advenes as a coefficient.                                                                               --Coleridge.
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Advenient \Ad*ven"ient\, a. [L. adviens, p. pr.]       Coming from outward causes; superadded. [Obs.]
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Advent \Ad`vent\, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf.       F. avent. See {Advene}.]       1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before             Christmas.          {Advent Sunday} (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of             Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of             St. Andrew (Now. 30). --Shipley.          2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.          3. Coming; any important arrival; approach.                         Death's dreadful advent.                     --Young.                         Expecting still his advent home.         --Tennyson.
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Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[91]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the       sun + d[91]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called       because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to       its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.]       The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to       rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the       Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.          {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See             under {Advent}, {Low}, etc.          Syn: See {Sabbath}.
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Advent \Ad`vent\, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf.       F. avent. See {Advene}.]       1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before             Christmas.          {Advent Sunday} (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of             Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of             St. Andrew (Now. 30). --Shipley.          2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.          3. Coming; any important arrival; approach.                         Death's dreadful advent.                     --Young.                         Expecting still his advent home.         --Tennyson.
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Adventist \Ad"vent*ist\, n.       One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look       for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also       {Second Adventists}. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
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Adventitious \Ad`ven*ti"tious\, a. [L. adventitius.]       1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental             or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.                         To things of great dimensions, if we annex an                      adventitious idea of terror, they become without                      comparison greater.                           --Burke.          2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,             adventitious buds or roots.          3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country             or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied             to foreign plants.          4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. --             {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness}, n.
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Membrane \Mem"brane\, n. [F., fr. L. membrana the skin that       covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See       {Member}.] (Anat.)       A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a       fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ,       and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids.          Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded                parts, of various texture, both in animals and                vegetables.          {Adventitious membrane}, a membrane connecting parts not             usually connected, or of a different texture from the             ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix.          {Jacob's membrane}. See under {Retina}.          {Mucous membranes} (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and             cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as             ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually             secreting mucus.          {Schneiderian membrane}. (Anat.) See {Schneiderian}.          {Serous membranes} (Anat.), the membranes, like the             peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities             having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid.
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Adventitious \Ad`ven*ti"tious\, a. [L. adventitius.]       1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental             or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.                         To things of great dimensions, if we annex an                      adventitious idea of terror, they become without                      comparison greater.                           --Burke.          2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,             adventitious buds or roots.          3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country             or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied             to foreign plants.          4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. --             {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness}, n.
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Adventitious \Ad`ven*ti"tious\, a. [L. adventitius.]       1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental             or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.                         To things of great dimensions, if we annex an                      adventitious idea of terror, they become without                      comparison greater.                           --Burke.          2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,             adventitious buds or roots.          3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country             or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied             to foreign plants.          4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. --             {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness}, n.
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Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, a.       1. Accidental.          2. (Bot.) Adventitious. --Gray.
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Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, n.       A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.]       --Bacon.
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Adventual \Ad*ven"tu*al\ (?; 135), a.       Relating to the season of advent. --Sanderson.
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Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter,       anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire,       adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the       sense of [bd]to happen, befall.[b8] See Advene.]       1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap;             hence, chance of danger or loss.                         Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she                      must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him                      individually.                                    --Milton.          2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.]                         He was in great adventure of his life. --Berners.          3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking             enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be             encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen             events; a daring feat.                         He loved excitement and adventure.      --Macaulay.          4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring             incident; as, the adventures of one's life. --Bacon.          5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a             venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.          {A bill of adventure} (Com.), a writing setting forth that             the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.          Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.
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Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. i.       To try the chance; to take the risk.                   I would adventure for such merchandise.   --Shak.
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Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adventured}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Adventuring}.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.       aventurer, fr. aventure. See {Adventure}, n.]       1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.                         He would not adventure himself into the theater.                                                                               --Acts xix.                                                                               31.          2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.                         Yet they adventured to go back.         --Bunyan,                         Discriminations might be adventured.   --J. Taylor.
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Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adventured}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Adventuring}.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.       aventurer, fr. aventure. See {Adventure}, n.]       1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.                         He would not adventure himself into the theater.                                                                               --Acts xix.                                                                               31.          2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.                         Yet they adventured to go back.         --Bunyan,                         Discriminations might be adventured.   --J. Taylor.
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Adventureful \Ad*ven"ture*ful\, a.       Given to adventure.
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Adventurer \Ad*ven"tur*er\, n. [Cf. F. aventurier.]       1. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who             seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous             enterprises.          2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
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Adventuresome \Ad*ven"ture*some\, a.       Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. --       {Ad*ven"ture*some*ness}, n.
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Adventuresome \Ad*ven"ture*some\, a.       Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. --       {Ad*ven"ture*some*ness}, n.
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Adventuress \Ad*ven"tur*ess\, n.       A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by       equivocal means.
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Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adventured}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Adventuring}.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.       aventurer, fr. aventure. See {Adventure}, n.]       1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.                         He would not adventure himself into the theater.                                                                               --Acts xix.                                                                               31.          2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.                         Yet they adventured to go back.         --Bunyan,                         Discriminations might be adventured.   --J. Taylor.
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Adventurous \Ad*ven"tur*ous\, a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF.       aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See {Adventure}, n.]       1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to             embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied             to persons.                         Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger;             requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an             adventurous undertaking, deed, song.          Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring;                hazardous; venturesome. See {Rash}.
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Adventurously \Ad*ven"tur*ous*ly\, adv.       In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
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Adventurousness \Ad*ven"tur*ous*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being adventurous; daring;       venturesomeness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pinch \Pinch\, n.       1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or             with an instrument; a nip.          2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any             very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.          3. Pian; pang. [bd]Necessary's sharp pinch.[b8] --Shak.          4. A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a             fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called             also {pinch bar}.          {At a pinch}, {On a pinch}, in an emergency; as, he could on             a pinch read a little Latin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venture \Ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [Aphetic form of OE. aventure.       See {Adventure}.]       1. An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of             something upon an event which can not be foreseen with             certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.                         I, in this venture, double gains pursue. --Dryden.          2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an             accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. --Bacon.          3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially,             something sent to sea in trade.                         My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak.          {At a venture}, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark;             without foreseeing the issue; at random.                         A certain man drew a bow at a venture. --1 Kings                                                                               xxii. 34.                         A bargain at a venture made.               --Hudibras.          Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure,                that is, at adventure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan       skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See {Pane}.]       1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the             payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See             {Pledge}, n., 1.                         As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not                      take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. --Bacon.          2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a             promise. [R.]                         Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.                                                                               --Shak.                         As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness.                                                                               --Donne.          3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic]                         My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against                      thy enemies.                                       --Shak.          {In pawn}, {At pawn}, in the state of being pledged.             [bd]Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.[b8] --Shak.          {Pawn ticket}, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an             article pledged.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L.       punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See       {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.]       1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything,             esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle             or a pin.          2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle             used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others;             also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point;             -- called also {pointer}.          3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined             termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a             tract of land extending into the water beyond the common             shore line.          4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument,             as a needle; a prick.          5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or             supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither             parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has             neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes             conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of             which a line is conceived to be produced.          6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant;             hence, the verge.                         When time's first point begun Made he all souls.                                                                               --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the             divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed             in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a             stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence,             figuratively, an end, or conclusion.                         And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer.                         Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope.          8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative             position, or to indicate a transition from one state or             position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position             or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of             depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by             tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden.             [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson.                         A lord full fat and in good point.      --Chaucer.          9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or             character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a             peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as,             the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story,             etc.                         He told him, point for point, in short and plain.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon.                         Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ?                                                                               --Milton.          10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an             argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp.,             the proposition to be established; as, the point of an             anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak.                         They will hardly prove his point.      --Arbuthnot.          11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a             punctilio.                         This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak.                         [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser.          12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or             time; as:             (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or                   characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of                   perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a                   tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a                   flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.             (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note,                   to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half,                   as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a                   half note equal to three quarter notes.          13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or             zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the             intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere,             and named specifically in each case according to the             position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the             solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points,             etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}.          14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the             escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}.          15. (Naut.)             (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the                   compass}, below); also, the difference between two                   points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.             (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See                   {Reef point}, under {Reef}.          16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together             certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott.          17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels             point. See Point lace, below.          18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.]          19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.             [Cant, U. S.]          20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side,             about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in             advance of, the batsman.          21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game;             as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}.          22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of             type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica             type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}.          23. A tyne or snag of an antler.          24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board.          25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as,             tierce point.          Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the                sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics,                perspective, and physics, but generally either in the                geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition                of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or                qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the                specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon                point, dry point, freezing point, melting point,                vanishing point, etc.          {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly.             --Shak.          {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as             near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep.,             6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of             speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken,             recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his             side.[b8] --Milton.          {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}.          {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at             which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the             nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either             with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with             each eye separately (monocular near point).          {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the             greater weight of authority.          {On the point}. See {At point}, above.          {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished             from that made on the pillow.          {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels             lace (Brussels ground).          {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines,             but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for             instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base.          {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes             its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and             concavity change sides.          {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of             order or propriety under the rules.          {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the             point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the             spectator.          {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is             seen or any subject is considered.          {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of             division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the             corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is             supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the             directions of east, west, north, and south, are called             cardinal points, and the rest are named from their             respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N.,             N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}.          {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil             for transferring a design.          {Point system of type}. See under {Type}.          {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses             some property not possessed by points in general on the             curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc.          {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a             controversy.          {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to.          {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was             proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or             position.          {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket,             etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run,             etc.          {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule;             to stretch one's authority or conscience.          {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and             ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the             consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or             vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Audiphone \Au"di*phone\, n. [L. audire to hear + Gr. [?] sound.]       An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound       to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or       less distinctly; a dentiphone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autohypnotic \Au`to*hyp*not"ic\, a.       Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. -- n. An       autohypnotic person.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autohypnotism \Au`to*hyp"no*tism\, n. [Auto- + hypnotism.]       Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on       some object or idea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autophony \Au*toph"o*ny\, n. [Auto- + Gr. [?] a sound.] (Med.)       An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of       the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head       close to the patient's chest. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autopneumatic \Au`to*pneu*mat"ic\, a. [Auto- + pneumatic.]       Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Advance, IN (town, FIPS 640)       Location: 39.99523 N, 86.62043 W       Population (1990): 520 (177 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Advance, MO (city, FIPS 262)       Location: 37.10355 N, 89.91453 W       Population (1990): 1139 (520 housing units)       Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 63730    Advance, NC       Zip code(s): 27006
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Advance Mills, VA       Zip code(s): 22968
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Advent, WV       Zip code(s): 25231
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Audubon, IA (city, FIPS 3655)       Location: 41.71806 N, 94.92980 W       Population (1990): 2524 (1185 housing units)       Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50025    Audubon, MN (city, FIPS 2728)       Location: 46.86417 N, 95.98089 W       Population (1990): 411 (163 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56511    Audubon, NJ (borough, FIPS 2200)       Location: 39.88970 N, 75.07276 W       Population (1990): 9205 (3756 housing units)       Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 08106    Audubon, PA (CDP, FIPS 3544)       Location: 40.12985 N, 75.42836 W       Population (1990): 6328 (2459 housing units)       Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Audubon County, IA (county, FIPS 9)       Location: 41.68471 N, 94.90524 W       Population (1990): 7334 (3247 housing units)       Area: 1147.8 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Audubon Park, KY (city, FIPS 2656)       Location: 38.20490 N, 85.72764 W       Population (1990): 1520 (620 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Audubon Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 2230)       Location: 39.89600 N, 75.08871 W       Population (1990): 1150 (498 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
ADVENT /ad'vent/ n.   The prototypical computer adventure game,    first designed by Will Crowther on the {PDP-10} in the mid-1970s as    an attempt at computer-refereed fantasy gaming, and expanded into a    puzzle-oriented game by Don Woods at Stanford in 1976. (Woods had    been one of the authors of {INTERCAL}.) Now better known as    Adventure, but the {{TOPS-10}} operating system permitted only    six-letter filenames.   See also {vadding}, {Zork}, and {Infocom}.          This game defined the terse, dryly humorous style since expected in    text adventure games, and popularized several tag lines that have    become fixtures of hacker-speak:   "A huge green fierce snake bars    the way!"   "I see no X here" (for some noun X).   "You are in a maze    of twisty little passages, all alike."   "You are in a little maze of    twisty passages, all different."   The `magic words' {xyzzy} and    {plugh} also derive from this game.          Crowther, by the way, participated in the exploration of the    Mammoth & Flint Ridge cave system; it actually _has_ a `Colossal    Cave' and a `Bedquilt' as in the game, and the `Y2' that also turns    up is cavers' jargon for a map reference to a secondary entrance.          ADVENT sources are available for FTP at    `ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/doc/misc/if-archive/games/source/advent.tar.Z'.    There's a version implemented as a set of web scripts at    `http://tjwww.stanford.edu/adventure/'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Audio Coding
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Communication Function/Network Control Program          (ACF/NCP, usually called just "NCP") The primary       {SNA} {network control program}, one of the {ACF} products.       ACF/NCP resides in the {communications controller} and       interfaces with {ACF/VTAM} in the {host processor} to control       network communications.          NCP can also communicate with multiple hosts using local       channel or remote links ({PU} type 5 or PU type 4) thus       enabling cross domain application communication.   In a       multiple {mainframe} SNA environment, any terminal or       application can access any other application on any host using       cross domain logon.          See also {Emulator program}.          [Communication or Communications?]          (1999-01-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Communications Function          (ACF) A group of {IBM} {SNA} products that       provide {distributed processing} and resource sharing such as       {VTAM} and {NCP}.          [Communication or Communications?]          (1997-05-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Computing Environment          (ACE) A consortium to agree on an {open} architecture       based on the {MIPS R4000} chip.   A computer architecture ARCS       will be defined, on which either {OS/2} or {Open Desktop} can       be run.          (1995-02-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface          (ACPI) An open industry standard       developed by {Intel}, {Microsoft}, and {Toshiba} for       configuration and {power management}.          The key element of the standard is power management with two       important improvements.   First, it puts the {OS} in control of       power management.   In the currently existing {APM} model most       of the power management tasks are run by the {BIOS}, with       limited intervention from the OS.   In ACPI, the BIOS is       responsible for the dirty details of communicating with       hardware equipment but the control is in the OS.          The other important feature is bringing power management       features now available in {portable computers} only to the       desktop as well as into servers.   Extremely low consumption       states, i.e., in which only memory, or not even memory is       powered, but from which ordinary interrupts (real time clock,       keyboard, modem, etc.) can quickly wake the system, are today       available in portables only.   The standard should make these       available for a wider range of systems.          For ACPI to work the operating system, the {motherboard}       chipset, and for some functions even the {CPU} has to be       designed for it.   Microsoft is heavily driving a move toward       ACPI, both {Windows NT 5.0} and {Windows 98} will support it.       It remains to be seen how much hardware manufacturers will       embrace the technology and whether other operating system       vendors will support it.          {ACPI Information Page (http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/)}.          (1998-03-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol          An {ANSI} {standard} {bit-oriented} {data link}       control {protocol}.          (1997-05-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Encryption Standard          (AES) The {NIST}'s replacement for       the {Data Encryption Standard} (DES).   The Rijndael       /rayn-dahl/ {symmetric block cipher}, designed by Joan Daemen       and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES.          AES is Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS-197.          AES currently supports 128, 192 and 256-bit keys and       encryption blocks, but may be extended in multiples of 32       bits.          {Home (http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/aes/)}.          {Rijndael home page       (http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~rijmen/rijndael/)}.          (2003-07-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Function Presentation          (AFP) A {page description language} from       {IBM} introduced in 1984 initially as Advanced Function       Printing.   AFP was first developed for {mainframes} and then       brought to {minicomputers} and {workstations}.   It is       implemented on the various {platforms} by {Print Services       Facility} (PSF) software, which generates the {native} IBM       printer language, {IPDS} and, depending on the version,       {PostScript} and LaserJet {PCL} as well.   IBM calls AFP a       "printer architecture" rather than a page description       language.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Function Printing          {Advanced Function Presentation}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Intelligent Tape          (AIT) A form of {magnetic tape} and drive using       {AME} developed by {Sony} for storing large amounts of data.       An AIT can store over 50 {gigabytes} and transfer data at six       megabytes/second (in February 1999).   AIT features high speed       file access, long head and media life, the {ALDC compression}       {algorithm}, and a {MIC} chip.          {Home (http://www.aittape.com/)}.          {Seagate       (http://www.seagate.com/support/tape/scsiide/sidewinder/ait_main_page.shtml)}.          (1999-04-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Interactive eXecutive          (AIX) {IBM}'s version of {Unix}, taken as       the basis for the {OSF} {standard}.          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.sys.unix.aix}.          (1994-11-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.          (AMD) A US manufacturer of {integrated circuits},       founded in 1969.   AMD was the fifth-largest IC manufacturer in       1995.   AMD focuses on the personal and networked computation       and communications market.   They produce {microprocessors},       {embedded processors} and related peripherals, memories,       {programmable logic devices}, circuits for telecommunications       and networking applications.          In 1995, AMD had 12000 employees in the USA and elsewhere and       manufacturing facilities in Austin, Texas; Aizu-Wakamatsu,       Japan; Bangkok, Thailand; Penang, Malaysia; and Singapore.          AMD made the {AMD 2900} series of {bit-slice} {TTL} components       and clones of the {Intel 80386} and {Intel 486}       {microprocessors}.          {AMD Home (http://www.amd.com/)}.          Address: Sunnyvale, CA, USA.          (1995-02-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Network Systems Architecture          (ANSA) A "{software bus}" based on a model for       distributed systems developed as an {ESPRIT} project.          {Home (http://www.ansa.co.uk/)}.          (1996-04-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking          (APPN) IBM data communications support       that routes data in a network between two or more {APPC}       systems that need not be adjacent.          (1995-02-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Power Management          (APM) A feature of some displays, usually but not       always, on {laptop computers}, which turns off power to the       display after a preset period of inactivity to conserve       electrical power.   Monitors with this capability are usually       refered to as "green monitors", meaning environmentally       friendly.          Not to be confused with a {screen blanker} which is {software}       that causes the display to go black (by setting every {pixel}       to black) to prevent {burn-in}.          (1997-08-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller          (APIC) A {Programmable Interrupt       Controller} (PIC) that can handle {interrupts} from and for       multiple {CPU}s, and, usually, has more available interrupt       lines that a typical PIC.          (2003-03-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Program-to-Program Communications          (APPC) An implementation of the {IBM}       {SNA}/{SDLC} {LU6.2} {protocol} that allows interconnected       systems to communicate and share the processing of programs.          (1995-02-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Research Projects Agency          {Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network          (ARPANET) A pioneering longhaul {wide area       network} funded by {DARPA} (when it was still called "ARPA"?).       It became operational in 1968 and served as the basis for       early networking research, as well as a central {backbone}       during the development of the {Internet}.   The ARPANET       consisted of individual {packet switching} computers       interconnected by {leased lines}.   {Protocols} used include       {FTP} and {telnet}.   It has now been replaced by {NSFnet}.          [1968 or 1969?]          (1994-11-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced Revelation          (AREV) A {database development environment} for       {personal computers} available from {Revelation Software}       since 1982.   Originally based on the {PICK} {operating       system}, there are over one million users worldwide in 1996.          (1996-12-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced RISC Computing Specification          (ARC, previously ARCS) The baseline       hardware requirements for an {ACE}-compatible system.          (1995-01-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Advanced RISC Machine          (ARM, Originally {Acorn} RISC Machine).   A series       of low-cost, power-efficient 32-bit {RISC} {microprocessors}       for embedded control, computing, {digital signal processing},       {games}, consumer {multimedia} and portable applications.   It       was the first commercial RISC microprocessor (or was the {MIPS       R2000}?) and was licensed for production by {Asahi Kasei       Microsystems}, {Cirrus Logic}, {GEC Plessey Semiconductors},       {Samsung}, {Sharp}, {Texas Instruments} and {VLSI Technology}.          The ARM has a small and highly {orthogonal instruction set},       as do most RISC processors.   Every instruction includes a       four-bit code which specifies a condition (of the {processor       status register}) which must be satisfied for the instruction       to be executed.   Unconditional execution is specified with a       condition "true".          Instructions are split into load and store which access memory       and arithmetic and logic instructions which work on       {registers} (two source and one destination).          The ARM has 27 registers of which 16 are accessible in any       particular processor mode.   R15 combines the {program counter}       and processor status byte, the other registers are general       purpose except that R14 holds the {return address} after a       {subroutine} call and R13 is conventionally used as a {stack       pointer}.   There are four processor modes: user, {interrupt}       (with a private copy of R13 and R14), fast interrupt (private       copies of R8 to R14) and {supervisor} (private copies of R13       and R14).   The {ALU} includes a 32-bit {barrel-shifter}       allowing, e.g., a single-{cycle} shift and add.          The first ARM processor, the ARM1 was a prototype which was       never released.   The ARM2 was originally called the Acorn RISC       Machine.   It was designed by {Acorn Computers Ltd.} and used       in the original {Archimedes}, their successor to the {BBC       Micro} and {BBC Master} series which were based on the       eight-bit {6502} {microprocessor}.   It was clocked at 8 MHz       giving an average performance of 4 - 4.7 {MIPS}.   Development       of the ARM family was then continued by a new company,       {Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.}          The {ARM3} added a {fully-associative} on-chip {cache} and       some support for {multiprocessing}.   This was followed by the       {ARM600} chip which was an {ARM6} processor {core} with a       4-kilobyte 64-way {set-associative} {cache}, an {MMU} based on       the MEMC2 chip, a {write buffer} (8 words?) and a       {coprocessor} interface.          The {ARM7} processor core uses half the power of the {ARM6}       and takes around half the {die} size.   In a full processor       design ({ARM700} chip) it should provide 50% to 100% more       performance.          In July 1994 {VLSI Technology, Inc.} released the {ARM710}       processor chip.          {Thumb} is an implementation with reduced code size       requirements, intended for {embedded} applications.          An {ARM800} chip is also planned.          {AT&T}, {IBM}, {Panasonic}, {Apple Coputer}, {Matsushita} and       {Sanyo} either rely on, or manufacture, ARM 32-bit processor       chips.          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.sys.arm}.          (1997-08-05)
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Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.          (ARM) A company formed in 1990 by {Acorn Computers}       Ltd., {Apple Computer, Inc.} and {VLSI Technology} to market       and develop the {Advanced RISC Machine} {microprocessor}       family, originally designed by Acorn.          ARM Ltd. also designs and licenses peripheral chips and       supplies supporting software and hardware tools.   In April       1993, Nippon Investment and Finance, a Daiwa Securities       company, became ARM's fourth investor.   In May 1994 Samsung       became the sixth large company to have a licence to use the       ARM processor core.          The success of ARM Ltd. and the strategy to widen the       availability of RISC technology has resulted in its chips now       being used in a range of products including the {Apple       Newton}.   As measured by an independent authority, more ARM       processors were shipped than {SPARC} chips in 1993.   ARM has       also sold three times more chips than the {PowerPC}       consortium.          {Home (http://www.systemv.com/armltd/index.html)}.          E-mail: armltd.co.uk.          Address: Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.   Fulbourn Road, Cherry       Hinton, Cambridge CB1 4JN, UK.          Telephone: +44 (1223) 400 400.   Fax: +44 (1223) 400 410.          (1994-11-03)
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Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface          (ASPI) A set of libraries designed to       provide programs running under {Microsoft Windows} with a       consistent interface for accessing {SCSI} devices.   ASPI has       become a {de facto standard}.          The ASPI layer is a collection of programs ({DLL}s) that       together implement the ASPI interface.   Many problems are       caused by device manufacturers packaging incomplete sets of       these DLLs with their hardware, often with incorrect date       stamps, causing newer versions to get replaced with old.       ASPICHK from Adaptec will check the ASPI components installed       on a computer.          The latest ASPI layer as of March 1999 is 1014.          The {ATAPI} standard for {IDE} devices makes them look to the       system like SCSI devices and allows them to work through ASPI.          {(http://resource.simplenet.com/primer/aspi.htm)}.          (1999-03-30)
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Advanced Software Environment          (ASE) An {object-oriented} {application support       system} from {Nixdorf}.          (1995-09-12)
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Advanced STatistical Analysis Program          (ASTAP) A program for analysing electronic       circuits and other networks.          ["Advanced Statistical Analysis Program (ASTAP) Program       Reference Manual", SH-20-1118, IBM, 1973].          (2000-01-27)
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Advanced Technology Attachment          (ATA, AT Attachment or       "Integrated Drive Electronics", IDE) A {disk drive} interface       {standard} based on the {IBM PC} {ISA} 16-bit {bus} but also       used on other {personal computers}.   The ATA specification       deals with the power and data signal interfaces between the       {motherboard} and the integrated {disk controller} and drive.       The ATA "bus" only supports two devices - master and slave.          ATA drives may in fact use any physical interface the       manufacturer desires, so long as an embedded translator is       included with the proper ATA interface.   ATA "controllers" are       actually direct connections to the ISA bus.          Originally called IDE, the ATA interface was invented by       {Compaq} around 1986, and was developed with the help of       {Western Digital}, {Imprimis}, and then-upstart {Conner       Peripherals}.   Efforts to standardise the interface started in       1988; the first draft appeared in March 1989, and a finished       version was sent to {ANSI} group X3T10 (who named it "Advanced       Technology Attachment" (ATA)) for ratification in November       1990.          X3T10 later extended ATA to {Advanced Technology Attachment       Interface with Extensions} (ATA-2), followed by {ATA-3} and       {ATA-4}.          {X3T10 (http://www.symbios.com/x3t10/)}.          (1998-10-08)
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Advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Extensions          (ATA-2, Enhanced Integrated Drive       Electronics, EIDE) A proposed (May 1996 or earlier?)       {standard} from {X3T10} (document 948D rev 3) which extends       the {Advanced Technology Attachment} interface while       maintaining compatibility with current {IBM PC} {BIOS}       designs.          ATA-2 provides for faster data rates, 32-bit transactions and       (in some drives) {DMA}.   Optional support for power saving       modes and removable devices is also in the standard.          ATA-2 was developed by {Western Digital} as "Enhanced       Integrated Drive Electronics" (EIDE) around 1994.       {Marketroids} call it "Fast ATA" or "Fast ATA-2".          ATA-2 was followed by {ATA-3} and {ATA-4} ("Ultra DMA").          (2000-10-07)
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Advanced WavEffect          (AWE) The kind of synthesis used       by the {EMU 8000} music synthesizer {integrated circuit} found       on the {SB AWE32} card.          (1996-12-15)
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Advantage Gen          A {CASE} tool for {rapid application       development} which generates code from graphical {business       process models}.   Formerly called Information Engineering       Facility (IEF) and produced by {Texas Instruments}, it was       then bought by {Sterling Software, Inc.} who renamed it to       COOL:Gen to fit into their COOL line of products.   {Computer       Associates International, Inc.} then acquired {Sterling       Software, Inc.}, and renamed the tool "Advantage Gen".          In 2003, CA are supporting Advantage Gen and adding support       for {J2EE}/{EJB}, enhanced web enablement, {Web services}, and       {.Net}.          Current version: 6.5, as of 2003-04-14.          {(http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=256)}.          (2003-06-23)
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ADVENT          /ad'vent/ The prototypical computer {Adventure} game,       first implemented by Will Crowther for a {CDC} computer       (probably the 6600?) as an attempt at computer-refereed       fantasy gaming.          ADVENT was ported to the {PDP-10}, and expanded to the       350-point {Classic} puzzle-oriented version, by Don Woods of       the {Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory} (SAIL).   The       game is now better known as Adventure, but the {TOPS-10}       {operating system} permitted only six-letter filenames.   All       the versions since are based on the SAIL port.          David Long of the {University of Chicago} Graduate School of       Business Computing Facility (which had two of the four       {DEC20}s on campus in the late 1970s and early 1980s) was       responsible for expanding the cave in a number of ways, and       pushing the point count up to 500, then 501 points.   Most of       his work was in the data files, but he made some changes to       the {parser} as well.          This game defined the terse, dryly humorous style now expected       in text adventure games, and popularised several tag lines       that have become fixtures of hacker-speak: "A huge green       fierce snake bars the way!"   "I see no X here" (for some noun       X).   "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."       "You are in a little maze of twisty passages, all different."       The "magic words" {xyzzy} and {plugh} also derive from this       game.          Crowther, by the way, participated in the exploration of the       Mammoth & Flint Ridge cave system; it actually *has* a       "Colossal Cave" and a "Bedquilt" as in the game, and the "Y2"       that also turns up is cavers' jargon for a map reference to a       secondary entrance.          See also {vadding}.          [Was the original written in Fortran?]          [{Jargon File}]          (1996-04-01)
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Adventure Definition Language          (ADL) An {adventure} game language       {interpreter} designed by Ross Cunniff and       Tim Brengle in 1987.   ADL is semi-{object-oriented} with       {Lisp}-like {syntax} and is a superset of {DDL}.   It is       available for {Unix}, {MS-DOS}, {Amiga} and {Acorn}       {Archimedes}.          {(ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.games/volume2)},       {(ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/fish/fish/f0/ff091)}.          (1995-03-20)
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ATA point          (Or "Anglo-Saxon point") One of the two most       common variants of the {point}, equal to 0.3514598 mm, or       0.0138366 inch, or 1/72.272 inch.   The ATA point is used on       the island of the United Kingdom and on the American       continent.          [What point do they use in Ireland?]          (2002-03-11)