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   A. Conan Doyle
         n 1: British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930)
               [syn: {Conan Doyle}, {A. Conan Doyle}, {Arthur Conan
               Doyle}, {Sir Arthur Conan Doyle}]

English Dictionary: augmentation	by the DICT Development Group
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A. E. Housman n English poet (1859-1936) [syn: Housman, A. E. Housman, Alfred Edward Housman]
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achimenes n any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias Synonym(s): achimenes, hot water plant
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Acinonyx n cheetahs Synonym(s): Acinonyx, genus Acinonyx
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Acinonyx jubatus n long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game Synonym(s): cheetah, chetah, Acinonyx jubatus
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acumen n a tapering point shrewdness shown by keen insight Synonym(s): insightfulness, acumen
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acuminate adj (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point v make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
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acuminate leaf n a leaf narrowing to a slender point
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aeschynanthus n a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex
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Aeschynanthus radicans n epiphyte or creeping on rocks; Malaysian plant having somewhat fleshy leaves and bright red flowers Synonym(s): lipstick plant, Aeschynanthus radicans
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again and again adv repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text" Synonym(s): over and over, again and again, over and over again, time and again, time and time again
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Agamemnon n (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War
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agnomen n an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great')
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agony aunt n a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in
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Asia Minor n a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey Synonym(s): Asia Minor, Anatolia
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Asian American n an American who is of Asian descent
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Asian influenza n influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957 Synonym(s): Asian influenza, Asiatic flu
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Asimina n pawpaw Synonym(s): Asimina, genus Asimina
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Asimina triloba n small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit Synonym(s): pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba
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asinine adj devoid of intelligence [syn: asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous]
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asininity n the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness
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assonance n the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words Synonym(s): assonance, vowel rhyme
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assonant adj having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
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assuming adj excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" Synonym(s): assumptive, assuming, presumptuous
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augment v enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East" grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"
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augmentation n the amount by which something increases the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) Antonym(s): diminution the act of augmenting
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augmentative adj increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'" intensifying by augmentation and enhancement Synonym(s): augmentative, enhancive
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augmented adj added to or made greater in amount or number or strength; "his augmented renown"; "a greatly augmented collection of books"
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Augmentin n an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections Synonym(s): amoxicillin, Amoxil, Larotid, Polymox, Trimox, Augmentin
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awakening n the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" Synonym(s): awakening, wakening, waking up
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Multiple \Mul"ti*ple\, n. (Math.) A quantity containing another quantity a number of times without a remainder. Note: {A common multiple} of two or more numbers contains each of them a number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. The {least common multiple} is the least number that will do this; thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4.
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Achene \Achene"\, Achenium \Ache"ni*um\n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] to gape.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also {akene} and {ach[91]nium}.]
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Achene \Achene"\, Achenium \Ache"ni*um\n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] to gape.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also {akene} and {ach[91]nium}.]
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Acumen \A*cu"men\, n. [L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf. {Acute}.] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. --Selden. Syn: Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness.
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Acuminate \Acu"minate\, a. [L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See {Acumen}.] Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
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Acuminate \Acu"minate\, v. t. To render sharp or keen. [R.] [bd]To acuminate even despair.[b8] --Cowper.
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Acuminate \Acu"minate\, v. i. To end in, or come to, a sharp point. [bd]Acuminating in a cone of prelacy.[b8] --Milton.
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Acumination \Acu`mina"tion\, n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. --Bp. Pearson.
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Acuminose \Acu"minose`\, a. Terminating in a flat, narrow end. --Lindley.
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Acuminous \Acu"minous\, a. Characterized by acumen; keen. --Highmore.
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Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge[a0]n, against, again; on + ge[a0]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. {Gainsay}.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again? --Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. 4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon. 5. On the other hand. [bd]The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.[b8] --Shak. 6. Moreover; besides; further. Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. --Hersche[?]. {Again and again}, more than once; often; repeatedly. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {To and again}, to and fro. [Obs.] --De Foe. Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc.
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Agminal \Ag"mi*nal\, a. [L. agminalis; agmen, agminis, a train.] Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train. [R.]
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Agminate \Ag"minate\, Agminated \Ag"mina`ted\, a. [L. agmen, agminis, a train, crowd.] (Physiol.) Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.
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Agminate \Ag"minate\, Agminated \Ag"mina`ted\, a. [L. agmen, agminis, a train, crowd.] (Physiol.) Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.
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Agnominate \Agnom"inate\ ([acr]gn[ocr]m"[icr]n[amac]t), v. t. To name. [Obs.]
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Agnomination \Agnom`ina"tion\, n. [L. agnominatio. See {Agnomen}.] 1. A surname. [R.] --Minsheu. 2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.
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d8Aqua \[d8]A"qua\, n. [L. See {Ewer}.] Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed. {Aqua ammoni[91]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called {aqua ammonia}. {Aqua marine}, or {Aqua marina}. Same as {Aquamarine}. {Aqua regia}. [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the [bd]royal[b8] metal. {Aqua Tofana}, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. --Francis. {Aqua vit[91]}[L., water of life. Cf. {Eau de vie}, {Usquebaugh}], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. --Shak.
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d8Aqua \[d8]A"qua\, n. [L. See {Ewer}.] Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed. {Aqua ammoni[91]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called {aqua ammonia}. {Aqua marine}, or {Aqua marina}. Same as {Aquamarine}. {Aqua regia}. [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the [bd]royal[b8] metal. {Aqua Tofana}, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. --Francis. {Aqua vit[91]}[L., water of life. Cf. {Eau de vie}, {Usquebaugh}], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. --Shak.
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Pruner \Prun"er\, n. 1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[91] gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner ({Asemum m[d2]stum}), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.
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Minor \Mi"nor\, a. [L., a comparative with no positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG. minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth. minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L. minuere to lessen, Gr. [?], Skr. mi to damage. Cf. {Minish}, {Minister}, {Minus}, {Minute}.] 1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body. 2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. {Asia Minor} (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south. {Minor mode} (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn subjects. {Minor orders} (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc. {Minor scale} (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various. The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor, with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones, between the sixth and seventh, as, ^{6/F}, ^{7/G[sharp]}, ^{8/A}. But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in the descending, scale, thus:
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Asinine \As"i*nine\, a. [L. asininus, fr. asinus ass. See {Ass}.] Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. [bd]Asinine nature.[b8] --B. Jonson. [bd]Asinine feast.[b8] --Milton.
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Asininity \As`inin"ity\, n. The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.
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Asmonean \As`mo*ne"an\, a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [Written also {Asmon[91]an}.]
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Asmonean \As`mo*ne"an\, a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [Written also {Asmon[91]an}.]
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Asmonean \As`mo*ne"an\, n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
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Asonant \As"o*nant\, a. [Pref. a- not + sonant.] Not sounding or sounded. [R.] --C. C. Felton.
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Assonance \As"so*nance\, n. [Cf. F. assonance. See {Assonant}.] 1. Resemblance of sound. [bd]The disagreeable assonance of [lsquo]sheath' and [lsquo]sheathed.'[b8] --Steevens. 2. (Pros.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary. The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. --Hallam. 3. Incomplete correspondence. Assonance between facts seemingly remote. --Lowell.
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Assonant \As"so*nant\, a. [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound, sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See {Sound}.] 1. Having a resemblance of sounds. 2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
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Assonantal \As`so*nan"tal\, a. Assonant.
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Assument \As*sum"ent\, n. [L. assumentum, fr. ad + suere to sew.] A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [Obs.] --John Lewis (1731).
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Assume \As*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuming}.] [L. assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See {Redeem}.] 1. To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. --Pope. The god assumed his native form again. --Pope. 2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. The consequences of assumed principles. --Whewell. 3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance. Ambition assuming the mask of religion. --Porteus. Assume a virtue, if you have it not. --Shak. 4. To receive or adopt. The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To arrogate; usurp; appropriate.
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Assuming \As*sum"ing\, a. Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous. --Burke.
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Guanaco \Guana"co\ (gw[adot]n[aum]"k[osl]), n.; pl. {Guanacos} (-k[omac]z). [Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf. {Huanaco}.] (Zo[94]l.) A South American mammal ({Auchenia huanaco}), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state. [Written also {huanaco}.]
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Augment \Aug*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Augmented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Augmenting}.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. [?], [?], E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.] 1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by re[89]forcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves His glory to augment. --Milton. 2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
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Augment \Aug*ment"\, v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
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Augment \Aug"ment\, n. [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.] 1. Enlargement by addition; increase. 2. (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs. Note: In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed [?], forming an intial syllable; the temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing [?] to [?].
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Augmentable \Augment"able\, a. Capable of augmentation. --Walsh.
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Augmentation \Aug`menta"tion\, n. [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation.] 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing added by way of enlargement. 4. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. --Cussans. 5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. --Dunglison. 6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. {Augmentation* court} (Eng. Hist.), a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment the revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. --Encyc. Brit. Syn: Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.
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Augmentation \Aug`menta"tion\, n. [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation.] 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing added by way of enlargement. 4. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. --Cussans. 5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. --Dunglison. 6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. {Augmentation* court} (Eng. Hist.), a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment the revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. --Encyc. Brit. Syn: Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.
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Augmentative \Augment"ative\, a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- {Augment"ative*ly}, adv.
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Augmentative \Augment"ative\, n. (Gram.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to {diminutive}. --Gibbs.
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Augmentative \Augment"ative\, a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- {Augment"ative*ly}, adv.
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Augment \Aug*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Augmented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Augmenting}.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. [?], [?], E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.] 1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by re[89]forcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves His glory to augment. --Milton. 2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
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Interval \In"ter*val\, n. [L. intervallum; inter between + vallum a wall: cf. F. intervalle. See {Wall}.] 1. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills. 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, A dreadful interval. --Milton. 2. Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II. 3. A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium. 4. (Mus.) Difference in pitch between any two tones. {At intervals}, coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. [bd]And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals.[b8] --Tennyson. {Augmented interval} (Mus.), an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.
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Augmenter \Aug*ment"er\, n. One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.
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Augment \Aug*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Augmented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Augmenting}.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. [?], [?], E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.] 1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by re[89]forcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves His glory to augment. --Milton. 2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
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Ausonian \Auso"nian\, a. [L. Ausonia, poetic name for Italy.] Italian. --Milton.
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Auxanometer \Aux`anom"eter\, n. [Gr. [?] to cause to increase + -meter.] An instrument to measure the growth of plants. --Goodale.
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Awaken \A*wak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. [be]w[91]cnan, [be]w[91]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[91]cnan to wake. Cf. {Awake}, v. t.] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. --Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson. Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
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Awakening \Awak"ening\, a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- {Awak"ening*ly}, adv.
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Awakening \Awak"ening\, n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
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Awakening \Awak"ening\, a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- {Awak"ening*ly}, adv.
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Awakenment \Awak"enment\, n. An awakening. [R.]
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Awesomeness \Awe"some*ness\, n. The quality of being awesome.
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Axe \Axe\, Axeman \Axe"man\, etc. See {Ax}, {Axman}.
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Axinomancy \Axin"oman`cy\, n. [L. axinomantia, Gr. [?] ax + -mancy.] A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
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Axman \Ax"man\, n.; pl. {Axmen}. One who wields an ax.
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Axman \Ax"man\, n.; pl. {Axmen}. One who wields an ax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axminster \Ax"min*ster\, n., or Axminster carpet \Axminster carpet\ . (a) [More fully chenille Axminster.] A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made. (b) A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axminster \Ax"min`ster\, n. An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axminster \Ax"min*ster\, n., or Axminster carpet \Axminster carpet\ . (a) [More fully chenille Axminster.] A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made. (b) A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Assawoman, VA Zip code(s): 23302
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Augmented Backus-Naur Form An extension of {Backus-Naur Form} documented in {RFC 2234}. [Summary?] (1997-11-23)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Azmon, bone of a bone; our strength