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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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A-găm'ie, a. p. 28Produced by the female without the male; as, agamic eggs. Dana.Ăg'a-mīst, n. p. 28An unmarried person. Fox.Ăg'a-mo-gĕn'e-sis p. 28See PARTHENO-GENESIS.Ăg'a-mous, a. p. 28(Bot.) Having no visible organs of fructification;—a term applied to cryptogamic plants, because they have no distinct sexual organs, especially to the inferior groups of the funguses, lichens, and…A-gāpe', adv. or a. p. 28Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention; having the mouth wide open. The Jews sat agape. W. Scott.Ăg'a-pæ, n. pl. p. 28Love feasts, or feasts of charity, among the early Christians, held at the time of the communion, when contributions were made for the poor.Ag'a-phite, n. p. 29Turquoise; — so named from Aga-phi, the only naturalist who ever visited the locality where it is found. Dana.Ag'a-rīc, n. p. 29(Bot.) (a.) The name of a large family of fungi, including the common mushrooms. Loudon. (b.) An excrescence which grows upon the trunks of trees, used for tinder, and in dyeing, and in medicine as a…A-gäst’, a. p. 29See AGHAST.A-găs'trie, a. p. 29(Physiol.) Having no stomach, as is the case with the tape-worm. Carpenter.A-gāte', adv. p. 29On the way; going; as, to be a-gate; to set the bells a-gate. [Obs.] Colgrave.Ag'ate, n. p. 29(Min.) A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or are blended in clouds. Dana. 2.…Ag'a-tif'er-ōus, a. p. 29Containing or producing agates. Craig.Ag'a-tine, a. p. 29Pertaining to, or resembling, agate.Ag'a-tize, v. t. p. 29To convert into agate; as, agatized wood. Dana.Ag'a-ty, a. p. 29Of the nature of agate. “An agaty flint.”A-gā've, n. p. 29(Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Amaryllidaceæ: the American aloe, or century plant. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic…A-gāze’, v. t. p. 29To strike with amazement or terror. [Obs.] “The whole army stood agazed.” Spenser.Āge, n. p. 29The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind. Mine age is as nothing before thee. Ps. xxxix. 5. 2. That part of the duration of a being which is between its beginning and…Āge, v. i. p. 29To grow old; to become aged. They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that. Holland. I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there. Landor.A'ged, a. p. 29Old; having lived long; having lived almost the usual time allotted to that species of being; applied to animals or plants; as, an aged man, or an aged oak. 2. Having a certain age; having lived; as…A'ged-ly, adv. p. 29In the manner of an aged person.A'ged-ness, n. p. 29The state or condition of being aged, or old. Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton.Age'less, a. p. 29Without age or marked limits of duration.A-gēn', adv. p. 29Same as AGAIN. [Obs.]A'gen-cy, n. p. 29The quality of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. “The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world.” Woodward. 2. The office of an…A-gĕn'dum, n. p. 29Something to be done; in the plural, a memorandum-book; a ritual or liturgy.A'gent, a. p. 29Acting;—opposed to patient, or sustaining action. [Rare.] “The body agent.” Bacon.A'gent, n. p. 29One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. Dryden. 2. One intrusted with the business of another; an attorney; a minister; a substitute; a…A'gent-ship, n. p. 29The office of an agent; agency. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Ăg'gē-lā'tion, n. p. 29Concretion of a fluid into ice. [Obs.] Browne.Ag-gĕn'er-ā'tion, n. p. 29The state of growing to another body. [Obs.]Ag'ger, n. p. 29A fortress or mound. [Obs.] Hearne.Ăg′ger-āte, v. t. p. 29To heap up. [Obs.]Ăg'ger-ā'tion, n. p. 29A heaping up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand. Ray.Ăg'ger-ōse', a. p. 29In heaps, or formed in heaps. Dana.Ag-gest’, v. t. p. 29To heap up. [Obs.] The violence of the waters aggested the earth. Fuller.Ag-glŏm'er-āte, v. t. p. 29To wind, or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass. “Hard, agglomerating salts.” Thomson. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper.Ag-glŏm'er-āte, v. i. p. 29To gather or collect into a ball or mass.Ag-glŏm'er-ate or Ag-glŏm'er-ā'ted, a. p. 29(Bot.) Collected into a heap or head. Loudon.Ag-glŏm'er-ā'tion, n. p. 29The act of winding into a ball; the state of being gathered into a mass; a close collection. “An excessive agglomeration of turrets.” Warton.Ag-glōm'er-a-tīve, a. p. 29Having a tendency to gather together, to make collections. Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of his own words) agglomerative. Coleridge.Ag-glū'ti-nant, a. p. 29Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.Ag-glū'ti-nant, n. p. 29Any viscous substance which unites other substances by causing an adhesion; any application which tends to unite parts which have too little adhesion. Coxe.Ag-glū'ti-nāte, v. t. p. 29To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. Browne.Ag-glū'ti-nā'tion, n. p. 29The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. 2. The union of several words in one compound vocable, as in the aboriginal languages of…Ag-glū'ti-na-tive, a. p. 29Tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion. 2. Formative by agglutination, as a language.Ag-grā'ce', v. t. p. 29To favor; to grace. [Obs.] “That knight so much aggraced.” Spenser.Ag-grā'ce', n. p. 29Kindness; favor. [Obs.] Spenser.Ăg'gran-dīz'a-ble, a. p. 29Capable of being aggrandized.Ag-grăn'di-zā'tion, n. p. 29The act of aggrandizing.Ăg'gran'dīze, v. t. p. 29To enlarge,— applied to things; as, to aggrandize our conceptions. 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, or honor; to exalt. “His scheme for aggrandizing his son.” Prescott. Syn.—To augment…Ăg'gran-dīze, v. i. p. 29To increase or become greater. “Follies continued till old age do aggrandize.” Hall.Ag-grān'/dize-ment or Ag'gran-dize/ment, n. p. 29The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized, exalted in power, rank, or honor; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggran-dize-ment of his own family.…Ag'gran-diz'er, n. p. 29One who aggrandizes or exalts in power, rank, or honor.Ag-grāppes', n. pl. p. 29Hooks and eyes for armor, &c. [Obs.] Fairholt.Ag-grāte', v. t. p. 29To please. [Obs.] “Each sought his lady to aggrate.” Spencer.Ag'gra-vāte, v. t. p. 29To make heavy, and hence, to add to. “I will aggravate his style,” [i. e., add to his titles.] Shak. 2. To make worse, more severe, more enormous, less tolerable, or less excusable; to enhance. “The…Ag'gra-vā'tion, n. p. 29The act of aggravating, or making worse; — used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; addition to that which is wrong. “The . . . aggravation of sin.” Barrow.…Ăg'gre-gāte, v. t. p. 29To bring together; to collect into a sum or mass. “The aggregated soil.” Milton. Syn.—To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.