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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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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.Ag'gre-gate, a. p. 29Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum. “The aggregate testimony of many hundreds.” Browne. 2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters; as, aggregate glands. 3. (Bot.) Composed of…Ăg'gre-gate, n. p. 30A sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, &c. It differs from a compound in this, that the particulars of an aggregate are less intimately mixed…Ag'gre-gate-ly, adv. p. 30Collectively; taken in a sum or mass.Ăg'gre-gā'tion, n. p. 30The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a sum or mass; a collection of particulars; an aggregate. “Each genus is made up by the aggregation of species.” Carpenter. A…Ăg'gre-gā'tive, a. p. 30Taken together; collective.Ăg'gre-gā'tor, n. p. 30One who aggregates or collects into a whole or mass. Barlow.Ag-grĕss’, v. i. p. 30To make a first attack; to commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to assault or invade first. Prior.Ag-grĕss’, n. p. 30Attack or aggression. “Military aggresses.” Howell.Ag-grĕs'sion, n. p. 30The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or controversy. “Aggressions of power.” Hallam. Syn.—Attack; invasion; assault; encroachment; injury…Ag-grĕss'ive, a. p. 30Tending to aggress; making the first attack. Clarkson.Ag-grĕss'ive-ness, n. p. 30The quality or state of being aggressive.Ag-grĕss’or, n. p. 30The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who first commences hostility or a quarrel; an assailer; an invader. The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of…Ag-griev'ance, n. p. 30Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. [Rare.]Ag-griēve', v. t. p. 30To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure; to vex; to harass. “Aggrieved by oppression and extortion.” Macaulay.Ag-griēve', v. i. p. 30To mourn; to lament. [Obs.]Ag-group', v. t. p. 30To bring together; to group; to collect in a crowd, or into a whole, either in statuary, painting, or description. Dryden.A-ghäst', a. or adv. p. 30Struck with amazement; stupefied with sudden fright or horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. ☞ Spenser uses the word as the…Ăg'i-ble, a. p. 30Possible to be done. [Obs.] “When they were fit for agible things.” Sir A. Shirley.Ăg'ile, a. p. 30Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; active. “With agile hand.” Cowper. And bending forward struck his agile heels. Shak. Syn. — Active; alert; nimble; brisk…Ăg'ile-ly, adv. p. 30In an agile manner.Ăg'ile-ness, n. p. 30The faculty of moving the limbs quickly; agility; nimbleness; activity.A-ġĭl'i-ty, n. p. 30The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly; nimbleness; briskness; activity; quickness of motion. Turning and wheeling with the agility of a hawk upon the wing. W. Scott. 2.…A-gĭl'lo-chŭm, n. p. 30See AGALLOCHUM.Ā'ġi-o, n. p. 30(Com.) The difference in value between metallic and paper money, or between one sort of metallic money and another. McCulloch. 2. Premium; sum given above the nominal value; as, the agio of exchange.…Ā'ġi-o-taġe, n. p. 30Stock-jobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds. Brande. Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen of life. Landor.A-ġĭst', v. t. p. 30(Law.) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum;—used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king’s forests, and collecting the money for the same. Blackstone.A-ġĭst'a-tor or A-ġĭst'er or A-ġĭst'or, n. p. 30(Law.) (a.) An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, and collects the money for the same;—hence called gist-taker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker. (b.) One…A-ġĭst'ment, n. p. 30(Law.) (a.) The taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forest, or on one's own land, at a certain rate. (b.) The price paid for such feeding. (c.) A burden, charge, or tax. Jacobs.…Ăg'i-ta-ble, a. p. 30Capable of being agitated, shaken, or discussed.Ăg'i-tāte, v. t. p. 30To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. 2. To disturb or excite; to perturb. “An agitated countenance.” Thackeray. The mind of man is…Ăg/i-tā'tion, n. p. 30The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. 2. Disturbance of…Ag'i-tā'tive, a. p. 30Having a tendency to agitate.Āg'i-tā'to, a. p. 30(Mus.) Hurried, broken, perturbed, and startling in style.Ăg'i-tā'tor, n. p. 30One who agitates; specifically (Eng. Hist.), one of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests;—called also agitators. Clarendon. 2. A contrivance for…Ăg'let or Ăig'let, n. p. 30A tag of a lace or of the points formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small figures. Fosbro'ke. 2. (Bot.) A pendant at the ends of the chives of flowers, as in the tulip; an…Ag'let-bā'by, n. p. 30A small image on the top of a lace. [Obs. and very rare.] Shak.Ag'let-hĕad'ed, a. p. 30Having an aglet or tag at the head. [Obs.] Pilkington.A-glōw', a. p. 30Very warm; hot; as, cheeks all aglow.Ag'mi-nal, a. p. 30Pertaining to an army or troop. [Obs.] Bailey.Ag'nail, n. p. 30A whitlow; an inflammation round the nail; a hangnail. Dunglison. 2. A corn. [Obs.] Rider's Dict. 1640.Ag'nāte, n. p. 30(Law.) Related or akin by the father's side. 2. Allied. [Rare.] “Agnate words.” Pownall. Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor.Ag'nāte, n. p. 30Any male relation by the father's side. Bouvier.Ag-nāt'ic, a. p. 30Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. “The agnatic succession.” Blackstone.Ag-nā'tion, n. p. 30Relation by the father's side only, or descent in the male line, as distinguished from cognation, which includes descent in both the male and female lines. Bouvier.Ag-nī'tion, n. p. 30Acknowledgment. [Obs.] Grafton.Ag-nīze', v. t. p. 30To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] “I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity.” Shak.Ag'noi-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 30(Phil.) The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.Ag-nō'men, n. p. 30Among the Romans, a fourth name, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.Ag-nŏm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 30To name. [Obs.] “Agnominated by our name.” Locrine.Ag-nōm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 30A name added to another, as expressive of some act, achievement, &c.; a surname. B. Jonson. 2. Allusion of one word to another by resemblance of sound. Camden.Ag'nus Cās'tus, n. p. 30(Bot.) A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste-tree. Loudon. “And wreaths of agnus castus others bore.” Dryden.Ăg'nus Dē'ī, n. p. 30(Rom. Cath. Church.) A cake of wax stamped with the figure of a lamb, supporting the banner of the cross. It is consecrated by the pope, and is supposed to possess great virtues. 2. A prayer in the…A-gō', adv. or a. p. 30Past; gone; as, five and twenty years ago.A-gōg', a. or adv. p. 30Highly excited by eagerness after an object. “All agog to dash through thick and thin.” Cooper.A-gō'ing p. 30In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing. “To set them first agoing.” Tatler.