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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Ăr'go-naut, n. p. 73One of the persons who sailed to Colchis with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the golden fleece. 2. (Zoöl.) The nautilus. See ARGONAUTA.Ar'go-nau'tă, n. p. 73(Zool.) A genus of mollusks of the class Cephalopoda. The shell goes by the name of the paper nautilus. The animal has some resemblance to a cuttle-fish, and has eight arms. Dana.Är'go-nau'tic, a. p. 73Pertaining to the Argonauts, or to their voyage to Colchis; as, the Argonautic story. Sir W. Jones.Ār'go-sy, n. p. 73A large ship, either for merchandise or war. Shak.Ār'gu-a-ble, a. p. 73Capable of being argued; admitting argument.Är'güe, v. i. p. 73To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will. Milton. 2. To contend in argument; to…Ār'gūe, v. t. p. 73To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued. 2. To prove or evince; to manifest by inference or deduction, or to show…Är'gu-er, n. p. 73One who argues; a reasoner; a disputer.Ar'gu-fy, v. i. p. 73To argue. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 2. To signify. [Prov. Eng.]Ăr'gu-ment, n. p. 73A proof or means of proving; a reason offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind. “Arguments of a vile mind.” Spenser. There is . . . no more palpable and convincing argument of the…Ar'gu-ment, v. i. p. 74To argue. [Obs.] Gower.Ar'gu-mēnt'a-ble, a. p. 74Admitting of argument; capable of being argued. Chalmers.Är'gu-mèn'tal, a. p. 74Belonging to, or consisting in, argument. “I am at length recovered from my argumental delirium.” Johnson.Är'gu-men-tä'tion, n. p. 74The act of inventing or forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true…Är'gu-mĕnt'a-tīve, a. p. 74Consisting of argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Showing reasons for; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in…Är'gu-mēnt'a-tīve-ly, adv. p. 74In an argumentative manner.Ăr'gu-mĕn't'a-tive-ness, n. p. 74The quality of being argumentative.Ar'gu-men-tize, v. i. p. 74To argue or discuss. [Obs.]Ar'gus, n. p. 74(Myth.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who was placed by Juno to guard Io. 2. A genus of pheasants, one variety of which (A. giganteus) is remarkable for its beauty…Är'gus-shēll, n. p. 74(Conch.) A species of shell, beautifully variegated with spots, resembling, in some measure, those in a peacock's tail. Encycl. Brit.Ăr'gu-tā'tion, n. p. 74Act of arguing; argumentation. [Obs.]Ar-gūte', a. p. 74Sharp; shrill; subtle; witty. [Obs.]Ār-gūte'ly, adv. p. 74In a sharp or subtle manner. Sterne.Är-güte'ness, n. p. 74Acuteness or wittiness; subtlety. [Obs.] Dryden.Ār'i-a, n. p. 74(Mus.) An air or song; a tune.Ā′ri-an, a. p. 74Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to his doctrines.A'ri-an, n. p. 74One who adheres to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be a created being, inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings. Mosheim.Ā'ri-an-ĭsm, n. p. 74The doctrines of the Arians.Ā'ri-an-īze, v. i. p. 74To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.Ā'ri-an-īze, v. t. p. 74To convert to the views of the Arians.Ăr'id, a. p. 74Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry. “An arid waste.” Thomson.A-rid'i-ty, n. p. 74Ār'id-ness p. 74A state of being without moisture; dryness. Arbuthnot. 2. Insensibility or want of unction in devotion. [Obs.] Norris.Ār'i-ēs, n. p. 74(Astron.) The Ram; a constellation of the zodiac, drawn on the globe in the figure of a ram. It is the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, on the 21st…Ăr'i-e-tāte, v. i. p. 74To butt, as a ram. [Obs.] Johnson.Ar'i-e-tā'tion, n. p. 74The act of butting as a ram. [Obs.] 2. The act of battering with a battering ram; the act of using a battering ram. [Obs.] Bacon. 3. Act of striking or conflicting. [Obs.] Glanville.Ar'i-ĕt'ta or Ar'i-ette', n. p. 74(Mus.) A little aria, or air. She hastened to beseech their attention unto a military ariette. W. Scott.A-right', adv. p. 74Rightly; in a right form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.A-right', n. p. 74Justice, or an act of justice. [Obs.] When they had seen and heard her doom arights Against Duessa. Spenser.Ar'il or A-ril'lus, n. p. 74(Bot.) An exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed of the white water-lily: the mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.Ar′il-lāte, a. p. 74Hav-Ar'il-lā'ted p. 74Having an exterior covering or aril.Ar'i-mā or Ar'i-man, n. p. 74(Myth.) See AHRIMAN.Ar'i-o-lā'tion, n. p. 74A soothsaying; a foretelling. Browne.Ar'i-ōse, a. p. 74Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony. Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel: vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs is harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev.A-rīse’, v. i. p. 74A-S. arisan, Goth. reisan, urreisan, Icel. rísa, D. rijzen. Cf. Ger. reisen, to start, to travel. Icel. reisa. See RISE. 1. To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to…A-rīse’, n. p. 74The act of rising, or getting up. [Obs. or poet.] Drayton.A-ris'tā, n. p. 74(Bot.) The awn; the pointed beard which issues from the husk or scaly flower-cup of the grasses, called the glume. Lindley.Ār'is-tärch, n. p. 74A severe critic. Knowles.Ar'is-tärch'i-an, a. p. 74Severely critical, like the ancient critic Aristarchus.Ar'is-tär'chy, n. p. 74A body of good men in power, or government by excellent men. [Obs.]A-ris'tate, a. p. 74(Bot.) Having a pointed, beard-like process, as the glumes of wheat. Gray.Ar'is-tōc'ra-cy, n. p. 74A governing body composed of the best men in the state. [Obs. and very rare.] If the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. B. Jonson. 2. A form of…A-ris’to-crāt or Ār’is-to-crāt, n. p. 74One who favors an aristocracy in principle or practice. Burke. His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. Romilly, 1792. A born aristocrat, bred radical. E. B. Browning. 2. One who is…Ar'is-to-crāt'ic, a. p. 74[Gr. ἀριστοκρατικός, Fr.Ar'is-to-crāt'ic-al p. 74aristocratique. See supra. 1. Pertaining to aristocracy; consisting in a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. 2. Partaking of aristocracy; as, an aristocratic…Ar'is-to-crāt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 74In an aristocratical manner.Ăr'is-to-crăt'ic-al-ness, n. p. 74The quality of being aristocratical.A-ris'to-crāt-ism or Ar'is-to-crāt'ism, n. p. 74The principles of aristocrats. Romilly.Ar'is-tŏc'ra-ty, n. p. 74Same as ARISTOCRACY. [Obs.]