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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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Au'dit, n. p. 92Audience; hearing. [Obs.] With his orisons I meddle not, for he appeals to a high audit. Milton. 2. An examination in general; but specifically, an examination of an account or of accounts, with the…Au'dit, v. t. p. 92To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasurer, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.Au′dit, v. i. p. 92To settle or adjust an account. “Let Hocus audit.” Arbuthnot.An-di'ta Que-re'la p. 92(Law.) A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.Wharton p. 92Au'dit-house, n. p. 92An appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of business belonging to it.Au-di'tion, n. p. 92Hearing; a listening to. [Obs. or rare.] Coleridge.Au'di-tive, a. p. 92Having the power of hearing. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Au'di-tor, n. p. 92A hearer or listener. 2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or to examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject…Au'di-tō'ri-al, a. p. 92Auditory. [Rare.]Au'di-tor-ship, n. p. 92The office of auditor.Ău'di-to-ry, a. p. 92Having the power of hearing; pertaining to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve.Au'di-to-ry, n. p. 92An assembly of hearers, as in a church or lecture-room; an audience. 2. A place or apartment where discourses are delivered. Udal. ☞ In ancient churches, the nave, where the hearers stood to be…Au'dit-ress, n. p. 92A female hearer. Milton.Au-dît'ū-al, a. p. 92Same as AUDITORY. [Rare.]Auf, n. p. 92A fool; a simpleton. [Obs.] Drayton.Au Fait p. 92(Lit.) To or up to the accomplishment of any thing, i. e., master of it; perfectly able to perform it; expert; skillful.Au-gē'an, a. p. 92Pertaining to Augeus, a fabulous king of Elis, famed for his stable, which, it is said, contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years, when Hercules accomplished the seemingly…Au'ger, n. p. 92A carpenter's instrument for boring holes, chiefly in wood. It consists of a long shank or axis having a cutting edge at one end, and usually a handle placed crosswise at the other, by which it is…Au'ger-bit′, n. p. 92A bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an auger.Au-get', n. p. 92A tube filled with powder and extending from the chamber of a mine to the extremity of the gallery, used in exploding mines. Mil. Dict.Aught, n. p. 92Any thing: any part. [Sometimes improperly written ought.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken. Josh. xxii. 45. But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.Au'gite, n. p. 92A mineral, called by Haüy pyroxene; occurring crystallized in oblique prismatic forms, and also massive, lamellar, granular, and fibrous, and presenting usually some shade of green, but sometimes…Au-git'ic, a. p. 92Pertaining to, or resembling, augite, or partaking of its nature and characters. 2. Composed of, or containing, augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks; augitic porphyry.Aug-mēnt', v. t. p. 92To enlarge or increase in size or extent, amount, degree, or magnitude; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by re-enforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But…Aug-mēnt', v. i. p. 92To increase; to grow larger; as, a stream augments by rain.Aug'ment, n. p. 92[Fr. augment, Lat. augmentum. 1. Enlargement by addition; state of increase; increase. 2. (Gr. Gram.) A sign of past time: it is either a syllable prefixed to a word, or an increase of the quantity…Aug-mēnt'a-ble, a. p. 92Capable of augmentation or increase. Walsh.Aug'men-tā'tion, n. p. 92The act of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilatation. 2. The state of being augmented, increased, or enlarged. Bentley. 3. The thing added by way of enlargement. 4. (Her.)…Augmentation court p. 92a 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; accession; addition.Aug-mĕnt'a-tĭve, a. p. 92Having the quality or power of augmenting.Aug-mént'a-tive, n. p. 92(Gram.) A word which augments the properties of the term from which it is derived;—opposed to diminutive; as, dullard, one very dull. Gibbs.Aug-mēnt'er, n. p. 92One who augments.Au'go-er, n. p. 92An augur. [Obs.] Holland.Au'gur, n. p. 92(Rom. Antiq.) An officer who pretended to foretell future events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by other signs or omens, derived from celestial phenomena, appearances of…Au'gur, v. i. p. 92To conjecture by signs or omens; to prognosticate; to guess. My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden.Au'gur, v. t. p. 92To predict or foretell; to betoken; as, to augur ill success. I augur every thing from the approbation the proposal has met with. J. F. W. Herschel. Syn.—To predict; forebode; betoken; portend…Au'gu-ral, a. p. 92Pertaining to augurs or to augury. The Romans had their augural staff and augural books. “Portents augural.” Cooper.Au'gu-rāte, v. i. p. 92To judge by augury; to predict. [Rare.] Middleton.Au'gu-rā'tion, n. p. 92The practice of augury, or the foretelling of events by observing the actions of birds, or certain other phenomena.Au'gur-er, n. p. 92One who augurs; an augur. Shak.Au-gū'ri-al, a. p. 92Relating to augurs, or to augury. Broome.Au'gu-rīst, n. p. 92An augur. [Rare.]Au'gur-ize, v. t. p. 92To augur. [Obs.] Blount.Au'gu-roūs, a. p. 92Predicting; foretelling; foreboding. [Obs.] “Augurous hearts.” Chapman.Au'gur-ship, n. p. 92The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon.Au'gu-ry, n. p. 92The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, or other phenomena: auguration. 2. An omen; prediction; prognostication. There is always an augury to be taken of what a…Au-gŭst’, a., a. p. 92Creating extraordinary respect, mingled with the veneration inspired by grand and sublime objects; impressing awe; grand; magnificent. “Forms august.” Pope. “August in visage.” Dryden. “By shaping…Au'gust, n. p. 93The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. ☞ The old Roman name was Sextilis, the sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The…Au-gŭs'tan, a. p. 93Pertaining to Augustus or to his times; as, the Augustan age. The Augustan age of any national literature is the supposed period of its highest state of purity and refinement. Thus the reign of Louis…Au-gūs'tīne or Au'gus-tin'i-an, n. pl. p. 93(Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of monks, so called from St. Augustine;—popularly called Austin friars, and also White friars. ☞—This order was founded in the year 388, and was introduced into the…Au'gus-tĭn'i-an, n. p. 93One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace is effectual from its nature, absolutely and morally, not relatively and gradually.Au'gus-tĭn'i-an-ism, n. p. 93The system of doctrines peculiar to Augustine or the Augustinians. Emerson.Au-gŭst'ly, adv. p. 93In an august manner.Au-gŭst'ness, n. p. 93Dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.Auk, n. p. 93(Ornith.) A sea-bird of the Alca family; as, the great auk, or northern penguin (Alca impennis), the Labrador auk, or puffin (Fratercula Arctica). Dana.Auk'ward, a. p. 93See AWKWARD.Aulā'ri-an, n. p. 93At Oxford, England, the member of a hall, as distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers.Au-lā'ri-an, a. p. 93Relating to a hall.Auld or Auld lang-syne, a. p. 93Old; as, auld cloak. [Scottish.] Shak. Auld lang-syne. [Scotch.] A phrase expressing recollections of enjoyments in times long since past. “The days of auld lang-syne.” Burns.