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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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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.Au-lēt'ic, a. p. 93Pertaining to pipes, or to a pipe. [Rare.] Ash.Au'lic, a. p. 93Pertaining to a royal court. Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. Landor.Aulic council p. 93a supreme court of the former German empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinct when the German…Au'lie, n. p. 93In some European universities, the ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity. It begins by an harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, after which he receives…Auln, n. p. 93An ell. See AUNE.Aul'nage or Aul'na-ger, n. p. 93See ALNAGE and ALNAGER.Au-māil′, v. t. p. 93To figure or variegate. [Obs.] Spenser.Aum'bry, n. p. 93See AMBRY.Aume, n. p. 93A Dutch measure for Rhenish wine, containing forty English gallons.Au'me-ry, n. p. 93See ALMONRY.Aun'cel-weight, n. p. 93A rude balance for weighing, formerly used in England. Halliwell. 2. Meat sold by the hand without scales.Aune (ōn), n. p. 93A French cloth measure, of different lengths in different parts of the country; at Rouen, the same as an English ell; at Calais, 1.52; at Lyons, 1.061; at Paris, 0.95;—all now superseded by the meter.Aunt, n. p. 93The sister of one's father or mother; — correlative to nephew or niece. Pope. 2. Any old or bad woman. [Obs.] Shak. 3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.] Shak. Every one knows what aunt stands for in…Au'ra, n. p. 93Any subtile, invisible fluid, supposed to flow from a body; an effluvium, emanation, or exhalation, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of…Au'real, a. p. 93Pertaining to the air, or to an aura.Au'ral, a. p. 93Belonging to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery. Dunglison.Au'rate, n. p. 93A sort of pear. Miller. 2. (Chem.) A saline combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate of potash.Au'râ-ted, a. p. 93Resembling, or containing, gold; golden-colored; gilded. 2. (Chem.) Combined with auric acid.Au're-ate, a. p. 93Golden; gilded. Skelton.Au-rē'li-a, n. p. 93(Entom.) The nymph, chrysalis, or pupa of an insect; — a term applied to insects in their second stage of transformation, particularly when quiescent, and inclosed in a hardish case, reflecting a…Au-rē'li-an, a. p. 93Resembling, or pertaining to, the aurelia. Humphreys.Au-rē'li-an, n. p. 93An amateur collector and breeder of insects, particularly of the Lepidoptera.Au-rē'ō-lă or Au're-ōle, n. p. 93The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the body of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence. When limited to the head only, it is usually termed a nimbus; when…Au'rie, a. p. 93Pertaining to gold. 2. (Chem.) Containing two parts of gold and three of oxygen; as, auric acid. Dana.Au'ri-cle, n. p. 93(Anat.) (a.) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head. (b.) One of two muscular sacs situated at the base of the heart, and exterior to the ventricles; — so called…Au'ri-cled, a. p. 93Having appendages like ears.Au-rĭc'ū-la, n. p. 93(Bot.) (a.) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. (b.) A species of Peziza (P. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judæ, or…Au-rĭc'ū-lar, a. p. 93Pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves. 2. Told in the ear; as, auricular confession. This next chapter is a penitent confession of the king, and the strangest . . .…