AGGRIEVE — AHUITZOTE NWAD AGGRIEVE.1

AGGRIEVE, v.t. [of ad and grieve from grief. See Grief and Grave.] NWAD AGGRIEVE.1

1. To give pain or sorrow; to afflict. In this sense, it is nearly superseded by grieve. NWAD AGGRIEVE.2

2. To bear hard upon; to oppress or injure, in one’s rights; to vex or harass by civil or political injustice. NWAD AGGRIEVE.3

AGGRIEVE, v.i. To mourn; to lament. [Not used. See Grieve.] NWAD AGGRIEVE.4

AGGRIEVED, pp. Pained; afflicted, civilly or politically oppressed. NWAD AGGRIEVED.1

AGGRIEVING, ppr. Afflicting; imposing hardships on; oppressing. NWAD AGGRIEVING.1

AGGROUP, AGGROOP, v.t. [See Group.] NWAD AGGROUP.1

To bring together; to group; to collect many persons in a crowd, or many figures into a whole, either in statuary, painting or description. NWAD AGGROUP.2

AGGROUPED, AGGROOPED, pp. Collected into a group or assemblage. NWAD AGGROUPED.1

AGHAST, more correctly AGAST, a. or adv. [Perhaps the participle of agaze; otherwise from the root of ghastly and ghost.] NWAD AGHAST.1

Struck with amazement; stupefied with sudden fright or horror. NWAD AGHAST.2

AGILE, a. [L. agilis, from ago. See Act.] NWAD AGILE.1

Nimble; having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; brisk; active. NWAD AGILE.2

And bending forward, stuck his agile heels. NWAD AGILE.3

AGILENESS, n. Nimbleness; activity; the faculty of moving the limbs quickly; agility. NWAD AGILENESS.1

AGILITY, n. [L. agilitas.] NWAD AGILITY.1

The power of moving the limbs quickly; nimbleness; briskness; activity; quickness of motion. NWAD AGILITY.2

AGIO, n. NWAD AGIO.1

1. In commerce, the difference between bank notes and current coin. In Holland, the agio is three or four per cent; in Rome, from fifteen to twenty five per cent; in Venice, twenty per cent: but the agio is subject to variation. NWAD AGIO.2

2. Premium; sum given above the nominal value. NWAD AGIO.3

AGIST, v.t. NWAD AGIST.1

In law, to take the cattle of others to graze, at a certain sum; to feed or pasture the cattle of others; used originally for the feeding of cattle in the king’s forest. NWAD AGIST.2

AGISTMENT, n. The taking and feeding other men’s cattle in the king’s forest, or on one’s own land; also, the price paid for such feeding. it denotes also a burden, charge or tax. [In canon law, a modus, or composition.] NWAD AGISTMENT.1

AGISTOR, AGISTATOR, n. 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. NWAD AGISTOR.1

AGITABLE, a. [See Agitate.] That may be agitated, shaken or discussed. NWAD AGITABLE.1

AGITATE, v.t. [L. agito, from ago. See Act.] NWAD AGITATE.1

1. To stir violently; to move back and forth with a quick motion; to shake or move briskly; as, to agitate water in a vessel. NWAD AGITATE.2

2. To move or force into violent irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea. NWAD AGITATE.3

3. To disturb, or excite into tumult; as, to agitate the mind or passions. NWAD AGITATE.4

4. To discuss; to debate; to controvert; as, to agitate a question. NWAD AGITATE.5

5. To consider on all sides; to revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive by mental deliberation; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. NWAD AGITATE.6

6. To move or actuate. [Not used.] NWAD AGITATE.7

AGITATED, pp. Tossed from side to side; shaken; moved violently and irregularly; disturbed; discussed; considered. NWAD AGITATED.1

AGITATING, ppr. Shaking; moving with violence; disturbing; disputing; contriving. NWAD AGITATING.1

AGITATION, n. NWAD AGITATION.1

1. The act of shaking; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. NWAD AGITATION.2

2. Disturbance of tranquility in the mind; perturbation; excitement of passion. NWAD AGITATION.3

3. Discussion; examination of a subject in controversy. NWAD AGITATION.4

4. A state of being deliberated upon, with a view to contrivance, or plan to be adopted; as, a scheme is in agitation. NWAD AGITATION.5

AGITATO, in music, denotes a broken style of performance, adapted to awaken surprise or perturbation. NWAD AGITATO.1

AGITATOR, n. One who agitates; also, an insurgent; one who excites sedition or revolt. In antiquity, a charioteer, that is, a driver. In Cromwell’s time, certain officers appointed by the army to manage their concerns, were called agitators. NWAD AGITATOR.1

AGLET, AIGLET, n. NWAD AGLET.1

1. A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; a small plate of metal. NWAD AGLET.2

2. In botany, a pendant at the ends of the chives of flowers, as in the rose and tulip. NWAD AGLET.3

AGLET-BABY, n. A small image on the top of a lace. NWAD AGLET-BABY.1

AGMINAL, a. [L. agmen, a troop or body of men arrayed from ago.] Pertaining to an army or troop. [Little used.] NWAD AGMINAL.1

AGNAIL, n. [ad and nail. See Nail.] NWAD AGNAIL.1

A disease of the nail; a whitlow; an inflammation round the nail. NWAD AGNAIL.2

AGNATE, a. [L. agnatus.] Related or akin by the father’s side. NWAD AGNATE.1

AGNATE, n. [L. agnatus, adnascor, of ad and nascor, to be born. See Nature.] Any male relation by the father’s side. NWAD AGNATE.2

AGNATIC, a. Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. NWAD AGNATIC.1

AGNATION, n. Relation by the father’s side only, or descent in the male line, distinct from cognation, which includes descent in the male and female lines. NWAD AGNATION.1

AGNEL, n. [From agnus, a lamb, the figure struck on the coin.] NWAD AGNEL.1

An ancient French coin, value twelve sols, six deniers. It was called also mouton d’or and agnel d’or. NWAD AGNEL.2

AGNITION, n. [L. agnitio, agnosco.] Acknowledgment. [Little used.] NWAD AGNITION.1

AGNIZE, v.t. To acknowledge. [Not in use.] NWAD AGNIZE.1

AGNOMINATE, v.t. [L. agnomino; ad and nomino, nomen, name.] NWAD AGNOMINATE.1

To name. [Little used.] NWAD AGNOMINATE.2

AGNOMINATION, n. [L. agnomen, a surname, of ad and nomen. See Name.] NWAD AGNOMINATION.1

1. An additional name, or title; a name added to another, as expressive of some act, achievement, etc.; a surname. NWAD AGNOMINATION.2

2. Allusion of one word to another by sound. NWAD AGNOMINATION.3

AGNUS CASTUS. A species of vitex, so called from the Gr. chaste, or from a negative, and seed, from its imagined virtue of preserving chastity. The Athenian ladies reposed on the leaves of this plant at the feast of Ceres. The Latin Castus, chaste, now added to the name, forms a duplication of the sense. NWAD AGNUS_CASTUS.1

AGNUS DEI. [Lamb of God.] NWAD AGNUS_DEI.1

In the Romish Church, a cake of wax stamped with the figure of a lamb, supporting the banner of the cross. It is supposed to possess great virtues in preserving those who carry it, in faith and from accidents, etc. Also a part of the mass in which these words are repeated by the priest. NWAD AGNUS_DEI.2

AGNUS SCYTHICUS. [Scythian Lamb.] NWAD AGNUS_SCYTHICUS.1

A name applied to the roots of a species of fern, Aspidium Baromez, covered with brown wooly scales, and, in shape, resembling a lamb; found in Russia and Tartary. NWAD AGNUS_SCYTHICUS.2

AGO, adv. or a. [See Go.] Past; gone; as a year ago. NWAD AGO.1

AGOG, adv. NWAD AGOG.1

In a state of desire; highly excited by eagerness after an object. NWAD AGOG.2

The gaudy gossip when she’s set agog. NWAD AGOG.3

AGOING, [The participle of go, with the prefix a.] NWAD AGOING.1

In motion, as to set a mill agoing; or about to go; ready to go; as, he is agoing immediately. The latter use is vulgar. NWAD AGOING.2

AGON, n. [Gr.] The contest for the prize. [Not used.] NWAD AGON.1

AGONE, pp. agawn;, [See Ago and Gone.] Ago; past; since. NWAD AGONE.1

[Nearly Obs.] NWAD AGONE.2

AGONISM, n. [Gr.] Contention for a prize. NWAD AGONISM.1

AGONIST, n. One who contends for the prize in public games. Milton has used Agonistes in this sense, and so called his tragedy, from the similitude of Sampson’s exertions, in slaying the Philistines, to prize fighting. In church history, the disciples of Donatus are called agonistics. NWAD AGONIST.1

AGONISTIC, AGONISTICAL, a. Pertaining to prize-fighting, contests of strength, or athletic combats. NWAD AGONISTIC.1

AGONISTICALLY, adv. In an agonistic manner; like prize-fighting. NWAD AGONISTICALLY.1

AGONIZE, v.t. [Gr. to strive. See Agony.] NWAD AGONIZE.1

To write with extreme pain; to suffer violent anguish. NWAD AGONIZE.2

To smart and agonize at every pore. NWAD AGONIZE.3

AGONIZE, v.t. To distress with extreme pain; to torture. NWAD AGONIZE.4

AGONIZING, ppr. Suffering severe pain; writhing with torture. NWAD AGONIZING.1

AGONIZINGLY, adv. With extreme anguish. NWAD AGONIZINGLY.1

AGONY, n. [Gr. a contest with bodily exertion; a word used to denote the athletic games, in Greece; whence anguish, solicitude; from L. ago. Gr. to strive. See Act.] NWAD AGONY.1

1. In strictness, pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece. Hence, NWAD AGONY.2

2. Extreme pain of body or mind; anguish; appropriately, the pangs of death, and the sufferings of our Savior in the garden of Gethsemane. Luke 22:44. NWAD AGONY.3

3. Violent contest or striving. NWAD AGONY.4

AGOOD, adv. In earnest. [Not used.] NWAD AGOOD.1

AGOUTY, n. [L. acutus.] NWAD AGOUTY.1

A quadruped of the order Rodentia; arranged by naturalist in the genus Cavia. It is of the size of a rabbit. The upper part of the body is brownish, with a mixture of red and black; the belly yellowish. Three varieties are mentioned, all peculiar to South America and West Indies. It burrows in the ground, or in hollow trees; lives on vegetables; is voracious like a pig, and makes a similar grunting noise. It holds its meat in its fore paws, like a squirrel. When scared or angry, its hair is erect, and it strikes the ground with its hind feet. Its flesh is white and well tasted. NWAD AGOUTY.2

AGRARIAN, a. [L. agrarius, from ager, a field.] NWAD AGRARIAN.1

Relating to lands. appropriately, denoting or pertaining to an equal division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands equally among all the citizens, limiting the quantity which each might enjoy. Authors sometimes use the word as a noun; an agrarian, for agrarian law. NWAD AGRARIAN.2

An agrarian distribution of land or property, would make the rich, poor, but would not make the poor, rich. NWAD AGRARIAN.3

AGREE, v.i. [L. gratia. the primary sense is advancing, from the same root as L. gradior.] NWAD AGREE.1

1. To be of one mind; to harmonize in opinion. NWAD AGREE.2

In the expediency of the law, all the parties agree. NWAD AGREE.3

2. To live in concord, or without contention; as, parents and children agree well together. NWAD AGREE.4

3. To yield assent; to approve or admit; followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to an opinion. NWAD AGREE.5

4. To settle by stipulation, the minds of parties being agreed, as to the terms; as, NWAD AGREE.6

Didst thou not agree with me for a penny a day? Matthew 20:13. NWAD AGREE.7

To agree on articles of partnership NWAD AGREE.8

5. To come to a compromise of differences; to be reconciled. NWAD AGREE.9

Agree with thy adversary quickly. Matthew 5:25. NWAD AGREE.10

6. To come to one opinion or mind; to concur; as, to agree on a place of meeting. NWAD AGREE.11

This sense differs not essentially from the fourth, and it often implies a resolving to do an act. John 9:22. NWAD AGREE.12

7. To be consistent; to harmonize; not to contradict, or be repugnant. NWAD AGREE.13

Their witness agreed not together. Mark 14:56. NWAD AGREE.14

This story agrees with what has been related by others. NWAD AGREE.15

8. To resemble; to be similar; as, the picture does not agree with the original. NWAD AGREE.16

9. To suit; to be accommodated or adapted to; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution. NWAD AGREE.17

AGREE, v.t. To admit, or come to one mind concerning; as, to agree the fact. Also, to reconcile or make friends; to put an end to variance; but these senses are unusual and hardly legitimate. Let the parties agree the fact, is really elliptical; let them agree on the fact. NWAD AGREE.18

AGREEABILITY, n. Easiness of disposition. [Not used.] NWAD AGREEABILITY.1

AGREEABLE, a. NWAD AGREEABLE.1

1. Suitable; conformable; correspondent; consistent with; as, the practice of virtue is agreeable to the law of God and our own nature. NWAD AGREEABLE.2

2. In pursuance of; in conformity with; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the house took up the report of the committee. It is not correctly followed by with. In this sense, some writers use agreeably, for agreeable, but in violation of the true principles of construction; for the word is an adjective or attribute, in agreement with the last clause of the sentence. The house took up the report of a committee, (which taking up was) agreeable to the order of the day. The use of agreeably in this sentence would pervert the sense. NWAD AGREEABLE.3

3. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; as, agreeable manners; fruit agreeable to the taste. NWAD AGREEABLE.4

AGREEABLENESS, n. NWAD AGREEABLENESS.1

1. Suitableness; conformity; consistency; as, the agreeableness of virtue to the laws of God. NWAD AGREEABLENESS.2

2. The quality of pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses; as, an agreeableness of manners; there is an agreeableness in the taste of certain fruits. This is the usual sense of the word. NWAD AGREEABLENESS.3

3. Resemblance; likeness; with to or between; as, NWAD AGREEABLENESS.4

The agreeableness between man and other parts of creation. Obs. NWAD AGREEABLENESS.5

AGREEABLY, adv. NWAD AGREEABLY.1

1. Pleasingly; in an agreeable manner; in a manner to give pleasure; as, to be agreeably entertained with a discourse. NWAD AGREEABLY.2

2. Suitably; consistently; conformably; NWAD AGREEABLY.3

The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. NWAD AGREEABLY.4

This is a gross error, proceeding from mistake. Agreeably signifies, in an agreeable manner; but this is not the sense, nor does the word modify the verb grow. The sense is, marriages grow less frequent, which [fact, or whole member of the sentence, or proposition] is agreeable to the maxim above laid down. This use of agreeably is common, but grossly erroneous. NWAD AGREEABLY.5

3. Alike; in the same manner. NWAD AGREEABLY.6

Both armed agreeably. Obs. NWAD AGREEABLY.7

AGREED, pp. NWAD AGREED.1

1. Being in concord or harmony of opinion; of one mind. NWAD AGREED.2

Can two walk together except they be agreed? Amos 3:3. NWAD AGREED.3

2. Assented to; admitted; as, a proposition is agreed to. NWAD AGREED.4

3. Settled by consent; implying bargain or contract; as, the terms were agreed to, or agreed upon. NWAD AGREED.5

AGREEING, ppr. Living in concord; concurring; assenting; settling by consent. NWAD AGREEING.1

AGREEINGLY, adv. In conformity to. [Little used.] NWAD AGREEINGLY.1

AGREEMENT, n. NWAD AGREEMENT.1

1. Concord; harmony; conformity. NWAD AGREEMENT.2

What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? 2 Corinthians 6:16. NWAD AGREEMENT.3

2. Union of opinions or sentiments; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. NWAD AGREEMENT.4

3. Resemblance; conformity; similitude. NWAD AGREEMENT.5

Expansion and duration have this farther agreement. NWAD AGREEMENT.6

4. Union of minds in regard to a transfer of interest; bargain; compact; contract; stipulation. NWAD AGREEMENT.7

Make an agreement with me by a present. 2 Kings 18:31. NWAD AGREEMENT.8

He made an agreement for the purchase of a house. NWAD AGREEMENT.9

AGRESTIC, AGRESTICAL, a. [L. agrestis; ager, a field, or the same root.] NWAD AGRESTIC.1

Rural; rustic; pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; unpolished. NWAD AGRESTIC.2

AGRICULTOR, n. [L. ager, a field, and cultor, a cultivator.] NWAD AGRICULTOR.1

One whose occupation is to till the ground; a farmer; a husbandman; one skilled in husbandry. NWAD AGRICULTOR.2

AGRICULTURAL, a. Pertaining to husbandry, tillage, or the culture of the earth. NWAD AGRICULTURAL.1

AGRICULTURE, n. [L. ager, a field, and cultura, cultivation. See Acre and Culture.] NWAD AGRICULTURE.1

In general sense, the cultivation of the ground, for the purpose of producing vegetables, and fruits, for the use of man and beast; or the art of preparing the soil, sowing and planting seeds, dressing the plants, and removing the crops. In this sense, the word includes gardening, or horticulture, and also the raising and feeding of cattle, or stock. But in a more common and appropriate sense, it is used to signify that species of cultivation which is intended to raise grain and other crops for man and beast. It is equivalent to husbandry. NWAD AGRICULTURE.2

Agriculture is the most general occupation of man. NWAD AGRICULTURE.3

AGRICULTURISM, n. The art or science of agriculture. [Little used.] NWAD AGRICULTURISM.1

AGRICULTURIST, n. One skilled in the art of cultivating the ground; a skilful husbandman. NWAD AGRICULTURIST.1

AGRIMONY, n. [L. agremonia, from the Gr. Thus it is written by Pliny. But in lower Latin it is written agrimonia. Said to be from Gr. the web or pearl of the eye from white, which this plant was supposed to cure. See Theoph 887.] NWAD AGRIMONY.1

A genus of plants, of several species. Of these, the eupatoria or common agrimony, and the odorata or sweet scented, are the most useful. NWAD AGRIMONY.2

AGRIPPINIANS, n. In Church history, the followers of Agrippinus, bishop of Carthage, in the third century, who first taught and defended the doctrine of rebaptization. NWAD AGRIPPINIANS.1

AGRISE, v.i. To shiver. [Not in use.] NWAD AGRISE.1

AGRISE, v.t. To terrify; also, to make frightful. [Not in use.] NWAD AGRISE.2

AGROM, n. A disease frequent in Bengal, and other parts of the E. Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves, becomes rough and sometimes covered with white spots. The remedy is some chalybeate liquor, or the juice of mint. NWAD AGROM.1

AGROSTEMMA, n. A genus of plants of several species, containing the common corn cockle, wild lychnis or campion, etc. NWAD AGROSTEMMA.1

AGROSTIS, n. [Gr.] Bent grass; a genus of many species. NWAD AGROSTIS.1

AGROUND, adv. [Of a, at or on, and ground.] NWAD AGROUND.1

1. On the ground; a marine term, signifying that the bottom of a ship rests on the ground, for want of sufficient depth of water. When the ground is near the shore, the ship is said to be ashore or stranded. NWAD AGROUND.2

2. Figuratively, stopped; impeded by insuperable obstacles. NWAD AGROUND.3

AGUAPECACA, n. The Jacana, a Brazilian bird, about the size of a pigeon. In the extremity of each wing, it has a sharp prickle which is used for defense. NWAD AGUAPECACA.1

AGUE, n. a’gu, NWAD AGUE.1

1. The cold fit which precedes a fever, or a paroxysm of fever in intermittents. It is accompanied with shivering. NWAD AGUE.2

2. Chilliness; a chill, or state of shaking with cold, though in health. NWAD AGUE.3

3. It is used for a periodical fever, an intermittent, whether quotidian, tertian, or quartan. In this case, the word, which signifies the preceding cold fit, is used for the disease. NWAD AGUE.4

AGUE, v.t. To cause a shivering in; to strike with a cold fit. NWAD AGUE.5

AGUE-CAKE, n. A hard tumor on the left side of the belly, lower than the false ribs; supposed to be the effect of intermitting fevers. NWAD AGUE-CAKE.1

AGUED, a. Chilly; having a fit of ague; shivering with cold or fear. NWAD AGUED.1

AGUE-FIT, n. A paroxysm of cold, or shivering; chilliness. NWAD AGUE-FIT.1

AGUE-PROOF, n. Able to resist agues; proof against agues. NWAD AGUE-PROOF.1

AGUERRY, v.t. To inure to the hardships of war; to instruct in the art of war. [Not in use.] NWAD AGUERRY.1

AGUE-SPELL, n. A charm or spell to cure or prevent ague. NWAD AGUE-SPELL.1

AGUE-STRUCK, a. Struck with ague. NWAD AGUE-STRUCK.1

AGUE-TREE, n. A name sometimes applied to sassafras, on account of its febrifuge qualities. NWAD AGUE-TREE.1

AGUISE, v.t. [See Guise.] To dress; to adorn. [Not in use.] NWAD AGUISE.1

AGUISE, n. Dress. [Not in use.] NWAD AGUISE.2

AGUISH, a. Chilly; somewhat cold or shivering; also, having the qualities of an ague. NWAD AGUISH.1

Her aguish love now glows and burns. NWAD AGUISH.2

AGUISHNESS, n. Chilliness; the quality of being aguish. NWAD AGUISHNESS.1

AGUILLANEUF, n. [From a, to, gui, misleto, and l’an neuf, the new year.] NWAD AGUILLANEUF.1

A form of rejoicing among the ancient Franks, on the first day of the year; derived from the druidical custom of cutting misleto, which was held sacred by the druids, and on the first day of the year, consecrating it by crying, aguillaneuf, the year to the misleto. This cry is said to be still observed in some parts of France; and the term came to signify also a begging of New Year’s gifts. NWAD AGUILLANEUF.2

AGUL, n. A species of the hedysarum. NWAD AGUL.1

AH, An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, contempt, dislike, joy, exultation, etc., according to the manner of utterance. NWAD AH.1

AHA, n. NWAD AHA.1

1. An exclamation expressing triumph, contempt, or simple surprise; but the senses are distinguished by very different modes of utterance, and different modification of features. NWAD AHA.2

2. A sunk fence, not visible, without near approach. NWAD AHA.3

AHANIGER, n. A name of the gar-fish. NWAD AHANIGER.1

AHEAD, adv. Ahed’, [a and head, or at head.] NWAD AHEAD.1

1. Further forward than another thing; in front; originally a sea term, denoting further forward than another ship, or on the point to which the stem is directed, in opposition to astern. NWAD AHEAD.2

2. Onward; forward; towards the point before the stem or head; as, move ahead. NWAD AHEAD.3

3. Headlong; without restraint; precipitantly; as children suffered to run ahead. [Not used.] NWAD AHEAD.4

AHEIGHT, adv. [a and height.] Aloft; on high. [Not used.] NWAD AHEIGHT.1

AHICCYATLI, n. A poisonous serpent of Mexico, somewhat resembling the rattlesnake, but destitute of rattles. Its poison is as fatal as that of any known species of serpent. NWAD AHICCYATLI.1

AHIGH, adv. On high. [Not used.] NWAD AHIGH.1

AHOLD, adv. Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Not in use.] NWAD AHOLD.1

AHOVAI, n. A trivial name synonymous with Cerbera, a very poisonous species of plum. NWAD AHOVAI.1

AHOY, Exclam. A sea term used in hailing. NWAD AHOY.1

AHRIMAN. [See Ariman.] NWAD AHRIMAN.1

AHUITLA, n. A worm found in the lake of Mexico, four inches in length, as thick as a goose-quill; the tail, which is hard and poisonous, contains a sting. NWAD AHUITLA.1

AHUITZOTE, n. An amphibious quadruped of the tropical climate. of America, whose body is a foot long, its snout long and sharp, its skin of a mixed black and brown color. NWAD AHUITZOTE.1