prop. n. 1. 1 A genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers.
Syn. -- genus Abelmoschus [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. abelmoschus, fr. Ar. abu-l-misk father of musk, i. e., producing musk. See Musk. (or Ar. &hsdot_;abb-al-mosk, musk seed RHUD 1.3 ] (Bot.) An evergreen shrub (Abelmoschus moschatus -- formerly Hibiscus moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow. The seeds produce ambrette-seed oil. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. abnormis; ab + norma rule. See Normal. ] Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. accommodable. ] That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. [ R. ] I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or condition of being accommodable. [ R. ] Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accommodated p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating ] [ L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode. ] 1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. “They accommodate their counsels to his inclination.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare. ] Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. [ Archaic ] Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Suitably; fitly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fitness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. accommodatio, fr. accommodare: cf. F. accommodation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. “The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. “To come to terms of accommodation.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Com.) (a) A loan of money. (b) An accommodation bill or note. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accommodation bill, or
note (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. --
Accommodation coach, or
train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. --
Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. He who, or that which, accommodates. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; without juice. ] (Physiol.) Without chyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux. ] 1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [ Archaic ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acrimonious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Acrimonies [ L. acrimonia, fr. acer, sharp: cf. F. acrimonie. ] 1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Acrimony, Asperity, Harshness, Tartness. These words express different degrees of angry feeling or language. Asperity and harshness arise from angry feelings, connected with a disregard for the feelings of others. Harshness usually denotes needless severity or an undue measure of severity. Acrimony is a biting sharpness produced by an imbittered spirit. Tartness denotes slight asperity and implies some degree of intellectual readiness. Tartness of reply; harshness of accusation; acrimony of invective. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his official letters he expressed, with great acrimony, his contempt for the king's character. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A just reverence of mankind prevents the growth of harshness and brutality. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`kros extreme + &unr_; alone + &unr_; a letter. ] Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'akro`tomos cut off sharp; 'a`kros extreme + te`mnein to cut. ] (Min.) Having a cleavage parallel with the base. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Admonished p. pr. & vb. n. Admonishing. ] [ OE. amonesten, OF. amonester, F. admonester, fr. a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere to remind, warn; ad + monere to warn. See Monition. ] 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. “Admonish him as a brother.” 2 Thess. iii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold
The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Heb. viii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who admonishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. expressing adverse criticism as a corrective
Syn. -- admonitory, reproachful, reproving [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. OF. amonestement, admonestement. ] Admonition. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See Admonish. ] Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Admonition, Reprehension, Reproof. Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral delinquencies; its object is to prevent further transgression. Reprehension and reproof are retrospective, the former being milder than the latter. A person of any age or station may be liable to reprehension in case of wrong conduct; but reproof is the act of a superior. It is authoritative fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to inferiors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Admonisher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admonitory. [ R. ] Barrow. -- Ad*mon"i*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] Admonisher; monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admonitory. [ R. ] “An admonitorial tone.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. admonitorius. ] That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] A female admonitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. admortizatio. Cf. Amortization. ] (Law) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. admovere. See Move. ] To move or conduct to or toward. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unusual ('a priv. + &unr_; custom) + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. superl. [ OE. eftemest, AS. æftemest, akin to Gothic aftumist and aftuma, the last, orig. a superlative of of, with the superlative endings -te, -me, -st. ] 1. Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Nearest the stern; most aft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Nearest the stern. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; unmarried ('a priv. + &unr_; marriage) + &unr_; reproduction. ] (Biol.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union. -- Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. Huxley. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. 'a`gamos unmarried; 'a priv. + ga`mos marriage. ] (Biol.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In (Bot.), cryptogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia.
Syn. -- genus Aglaomorpha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. origin unknown. ] Charcoal prepared for making powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ F. à la mode after the fashion. ] According to the fashion or prevailing mode. “Alamode beef shops.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. à la mort to the death. Cf. Amort. ] To the death; mortally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From albumin. ] (Chem.) A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. ala wing + E. ethomoid. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affording food; nourishing. [ R. ] “Alimonious humors.” Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish. ] 1. Maintenance; means of living. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]