v. t. [ L. abalienatus, p. p. of abalienare; ab + alienus foreign, alien. See Alien. ] 1. (Civil Law) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To estrange; to withdraw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause alienation of (mind). Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abalienatio: cf. F. abaliénation. ] The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. 'adh`n gland + 'a`lgos pain. ] (Med.) Pain in a gland. Called also adenodynia [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ad- + renal. ] (Anat.) Suprarenal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Also /mhw>. (Physiol. Chem.) a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla that acts as a powerful stimulant in reponse to fear or stress; it stimulates autonomic nerve action. It can be obtained as a crystalline substance, C9H13NO3. It is used in medicine as a vasoconstrictor (hemostatic) and cardiac stimulant, also to reduce allergic reactions and to stimulate the heart in cases of cardiac arrest. MI11
Syn. -- epinephrine; 3, 4-dihydroxy-1-[ 1-hydroxy-2-(methylamino)-ethyl ]benzene. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. .
Syn. -- epinephrine, adrenalin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Named before. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of being alienated. “The alienability of the domain.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. aliénable. ] Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. aliénage. ] 1. The state or legal condition of being an alien. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estates forfeitable on account of alienage. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene. ] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. [ 1913 Webster ]

O alienate from God. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alienated p. pr. & vb. n. Alienating. ] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. [ 1913 Webster ]

The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stranger; an alien. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 socially disoriented. we live in an age of rootless alienated people
Syn. -- anomic, disoriented [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having become indifferent or hostile to one's peers or social group.
Syn. -- estranged [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ F. aliénation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate. ] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who alienates. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ All + anerly singly, fr. ane one. ] Solely; only. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. amener to lead; &unr_; (L. ad) = mener to lead, fr. L. minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten, minae threats. See Menace. ] 1. (Old Law) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [ Obs. ] Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amenable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. amesnagier. See Manage. ] To manage. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. See Amenable. ] Behavior; bearing. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; on both ends + &unr_; to go. ] 1. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called an amphisbaena; but it belongs among the worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena..
Syn. -- andrenid, mining bee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Before birth. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + &unr_; to speak; part. pass. &unr_;. ] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Appanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. apurtenaunce, apartenance, F. appartenance, LL. appartenentia, from L. appertinere. See Appertain. ] That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
Syn. -- gear, paraphernalia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance. ] Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common appurtenant. (Law) See under Common, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Arenas L. Arenæ [ L. arena, harena, sand, a sandy place. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) “Sand” or “gravel” in the kidneys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenaceus, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenarius, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy; as, arenarious soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arenatio, fr. arena sand. ] (Med.) A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. & F. arsenal arsenal, dockyard, or It. arzanale, arsenale (cf. It. & darsena dock); all fr. Ar. dārçinā'a house of industry or fabrication; dār house + çinā'a art, industry. ] A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of arsenic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n.; pl. E. Atheneums L. Athenæa [ L. Athenaeum, Gr. 'Aqhnai`on a temple of Minerva at Athens, fr. 'Aqhna^, contr. fr. 'Aqhna`a, 'Aqhnai`a, in Homer 'Aqh`nh, 'Aqhnai`n, Athene (called Minerva by the Romans), the tutelary goddess of Athens. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A literary or scientific association or club. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. avenaceus, fr. avena oats. ] Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. avenage, fr. L. avena oats. ] (Old Law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. avena eats. ] (Chem.) A crystalline globulin, contained in oat kernels, very similar in composition to excelsin, but different in reactions and crystalline form. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales.
Syn. -- genus Balaena. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ p. p. Benamed, Benempt. ] To promise; to name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + centenary. ] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + crenate. ] (Bot.) Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a span of 2000 years.
Syn. -- bimillennium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]