n. 1. a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. one who is aggressively active on behalf of a cause.
Syn. -- militant [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 advocating a cause or engaged in activism [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of being advisable; advisableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ready to receive advice. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Expedient; proper; desirable; befitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With advice; wisely. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Advised p. pr. & vb. n. Advising ] [ OE. avisen to perceive, consider, inform, F. aviser, fr. LL. advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L. videre, visum, to see. See Advice, and cf. Avise. ] 1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. “I shall no more advise thee.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk. [ 1913 Webster ]

To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bid thy master well advise himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To counsel; admonish; apprise; acquaint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To consider; to deliberate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 Carefully thought out; likely to be the best course; -- said of actions. Often used in combination; as, ill-advised, well-advised. Also See: wise unadvised, ill-advised
Syn. -- considered, well-advised [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Having received information; as, be kept advised. uninformed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design. “Advisedly undertaken.” Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avisement, F. avisement, fr. aviser. See Advise, and cf. Avisement. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Counsel; advice; information. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consideration; deliberation; consultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an adviser. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. aviso. See Advice. ] Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory. [ 1913 Webster ]

The General Association has a general advisory superintendence over all the ministers and churches. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ammonium (nitrate) + L. vis strength, force. ] An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [ Obs. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Opposition to vivisection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to vivisection [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. archiviste. ] A keeper of archives or records. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mil.) a division of a land army which is equipped with armored vehicles such as tanks or armored personnel carriers. [ PJC. ]

n. [ L. atavus an ancestor, fr. avus a grandfather. ] 1. (a) The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form. (b) (Biol.) The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now and then there occur cases of what physiologists call atavism, or reversion to an ancestral type of character. J. Fiske [ 1913 Webster ]

2. recurrence of or reversion to a past style, outlook, approach, or manner. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. 1 displaying characteristics of a previous cultural era or of a previous ancestral form; displaying atavism
Syn. -- atavic, throwback(prenominal) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 materials using sight or sound to present information; -- usually used in the plural. “language tapes and videocassettes and other audiovisuals”
Syn. -- audiovisual aid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 pertaining to or using audiovisual aids in teaching or exposition the school's audiovisual department [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. avis. See Advice. ] Advice; opinion; deliberation. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. aviser. See Advise, v. t. ] 1. To look at; to view; to think of. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To advise; to counsel. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To avise one's self, to consider with one's self, to reflect, to deliberate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be,
Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To consider; to reflect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Watchful; circumspect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With sharp, aviseful eye. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Advisedly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Advisement; observation; deliberation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Vision. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. ] 1. Information; advice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An advice boat, or dispatch boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dark-visaged; swart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ see Bolshevik. ] a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin.
Syn. -- collectivism, Marxism-Leninism, Leninism, Marxism, Sovietism, sovietism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. [ see Bolshevik. ] to render communistic; -- of governments.
Syn. -- communize, make communist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Impudent; bold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pl. Cartes de visite /plu>. [ F. ] 1. A visiting card. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of carry fist. ] (Falconary) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., fr. L. cerevisia, cervisia, beer. ] A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Of. chevisance, chevissance, fr. chevircome to an end, perform, fr. chef head, end, from L. caput head. See Chieve, Chief. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Achievement; deed; performance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bargain; profit; gain. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (O. Eng. Law) (a) A making of contracts. (b) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact. (c) An unlawful agreement or contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. civisme, fr.L. civis citizen. ] State of citizenship. [ R. ] Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Claves E. Clavises [ L. ] A key; a glossary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Cleave to adhere, Clavel. ] A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises. Same as collectivize. [ Brit. ]
Syn. -- collectivize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. collectivisme. ] (Polit. Econ.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. collectiviste. ] An advocate of collectivism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]