n. (Law) One to whom anything is legally abandoned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; its flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
Syn. -- akee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + deem. ] To award; to adjudge. [ Obs. ] “Unto him they did addeem the prise.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom anything is addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adimere. See Ademption. ] (Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avowe, F. avoué, fr. L. advocatus. See Advocate, Avowee, Avoyer. ] One who has an advowson. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. aforer, afeurer, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L. ad + forum market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning price. ] 1. To confirm; to assure. [ Obs. ] “The title is affeered.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Old Law) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. aforement. ] (Old Law) The act of affeering. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. aforeur, LL. afforator. ] (Old Law) One who affeers. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who receives an affront. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Afrit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Arab. 'ifrīt. ] (Moham. Myth.) A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ F. à gré. See Agree. ] In good part; kindly. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Agreed p. pr. & vb. n. Agreeing. ] [ F. agréer to accept or receive kindly, fr. à gré; à (L. ad) + gré good will, consent, liking, fr. L. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grateful. ] 1. To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law. [ 1913 Webster ]

If music and sweet poetry agree. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? Matt. xx. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. “The jury were agreed.” Macaulay. “Can two walk together, except they be agreed ?” Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. “I agree me well to your desire.” Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. agreablete. ] 1. Easiness of disposition. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. agréable. ] 1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

A train of agreeable reveries. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable. See Pleasant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. [ 1913 Webster ]

That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency. [ 1913 Webster ]

The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature. Pearce. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. “Agreeably entertained.” Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Alike; similarly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Both clad in shepherds' weeds agreeably. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. 1. in agreement; of the same mind; having the same opinion.
Syn. -- concordant, concurring(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. expressing agreement or consent.
Syn. -- assentient, assenting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. agrément. ] 1. State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. [ 1913 Webster ]

What agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? 2 Cor. vi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

Expansion and duration have this further agreement. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract. (b) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. Abbott. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who agrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a gentian of East North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
Syn. -- ague weed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian, Gentianella quinquefolia, Gentiana quinquefolia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a perennial herb of the southeastern U. S. having white-rayed flower heads. It was formerly used in folk medicine.
Syn. -- boneset, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a tree (Blighia sapida) widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by Captain Bligh of the HMS Bounty.
Syn. -- akee tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; the flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
Syn. -- ackee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. On the knee. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } conj. [ See Albeit. ] Although; albeit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Albe Clarissa were their chiefest founderess. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + lee. ] (Naut.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hard alee, or
Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. [ 1913 Webster ]

It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An act of charity. Acts ix. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Zool.) A bark beetle that makes and feeds on ambrosia{ 4 }. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

/mhw>, n. [ See Emir. ] 1. an independent ruler or chieftan (especially in Africa or Arabia). Same as Emir. [ Obs. ]
Syn. -- emir, amir, emeer [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. One of the Muslim nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. “Oil of aniseed.” Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; from the earth; &unr_; from + &unr_;, &unr_;, earth: cf. F. apogée. ] 1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. appelé, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare. ] (Law) (a) The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant. (b) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. appointé, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t. ] 1. A person appointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } v. t. [ OE. areden, AS. ār&aemacr_;dan to interpret. See Read. ] 1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To read. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct. [ 1913 Webster ]

But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To decree; to adjudge. [ Archaic ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + reek. ] In a reeking condition. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ } n. [ armosin, armoisin. ] A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖ n. (Zool.) The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Arrest, v. ] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]