[ The past tense of an old v. areach or arreach. Cf. Reach, obs. pret. raught. ] Obtained; seized. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. &unr_;ht, fr. āgan to own, p. p. āhte. ] Property; possession. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a number to which another number (the addend) is added. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. augoure, nauger, AS. nafegār, fr. nafu, nafa, nave of a wheel + gār spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See Nave (of a wheel) and 2d Gore, n. ] 1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auger bit, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., dim. of auge trough, fr. L. alveus hollow, fr. alvus belly. ] (Mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. āwiht, ā ever + wiht. √136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight. ] Anything; any part. [ Also written ought. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 [ 1913 Webster ]

But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At all; in any degree. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. augites, Gr. a'ygi`ths, fr. a'ygh` brightness: cf. F. augite. ] A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Augmented; p. pr. & vb. n. Augmenting. ] [ L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter. ] 1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reëforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

But their spite still serves
His glory to augment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) To add an augment to. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. augmentum: cf. F. augment. ] 1. Enlargement by addition; increase. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed &unr_;, forming an intial syllable; the temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing &unr_; to &unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of augmentation. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation. ] 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The thing added by way of enlargement. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augmentation court (Eng. Hist.), a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment the revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. augmentatif. ] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Gram.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive. Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, augments or increases anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Algorism. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augrim stones, pebbles formerly used in numeration. --
Noumbres of Augrim, Arabic numerals. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of the word is perh. fr. L. avis bird, and the last syllable, gur, equiv. to the Skr. gar to call, akin to L. garrulus garrulous. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found
Without a priestly curse or boding sound. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Augured p. pr. & vb. n. Auguring. ] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. [ 1913 Webster ]

My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer. [ 1913 Webster ]

It seems to augur genius. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

I augur everything from the approbation the proposal has met with. J. F. W. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To predict; forebode; betoken; portend; presage; prognosticate; prophesy; forewarn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auguralis. ] Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. “Portents augural.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. auguratus, p. p. of augurari to augur. ] To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. [ Obs. ] C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an augur. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auguratio. ] The practice of augury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An augur. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. augurialis. ] Relating to augurs or to augury. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An augur. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of augury; foreboding. [ Obs. ] “Augurous hearts.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Auguries [ L. aucurium. ] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. [ 1913 Webster ]

From their flight strange auguries she drew. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. augustus; cf. augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste. See Augment. ] Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. “Forms august.” Pope. “August in visage.” Dryden. “To shed that august blood.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To mingle with a body so august. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Grand; magnificent; majestic; solemn; awful; noble; stately; dignified; imposing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Augustus. See note below, and August, a. ] The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The old Roman name was Sextilis, the sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The name was changed to August in honor of Augustus Cæsar, the first emperor of Rome, on account of his victories, and his entering on his first consulate in that month. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Augustanus, fr. Augustus. See August, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Augustus Cæsar or to his times. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augustan age of any national literature, the period of its highest state of purity and refinement; -- so called because the reign of Augustus Cæsar was the golden age of Roman literature. Thus the reign of Louis XIV. (b. 1638) has been called the Augustan age of French literature, and that of Queen Anne (b. 1664) the Augustan age of English literature. --
Augustan confession (Eccl. Hist.), or confession of Augsburg, drawn up at Augusta Vindelicorum, or Augsburg, by Luther and Melanchthon, in 1530, contains the principles of the Protestants, and their reasons for separating from the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. --
Augustinian hermits or
Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. --
Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. --
Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the Augustinian orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an august manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a vigorous, loud laugh, expressing a strong amusement. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. to laugh a deep, hearty laugh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. be- + straught; prob. here used for distraught. ] Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ p. p. of OE. bitechen, AS. bet&aemacr_;can, to assign, deliver. See Teach. ] Delivered; committed in trust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Railroad) A wider distance between the rails than the “standard” gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Catch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Daughters obs. pl. Daughtren [ OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. dōttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. daúhtar, OSlav. dŭshti, Russ. doche, Lith. duktē, Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit&rsdot_;; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. √68, 245. ] 1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A female descendant; a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. [ 1913 Webster ]

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A term of address indicating parental interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Daughters-in-law. The wife of one's son. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter. [ 1913 Webster ]