a. [ F. allègre, earlier alègre, fr. L. alacer. ] Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who affirms or declares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Milling) To extract the germs from, as from wheat grains. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Milling) A machine for breaking open the kernels of wheat or other grain and removing the germs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ From L. egerminare to sprout. ] To germinate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. [ See Eager. ] Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The egre words of thy friend. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. integer untouched, whole, entire. See Entire. ] A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number. [ 1913 Webster ]

Complex integer (Theory of Numbers), an expression of the form a + b√-1, where a and b are real integers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Jager. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ledger. ] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [ Written also lieger, leiger. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A ledger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. léger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius, fr. L. levis light in weight. See Levity. ] Light; slender; slim; trivial. [ Obs. except in special phrases. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leger line (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to extend its compass; -- called also added line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. léger light, nimble + de of + main hand, L. manus. See 3d Leger, and Manual. ] Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick. [ 1913 Webster ]

He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. légèreté. See 3d Leger. ] Lightness; nimbleness. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Leger, Ledger. ] A resident ambassador. [ Obs. ] See Leger. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mega- + erg. ] (Physics) One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also megalerg. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. re- + germinate: cf. L. regerminare. ] To germinate again. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perennial plants regerminate several years successively. J. Lee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. regerminatio. ] A germinating again or anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a vicegerent. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vice-gérant. ] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Muslims; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees. [ 1913 Webster ]