v. t. [ L. accendere, accensum, to kindle; ad + cand&ebreve_;re to kindle (only in compounds); rel. to candēre to be white, to gleam. See Candle. ] To set on fire; to kindle. [ Obs. ] Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Achillis tendo. ] (Anat.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a number that is added to another number. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Addenda [ L., fr. addere to add. ] A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Made friends; reconciled. [ Obs. ] “Deadly foes . . . affriended.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Agendum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Syn. -- docket, schedule [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. A list of matters to be discussed (as at a meeting).
Syn. -- agendum, docket, order of business [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A motive or set of goals; as, to have one's own agenda; especially, a secret motive; also called hidden agenda; as, some of the news commentators themselves have an agenda.
Syn. -- goal, hidden motive, secret motive, hidden agenda. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Agenda [ L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act. ] 1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered. See agenda. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [ In this sense, usually Agenda. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. almendra almond. ] The lofty Brazil-nut tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Amended; p. pr. & vb. n. Amending. ] [ F. amender, L. emendare; e (ex) + mendum, menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda personal defect. Cf. Emend, Mend. ] To change or modify in any way for the better; as, (a) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like; (b) by supplying deficiencies; (c) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mar not the thing that can not be amended. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Amend, Emend, Correct, Reform, Rectify. These words agree in the idea of bringing things into a more perfect state. We correct (literally, make straight) when we conform things to some standard or rule; as, to correct proof sheets. We amend by removing blemishes, faults, or errors, and thus rendering a thing more a nearly perfect; as, to amend our ways, to amend a text, the draft of a bill, etc. Emend is only another form of amend, and is applied chiefly to editions of books, etc. To reform is literally to form over again, or put into a new and better form; as, to reform one's life. To rectify is to make right; as, to rectify a mistake, to rectify abuses, inadvertencies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. “My fortune . . . amends.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error. -- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Amend. ] A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amende honorable (Old French Law) A species of infamous punishment in which the offender, being led into court with a rope about his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who amends. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Much improving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. amendement, LL. amendamentum. ] 1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Correction of an error in a writ or process. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Improvement; reformation; emendation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ F. amendes, pl. of amende. Cf. Amende. ] Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [ Now const. with sing. verb. ] “An honorable amends.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL., fr. L. ante + pendere to hang. ] (Eccl.) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appended; p. pr. & vb. n. Appending. ] [ L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. appendēre, v. i., to hang to, append&ebreve_;re, v. t., to hang to; ad + pendēre, v. i., to hang, pend&ebreve_;re, v. t., to hang. See Pendant. ] 1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

A further purpose appended to the primary one. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Addition; adjunct; concomitant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Something appendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append, v. t. ] 1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. State of being appendant; appendance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or like an appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To append. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An appendage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } [ Appendix + Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; excision. ] (Surg.) Excision of the vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. appendicula, dim. of. appendix. ] A small appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An order of annelids; the Polychæta. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Appendicle. ] Having small appendages; forming an appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. Withering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Appendixes L. Appendices [ L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See Append. ] 1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anatomy) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- See Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ NL. ] (Anat.) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. 1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be apprehensive; to fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprehending. ] [ L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appréhender. See Prehensile, Get. ] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We have two hands to apprehend it. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. [ 1913 Webster ]

This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To know or learn with certainty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

G. You are too much distrustful of my truth.
E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend
The means and manner how. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. -- To Apprehend, Comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. “We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who apprehends. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. arendator, arrendator, fr. arendare, arrendare, to pay rent, fr. arenda yearly rent; ad + renda, F. rente, E. rent. Cf. Arrentation and Rent. ] In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A person who rents an estate belonging to the crown is called crown arendator. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ascending. ] [ L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb, mount. See Scan. ] 1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Higher yet that star ascends. Bowring. [ 1913 Webster ]

I ascend unto my father and your father. John xx. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Formerly used with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being ascended. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Ascendency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere. ] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hence the phrases
To be in the ascendant, to have commanding power or influence, and
Lord of the ascendant, one who has possession of such power or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the ascendant. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Governing or controlling influence; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; domination; power. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination; dominance; ascendance; ascendence. [ 1913 Webster ]