n. [ A desid. of L. agere, actum, to act. ] Tendency or impulse to act. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. J. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. avant before + courrier. See Avaunt, and Courier. ] A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. covered from view; as, her face buried (or hidden) in her hands; buried in the smoke of many rifles.
Syn. -- hidden. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. placed in a grave; as, the hastily buried corpses. Opposite of unburied.
Syn. -- inhumed, interred. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, buries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till the buriers have buried it. Ezek. xxxix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

And darkness be the burier of the dead. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. courrier, fr. courre, courir, to run, L. currere. See Course, Current. ] 1. A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who designs clothing.
Syn. -- fashion designer, clothes designer, designer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A cuirass. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Equerry. ] A stable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat. ] Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [ R. ] Bailey. “Poor, but esurient.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is hungry or greedy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An insatiable esurient after riches. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The coöperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.

{ , n. One who adopts the views of Fourier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Fury, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Glamour. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hauriens, p. pr. of haurire to breathe. ] (Her.) In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inquisitorial. [ Obs. ] “Our inquisiturient bishops.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Luxuriance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Parturition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parturiens, p. pr. of parturire to desire to bring forth, fr. parere, partum, to bring forth. See Parent. ] Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ So called from L. pluries many times, often, which occurs in the first clause. ] (Law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being prurient. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pruries, -entis, p. pr. of prurire to itch. Cf. Freeze. ] Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful. -- Pru"ri*ent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object to object of illicit attraction. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ F. ] A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. scaturiens, p. pr. of scaturire gush out, from scatere to bubble, gush. ] Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A pen so scaturient and unretentive. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. avant-courrier. See Avant, Van of an army, and Courier, and cf. Avant-courier, Vaunt-courier. ] One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An avant-courier. See Van-courier. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Van-courier. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]