{ } n. [ F. absinthe. See Absinthium. ] 1. The plant absinthium or common wormwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder. Ernest Dowson [ PJC ]

An article on absinthe was prepared by Matthew Baggott ([email protected]) for distribution on the newsgroup alt.drugs. [ PJC ]

n. same as Akocanthera.
Syn. -- Akocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; distributed from Arabia to Africa.
Syn. -- Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of birds comprising the mynas.
Syn. -- genus Acridotheres. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. broad in scope or content limited, exclusive
Syn. -- all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + dia` through + &unr_;heat. ] Not pervious to heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; -- fossils were found in Egypt. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; sensation, fr. &unr_; to perceive. ] (Physiol.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Sensuous perception. [ R. ] Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sensation + &unr_; a way; cf. F. esthésodique. ] (Physiol.) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; one who perceives. ] One who makes much or overmuch of æsthetics. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or Pertaining to æsthetics; versed in æsthetics; as, æsthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Æs*thet"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One versed in æsthetics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of æsthetics; æsthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unusual ('a priv. + &unr_; custom) + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to set. appoint. ] [ Antiq. ] An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to the office of an agonothete. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; god. ] The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. [ althaea, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. (b) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Asparagine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together. ] 1. All together; conjointly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Altogether they went at once. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without exception; wholly; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”. [ informal ]
Syn. -- raw, buff, birthday suit [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; together + &unr_; force. ] (Photog.) Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amphitheatralis: cf. F. amphithéâtral. ] Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. amphitheatrum, fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'amfi` + &unr_; theater: cf. F. amphithéâtre. See Theater. ] 1. An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats of gladiators and wild beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. amphitheatricus. ] Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form or manner of an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anaisqhsi`a; 'an priv. + a'i`sqhsis feeling, a'isqa`nesqai to feel: cf. F. anesthésie. See aesthetics. ] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Anaesthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ a. (Med.) (a) Capable of causing anesthesia; as, anæsthetic agents. (b) Characterized by, or connected with, anesthesia; as, an anæsthetic effect or operation. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖ AS, n. (Med.) A substance which produces anesthesia, as chloroform, ether, etc. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ , v. t. (Med.) To produce anesthesia by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. 1. rendered insensible by means of anesthesia. [ Also spelled anesthetized. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. anther. ] (Bot.) Destitute of anthers. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anathemas [ L. anath&ebreve_;ma, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anathēma, fr. Gr. &unr_; a votive offering; all fr. &unr_; to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [ families ]. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anathema Maranatha ety>(see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a cursing; cf. F. anathématisme. ] Anathematization. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. anathematisatio. ] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anathematized p. pr. & vb. n. Anathematizing. ] [ L. anathematizare, Gr. &unr_; to devote, make accursed: cf. F. anathématiser. ] To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., /mhw>, a. Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A medical specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before the patient is treated. [ Also spelled anaesthetist. ]
Syn. -- anesthesiologist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To cause to become unconscious by administration of an anaesthetic agent. [ Also spelled anaesthetize. ]
Syn. -- put to sleep, put under, put out. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. rendered insensible by anesthetizing. Same as anaesthetized. [ Also spelled anaesthetized. ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; strength. ] Of unequal strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. & a. [ An a, one + other. ] 1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not the same; different. [ 1913 Webster ]

He winks, and turns his lips another way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, “love one another, ” that is, let each love the other or others. “These two imparadised in one another's arms.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]