a. [ L. abditivus, fr. abdere to hide. ] Having the quality of hiding. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abditorium. ] A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Absurdities [ L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite. ] 1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. “The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Accrediting. ] [ F. accréditer; à (L. ad) + crédit credit. See Credit. ] 1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. [ 1913 Webster ]

His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in. [ 1913 Webster ]

The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one. [ 1913 Webster ]

To accredit (one)
with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidité. See Acid. ] The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
Syn. -- acridness [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having an acrid smell.
Syn. -- pungency [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. additamentum, fr. additus, p. p. of addere to add. ] An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. addition, L. additio, fr. addere to add. ] 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. “This endless addition or addibility of numbers.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Her.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vector addition (Geom.), that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Increase; accession; augmentation; appendage; adjunct. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something added. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Additional. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. addititius, fr. addere. ] Additive. [ R. ] Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. additivus. ] (Math.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to add; making some addition. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aditus, fr. adire, aditum, to go to; ad + ire to go. ] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admission; approach; access. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yourself and yours shall have
Free adit. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Hinduism) one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; gods of celestial light. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Chilliness; coldness; especially: (Med.), coldness and collapse. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'anafro`dito`s without love. ] (Biol.) Produced without concourse of sexes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An antaphroditic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. 'Afrodi`th Aphrodite: cf. F. antaphroditique. ] (Med.) 1. Antaphrodisiac. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Antisyphilitic. [ R. ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Venereal. [ R. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Aridities [ L. ariditas, fr. aridus. ] 1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See Audible, a. ] 1. An audience; a hearing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He appeals to a high audit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An examination in general; a judicial examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet I can make my audit up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A general receptacle or receiver. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ a little brook ] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. --
Audit house,
Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Audited; p. pr. & vb. n. Auditing. ] To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To settle or adjust an account. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., the complaint having been heard. ] (Law) A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditio. ] The act of hearing or listening; hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. auditif. ] Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [ R. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditor, fr. audire. See Audible, a. ] 1. A hearer or listener. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts, corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Auditory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Auditory, n. ] 1. The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In ancient churches the auditorium was the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it was an apartment for the reception of strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a building, or a room within a building, containing a large open space for public gatherings, and often having a raised stage where speakers or presentations may be easily viewed by the audience. The students assembled to hear the president speak in the auditorium. [ PJC ]

n. The office or function of auditor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auditorius. ] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditorium. ] 1. An assembly of hearers; an audience. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An auditorium. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female hearer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Auditory. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F. avidité. See Avid. ] Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

His books were received and read with avidity. Milward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bandits or Banditti [ It. bandito outlaw, p. p. of bandire to proclaim, to banish, to proscribe, LL. bandire, bannire. See Ban an edict, and cf. Banish. ] An outlaw; a brigand. [ 1913 Webster ]

No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Basi- + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Anat.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the chemist Blöde. ] (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Heat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calliditas. ] Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her eagly-eyed callidity. C. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kardi`a heart + -itis: cf. F. cardite. ] (Med) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Professor Parker Cleaveland. ] (Min.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Commodities [ F. commodité, fr. L. commoditas. See Commode. ] 1. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]