n. [ L. adhortatio, fr. adhortari to advise; ad + hortari to exhort. ] Advice; exhortation. [ Obs. ] Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [ Obs. ] Potter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. 1. of the greatest importance. the all-important subject of disarmament
Syn. -- all important(predicate), crucial, essential, of the essence(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to lift, heave. ] (Anat.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In fishes and the early stages of all higher vertebrates the aorta divides near its origin into several branches (the aortic arches) which pass in pairs round the œsophagus and unite to form the systemic aorta. One or more pairs of these arches persist in amphibia and reptiles, but only one arch in birds and mammals, this being on the right side in the former, and on the left in the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]

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adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to the aorta.
Syn. -- aortic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. asportatio, fr. asportare to carry away; abs = ab + portare to bear, carry. ] (Law) The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. confortable. ] 1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serviceable; helpful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. “Kind words and comfortable.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being comfortable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a comfortable or comforting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable; consistent. [ Obs. ] “Some comportable method.” Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior; comport. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. comportatio. ] A bringing together. [ Obs. ] Bp. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. confortation, LL. confortatio. Cf. Comfort. ] The act of strengthening. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable for association or companionship. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dehortatio. ] Dissuasion; advice against something. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dissuasive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dehortatorius. ] Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depotatio: cf. F. déportation. ] The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. [ 1913 Webster ]

In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. desconfortable. ] 1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray.

-- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. exhortatio: cf. F. exhortation. ] 1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif. ] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire. ] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being suitable for exportation. [ 1913 Webster ]

To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exportatio: cf. F. exporation. ] 1. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Commodity exported; an export. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of carrying out. [ R. ] Bourne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. fortalitia, or OF. fortelesce. See Fortress. ] (Mil.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hortatio, fr. hortari to incite, exhort, fr. hori to urge. ] The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. [ L. hortativus. ] Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hortatorius. ] Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf. F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle. ] 1. Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

For my soul, what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Connected with, or pertaining to immortality. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have immortal longings in me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame. [ 1913 Webster ]

One of the few, immortal names,
That were not born to die. Halleck. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Great; excessive; grievous. [ Obs. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immortal flowers, immortelles; everlastings.

Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Immortalities [ L. immortalitas: cf. F. immortalité. ] 1. The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

This mortal must put on immortality. 1 Cor. xv. 53. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immortalized p. pr. & vb. n. Immortalizing ] [ Cf. F. immortaliser. ] 1. To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever. S. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his guilty name. T. Dawes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become immortal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immortal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. importable. See Import. ] Capable of being imported. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable. ] Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. -- Im*port"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ F. importance. See Important. ] 1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy own importance know,
Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Subject; matter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Import; meaning; significance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Importunity; solicitation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

At our importance hither is he come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important. [ Obs. ] Shak. “Careful to conceal importancies.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. important. See Import, v. t. ] 1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast strength as much
As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Things small as nothing . . .
He makes important. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Bearing on; forcible; driving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He fiercely at him flew,
And with important outrage him assailed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. [ Obs. ] Shak.

Syn. -- Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary; considerable; influential; serious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. appearing to be important; as, an important-looking sealed document. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In an important manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. importation. See Import, v. t. ] 1. The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support. ] Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`sup*port"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See Murder, and cf. Filemot, Mere a lake, Mortgage. ] 1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fatally vulnerable; vital. [ 1913 Webster ]

Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to the time of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,
Or in the natal or the mortal hour. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. [ 1913 Webster ]

The voice of God
To mortal ear is dreadful. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [ Colloq. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mortal foe,
Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction. [ 1913 Webster ]