Again
A•gain´ ( 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, ongeán, against, again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.]
1. In return, back; as bring us word again.
2. Another time; once more; anew.
"If a man die, shall he live again?" - Job xiv. 14.
3. Once repeated; — of quantity; as as large again, half as much again.
4. In any other place. [Archaic] Bacon.
5. On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign … the other again is my kinsman." Shak.
6. Moreover; besides; further.
"Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc." - Hersche.
Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. — Now and again, now and then; occasionally. — To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] De Foe. Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again- bring, to bring back, etc. { A•gain´, A•gains´ } prep. Against; also towards (in order to meet). [Obs.]
"Albeit that it is again his kind." - Chaucer.

Againsay
A•gain´say, v. t. To gainsay. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Against
A•gainst´ ( 277), prep. [OE. agens, ageynes, AS. ongegn. The s is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See Again.]
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as against the mouth of a river; — in this sense often preceded by over.
"Jacob saw the angels of God come against him." - Tyndale.
2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as hail beats against the roof.
3. In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as against reason; against law; to run a race against time.
"The gate would have been shut against her." - Fielding.
"An argument against the use of steam." - Tyndale.
4. By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.]
"Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus." - 2 Kings xvi. 11.
Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

Againward
A•gain´ward, adv. Back again. [Obs.] { Ag•a•lac´ti•a (ag•a•lak"ti•a), Ag´a•lax•y(ag"a•lak•sy), } n. [Gr. ’agalakti•a; ’a priv. + ga•la, gala•ktos, milk.] (Med.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.

Agalactous
Ag•a•lac´tous, a. Lacking milk to suckle with.

Agal-agal
A•gal-a´gal, n. Same as Agar- agar. { Ag´al•loch, A•gal´lo•chum } n. [Gr., of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ahalim.] A soft, resinous wood ( Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

Agama
Ag´a•ma, n. ; pl. Agamas . [From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard.] (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also one of these lizards.

Agamist
Ag´a•mist, n. [See Agamous.] An unmarried person; also one opposed to marriage. Foxe.

Agamogenetic
Ag•a•mo•ge•net´ic, n. (Biol.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union. — Ag•a•mo•ge•net´ic•al•ly, adv.
"All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock." - Huxley.

Agamous
Ag´a•mous, a. [Gr. ’a•gamos unmarried; ’a priv. + ga•mos marriage.] (Biol.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot. , cryptogamous.

Aganglionic
A•gan•gli•o´nic, a. [Pref. a. not + ganglionic.] (Physiol.) Without ganglia.

Agape
A•gape´, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + gape.] Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
"Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape." - Milton.

Agape
Ag´a•pe, n. ; pl. Agapae (#). [Gr. ’aga•ph love, pl. ’aga•pai.] The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.

Agar-agar
A•gar-a´gar, n. [Ceylonese local name.] A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss ( Gracilaria lichenoides).

Agar-agar
A•gar-a´gar, n. A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from certain seaweeds containing gelose, and used in the artificial cultivation of bacteria; — often called agar, by abbreviation.

Agaric
Ag´a•ric ( 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr., said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.]
1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.
2. An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood. The "female agaric" ( Polyporus officinalis) was renowned as a cathartic; the "male agaric" ( Polyporus igniarius) is used for preparing touchwood, called punk or German tinder. Agaric mineral, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called rock milk, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone.

Agasp
A•gasp´, adv. & a. [. a. + gasp.] In a state of gasping. Coleridge.

Agast
A•gast´A•ghast´, v. t. To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Agast
A•gast´, p. p. & a. See Aghast.

Agate
A•gate´, adv. [Pref. a. on + gate way.] On the way; agoing; as to be agate; to set the bells agate. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Agate
Ag´ate, n. [F. agate, It. agata, L. achates, fr. Gr. .]
1. (Min.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties.
2. (Print.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby. This line is printed in the type called agate.
3. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [Obs.] Shak.
4. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; — so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

Agatiferous
Ag•a•tif´er•ous, a. [ Agate + -ferous.] Containing or producing agates. Craig.

Agatine
Ag´a•tine, a. Pertaining to, or like, agate.

Agatize
Ag´a•tize, v. t. [Usually p. p. Agatized.] To convert into agate; to make resemble agate. Dana.

Agave
A•ga´ve, n. [L. Agave, prop. name, fr. Gr., fem. of illustrious, noble.] (bot.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant ( A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.

Agazed
A•gazed´, p. p. [Only in p. p.; another spelling for aghast.] Gazing with astonishment; amazed. [Obs.]
"The whole army stood agazed on him." - Shak.

Age (aj), n. [OF. aage, eage, F. âge, fr. L. aetas through a supposed LL. aetaticum. L. aetas is contracted fr. aevitas, fr. aevum lifetime, age; akin to E. aye ever. Cf. Each.]
1. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
"Mine age is as nothing before thee." - Ps. xxxix. 5.
2. That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
3. The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
"Nor wrong mine age with this indignity." - Shak.
4. One of the stages of life; as the age of infancy, of youth, etc. Shak.
5. Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as to come of age; he (or she) is of age. Abbott. In the United States, both males and females are of age when twenty-one years old.
6. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as the age of consent; the age of discretion. Abbott.
7. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as the golden age, the age of Pericles. "The spirit of the age." Prescott.
"Truth, in some age or other, will find her witness." - Milton.
Archeological ages are designated as three: The Stone age (the early and the later stone age, called paleolithic and neolithic), the Bronze age, and the Iron age. During the Age of Stone man is supposed to have employed stone for weapons and implements. See Augustan, Brazen, Golden, Heroic, Middle.
8. A great period in the history of the Earth. The geologic ages are as follows: 1. The Archaean, including the time when was no life and the time of the earliest and simplest forms of life. 2. The age of Invertebrates, or the Silurian, when the life on the globe consisted distinctively of invertebrates. 3. The age of Fishes, or the Devonian, when fishes were the dominant race. 4. The age of Coal Plants, or Acrogens, or the Carboniferous age. 5. The Mesozoic or Secondary age, or age of Reptiles, when reptiles prevailed in great numbers and of vast size. 6. The Tertiary age, or age of Mammals, when the mammalia, or quadrupeds, abounded, and were the dominant race. 7. The Quaternary age, or age of Man, or the modern era. Dana.
9. A century; the period of one hundred years.
"Fleury … apologizes for these five ages." - Hallam.
10. The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation. "Ages yet unborn." Pope.
"The way which the age follows." - J. H. Newman.
"Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age." - C. Sprague.
11. A long time. [Colloq.] "He made minutes an age." Tennyson. Age of a tide, the time from the origin of a tide in the South Pacific Ocean to its arrival at a given place. — Moon’s age, the time that has elapsed since the last preceding conjunction of the sun and moon. Age is used to form the first part of many compounds; as agelasting, age-adorning, age-worn, age- enfeebled, agelong.
Syn. — Time; period; generation; date; era; epoch.

Age, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Aged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aging .] To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as he grew fat as he aged.
"They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that." - Holland.
"I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there." - Landor.

Age, v. t. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as grief ages us.

Age, n. In poker, the right belonging to the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also the player holding this position; the eldest hand.

Aged
A´ged, a.
1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as an aged man; an aged oak.
2. Belonging to old age. "Aged cramps." Shak.
3. (a"jed or ajd) Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as a man aged forty years.

Agedly
A´ged•ly, adv. In the manner of an aged person.

Agedness
A´ged•ness, n. The quality of being aged; oldness.
"Custom without truth is but agedness of error." - Milton.

Ageless
Age´less, a. Without old age limits of duration; as fountains of ageless youth.

Agen
A•gen´, adv. & prep. See Again. [Obs.]

Agenesic
Ag•e•nes´ic, a. [See Agensis.] (Physiol.) Characterized by sterility; infecund.

Agennesis
Ag•en•ne´sis, n. [Gr. ’a priv. + an engendering.] (Physiol.) Impotence; sterility.

Agent
A´gent, a. [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. a. . rad.2.] Acting; — opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." Bacon.

Agent
A´gent, n.
1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
"Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill." - Dryden.
2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
3. An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as heat is a powerful agent.

Agential
A•gen´tial, a. Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. Fitzed. Hall.

Agentship
A´gent•ship, n. Agency. Beau. & Fl.

Ageratum
A•ger´a•tum, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a sort of plant; ’a priv. + old age.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, one species of which ( A. Mexicanum) has lavender- blue flowers in dense clusters.

Aggeneration
Ag•gen•er•a´tion, n. [L. aggenerare to beget in addition. See Generate.] The act of producing in addition. [Obs.] T. Stanley.

Aggerate
Ag´ger•ate, v. t. [L. aggeratus, p. p. of aggerare. See Agger.] To heap up. [Obs.] Foxe.

Aggerose
Ag•ger•ose´, a. In heaps; full of heaps.

Aggest
Ag•gest´, v. t. [L. aggestus, p. p. of aggerere. See Agger.] To heap up. [Obs.]
"The violence of the waters aggested the earth." - Fuller.

Agglomeration
Ag•glom•er•a´tion, n. [Cf. F. agglomeration.]
1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
"An excessive agglomeration of turrets." - Warton.
2. State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.

Agglomerative
Ag•glom´er•a•tive, a. Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.
"Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of his own words) agglomerative." - Coleridge.

Agglutinant
Ag•glu´ti•nant, a. [L. agglutinans, -antis, p. pr. of agglutinare.] Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion. — n. Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.

Agglutinate
Ag•glu´ti•nate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Agglutinated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Agglutinating.] [L. agglutinatus, p. p. of agglutinare to glue or cement to a thing; a. + glutinare to glue; gluten glue. See Glue.] To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

Agglutinate
Ag•glu´ti•nate, a.
1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
2. (physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.

Aggrace
Ag•grace´, v. t. [Pref. a. + grace: cf. It. aggraziare, LL. aggratiare. See Grace.] To favor; to grace. [Obs.] "That knight so much aggraced." Spenser.

Aggrace
Ag•grace´, n. Grace; favor. [Obs.] Spenser.

Aggrade
Ag•grade´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrading.] (Phys. Geog.) To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by addition of material; as streams aggrade their beds by depositing sediment.

Aggrandization
Ag•gran•di•za´tion, n. Aggrandizement. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

Aggrandize
Ag´gran•dize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggrandized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrandizing .] [F. agrandir; à (L. a. ) + grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See Grand, and cf. Finish.]
1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.
2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; — applied to persons, countries, etc.
"His scheme for aggrandizing his son." - Prescott.
3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb.
Syn. — To augment; exalt; promote; advance.

Aggrandize
Ag´gran•dize, v. i. To increase or become great. [Obs.]
"Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize." - J. Hall.

Aggrandizement
Ag•gran´dize•ment ( 277), n. [Cf. F. agrandissement.] The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
Syn. — Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment.

Aggrandizer
Ag´gran•di•zer, n. One who aggrandizes, or makes great.

Aggrate
Ag•grate´, v. t. [It. aggratare, fr. L. a. + gratus pleasing. See Grate, a. ] To please. [Obs.]
"Each one sought his lady to aggrate." - Spenser.

Aggravatingly
Ag´gra•va•ting•ly, adv. In an aggravating manner.

Aggravation
Ag•gra•va´tion, n. [LL. aggravatio: cf. F. aggravation.]
1. The act of aggravating, or making worse; — used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
2. Exaggerated representation.
"By a little aggravation of the features changed it into the Saracen’s head." - Addison.
3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
4. Provocation; irritation. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Aggravative
Ag´gra•va•tive, a. Tending to aggravate. — n. That which aggravates.

Aggregate
Ag´gre•gate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggregated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; a. + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]
1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." Milton.
2. To add or unite, as a person, to an association.
"It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated." - Wollaston.
3. To amount in the aggregate to; as ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]
Syn. — To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.

Aggregate
Ag´gre•gate, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]
1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
"The aggregate testimony of many hundreds." - Sir T. Browne.
2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as aggregate glands.
3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
5. (Zoöl.) United into a common organized mass; — said of certain compound animals. Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation.

Aggregate
Ag´gre•gate, n.
1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound.
2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; — in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. In the aggregate, collectively; together.

Aggregately
Ag´gre•gate•ly, adv. Collectively; in mass.

Aggregation
Ag•gre•ga´tion, n. [Cf. LL. aggregatio, F. agregation.] The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
"Each genus is made up by aggregation of species." - Carpenter.
"A nation is not an idea only of local extent and individual momentary aggregation, but … of continuity, which extends in time as well as in numbers, and in space." - Burke.

Aggregative
Ag´gre•ga•tive, a. [Cf. Fr. agregatif.]
1. Taken together; collective.
2. Gregarious; social. [R.] Carlyle.

Aggregator
Ag´gre•ga•tor, n. One who aggregates.

Aggrege
Ag•grege´, v. t. [OF. agreger. See Aggravate.] To make heavy; to aggravate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Aggression
Ag•gres´sion, n. [L. aggressio, fr. aggredi: cf. F. agression.] The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power." Hallam
Syn. — Attack; offense; intrusion; provocation.

Aggressive
Ag•gres´sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. — Ag•gres´sive•ly, adv. — Ag•gres´sive•ness, n.
"No aggressive movement was made." - Macaulay.

Aggressor
Ag•gres´sor, n. [L.: cf. F. agresseur.] The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
"The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer." - Ames.

Aggrievance
Ag•griev´ance, n. [OF. agrevance, fr. agrever. See Aggrieve.] Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. [Archaic]

Aggroup
Ag•group´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggrouped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrouping.] [F. agrouper; à (L. a. ) + groupe group. See Group..] To bring together in a group; to group. Dryden.

Aggry
Ag´gry, Ag´gri, a. Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.

Aghast
A•ghast´, v. t. See Agast, v. t. [Obs.]

Aghast
A•ghast´, a. & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. a. (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + gstan to terrify, torment: cf. Goth. usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to the spot with terror; akin to L. haerere to stick fast, cling. See Gaze, Hesitate.] Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
"Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o’erspread." - Dryden.
"The commissioners read and stood aghast." - Macaulay.

Agile
Ag´ile, a. [F. agile, L. agilis, fr. agere to move. See Agent.] Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as an agile boy; an agile tongue.
"Shaking it with agile hand." - Cowper.
Syn. — Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.

Agileness
Ag´ile•ness, n. Agility; nimbleness. [R.]

Agility
A•gil´i•ty, n. [F. agilie, L. agilitas, fr. agilis.]
1. The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as strength and agility of body.
"They … trust to the agility of their wit." - Bacon.
"Wheeling with the agility of a hawk." - Sir W. Scott.
2. Activity; powerful agency. [Obs.]
"The agility of the sun’s fiery heat." - Holland.

Agio
Ag´i•o, n. ; pl. Agios . [It. aggio exchange, discount, premium, the same word as agio ease. See Ease.] (Com.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

Agiotage
Ag´i•o•tage, n. [F. agiotage, fr. agioter to practice stockjobbing, fr. agio.] Exchange business; also stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.
"Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen of life." - Landor.

Agist
A•gist´, v. t. [OF. agister; à (L. a. ) + gister to assign a lodging, fr. giste lodging, abode, F. gîte, LL. gistum, gista, fr. L. jacitum, p. p. of jacre to lie: cf. LL. agistare, adgistare. See Gist.] (Law) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; — used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king’s forests, and collecting the money for the same. Blackstone.

Agitate
Ag´i•tate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Agitated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Agitating .] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See Act, Agent.]
1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds … agitate the air." Cowper.
2. To move or actuate. [R.] Thomson.
3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as he was greatly agitated.
"The mind of man is agitated by various passions." - Johnson.
4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as a controversy hotly agitated. Boyle.
5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as politicians agitate desperate designs.
Syn. — To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.

Agitation
Ag•i•ta´tion, n. [L. agitatio: cf. F. agitation.]
1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as the sea after a storm is in agitation.
2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as to cause any one agitation.
3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as the antislavery agitation; labor agitation. "Religious agitations." Prescott.
4. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
"A logical agitation of the matter. L’Estrange."
"The project now in agitation." - Swift.
Syn. — Emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor; perturbation. See Emotion.

Agitato
A•gi•ta´to, a. [It., agitated.] (Mus.) Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.

Agitator
Ag´i•ta•tor, n. [L.]
1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as political reformers and agitators.
2. (Eng. Hist.) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell’s time, to look after their interests; - - called also adjutators. Clarendon.
3. An implement for shaking or mixing.

Agleam
A•gleam´, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + gleam.] Gleaming; as faces agleam. Lowell. { Ag´let (ag"let), Aig´let (ag"let), } n. [F. aiguillette point, tagged point, dim. of aiguilee needle, fr. LL. acucula for acicula, dim. of L. acus needle, pin; cf. OF. agleter to hook on. See Acute, and cf. Aiguillette.]
1. A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "aglet baby" ( Shak. ), an aglet image.
2. (Haberdashery) A round white staylace. Beck.

Aglimmer
A•glim´mer, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + glimmer.] In a glimmering state. Hawthorne.

Aglitter
A•glit´ter, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + glitter.] Glittering; in a glitter.

Aglossal
A•glos´sal, a. [Gr. .] (Zoöl.) Without tongue; tongueless.

Aglow
A•glow´, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + glow.] In a glow; glowing; as cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.

Aglutition
Ag•lu•ti´tion, n. [Pref. a. not + L. glutire to swallow.] (Med.) Inability to swallow.

Agminal
Ag´mi•nal, a. [L. agminalis; agmen, agminis, a train.] Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train. [R.] { Ag´mi•nate, Ag´mi•na•ted } a. [L. agmen, agminis, a train, crowd.] (Physiol.) Grouped together; as the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.

Agnail
Ag´nail, n. [AS. angnaegl; ange vexation, trouble + naegel nail. Cf. Hangnail.]
1. A corn on the toe or foot. [Obs.]
2. An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also a hangnail.

Agnatic
Ag•nat´ic, a. [Cf. F. agnatique.] Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. "The agnatic succession." Blackstone.

Agnation
Ag•na´tion, n. [L. agnatio: cf. F. agnation.]
1. (Civil Law) Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. Bouvier.

Agnition
Ag•ni´tion (ag•nish"un), n. [L. agnitio, fr. agnoscere. See Notion.] Acknowledgment. [Obs.] Grafton.

Agnoiology
Ag•noi•ol´o•gy (ag•noi•ol"o•jy), n. [Gr. ’a•gnoia ignorance + -logy.] (Metaph.) The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.

Agnomen
Ag•no´men (ag•no"men), n. [L.; a. + nomen name.]
1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.
2. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as Aristides the Just.

Agnominate
Ag•nom´i•nate (ag•nom"i•nat), v. t. To name. [Obs.]

Agnomination
Ag•nom•i•na´tion, n. [L. agnominatio. See Agnomen.]
1. A surname. [R.] Minsheu.
2. Paronomasia; also alliteration; annomination.

Agnosticism
Ag•nos´ti•cism, n. That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); — opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism.

Agnus
Ag´nus, n. ; pl. E. Agnuses ; L. Agni . [L., a lamb.] Agnus Dei.

Agnus castus
Ag"nus cas"tus . [Gr. a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with holy, chaste.] (Bot.) A species of Vitex ( V. agnus castus); the chaste tree. Loudon.
"And wreaths of agnus castus others bore." - Dryden.

Agnus Dei
Ag"nus De"i . [L., lamb of God.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag. (b) A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope. (c) A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

Agnus Scythicus
Ag"nus Scyth"i•cus [L., Scythian lamb.] (Bot.) The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See Barometz.

Agoing
A•go´ing, adv. [Pref. a. + p. pr. of go.] In motion; in the act of going; as to set a mill agoing.

Agon
Ag´on, n. ; pl. Agones . [Gr., fr. to lead.] (Gr. Antiq.) A contest for a prize at the public games.

Agone
A•gone´, a. & adv. Ago. [Archaic> & Poet.]
"Three days agone I fell sick." - 1 Sam. xxx. 13.

Agone
A´gone, n. [See Agonic.] Agonic line.

Agonism
Ag´o•nism, n. [Gr., fr. to contend for a prize, fr. . See Agon.] Contention for a prize; a contest. [Obs.] Blount.

Agonistics
Ag•o•nis´tics, n. The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.

Agonize
Ag´o•nize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Agonized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Agonizing .] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. . See Agony.]
1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
"To smart and agonize at every pore." - Pope.
2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.

Agonize
Ag´o•nize, v. t. To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
"He agonized his mother by his behavior." - Thackeray.

Agonizingly
Ag´o•ni•zing•ly, adv. With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.

Agonothete
Ag´o•no•thete, n. [Gr. ; + to set. appoint.] [Antiq.] An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

Agonothetic
Ag•o•no•thet´ic, a. [Gr. .] Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.

Agony
Ag´o•ny, n. ; pl. Agonies . [L. agonia, Gr., orig. a contest, fr. : cf. F. agonie. See Agon.]
1. Violent contest or striving.
"The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations." - Macaulay.
2. Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
"Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly." - Luke xxii. 44.
3. Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
"With cries and agonies of wild delight." - Pope.
4. The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Syn. — Anguish; torment; throe; distress; pangs; suffering. — Agony, Anguish, Pang. These words agree in expressing extreme pain of body or mind. Agony denotes acute and permanent pain, usually of the whole system., and often producing contortions. Anguish denotes severe pressure, and, considered as bodily suffering, is more commonly local (as anguish of a wound), thus differing from agony. A pang is a paroxysm of excruciating pain. It is severe and transient. The agonies or pangs of remorse; the anguish of a wounded conscience. "Oh, sharp convulsive pangs of agonizing pride!" Dryden.

Agora
Ag´o•ra (ag"o•ra), n. [Gr. ’agora•.] An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

Agouara
A•gou´a•ra, n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The crab-eating raccoon ( Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

Agouta
A•gou´ta, n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A small insectivorous mammal ( Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti. { A•gou´ti, A•gou´ty } (a•goo"ti), n. [F. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name.] (Zoöl.) A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.

Agrace
A•grace´, n. & v. See Aggrace. [Obs.]

Agraphia
A•graph´i•a, n. [Gr. ’a priv. + to write.] The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.

Agraphic
A•graph´ic, a. Characterized by agraphia.

Agrappes
A•grappes´, n. pl. [OF. agrappe, F. agrafe; a + grappe (see Grape) fr. OHG. krapfo hook.] Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.

Agrarianism
A•gra´ri•an•ism, n. An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.

Agrarianize
A•gra´ri•an•ize, v. t. To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism. { A•gre´, A•gree´ }, adv. [F. à gre. See Agree.] In good part; kindly. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Agreeability
A•gree•a•bil´i•ty, n. [OF. agreablete.]
1. Easiness of disposition. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. The quality of being, or making one’s self, agreeable; agreeableness. Thackeray.

Agreeable
A•gree´a•ble, a. [F. agreable.]
1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
"A train of agreeable reveries." - Goldsmith.
2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.]
"These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town." - Latimer.
3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; — followed by to, rarely by with.
"That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L’Estrange."
4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; — in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
Syn. — Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable. See Pleasant.

Agreeably
A•gree´a•bly, adv.
1. In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. "Agreeably entertained." Goldsmith.
2. In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; — followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4.
"The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down." - Paley.
3. Alike; similarly. [Obs.]
"Both clad in shepherds’ weeds agreeably." - Spenser.

Agreement
A•gree´ment, n. [Cf. F. agrement.]
1. State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
"What agreement hath the temple of God with idols ?" - 2 Cor. vi. 16.
"Expansion and duration have this further agreement." - Locke.
2. (Gram.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.
3. (Law) (a) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract. (b) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. Abbott. Brande & C.
Syn. — Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.

Agreer
A•gre´er, n. One who agrees.

Agrestic
A•gres´tic, a. [L. agrestis, fr. ager field.] Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. "Agrestic behavior." Gregory.

Agrestical
A•gres´tic•al, a. Agrestic. [Obs.]

Agricolation
A•gric•o•la´tion, n. [L., agricolatio.] Agriculture. [Obs.] Bailey.

Agricolist
A•gric´o•list, n. A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. Dodsley.

Agricultor
Ag´ri•cul•tor, n. [L., fr. ager field + cultor cultivator.] An agriculturist; a farmer. [R.]

Agricultural
Ag•ri•cul´tur•al, a. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. — Ag•ri•cul´tur•al•ly, adv. Agricultural ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species ( Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.

Agriculturalist
Ag•ri•cul´tur•al•ist, n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

Agriculture
Ag´ri•cul•ture ( 135), n. [L. agricultura; ager field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See Acre and Culture.] The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

Agriculturist
Ag•ri•cul´tur•ist, n. One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.
"The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist." - Crabb.

Agrief
A•grief´, adv. [Pref. a. + grief.] In grief; amiss. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Agrimony
Ag´ri•mo•ny, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. .] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as hemp agrimony ( Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony ( Bidens). The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.

Agrin
A•grin´ (a•grin"), adv. & a. [Pref. a. + grin.] In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." Tennyson.

Agriologist
Ag•ri•ol´o•gist (ag•ri•ol"o•jist), n. One versed or engaged in agriology.

Agriology
Ag•ri•ol´o•gy (ag•ri•ol"o•jy), n. [Gr. ’a•grios wild, savage + -logy.] Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

Agrise
A•grise´, v. i. [AS. agrisan to dread; a. (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + grisan, for grsan (only in comp.), akin to OHG. grisn, G. grausen, to shudder. See Grisly.] To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Agrise
A•grise´, v. t.
1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]
"His manly face that did his foes agrise." - Spenser.

Agrom
A´grom, n. [Native name.] (Med.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves. { Ag•ro•nom´ic, Ag•ro•nom´ic•al } [Cf. F. agronomique.] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.

Agronomics
Ag•ro•nom´ics, n. The science of the distribution and management of land.

Agronomist
A•gron´o•mist, n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.

Agronomy
A•gron´o•my, n. [Gr. rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; field + usage, to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie.] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.

Agrope
A•grope´, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + grope.] In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning.

Agrostis
A•gros´tis, n. [L., fr. Gr. .] A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop ( Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses. { A•gros•to•graph´ic, A•gros•to•graph´ic•al, } a. [Cf. F. agrostographique.] Pertaining to agrostography.

Agrostography
Ag•ros•tog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. + - graphy.] A description of the grasses. { A•gros•to•log´ic, A•gros•to•log´ic•al } a. Pertaining to agrostology.

Agrostologist
Ag•ros•tol´o•gist, n. One skilled in agrostology.

Agrostology
Ag•ros•tol´ogy, n. [Gr. + - logy.] That part of botany which treats of the grasses.

Agrotechny
Ag´ro•tech•ny, n. [Gr. field, land + an art.] That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.

Aground
A•ground´, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + ground.] On the ground; stranded; — a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten.

Agroupment
A•group´ment, n. See Aggroupment.

Aguardiente
A•guar•di•en´te, n. [Sp., contr. of agua ardiente burning water (L. aqua water + ardens burning).]
1. A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.
2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. [Mexico and Spanish America.]

Ague
A´gue, n. [OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu, sharp, OF. fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L. acutus sharp. See Acute.]
1. An acute fever. [Obs.] "Brenning agues." P. Plowman.
2. (Med.) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as fever and ague.
4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Dryden. Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague. — Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague. — Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak. — Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. — Ague tree, the sassafras — sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]

Ague
A´gue, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Agued .] To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. Heywood.

Aguise
A•guise´, n. Dress. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Aguise
A•guise´, v. t. [Pref a. + guise.] To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.]
"Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised." - Spenser.

Aguish
A´gu•ish, a.
1. Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.
"Her aguish love now glows and burns." - Granville.
2. Productive of, or affected by, ague; as the aguish districts of England. T. Arnold. — A´gu•ish•ness, n.

Agush
A•gush´, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + gush.] In a gushing state. Hawthorne.

Agynous
Ag´y•nous, a. [Gr. ’a priv. + gynh• woman.] (Bot.) Without female organs; male.