Afore, 4a-f1ore'. prep. Before, nearer in place to any thing; sooner in tune.
Afore, 4a-f1ore'. ad. In time foregone or past; first in the way; in front, in the fore part.
Aforegoing, 4a-f1ore'g1o-2ing. part. a. Going before.
Aforehand, 4a-f1ore'h4and. ad. By a previous provision; provided, prepared; previously fitted.
Aforementioned, 4a-f1ore'm2en-sh2und. a. (362) Mentioned before.
Aforenamed, 4a-f1ore'n1a'm2ed. a. Named before. (362)
Aforesaid, 4a-f1ore's1ade. a. Said before.
Aforetime, 4a-f1ore't1ime. ad. In time past.
Afraid, 4a-fr1ade'. part. a. Struck with fear, terrified, fearful.
Afresh, 4a-fr2esh'. ad. Anew, again.
Afront, 4a-fr2unt'. ad. (165) In front, in direct opposition.
After, 4af't2ur. prep. (98) Following in place; in pursuit of; behind; posterior in time; according to; in imitation of.
After, 4af't2ur. ad. In succeeding time; following another.
Afterages, 4af't2ur-1a'j2ez. s. Succeeding times, posterity.
Afterall, 4af't2ur-3all'. ad. At last, in fine, in conclusion.
Afterbirth, 4af't2ur-b2erth. s. The secundine.
Afterclap, 4af't2ur-kl4ap. s. Unexpected event happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
Aftercost, 4af't2ur-k4ost. s. The expence incurred after the original plan is executed.
Aftercrop, 4af't2ur-kr4op. s. Second harvest.
Aftergame, 4af't2ur-g1ame. s. Methods taken after the first turn of affairs.
Aftermath, 4af't2ur-m4ath. s. Second crop of grass mown in Autumn.
Afternoon, 4af't2ur-n2o2on'. s. The time from the meridian to the evening.
Afterpains, 4af't2ur-p1anz. s. Pains after birth.
Aftertaste, 4af't2ur-t1aste. s. Taste remaining upon the tongue after the draught.
Afterthought, 4af't2ur-th3awt. s. Reflections after the act, expedients formed too late.
Aftertimes, 4af't2ur-t1imz. s. Succeeding times.
Afterward, 4af't2ur-w3ard. ad. (88) In succeeding time.
Afterwit. 4af't2ur-w2it. s. Contrivance of expedients after the occasion of using them is past.
Again, 4a-g2en'. ad. (206) A second time, once more; back, in restitution; besides, in any other time or place; twice as much, marking the same quantity once repeated; again and again, with frequent repetition.
We find this word written according to the general pronunciation in the Duke of Buckingham's verses to Mr. Pope: "I little thought of launching forth agen, "Amidst advent'rous rovers of the pen."
Against, 4a-g2enst'. prep. (206) Contrary, opposite, in general; with contrary motion or tendency, used of material action; opposite to, in place; in expectation of.
Agape, 4a-g2ape'. ad. (75) Staring with eagerness. — See Gape.
Agarick, 4ag'4a-r2ik. s. A drug of use in physic, and the dying trade.
Agast, 4a-g4ast'. a. Amaze.
Agate, 4ag'4at. s. (91) A precious stone of the lowest class.
Agaty, 4ag'4a-t1e. a. Partaking of the nature of agate.
To Agaze, 4a-g1aze'. v. a. To strike with amazement.
Age, 1aje. s. Any period of time attributed to something as the whole, or part of its duration; a succession or generation of men; the time in which any particular man, or race of men, lived, as, the age of heroes; the space of a hundred years; the latter part of life; old age; in law, in a man the age of twenty-one years is the full age, a woman at twenty-one is able to alienate her lands.
Aged, 1a'j2ed. a. (363) Old, stricken in years.
Agedly, 1a'j2ed-l1e. ad. After the manner of an aged person.
Agen, 4a-g2en'. ad. (206) Again, in return.
Agency, 1a'j2en-s1e. s. The quality of acting, the state of being in action; business performed by an agent.
Agent, 1a'j2ent. a. Acting upon, active.
Agent, 1a'j2ent. s. A substitute, a deputy, a factor; that which has the power of operating.
Aggeneration, 4ad-j2en-n2ur-1a'sh2un. s. The state of growing to another body.
To Aggerate, 4ad'j2ur-1ate. v. a. To heap up. — See Exaggerate.
To Agglomerate, 4ag-gl4om'm2ur-2ate. v. a. To gather up in a ball, as thread.
Agglutinants, 4ag-gl1u't1e-n4ants. s. Those medicines which have the power of uniting parts together.
To Agglutinate, 4ag-gl1u't1e-n1ate. v. n. To unite one part to another.
Agglutination, 4ag-gl1u't1e-n1a'sh2un. s. Union, cohesion.
Agglutinative, 4ag-gl1u't1e-n1a-t2iv. a. That which has the power of procuring agglutination. (512)
To Aggrandize, 4ag'gr4an-d1ize. v. a. (159) To make great, to enlarge, to exalt.
Aggrandizement, 4ag'gr4an-d1ize-m2ent. — See Academy. The state of being aggrandized.
Aggrandizer, 4ag'gr4an-d1ize-2ur. s. The person that makes another great.
To Aggravate, 4ag'gr4a-v1ate. v. a. (91) To make heavy, in a metaphorical sense, as, to aggravate an accusation; to make any thing worse.
Aggravation, 4ag-gr4a-v1a'sh2un. s. The act of aggravating; the circumstances which heighten guilt or calamity.
Aggregate, 4ag'gr1e-g1ate. a. (91) Framed by the collection of particular parts into one mass.
Aggregate, 4ag'gr1e-g1ate. s. The result of the conjunction of many particulars.
To Aggregate, 4ag'gr1e-g1ate. v. a. To collect together, to heap many particulars into one mass.
Aggregation, 4ag-gr1e-g1a'sh2un. s. The act of collecting many particulars into one whole; the whole composed by the collection of many particulars; state of being collected.
To Aggress, 4ag-gr2ess'. v. n. To commit the first act of violence.
Aggression, 4ag-gr2esh'2un. s. Commencement of a quarrel by some act of iniquity.
Aggressor, 4ag-gr2es's2ur. s. (98) The assaulter or invader, opposed to the defendant. (418)
Aggrievance, 4ag-gr1e'v4anse. s. Injury, wrong.
To Aggrieve, 4ag-gr1eve'. v. a. To give sorrow, to vex; to impose, to hurt in one's right. (275)
To Aggroup, 4ag-gr2o2op'. v. a. To bring together into one figure.
Aghast, 4a-g4ast'. a. Struck with horror, as at the sight of a spectre.
Agile, 4aj'2il. a. (140) Nimble, ready, active.
Agileness, 4aj'2il-n2ess. s. Nimbleness, quickness, activity.
Agility, 4a-j2il'1e-t1e. s. (511) Nimbleness, quickness, activity.
To Agist, 4a-j2ist'. v. a. To take in and feed the cattle of strangers in the king's forest, and to gather the money.
Agistment, 4a-j2ist'm2ent. s. Composition, or mean rate.
Agitable, 4aj'1e-t4a-bl. s. That which may be put in motion.
To Agitate, 4aj'1e-t1ate. v. a. (91) To put in motion; to actuate, to move; to affect with perturbation; to bandy, to discuss, to controvert.
Agitation, 4aj-1e-t1a'sh2un. s. The act of moving any thing; the state of being moved; discussion, controversial examination; perturbation, disturbance of the thoughts; deliberation, the state of being consulted upon.
Agitator, 4aj'1e-t1a-t2ur. s. (521) He who manages affairs.
Aglet, 4ag'l2et. s. A tag of a point carved into some representation of an animal; the pendants at the ends of the chieves [typo?] of flowers.
Agminal, 4ag'm1e-n4al. a. Belonging to a troop.
Agnail, 4ag'n1ale. s. A whitlow.
Agnation, 4ag-n1a'sh2un. s. Descent from the same father, in a direct male line.
Agnition, 4ag-n2ish'2un. s. Acknowledgement.
To Agnize, 4ag-n1ize'. v. a. To acknowledge; to own.
Agnomination, 4ag-n4om-m1e-n1a'sh2un. s. Allusion of one word to another.
