*amen*

n. See Afforcement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

interj., adv., & n. [ L. amen, Gr. 'amh`n, Heb. āmēn certainly, truly. ] An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily. It is used as a noun, to denote: (a) concurrence in belief, or in a statement; assent; (b) the final word or act; (c) Christ as being one who is true and faithful. [ 1913 Webster ]

And let all the people say, Amen. Ps. cvi. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. [ 1913 Webster ]

To say amen to, to approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as, I say Amen to all. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To say Amen to; to sanction fully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. amener to lead; &unr_; (L. ad) = mener to lead, fr. L. minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten, minae threats. See Menace. ] 1. (Old Law) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [ Obs. ] Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amenable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. amesnagier. See Manage. ] To manage. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. See Amenable. ] Behavior; bearing. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Amended; p. pr. & vb. n. Amending. ] [ F. amender, L. emendare; e (ex) + mendum, menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda personal defect. Cf. Emend, Mend. ] To change or modify in any way for the better; as, (a) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like; (b) by supplying deficiencies; (c) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mar not the thing that can not be amended. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Amend, Emend, Correct, Reform, Rectify. These words agree in the idea of bringing things into a more perfect state. We correct (literally, make straight) when we conform things to some standard or rule; as, to correct proof sheets. We amend by removing blemishes, faults, or errors, and thus rendering a thing more a nearly perfect; as, to amend our ways, to amend a text, the draft of a bill, etc. Emend is only another form of amend, and is applied chiefly to editions of books, etc. To reform is literally to form over again, or put into a new and better form; as, to reform one's life. To rectify is to make right; as, to rectify a mistake, to rectify abuses, inadvertencies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. “My fortune . . . amends.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error. -- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Amend. ] A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amende honorable (Old French Law) A species of infamous punishment in which the offender, being led into court with a rope about his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who amends. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Much improving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. amendement, LL. amendamentum. ] 1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Correction of an error in a writ or process. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Improvement; reformation; emendation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ F. amendes, pl. of amende. Cf. Amende. ] Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [ Now const. with sing. verb. ] “An honorable amends.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow.
Syn. -- amenorrhea [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. things that make you comfortable and at ease. all the amenities of a first-class hotel
Syn. -- comforts, creature comforts, conveniences [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Amenities [ F. aménité, L. amoenitas, fr. amoenus pleasant. ] The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

This climate has not seduced by its amenities. W. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amenorrhea AS
‖ n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + mh`n month + "rei^n to flow: cf. F. aménorrhée.] (Med.) Pathological or physiological absence of menstruation. [1913 Webster + AS]

a. Pertaining to amenorrhoea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ancient Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were combined; the principal deity during the Theban supremacy.
Syn. -- Amon-Ra [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. amentum thong or strap. ] (Bot.) A species of inflorescence; a catkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The globular ament of a buttonwood. Coues. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. amentaceus. ] (Bot.) (a) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence. (b) Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) Mental retardation. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

prop. n. 1. used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins.
Syn. -- group Amentiferae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. amentum + -ferous. ] (Bot.) Bearing catkins. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amentum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a catkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Amenta Same as Ament. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. amenuisier. See Minute. ] To lessen. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. amerciamentum. ] Same as Amercement. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If you can neglect
Your own appropriaments. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. arbitramentum. ] 1. Determination; decision; arbitration. [ 1913 Webster ]

The arbitrament of time. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The award of arbitrators. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armamenta, pl., utensils, esp. the tackle of a ship, fr. armare to arm: cf. LL. armamentum, F. armement. ] 1. A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. “The whole united armament of Greece.” Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil. & Nav.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any equipment for resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armamentarium, fr. armamentum: cf. F. armamentaire. ] An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. atramentum ink, fr. ater black. ] Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [ Obs. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. atramentaire. See Atramentaceous. ] Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. attemprement. ] A tempering, or mixing in due proportion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. capillamentum, fr. capillus hair: cf. F. capillament. ] 1. (Bot.) A filament. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ta` katamh`nia. ] (Med.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. katamh`nios monthly; kata` down, back, again + mh`n month. ] Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cinnamic. ] (Chem.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a crowning. ] (Zool.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet. [ 1913 Webster ]