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n. (Antiq.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. acacias L. acaciae [ L. from Gr. 'akaki`a; orig. the name of a thorny tree found in Egypt; prob. fr. the root ak to be sharp. See Acute. ] 1. [ capitalized ] A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. académicien. See Academy. ] 1. A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collegian. [ R. ] Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the position or state of being a member of an honorary academy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It., from acciaccare to crush. ] (Mus.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in acoustics. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ ‖ } n. [ L. alopecia, Gr. 'alwpeki`a, fr. 'alw`phx fox, because loss of the hair is common among foxes. ] (Med.) Loss of the hair; baldness. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; -- of hatchlings. Opposite of precocial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

. A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ Gr. &unr_; throwing a shadow both ways; 'amfi` + &unr_; shadow. ] The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be announced or declared; declarable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annunciating. ] [ L. annuntiare. See Announce. ] To announce. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Foretold; preannounced. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annuntiatio: cf. F. annonciation. ] 1. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) (a) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. (b) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because it is usually introduced by painters in pictures of the Annunciation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annuntiator. ] 1. One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Antœcians. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ L. antiscii, Gr. &unr_;, pl.; 'anti` against + &unr_; shadow. ] The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. pl. [ NL. antoeci, fr. Gr. pl. 'a`ntoiki; 'anti` opposite + o'ikei^n to live. ] Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Apicianus. ] Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the apothecium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. appréciable. ] Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Appreciative. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating. ] [ L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. Appraise. ] 1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value. [ 1913 Webster ]

To appreciate the motives of their enemies. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money. Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be sensible of; to distinguish. [ 1913 Webster ]

To test the power of bees to appreciate color. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Appreciate, Estimate, Esteem. Estimate is an act of judgment; esteem is an act of valuing or prizing, and when applied to individuals, denotes a sentiment of moral approbation. See Estimate. Appreciate lies between the two. As compared with estimate, it supposes a union of sensibility with judgment, producing a nice and delicate perception. As compared with esteem, it denotes a valuation of things according to their appropriate and distinctive excellence, and not simply their moral worth. Thus, with reference to the former of these (delicate perception), an able writer says. “Women have a truer appreciation of character than men;” and another remarks, “It is difficult to appreciate the true force and distinctive sense of terms which we are every day using.” So, also, we speak of the difference between two things, as sometimes hardly appreciable. With reference to the latter of these (that of valuation as the result of a nice perception), we say, “It requires a peculiar cast of character to appreciate the poetry of Wordsworth;” “He who has no delicacy himself, can not appreciate it in others;” “The thought of death is salutary, because it leads us to appreciate worldly things aright.” Appreciate is much used in cases where something is in danger of being overlooked or undervalued; as when we speak of appreciating the difficulties of a subject, or the risk of an undertaking. So Lord Plunket, referring to an “ominous silence” which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, “If you knew how to appreciate that silence, it is more formidable than the most clamorous opposition.” In like manner, a person who asks some favor of another is apt to say, “I trust you will appreciate my motives in this request.” Here we have the key to a very frequent use of the word. It is hardly necessary to say that appreciate looks on the favorable side of things. we never speak of appreciating a man's faults, but his merits. This idea of regarding things favorably appears more fully in the word appreciative; as when we speak of an appreciative audience, or an appreciative review, meaning one that manifests a quick perception and a ready valuation of excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To rise in value. [ See note under Rise, v. i. ] J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an appreciating manner; with appreciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. appréciation. ] 1. A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who appreciates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*to*ri*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. arithméticien. ] One skilled in arithmetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 horseradish.
Syn. -- genus Armoracia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See Artifice. ] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artificial strife
Lives in these touches, livelier than life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine. “Artificial tears.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artificial arguments (Rhet.), arguments invented by the speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs. Johnson. --
Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement based on superficial characters, and not expressing the true natural relations species; as, “the artificial system” in botany, which is the same as the Linnæan system. --
Artificial horizon. See under Horizon.
Artificial light, any light other than that which proceeds from the heavenly bodies. --
Artificial lines, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which, by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc. --
Artificial numbers, logarithms. --
Artificial person (Law). See under Person. --
Artificial sines,
tangents, etc., the same as logarithms of the natural sines, tangents, etc. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render artificial. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ingeniously; skillfully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The spider's web, finely and artificially wrought. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Craftily; artfully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sharp dissembled so artificially. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being artificial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Ascii. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ L. ascii, pl. of ascius, Gr. &unr_; without shadow; 'a priv. + &unr_; shadow. ] Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness. “The associability of feelings.” H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Associate. ] 1. Capable of being associated or joined. [ 1913 Webster ]

We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sociable; companionable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body. Med. Rep. [ 1913 Webster ]