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n. Abhorrence. [ Obs. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. [ R. ] Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. absentia. See Absent. ] 1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. “In the absence of conventional law.” Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. “Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A standing aloof. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Absorptiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. abstinence, L. abstinentia, fr. abstinere. See Abstain. ] 1. The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Penance, fasts, and abstinence,
To punish bodies for the soul's offense. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Abstinence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of acceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of Eng. accidents, pl. of accident. See Accident, 2. ] 1. The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The rudiments of any subject. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. accrescentia. ] Continuous growth; an accretion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. acescence. See Acescent. ] The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. acquiescence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crim. Law) (a) Submission to an injury by the party injured. (b) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A desid. of L. agere, actum, to act. ] Tendency or impulse to act. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. J. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adhérence, LL. adhaerentia. ] 1. The quality or state of adhering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adherence, Adhesion. These words, which were once freely interchanged, are now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer used to denote physical union, but is applied, to mental states or habits; as, a strict adherence to one's duty; close adherence to the argument, etc. Adhesion is now confined chiefly to the physical sense, except in the phrase “To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adheres. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Cf. LL. adjacentia. ] 1. The state or attribute of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; the attribute of being so near as to be touching; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.
Syn. -- contiguousness [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is adjacent. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fr., fr. L. adolescentia. ] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ OF. advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See Advertent. ] The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ NL. aërenchyma. See Aëro-; Enchyma. ] (Bot.) A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. affluence, L. affluentia, fr. affluens, p. pr. of affluere to flow to; ad + fluere to flow. See Flux. ] 1. A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx. [ 1913 Webster ]

The affluence of young nobles from hence into Spain. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is an unusual affluence of strangers this year. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth. [ 1913 Webster ]

And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease. Coldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Abundance; riches; profusion; exuberance; plenty; wealth; opulence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Affluence. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Agencies [ agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent. ] 1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. [ 1913 Webster ]

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The place of business of an agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An organization or business that provides some service, primarily for other organizations; as, an advertising agency. [ PJC ]

5. An administrative division of a government; as, a state welfare agency; a motor vehicle agency; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Action; operation; efficiency; management. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of becoming white; whitishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Lace. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attractive power; attractiveness. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mech.) A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one side. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Lofty speech; pompous language. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. mixed feelings or emotions; uncertainty or vacillation in making a choice. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. (Psychol.) the simultaneous existence within a person of both positive and negative feelings toward another person or action, or toward an object (as of attraction and revulsion), resulting in internal conflict. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, priv. + &unr_; the brain: cf. Encephalon. ] (Zool.) Without a brain; brainless. Todd & B. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; receptacle + &unr_;. Formed like Parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Aëronautics) The angle between the chord of an aërocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed air current. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 the French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
Syn. -- Anglo-Norman [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. Fothherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. aparence. ] Appearance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Appearance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The position of being heir apparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. State of being appendant; appendance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Appurtenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. appétence. See Appetency. ] A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Appetencies [ L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite. ] 1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

They had a strong appetency for reading. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. [ 1913 Webster ]

These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pref. &unr_; + &unr_; the brain. ] (Zool.) The division that includes man alone. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Heat. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal. [ 1913 Webster ]