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a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. yielding an acid in aqueous solution [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. acus needle + -form. ] Shaped like a needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme. ] (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Acinetæ + -form. ] (Zool.) Resembling the Acinetæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone + -form: cf. F. acinoforme. ] 1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of small kernels like a grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + -form. ] Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acutus sharp + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having sharp-pointed leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aden- + -form. ] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Adipocere + -form. ] Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. adversus opposite + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds.
Syn. -- order Aepyorniformes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Aëro- + foil. ] A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movement through the air; a spread wing, as of a bird. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. aër air + -form: cf. F. aériforme. ] Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Asphodel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. afforcier, LL. affortiare; ad + fortiare, fr. L. fortis strong. ] To reënforce; to strengthen. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] 1. A fortress; a fortification for defense. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reënforcement; a strengthening. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Afforded; p. pr. & vb. n. Affording. ] [ OE. aforthen, AS. geforðian, forðian, to further, accomplish, afford, fr. forð forth, forward. The prefix ge- has no well defined sense. See Forth. ] 1. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age. [ 1913 Webster ]

His tuneful Muse affords the sweetest numbers. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quiet lanes . . . afford calmer retreats. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. [ 1913 Webster ]

The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be afforded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything given as a help; bestowal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. afforestare; ad + forestare. See Forest. ] To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An affix. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + foam. ] In a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + foot. ] 1. On foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

We 'll walk afoot a while. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

The matter being afoot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. afore, aforn, AS. onforan or ætforan; pref. a- + fore. ] 1. Before. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If he have never drunk wine afore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. 1. Before (in all its senses). [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Afore the mast, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Named or quoted before. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Goīng before; foregoing. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>adv. Beforehand; in anticipation. [ Archaic or Dial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand. [ Archaic or Dial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Aforehand in all matters of power. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Previously mentioned; before-mentioned. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Named before. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Premeditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In time past; formerly. “He prayed . . . as he did aforetime.” Dan. vi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] (Logic & Math.) With stronger reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + foul. ] In collision; entangled. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

To run afoul of, to run against or come into collision with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a surface such as the wing of an airplane designed to provide reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air.
Syn. -- aerofoil [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Also alfarga, alforge. ] [ Sp. ] A saddlebag. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. ala wing + -form. ] Wing-shaped; winglike. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first of April, some do say,
Is set apart for All Fools' Day. Poor Robin's Almanack (1760). [ 1913 Webster ]

[ All + four (cards). ] A game at cards, called “High, Low, Jack, and the Game.” [ 1913 Webster ]

[ formerly, All` four".] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. [1913 Webster]

To be,
go, or
run,
on all fours (Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. “This example is on all fours with the other.” “No simile can go on all fours.” Macaulay. [1913 Webster]