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v. t. [ p. p. Adight. ] [ Pref. a- (intensive) + OE. dihten. See Dight. ] To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. ad- + freight: cf. F. affréter. See Freight. ] To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. affrétement. ] The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting. ] [ Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. āfyrhtan to terrify; ā- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright. ] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dreams affright our souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Affrighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With fright. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To frighten. [ Archaic ] “Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frightens. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

n. Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Afghanistan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native of Afghanistan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of worsted blanket or wrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
Syn. -- Afghan, Afghanistani, afghanistani [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a mountainous country in central Asia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Afghanis.
Syn. -- Afghani, Afghan, afghanistani [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
Syn. -- Afghan, Pashto, Pathan [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

n. Premeditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an action taken after another action and related to the first action, which would normally or optimally be done along with the first action; -- as, to do something as an afterthought. [ PJC ]

3. a feature or part added to a device, not thought of in its original design. [ PJC ]

‖or ‖/mhw>, n. [ Turk. aghā a great lord, chief master. ] In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect. [ 1913 Webster ]

or v. t. To affright; to terrify. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Agast, v. t. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & p. p. [ OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + g&unr_;stan to terrify, torment: cf. Goth. usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to the spot with terror; akin to L. haerere to stick fast, cling. See Gaze, Hesitate. ] Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed,
Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + height. ] Aloft; on high. [ Obs. ] “Look up aheight.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. On high. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. So tight as to be impermeable to air or other gases; as, an air-tight cylinder; -- said of containers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. of such close construction as to have little leakage of air in or out; -- said of structures [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. so thoroughly convincing as to be insusceptible to doubt; having no apparent counterarguments; -- of arguments or assertions an airtight alibi an airtight argument
Syn. -- airtight, uncontradictable, undeniable. [ PJC ]

n. A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pot companion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Alighted ometimes Alit p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting. ] [ OE. alihten, fr. AS. ālīhtan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + līhtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. līht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i. ] 1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come or chance (upon). [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + light. ] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. “The lamps were alight.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

or n. (Zool.) The tunny. See Albicore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Also . (Biogeography) Pertaining to or designating the humid division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. [ From the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania. ] (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a subdivision of the Pennsylvanian coal measure. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj. 1. satisfactory; better than average; as, everything is all right.
Syn. -- all-right(predicate), ok, o.k., okay. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. 1. satisfactory; better than average. an all-right movie
Syn. -- all right(predicate), ok, o.k., okay [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. All-powerful; almighty. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With almighty power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. ealmihtig, ælmihtig; eal (OE. al) all + mihtig mighty. ] 1. Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Great; extreme; terrible. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Almighty, the omnipotent God. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. [ All + though; OE. al thagh. ] Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though. [ 1913 Webster ]

Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. Mark xiv. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Although, Though. Although, which originally was perhaps more emphatic than though, is now interchangeable with it in the sense given above. Euphonic consideration determines the choice. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Naut.) The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prep. & adv. [ Pref. a- + nigh. ] Nigh. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ OE. on niht. ] In the night time; at night. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Does he hawk anights still? Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who seceded from the Scottish Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) The light of an arc lamp. See arc lamp under lamp. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]