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a. Pertaining to ablution. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. relating to or favoring abolition, especially the abolition of slavery. WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to abolition [ PJC ]

a. Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to abstraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to accession; additional. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Marked or produced by accretion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. LL. actionabilis. See Action. ] That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an actionable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. actionnaire. ] (Com.) A shareholder in joint-stock company. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 having a capacity for adaptation. Opposed to maladaptive.
Syn. -- adaptive, adaptative [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something added. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Additional. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [ R. ] Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. affectionné. ] 1. Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Kindly inclined; zealous. [ Obs. ] Johson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Strongly inclined; -- with to. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed; inclined. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Affectionated to the people. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. “An apparitional soul.” Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. relating to or resulting from arbitration. an arbitrational settlement
Syn. -- arbitral [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ascensional difference (Astron.), the difference between oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between the time of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to association, or to an association. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to attention. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to attrition (definition 4). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. auctionarius. ] Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With auctionary hammer in thy hand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A book of benedictions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A collected series of benedictions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold. G. Gurton's Needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given as a pledge or as security. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary towns out of his hands. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Wary; cautious. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Railroads) A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ LL. cessionarius, from cessionare to cede, fr. L. cessio: cf. F. cessionnaire. See Cession. ] Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt. Martin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree.
Syn. -- genus Chionanthus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

The first twenty-five [ years ] must have been wasted for collectional purposes. H. A. Merewether. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or relating to combinations.
Syn. -- combinable, combinatory, combining(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. commissionnaire. Cf. Commissioner. ] 1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like. The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London, employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a uniformed doorman. [ British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ a. Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Delegate or commissionary authority. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To commission [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. used in communication; as, he had few communicational grooves available for use. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. “Each companionable guest.” Mallett. “Companionable wit.” Clarendon.

-- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. companionlike; as, companionate marriage; a companionate dog. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful. [ 1913 Webster ]

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [ R. ] Shak.

Syn. -- Sympathizing; tender; merciful; pitiful. [ 1913 Webster ]