n. [ F. acrobate, fr. Gr. &unr_; walking on tiptoe, climbing aloft; &unr_; high + &unr_; to go. ] One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ Cf. F. acrobatique. ] Pertaining to an acrobat. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acutus sharp + E. lobe. ] (Bot.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ See aerobies. ] an organism such as a microorganism that requires oxygen for life or growth. [ PJC ]
n. pl., but sing. or pl. in usage
a. (Biol.) Growing or thriving only in the presence of oxygen; also, pertaining to, or induced by, aërobies;
n. pl. [ Aëro- + Gr.
a. (Biol.) Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies;
n. [ Aëro- + boat. ] A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Aëro- + bus. ] An aëroplane or airship designed to carry passengers. Now called a
‖n. [ Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharr&unr_;bah. Cf. Carob. ] (Bot.)
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n. [ L. amylum starch + NL. bacterium. See Bacterium. ] (Biol.) A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. an-not + aërobic. ]
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a. (Anat.) Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Anglo- + Gr. &unr_; fear. ] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. --
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a. (Med.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. --
a. [ L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve. ] Approved. [ Obs. ] Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. [ 1913 Webster ]
I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering (1816). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See Approve to prove. ]
Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Animals . . . love approbation or praise. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
This day my sister should the cloister enter,
And there receive her approbation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. approbatif. ] Approving, or implying approbation. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ L. ] One who approves. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Tupi. ]
prop. n. A genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers.
‖n. [ Sp. and Pg., from Ar. arrub, ar-rubu, a fourth part. ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, shield + &unr_; gills. ] (Zool.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. ad- + sober. Cf. Ensober. ] To make or keep sober. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. exobiology; -- not used technically.
n. [ German: equivalent of auto + road. ] an expressway or superhighway in a German-speaking country. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ Auto- + biographer. ] One who writes his own life or biography. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who writes his own life; an autobiographer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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