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n. He who, or that which, abases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who abuses [ in the various senses of the verb ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Acipenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. acuser, accusour; cf. OF. acuseor, fr. L. accusator, fr. accusare. ] One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., the name of a fish. ] (Zool.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The natural family of fish including the sturgeons.
Syn. -- family Acipenseridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, advertises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an adviser. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) a series of acyclic non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). They include methane, ethane, propane, butane, and the paraffins.
Syn. -- methane series, alkane series, paraffin [ WordNet 1.5 PC ]

n. One who amasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who amuses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v., n., etc. Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an instrument that performs analyses.
Syn. -- analyzer [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Her.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., geese. ] (Zool.) A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family name used in some classifications for the swans.
Syn. -- subfamily Anserinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose. ] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Anseres. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anser a goose. ] Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who appeases; a pacifier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Appraise, Apprizer. ] One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Nav.) A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first have more or heavier armor than the second. [ Archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Asserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Asserting. ] [ L. assertus, p. p. of asserere to join or fasten to one's self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See Series. ] 1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To maintain; to defend. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That . . . I may assert Eternal Providence,
And justify the ways of God to men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will assert it from the scandal. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties. [ 1913 Webster ]

To assert one's self, to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To affirm; aver; asseverate; maintain; protest; pronounce; declare; vindicate. -- To Assert, Affirm, Maintain, Vindicate. To assert is to fasten to one's self, and hence to claim. It is, therefore, adversative in its nature. We assert our rights and privileges, or the cause of tree institutions, as against opposition or denial. To affirm is to declare as true. We assert boldly; we affirm positively. To maintain is to uphold, and insist upon with earnestness, whatever we have once asserted; as, to maintain one's cause, to maintain an argument, to maintain the ground we have taken. To vindicate is to use language and measures of the strongest kind, in defense of ourselves and those for whom we act. We maintain our assertions by adducing proofs, facts, or arguments; we are ready to vindicate our rights or interests by the utmost exertion of our powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. capable of being affirmed or asserted.
Syn. -- affirmable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. stated as a fact.
Syn. -- alleged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. 1. declaring.
Syn. -- declaratory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. assertio, fr. asserere. ] 1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. asserere. ] One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. assertorius, fr. asserere. ] Affirming; maintaining. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham. [ 1913 Webster ]

A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray.
Syn. -- atomizer, spray [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>a. [ See berserk, n. ] frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ Icel. berserkr. ] 1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + serial, seriate. ] In two rows or series. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + serrate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Serrate on both sides, as some antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nickname for a Nova Scotian; also, a Nova Scotian ship (called also ; a Nova Scotian potato, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

A slave; one who is bound to service without wages. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. Lev. xxv. 39, 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + service. ] (O. Eng. Law) Service due from a bordar; bordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A toper; a boozer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a difficult problem.
Syn. -- riddle, conundrum, enigma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]