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a. Pertaining to ablution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. absolution, L. absolutio, fr. absolvere to absolve. See Absolve. ] 1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. “Government . . . granting absolution to the nation.” Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Civil Law) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the English and other Protestant churches, this act regarded as simply declaratory, not as imparting forgiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Delivery, in speech. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Absolution day (R. C. Ch.), Tuesday before Easter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. [ 1913 Webster ]

The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) Doctrine of absolute decrees. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metaph.) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. aubūtīlūn. ] (Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`kros extreme + teley`th end. ] (Eccles.) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. [ L. acutus sharp + E. lobe. ] (Bot.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ L. advolvere, advolutum, to roll to. ] A rolling toward something. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. aéronauitique. ] Pertaining to aëronautics, or aërial sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. agglutinans, -antis, p. pr. of agglutinare. ] Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion. -- n. Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Agglutinated p. pr. & vb. n. Agglutinating. ] [ L. agglutinatus, p. p. of agglutinare to glue or cement to a thing; ad + glutinare to glue; gluten glue. See Glue. ] To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. agglutination. ] 1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. agglutinatif. ] 1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
Syn. -- polysynthetic, holophrastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philol.) Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + L. glutire to swallow. ] (Med.) Inability to swallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + L. glutire to swallow. ] (Med.) Inability to swallow; dysphagia.
Syn. -- dysphagy. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

{ } n. [ F. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name. ] (Zool.) 1. A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the color of the agouti{ 1 }, a grayish-brown of grizzled texture; -- used especially to describe the color of the fur of a strain of mice. Also used attributively. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands.
Syn. -- Aleut [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska.
Syn. -- Aleutian Islands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Said to be from the Russ. aleut a bold rock. ] Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. allocuto, fr. alloqui to speak to; ad + loqui to speak: cf. F. allocution. ] 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. (Med.) Counteracting scurvy. -- n. A remedy for scurvy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Antiscorbutic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Argonauticus. ] Of or pertaining to the Argonauts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of cephalopods represented solely by the genus Argonauta.
Syn. -- family Argonautidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. assécution, fr. L. assequi to obtain; ad + sequi to follow. ] An obtaining or acquiring. [ Obs. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to astronautics.
Syn. -- astronautical [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to astronautics.
Syn. -- astronautic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The theory and practice of navigation through the upper atmosphere or outer space; the science of travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. attributio: cf. F. attribution. ] 1. The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is ascribed or attributed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., (Gram.) A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. attributif. ] Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an attributive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) a mental disorder characterized by inability to engage in normal social interactions and intense self-absorption, and usually accompanied by other symptoms such as language dysfunctions and repetitive behavior. autism usually manifests itself at an early age [ PJC ]

2. behavior showing an abnormal level of absorption with one's own thoughts and disregard for external realities. [ PJC ]

adj. afflicted with autism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } v. i. [ L. balbutire, fr. balbus stammering: cf. F. balbutier. ] To stammer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Med.) The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. In addition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

p. a. Beautiful; embellished. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of making something more beautiful. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]