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n. One who annexes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL.; Gr. 'an priv. + oxygen + Gr. a'i^ma blood. ] (Med.) A former term used to refer to an abnormal condition due to deficient oxygenation of the arterial blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness; now the term is replaced by the term hypoxemia. -- An`ox*ae"mic, An`ox*e"mic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

a. Affected with apoplexy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL. See Auto-, and Toxæmia. ] (Physiol.) Self-intoxication. See Auto-intoxication. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. of or pertaining to auxins. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., Gr. &unr_; increase, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to increase. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; that may be increased + &unr_; sound, voice. ] A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating disk reproducer. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ OE. ax, axe, AS. eax, æx, acas; akin to D. akse, OS. accus, OHG. acchus, G. axt, Icel. öx, öxi, Sw. yxe, Dan. ökse, Goth. aqizi, Gr. 'axi`nh, L. ascia; not akin to E. acute. ] A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ancient battle-ax had sometimes a double edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is used adjectively or in combination; as, axhead or ax head; ax helve; ax handle; ax shaft; ax-shaped; axlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

This word was originally spelt with e, axe; and so also was nearly every corresponding word of one syllable: as, flaxe, taxe, waxe, sixe, mixe, pixe, oxe, fluxe, etc. This superfluous e is not dropped; so that, in more than a hundred words ending in x, no one thinks of retaining the e except in axe. Analogy requires its exclusion here. [ 1913 Webster ]

“The spelling ax is better on every ground, of etymology, phonology, and analogy, than axe, which has of late become prevalent.” New English Dict. (Murray). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ etc. } See Ax, Axman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. raised under sterile conditions; -- of experimental animals; as, axenic conditions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. pure or completely free of the presence of other organisms; -- used of cultures of microorganisms; as, an axenic culture.
Syn. -- uncontaminated; germ-free. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a vitamin essential for normal vision (C20H30O); it prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes; same as vitamin A. One U.S.P. unit of vitamin A is equivalent to 0.30 micrograms of pure vitamin A alcohol.
Syn. -- vitamin A; vitamin A alcohol; antiophthalmic factor; biosterol; retinol; A. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } n. (Mil.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s); -- sometimes used for any adolescent girl, especially one following the latest youthful fashion .
Syn. -- bobbysocker. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. (Printing) enclosed in or set off by a border or box; as, boxed sections of the report; boxed announcements in the newspaper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. enclosed in a box. [ PJC ]

a. Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus). [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who packs boxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who boxes; a pugilist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A breed of dog. [ PJC ]

n. a West Indian timber tree (Sloanea jamaicensis) having very hard wood.
Syn. -- breakax. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. 1. An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. buxeus, fr. buxus the box tree. ] Belonging to the box tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; guest. ] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who coaxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint executor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint executrix. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Complex, complicated. [ Obs. ] “Complexed significations.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication. [ 1913 Webster ]

The complexedness of these moral ideas. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a convex form; convexly. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Convexity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bent abruptly downward. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. impressively expensive; notably exceeding typical price or quality.
Syn. -- gilded, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. especially elegant and sumptuous; of the highest quality; as, a deluxe car; deluxe accommodations.
Syn. -- gilded, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous, de luxe, luxe, luxury(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an isomer of amphetamine used as a central nervous system stimulant (Dexedrine is a trademark).
Syn. -- dextroamphetamine sulphate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By disexercising and blunting our abilities. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Radio) a device which switches electronic circuitry so that a radio antenna can function as either a transmitting or receiving antenna. [ PJC ]

‖ [ F. ] See Luxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; detailed narrative, fr. &unr_; to recount in detail; 'epi` + &unr_; to lead, point out. See Exegesis. ] A full or additional explanation; exegesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical.

n. [ Gr. &unr_; hospitable. So named because it contains a number of rare elements. ] (Min.) A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., let him go forth. ] 1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house. [ Eng. ] Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. exécrable. See Execrate. ] Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. “Execrable pride.” Hooker.

-- Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n. -- Ex"e*cra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Execrated p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating ] [ L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred. ] To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. “They . . . execrate their lct.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration. ] 1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.

Syn. -- See Malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle. -- Ex"e*cra*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C. Kingsley. -- n. A formulary of execrations. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]