adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + blaze. ]
All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [ R. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Pref. a- + buzz. ] In a buzz; buzzing. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being acclimatized. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To acetify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. achromatisation. ] The act or process of achromatizing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
‖n. pl. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray +
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Zool.) One of the Actinozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. changed from potential to actual;
n. [ LL. admortizatio. Cf. Amortization. ] (Law) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. F. adoniser, fr. Adonis. ] To beautify; to dandify. [ 1913 Webster ]
I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozing myself. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To commit adultery. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To give the force or form of an adverb to. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. same as advertise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v.
v. t. To cut with an adz. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [ Amer. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Usually p. p. Agatized ] To convert into agate; to make resemble agate. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
p. p. [ Only in p. p.; another spelling for aghast. ] Gazing with astonishment; amazed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The whole army stood agazed on him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being aggrandized. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Aggrandizement. [ Obs. ] Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To increase or become great. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. agrandissement. ] The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement;
n. One who aggrandizes, or makes great. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Formed like recognize, fr. L. agnoscere. ] To recognize; to acknowledge. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture. [ 1913 Webster ]
He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
adj. causing agony. Opposite to
adv. With extreme anguish or desperate struggles. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a natural family of succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds.
n.
v. t.
‖n.;
‖n. [ fr. Ar. al the + qacr (in pl.) a castle. ] A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. alcoolisation. ]