adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + blaze. ] 1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. [ 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. 1. 1 an administrative region of Italy.
Syn. -- Abruzzi e Molise [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ imp. & p. p. Acclimatized p. pr. & vb. n. Acclimatizing ] To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To acetify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. achromatisation. ] The act or process of achromatizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Achromatized p. pr. & vb. n. Achromatizing ] [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; color. ] To deprive of color; to make achromatic. [ Also spelled achromatise. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ Pref. a- + crase; or cf. F. écraser to crush. See Crase, Craze. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To craze. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impair; to destroy. [ Obs. ] Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + zw^, on animal. ] (Zool.) A group of Cœlenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) One of the Actinozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A making actual or really existent; giving the appearance of reality. [ R. ] Emerson.
Syn. -- realization, realisation. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. changed from potential to actual; as, saw his worst fears actualized.
Syn. -- realized [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. 1. give bad advice to
Syn. -- misadvise, mismisguide, advize [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To cut with an adz. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet. ] A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood. [ 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. 1. 1 looking intently; -- used of eyes.
Syn. -- staring [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ imp. & p. p. Aggrandized p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrandizing ] [ F. agrandir; à (L. ad) + grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See Grand, and cf. Finish. ] 1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To augment; exalt; promote; advance. [ 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; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ imp. & p. p. Agonized p. pr. & vb. n. Agonizing ] [ F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Agony. ] 1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. [ 1913 Webster ]

To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately. [ 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. 1. expressing pain or agony. agonized screams [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. causing agony. Opposite to painless.
Syn. -- excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

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 ]

{ or }, n. [ Zend Ahuramazda. ] (Zoroastrianism) The supreme deity, the embodiment of the principle of good, creator of the world, source of light, and guardian of mankind. He is the opponent of Ahriman, the spirit of evil, both being sprung from Eternity, or, according to another version, Ahriman being the offspring of a moment of doubt on the part of Ormazd. Ormazd is attended by angels and archangels. He is represented as a bearded man inclosed in a winged circle, a conception probably derived from the Assyrian representations of Ashur. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a natural family of succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds.
Syn. -- family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 [ Named after Filipo Delgi Albizzi, a Tuscan nobleman of the mid-18th century. ] any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Albizia, of the legume family. [ RHUD ]
Syn. -- albizia [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Albumenized p. pr. & vb. n. Albumenizing. ] To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Alcarrazas. /plu> [ Sp., from Ar. al-kurrāz earthen vessel. ] A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖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. ] 1. The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act rectifying spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor. [ 1913 Webster ]