a. [ L. aliger; ala wing + gerere to carry. ] Having wings; winged. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Alighted ometimes Alit p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting. ] [ OE. alihten, fr. AS. ālīhtan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + līhtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. līht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i. ] 1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come or chance (upon). [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + light. ] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. “The lamps were alight.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. aligner; à (L. ad) + ligne (L. linea) line. See Line, and cf. Allineate. ] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form in line; to fall into line. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 in or brought into line with or into proper relative position; -- of spatial position. well-aligned wheels unaligned
Syn. -- alined [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause. Opposite of nonaligned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. brought into a straight or uniformly curved line. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 bringing into alignment
Syn. -- positioning [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. alignement. ] 1. The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Engin.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caligatio, fr. caligare to emit vapor, to be dark, from caligo mist, darkness. ] Dimness; cloudiness. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation. ] Darkness. [ R. ] G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caliginosus; cf. F. caligineux. ] Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

The caliginous regions of the air. Hallywell.

-- Ca*lig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., darkness. ] (Med.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Calligraphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caligraphy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Kali + -genous. See Alkali. ] Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Maligned p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning. ] [ Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a. ] To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To entertain malice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. malignus, for maligenus, i. e., of a bad kind or nature; malus bad + the root of genus birth, race, kind: cf. F. malin, masc., maligne, fem. See Malice, Gender, and cf. Benign, Malignant. ] 1. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign. [ 1913 Webster ]

Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Malignant; as, a malign ulcer. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Malignant. ] 1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; as, malignancy of heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unfavorableness; evil nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence: (Med.) A cancerous tumor that is spreading beyond the point of origin.
Syn. -- malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. The state of being a malignant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Hist.) One of the adherents of Charles I. or Charles II.; -- so called by the opposite party. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. malignans, -antis, p. pr. of malignare, malignari, to do or make maliciously. See Malign, and cf. Benignant. ] 1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious. [ 1913 Webster ]

A malignant and a turbaned Turk. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious. “Malignant care.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some malignant power upon my life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something deleterious and malignant as his touch. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malignant pustule (Med.), a very contagious disease produced by infection of subcutaneous tissues with the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It is transmitted to man from animals and is characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the infection, of a vesicle or pustule which first enlarges and then breaks down into an unhealthy ulcer. It is marked by profound exhaustion and often fatal. The disease in animals is called charbon; in man it is called cutaneous anthrax, and formerly was sometimes called simply anthrax. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Med.) A chronic progressive anemia of older adults, thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B-12); also called pernicious anemia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a malignant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.), Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes; called also melanoma. It is classed as a type of skin cancer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.), Same as malignancy{ 4 }.
Syn. -- malignancy, malignance, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.), Same as malignancy{ 4 }.
Syn. -- malignancy, malignance, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Assailed with contemptuous language.
Syn. -- reviled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who maligns. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Malignified p. pr. & vb. n. Malignifying ] [ L. malignus malign + -fy. ] To make malign or malignant. [ R. ] “A strong faith malignified.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. malignité, L. malignitas. ] 1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Virulence; deadly quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Malice. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a malign manner; with malignity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Aligned improperly; not correctly aligned. [ PJC ]

n. The act of aligning improperly or state of being improperly aligned. [ PJC ]

a. Not malignant, as a disease; -- used especially of tumors; as, a nonmalignant growth on the liver. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To align anew or better; as, realign the wheels of my car; realign my jaw. Usually used without the hyphen. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Salicin + -gen. ] (Chem.) A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Bot.) The water chestnut (Trapa natans). [ 1913 Webster ]