{ } a. Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [ R. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who performs or procures abortion; among medical personnel, also called an abortion provider. The word abortionist has negative connotations from the time when the practise was illegal in the United States, and the latter term is preferred among those who do not consider the procedure as morally reprehensible. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. An idealist. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A player on the accordion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Acronyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of aconite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aconitum, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. aconit. ] 1. (Bot.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. [ 1913 Webster ]

Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Chem.) Same as Aconitine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to aconite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Pert. to or designating a crystalline tribasic acid, C6H6O6, obtained from aconite and other plants. It is a carboxyl derivative of itaconic acid. Both the natural forma from plants and the form prepared chemically have the trans-configuration. It is used in the manufacture of itaconic acid (propylene dicarboxylic acid). MI11
Syn. -- 1-propene-1, 2, 3-tricarboxylic acid, equisetic acid, citridic acid, achilleic acid [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Aconite. ] The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strong
As aconitum or rash gunpowder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux. ] 1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [ Archaic ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acrimonious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a colorless liquid compound (H2C:CH.CN); used as raw material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.
Syn. -- vinyl cyanide, cyanoethylene, 2-propenenitrile [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. (Physics) Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. actionnaire. ] (Com.) A shareholder in joint-stock company. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Adanson, a French botanist. ] (Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, Adansonia digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and Adansonia Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; invisible + &unr_; a bell. ] (Zool.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Admonished p. pr. & vb. n. Admonishing. ] [ OE. amonesten, OF. amonester, F. admonester, fr. a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere to remind, warn; ad + monere to warn. See Monition. ] 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. “Admonish him as a brother.” 2 Thess. iii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold
The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Heb. viii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who admonishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. expressing adverse criticism as a corrective
Syn. -- admonitory, reproachful, reproving [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. OF. amonestement, admonestement. ] Admonition. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See Admonish. ] Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Admonition, Reprehension, Reproof. Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral delinquencies; its object is to prevent further transgression. Reprehension and reproof are retrospective, the former being milder than the latter. A person of any age or station may be liable to reprehension in case of wrong conduct; but reproof is the act of a superior. It is authoritative fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to inferiors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Admonisher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admonitory. [ R. ] Barrow. -- Ad*mon"i*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] Admonisher; monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admonitory. [ R. ] “An admonitorial tone.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. admonitorius. ] That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] A female admonitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. adonique: cf. L. Adonius. ] Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty. -- n. An Adonic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adonic verse, a verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee (-- ˘ ˘ | -- --). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., gr. Gr. 'A`dwnis. ] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. ădōnāi my Lords. ] One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated “Jehovah” are really the vowel points of the word “Adonai.” See Jehovist. [ 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 ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Eternal; everlasting; lasting for an indefinitely long time; immortal; not subject to death. Opposite of mortal. “Æonian hills.” Tennyson.
Syn. -- eonian [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to an eon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who exhibits affectation. [ R. ] Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + ganglionic. ] (Physiol.) Without ganglia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; without angles; 'a priv. + &unr_; an angle. ] Not forming an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to contend for a prize, fr. &unr_;. See Agon. ] Contention for a prize; a contest. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] One who contends for the prize in public games. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Agonism. ] Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a scholar, he [ Dr. Parr ] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agonistic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games. [ 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 ]