adv. In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Suitably; fitly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`kros extreme + teley`th end. ] (Eccles.) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adequate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Collectively; in mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. antelop, F. antilope, from Gr. 'anqo`lops, -lopos, Eustathius, “Hexaëm., ” p. 36, the origin of which is unknown. ] (Zool.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common or bezoar antelope of India is Antilope bezoartica. The chamois of the Alps, the gazelle, the addax, and the eland are other species. See Gazelle. The pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra Americana) is found in the Rocky Mountains. See Pronghorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. antelucanus; ante + lux light. ] Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. “Antelucan worship.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Apotelesmatic. ] 1. The result or issue. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astrol.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; effect of the stars on human destiny, fr. &unr_; to complete; &unr_; from + &unr_; to end, &unr_; end. ] 1. Relating to the casting of horoscopes. [ Archaic ] Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to an issue of fulfillment. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form of a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a subtle; shrewdly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Aristotle; Aristotelian. Aristotelean logic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and West South America.
Syn. -- genus Aristotelia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n. A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. “Aristotelic usage.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. After the manner, or in the form, of a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. With distinct utterance of the separate sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. astelle piece of wood, OF. astele splinter, shaving, F. attelle, astelle: cf. L. astula, dim. of assis board. ] (Mining) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; incomplete; 'a priv. + &unr_; completion. ] (Zool.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ F. ] A workshop; a studio. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Atellanus, fr. Atella, an ancient town of the Osci, in Campania. ] Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. -- n. A farcical drama performed at Atella. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ fr. L. hasta, rod, staff. ] (Cooking) a type of skewer with an ornamental handle which is used for holding foods for presentation at the table, but not while cooking. [ formerly spelled hatelet ] Larousse Gastronomique [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to autotelism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See Bag, n. ] 1. A trifle; a thing of no importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. barbastelle. ] (Zool.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not to be abated. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. form. of Battle. ] (Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of uncertain etymology. ] Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [ Univ. of Oxford, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [ Univ. of Oxford, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Batful, Batten, v. i. ] To make fertile. [ Obs. ] “To battel barren land.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fertile; fruitful; productive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See 2d Battel, n. ] A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg., fr. Tamil ve&tsdot_;&tsdot_;ilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf. ] (Bot.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Bételgeuse, of Arabic origin. ] (Astron.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion. [ Written also Betelgeux and Betelgeuse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) See Oryx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus off Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard.
Syn. -- genus Biscutella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Boultel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unavailing; in vain. See Bootless. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [ Written also bowtel, boltel, boultell, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Boultel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brocatelle, fr. It. brocatello: cf. Sp. brocatel. See Brocade. ] 1. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Brocatel. [ 1913 Webster ]