‖a. [ It. ] (Mus.) Gradually accelerating the movement. [ 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 ]

a. Preceding dinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + strand. ] Stranded. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The terrestrial Siberian squirrel (Eutamius sibiricus).
Syn. -- baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. brand, brond, AS. brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. √32. See Burn, v. t., and cf. Brandish. ] 1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [ Poetic ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brand of private vice. Channing. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniæi. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Branded; p. pr. & vb. n. Branding. ]. 1. To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if it were branded on my mind. Geo. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after Brandenburg, a province and a town of Prussia. ] A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe. [ 1913 Webster ]

He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs. Smollett. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gridiron. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandgås. Cf. Brant. ] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

An iron to brand with. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The horizontal bar of an andiron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brandished p. pr. & vb. n. Brandishing. ] [ OE. braundisen, F. brandir, fr. brand a sword, fr. OHG. brant brand. See Brand, n. ] 1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. “Brandishes of the fan.” Tailer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who brandishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ F. brandiller. ] To shake; to totter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. (Zool.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Brand, and cf. Brannew. ] Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brandies [ From older brandywine, brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn, distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand. ] A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brandy. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a South American palm (Copernicia australis or Copernicia alba) yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.
Syn. -- caranday, caranda palm, wax palm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Prob. from Crandall, a proper name. ] (Stonecutting) A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc. -- v. t. To dress with a crandall. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. ærende, ærend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, örendi, erendi, Sw. ärende, Dan. ærende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. örr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient. ] A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any specific task, usually of a routine nature, requiring some form of travel, usually locally. An errand is often on behalf of someone else, but sometimes for one's own purposes. [ PJC ]

3. A mission. [ PJC ]

To run an errand, To perform an errand{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. See Farrand, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. farandole, Pr. farandoulo. ] A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.

I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole. W. D. Howells. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE. farand beautiful; cf. Gael. farranta neat, stout, stately; or perh. akin to E. fare. ] Manner; custom; fashion; humor. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ Written also farand. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; cf. OF. ferrant iron-gray, from L. ferrum iron. ] A stuff made of silk and wool. [ 1913 Webster ]

I did buy a colored silk ferrandine. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A piece of burning wood. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the inventor, John C. Garand. ] A semiautomatic rifle, also called the M-1, used by soldiers of the U. S. army in World War II and Korea. It was the standard weapon issued to infantrymen.
Syn. -- Garand rifle, M-1, M-1 rifle. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ F. See Gyrate. ] 1. An ornate ornamental branched candlestick, often with a mirror at the back. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Pyrotechny) A kind of revolving firework. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fort.) A series of chambers in defensive mines. Farrow.

a. Glittering. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Grander superl. Grandest. ] [ OE. grant, grount, OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh. akin to gravis heavy, E. grave, a. Cf. Grandee. ] 1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. “Our grand foe, Satan.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Making so bold . . . to unseal
Their grand commission. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached
masters of the grand style. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

What cause
Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy state,
Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off
From their Creator. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grand action, a pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in which special devices are employed to obtain perfect action of the hammer in striking and leaving the string. --
Grand Army of the Republic, an organized voluntary association of men who served in the Union army or navy during the civil war in the United States. The order has chapters, called Posts, throughout the country. --
Grand cross. (a) The highest rank of knighthood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross. --
Grand cordon, the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grade in certain honorary orders; hence, a person who holds that grade. --
Grand days (Eng. Law), certain days in the terms which are observed as holidays in the inns of court and chancery (Candlemas, Ascension, St. John Baptist's, and All Saints' Days); called also Dies non juridici. --
Grand duchess. (a) The wife or widow of a grand duke. (b) A lady having the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. (c) In Russia, a daughter of the Czar. --
Grand duke. (a) A sovereign duke, inferior in rank to a king; as, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. (b) In Russia, a son of the Czar. (c) (Zool.) The European great horned owl or eagle owl (Bubo maximas). --
Grand-guard, or
Grandegarde, a piece of plate armor used in tournaments as an extra protection for the left shoulder and breast. --
Grand juror, a member of a grand jury. --
Grand jury (Law), a jury of not less than twelve men, and not more than twenty-three, whose duty it is, in private session, to examine into accusations against persons charged with crime, and if they see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court; -- called also grand inquest. --
Grand juryman, a grand juror. --
Grand larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. --
Grand lodge, the chief lodge, or governing body, among Freemasons and other secret orders. --
Grand master. (a) The head of one of the military orders of knighthood, as the Templars, Hospitallers, etc. (b) The head of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. --
Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [ Obs. ] Holland. --
Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. --
Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument. --
Grand relief (Sculp.), alto relievo. --
Grand Seignior. See under Seignior. --
Grand stand, the principal stand, or erection for spectators, at a, race course, etc. --
Grand vicar (Eccl.), a principal vicar; an ecclesiastical delegate in France. --
Grand vizier. See under Vizier.

Syn. -- Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble. -- Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to that which expands the mind by a sense of vastness and majesty; magnificent is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is grand; a rich and varied landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is sublime. “Grandeur admits of degrees and modifications; but magnificence is that which has already reached the highest degree of superiority naturally belonging to the object in question.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. grande, fem. of grand + dame. See Grand, and Dame. ] An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. grand'tante. ] The aunt of one's father or mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The daughter of one's son or daughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a grand duke. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. grande. See Grand. ] A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. grand. See Grand. ] The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show
Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. Milton.

Syn. -- Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness. See Sublimity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. grandaevitas. ] Great age; long life. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. grandaevus; grandig grand+ aevum lifetime, age. ] Of great age; aged; longlived. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]