Abasing :: Abasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abas.

Abrasion :: Abrasion (n.) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins..

Abrasion :: Abrasion (n.) The substance rubbed off.

Abrasion :: Abrasion (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds..

Abrasive :: Abrasive (a.) Producing abrasion.

Acrasia :: Acrasia (n.) Alt. of Acras.

Anabasis :: Anabasis (n.) A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called The Anabasis..

Anabasis :: Anabasis (n.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation..

Antanaclasis :: Antanaclasis (n.) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft..

Antanaclasis :: Antanaclasis (n.) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc..

Antiperistasis :: Antiperistasis (n.) Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.

Antiphrasis :: Antiphrasis (n.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

Antonomasia :: Antonomasia (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero..

Aphasia :: Aphasia (n.) Alt. of Aphas.

Aphasic :: Aphasic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless..

Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].

Apostasies :: Apostasies (pl. ) of Apostas.

Appeasing :: Appeasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appeas.

Appeasive :: Appeasive (a.) Tending to appease.

Asian :: Asian (a.) Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.

Asian :: Asian (n.) An Asiatic.

Asiarch :: Asiarch (n.) One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites..

Asiatic :: Asiatic (a.) Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.

Asiatic :: Asiatic (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Asia..

Asiaticism :: Asiaticism (n.) Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.

Aside :: Aside (adv.) On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart..

Aside :: Aside (adv.) Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts..

Aside :: Aside (adv.) So as to be heard by others; privately.

Aside :: Aside (n.) Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear..

Asilus :: Asilus (n.) A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly..

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