Adagial :: Adagial (a.) Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.

Adagio :: Adagio (a. & adv.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow..

Adagio :: Adagio (n.) A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn..

Advantaging :: Advantaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advantag.

Agible :: Agible (a.) Possible to be done; practicable.

Agile :: Agile (a.) Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue..

Agilely :: Agilely (adv.) In an agile manner; nimbly.

Agileness :: Agileness (n.) Agility; nimbleness.

Agility :: Agility (n.) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body..

Agility :: Agility (n.) Activity; powerful agency.

Aging :: Aging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ag.

Agio :: Agio (n.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

Agios :: Agios (pl. ) of Agi.

Agiotage :: Agiotage (n.) Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds..

Agist :: Agist (v. t.) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same..

Agistator :: Agistator (n.) See Agister.

Agister :: Agister (n.) Alt. of Agisto.

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) The price paid for such feeding.

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes..

Agistor :: Agistor (n.) Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker..

Agistor :: Agistor (n.) Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer..

Agitable :: Agitable (a.) Capable of being agitated, or easily moved..

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel..

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To move or actuate.

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated..

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated..

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs..

Agitated :: Agitated (imp. & p. p.) of Agitat.

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