"""covenanter " :: Covenanter (n.) One who subscribed and defended the Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant..

"aggregate :: Aggregate (v. t.) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. The aggregated soil..

-ate :: -ate () As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated..

-ate :: -ate () As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to)..

-ate :: -ate () As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate..

-ate :: -ate () In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts..

A Posteriori :: A posteriori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning..

A Posteriori :: A posteriori () Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.

Abacinate :: Abacinate (v. t.) To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.

Abalienate :: Abalienate (v. t.) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.

Abalienate :: Abalienate (v. t.) To estrange; to withdraw.

Abalienate :: Abalienate (v. t.) To cause alienation of (mind).

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To blunt.

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates..

Abate :: Abate (n.) Abatement.

Abated :: Abated (imp. & p. p.) of Abat.

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof..

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee..

Abater :: Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction..

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