AGNEL
AG'NEL, noun [From agnus, a lamb, the figure struck on the coin.]An ancient French coin, value twelve sols, six deniers. It was called also mouton d'or and agnel d'or.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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AGNITION
AGNI'TION, noun [Latin agnitio, agnosco.] Acknowledgment. [Little used.]
AGNIZE
AGNI'ZE, verb transitive To acknowledge. [Not in use.]
AGNOMINATE
AGNOM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin agnomino; ad and nomino, nomen, name.]To name. [Little used.]
AGNOMINATION
AGNOMINA'TION, noun [Latin agnomen, a surname, of ad and nomen. See Name.]1. An additional name, or title; a name added to another, as expressive of some act, achievement, etc.;...
AGO
AGO', adverb or adjective [See Go.] Past; gone; as a year ago
AGOG
AGOG', adverbIn a state of desire; highly excited by eagerness after an object.The gaudy gossip when she's set agog
AGOING
AGO'ING, [The participle of go, with the prefix adjective]In motion, as to set a mill agoing; or about to go; ready to go; as, he is agoing immediately. The latter use is vulgar.
AGON
A'GON, noun [Gr.] The contest for the prize. [Not used.]
AGONE
AGONE, participle passive agawn;, [See ago and Gone.] Ago; past; since.[Nearly obsolete]
AGONISM
AG'ONISM, noun [Gr.] Contention for a prize.
AGONIST
AG'ONIST, noun One who contends for the prize in public games. Milton has used Agonistes in this sense, and so called his tragedy, from the similitude of Sampson's exertions, in...
AGONISTIC
AGONIST'IC,AGONIST'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to prize-fighting, contests of strength, or athletic combats.
AGONISTICAL
AGONIST'ICAL, a. Pertaining to prize-fighting, contests of strength, or athletic combats.
AGONISTICALLY
AGONIST'ICALLY, adverb In an agonistic manner; like prize-fighting.
AGONIZE
AG'ONIZE, verb transitive [Gr. to strive. See Agony.]To write with extreme pain; to suffer violent anguish.To smart and agonize at every pore.AG'ONIZE, verb transitive To distre...
AGONIZING
AG'ONIZING, participle present tense Suffering severe pain; writhing with torture.
AGONIZINGLY
AG'ONIZINGLY, adverb With extreme anguish.
AGONY
AG'ONY, noun [Gr. a contest with bodily exertion; a word used to denote the athletic games, in Greece; whence anguish, solicitude; from Latin ago. Gr. to strive. See Act.]1. In ...
AGOOD
AGOOD, adverb In earnest. [Not used.]
AGOUTY
AGOUTY, noun [Latin acutus.]A quadruped of the order Rodentia; arranged by naturalist in the genus Cavia. It is of the size of a rabbit. The upper part of the body is brownish, ...
AGRARIAN
AGRA'RIAN, adjective [Latin agrarius, from ager, a field.]Relating to lands. appropriately, denoting or pertaining to an equal division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, ...
AGREE
AGREE', verb intransitive [Latin gratia. the primary sense is advancing, from the same root as Latin gradior.]1. To be of one mind; to harmonize in opinion.In the expediency of ...
AGREEABILITY
AGREEABIL'ITY, noun Easiness of disposition. [Not used.]
AGREEABLE
AGREE'ABLE, adjective1. Suitable; conformable; correspondent; consistent with; as, the practice of virtue is agreeable to the law of God and our own nature.2. In pursuance of; i...
AGREEABLENESS
AGREE'ABLENESS, noun1. Suitableness; conformity; consistency; as, the agreeableness of virtue to the laws of God.2. The quality of pleasing; that quality which gives satisfactio...
AGREEABLY
AGREE'ABLY, adverb1. Pleasingly; in an agreeable manner; in a manner to give pleasure; as, to be agreeably entertained with a discourse.2. Suitably; consistently; conformably;Th...