ALGOUS
AL'GOUS, adjective [Latin alga, sea weed.] Pertaining to sea weed; abounding with, or like sea weed.
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ALGUM
AL'GUM, noun In scripture, a tree or wood about which the learned are not agreed. The most probably conjecture is that the word denotes gummy or resinous wood in general.The Vul...
ALHENNA
ALHEN'NA, noun [See Alkenna.]
ALIAS
A'LIAS, [Latin] Otherwise; as in this example, Simson alias Smith; a word used in judicial proceedings to connect the different names by which a person is called who attempts to...
ALIBI
AL'IBI, noun [Latin] Elsewhere; in another place; a law term. When a person is charged with an offense, and he proves that he could not have committed it, because he was, at the...
ALIEN
A'LIEN, adjective alyen, [Latin alienus, from alius, another. Latin alieno, to alienate; alter, another, to altercate.]1. Foreign; not belonging to the same country, land or gov...
ALIENABILITY
ALIENABIL'ITY, noun The capacity of being alienated or transferred.The alienability of the domain.
ALIENABLE
A'LIENABLE, adjective That may be sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the State.
ALIENAGE
A'LIENAGE, noun The state of being an alien.Why restore estates, forfeitable on account of alienage?
ALIENATE
A'LIENATE, verb transitive [Latin alieno.]1. To transfer title, property or right to another; as, to alienate lands, or sovereignty.2. To estrange; to withdraw, as the affection...
ALIENATION
ALIENA'TION, noun [Latin alienatio.]1. A transfer of title; or a legal conveyance of property to another.2. The state of being alienated.3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of ...
ALIENATOR
A'LIENATOR, noun One that alienates or transfers property.
ALIENE
ALIE'NE, verb transitive [Latin alieno.]1. To transfer title or property to another; to sell.Nor could he aliene the estate, even with the consent of the Lord.2. To estrange; to...
ALIENEE
ALIENEE', noun One to whom the title to property is transferred.If the alienee enters and keeps possession.
ALIENISM
ALIENISM, noun Alyenizm. The state of being an alien.The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism
ALIFE
ALI'FE, adverb [a or on and life.] On my life.
ALIFEROUS
ALIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin ala, wing, and fero, to bear.] Having wings.
ALIFORM
ALI'FORM, adjective [Latin ala, wing, and forma, shape.]Having the shape of a wing; a term applied to a certain process and muscles of the body, as the pterygoid process, and th...
ALIGEROUS
ALIG'EROUS, adjective [Latin ala wing, and gero, to carry] Having wings.
ALIGHT
ALI'GHT, verb intransitive1. To get down or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage.2. To descend and settle; as, a flying bird alights on a tree.3. To fall or descend ...
ALIKE
ALI'KE, adjectiveHaving resemblance or similitude; similar.The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Psalms 13:1.[This adjective never precedes the noun which it qualif...
ALIKE-MINDED
ALI'KE-MINDED, adjective Having the same mind; but like-minded is more generally used.
ALIMENT
AL'IMENT, noun [Latin alimentum, from alo, to feed.]That which nourishes; food; nutriment; any thing which feeds or adds to a substance, animal or vegetable, in natural growth.
ALIMENTAL
ALIMENT'AL, adjective Supplying food; that has the quality of nourishing; that furnishes the materials for natural growth; as, chyle is alimental; alimental sap.
ALIMENTALLY
ALIMENT'ALLY, adverb So as to serve for nourishment or food.
ALIMENTARINESS
ALIMENT'ARINESS, noun The quality of supplying nutriment.
ALIMENTARY
ALIMENT'ARY, adjective Pertaining to aliment or food; having the quality of nourishing; as, alimentary particles.The alimentary canal, in animal bodies, is the great duct or int...