Webster's Dictionary 1913

5941

Argutation

Ar′gu‐ta″tion (�), n. [L. argutatio. See Argue.] Caviling; subtle disputation.

5942

Argute

Ar‐gute″ (�), a. [L. argutus, p. p. of arguere. See Argue.] 1. Sharp; shrill. Johnson.2. Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.The active preacher... the argue schoolman.Milman.

5943

Argutely

Ar‐gute″ly, adv. In a subtle; shrewdly.

5944

Arguteness

Ar‐gute″ness, n. Acuteness. Dryden.

5945

Arhizal

A‐rhi″zal (�), A‐rhi″zous (�), A‐rhyth″mic (�), A‐rhyth″mous (�), a. See Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous.

5946

Aria

‖A″ri‐a (�), n. [It., fr. L. aër. See Air.] (Mus.) An air or song; a melody; a tune.☞ The Italian term is now mostly used for the more elaborate accompanied melodies sung by a s...

5947

Arian

Ar″ian (�), a. & n.(Ethnol.) See Aryan.

5948

Arian (2)

A″ri‐an (�), a. [L. Arianus.] Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior t...

5949

Arianism

A″ri‐an‐ism (�), n. The doctrines of the Arians.

5950

Arianize

A″ri‐an‐ize (�), v. i. To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.

5951

Arianize (2)

A″ri‐an‐ize, v. t. To convert to Arianism.

5952

Aricine

Ar″i‐cine (�), n. [From Arica, in Chile.] (Chem.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.

5953

Arid

Ar″id (�), a. [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. “An arid waste.” Thomson.

5954

Aridity

A‐rid″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Aridities (�). [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.] 1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensi...

5955

Aridness

Ar″id‐ness (�), n. Aridity; dryness.

5956

Ariel

A″ri‐el (�), n., orA″ri‐el ga‐zelle″ (�). [Ar. aryil, ayyil, stag.] (Zoöl.) (a) A variety of the gazelle (Antilope, orGazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries. (...

5957

Ariel (2)

A″ri‐el (?), n. [Heb. ariël, perh. confused with E. aërial.] In the Cabala, a water spirit; in later folklore, a light and graceful spirit of the air.☞ In zoölogy, ariel is used...

5958

Aries

‖A″ri‐es, n. 1. (Astron.) (a) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. (b) A constellation west...

5959

Arietate

Ar″i‐e‐tate (�), v. i. [L. arietatus, p. p. of arietare, fr. aries ram.] To butt, as a ram.

5960

Arietation

Ar′i‐e‐ta″tion (�), n. [L. arietatio.] 1. The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram. Bacon.2. Act of striking or conflicting. Glanvill.

5961

Arietta

{ ‖A′ri‐et″ta (�), Ar′i‐ette″ (�), } n. [It. arietta, dim. of aria; F. ariette.] (Mus.) A short aria, or air. “A military ariette.” Sir W. Scott.

5962

Aright

A‐right″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + right.] Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.

5963

Aril

Ar″il (�), ‖A‐ril″lus (�), n. [From LL. arilli dry grapes, perh. fr. L. aridus dry: cf. F,. arille.] (Bot.) A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as ...

5964

Arillate

Ar″il‐late (�). Ar″l‐la′ted (�), Ar″iled (�), a. [Cf. NL. arillatus, F. arillé.] Having an aril.

5965

Arillode

Ar″il‐lode (?), n. [Arillus + Gr. � form.] (Bot.) A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutme...

5966

Ariman

A″ri‐man (�), n. See Ahriman.

5967

Ariolation

Ar′i‐o‐la″tion (�), n. [L. ariolatio, hariolatio, fr. hariolari to prophesy, fr. hariolus soothsayer.] A soothsaying; a foretelling. Sir T. Browne.