Atomy (2)
At″o‐my (�), n. [For anatomy, taken as an atomy.] A skeleton. Shak.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Atonable
A‐ton″a‐ble (�), a. Admitting an atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable.
Atone
A‐tone″ (ȧ‐tōn″), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Atoned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Atoning.] [From at one,, i.e., to be, or cause to be, at one. See At one.] 1. To agree; to be in accordance; to a...
Atone (2)
A‐tone″, v. t. 1. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.I would do muchTo atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio.Shak.2. To un...
Atonement
A‐tone″ment (�), n. 1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.By whom we have now received the atonement.Rom. v. 11...
Atonement (2)
A‐tone″ment, n. — Day of Atonement(Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tisri), according to the rites descr...
Atoner
A‐ton″er (�), n. One who makes atonement.
Atones
At‐ones (�), adv. [See At one.]Down he fell atones as a stone.Chaucer.
Atonic
A‐ton″ic (�), a. [Cf. F. atonique. See Atony.] 1. (Med.) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.2. (Gram.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.3. ...
Atonic (2)
A‐ton″ic, n. 1. (Gram.) A word that has no accent.2. An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd consonant; a breath...
Atony
At″o‐ny (�), n. [Gr. � slackness; ἀ priv. + � tone, strength, � to stretch: cf. F. atonie.] (Med.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as a...
Atop
A‐top″ (�), adv. On or at the top. Milton.
Atrabilarian
{ At′ra‐bi‐la″ri‐an (�), At′ra‐bi‐la″ri‐ous (�), } a. [LL. atrabilarius, fr. L. atra bilis black bile: cf. F. atrabilaire, fr. atrabile.] Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. ...
Atrabilarian (2)
At′ra‐bi‐la″ri‐an, n. A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli.
Atrabiliar
At′ra‐bil″iar (�), a. Melancholy; atrabilious.
Atrabiliary
At′ra‐bil″ia‐ry (�), a. 1. Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.2. Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; — f...
Atrabilious
At′ra‐bil″ious (�), a. Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. Dunglision.A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race.Lowell.He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful...
Atramentaceous
At′ra‐men‐ta″ceous (�), a. [L. atramentum ink, fr. ater black.] Black, like ink; inky; atramental. Derham.
Atramental
{ At′ra‐men″tal (�), At′ra‐men″tous (�), } a. Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.
Atramentarious
At′ra‐men‐ta″ri‐ous (�), a. [Cf. F. atramentaire. See Atramentaceous.] Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as...
Atrede
At‐rede (�), v. t. [OE. at (AS. æt) out + rede.] To surpass in council.Men may the olde atrenne, but hat atrede.Chaucer.
Atrenne
At‐renne″ (�), v. t. [OE. at + renne to run.] To outrun. Chaucer.
Atresia
‖A‐tre″si‐a (�), n.(Med.) Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.
Atrial
A″tri‐al, a. Of or pertaining to an atrium.
Atrip
A‐trip″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + trip.] (Naut.) (a) Just hove clear of the ground; — said of the anchor. (b) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; — said of sails. ...
Atrium
‖A″tri‐um (�), n.; pl.Atria (�). 1. (Arch.) (a) A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. (b) An open court with a porch or gallery around t...
Atrium (2)
‖A″tri‐um, n.(Anat.) A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc.