Webster's Dictionary 1913

2080

Agatiferous

Ag′a‐tif″er‐ous (�), a. [Agate + -ferous.] Containing or producing agates. Craig.

2081

Agatine

Ag″a‐tine (�), a. Pertaining to, or like, agate.

2082

Agatize

Ag″a‐tize (�), v. t. [Usually p. p. Agatized(�).] To convert into agate; to make resemble agate. Dana.

2083

Agaty

Ag″a‐ty (�), a. Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.

2084

Agave

A‐ga″ve (�), n. [L. Agave, prop. name, fr. Gr. �, fem. of � illustrious, noble.] (bot.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceæ) of which the chief species is the maguey or centu...

2085

Agazed

A‐gazed″ (�), p. p. [Only in p. p.; another spelling for aghast.] Gazing with astonishment; amazed.The whole army stood agazed on him.Shak.

2086

Age

Age (āj), n. [OF. aage, eage, F. âge, fr. L. aetas through a supposed LL. aetaticum. L. aetas is contracted fr. aevitas, fr. aevum lifetime, age; akin to E. aye ever. Cf. Each.]...

2087

Age (2)

Age, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Aged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Aging (�).] To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.They live one hundred and thirty years...

2088

Age (3)

Age, v. t. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.

2089

Age (4)

Age, n. In poker, the right belonging to the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding ...

2090

Aged

A″ged (�), a. 1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.2. Belonging to old age....

2091

Agedly

A″ged‐ly, adv. In the manner of an aged person.

2092

Agedness

A″ged‐ness, n. The quality of being aged; oldness.Custom without truth is but agedness of error.Milton.

2093

Ageless

Age″less (�), a. Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth.

2094

Agen

A‐gen″ (�), adv. & prep. See Again.

2095

Agency

A″gen‐cy (�), n.; pl.Agencies (�). [agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent.] 1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; actio...

2096

Agend

A″gend (�), n. See Agendum.

2097

Agendum

‖A‐gen″dum (�), n.; pl.Agenda (�). [L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act.] 1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy....

2098

Agenesic

Ag′e‐nes″ic (�), a. [See Agensis.] (Physiol.) Characterized by sterility; infecund.

2099

Agenesis

‖A‐gen″e‐sis (�), n. [Gr. ἀ priv. + � birth.] (Physiol.) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

2100

Agennesis

‖Ag′en‐ne″sis (�), n. [Gr. ἀ priv. + � an engendering.] (Physiol.) Impotence; sterility.

2101

Agent

A″gent (�), a. [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. � to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. √2.] Acting; — opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. “The bod...

2102

Agent (2)

A″gent, n. 1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill.Dryden.2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by auth...

2103

Agential

A‐gen″tial (�), a. Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. Fitzed. Hall.

2104

Agentship

A″gent‐ship (ā″jent‐shĭp), n. Agency. Beau. & Fl.

2105

Ageratum

‖A‐ger″a‐tum (ȧ‐jĕr″ȧ‐tŭm or ăj′ẽr‐ā″tŭm), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αγἤρατον a sort of plant; ἀ priv. + γήρασ old age.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) has...

2106

Aggeneration

Ag‐gen′er‐a″tion (�), n. [L. aggenerare to beget in addition. See Generate.] The act of producing in addition. T. Stanley.