Agile
Ag″ile (�), a. [F. agile, L. agilis, fr. agere to move. See Agent.] Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an a...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Agilely
Ag″ile‐ly, adv. In an agile manner; nimbly.
Agileness
Ag″ile‐ness, n. Agility; nimbleness.
Agility
A‐gil″i‐ty (�), n. [F. agilié, L. agilitas, fr. agilis.] 1. The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of moti...
Agio
Ag″i‐o (�), n.; pl.Agios (�). [It. aggio exchange, discount, premium, the same word as agio ease. See Ease.] (Com.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it i...
Agiotage
Ag″i‐o‐tage (�), n. [F. agiotage, fr. agioter to practice stockjobbing, fr. agio.] Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the pric...
Agist
A‐gist″ (�), v. t. [OF. agister; à (L. ad) + gister to assign a lodging, fr. giste lodging, abode, F. gîte, LL. gistum, gista, fr. L. jacitum, p. p. of jac�re to lie: cf. LL. ag...
Agistator
Ag′is‐ta″tor (�), n. See Agister.
Agister
{ A‐gist″er, A‐gist″or } (�), n. [Anglo-Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for th...
Agistment
A‐gist″ment (�), n. [OF. agistement. See Agist.] (Law) (a) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests. (b) The taking in by any one of other me...
Agitable
Ag″i‐ta‐ble (�), a. [L. agitabilis: cf. F. agitable.] Capable of being agitated, or easily moved.
Agitate
Ag″i‐tate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Agitated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Agitating (�).] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See Act, Agent....
Agitatedly
Ag″i‐ta′ted‐ly, adv. In an agitated manner.
Agitation
Ag′i‐ta″tion (�), n. [L. agitatio: cf. F. agitation.] 1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; ...
Agitative
Ag″i‐ta‐tive (�), a. Tending to agitate.
Agitato
‖A′gi‐ta″to (�), a.(Mus.) Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.
Agitator
Ag″i‐ta′tor (�), n. 1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.2. (Eng. Hist.) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in...
Agleam
A‐gleam″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + gleam.] Gleaming; as, faces agleam. Lowell.
Aglet
{ Ag″let (ăg″lĕt), Aig″let (āg″lĕt), } n. [F. aiguillette point, tagged point, dim. of aiguilee needle, fr. LL. acucula for acicula, dim. of L. acus needle, pin; cf. OF. agleter...
Agley
A‐gley″ (�), adv. Aside; askew. Burns.
Aglimmer
A‐glim″mer (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + glimmer.] In a glimmering state. Hawthorne.
Aglitter
A‐glit″ter (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + glitter.] Glittering; in a glitter.
Aglossal
A‐glos″sal (�), a.(Zoöl.) Without tongue; tongueless.
Aglow
A‐glow″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + glow.] In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.
Aglutition
Ag′lu‐ti″tion (�), n. [Pref. a- not + L. glutire to swallow.] (Med.) Inability to swallow.
Agminal
Ag″mi‐nal (�), a. [L. agminalis; agmen, agminis, a train.] Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train.
Agminate
{ Ag″mi‐nate (�), Ag″mi‐na′ted (�), } a. [L. agmen, agminis, a train, crowd.] (Physiol.) Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.