Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Agreeability

A‐gree′a‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. [OF. agreablete.] 1. Easiness of disposition. Chaucer.2. The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness. Thackeray.

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Agreeable

A‐gree″a‐ble (�), a. [F. agréable.] 1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the ...

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Agreeableness

A‐gree″a‐ble‐ness, n. 1. The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.That author... has an agree...

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Agreeably

A‐gree″a‐bly, adv. 1. In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. “Agreeably entertained.” Goldsmith.2. In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably;...

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Agreeingly

A‐gree″ing‐ly, adv. In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably.

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Agreement

A‐gree″ment (�), n. [Cf. F. agrément.] 1. State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists...

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Agreer

A‐gre″er (�), n. One who agrees.

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Agrestic

A‐gres″tic (�), a. [L. agrestis, fr. ager field.] Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. “Agrestic behavior.” Gregory.

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Agrestical

A‐gres″tic‐al (�), a. Agrestic.

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Agricolation

A‐gric′o‐la″tion (�), n. [L., agricolatio.] Agriculture. Bailey.

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Agricolist

A‐gric″o‐list (�), n. A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. Dodsley.

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Agricultor

Ag″ri‐cul′tor (�), n. [L., fr. ager field + cultor cultivator.] An agriculturist; a farmer.

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Agricultural

Ag′ri‐cul″tur‐al (�), a. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. — Ag′ri‐cul″tu...

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Agriculturalist

Ag′ri‐cul″tur‐al‐ist, n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

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Agriculture

Ag″ri‐cul′ture (?; 135), n. [L. agricultura; ager field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See Acre and Culture.] The art or science of cultivating the ground, including...

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Agriculturism

Ag′ri‐cul″tur‐ism (�), n. Agriculture.

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Agriculturist

Ag′ri‐cul″tur‐ist, n. One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist.Crabb.

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Agrief

A‐grief″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + grief.] In grief; amiss. Chaucer.

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Agrimony

Ag″ri‐mo‐ny (�), n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. �.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to variou...

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Agrin

A‐grin″ (ȧ‐grĭn″), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + grin.] In the act of grinning. “His visage all agrin.” Tennyson.

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Agriologist

Ag′ri‐ol″o‐gist (ăg′rĭ‐ŏl″ō̍‐jĭst), n. One versed or engaged in agriology.

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Agriology

Ag′ri‐ol″o‐gy (ăg′rĭ‐ŏl″ō̍‐jy̆), n. [Gr. ἄγριοσ wild, savage + -logy.] Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

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Agrise

A‐grise″ (�), v. i. [AS. āgrīsan to dread; ā- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + grīsan, for gr�san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr�is�n, G. grausen, to shudder. Se...

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Agrise (2)

A‐grise″, v. t. 1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. Wyclif.2. To terrify; to affright.His manly face that did his foes agrise.Spenser.

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Agrom

‖A″grom (�), n.(Med.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.

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Agronomic

{ Ag′ro‐nom″ic (�), Ag′ro‐nom″ic‐al (�), } [Cf. F. agronomique.] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.

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Agronomics

Ag′ro‐nom″ics (�), n. The science of the distribution and management of land.