Webster's Dictionary 1828

1378

AGREED

AGREE'D, participle passive1. Being in concord or harmony of opinion; of one mind.Can two walk together except they be agreed? Amos 3:3.2. Assented to; admitted; as, a propositi...

1379

AGREEING

AGREE'ING, participle present tense Living in concord; concurring; assenting; settling by consent.

1380

AGREEINGLY

AGREE'INGLY, adverb In conformity to. [Little used.]

1381

AGREEMENT

AGREE'MENT, noun1. Concord; harmony; conformity.What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? 2 Corinthians 6:16.2. Union of opinions or sentiments; as, a good agreement sub...

1382

AGRESTIC

AGRES'TIC,AGRES'TICAL, adjective [Latin agrestis; ager, a field, or the same root.]Rural; rustic; pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; unpolished.

1383

AGRESTICAL

AGRES'TICAL, a. [L. agrestis; ager, a field, or the same root.]Rural; rustic; pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; unpolished.

1384

AGRICULTOR

AG'RICULTOR, noun [Latin ager, a field, and cultor, a cultivator.]One whose occupation is to till the ground; a farmer; a husbandman; one skilled in husbandry.

1385

AGRICULTURAL

AGRICUL'TURAL, adjective Pertaining to husbandry, tillage, or the culture of the earth.

1386

AGRICULTURE

AG'RICULTURE, noun [Latin ager, a field, and cultura, cultivation. See Acre and Culture.]In general sense, the cultivation of the ground, for the purpose of producing vegetables...

1387

AGRICULTURISM

AGRICUL'TURISM, noun The art or science of agriculture. [Little used.]

1388

AGRICULTURIST

AGRICUL'TURIST, noun One skilled in the art of cultivating the ground; a skilful husbandman.

1389

AGRIMONY

AG'RIMONY, noun [Latin agremonia, from the Gr. Thus it is written by Pliny. But in lower Latin it is written agrimonia. Said to be from Gr. the web or pearl of the eye from whit...

1390

AGRIPPINIANS

AGRIPPIN'IANS, noun In Church history, the followers of Agrippinus, bishop of Carthage, in the third century, who first taught and defended the doctrine of rebaptization.

1391

AGRISE

AGRISE, verb intransitive To shiver. [Not in use.]AGRISE, verb transitive To terrify; also, to make frightful. [Not in use.]

1392

AGROM

A'GROM, noun a disease frequent in Bengal, and other parts of the E. Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves, becomes rough and sometimes covered with white spots. The rem...

1393

AGROSTEMMA

AGROSTEM'MA, noun A genus of plants of several species, containing the common corn cockle, wild lychnis or campion, etc.

1394

AGROSTIS

AGROS'TIS, noun [Gr.] Bent grass; a genus of many species.

1395

AGROUND

AGROUND', adverb [Of a, at or on, and ground.]1. On the ground; a marine term, signifying that the bottom of a ship rests on the ground, for want of sufficient depth of water. W...

1396

AGUAPECACA

AGUAPECA'CA, noun The Jacana, a Brazilian bird, about the size of a pigeon. In the extremity of each wing, it has a sharp prickle which is used for defense.

1397

AGUE

A'GUE, noun a'gu,1. The cold fit which precedes a fever, or a paroxysm of fever in intermittents. It is accompanied with shivering.2. Chilliness; a chill, or state of shaking wi...

1398

AGUE-CAKE

A'GUE-CAKE, noun a hard tumor on the left side of the belly, lower than the false ribs; supposed to be the effect of intermitting fevers.

1399

AGUE-FIT

A'GUE-FIT, noun A paroxysm of cold, or shivering; chilliness.

1400

AGUE-PROOF

A'GUE-PROOF, noun Able to resist agues; proof against agues.

1401

AGUE-SPELL

A'GUE-SPELL, noun A charm or spell to cure or prevent ague.

1402

AGUE-STRUCK

A'GUE-STRUCK, adjective Struck with ague.

1403

AGUE-TREE

A'GUE-TREE, noun A name sometimes applied to sassafras, on account of its febrifuge qualities.

1404

AGUED

A'GUED, adjective Chilly; having a fit of ague; shivering with cold or fear.