Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Aggravating

Ag″gra‐va′ting (�), a. 1. Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.2. Exasperating; provoking; irritating.A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating.J. Ingelow.

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Aggravatingly

Ag″gra‐va′ting‐ly, adv. In an aggravating manner.

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Aggravation

Ag′gra‐va″tion (�), n. [LL. aggravatio: cf. F. aggravation.] 1. The act of aggravating, or making worse; — used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or ...

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Aggravative

Ag″gra‐va‐tive (�), a. Tending to aggravate. — n. That which aggravates.

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Aggregate

Ag″gre‐gate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Aggregated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Aggregating.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a fl...

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Aggregate (2)

Ag″gre‐gate (�), a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.] 1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.The aggregate testimony of many hundreds.Sir T. Browne.2...

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Aggregate (3)

Ag″gre‐gate, n. 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.☞ In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixe...

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Aggregately

Ag″gre‐gate‐ly, adv. Collectively; in mass.

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Aggregation

Ag′gre‐ga″tion (�), n. [Cf. LL. aggregatio, F. agrégation.] The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars;...

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Aggregative

Ag″gre‐ga‐tive (�), a. [Cf. Fr. agrégatif.] 1. Taken together; collective.2. Gregarious; social. Carlyle.

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Aggregator

Ag″gre‐ga′tor (�), n. One who aggregates.

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Aggrege

Ag‐grege″ (�), v. t. [OF. agreger. See Aggravate.] To make heavy; to aggravate. Chaucer.

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Aggress

Ag‐gress″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Aggressed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Aggressing.] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF. agg...

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Aggress (2)

Ag‐gress″, v. t. To set upon; to attack.

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Aggress (3)

Ag‐gress″, n. [L. aggressus.] Aggression.Their military aggresses on others.Sir M. Hale.

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Aggression

Ag‐gres″sion (�), n. [L. aggressio, fr. aggredi: cf. F. agression.] The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controvers...

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Aggressive

Ag‐gres″sive (�), a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, ...

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Aggressor

Ag‐gres″sor (�), n. [L.: cf. F. agresseur.] The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.The insolence of the aggresso...

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Aggrievance

Ag‐griev″ance (�), n. [OF. agrevance, fr. agrever. See Aggrieve.] Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.

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Aggrieve

Ag‐grieve″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Aggrieved (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Aggrieving (�).] [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr. ...

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Aggrieve (2)

Ag‐grieve″, v. i. To grieve; to lament.

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Aggroup

Ag‐group″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Aggrouped (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Aggrouping.] [F. agrouper; à (L. ad) + groupe group. See Group..] To bring together in a group; to group. Dryden.

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Aggroupment

Ag‐group″ment (�), n. Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.

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Aggry

‖Ag″gry, ‖Ag″gri (�), a. Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.

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Aghast (2)

A‐ghast″ (�), v. t. See Agast, v. t.

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Aghast (3)

A‐ghast″ (�), a. & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + g�stan to terrify, torment: cf. Goth. us...

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Agible

Ag″i‐ble (�), a. [Cf. LL. agibilis, fr. L. agere to move, do.] Possible to be done; practicable. “Fit for agible things.” Sir A. Sherley.