Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ambition (2)

Am‐bi″tion, v. t. [Cf. F. ambitionner.] To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in...

3323

Ambitionist

Am‐bi″tion‐ist, n. One excessively ambitious.

3324

Ambitionless

Am‐bi″tion‐less, a. Devoid of ambition. Pollok.

3325

Ambitious

Am‐bi″tious (�), a. [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See Ambition.] 1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superio...

3326

Ambitiously

Am‐bi″tious‐ly, adv. In an ambitious manner.

3327

Ambitiousness

Am‐bi″tious‐ness (ăm‐bĭsh″ŭs‐nĕs), n. The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

3328

Ambitus

‖Am″bi‐tus (ăm″bĭ‐tŭs), n. [L. See Ambit, Ambition.] 1. The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.2. (Rom. Antiq.) A can...

3329

Amble

Am″ble (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Ambled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Ambling (�).] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning...

3330

Amble (2)

Am″ble, n. 1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. “A fine easy amble.” B. Jo...

3331

Ambler

Am″bler (�), n. A horse or a person that ambles.

3332

Amblingly

Am″bling‐ly, adv. With an ambling gait.

3333

Amblotic

Am‐blot″ic (�), a. Tending to cause abortion.

3334

Amblygon

Am″bly‐gon (�), n. [Gr. � obtuse + � angle: cf. F. amblygone.] (Geom.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.

3335

Amblygonal

Am‐blyg″o‐nal (�), a. Obtuse-angled. Hutton.

3336

Amblyopia

{ ‖Am′bly‐o″pi‐a (�), Am″bly‐o′py (�), } n. [Gr. �; � blunt, dim + � eye: cf. F. amblyopie.] (Med.) Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of t...

3337

Amblyopic

Am″bly‐op″ic (�), a.(Med.) Of or pertaining to amblyopy. Quain.

3338

Amblypoda

‖Am‐blyp″o‐da (�), n. pl.(Paleon.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

3339

Ambo

‖Am″bo (�), n.; pl.Ambos (�). [LL. ambo, Gr. �, any rising, a raised stage, pulpit: cf. F. ambon.] A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches. Gwilt.

3340

Ambon

‖Am″bon (�), n. Same as Ambo.

3341

Amboyna button

Am‐boy″na but″ton. (Med.) A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics.

3342

Amboyna pine

Amboyna pine. (Bot.) The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas.

3343

Amboyna wood

Am‐boy″na wood (�). A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.

3344

Ambreate

Am″bre‐ate (�), n.(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.

3345

Ambreic

Am‐bre″ic (�), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to ambrein; — said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

3346

Ambrein

Am″bre‐in (�), n. [Cf. F. ambréine. See Amber.] (Chem.) A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.

3347

Ambrite

Am″brite (�), n. [From amber.] A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.

3348

Ambrose

Am″brose (�), n. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner.