Webster's Dictionary 1913

3538

Amorousness

Am″o‐rous‐ness, n. The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

3539

Amorpha

A‐mor″pha (�), n.; pl.Amorphas (�). (Bot.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. Longfellow.

3540

Amorphism

A‐mor″phism (�), n. [See Amorphous.] A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc. There are ...

3541

Amorphous

A‐mor″phous (�), a. [Gr. �; ἀ priv. + � form.] 1. Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless. Kirwan.2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid subst...

3542

Amorphozoa

‖A‐mor′pho‐zo″a (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � shapeless; ἀ priv. + � form + � animal.] (Zoöl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

3543

Amorphozoic

A‐mor′pho‐zo″ic (�), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.

3544

Amorphy

A‐mor″phy (�), n. [Gr. �: cf. F. amorphie. See Amorphous.] Shapelessness. Swift.

3545

Amort

A‐mort″ (�), a. [Pref. a- + F. mort death, dead; all amort is for alamort.] As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed. Shak.

3546

Amortise

A‐mor″tise (�), v., A‐mor′ti‐sa″tion (�), n., A‐mor″tis‐a‐ble (�), a., A‐mor″tise‐ment (�), n. Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

3547

Amortizable

A‐mor″tiz‐a‐ble (�), a. [Cf. F. amortissable.] Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

3548

Amortization

A‐mor′ti‐za″tion (�), n. [LL. amortisatio, admortizatio. See Amortize, and cf. Admortization.] 1. (Law) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was consider...

3549

Amortize

A‐mor″tize (�), v. t. [OE. amortisen, LL. amortisare, admortizare, F. amortir to sell in mortmain, to extinguish; L. ad + mors death. See Mortmain]. 1. To make as if dead; to de...

3550

Amortizement

A‐mor″tize‐ment (�), n. [F. amortissement.] Same as Amortization.

3551

Amorwe

A‐mor″we (�), adv. [Pref. a- on + OE. morwe. See Morrow.] 1. In the morning. Chaucer.2. On the following morning. Chaucer.

3552

Amotion

A‐mo″tion (�), n. [L. amotio. See Amove.] 1. Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.2. Deprivation of possession.

3553

Amotus

‖A‐mo″tus (�), a.(Zoöl.) Elevated, — as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.

3554

Amount

A‐mount″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Amounted; p. pr. & vb. n.Amounting.] [OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. am...

3555

Amount (2)

A‐mount″, v. t. To signify; to amount to.

3556

Amount (3)

A‐mount″, n. 1. The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount...

3557

Amour

A‐mour″ (�), n. [F., fr. L. amor love.] 1. Love; affection.2. Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.In amo...

3558

Amour propre

‖A″mour′ pro″pre (ȧ″mo͞or′ prō̍″pr'). Self-love; self-esteem.

3559

Amovability

A‐mov′a‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. T. Jefferson.

3560

Amovable

A‐mov″a‐ble (�), a. [Cf. F. amovible.] Removable.

3561

Amove

A‐move″ (�), v. t. [L. amovere; a- (ab) + movere to move: cf. OF. amover.] 1. To remove, as a person or thing, from a position. Dr. H. More.2. (Law) To dismiss from an office or...

3562

Amove (2)

A‐move″, v. t. & i. [OE. amovir, L. admovere to move to, to excite; ad + movere.] To move or be moved; to excite. Spenser.

3563

Ampelite

Am″pe‐lite (ăm″pē̍‐līt), n. [L. ampelitis, Gr. αμπελἰ̑τισ, fr. ἄμπελοσ vine.] (Min.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; — appli...

3564

Ampelopsis

‖Am′pe‐lop″sis (ăm′pē̍‐lŏp″sĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἄμπελοσ vine + ὄψισ appearance.] (Bot.) A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper.