Webster's Dictionary 1913

7480

Auxetophone

Aux‐e″to‐phone (?), n. A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than ...

7481

Auxiliar

Aux‐il″iar (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliaris: cf. F. auxiliaire. See Auxiliary.] Auxiliary.The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear.Pope.

7482

Auxiliar (2)

Aux‐il″iar, n. An auxiliary. Milton.

7483

Auxiliarly

Aux‐il″iar‐ly, adv. By way of help. Harris.

7484

Auxiliary

Aux‐il″ia‐ry (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr. auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.] Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.A...

7485

Auxiliary (2)

Aux‐il″ia‐ry, n.; pl.Auxiliaries (�). 1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.2. (Mil.)pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarel...

7486

Auxiliatory

Aux‐il″ia‐to‐ry (�), a. Auxiliary; helping.

7487

Auxometer

Aux‐om″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � to increase + -meter.] (Optics) An instrument for measuring the magnifying power of a lens or system of lenses.

7488

Ava

‖A″va (�), n. Same as Kava. Johnston.

7489

Avadavat

Av′a‐da‐vat″ (�), n. Same as Amadavat.

7490

Avail

A‐vail″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Availed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Availing.] [OE. availen, fr. F. � (L. ad) + valoir to be worth, fr. L. valere to be strong, to be worth. See Valiant....

7491

Avail (2)

A‐vail″, v. i. To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that i...

7492

Avail (3)

A‐vail″ (�), n. 1. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.The avail of a deathbed repentance.Jer. Taylor.2. pl. Proceed...

7493

Avail (4)

A‐vail″, v. t. & i. See Avale, v.Spenser.

7494

Availability

A‐vail′a‐bil″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Availabilities (�). 1. The quality of being available; availableness.☞ The word is sometimes used derogatively in the sense of “mere availableness,...

7495

Available

A‐vail″a‐ble (�), a. 1. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.Laws human are available by consent.Hooker.2. Such a...

7496

Availableness

A‐vail″a‐ble‐ness, n. 1. Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.2. Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. ...

7497

Availably

A‐vail″a‐bly, adv. In an available manner; profitably; advantageously; efficaciously.

7498

Availment

A‐vail″ment (�), n. Profit; advantage.

7499

Avalanche

Av″a‐lanche′ (?; 277), n. [F. avalanche, fr. avaler to descend, to let down, from aval down, downward; � (L. ad) + val, L. vallis, valley. See Valley.] 1. A large mass or body o...

7500

Avale

A‐vale″ (�), v. t. & i. [F. avaler to descend, to let down. See Avalanche.] 1. To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. Chaucer.2. To bring low; to abase. Sir H. Wot...

7501

Avant

A‐vant″ (�), n. [For avant-guard. Cf. Avaunt, Van.] The front of an army. See Van.

7502

Avant-courier

A‐vant″–cou′ri‐er (�), n. [F., fr. avant before + courrier. See Avaunt, and Courier.] A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.

7503

Avant-guard

A‐vant″–guard′ (ȧ‐vänt″–gärd′; 277), n. [F. avant before + E. guard, F. avant-garde. See Avaunt.] The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.

7504

Avarice

Av″a‐rice (ăv″ȧ‐rĭs), n. [F. avaritia, fr. avarus avaricious, prob. fr. avēre to covet, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. ἄμεναι, ἀ̑σαι, to satiate, Skr. av to satiat...

7505

Avaricious

Av′a‐ri″cious (ăv′ȧ‐rĭsh″ŭs), a. [Cf. F. avaricieux.] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.Syn. — Greedy; stingy; rapacious; gripi...

7506

Avarous

Av″a‐rous (–rŭs), a. [L. avarus.] Avaricious.