Webster's Dictionary 1913

7588

Avidity

A‐vid″i‐ty (�), n. [L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F. avidité. See Avid.] Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.His books were rec...

7589

Avie

A‐vie″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + vie.] Emulously.

7590

Aviette

A′vi‐ette″ (?), n. A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator.

7591

Avifauna

‖A′vi‐fau″na (�), n. [NL., fr. L. avis bird + E. fauna.] (Zoöl.) The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

7592

Avigato

Av′i‐ga″to (�), n. See Avocado.

7593

Avignon berry

A′vignon″ ber″ry (�). (Bot.) The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; — so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers ...

7594

Avile

A‐vile″ (�), v. t. [OF. aviler, F. avilir; a (L. ad) + vil vile. See Vile.] To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.Want makes us know the price of what we avile.B. Jonson.

7595

Avis

A‐vis″ (�), n. [F. avis. See Advice.] Advice; opinion; deliberation. Chaucer.

7596

Avise

A‐vise″ (�), v. t. [F. aviser. See Advise, v. t.] 1. To look at; to view; to think of. Chaucer.2. To advise; to counsel. Shak.To avise one's self, to consider with one's self, t...

7597

Avise (2)

A‐vise″, v. i. To consider; to reflect.

7598

Aviseful

A‐vise″ful (�), a. Watchful; circumspect.With sharp, aviseful eye.Spenser.

7599

Avisely

A‐vise″ly, adv. Advisedly. Chaucer.

7600

Avisement

A‐vise″ment (�), n. Advisement; observation; deliberation.

7601

Avision

A‐vi″sion (�), n. Vision. Chaucer.

7602

Aviso

A‐vi″so (�), n. 1. Information; advice.2. An advice boat, or dispatch boat.

7603

Avocado

‖Av′o‐ca″do (�), n. [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacaté, avocat, G. avogadobaum.] The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical Americ...

7604

Avocat

‖Av′o‐cat (�), n. An advocate.

7605

Avocate

Av″o‐cate (�), v. t. [L. avocatus, p. p. of avocare; a, ab + vocare to call. Cf. Avoke, and see Vocal, a.] To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.One ...

7606

Avocation

Av′o‐ca″tion (�), n. [L. avocatio.] 1. A calling away; a diversion.Impulses to duty, and powerful avocations from sin.South.2. That which calls one away from one's regular emplo...

7607

Avocative

A‐vo″ca‐tive (ȧ‐vō″kȧ‐tĭv), a. Calling off.

7608

Avocative (2)

A‐vo″ca‐tive, n. That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

7609

Avocet

{ Av″o‐cet, Av″o‐set } (ăv″ō̍‐sĕt), n. [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zoöl.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and b...

7610

Avoid

A‐void″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Avoided; p. pr. & vb. n.Avoiding.] [OF. esvuidier, es (L. ex) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. See Void, a.] 1. To empty. Wyclif.2. To emit or throw...

7611

Avoid (2)

A‐void″, v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw.David avoided out of his presence.1 Sam. xviii. 11.2. (Law) To become void or vacant. Ayliffe.

7612

Avoidable

A‐void″a‐ble (�), a. 1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage.Hale.2. Capable of being ...

7613

Avoidance

A‐void″ance (�), n. 1. The act of annulling; annulment.2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; — specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void...

7614

Avoider

A‐void″er (�), n. 1. The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away. Johnson.2. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.