Agonistic
{ Ag′o‐nis″tic (�), Ag′o‐nis″tic‐al (�), } a. [Gr. �. See Agonism.] Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combativ...
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Agonistically
Ag′o‐nis″tic‐al‐ly, adv. In an agonistic manner.
Agonistics
Ag′o‐nis″tics (�), n. The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.
Agonize
Ag″o‐nize (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Agonized (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Agonizing (�).] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. �. See Agony.] 1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent ang...
Agonize (2)
Ag″o‐nize, v. t. To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.He agonized his mother by his behavior.Thackeray.
Agonizingly
Ag″o‐ni′zing‐ly (�), adv. With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.
Agonothete
Ag″o‐no‐thete′ (�), n. An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
Agonothetic
Ag′o‐no‐thet″ic (�), a. Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.
Agony
Ag″o‐ny (�), n.; pl.Agonies (�). [L. agonia, Gr. �, orig. a contest, fr. �: cf. F. agonie. See Agon.] 1. Violent contest or striving.The world is convulsed by the agonies of gre...
Agood
A‐good(ȧ‐go͝od″), adv. [Pref. a- + good.] In earnest; heartily. “I made her weep agood.” Shak.
Agora
‖Ag″o‐ra (ăg″ō̍‐rȧ), n. [Gr. αγορἄ.] An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.
Agouara
‖A‐gou″a‐ra (�), n.(Zoöl.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.
Agouta
‖A‐gou″ta (�), n.(Zoöl.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.
Agouti
{ A‐gou″ti, A‐gou″ty } (ȧ‐go͞o″tĭ), n. [F. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name.] (Zoöl.) A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South A...
Agrace
A‐grace″ (�), n. & v. See Aggrace.
Agraffe
A‐graffe″ (�), n. [F. agrafe, formerly agraffe, OF. agrappe. See Agrappes.] 1. A hook or clasp.The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliant...
Agrammatist
A‐gram″ma‐tist (�), n. [Gr. � illiterate; ἀ priv. + � letters, fr. � to write.] A illiterate person. Bailey.
Agraphia
‖A‐graph″i‐a (�), n. [Gr. ἀ priv. + � to write.] The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.
Agraphic
A‐graph″ic (�), a. Characterized by agraphia.
Agrappes
A‐grappes″ (�), n. pl. [OF. agrappe, F. agrafe; a + grappe (see Grape) fr. OHG. krāpfo hook.] Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.
Agrarian
A‐gra″ri‐an (�), a. [L. agrarius, fr. ager field.] 1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agraria...
Agrarian (2)
A‐gra″ri‐an, n. 1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.2. An agrarian law.An equal agrarian is perpetual law.Harrington.
Agrarianism
A‐gra″ri‐an‐ism (�), n. An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.
Agrarianize
A‐gra″ri‐an‐ize (�), v. t. To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism.
Agre
{ A‐gre″, A‐gree″ } (�), adv. [F. à gré. See Agree.] In good part; kindly. Rom. of R.
Agree (2)
A‐gree″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Agreed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Agreeing.] [F. agréer to accept or receive kindly, fr. à gré; à (L. ad) + gré good will, consent, liking, fr. L. gratu...
Agree (3)
A‐gree″ (�), v. t. 1. To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. Spenser.2. To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agr...