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ully proved; the act of acknowledging something The too easy admission of doctrines. Macaulay.

To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket one into a playhouse.

The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer.

n; to idolize. The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth. Macaulay.

Down. [Archaic & Poetic] Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed. Prior.

he application of the telescope and quadrant." Horsley. "He was adroit in intrigue." Macaulay.

Give me advantage of some brief discourse. Shak. The advantages of a close alliance. Macaulay.

is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay.

winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aërial. Viewless forms the æolian organ play. Campbell. Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the

The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature. Craig.

sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. His manners polite and affable. Macaulay.

ect the earth with cold heat. Milton. The climate affected their health and spirits. Macaulay.

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. "An affectation of contempt." Macaulay. Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural. Locke.

That may be affected. [R.] Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible. Coleridge.

an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.

A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.

te. Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay.

commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay.

clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay.

Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.