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A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

ste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.

The entire body of a coelenterate.

The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.

A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.

pital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] The Euripus of funds and actions. Burke.

onstantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.

The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.

es; to conduce; to minister. A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator.

alities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things. "An admirable machine." "Admirable fortitude." Macaulay.

A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand. I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances. Jay. The account was made up with intent to show what ad…

, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. "A talent for affairs." Prescott.

l impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc. ; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impre…

by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier.

Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches. Language . . . affluent in expression. H. Reed. Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. Prior.

Great plenty. [R.]

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper.

Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.

To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.