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ime; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause. After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Matt. xxvi. 32.

Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. "After- wit comes too late when the mischief is done." L'Estrange.

The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.

By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.] Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus. 2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth

Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.

An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.

To favor; to grace. [Obs.] "That knight so much aggraced." Spenser.

One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc.

That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.)

. [Colloq.] These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. Latimer.

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.

formably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4. The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. Paley.

A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.

To terrify; to affright. [Obs.] His manly face that did his foes agrise. Spenser.

That part of botany which treats of the grasses.

That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.

The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant. It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. Tobit viii. 6.

One who, or that which, aids.