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for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.

other thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill. Globes . . . provid…

A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.

To please; to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson. Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.

An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

Any disease of the joints.

to bargain; to covenant. [R.] Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased. Selden.

Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.

A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal.

law . . . ascertaineth the truth. Hooker. The very deferring [of his execution] shall increase and ascertain the condemnation. Jer. Taylor. The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers. Smollett. The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and mea…

To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish. [Archaic] Chaucer.

Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Story. Blackstone.

Usually attending a disease, but not always; as, assident signs, or symptoms.

A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

To set free; to release. [Archaic] Till from her hands the spright assoiled is. Spenser.

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. Addison. To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man Burke. The fount at which the panting mind assu…

A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.

The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.