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ch in his hand, begged pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment.

Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [Now const. with sing. verb.] "An honorable amends." Addison. Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak.

A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington.

The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).

A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.

A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.

Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received. "All bodies possess power of attraction" is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attribute. Abp. W. Thomson.

Full off dregs; foul. [R.] Knowles.

A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now usually written ain't. [Colloq. & illiterate speech.]

The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.

order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

An inventory; a record. [Obs.] Knowles.

The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."

e or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent. A friend, perhaps, or an ancient acquaintance. Barrow.

An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic] Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. Shak.

Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.