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ARIETATE v.
To butt, as a ram. [Obs.]
ARILLATE; ARILLATED; ARILED a.
Having an aril.
ARISTATE a. 2 definitions
Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned. Gray.
ARISTULATE a.
Pertaining a short beard or awn. Gray.
ARMOR-PLATED a.
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).
ARQUATED a.
Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved. [R.]
ARROGATE v.
undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings. He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.
ARSENATE n.
A salt of arsenic acid.
ARSENIATE n.
See Arsenate. [R.]
ARSENICATE v.
To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
ARTICULATE a. 11 definitions
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. [Archaic] Bacon.
ARTICULATED a. 2 definitions
United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.
ARTICULATELY adv. 3 definitions
Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller.
ARTICULATENESS n.
Quality of being articulate.
ASIPHONATE a. 2 definitions
An asiphonate mollusk.
ASPERATE v.
To make rough or uneven. The asperated part of its surface. Boyle.
ASPERIFOLIATE; ASPERIFOLIOUS a.
Having rough leaves.
ASPHYXIATE v.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.
ASPHYXIATED; ASPHYXIED p.
In a state of asphyxia; suffocated.
ASPIRATE v. 4 definitions
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
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