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The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]

State or mode of being nourished. Bacon.

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

ll forlorn," and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer- ). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of…

The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

Capable of being alleged or affirmed. The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South.

igurative. "An allegoric tale." Falconer. "An allegorical application." Pope. Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. Max Miller. Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness, n.

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.…

The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached. [R.]

is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Capable of being allotted.

Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.

The quality of being allusive.

Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary. Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally. Buckle.

sive. [R.] God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. Bentley.

A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [R.] Bp. Montagu.

State of being aloof. Rogers (1642). The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. Thoreau.

The quality of being alterable; alterableness.