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Devoid of ambition. Pollok.

The act of walking. Sir T. Browne.

A burn or scald. Blount.

ating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. "Amelioration of human affairs." J. S. Mill.

A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A.

The process of Americanizing.

Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air.

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. [Obs.]

A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Removal; a putting away. [Obs.] Bp. Ward (1673).

Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.

Deprivation of possession.

An embrace. [Obs.] An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall.

Enlargement; amplification. [R.]

The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

The act amputating; esp. the operation of cutting of a limb or projecting part of the body.

The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics.

The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.