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ture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural. [He] made the like advances to the dissenters. Swift.

To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not essential. [R.] Where no act of the will advenes as a coefficient. Coleridge.

Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. Burke.

The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton.

A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.

Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison.

In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time. The gate would have been shut against her. Fielding. An argument against the use of steam. Tyndale.…

A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth

Exaggerated representation. By a little aggravation of the features changed it into the Saracen's head. Addison.

To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.] These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. Latimer.

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. New Am. Cyc.

he military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. Macaulay.

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor.