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a, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers.

ty or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.] He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle.

e and the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become themselves infected by previously biting a subject affected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.

To atone; to be punished for. And grievously hath Cæzar answered it. Shak.

Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion. Barrow.

The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of the ladybugs (Coccinella).

lation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

ake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered. He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in Carlyle.

To dress or clothe; to attire. They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii. 25.

To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. Pope.

The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.

Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad. [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer. Tatler.

In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly. Archly the maiden smiled. Longfellow.

The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness. Goldsmith.

To argue pertinaciously. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

close contact or familiar intercourse. -- To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.

. The usual divisions are: (1) A regular or active army, in which soldiers serve continuously with the colors and live in barracks or cantonments when not in the field; (2) the reserves of this army, in which the soldiers, while remaining constantly subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes, being summoned m…

n of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

ets. Berners. [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. A mechanism previously arranged. Paley.

Notoriously or preëminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward. I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller.