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Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.

The state of being aërial; [R.] De Quincey.

The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

To change into an aëriform state.

Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.

The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.

To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate.]

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

The quality or state of being affectible. [R.]

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. Bouvier. Burrill.

affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to Ant: negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative. Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. Dryden.…

The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

The state of being afflicted; affliction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief. Some virtues are seen only in affliction. Addison.

Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [Archaic] Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke.

In a flaunting state or position. Copley.

In a flickering state.