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A mark of aspiration used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. Bentley.

violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. Blackstone. Wharton. Practical…

To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession. Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay.

Assent; agreement. [Obs.]

An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with associators. Dryden.

Resemblance of sound. "The disagreeable assonance of Steevens.

To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. Mitford.

The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches)

Stipulation; agreement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

en something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement. Lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment. Milton.

The combining form of the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star.

The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80º; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.

In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation. If gentil men, or othere of hir contree Were wrothe, she wolde bringen hem atoon. Chaucer.

An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.

Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. -- n. A native or citizen of Athens.

One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

hrough the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.

Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.

Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.

To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.