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superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

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

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

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.

To make low or humble. [Obs.] Spenser. Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth. Jer. Taylor.

rmerly that was interposed between it and the clause. After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Matt. xxvi. 32.

Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.

By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.] Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus. 2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime. Mine age is as nothing before thee. Ps. xxxix. 5.

rt of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

e or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. Blackstone.

Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.

Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests.

Utterance abroad; publicity; vent. You gave it air before me. Dryden.

A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan.

A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush." [Obs.] Chaucer.

A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.

longing to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.