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An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker.

nt. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hoopplw.

Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland.

isterial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. Hook.

Probability; likelihood. [Obs.] There is that which hath no appearance. Bacon.

er by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5.

ood may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.

aw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. Temple.

The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.

Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.

To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. Chambers.

Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd. The active preacher . . . the argue schoolman. Milman.

ill add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.

Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [Colloq. U. S.]

udy, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment. To arrive at, or attain to. When he arrived at manhood. Rogers. We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. McCosh. If at great things thou wouldst arrive. Milton.

tatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.

ake sure of; to fix; to determine. [Archaic] The divine law . . . ascertaineth the truth. Hooker. The very deferring [of his execution] shall increase and ascertain the condemnation. Jer. Taylor. The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers. Smollett. The mildness…