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ollowed by to. Attend to the voice of my supplications. Ps. lxxxvi. 6. Man can not at the same time attend to two objects. Jer. Taylor.

njecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden.

Same as Burgher, n., 2.

Same as Aam.

Same as Ambry.

orresponding phenomenon in the southern hemisphere, the streams of light ascending in the same manner from near the southern horizon.

Same as Auto-da-fé.

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

Same as Auto-intoxication.

Same as Kava. Johnston.

Same as Amadavat.

The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also French berry.

To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.] David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11.

Same as Avocet.

strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread. That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. Shak. His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. Macaulay.

Same as Awesome.

c. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.

ary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be."

Same as Aye.

Same as Nitrogen. [R.]