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Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller.

To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.] Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house. Fuller.

nism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury. Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self- mettle tires him. Shak.

Animating spirit; intention; temper. nimus furandi Etym: [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.

(Psychol.) Not subject to conscious attention; having an indefinite, relatively passive, conscious being; characteristic of the "fringe" or "margin" of consciousness.

he common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.…

preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

To any extent; in any degree; at all. You are not to go loose any longer. Shak. Before you go any farther. Steele.

disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.

hort, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apotghem; sententious; pithy.

To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.

A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; -- called also attack.

The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study. Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress night have been greater. J. Jay.

To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. Prov. xxiii. 12.

trict of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.

A (patented) alloy of aluminium and silver, with a density of about 2.9.

g, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. You and love are still my argument. Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. Milton.