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erience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden.

Artful or skillful contrivance. His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much artifice. Craik.

In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.

A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.

s asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.

a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of re…

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

m), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.

n; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.

To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve. The fifth had charge sick persons to attend. Spenser. Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prep…

One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A train of attendants." Hallam.

Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. O, what avails me now that honor high ! Milton.

self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable. Carlyle. Having no available funds wit…

In an available manner; profitably; advantageously; efficaciously.

Profit; advantage. [Obs.]

To advance; to profit. Chaucer.

To advance; to move forward; to elevate. [Obs.] Spenser.

o vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. He will avenge the blood of his servants. Deut. xxxii. 43. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.…