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t or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.] [I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. Milton.

One excessively ambitious. [R.]

Devoid of ambition. Pollok.

Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man. Shak.

In an ambitious manner.

The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

The act of walking. Sir T. Browne.

A burn or scald. Blount.

Capable of being ameliorated.

To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.

The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. "Amelioration of human affairs." J. S. Mill.

Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

One who ameliorates.

A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A.

The process of Americanizing.

Like or pertaining to the Amioidei. -- n.

An order of ganoid fishes of which Amis is type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.

Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air.

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. [Obs.]