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es sow. Milton. The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds. Macaulay.

Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts. "Lay aside every weight." Heb. xii. 1.

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant. Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton.

Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. "The aspect of affairs." Macaulay. The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish. T. Burnet.

he resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. Macaulay.

m. They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony. Macaulay.

that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer. An assailant of the church. Macaulay.

these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay.

erted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.

r, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay. Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.

iating his name inseparably with some names which will last an long as our language. Macaulay.

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. Addison. To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man Burke. The fount at which the panting mind assu…

aised him from the dead. Acts xvii. 31. Assurances of support came pouring in daily. Macaulay.

relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.

Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. -- n.

Anterior; cephalic. Barclay.

A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation. Dunglison.

An atrocious or extremely cruel deed. The atrocities which attend a victory. Macaulay.

. attached only to the muscles. Paley. A huge stone to which the cable was attached. Macaulay.

ly; to begin to decompose or waste. On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever. Macaulay. Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. B. Stewart.