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In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet. The beggar is greater as a man, than is the man merely as a king. Dewey.

The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.

Ascribed.

defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.

A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

To liken; to compare. [Obs.] Bribes may be assembled to pitch. Latimer.

e. The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. Macaulay. Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.

Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.

Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeæ, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.

The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.

arks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.

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

been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a summary of what was called the orthodox faith.

- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania. Atrabiliary arteries, capsules, and veins (Anat.), those pertaining to the kidney; -- called also renal arteries, capsules, and veins.

Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers. [Obs.] Cheyne.

To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. Top this treasure a curse is attached. Bayard Taylor.

woman. Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further: Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute. Shak.

refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and "Roman Doric" orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. -- Attic faith, inviolable faith. -- Attic purity, special purity of lan…