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Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.

The doctrine or theory held by associationists.

One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.

The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation. [Obs.] Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature. Jer. Taylor.

f assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. The assumption of authority. Whewell.

The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto- mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.

Stipulation; agreement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation. Milton.

Separation by atmolysis.

The reduction of fluids into fine spray.

The act of attempering or regulating. [Archaic] Bacon.

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending. They say the tongues of dying men En…

The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.

The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth. [Obs.]

The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.

een bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell division; centrosphere.

Frequent handling or touching. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.

The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Effected by attrition of the inward stomach. Arbuthnot.