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That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc. Hence:

Consisting of the pericarp of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.

Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.

ltatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

Auxiliary. [Archaic] The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear. Pope.

An ave Maria. He repeated Aves and Credos. Macaulay.

of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria. Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! Byron.

To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear. [Obs.] Spenser.

One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.

A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.

Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. [Obs.] They avouch many successions of authorities. Coke.

A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material.

close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.ptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gr…

To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat,as words, in a childish way without understanding. These [words] he used to babble in all companies. Arbuthnot.

A babyish manner of acting or speaking.

Set or adorned with pearls. [Obs.]

The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

landestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (as absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser.