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ubsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.

a particular person. Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]

An embassy. [Obs.] Strype.

minister of the highest rank sent a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.

A store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc.

A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy. When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical. J. S. Mill.

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. Dana.

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

al experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic. Analytical or coördinate geometry. See under Geometry. -- Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings. -- Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are…

In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. At least to try and teach the erring soul. Milton.

Of or pertaining to anemometry.

To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] "He angled the people's hearts." Sir P. Sidney.

obably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

nown; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin.

Pertaining to anthropometry.

Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.

The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe. Latham.