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ber of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care.

Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word. -- A*dopt"ed*ly, adv.

geous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.

To dispose or incline. Men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty. Milton.

ions; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. "Agrestic behavior." Gregory.

he state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. "At wakes and ales." B. Jonson."On ember eves and holy ales." Shak.

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.