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Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity. A devout man . . . which gave much alms to the people. Acts x. 2. Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden. Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone.

orbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is who…

rect cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which are incapable of long-continued multiplication, in transitory structures, and in those in early stages of degeneration.

ation. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

A believer in the theory of animalculism.

One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma. -- n.

or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.

Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another. [Obs.]

A disbeliever in the existence of God.

One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]

One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius. Mosheim.

One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. Romilly.

at happened in this article of good breeding. Addison. This last article will hardly be believed. De Foe.

be if. -- As it were (as if it were), a qualifying phrase used to apologize for or to relieve some expression which might be regarded as inappropriate or incongruous; in a manner. -- As now, just now. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- As swythe, as quickly as possible. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- As well, also; too; besides. Addison. --…

substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.