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To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. Milton.

Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. [U.S.]

pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The…

racterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- As*sump"tive*ly, adv. Assumptive arms (Her.), originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. Percy Smith.

A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. "Attack their lines." Dryden.

r or faculty of attending. They say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony. Shak.

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak. With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4.

large or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reëforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves His glory to augment. Milton.

A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans.

See Army organization, Switzerland.

In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.

The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.

The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.

A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. Kennet.

truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. Milton. Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. Milton.

The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.), lard prepared for medical use.

Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as Babylonic garments,carpets, or hangings.