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Disposed; inclined. [Obs.] Affectionated to the people. Holinshed.

With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.

The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

Related by marriage; from the same source.

Named before. Peacham.

Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion. -- n.

sting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.

The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train. [R.]

Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.

An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.

Allied; akin. "Agnate words." Pownall. Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor.

Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. "The agnatic succession." Blackstone.

Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. Bouvier.

To name. [Obs.]

A surname. [R.] Minsheu.

A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.