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To surpass in council. [Obs.] Men may the olde atrenne, but hat atrede. Chaucer.

To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. Top this treasure a curse is attached. Bayard Taylor.

nder. No person shall be attainted of high treason where corruption of blood is incurred, but by the oath of two witnesses. Stat. 7 & 8 Wm. III.

oman. Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further: Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute. Shak.

A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] And will have no attorney but myself. Shak.

That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement. Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation. South.

by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Effected by attrition of the inward stomach. Arbuthnot.

To settle or adjust an account. Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed. Arbuthnot.

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton.

an emphasis on empirical method in science. It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton, and the epistemological theories of Locke, in the preceding century. Its chief center was in France, where it gave rise to the skepticism of Voltaire , the…

ought.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.

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 form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.

pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.

An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused.

y is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government.

supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. South.

autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.

crystalline globulin, contained in oat kernels, very similar in composition to excelsin, but different in reactions and crystalline form.