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Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay.

y. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant. William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest. Macaulay. [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.

brought by the last arrival. Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay.

ountry of Laurentum. Holland. There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. Macaulay.

s. He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.

Skillful plan; device. They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors. Macaulay.

The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] "Under the artery, or windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach." Holland.

. His spiritual attendants adjured him, as he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren. Macaulay.

Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts.

stillation; also that which arises, as from distillation. Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. Sir T. Browne. Ascension Day, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also Holy Thursday. -- Right ascension (Astron.), tha…

there only for the purpose of ascertaining whether a descent on England was practicable. Macaulay.

I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson. Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. Darwin.

d ashes sow. Milton. The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [Written also Asmonæan.]

Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. "The aspect of affairs." Macaulay. The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish. T. Burnet.

of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. Macaulay.

Hallam. They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony. Macaulay.

o, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer. An assailant of the church. Macaulay.

that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay.

t asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.