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Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak.

Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.

An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star- shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.

A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.

ted to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement. Lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment. Milton.

A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort. Spenser.

A sauce (such as egg and bread crumbs) used for covering bits of meat, small birds, or fish, strung on skewers for frying.

A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.

An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.

e, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered still. Trench.

A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.

or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water. Auger bit, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.

Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.

Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. Johnson.

A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.

A native or an inhabitant of Australia.

Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants. -- n.

One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.