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A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent. -- a.

The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. Fothherby.

The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.

The condition or state of being free from fever.

An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley.

Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans]. C. Reade.

The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.

The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

siness is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.

The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.

The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott.

The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter. Chitty.

The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley. Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.

led the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.

In a reeking condition. Swift.

Aridity; dryness.

al. They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. Dryden. It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor.

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.