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To adorn. [Obs.] Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser.

of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.

ificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith.

To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.

ge ground. [R.] Clarendon. -- To have the advantage of (any one), to have a personal knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge. "You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to have had the honor." Sheridan. -- To take advantage of, to profit by; (often used in a bad sense) to overreach, to out…

, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her Shak.

To summon; to call. [Obs.] Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke the cause to Rome. Fuller.

A genus of plants, called also hardgrass.

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

hine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.

se mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.…

To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage. To me, sad maid, he was affianced. Spenser.

A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration. A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his afflatus. Spence.

Made friends; reconciled. [Obs.] "Deadly foes . . . affriended." Spenser.

In collision; entangled. Totten. To run afoul of, to run against or come into collision with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause injury.

ehension; in fear; apprehensive. [Afraid comes after the noun it limits.] "Back they recoiled, afraid." Milton.