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Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

sation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or follow it after an interval.

From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.

To withstand. [Obs.]

Lacking milk to suckle with.

Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

Reproducing or produced without sexual union. -- Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv. All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. Huxley.

Without ganglia.

Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton.

Gazing with astonishment; amazed. [Obs.] The whole army stood agazed on him. Shak.

rt of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old. Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. Shak.

The quality of being aged; oldness. Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton.

Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth.

ent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.

(Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

rst act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.