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bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. Assignment of dower, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.

A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [Obs.] John Lewis (1731).

Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. Brave men meet danger with assurance. Knolles. Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance. Locke.

The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

agnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena.

A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.

The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.

The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.

Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition. The chillest of social atmospheres. Hawthorne.

A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.

lse verdict. [Obs.] Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone.

An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers. Fit audience find, though few. Milton. He drew his audience upward to the sky. Dryden. Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop…

An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.

Enlargement by addition; increase.

The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

in that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.

Received by the ear; known by report. "Auricular traditions." Bacon.

An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

One who composes or writers a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. The chief glory every people arises from its authors. Johnson.