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Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier.

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

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.

In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

ces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.

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

A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]

change business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds. Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen of life. Landor.

Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.

The price paid for such feeding.

A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.

A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration.

To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25. Didst not thou agree with me for a penny Matt. xx. 13.

in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

w, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).

le tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.