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entally linked or associated with a thing. Words . . . must owe their powers association. Johnson. Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their venerable associations, be profaned Coleridge.

d demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. Pope. The god assumed his native form again. Pope.

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

9. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 1 John iii. 19.

Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. Paley. A huge stone to which the cable was attached. Macaulay.

g; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts. The attainment of every desired object. Sir W. Jones.

or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major.

The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. [Obs.] Johnson.

The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.

A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

The state of being worn. Johnson.

ly; to make accordant. Wake to energy each social aim, Attuned spontaneous to the will of Jove. Beattie.

ence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. With the most arrogant audacity. Joye.

[Also written ought.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.

A species of crowfoot. Johnson.

To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. Johnson.

erity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton.

tful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. To be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton.