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The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love. Combe.

Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.

In an amatorial manner.

Amatory. [R.] Johnson.

Amatory. [Obs.] "Amatorious poem." Milton.

Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.] A labyrinth to amaze his foes. Shak.

In amazement; with confusion or astonishment. Shak.

The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder. Bp. Hall.

Full of amazement. [R.]

The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration. His words impression left Of much amazement. Milton.

Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace. -- A*maz"ing*ly, adv.

A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis Amazon ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike. Shak.

A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.

A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.

ircuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is. Burton.

Ambagious. [R.]