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To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. To be the aim of every dangerous shot. Shak.

The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. New Am. Cyc.

Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.

means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.

t, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess…

garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.

Everywhere. [Archaic]

ervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.

Without exception; wholly; completely. Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5.

A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds. The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble. T. Warton.

To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.

The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. Every excellency is a degree of amiability. Jer. Taylor.

a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.

shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.

ing angry, or of being inclined to anger. Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. Whole Duty of Man.

Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.

first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.