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To extenuate; to palliate. [R.] He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson.

s more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.

Alluvial. [R.] Johnson.

One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.

Amatory. [R.] Johnson.

Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. To say amen to, to approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as, I say Amen to all.

Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. Johnson.

To keep in extraction; to beguile; to delude. He amused his followers with idle promises. Johnson.

y gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument. Johnson.

in, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to pl. analogies. Johnson.

Saltpeter. Coxe. Johnson.

A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.

g A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.

An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson.

lly to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson.

the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6.

not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7.