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or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. Aim'st thou at princes Pope.

in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind. Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play. Pope.

turbance; broil. [R.] "These home alarms." Shak. Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. Pope.

dless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.

by resemblances; figurative. "An allegoric tale." Falconer. "An allegorical application." Pope. Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. Max Miller. Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness, n.

An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. Addison.

confederacy; -- often followed by to or with. O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. Pope.

eath of vernal air from snowy alp. Milton. Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. Pope.

"No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34.

irst one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. Pope.

Of or pertaining to amaranth. "Amaranthine bowers." Pope.

er has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with. Pope.

compassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. "Ambient air." Milton. "Ambient clouds." Pope.

Divinely excellent or beautiful. "Shakes his ambrosial curls." Pope.

the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. The whole amount of that enormous fame. Pope.

iminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.

Former; sometime. [Obs.] They mourned their ancient leader lost. Pope. Ancient demesne (Eng. Law), a tenure by which all manors belonging to the crown, in the reign of William the Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book. -- Ancient lights (Law), windows…

me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90º. -- Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. -- Alternate angles. See Alternate. -- Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the…

life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. "Animating cries." Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.