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The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.

A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.

be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

he quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

Solely; simply; exclusively.

from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. I. Taylor.

The simplest rudiments; elements. The very alphabet of our law. Macaulay. Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.

To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum. Ure.

To treat impregnate with alum; to alum.

s.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration. His words impression left Of much amazement. Milton.

Almonry. [Improperly so used]

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

The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. "Amelioration of human affairs." J. S. Mill.

Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

rase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment.

Much improving. [Obs.]

The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] Blacksto…