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One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.

To or towards any place. [Archaic] De Foe.

Pertaining to Aonia, Boeotia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there. Aonian fount, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.

Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the…

Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.

Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.

personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind. The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.

to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of. Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 2 Sam. xv. 15. He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. Acts xvii. 31. Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting. Shak.…

ch the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. Temple.

Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.

The country of Arabia. [Archaic & Poetic]

A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch.

Applied to a gastrula when the blastorope does not entirely up.

Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

on; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. You and love are still my argument. Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. Milton.

Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.

complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.

erves to add strength, force, or efficiency. A distemper eminently armed from heaven. De Foe.