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Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted. -- A*syn"ar*tet"ic, a. Asynartete verse (Pros.), a verse of two members, having different rhythms; as when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees.

The quality of being deathless; immortality.

Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century. Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a s…

A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

Admitting an atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable.

The quality of being attainable; attainbleness.

d or accomplished by efforts directed to the object. The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this life. Addison.

The quality of being attainable; attainability.

To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate. [Obs.] Blount.

Relating to attitude.

One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer. [R.] With auctionary hammer in thy hand. Dryden.

See Alnage and Alnager.

Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.

A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion.

Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa. Milton.

A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.

Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.