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To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton.

Beneath. [Scot.]

-- Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown /or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

exed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.

Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]"Apprecatory benedictions." Bp. Hall.

to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.

The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.

The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

of character." Landor. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.

to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors. To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. Kent.

s appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.

property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. Assignment of dower, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.

r some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony o…

To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. O, what avails me now that honor high ! Milton.

ntribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.

of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.…

The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.