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State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form.

Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. Darwin.

Abranchiate.

A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

Without gills.

Gradually accelerating the movement.

Partial or total absence of the skull.

Wanting a skull.

Executive; acting; managing affairs. -- n.

Admiration. [Obs.] Spenser.

That which is used to adulterate anything. -- a. Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.

Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

To make free; to enfranchise. Johnson.

The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.]

Capable of being aggrandized.

Aggrandizement. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

One who aggrandizes, or makes great.