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Immeasurable. Swift. -- Un*meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*meas"ur*a*bly, adv.

Usurious. [Obs.] "Usurarious contracts." Jer. Taylor. Bp. Hall.

See Xiphura.

A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. Milton. The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Dryden.

The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.

The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion. His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening. Macaulay.

Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between sq. root2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

Assurance; certainty. [Obs.]

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray.

One who takes out a life assurance policy.

Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical. [Obs.] D. H. More.

Incommensurable. [Obs.]

Incommensurability. [Obs.] Barrow.

Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive graces." Milton. "Attractive eyes." Thackeray. Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most attractive to flies. Lubbock. -- At*tract"ive*ly, adv. -- At*tract"ive*ness, n.

ecognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence. "Auricular assurance." Shak.

The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.