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The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14.

Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.

Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot., cryptogamous.

A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

e duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime. Mine age is as nothing before thee. Ps. xxxix. 5.

Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.

Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.

Tending to aggravate. Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay.

row to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay.

Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. Mozley & W.

n; earnest discussion; debate. A logical agitation of the matter. L'Estrange. The project now in agitation. Swift.

Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism. -- Ag*nos"tic*al*ly, adv.

That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.)

Not forming an angle. Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

in the expediency of the law. If music and sweet poetry agree. Shak. Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56. The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Sir T. Browne.

ving the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. Granville.

A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.

e person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant. It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. Tobit viii. 6.