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aggravate the horrors of the scene. Prescott. The defense made by the prisioner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. Addison.

erms or to a common resolve; to promise. Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25. Didst not thou agree with me for a penny Matt. xx. 13.

To terrify; to affright. [Obs.] His manly face that did his foes agrise. Spenser.

A grayish green antiseptic powder, consisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform. [A Trademark]

t or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love. These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied. Spenser. The virtue nearest to our vice allied. Pope.

Circuit or compass. His great parts did not live within a small ambit. Milward.

, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

To become larger. [Obs.] Strait was the way at first, withouten light, But further in did further amplify. Fairfax.

An expression equivalent to What did you say Sir Eh [Obs.] Shak.

asons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.

Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge. The measure of misery anear us. I. Taylor.

t or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise. The hearts of all that he did angle for. Shak.

The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because it is usually introduced by painters in pictures of the Annunciation.

refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser.

atever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. Did you ever know of anything so unlucky A. Trollope. They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner.

With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser. A visible triumph of the gospel drawapace. I. Taylor.

o impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [Obs.] And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser.

g necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. Hayward.

To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman.

Approbation. I did nothing without your approvement. Hayward.