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d to give warning. "We have had an alert." Farrow. On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.

An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.

A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C.

sations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

duce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

The act of dashing against, or striking upon. The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward.

Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

bitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.] Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.

t all the people say, Amen. Ps. cvi. 48. Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. To say amen to, to approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as, I say Amen to all.

, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.

excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

ematization. [Obs.] We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.

To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.

Over against; as, he lives anent the church.

Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew. Dryden.

To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] "He angled the people's hearts." Sir P. Sidney.

te cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. -- Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.

At another time; then; again. Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. Shak. Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. Shak.

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.