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

Even though; although; notwithstanding. Chaucer. Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth. Tennyson.

To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace.

Most beloved. [Obs.] Shak.

To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him…

On my life; dearly. [Obs.] "I love that sport alife." Beau. & Fl.

ca pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

To connect 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.

A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.

Full of love; amatory.

The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love. Combe.

Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.

Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.] So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert.

A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks. [Obs.]

A lover; a gallant. [R.] Milton. It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

A lover; a man enamored.

Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.

The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

Love; affection. [Obs.]