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Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.

dered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

als; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.

joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.

The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton.

On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft." Milton.

lear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton.

taining the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. Milton. Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. Pope.

Literal. [Obs.] "Alphabetical servility." Milton.

To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] Milton.

r nature of a thing; changed condition. Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me. Milton. Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. Swift.

Acting by turns; alternate. Milton. Altern base (Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base.

ontinually; as, God is always the same. Even in Heaven his [Mammon's] looks and thoughts. Milton.

ich were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.

Amaranth, 1. [Obs.] Milton.

A pastoral sweetheart. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade. Milton.

haic] The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton.

Amatory. [Obs.] "Amatorious poem." Milton.

perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

urprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration. His words impression left Of much amazement. Milton.