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Adornment. [Obs.]

A uniting; union. Jer. Taylor.

A dirigible balloon.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

Disposed; inclined. [Obs.] Affectionated to the people. Holinshed.

With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.

The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

sting 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.

Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.

Allied; akin. "Agnate words." Pownall. Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor.

Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. "The agnatic succession." Blackstone.

Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. Bouvier.

To name. [Obs.]

Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.

A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.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

The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.