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, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. Pope.

The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.

ushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. Ash. Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush.

nder the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Story. Blackstone.

To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court. God assoilzie him for the sin of bloodshed. Sir W. Scott.

, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.

of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.

Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. Astronomical clock. See under Clock. -- Astronomical day. See under Day. -- Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal.

cience which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena.

An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.

or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80º; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.

ivil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4. The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. Miss Yonge. Attached column (Ar…

Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. Littré. Droit d'aubaine (, the right, formerly possessed by the king of France, to all the personal property of which an alien died possessed. It was abolished in 1819. Bouvier.

A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.

ar projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc. Auriculate leaf, one having small appended leaves or lobes on each side of its petiole or base.

The use of automobiles, or the practices, methods, or the like, of those who use them. -- Au`to*mo"bil*ist, n.

A tariff or duty on goods, etc. [Obs.]

Goods sold by weight. [Obs.]

The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. Cowell.

The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. Blackstone.