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In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope.

original; adscititious; additional; assumed. Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. Pope.

good-will to me attribute naught. Spenser. Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit. Pope. And fairly quit him of the imputed blame. Spenser.

; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden. [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. Pope.

after immorality. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. Pope.

ing, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like. The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail. Pope.

erviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. Pope.

h, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. Four assistants who his labor share. Pope. Rhymes merely as assistants to memory. Mrs. Chapone.

Without aid or help. [R.] Pope.

Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [R.] Music her soft assuasive voice applies. Pope.

mes, to appropriate or take unjustly. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. Pope. The god assumed his native form again. Pope.

ion, or amends, for an offense or a crime. The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood. Pope. The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure. Junius.

Dependent on the atmosphere. [R.] In am so atmospherical a creature. Pope. Atmospheric engine, a steam engine whose piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder. Tomlinson. -- Atmospheric line (Steam Engin.), the equilibrium line of an indicator car…

To make satisfaction for; to expiate. Or each atone his guilty love with life. Pope.

An attachment. [Obs.] Pope.

To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt. Arts . . . attempered to the lyre. Pope.

That which accompanies; a concomitant. [A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits. Pope.

he things sold by auction or put up to auction. Ask you why Phryne the whole auction buys Pope.

sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august." Pope. "August in visage." Dryden. "To shed that august blood." Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. To mingle with a body so august. Byron.

nons. -- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. -- Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. -- Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the 10…