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as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases. The life Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with. Pope.

Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error. -- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n.

Correction of an error in a writ or process.

A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. [Written also Ametabolia.]

A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.

Oölite or roestone; -- written also hammite. [Obs.]

a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also amphigouri.]

ng particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. Dryden.

A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now usually written ain't. [Colloq. & illiterate speech.]

nces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.

ing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]

Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]

urch, as in the Seven Asiatic churches. [Archaic] Unto-the angel of the church of Ephesus write. Rev. ii. 1.

intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers.

A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written also anelace.]

A writer of annals. The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. Hume.

Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

A writer of annotations; a commentator.

longing to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]

One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]