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of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, or account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.

used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll. Amer. Cyc.

The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.

A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminous elements in the blood.

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.

The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan.

An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.…

An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

In a leaking condition.

The state or legal condition of being an alien.

The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.

pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism.

The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.

To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

In addition; besides; as well; further; too. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. vi. 20.

r partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34.