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he deeds of your fathers. Luke xi. 48. We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller.

State of being aloof. Rogers (1642). The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. Thoreau.

turns; to interchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. Grew.

y of; to accumulate; 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.

n alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in wa…

That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed. Shak.

ine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.

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.

The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

f an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.

An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.

rits. See under Spirit. -- Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers.…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. "Animalcular life." Tyndall.

The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.