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Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. "Ambient air." Milton. "Ambient clouds." Pope.

sion. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton.

any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.] [I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. Milton.

An unguent of the gods. His dewy locks distilled ambrosia. Milton.

rosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious. "Ambrosial food." "Ambrosial fragrance." Milton.

trap; a snare. Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. Milton.

To punish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. Spenser.

ong. "This fair tree amidst the garden." "Unseen amid the throng." "Amidst thick clouds." Milton. "Amidst acclamations." "Amidst the splendor and festivity of a court." Macaulay. But rather famish them amid their plenty. Shak.

An obsolete form of admiral. "The mast of some great ammiral." Milton.

surrounded by. They heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees. Milton.

A lover; a gallant. [R.] Milton. It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

Of or relating to, or produced by, love. "Amorous delight." Milton. "Amorous airs." Waller.

A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. Milton.

Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers. "Amplitude of mind." Milton. "Amplitude of comprehension." Macaulay.

Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines. Milton. Bp. Bull.

The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton. Imperial anarchs doubling human woes. Byron.

ronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.

t authors, literature, history; ancient days. Witness those ancient empires of the earth. Milton. Gildas Albanius . . . much ancienter than his namesake surnamed the Wise. Fuller.

nfinitival to, especially after try, come, go. At least to try and teach the erring soul. Milton.

welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton.