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The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence. Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer. Locke. The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. Too many people read this ribaldry with…

Unremitting; assiduous. [Obs.] "Assiduate labor." Fabyan.

Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting. She grows more assiduous in her attendance. Addison.

Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.

me crystals which exhibit a star- shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.

Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous.

Admitting an atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable.

or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon. He was required to attend upon the committee. Clarendon.

Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. "Audacious cruelty." "Audacious prate." Shak.

Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business. According to the fair play of the world, Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. Shak.

hamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.

In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.

Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.

Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly (, adv.

ment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted."Impatient for the award." Cowper. An award had been given against. Gilpin.

ss section of a girder. -- Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial or biaxial. -- Optic axis, Visual axis (Opt.), the straight line passing through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular…

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]

Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons. "He's bailable, I'm sure." Ford.

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone.

owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo. Kent. Part.