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ach individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.

make progress, as in business. "She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I." Mrs. Stowe.

In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley.

Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith.

Soon; in a little while. As it shall better appear anon. Stow.

. Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak.

An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.

vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.

Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

In any measure; anywise; at all. Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia).

To or towards any place. [Archaic] De Foe.

arest the surface. [U.S.] Apex of the earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.

On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.

The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder.

ircuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land. Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes, Expect his swift arrival. Dryden.

Than. [Obs. & R.] The king was not more forward to bestow favors on them as they free to deal affronts to others their superiors. Fuller.

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne.