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That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

The quantity of electricity delivered in one hour by a current whose average strength is one ampère. It is used as a unit of quantity, and is equal to 3600 coulombs. The terms Ampère minute and Ampère second are sometimes similarly used.

Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.

Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. -- An"glo*phobe, n.

Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to. Fuller.

Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. Washington.

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

A cavern. [Obs.] Shak.

A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus. Huxley.

An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray.

One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor. The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church. Milman.

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.

One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay. Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.

To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.

as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; être and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.

Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope.

Reluctantly; slowly; aversely. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

sected by canons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands).

To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate. He would not balance or err in the determination of his choice. Locke.