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As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to).

Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine.

To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

To taste or cause to taste. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition. All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another. Derham.

ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it. Abp. Tillotson. The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer. Sh…

or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.

onal literature, the period of its highest state of purity and refinement; -- so called because the reign of Augustus Cæsar was the golden age of Roman literature. Thus the reign of Louis XIV. (b. 1638) has been called the Augustan age of French literature, and that of Queen Anne (b. 1664) the Augustan age of English l…

Pertaining to the auricles of the heart. Auricular finger, the little finger; so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage.

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton.

Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.

Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.

Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.

To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. [Obs.] Chaucer.

f some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the sacrifice. Kent. -- Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in consequence of…

ne who avocateth his mind from other occupations. Barrow. He, at last, . . . avocated the cause to Rome. Robertson.

An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.

To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.

Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]