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put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate. Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate old one. Sir M. Hale.

rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

any event. Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman. Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman.

A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.

able from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. -- A*phet"ic*al*ly, adv. New Eng. Dict.

An aphetized form of a word. New Eng. Dict.

To shorten by aphesis. These words . . . have been aphetized. New Eng. Dict.

Trimmed. [Obs.] Full fresh and new here gear apiked was. Chaucer.

in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

nal clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. Denham. At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler.

The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson.

To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.

The act of adding; application; accretion. It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot.

A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.

cate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray.

of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

f the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.

itical economy, and social science. -- Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.

iking; attracting attention; impressive. This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman.