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Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.

To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.

or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. I may again advert to the distinction. Owen.

A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisement.

Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.

Afraid. [Obs.] Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises. Shak.

ith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage. To me, sad maid, he was affianced. Spenser.

To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.

(Zoöl.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

The price paid for such feeding.

A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "aglet baby" (Shak.), an aglet image.

Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.

Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.] These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. Latimer.

The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. Paley.

An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs. Thackeray.

ly Albless Sunday, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.

The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

Same as Alcaid.

Same as Alcaid.