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ourt. Shak. With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither. Macaulay.

A hearer or listener. Macaulay.

thority. "Forms august." Pope. "August in visage." Dryden. "To shed that august blood." Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. To mingle with a body so august. Byron.

s; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning. Auspicious union of order and freedom. Macaulay.

Severely; rigidly; sternly. A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay.

An ave Maria. He repeated Aves and Credos. Macaulay.

Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.

ay by reached; a way of approach or of exit. "The avenues leading to the city by land." Macaulay. On every side were expanding new avenues of inquiry. Milman.

nt. Averse alike to flatter, or offend. Pope. Men who were averse to the life of camps. Macaulay. Pass by securely as men averse from war. Micah ii. 8.

l aversion of races. Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay.

above thirty thousand men left his standard, and returned to their ordinary avocations. Macaulay. An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choose the wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture. Buckle.

avoid Milton. He carefully avoided every act which could goad them into open hostility. Macaulay.

ysterious fear. Keble. To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay. The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. C. J. Smith. To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence…

Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. A long and awkward process. Macaulay. An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust. C. J. Smith.

by aid or influence; as, to back a friend. "Parliament would be backed by the people." Macaulay. Have still found it necessary to back and fortify their laws with rewards and punishments. South. The mate backed the captain manfully. Blackw. Mag.

or outlying districts of a community. The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster. Macaulay.

umanity. Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay.

wift. -- To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. "A bargain was struck." Macaulay.

Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; "Barren mountain tracts." Macaulay.

Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. Macaulay.