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Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.

To put forth the first sprout.

To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will. He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest. Pope.

The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow mi…

One who actuates, or puts into action. [R.] Melville.

uantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Milton. As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. Locke.…

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis a needfu…

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system. Adjusting the orthography. Johnson.

Put in dread; afraid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

abtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

Characterized by the absence of power or force. Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility.

e air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance. Careless she is with artful care, Affecting to seem unaffected. Congreve. Thou dost affect my manners. Shak.

her, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

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

Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. [Colloq.]

; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.