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The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. Jer. Taylor.

Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.

Fitness. [R.]

The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill.

Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale. -- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.

The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

To frighten. [Archaic] "Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes." Southey.

The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.

Connecting; annexing. Owen.

Before birth. Shelley.

the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns,…

Belonging to the antennæ. Owen.

Bearing or having antennæ.

Shaped like antennæ.

A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.