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ount or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor.

comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.

which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.

imulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles.

To join; to be united. Tooke.

The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

A reply to a change; a defense. At my first answer no man stood with me. 2 Tim. iv. 16.

Efficacious in curing toothache. -- n.

-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. "Antiquated words." Dryden. Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott.

om east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song. Abp. Potter.

he party to which one has previously adhered. He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in Carlyle.

To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.] G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. Beau. & Fl.

seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot. "The weather being too hot for the apron." Hughes.

The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records. Tooke.

To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning. So many laws argue so many sins. Milton.

Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden.

Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [Colloq. U. S.]

. Pope. Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. Goldsmith.