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The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation. "Ages yet unborn." Pope. The way which the age follows. J. H. Newman. Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. C. Sprague.

less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. Prescott. The defense made by the prisioner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. Addison.

with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.

To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.

Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. With cries and agonies of wild delight. Pope.

te pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.

Indisposition or morbid affection. Pope.

or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. Aim'st thou at princes Pope.

in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind. Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play. Pope.

turbance; broil. [R.] "These home alarms." Shak. Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. Pope.

ed in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.

dless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.

To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

by resemblances; figurative. "An allegoric tale." Falconer. "An allegorical application." Pope. Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. Max Miller. Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness, n.

A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.

An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. Addison.

confederacy; -- often followed by to or with. O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. Pope.

eath of vernal air from snowy alp. Milton. Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. Pope.

"No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34.

irst one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. Pope.