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A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.

Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.

Antiquatedness. [Obs.]

A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

d strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite. They had a strong appetency for reading. Merivale.

Desiring; eagerly desirous. [R.] Appetent after glory and renown. Sir G. Buck.

The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]

The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.

orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill. Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. Bacon. The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances. Reid.

or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.

Acuteness. Dryden.

Power in arms. [R.] Johnson.

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

Quality of being articulate.

Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.] The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney.

Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.] Till I come, give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13.

The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant. [Obs.]

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. Sir W. Scott. Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. Milton.

Intent. [Obs.] Spenser.