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-- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

Artful or skillful contrivance. His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much artifice. Craik.

Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.] Artless and massy pillars. T. Warton.

In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope.

spirit over him. South. The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth. J. S. Mill. Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. Grote.

Having no distinct; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

In an asexual manner; without sexual agency.

Without a material body; incorporeal. Todd.

to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. Blackstone. Wharton. Practically, however, the word…

to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray.

The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak.

Without aid or help. [R.] Pope.

One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.

. Associated movements (Physiol.), consensual movements which accompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness. Dunglison.

To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. The consequences of assumed principles. Whewell.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body. Thodey. That calm assumption of the virtues. W. Black.

ms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. Percy Smith.

Without columns or pilasters. Weale.

here criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege. So sacred was the church to some, that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary. Ayliffe.

Without technical or artistic knowledge. Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr.