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A species of inflorescence; a catkin. The globular ament of a buttonwood. Coues.

Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.

Imbecility; total want of understanding.

Bearing catkins. Balfour.

Shaped like a catkin.

Same as Ament.

r a thing added. Fuller. My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge.

See Afforcement. [Obs.]

Same as Amercement. Mozley & W.

A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.

s peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.[Obs.] If you can neglect Your own appropriaments. Ford.

Determination; decision; arbitration. The arbitrament of time. Everett. Gladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament. Sir W. Scott.

A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. "The whole united armament of Greece." Glover.

An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [R.]

Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [Obs.] Derham.

Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.

ike ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.

A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.

A filament. [R.]

The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More.