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See Scot, a tax. [Obs.]

iscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt. "An abortive enterprise." Prescott.

in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan. ix. 2. He had accomplished half a league or more. Prescott.

A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.

The office or jurisdiction of an admiral. Prescott.

ent (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture. The shameless adulteration of the coin. Prescott.

e, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. Advanced to a level with ancient peers. Prescott.

ion; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

blic; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. "A talent for affairs." Prescott.

nguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles. "The spirit of the age." Prescott. Truth, in some age or other, will find her witness. Milton. Archeological ages are designated as three: The Stone age (the early and the later stone age, called paleolithic and neolithic), the Bronze age, and the Iron age.…

or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.

nce; 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.

appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation. "Religious agitations." Prescott.

A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott.

A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. Prescott.

A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott.

An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable. Prescott.

A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott.

luggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.

Glorification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.