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ving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration. Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. Shak.

With longing. Dryden.

h belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak.

Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes. Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also inguinal ring.

Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. Abyssal zone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants,…

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes.

Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch. -- n.

Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play. Accidental chords (Mus.), those which contain one or more tones foreign to their proper harmony. -- Accidental colors (Opt.), colors depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colors. They are purely subj…

Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one. To accredit (one) with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.

Belonging to the Acephala.

ve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.

Of or belonging to the summer; as, æstival diseases. [Spelt also estival.]

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

Belonging to old age. "Aged cramps." Shak.

Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aërial; as, an airy flight. "The airy region." Milton.

An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex ve…