AIM, [esmer, O. F.] to direct the view or purpose. To aim a reflection at some person; point a cannon at the gate. "Ambitious York did level at thy crown."-(Shakspere.) AIM, to endeavor to reach, or obtain. ASPIRE, [aspiro, L.] to seek ambitiously; to aim at dignity or honor; to desire with eagerness. ENDEAVOR, [devoyer, N.] to exert physical or intellectual power; to try; to attempt. STRIVE, [streeven, Du.] to labor; to make an effort; to endeavor with earnestness. STRUGGLE, to labor with violent effort; to contend with difficulty or in distress. Aim to be good; aspire to be great; endeavor to perform your duty; aim to excel; earnestly strive; many struggle all their lives with poverty. AIR, [aer, L.] manner, gestures and countenance of a person. MANNERS, [manières, F.] behavior, habits, good or bad. BEHAVIOR, [from behave, compounded of be and have,] manner of behaving one's self, whether good or bad. DEPORTMENT, [deportement, F.] manner of conducting one's self. MIEN, [mine, F.] look, countenance, external appearance. CARRIAGE, [charriage, F.] personal manners. LOOK, [locian, to direct the eyes, S.] cast of the countenance. APPEARANCE, [appareo, to be manifest, L.] presence, figure. DEMEANOR, [se demener, to strive, F.] conduct, deportment. ASPECT, [aspectus, L.] the air of one's countenance. An agreeable, gay, offensive, or lofty air; a pleasing or awkward address; engaging or forbidding manners; a polite or rude behavior; a modest deportment; a goodly or sorrowful mien; carriage is haughty, graceful, dignified, servile, condescending, &c.; a look of guilt or innocence; beautiful, captivating appearance; mild demeanor; cheerful or sorrowful aspect. ALARM, [alarme, F.] a sensation excited by the apprehension of approaching danger. TERROR, [terror, L.] violent dread; fear that agitates body and mind. FRIGHT, [frygt, D.] a sudden and violent, but temporary, fear. CONSTERNATION, [consternatio, L.] excessive horror or amaze ment. A cry of alarm; a spectacle of terror; a sudden fright; an overwhelming consternation. ALERTNESS, [alerte, F.] briskness, nimbleness, vigilance. ALACRITY, [alacritas, L.] liveliness; sprightliness; a cheerful readiness to act. Alertness of body; alacrity of mind. ALL-ALLOWANCE. ALL, [eal, S.] the aggregate amount. EVERY, [everich, Old Eng.] every one. 27 EACH, [alc, S.] every one of any number separately considered. WHOLE, [walg, S.] all of a thing; the total assemblage of parts. All men; every man ; each individual; the whole human race." ALLAY, [alegan, S.] to pacify; to abate; to ease. SOOTHE, [gesothian, S.] to calm; to soften; to mollify. APPEASE, [appaiser, F.] to reduce to a state of peace; to suppress; to calm. ASSUAGE, [geswican, to cease, S.] to moderate; tranquillize, reduce. ALLEVIATE, [allevo, L.] to ease; to lighten; to mitigate. RELIEVE, [relevo, L.] to free from pain, grief, care, toil, or any evil. Allay heat, hunger; soothe care; appease wrath; assuage grief; alleviate sorrow; relieve distress. ALLIANCE, [alliance, F.] any union or connexion of interests. LEAGUE, [ligo, to bind, L.] a treaty of alliance between princes and states. CONFEDERACY, [confœderatio, L.] a contract between persons, states, or bodies of men, for mutual support. AFFINITY, [affinitas, L.] relation to; connexion with. COMBINATION, [combinaison, F.] a joining together; a conspiracy. A matrimonial alliance; the Helvetic league; a treasonable confederacy; a natural affinity; combination of discontented characters. ALLOT, [hlot, S.] to distribute, deliver, or share by lot. ASSIGN, [assigno, L.] to fix; to specify. APPORTION, [ad and portio, L.] to divide into convenient portions. DISTRIBUTE, [distribuo, L.] to divide, or share; to dispense; to administer. APPOINT, [appointer, F.] to constitute, or ordain. DESTINE, [destino, L.] to order; to devote; to fix unalterably. Allot a task; assign a reward; apportion an estate; distribute gifts; appoint a time; destine to a purpose. ALLOW, [allouer, F.] to give; to permit; to admit of. BESTOW, [stow, place, S.] to give; to confer; to impart. Allow a maintenance; grant a pension; bestow alms. Allow merit; grant a privilege; bestow praise. ALLOWANCE, an appointed portion, maintenance. STIPEND, [stipendium, L.] settled compensation. SALARY, [Salarium, L.] annual, periodical payments; stipulated recompense. WAGES, [gages, F.] recompense for personal service. HIRE, [hyre, S.] the price paid for the use of a thing, or compensation for labor. 28 28 ALLUDE-ALLUREMENTS. PAY, [paye, F.] reward, recompense. Allowance to the high or the low; the clergyman's stipend; the clerk's salary; laborer's hire; servants' wages; soldier's pay. ALLUDE, [alludo, L.] to speak in reference to some thing not directly mentioned. REFER, [refero, L.] to send back; to direct to a passage in a book. HINT, to give a brief or partial notice of a thing; to bring to mind by a remote allusion. SUGGEST, [suggero, L.] to intimate; to insinuate good or ill. Allude to an affair; refer to a date; hint at a circumstance; suggest an idea. ALLUDE TO, to have some reference to a thing, without the direct mention of it; to mention slightly. TO GLANCE AT, to view with a quick cast of the eye; to censure by loose hints. He frequently alludes to the Sacred Scriptures; he alluded to an ancient writer; he glanced at the follies of the age. ALLURE, [leurrer, O. F.] to invite by something flattering or acceptable. INVITE, [invito, L.] to solicit, to persuade. ATTRACT, [attraho, L.] to draw to by moral influence. ENGAGE, [engager, F.] to win by pleasing means; to gain; to attach. TEMPT, [tenter, F.] to incite to evil. SEDUCE, [seduco, L.] to mislead, to draw aside from the path of duty. ENTICE, [attiser, F.] to draw in cunningly; to instigate by exciting hope or desire. DECOY, to lead by artifice into a snare; to entice to destruction. Appearances, prospects, &c. allure; advantages invite; charms, graces, moral qualities, attract; manners engage; passions, persons, and things tempt us; company seduces; words entice; false arts decoy. 66 Each flattering hope and each alluring joy.—(Lyttelton.) Shady groves, that easy sleep invite, And after toilsome days, a soft repose at night.-(Dryden.) She was indeed, and lovely, to attract So sang the syrens, with enchanting sound, Enticing all to listen, and be drowned.—(Granville.) Decoyed by the fantastic blaze." ALLUREMENTS, enticements, temptations. ATTRACTIONS, graces or qualities which have the power of attracting. CHARMS, [carmen, a song, L.] power to delight. Enticed by allurements; engaged by attractions; seduced by charms. The allurements of pleasure; the attractions of beauty; the charms of melody. ALLY, [allie, F.] one that is united to some other by marriage, friendship, or treaty. CONFEDERATE, [confœderatus, leagued together, L.] one who engages to support another. A political ally; a wicked confederate. ALONE, [all and one, S. allein, G.] one by himself. SOLITARY, [solitarius, L.] retired, private; destitute of company. LONELY, [lonlig, Sw.] sequestered, unfrequented. He is alone; a solitary hour; a lonely place. ALSO, [all and so,] besides, as well. LIKEWISE, [like and wise,] in the same manner, moreover. "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (St. Matt.) Likewise, in comparison; long life and happiness too. ALWAYS, [all and way; eal and weg, S.] throughout all time. EVER, [afre, S.] without end, eternally. CONTINUALLY, [continuus, L.] without pause; without variation. PERPETUALLY, [perpetuus, L.] constantly, incessantly, uninterruptedly. God is always the same. Man should at all times be guided by the principles of virtue. "He will ever be mindful of his covenant." The ocean is continually rolling its waves upon the shore. A perennial spring flows perpetually. AMAZED, [mase, a whirlpool, S.] confounded, perplexed. ASTONISHED, [estonné, O. F.] struck with admiration or wonder. Amazed with what is incomprehensible or frightful; astonished at what is vast and great; surprised with what is unexpected, or novel. AMBASSADOR, [ambassadeur, F.] a minister of the highest rank sent by one sovereign as his representative at the court of another prince or state. ENVOY, [envoyé, F.] a minister of inferior dignity sent by one prince to another for the transaction of an affair. PLENIPOTENTIARY, [plenus, full, and potentia, power, L.] an ambassador or commissioner invested with full power to transact public business. DEPUTY, [deputé, F.] a person appointed to represent and act in the place of another. An ambassador resided in the country, to which an envoy was sent on particular occasions; a plenipotentiary arrived at the congress, who was followed by a deputy from the diet of Ratisbon. AMBIGUOUS, [ambiguus, L.] doubtful, uncertain. EQUIVOCAL, [aquivocus, L.] capable of a double interpretation. The account is so ambiguous that its meaning is doubtful; he seems to make use of equivocal words and expressions on purpose to mislead. . AMEND, [amender, F.] to reform by quitting bad habits. REFORM, [reformo, L.] to restore to a good state. IMPROVE, prover, N.] to advance in goodness, knowledge, or wisdom. MEND, [emendo, L.] to repair a thing wrong or damaged. BETTER, [beterian, S.] to meliorate; to increase the good qualities of. Amend what is wrong; correct what is erroneous; reform the life; rectify mistakes; improve inventions; mend your ways; better your condition. To amend implies something previously wrong; to improve does not. AMIABLE, [amabilis, L.] worthy to be loved. LOVELY, [from love,] possessing qualities which may invite affection. CHARMING, pleasing in the highest degree. FASCINATING, [fascino, to bewitch, L.] enchanting, captivating. An amiable character; a lovely woman; charming voice; fascinating appearance, conversation, &c. AMICABLE, [amicabilis, L.] peaceable; harmonious in mutual or social intercourse. FRIENDLY, [freon, to free, to be willing, S.] disposed to promote the good of another. Amicable to all men; friendly with the good. Amicable terms; friendly advice. AMOROUS, [amorosus, L.] relating to love, or apt to fall in love. LOVING, entertaining a strong affection for. FOND, [fundian, to caress, S.] foolishly tender; injudiciously indulgent. Beware of giving way to an amorous disposition; be discreetly loving to your wives; parents are fond of their children; the lap-dog is fond of his mistress; a child is fond of play. AMPLE, [amplus, L.] large, abundant. SPACIOUS, [spacieux, F.] that is of vast extent. Ample store, allowance, reward, &c.; spacious house, garden, field, &c. ; capacious vessel, waters, soul, mind, heart. AMPLE, liberal, diffusive, fully sufficient. PLENTIFUL, plenus, L. and full,] exuberant, fruitful, yielding largely. PLENTEOUS, exuberant, fertile, rich in supplies. ABUNDANT, [abundans, L.] in great quantity, overflowing. A plentiful or abundant harvest; plenteous crop; abundant mercy, kindness; copious supply, stream, treasures; ample store, provision; an ample account. AMUSE, [amuser, F.] to entertain with tranquillity. |