Of or pertaining to Mantua.

A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French a (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix / without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.

To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune.

Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease.

Same as Arachnida.

One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

of Abbacy

The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.

A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Like, or coming near to, white.

One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

Having a sickly complexion; pale.

Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.

Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at one.

To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.

Apostatical.

By what; how; -- used interrogatively.

Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees.

The technical name of the element tungsten. See Tungsten.

Sensible; feeling; perceptive.

A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.

A female defender.

An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.

A boatman.

Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

A substance liable to become sour.

Alt. of Trigonometrical

That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player.

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