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| | avellan | (adj) pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts, Syn. avellane | ave maria | (n) a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her, Syn. Hail Mary | avena | (n) oats, Syn. genus Avena | avenger | (n) someone who takes vengeance, Syn. retaliator | avens | (n) any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers | avenue | (n) a line of approach | avenue | (n) a wide street or thoroughfare, Syn. boulevard | average | (n) a statistic describing the location of a distribution, Syn. norm | average | (n) (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities | average | (n) an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual |
| Ave | ‖n. [ L., hail. ] 1. An ave Maria. [ 1913 Webster ] He repeated Aves and Credos. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A reverential salutation. [ 1913 Webster ] Their loud applause and aves vehement. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | Avel | v. t. [ L. avellere. ] To pull away. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Yet are not these parts avelled. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] | Avellane | a. [ Cf. It. avellana a filbert, fr. L. Avella or Abella a city of Campania. ] (Her.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. [ 1913 Webster ] | Ave Mary | { ‖ } [ From the first words of the Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary; L. ave hail, Maria Mary. ] 1. A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ] To number Ave Maries on his beads. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria. [ 1913 Webster ] Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! Byron. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Ave Maria | Avena | ‖n. [ L. ] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses. [ 1913 Webster ] | Avenaceous | a. [ L. avenaceus, fr. avena oats. ] Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses. [ 1913 Webster ] | Avenage | n. [ F. avenage, fr. L. avena oats. ] (Old Law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ] | Avenalin | n. [ L. avena eats. ] (Chem.) A crystalline globulin, contained in oat kernels, very similar in composition to excelsin, but different in reactions and crystalline form. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | Avener | n. [ OF. avenier, fr. aveine, avaine, avoine, oats, F. avoine, L. avena. ] (Feud. Law) An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | Avenge | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Avenged (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Avenging (&unr_;). ] [ OF. avengier; L. ad + vindicare to lay claim to, to avenge, revenge. See Vengeance. ] 1. To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. [ 1913 Webster ] He will avenge the blood of his servants. Deut. xxxii. 43. [ 1913 Webster ] Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Thy judgment in avenging thine enemies. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- To Avenge, Revenge. To avenge is to inflict punishment upon evil doers in behalf of ourselves, or others for whom we act; as, to avenge one's wrongs; to avenge the injuries of the suffering and innocent. It is to inflict pain for the sake of vindication, or retributive justice. To revenge is to inflict pain or injury for the indulgence of resentful and malicious feelings. The former may at times be a duty; the latter is one of the worst exhibitions of human character. [ 1913 Webster ] I avenge myself upon another, or I avenge another, or I avenge a wrong. I revenge only myself, and that upon another. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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