‖n. [ G. ] See Legislature, Austria, Prussia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. & n. (Med.) Same as Anticausotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; fever, &unr_; to burn. ] (Med.) Good against an inflammatory fever. -- n. A remedy for such a fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to enjoy. ] Devoted to enjoyment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of applause; praiseworthy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. applaudere, applausum. See Applaud. ] The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Acclaim; acclamation; plaudit; commendation; approval. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. applausivus. ] Expressing applause; approbative. -- Ap*plau"sive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. i. & t. To auscultate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ausculcatio, fr. auscultare to listen, fr. a dim. of auris, orig. ausis, ear. See Auricle, and cf. Scout, n. ] 1. The act of listening or hearkening to. Hickes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices auscultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to auscultation. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Ausonia, poetic name for Italy. ] Italian. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auspicatus, p. p. of auspicari to take auspices, fr. auspex a bird seer, an augur, a contr. of avispex; avis bird + specere, spicere, to view. See Aviary, Spy. ] Auspicious. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business. [ 1913 Webster ]

They auspicate all their proceedings. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Auspices [ L. auspicium, fr. auspex: cf. F. auspice. See Auspicate, a. ] 1. A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Protection; patronage and care; guidance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which by his auspice they will nobler make. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this sense the word is generally plural, auspices; as, under the auspices of the king. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Auspice. ] 1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auspicious union of order and freedom. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. “Auspicious chief.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. “Thy auspicious mistress.” Shak. “Auspicious gales.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Propitious. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. -- Aus*pi"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Australia. [ informal ]
Syn. -- Australian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Metallurgy) [ From W. C. Roberts-Austen, an English metallurgist. ] a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; -- it cools to form pearlite or martensite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to austenite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. auster a dry, hot, south wind; the south. ] The south wind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ F. austère, L. austerus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to parch, dry. Cf. Sear. ] 1. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. [ 1913 Webster ]

From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous; strict. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Severely; rigidly; sternly. [ 1913 Webster ]

A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severity; strictness; austerity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Austerities [ F. austérité, L. austerias, fr. austerus. See Austere. ] 1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [ Obs. ] Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. [ 1913 Webster ]

The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian and Austrian armies of Czar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II.
Syn. -- battle of Austerlitz. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Augustinian; as, Austin friars. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral. ] 1. Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biogeography) Designating, or pertaining to, a zone extending across North America between the Transition and Tropical zones, and including most of the United States and central Mexico except the mountainous parts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac, or those south of the equator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Australasia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. Terra Australis southern land. ] Of or pertaining to Australia. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Australia. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ See Austral. ] To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ magnets ] do septentrionate at one extreme, and australize at another. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; they existed from 1 to 4 million years ago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the genus Australopithecus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Austria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. austrinus, from auster south. ] Southern; southerly; austral. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus having but one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus.
Syn. -- genus Austrocedrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auster south wind + -mancy. ] Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the area comprising the islands of central and S Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Austronesia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus having but one species; the New Caledonian yew.
Syn. -- genus Austrotaxus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; Ger. pl. -züge /plu>. [ G. ] See Army organization, Switzerland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. balaustium, Gr. balay`stion. ] (Bot.) The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. beaucéant. ] The black and white standard of the Knights Templars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau. [ Jocular ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. [ OE. bycause; by + cause. ] 1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In order that; that. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. Matt. xx. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Because of, by reason of, on account of. [ Prep. phrase. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Eph. v. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Because, For, Since, As, Inasmuch As. These particles are used, in certain connections, to assign the reason of a thing, or that “on account of” which it is or takes place. Because (by cause) is the strongest and most emphatic; as, I hid myself because I was afraid. For is not quite so strong; as, in Shakespeare, “I hate him, for he is a Christian.” Since is less formal and more incidental than because; as, I will do it since you request me. It more commonly begins a sentence; as, Since your decision is made, I will say no more. As is still more incidental than since, and points to some existing fact by way of assigning a reason. Thus we say, as I knew him to be out of town, I did not call. Inasmuch as seems to carry with it a kind of qualification which does not belong to the rest. Thus, if we say, I am ready to accept your proposal, inasmuch as I believe it is the best you can offer, we mean, it is only with this understanding that we can accept it. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. cata + caustic. ] (Physics) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]