n. 1. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
Syn. -- abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Physics) A unit of conductance equal to 109 mhos; -- the inverse of the abohm.
Syn. -- abmho [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL., from p. p. accensus. See Accend. ] (R. C. Ch.) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Acipenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., the name of a fish. ] (Zool.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The natural family of fish including the sturgeons.
Syn. -- family Acipenseridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. admensuratio; L. ad + mensurare to measure. See Mensuration. ] Same as Admeasurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Psychol.) A sensation or sense impression following the removal of a stimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or follow it after an interval. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Albigenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G.; Alp, gen. pl. Alpen + stock stick. ] A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. Cheever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Amanuenses [ L., fr. a, ab + manus hand. ] A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., from board and bed. ] (Law) A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prep. [ OE. anent, anentis, anence, anens, anents, AS. onefen, onemn; an, on, on + efen even, equal; hence meaning, on an equality with, even with, beside. See Even, a. ] [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] 1. Over against; as, he lives anent the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of appending. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apprehensible. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. apprehensibilis. See Apprehend. ] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. “Apprehensible by faith.” Bp. Hall. -- Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. apprehensio: cf. F. appréhension. See Apprehend. ] 1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception. [ 1913 Webster ]

Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our apprehension, the facts prove the issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

To false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men, who act not according to truth, but apprehension. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Apprehension, Alarm. Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is calmer and more permanent; alarm is more agitating and transient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. appréhensif. See Apprehend. ] 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning. [ 1913 Webster ]

It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being apprehensive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr. ascendere. See Ascend. ] 1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ascension Day, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also Holy Thursday. --
Right ascension (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial, counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or in time. --
Oblique ascension (Astron.), an arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, in an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is little used in modern astronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ascensional difference (Astron.), the difference between oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between the time of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ascend. ] 1. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Augmentative; intensive. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Greece. Population (2000) = nk. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. avens. [ OF. avence. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Geum, of the rose family, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet. They may bear red, yellow, or white flowers. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. See Banshee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + mensal. ] See Bimonthly, a. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ German: end of burning. ] (Rocketry) the time at which the engines of a rocket stop firing; the termination of the firing of the rocket engines, whether due to intentional shutdown of the engines or exhaustion of the fuel. This term was used mostly in the early days of rocketry when only one firing sequence occurred for rockets, which were used as ballistic missiles or for experiments in rocketry or atmospheric science. [ PJC ]

a. Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. [ 1913 Webster ]

The debt immense of endless gratitude
So burdensome. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive; troublesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Bur"den*some*ly, adv. -- Bur"den*some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -schaften /plu>. [ G. ] In Germany, any of various associations of university students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to 1849. -- Bur"schen*schaft`ler Bur"schen*schaf`ter n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. castrensis, fr. castra camp. ] Belonging to a camp. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Castrensial. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cense, F. cens, L. census. See Census. ] 1. A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. [ Obs. ] Howell. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Condition; rank. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Censed p. pr. & vb. n. Censing. ] [ Abbrev. from incense. ] To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To burn or scatter incense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For incenser, fr. OF. encensier, F. encensoir, fr. LL. incensarium, incensorium, fr. L. incensum incense. See Incense, and cf. Incensory. ] A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The ecclesiastical censer is usually cup-shaped, has a cover pierced with holes, and is hung by chains. The censer bearer swings it to quicken the combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her thoughts are like the fume of frankincense
Which from a golden censer forth doth rise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. censor, fr. censere to value, tax. ] 1. (Antiq.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One given to fault-finding; a censurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A critic; a reviewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Received with caution by the censors of the press. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. suppressed or subjected to censorship; as, the censored press in some countries. Opposite of uncensored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of censure; censorious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The censorial declamation of Juvenal. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Censorial. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See Censor. ] 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.

Syn. -- Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe; condemnatory; hypercritical.

-- Cen*so"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Cen*so"ri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. censualis, fr. census. ] Relating to, or containing, a census. [ 1913 Webster ]

He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.

-- Cen"sur*a*bleness, n. -- Cen"sur*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. censura fr. censere: cf. F. censure. Cf. Censor. ] 1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both the censure and the praise were merited. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Excommunication or other censure of the church. Bp. Burnet.

Syn. -- Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Censured p. pr. & vb. n. Censuring. ] [ Cf. F. ensurer. ] 1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [ Obs. ] “Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of. [ 1913 Webster ]

I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. Shak.

Syn. -- To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To judge. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]