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AUTOP'TICALLY, adv. by means of ocular view, or one's own observation. [Autopsy ...
AU'TUMN, n. au'tum. [L. autumnus, ""Etymon multum torquetur.""] The third season...
AUTUM'NAL, a. Belonging to autumn; produced or gathered in autumn; as autumnal f...
AUXE'SIS, n. [Gr. increase.] In rhetoric, a figure by which any thing is magnifi...
AUXIL'IAR, AUXIL'IARIES, n. plu. Foreign troops in the service of nations at war...
AUXIL'IARY, a. [L. auxiliaris, from auxilium, aid, uuxilior, to aid.] Helping; a...
AVA'IL, v.t. [L. valeo, to be strong or able, to profit, to be of force or autho...
AVA'ILABLE, a. 1. Profitable; advantageous; having efficacy; as, a measure is mo...
AVA'ILABLENESS, n. 1. Power or efficacy, in promoting an end in view. 2. Compete...
AVA'ILABLY, adv. Powerfully; profitably; advantageously; validly; efficaciously.
AVA'ILING, pp. Turning to profit; using to advantage or effect.
AVA'ILMENT, n. Profit; efficacy; successful issue. [Little used.]
AVA'ILS, n. plu. Profits or proceeds. It is used in New England, for the proceed...
AVALANCHE, AVALANGE, n. A snow-slip; a vast body of snow sliding down a mountain.
AVANT', n. The front of an army. [Not used. See Van .]
AVANT'GUARD, n. The van or advanced body of an army. [See Vanguard.]