Chapter 48

Al"lah (#) , n. [ contr. fr. the article al the + ilah God.] The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

All-a-mort <Xpage=40>

All`-a-mort" (#) , a. See Alamort .

Allanite <Xpage=40>

Al"lan*ite (#) , n. [From T. Allan , who first distinguished it as a species.] (min.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

Allantoic <Xpage=40>

Al`lan*to"ic (#) , a. [Cf. F. allanto\'8bque .] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.

Allantoic acid . (Chem.) See Allantoin .

Allantoid, Allantoidal <Xpage=40>

Al*lan"toid (#) , Al`lan*toid"al (#) , a. [Gr. <?/ shaped like a sausage; <?/ sausage + <?/ form.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois.

Allantoidea <Xpage=40>

Al`lan*toid"e*a (#) , n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Allantoin <Xpage=40>

Al*lan"to*in (#) , n. (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid .

Allantois, Allantoid <Xpage=40>

Al*lan"to*is (#) , Al*lan"toid (#) , } n. . (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

Allatrate <Xpage=40>

Al"la*trate (#) , v. i. [L. allatrare . See Latrate .] To bark as a dog. [Obs.]

Stubbes.

Allay <Xpage=40>

Al*lay" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allayed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Allaying .] [OE. alaien , aleggen , to lay down, put down, humble, put an end to, AS. \'belecgan ; \'be- (cf. Goth. us- , G. er- , orig. meaning out ) + lecgan to lay; but confused with old forms of allege , alloy , alegge . See Lay .] 1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity .

It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak.

Syn. -- To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See Alleviate .

Allay <Xpage=40>

Al*lay" (#) , v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage allays ."

Shak.

Allay <Xpage=40>

Al*lay" , n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]

Allay <Xpage=40>

Al*lay" , n. Alloy. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Allay <Xpage=40>

Al*lay" , v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic]

Fuller.

Allayer <Xpage=40>

Al*lay"er (#) , n. One who, or that which, allays.

Allayment <Xpage=40>

Al*lay"ment (#) , n. An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [Obs.]

The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak.

Allecret <Xpage=40>

Al"le*cret (#) , n. [OF. alecret , halecret , hallecret .] A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.

Fairholt.

Allect <Xpage=40>

Al*lect" (#) , v. t. [L. allectare , freq. of allicere , allectum .] To allure; to entice. [Obs.]

Allectation <Xpage=40>

Al`lec*ta"tion (#) , n. [L. allectatio .] Enticement; allurement. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Allective <Xpage=40>

Al*lec"tive (#) , a. [LL. allectivus .] Alluring. [Obs.]

Allective <Xpage=40>

Al*lec"tive , n. Allurement. [Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

Alledge <Xpage=40>

Al*ledge" (#) , v. t. See Allege . [Obs.]

&hand; This spelling, corresponding to abridge , was once the prevailing one.

Allegation <Xpage=40>

Al`le*ga"tion (#) , n. [L. allegatio , fr. allegare , allegatum , to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving reasons; ad + legare to send, commission. Cf. Allege and Adlegation .] 1. The act of alleging or positively asserting.

2. That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment

I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

3. (Law) A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, -- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.

Allege <Xpage=40>

Al*lege" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alleged (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alleging .] [OE. aleggen to bring forward as evidence, OF. esligier to buy, prop. to free from legal difficulties, fr. an assumed LL. exlitigare ; L. ex + litigare to quarrel, sue (see Litigate ). The word was confused with L. allegare (see Allegation ), and lex law. Cf. Allay .] 1. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact .

2. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge . [Archaic]

3. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending .

Syn. -- To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce; declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.

Allege <Xpage=40>

Al*lege" , v. t. [See Allay .] To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Allegeable <Xpage=40>

Al*lege"a*ble (#) , a. Capable of being alleged or affirmed.

The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South.

Allegeance <Xpage=40>

Al*lege"ance (#) , n. Allegation. [Obs.]

Allegement <Xpage=40>

Al*lege"ment (#) , n. Allegation. [Obs.]

With many complaints and allegements . Bp. Sanderson.

Alleger <Xpage=40>

Al*leg"er (#) , n. One who affirms or declares.

Allegge <Xpage=40>

Al*legge" (#) , v. t. See Alegge and Allay . [Obs.]

Allegiance <Xpage=40>

Al*le"giance (#) , n. [OE. alegeaunce ; pref. a- + OF. lige , liege . The meaning was influenced by L. ligare to bind, and even by lex , legis, law. See Liege , Ligeance .] 1. The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.

2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science .

Syn. -- Loyalty; fealty. -- Allegiance , Loyalty . These words agree in expressing the general idea of fidelity and attachment to the "powers that be." Allegiance is an obligation to a ruling power. Loyalty is a feeling or sentiment towards such power. Allegiance may exist under any form of government, and, in a republic, we generally speak of allegiance to the government, to the state, etc. In well conducted monarchies, loyalty is a warm-hearted feeling of fidelity and obedience to the sovereign. It is personal in its nature; and hence we speak of the loyalty of a wife to her husband, not of her allegiance . In cases where we personify, loyalty is more commonly the word used; as, loyalty to the constitution; loyalty to the cause of virtue; loyalty to truth and religion, etc.

Hear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me! Shak.

So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found, . . . Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. Milton.

Allegiant <Xpage=40>

Al*le"giant (#) , a. Loyal.

Shak.

Allegoric, Allegorical <Xpage=40>

Al`le*gor"ic (#) , Al`le*gor"ic*al (#) , a. [F. all\'82gorique , L. allegorius , fr. Gr. <?/. See Allegory .] Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. "An allegoric tale." Falconer . "An allegorical application." Pope .

Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. Max Miller.

Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly , adv. -- Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness , n.

Allegorist <Xpage=40>

Al"le*go*rist (#) , n. [Cf. F. allegoriste .] One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.

Hume.

Allegorization <Xpage=40>

Al`le*gor"i*za"tion (#) , n. The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

Allegorize <Xpage=40>

Al"le*go*rize (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allegorized (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing .] [Cf. F. all\'82goriser , fr. L. allegorizare .] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people .

2. To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it .

Allegorize <Xpage=40>

Al"le*go*rize , v. t. To use allegory.

Holland.

Allegorizer <Xpage=40>

Al"le*go*ri`zer (#) , n. One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.

Allegory <Xpage=40>

Al"le*go*ry (#) , n. ; pl. Allegories (#) . [L. allegoria , Gr. <?/, description of one thing under the image of another; <?/ other + <?/ to speak in the assembly, harangue, <?/ place of assembly, fr. <?/ to assemble: cf. F. all\'82gorie .] 1. A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.

2. Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.

3. (Paint. & Sculpt.) A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

Syn. -- Metaphor; fable. -- Allegory , Parable . "An allegory differs both from fable and parable , in that the properties of persons are fictitiously represented as attached to things, to which they are as it were transferred. . . . A figure of Peace and Victory crowning some historical personage is an allegory . "I am the Vine, ye are the branches" [ John xv. 1-6 ] is a spoken allegory . In the parable there is no transference of properties. The parable of the sower [ Matt. xiii. 3-23 ] represents all things as according to their proper nature. In the allegory quoted above the properties of the vine and the relation of the branches are transferred to the person of Christ and His apostles and disciples."

C. J. Smith.

An allegory is a prolonged metaphor. Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" and Spenser's "Fa\'89rie Queene" are celebrated examples of the allegory .

Allegresse <Xpage=40>

Al`le`gresse" (#) , n. [F. all\'82gresse , fr. L. alacer sprightly.] Joy; gladsomeness.

Allegretto <Xpage=40>

Al`le*gret"to (#) , a. [It., dim. of allegro .] (Mus.) Quicker than andante , but not so quick as allegro . -- n. A movement in this time.

Allegro <Xpage=40>

Al*le"gro (#) , a. [It., merry, gay, fr. L. alacer lively. Cf. Aleger .] (Mus.) Brisk, lively. -- n. An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.

Alleluia, Alleluiah <Xpage=40>

Al`le*lu"ia , Al`le*lu"iah (#) , n. [L. alleluia , Gr. <?/, fr. Heb. hall<?/l<?/ - y\'beh . See Hallelujah .] An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah . Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah , the commoner form.

I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia . Rev. xix. 1.

Allemande <Xpage=40>

Al"le*mande" (#) , n. [F., fr. allemand German.] 1. (Mus.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

2. A figure in dancing.

Allemannic <Xpage=40>

Al`le*man"nic (#) , a. See Alemannic .

Allenarly <Xpage=40>

Al*len"ar*ly (#) , adv. [ All + anerly singly, fr. ane one.] Solely; only. [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Aller <Xpage=40>

Al"ler (#) , a. [For ealra , the AS. gen. pl. of eal all.] Same as Alder , of all. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Allerion <Xpage=40>

Al*le"ri*on (#) , n. [F. al\'82rion , LL. alario a sort of eagle; of uncertain origin.] (Her.) Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.

Burke.

Alleviate <Xpage=40>

Al*le"vi*ate (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alleviated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alleviating .] [LL. alleviare , fr. L. ad + levis light. See Alegge , Levity .] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.]

Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. Evelyn.

Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]. Ray.

2. To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate .

The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

3. To extenuate; to palliate. [R.]

He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson.

Syn. -- To lessen; diminish; soften; mitigate; assuage; abate; relieve; nullify; allay. -- To Alleviate , Mitigate , Assuage , Allay . These words have in common the idea of relief from some painful state; and being all figurative, they differ in their application, according to the image under which this idea is presented. Alleviate supposes a load which is lightened or taken off; as, to alleviate one's cares . Mitigate supposes something fierce which is made mild; as, to mitigate one's anguish . Assuage supposes something violent which is quieted; as, to assuage one's sorrow . Allay supposes something previously excited, but now brought down; as, to allay one's suffering or one's thirst . To alleviate the distresses of life; to mitigate the fierceness of passion or the violence of grief; to assuage angry feeling; to allay wounded sensibility.

Alleviation <Xpage=40>

Al*le`vi*a"tion (#) , n. [LL. alleviatio .] 1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

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2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.

I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

Alleviative <Xpage=41>

Al*le"vi*a*tive (#) , a. Tending to alleviate. -- n. That which alleviates.

Alleviator <Xpage=41>

Al*le"vi*a`tor (#) , n. One who, or that which, alleviaties.

Alleviatory <Xpage=41>

Al*le"vi*a*to*ry (#) , a. Alleviative.

Carlyle.

Alley <Xpage=41>

Al"ley (#) , n. ; pl. Alleys (#) . [OE. aley , alley , OF. al\'82e , F. all\'82e , a going, passage, fr. OE. aler , F. aller , to go; of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar , It. andare , Sp. andar .] 1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.

I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.

Gay.

3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.

4. (Persp.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

Alley <Xpage=41>

Al"ley , n. ; pl. Alleys (#) . [A contraction of alabaster , of which it was originally made.] A choice taw or marble.

Dickens.

Alleyed <Xpage=41>

Al"leyed (#) , a. Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk."

Sir W. Scott.

Alleyway <Xpage=41>

Al"ley*way` (#) n. An alley.

All Fools' Day <Xpage=41>

All" Fools' Day` (#) . The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.

The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day . Poor Robin's Almanack (1760).

Allfours <Xpage=41>

All`fours" (#) . [All + four (cards).] A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."

All fours <Xpage=41>

All` fours" [formerly, All` four" .] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.

To be , go , or run , on all fours (Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond ( with ) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours ." Macaulay.

All hail <Xpage=41>

All` hail" (#) . [ All + hail , interj. ] All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.

All-hail <Xpage=41>

All`-hail" , v. t. To salute; to greet. [Poet.]

Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me "Thane of Cawdor." Shak.

Allhallond <Xpage=41>

All`hal"lond (#) , n. Allhallows. [Obs.]

Shak.

Allhallow, Allhallows <Xpage=41>

All`hal"low (#) , All`hal"lows (#) , n. 1. All the saints (in heaven). [Obs.]

2. All Saints' Day, November 1st. [Archaic]

<-- All Hallows Eve = Halloween, Dec. 31 st. -->

Allhallow <Xpage=41>

All`hal"low (#) . The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween .

Allhallowmas <Xpage=41>

All`hal"low*mas (#) , n. The feast of All Saints.

Allhallown <Xpage=41>

All`hal"lown (#) , a. Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] " Allhallown summer." Shak . (i. e., late summer ; "Indian Summer").

Allhallowtide <Xpage=41>