Auditory Au"di·to·ry adjective [ Latin
auditorius .]
Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear . Auditory canal (Anat.) ,
the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.
Auditory Au"di·to·ry noun [ Latin
auditorium .]
1. An assembly of hearers; an audience. 2. An auditorium. Udall.
Auditress Au"di·tress noun A female hearer. Milton.
Auditual Au·dit"u·al adjective Auditory. [ R.]
Coleridge.
Auf Auf (af)
noun [ Middle English
auph ,
aulf , from Icelandic
ālfr elf. See
Elf .] [ Also spelt
oaf ,
ouphe .]
A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [ Obsolete]
Drayton.
Aufklärung Auf"klä·rung noun [ G., enlightenment.]
A philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by a lively questioning of authority, keen interest in matters of politics and general culture, and an emphasis on empirical method in science. It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton, and the epistemological theories of Locke, in the preceding century. Its chief center was in France, where it gave rise to the skepticism of Voltaire , the naturalism of Rousseau, the sensationalism of Condillac, and the publication of the "Encyclopedia" by D'Alembert and Diderot. In Germany, Lessing, Mendelssohn, and Herder were representative thinkers, while the political doctrines of the leaders of the American Revolution and the speculations of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine represented the movement in America.
Augean Au·ge"an adjective 1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day. 2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. Augean stable (Fig.),
an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
Auger Au"ger noun [ Middle English
augoure ,
nauger , Anglo-Saxon
nafegār , from
nafu ,
nafa , nave of a wheel +
gār spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See
Nave (of a wheel) and 2d
Gore ,
noun ]
1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge. 2. An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water. Auger bit ,
a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.
Auget Au·get" noun [ French, dim. of
auge trough, from Latin
alveus hollow, from
alvus belly.]
(Mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied. Knight.
Aught Aught noun [ Middle English
aught ,
ought ,
awiht , Anglo-Saxon
āwiht ,
ā ever +
wiht . √136. See
Aye ever, and
Whit ,
Wight .]
Anything; any part. [ Also written
ought .]
There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken.
Josh. xxi. 45
But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting.
Addison.
Aught Aught (at)
adverb At all; in any degree. Chaucer.
Aught, Aucht Aught, Aucht noun [ Anglo-Saxon
...ht , from
āgan to own, past participle
āhte .]
Property; possession. [ Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
Augite Au"gite (a"jīt)
noun [ Latin
augites , Greek
a'ygi`ths , from
a'ygh` brightness: confer French
augite .]
A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene .
Augitic Au·git"ic (a*jĭt"ĭk)
adjective Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks.
Augment Aug·ment" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Augmented ;
present participle & verbal noun Augmenting .] [ Latin
augmentare , from
augmentum an increase, from
augere to increase; perhaps akin to Greek ..., ..., English
wax , v., and
eke , v.: confer French
augmenter .]
1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reëforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves
His glory to augment .
Milton.
2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
Augment Aug·ment" intransitive verb To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
Augment Aug"ment noun [ Latin
augmentum : confer French
augment .]
1. Enlargement by addition; increase. 2. (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs. » In Greek, the
syllabic augment is a prefixed ..., forming an intial syllable; the
temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing ... to ....
Augmentable Aug·ment"a·ble adjective Capable of augmentation. Walsh.
Augmentation Aug`men·ta"tion noun [ Late Latin
augmentatio : confer French
augmentation .]
1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing added by way of enlargement. 4. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans. 5. (Medicine) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison. 6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. Augmentation court (Eng. Hist.) ,
a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment the revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit. Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.
Augmentative Aug·ment"a·tive adjective [ Confer French
augmentatif .]
Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. --
Aug*ment"a*tive*ly ,
adverb
Augmentative Aug·ment"a·tive noun (Gram.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard , one very dull. Opposed to diminutive . Gibbs.
Augmenter Aug·ment"er noun One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.
Augrim Au"grim noun See Algorism . [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. Augrim stones ,
pebbles formerly used in numeration. --
Noumbres of Augrim ,
Arabic numerals. Chaucer.
Augur Au"gur noun [ Latin Of uncertain origin: the first part of the word is perhaps from Latin
avis bird, and the last syllable,
gur , equiv. to the Sanskrit
gar to call, akin to Latin
garrulus garrulous.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. 2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found
Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
Dryden.
Augur Au"gur intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Augured ;
present participle & verbal noun Auguring .]
1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. My auguring mind assures the same success.
Dryden.
2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
Augur Au"gur transitive verb To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer. It seems to augur genius.
Sir W. Scott.
I augur everything from the approbation the proposal has met with.
J. F. W. Herschel.
Syn. -- To predict; forebode; betoken; portend; presage; prognosticate; prophesy; forewarn.
Augural Au"gu·ral adjective [ Latin
auguralis .]
Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. "Portents
augural ."
Cowper.
Augurate Au"gu·rate transitive verb & i. [ Latin
auguratus , past participle of
augurari to augur.]
To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. [ Obsolete]
C. Middleton.
Augurate Au"gu·rate noun The office of an augur. Merivale.
Auguration Au`gu·ra"tion noun [ Latin
auguratio .]
The practice of augury.
Augurer Au"gur·er noun An augur. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Augurial Au·gu"ri·al adjective [ Latin
augurialis .]
Relating to augurs or to augury. Sir T. Browne.
Augurist Au"gu·rist noun An augur. [ R.]
Augurize Au"gur·ize transitive verb To augur. [ Obsolete]
Blount.
Augurous Au"gu·rous adjective Full of augury; foreboding. [ Obsolete] "Augurous hearts."
Chapman.
Augurship Au"gur·ship noun The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon.
Augury Au"gu·ry noun ;
plural Auguries [ Latin
aucurium .]
1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination. 2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. From their flight strange auguries she drew.
Drayton.
He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness.
Prescott.
3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
August Au·gust" adjective [ Latin
augustus ; confer
augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: confer French
auguste . See
Augment .]
Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms
august ."
Pope. "
August in visage."
Dryden. "To shed that
august blood."
Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle.
Burke.
To mingle with a body so august .
Byron.
Syn. -- Grand; magnificent; majestic; solemn; awful; noble; stately; dignified; imposing.
August Au"gust noun [ Latin
Augustus . See note below, and
August ,
adjective ]
The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. » The old Roman name was
Sextilis , the
sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The name was changed to
August in honor of Augustus Cæsar, the first emperor of Rome, on account of his victories, and his entering on his first consulate in that month.
Augustan Au·gus"tan adjective [ Latin
Augustanus , from
Augustus . See
August ,
noun ]
1. Of or pertaining to Augustus Cæsar or to his times. 2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. Augustan age of any national literature, the period of its highest state of purity and refinement; -- so called because the reign of Augustus Cæsar was the golden age of Roman literature. Thus the reign of Louis XIV. (b. 1638) has been called the Augustan age of French literature, and that of Queen Anne (b. 1664) the Augustan age of English literature. --
Augustan confession (Eccl. Hist.) ,
or confession of Augsburg, drawn up at Augusta Vindelicorum , or Augsburg, by Luther and Melanchthon, in 1530, contains the principles of the Protestants, and their reasons for separating from the Roman Catholic church.
Augustine, Augustinian Au·gus"tine, Au`gus·tin"i·an noun (Eccl.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
Augustinian Au`gus·tin"i·an adjective Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. Augustinian canons ,
an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin , and black canons . --
Augustinian hermits or
Austin friars ,
an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. --
Augustinian nuns ,
an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. --
Augustinian rule ,
a rule for religious communities based upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the Augustinian orders.
Augustinian Au`gus·tin"i·an noun One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.
Augustinianism, Augustinism Au`gus·tin"i·an·ism, Au·gus"tin·ism noun The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.
Augustly Au·gust"ly adverb In an august manner.
Augustness Au·gust"ness noun The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.
Auk Auk noun [ Prov. English
alk ; akin to Danish
alke , Icelandic & Swedish
alka .]
(Zoology) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidæ . The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (or Plautus) impennis . The razor-billed auk is A. torda . See Puffin , Guillemot , and Murre .
Aukward Auk"ward adjective See Awkward . [ Obsolete]
Aularian Au·la"ri·an adjective [ Latin
aula hall. Confer Late Latin
aularis of a court.]
Relating to a hall.
Aularian Au·la"ri·an noun At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers.
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