Allenarly Al·len"ar·ly adverb [ All + anerly singly, from ane one.] Solely; only. [ Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Aller Al"ler adjective [ For ealra , the Anglo-Saxon gen. plural of eal all.] Same as Alder , of all. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Allerion Al·le"ri·on noun [ French alérion , Late Latin alario a sort of eagle; of uncertain origin.] (Her.) Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings. Burke.

Alleviate Al·le"vi·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Alleviated ; present participle & verbal noun Alleviating .] [ Late Latin alleviare , from Latin ad + levis light. See Alegge , Levity .] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [ Obsolete]

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 Al·le`vi·a"tion noun [ Late Latin alleviatio .] 1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.

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

Alleviative Al·le"vi·a·tive adjective Tending to alleviate. -- noun That which alleviates.

Alleviator Al·le"vi·a`tor noun One who, or that which, alleviates.

Alleviatory Al·le"vi·a·to·ry adjective Alleviative. Carlyle.

Alley Al"ley noun ; plural Alleys [ Middle English aley , alley , Old French alée , French allée , a going, passage, from Middle English aler , French aller , to go; of uncertain origin: confer Prov. anar , Italian andare , Spanish 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 Al"ley noun ; plural Alleys [ A contraction of alabaster , of which it was originally made.] A choice taw or marble. Dickens.

Alleyed Al"leyed adjective Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.

Alleyway Al"ley·way` noun An alley.

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

Allhallond All`hal"lond noun Allhallows. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Allhallow eve All`hal"low eve` (ēv`). The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween .

Allhallow, Allhallows All`hal"low, All`hal"lows noun 1. All the saints (in heaven). [ Obsolete]

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

Allhallowmas All`hal"low·mas noun The feast of All Saints.

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

Allhallowtide All`hal"low·tide` noun [ Anglo-Saxon tīd time.] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.

Allheal All"heal noun A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.

Alliable Al·li"a·ble adjective Able to enter into alliance.

Alliaceous Al`li·a"ceous adjective Of or pertaining to the genus Allium , or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

Alliance Al·li"ance noun [ Middle English aliaunce , Old French aliance , French alliance , from Old French alier , French allier . See Ally , and confer Late Latin alligantia .] 1. The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances ; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

2. Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel.
C. J. Smith.

The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics.
Mansel.

3. The persons or parties allied. Udall.

Syn. -- Connection; affinity; union; confederacy; confederation; league; coalition.

Alliance Al·li"ance transitive verb To connect by alliance; to ally. [ Obsolete]

Alliant Al·li"ant noun [ Confer French alliant , present participle] An ally; a confederate. [ Obsolete & R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Allice, Allis Al"lice, Al"lis noun (Zoology) The European shad ( Clupea vulgaris ); allice shad. See Alose .

Alliciency Al·li"cien·cy noun Attractive power; attractiveness. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Allicient Al·li"cient adjective [ Latin alliciens , present participle of allicere to allure; ad + lacere to entice.] That attracts; attracting. -- noun That attracts. [ Rare or Obsolete]

Allied Al·lied" adjective United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally .

Alligate Al·li·gate transitive verb [ Latin alligatus , past participle of alligare . See Ally .] To tie; to unite by some tie.

Instincts alligated to their nature.
Sir M. Hale.

Alligation Al`li·ga"tion noun [ Latin alligatio .] 1. The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached. [ R.]

2. (Arith.) A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.

» The rule is named from the method of connecting together the terms by certain ligature-like signs. Alligation is of two kinds, medial and alternate ; medial teaching the method of finding the price or quality of a mixture of several simple ingredients whose prices and qualities are known; alternate , teaching the amount of each of several simple ingredients whose prices or qualities are known, which will be required to make a mixture of given price or quality.

Alligator Al"li·ga`tor noun [ Spanish el lagarto the lizard ( el lagarto de Indias , the cayman or American crocodile), from Latin lacertus , lacerta , lizard. See Lizard .] 1. (Zoology) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.

2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator ; as, (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle ball ; (b) (Mining) a rock breaker ; (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also alligator press .

Alligator apple (Botany) , the fruit of the Anona palustris , a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its properties. Loudon. -- Alligator fish (Zoology) , a marine fish of northwestern America ( Podothecus acipenserinus ). -- Alligator gar (Zoology) , one of the gar pikes ( Lepidosteus spatula ) found in the southern rivers of the United States. The name is also applied to other species of gar pikes. -- Alligator pear (Botany) , a corruption of Avocado pear . See Avocado . -- Alligator snapper , Alligator tortoise , Alligator turtle (Zoology) , a very large and voracious turtle ( Macrochelys lacertina ) inhabiting the rivers of the southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of Trionyx . -- Alligator wood , the timber of a tree of the West Indies ( Guarea Swartzii ).

Alligator wrench Al"li·ga`tor wrench (Mech.) A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one side.

Allignment Al·lign"ment noun See Alignment .

Allineate Al·lin"e·ate transitive verb [ Latin ad + lineatus , past participle of lineare to draw a line.] To align. [ R.] Herschel.

Allineation, Alineation Al·lin`e·a"tion, A·lin`e·a"tion noun Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell.

The allineation of the two planets.
C. A. Young.

Allision Al·li"sion noun [ Latin allisio , from allidere , to strike or dash against; ad + laedere to dash against.] The act of dashing against, or striking upon.

The boisterous allision of the sea.
Woodward.

Alliteral Al·lit"er·al adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.

Alliterate Al·lit"er·ate transitive verb To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.

Alliterate Al·lit"er·ate intransitive verb To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.

Alliteration Al·lit`er·a"tion noun [ Latin ad + litera letter. See Letter .] The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -

Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved
His vastness.
Milton.

Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields.
Tennyson.

» The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words is also called alliteration . Anglo-Saxon poetry is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort. Later poets also employed it.

In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne,
I sh ope me in sh roudes as I a sh epe were.
P. Plowman.

Alliterative Al·lit"er·a·tive adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly , adverb -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness , noun

Alliterator Al·lit"er·a`tor noun One who alliterates.

Allium Al"li·um noun [ Latin , garlic.] (bot.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

Allmouth All"mouth` noun (Zoology) The angler.

Allness All"ness noun Totality; completeness. [ R.]

The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity.
R. Turnbull.

Allnight All"night` noun Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Allocate Al"lo·cate transitive verb [ Late Latin allocatus , past participle of allocare , from Latin ad + locare to place. See Allow .] 1. To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke.

2. To localize. [ R.]

Allocation Al`lo·ca"tion noun [ Late Latin allocatio : confer French allocation .] 1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam.

2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.

The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants.
A. R. Stanley.

3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.

Allocatur Al`lo·ca"tur noun [ Late Latin , it is allowed, from allocare to allow.] (Law) "Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

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