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Show AL gmbitio wholl A and revenge by all defperate methadss | 2. Tt 1s ufed alf conftience, o law truth alierate {ra mercy religion Swift's Mifcellanies honour Avisna'rion. n /. [alienatio, Lat. 1. The a& of transferring property 2. The ftate of being alienated; as, th ftate was wafted during its alienation -3. Change of affettion an what was th the alienation of hi heart from the king Bacon 4. Applied tothe mind, it means diforde of the faculties Some tuings are done by man, though no through outward force and impulfion, though no againft, yet without their wills ; as in alienation o mind, or any like inevitable utter abfence of wi and judgment Hooker Ar1rErOUS. 2dj. [from ala and fero, Liat. Having wings Disg Avr'cerous. adj. [aliger, Lat.] Havin wings; winged Dié 9o AL1'GGE. w. a. [from a, and /g, t lie down.] To lay; to allay; to thro down to fubdue an ol wor thrown o falling; to fall upon But ftorms of ftones from the proud temple' Pour down created new and great dependencies S«vift on Athens and Rome ground of his defection thin of an heigh This ordinance was for the maintenance of thei lands in their pofterity, and for excluding all innovation or alienation thereof unto ftrangers Speifer's State of Ireland God put it into the heart of oneof our princes "to give acheck to facrilege. Her fucceflour pafle a law, which prevented all future alienatitns of th Ateerbury church revenues Great changes and alienations of property, hav It is left but in dark memory AL eve in the time of Spenfer, now wholly for gotten and on our batter'd helms a/ight Dryden AL1'kE. adv. [from a and Jike] Wit refemblance; without difference; in th fame manner; in the fame form. I fome expreflions it has the appearanc of an adjective, but is always an adverb The darknefs hideth not from thee; but th night fhineth as the day: the darknefs and th Plalm cxxxix. 12 light are both alike to thee With thee converfing, I forget all time All feafons, and their change, all pleafe alike Paradife Loft Riches cannot refcue from the grave Which claims alike the monarch and the flave Dryden Let us unite at leaft in an equal zeal for thof capital do&rines, whic we all equally embrace and are alike concerned to maintain Arterbury "Two handmaids wait the throne; alike in place Pope But diff'ring far in figure and in face A'LIMENT. #. /. [alimentum, Lat.] Nourithment; that which nourithes ; nutriment; food New parts are added to our {ubftance; and, a we die, we are born daily: nor can we give an account, how the g/iment is prepared for nutrition, o by what mechanifm it is diftributed Glanwille's Scepfis Scientifica All bodies which, by the animal faculties, ca be changed into the fluids and folids of our bodies are called aliments. In thelargeft fenfe, by aliment I underftand every thing which a human creatur takes in common diet; as, meat, drink; and feafoning, as, falt, fpice, vinegar Arbutbnot AvimE'NTAL. adj. [from aliment.] Tha which has the quality of aliment; tha Thomalin, why fitten we fo As weren overwent with woe Upon fo fair a morrow ‘The joyous time now nigheth faft That fhall aligge this bitter blaft which nourifhes; that which feeds The fun, that light imparts to all, receive From all his alimental recompente And flake the winter forrow Spenfer's Paftorals 7o Art'cuT. v. n [alihzan, Sax. af-lichten, Dutch. The wor 1. To come down, and ftop implies the idea of defcending 5 as, of Miltor's Parad. Lof} from higher regions In humid exhalations. Except they be watere thefe weeds muft lofe their alimental fap, and wither Brown Th' induftrioys, when the fun in Leo rides Forget not, at the foot of every plant To fink a circling trench, and daily pou A juft fupply of alimental frreams Philips Exhaufted fap recruiting bird from the wing; a traveller fro his horfe or carriage; and generally o Avime'NTALLY, adv, [from alimental. refting or ftopping So as to ferve for nourithment There ancient night arriving, did aligh -From her bigh weary waine Fairy Queen There is alighted at your gat A young Venetian Shakefp. Merch. of Penice Slacknefs breeds worms ; but the fure traveller Though he alights fometimes, ftiil goeth on Herbert When marching with his foot he walks till gight When with his horfe, he never will a/ighe Denbam When Dedalus to fly the Cretan fhore His heavy limbs on jointed pinions bore Dryden's Zneid When he was admonifhed by his fubject to de{cend, he came down gently, and circling in the air Like a lark, melodi and continuning her fong til fhe alights; fill preparing for a higher flight at he next fally Dryden When finifh'd was the fight The victors from their Jufty fteeds afight Like them difinounted all the warlike train Should a {pirit of fuperiour rank Dryden a firanger t human nature, alight upon the earth, what woul his notions of us be YVor, I Addilen, Spettato heat fubftantia an mutation that not only alimentally in but alf any corporeal converfion medicamentall i Brown's Vulg. Errours quality of nourifhing z. 'T'he ftate of being nourithed by affimu lation of matter received Plants do nourifh; inanimate bodies do not: the have an accretion, but no alimentatior Bacon's Natural Hiftory Arimo'N10Us. adj. [from alimony.] Tha which nourifhes: aword very little in ufe The plethora renders us lean, by fupprefiing ou fpirits, whereby they are Incapacitated of digeftin the alimonious humours into fleth Harvey on Confumptions A'LIMONY e [alima;zizz, Lai. mony fignifies that lega the hufband's eftate Ali proportion o which by the fen tence of the ecclefiaftical court, is al lowed to the wife for her maintenance upon the account of any feparation fro him, provided it be not caufed by he elopement or adultery. Ayliffe's Parerg Before they fettled hands and hearts Till alimony or deach them parts Hudibras A'L1QUANT. adj. [aliguantus, Lat.] Part of a number, which, however repeated will never make up the number exactl ; as, 3 is an aliquant of10, thrice 3 bein 9, four times 3 making 12 A'viquor, adj. [aliguot, Lat.] Aliquo parts of any number or quantity, fuc as will exaltly meafure it without an remainder: as, 3 is an aliquot part o 12 becaufe bein take fou times it will juft meafure it A'LisH. adj. [from ale.] Refembling ale havin qualities of ale Stirring it and beating down the yeaft, gives i the fweet a/ifb tafle DMortimer''s Hufbandr A'L1TURE. 2. f. [alitura, Lat.] NourifhDig ment ALIVE. adj. [from a and Jive. 1. In the ftate of life; not dead Nor well alive, nor wholly dead they were But fome faint figns of feeble life appear. Dryden Not youthful kings in battle {eiz'd a/iwe Not fcornful virgins who their charms {urvive Pope 2. In a figurative fenfe, unextinguifhed undeftroyed; altive ; in full force Thofe good and learned men had reafon to with that their proceedings might be fayoured, and th good affection of fugh as inclined toward them, kep alive Hocker 3. Cheerfyl ; fprlghtlf ;5 full of alacrity She was not fo much alive the whole day, i th flept more than fix hours Clariffa ALIME'NTARINESS, 7./. [from alimentary. The quality of being alimentary, or of 4. In a popular {enfe, it is ufed only t add an emphafis, like the French Dig affording nourifhment monde 3 as, the beff man aliwe; that is AviME'NTARY. adj. [from aliment, the beff, with an emphafis. This fenf 1. That which belongs or relates to ali Th And here alighting built this coftly frame ous in her mounting erfullef ment To the Cumean coaft atlength he came and finging to the ground The fubftance of gold is invincible by the pow ALIMENTA"TION. 7. /. [from alinent 1. The power of affording aliment; th folution of the aliment by maftication i neceffary ; without it, the aliment could not be qif pofed for the changes which it receives as it paffet through the alimentary du@ Arbuthrot on Aliments 2. That which has the quality of aliment or the power of nourithing I do not think that water fupplies animals, o even plants, with nourithment, but ferves for vehicle to the alimentary particles, to convey an diftribute them to the feveral parts of the body Of alimentary roots, fom nutritious; as, turpips an a fattening quality Ray on the Creation are pulpy and ver carrots ‘Thefe hav dibuthnet on Aliments has been long in ufe, and was once admitted into ferious writings, but is no merely ludicrous And to thofe brethren faid, rife, rife by-live And unto battle do yourfelves addrefs For yonder comes the proweit knight alive Prince Arthur, flower of grace and nobilefs Fairy Queep The earl of Northumberland, who was the prond eft man alive, could not look upon the deftruétio Clarendon of monarchy with any pleafure John was quick and underftood bufinefs, but n man z/ive was more care¥efs in looking into his ac counts Avbuthnct A'LkasEesT, 7./. 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