Amarine
(Am"a*rine) n. [L. amarus bitter.] (Chem.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained
from oil of bitter almonds.
Amaritude
(A*mar"i*tude) n. [L. amaritudo, fr. amarus bitter: cf. OF. amaritude.] Bitterness. [R.]
Amaryllidaceous
(Am`a*ryl`li*da"ceous Am`a*ryl*lid"e*ous) a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling,
an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the petals. The narcissus
and daffodil are members of this family.
Amaryllis
(||Am`a*ryl"lis) n. [L. Amaryllis, Gr. the name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.]
1. A pastoral sweetheart.
To sport with Amaryllis in the shade.
Milton.
2. (bot.) (a) A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil,
agave, and others. (b) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.
Amass
(A*mass") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amassed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Amassing.] [F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L.
ad + massa lump, mass. See Mass.] To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to
accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
The life of Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with.
Pope.
Syn. — To accumulate; heap up; pile.
Amass
(A*mass"), n. [OF. amasse, fr. ambusher.] A mass; a heap. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Amassable
(A*mass"a*ble) a. Capable of being amassed.
Amasser
(A*mass"er) n. One who amasses.
Amassette
(||A`mas`sette") n. [F. See Amass.] An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors
on the stone in the process of grinding.
Amassment
(A*mass"ment) n. [Cf. OF. amassement.] An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity
or number brought together; an accumulation.
An amassment of imaginary conceptions.
Glanvill.
Amasthenic
(Am`as*then"ic) a. [Gr. together + force.] (Photog.) Uniting the chemical rays of light into
one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.
Amate
(A*mate") v. t. [OF. amater, amatir.] To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic]
The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true.
Milton.
Amate
(A*mate"), v. t. [Pref. a- + mate.] To be a mate to; to match. [Obs.] Spenser.
Amateur
(Am`a*teur") n. [F., fr. L. amator lover, fr. amare to love.] A person attached to a particular
pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or
attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
Amateurish
(Am`a*teur"ish), a. In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an
amateur. — Am`a*teur"ish*ly, adv. — Am`a*teur"ish*ness, n.
Amateurism
(Am"a*teur*ism) n. The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.
