Chapter Amalgamation to Ambigenous of A by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.

His words impression left
Of much amazement.
Milton.

2. Frenzy; madness. [Obs.] Webster

Amazing
(A*maz"ing) a. Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace. — A*maz"ing*ly, adv.

Amazon
(Am"a*zon) n. [L., fr. Gr. .]

1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.

2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.

3. (Zoöl.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis

Amazon ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs of other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

Amazonian
(Am`a*zo"ni*an) a.

1. Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike. Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.

Amazonite
(Am"a*zon*ite Am"a*zon stone`) n. [Named from the river Amazon.] (Min.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.

Amb-
(Amb-, Am*bi-). [L. prefix ambi-, amb-, akin to Gr. Skr. abhi, AS. embe, emb, OHG. umbi, umpi, G. um, and also L. ambo both. Cf. Amphi-, Both, By.] A prefix meaning about, around; — used in words derived from the Latin.

Ambages
(||Am*ba"ges) n. pl. [L. (usually in pl.); pref. ambi-, amb- + agere to drive: cf. F. ambage.] A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is.
Burton.

Ambaginous
(Am*bag"i*nous) a. Ambagious. [R.]

Ambagious
(Am*ba"gious) a. [L. ambagiosus.] Circumlocutory; circuitous. [R.]

Ambagitory
(Am*bag"i*to*ry) a. Ambagious. [R.]

Ambassade
(Am"bas*sade Em"bas*sade) n. [F. ambassade. See Embassy.]

1. The mission of an ambassador. [Obs.] Carew.

2. An embassy. [Obs.] Strype.

Ambassador
(Am*bas"sa*dor Em*bas"sa*dor) n. [See Embassador.]

1. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.

Ambassadors are either ordinary [or resident] or extraordinary, that is, sent upon some special or unusual occasion or errand. Abbott.