Aril
(Ar"il ||A*ril"lus) n. [From LL. arilli dry grapes, perh. fr. L. aridus dry: cf. F,. arille.] (Bot.) A exterior
covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed
of the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.
Arillate
(Ar"il*late Ar"l*la`ted Ar"iled) a. [Cf. NL. arillatus, F. arillé.] Having an aril.
Ariman
(A"ri*man) n. See Ahriman.
Ariolation
(Ar`i*o*la"tion) n. [L. ariolatio, hariolatio, fr. hariolari to prophesy, fr. hariolus soothsayer.]
A soothsaying; a foretelling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ariose
(Ar"i*ose) a. [It. arioso, fr. aria.] Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.
Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs is
harmonic.
Foreign Quart. Rev.
Arioso
(||A`ri*o"so) adv. & a. [It.] (Mus.) In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.
Arise
(A*rise") v. i. [imp. Arose (-roz"); p. pr. & vb. n. Arising; p. p. Arisen (- riz"'n).]. [AS. arisan;
a (equiv. to Goth. us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + risan to rise; cf. Goth. urreisan to arise. See
Rise.]
1. To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed
or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the
sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.
2. To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin
to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king
shall arise.
There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph.
Ex. i. 8.
The doubts that in his heart arose.
Milton.
3. To proceed; to issue; to spring.
Whence haply mention may arise
Of something not unseasonable to ask.
Milton.
Arise
(A*rise"), n. Rising. [Obs.] Drayton.
Arist
(A*rist") 3d sing. pres. of Arise, for ariseth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Arista
(||A*ris"ta) n. [L.] (Bot.) An awn. Gray.
Aristarch
(Ar"is*tarch) n. [From Aristarchus, a Greek grammarian and critic, of Alexandria, about 200
b. c.] A severe critic. Knowles.
Aristarchian
(Ar`is*tar"chi*an) a. Severely critical.
Aristarchy
(Ar"is*tar`chy) n. Severely criticism.
Aristarchy
(Ar"is*tar`chy) n. Severe criticism. [Obs.] Sir J. Harrington.
Aristate
(A*ris"tate) a. [L. aristatus, fr. arista. See Arista.]
1. (Bot.) Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned. Gray.
