- 2. Range, reach, sweep, compass, extent, scope, swing.
- 3. (Astron.) Angular distance (from the east or the west point), angular easting or westing.
Amputate, v. a. Sever, separate, cut off, prune, lop, curtail, clip, remove.
Amulet, n. Talisman, charm, phylactery, protection, safeguard.
Amuse, v. a.
- 1. Entertain, divert, please, charm, gladden, cheer, enliven, solace, beguile, relax, recreate.
- 2. Beguile, deceive (by inspiring false hopes), delude, cheat, inveigle, mislead, impose upon.
Amusement, n. Entertainment, diversion, divertissement, sport, play, fun, frolic, merriment, pleasure, merry-making, recreation, relaxation, pastime, game.
Amusing, a. Entertaining, diverting, pleasing, lively, laughable, risible, ludicrous, droll, comic, mirth- provoking, comical, funny, farcical, ridiculous.
An, art.
- 1. One, any, some.
- 2. Each, every.
Anachronism, n. Misdate.
Anacreontic, a. Amatory, amatorial, amatorian, amorous, erotic, convivial.
Anacreontic, Anacreontique, n. Erotic or amatory poem, madrigal, drinking-song, wine-song.
Anæmia, n. (Med.) Deficiency of blood, poverty of blood, bloodlessness.
Anæmic, a. Indicating anæmia, anæmied, deficient in blood, thin-blooded, bloodless.
Anæsthesia, Anæsthesis, n. (Med.) Insensibility (as that produced by the inhalation of sulphuric ether, chloroform, etc.), unconsciousness of pain, suspended sensibility, suspended consciousness.
Anæsthetic, a. Producing insensibility, destructive of pain.
Anæsthetic, n. Pain-suppressing agent, agent producing insensibility.
Analect, n. [pl. Analects or Analecta.] Selection, extract, selected piece, select piece. In pl., collection of literary fragments.
Analeptic, a. Restorative, strengthening, invigorating, comforting.
Analeptic, n. Restorative.
Analogical, a. Having analogy, resembling, by analogy, corresponding, similar.