Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 54
Amnesty (n.) 大赦；特赦 [C] [U] Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
Amnesty (n.) An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Compare: Insurrection
Insurrection (n.) 起義；暴動；造反；叛亂 [C] [U] A violent uprising against an authority or government.
‘The insurrection was savagely put down.’
[Mass noun]‘Opposition to the new regime led to armed insurrection.’
Amnestied (imp. p. p.) of Amnesty.
Amnestying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amnesty.
Amnesty (v. t.) 對……實行大赦；赦免 To grant amnesty to.
Amnesty (n.) 大赦；特赦 [C] [U] A period during which offenders are exempt from punishment.
Amnesty (n.) A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense [syn: {pardon}, {amnesty}].
Amnesty (n.) The formal act of liberating someone [syn: {amnesty}, {pardon}, {free pardon}].
Amnesty (v.) 對……實行大赦；赦免 Grant a pardon to (a group of people).
Amnesty, () government. An act of oblivion of past offences, granted by the government to those who have been guilty of any neglect or crime, usually upon condition that they return to their duty within a certain period.
Amnesty, () An amnesty is either express or implied; it is express, when so declared in direct terms; and it is implied, when a treaty of peace is made between contending parties. Vide Vattel, liv. 4, c. 2, Sec. 20, 21, 22; Encycl. Amer. h.t.
Amnesty, () Amnesty and pardon, are very different. The former is an act of the sovereign power, the object of which is to efface and to cause to be forgotten, a crime or misdemeanor; the latter, is an act of the same authority, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for the crime he has committed. 7 Pet. 160.
Amnesty is the abolition and forgetfulness of the offence; pardon is forgiveness. A pardon is given to one who is certainly guilty, or has been convicted; amnesty, to those who may have been so.
Amnesty, () Their effects are also different. That of pardon, is the remission of the whole or a part of the punishment awarded by the law; the conviction remaining unaffected when only a partial pardon is granted: an amnesty on the contrary, has the effect of destroying the criminal act, so that it is as if it had not been committed, as far as the public interests are concerned.
Amnesty, () Their application also differs. Pardon is always given to individuals, and properly only after judgment or conviction: amnesty may be granted either before judgment or afterwards, and it is in general given to whole classes of criminals or supposed criminals, for the purpose of restoring tranquillity in the state. But sometimes amnesties are limited, and certain classes are excluded from their operation.
Amnesty (n.) The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
Amnicolist (n.) One who lives near a river; A riverside dweller. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Amnicolist (n. pl. Amnicolists) (Formal, rare) One who lives near a river. [Obs.] -- Bailry.
Amnigenous (a.) Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Amnion (n.) (Anat.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Amnion (n.) Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) [syn: amnion, amniotic sac, amnios].
Amnios (n.) Same as Amnion.
Amnios (n.) Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) [syn: amnion, amniotic sac, amnios].
Amniota (n. pl.) (Zool.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.
Amniota (n.) Higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development.
Amniotic (a.) (Anat.) 羊膜的 Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.
Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] See Allantoin. Amoeba
Compare: Amnion
Amnion (n.) (Amnions, amnia)【解】羊膜 The innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile.
Amniotic (a.) Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion; "amniotic membrane" [syn: amniotic, amnionic, amnic].
Amoebae (n. pl. ) of Amoeba.
Amoebas (n. pl. ) of Amoeba.
Amoeba (n.) (Zool.) 【動】阿米巴；變形蟲；內變形蟲 A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda.
Amoeba (n.) Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion [syn: ameba, amoeba].
Amoeba, () A distributed operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Amoeba is only available under licence from the VUA, but is free of charge and includes all source, binaries and documentation.
Amoeba, () A derogatory term for Commodore's Amiga personal computer. [{Jargon File] (1997-05-07)
Amoebaeum (n.) A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
Amoebea (n. pl.) (Zool.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.
Amoebean (a.) 【詩】應答體的 Alternately answering.
Amoebian (n.) (Zool.) One of the Amoebea. Amoebiform
Amoebiform (a.) Alt. of Amoeboid
Amoeboid (a.) (Biol.) 【動】似變形蟲的；變形蟲的；經常變形的 Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.
Am[oe]boid movement, Movement produced, as in the am[oe]ba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.
Amoeboid (a.) Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape) [syn: ameboid, amoeboid].
Amoebous (a.) Like an amoeba in structure.
Amoebous (a.) Pertaining to or resembling amoebae; "amoebic dysentery" [syn: amoebic, amebic, amoeban, ameban, amoebous, amebous].
Amok (adv.) 殺人狂地；狂亂地 Wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit" [syn: amok, amuck].
Amok (adv.) In a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones" [syn: amok, amuck, murderously].
Amok (a.) 狂亂的 Frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)].
Amolition (n.) Removal; a putting away. [Obs.] -- Bp. Ward (1673).
Amomum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.
Amoneste (v. t.) To admonish. [Obs.]
Among (prep.) 在…中間 Alt. of Amongst
Amongst (prep.) 在…當中，在…之間，在…之中 Mixed or mingled; surrounded by.
They heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees. -- Milton.
Amongst (prep.) Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of.
Blessed art thou among women. -- Luke i. 28.
Amongst (prep.) Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.
What news among the merchants? -- Shak.
Human sacrifices were practiced among them. -- Hume.
Divide that gold amongst you. -- Marlowe.
Whether they quarreled among themselves, or with their neighbors. -- Addison.
Syn: Amidst; between. See Amidst, Between.
Amontillado (n.) [Sp.] A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. -- Simmonds.
Amontillado (n.) Pale medium-dry sherry from Spain
Amoret (n.) An amorous girl or woman; a wanton. [Obs.] -- J. Warton.
Amoret (n.) A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks. [Obs.]
Amoret (n.) A petty love affair or amour. [Obs.]
Amoret, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 211
Housing Units (2000): 95
Land area (2000): 0.215259 sq. miles (0.557518 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.215259 sq. miles (0.557518 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01072
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.254393 N, 94.587371 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64722
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Amoret, MO
Amoret
Amorette (n.) An amoret. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Amorist (n.) 好色之徒；愛情小說作者 A lover; a gallant. [R.] -- Milton.
It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. -- Southey.
Amorist (n.) One dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love.
A-mornings (adv.) In the morning; every morning. [Obs.]
And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. -- J. Fletcher.
Amorosa (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan. -- Sir T. Herbert.
Amorosity (n.) The quality of being amorous; lovingness. [R.] -- Galt.
Amoroso (n.) A lover; a man enamored.
Amoroso (adv.) [It.] (Mus.) In a soft, tender, amatory style.
Amorous (a.) 色情的；戀愛的；傳情的；多情的；熱情的 Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.
Amorous (a.) Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.
Thy roses amorous of the moon. -- Keats.
High nature amorous of the good. -- Tennyson.
Sure my brother is amorous on Hero. -- Shak.
Amorous (a.) Of or relating to, or produced by, love. "Amorous delight." -- Milton. "Amorous airs." -- Waller.
Syn: Loving; fond; tender; passionate; affectionate; devoted; ardent.
Amorous (a.) Inclined toward or displaying love; "feeling amorous" [syn: amative, amorous].
Amorous (a.) Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: amatory, amorous, romantic].
Amorously (adv.) In an amorous manner; fondly.
Amorously (adv.) 好色地；傳情地 In an amorous manner; "he looked at her amorously".
Amorousness (n.) The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.
Amorousness (n.) A feeling of love or fondness [syn: amorousness, enamoredness].
Amorousness (n.) The arousal of feelings of sexual desire [syn: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness, amativeness].
Amorphas (n. pl. ) of Amorpha.
Amorpha (n.) (Bot.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. -- Longfellow.
Amorpha (n.) Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
Amorphism (n.) A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.
Note: There are stony substances which, when fused, may cool as glass or as stone; the glass state is spoken of as a state of amorphism.
Amorphous (a.) 無定形的；非結晶形的 Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless. -- Kirwan.
Amorphous (a.) Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.
Amorphous (a.) Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.
Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. -- Hare. *mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.
Amorphous (a.) Having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm" [syn: {amorphous}, {formless}, {shapeless}].
Amorphous (a.) Lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies [syn: {amorphous}, {unstructured}].
Amorphous (a.) Without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure" [syn: {amorphous}, {uncrystallized}, {uncrystallised}].
Amorphozoa (n. pl.) (Zool.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.
Amorphozoic (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.
Amorphy (n.) Shapelessness. [Obs.] -- Swift.
Amort (a.) 死氣沉沉的 As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed. -- Shak.
Amortisable
Amortisation
Amortise (v.) Amortisation (n.), Amortisable (a.), Amortisement (n.) Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.
Amort (a.) Utterly cast down.
Amortise (v. t.) Alt. of Amortisement.
Amortise (v.) Liquidate gradually [syn: amortize, amortise].
Amortise, () contracts. To alien lands in mortmain.
Amortisation (n.) Alt. of Amortisement.
Amortisation (n.) The reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years [syn: amortization, amortisation].
Amortisation (n.) Payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers [syn: amortization, amortisation].
Amortisable (a.) Alt. of Amortisement.
Amortisement (n.) Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.
Amortizable (a.) Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.
Amortization (n.) (Law) 分期償還；用以分期償還的款項；【會計】攤銷，攤還 The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
Amortization (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. --Simmonds.
Amortize (v. t.) 分期償還（債務等）；【律】把……轉讓（給教會永久營業）To make as if dead; to destroy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Amortize (v. t.) (Law) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See {Mortmain}.
Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.
Amortize (v.) Liquidate gradually [syn: {amortize}, {amortise}].
Amortizement (n.) Same as Amortization.
Amortization (n.) 分期償還；用以分期償還的款項；【會計】攤銷，攤還 (Law) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
Amortization (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. -- Simmonds.
Amortization (n.) The reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years [syn: amortization, amortisation].
Amortization (n.) Payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers [syn: amortization, amortisation].
Amorwe (adv.) In the morning. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Amorwe (adv.) On the following morning. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Amotion (n.) Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.
Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.
Amotion, () In corporations and companies, is the act of removing an officer from his office; it differs from disfranchisement, which is applicable to members, as such. Wille. on Corp. n. 708. The power of amotion is incident to a corporation. 2 Str. 819; 1 Burr. 639.
Amotion, () In Rex v. Richardson, Lord Mansfield specified three sorts of offences for which an officer might be discharged; first, such as have no immediate relation to the office, but are in themselves of so infamous a nature, as to render the offender unfit to execute any public franchise; secondly, such as are only against his oath, and the duty of his office as a corporator, and amount to breaches of the tacit condition annexed to his office; thirdly, the third offence is of a mixed nature; as being an offence not only against the duty of his officer but also a matter indictable at common law. 2 Binn. R. 448. And Lord Mansfield considered the law as settled, that though a corporation has express power of amotion, yet for the first sort of offences there must be a previous indictment and conviction; and that there was no authority since Bagg's Case, 11 Rep. 99, which says; that the power of trial as well as of amotion, for the second offense, is not incident to every corporation. He also observed: "We think that from the reason of the thing, from the nature of the corporation, and for the sake of order and good government, this power is incident as much as the power of making bylaws." Doug. 149.
See generally, Wilcock on Mun. Corp. 268; 6 Conn. Rep. 632; 6 Mass. R. 462; Ang. & Am. on Corpor. 236.
Amotion, () tort. An amotion of possession from an estate, is an ouster which happens by a species of disseisin or turning out of the legal proprietor before his estate is determined. 3 Bl. Com. 198, 199. Amotion is also applied to personal chattels when they are taken unlawfully out of the possession of the owner, or of one who has a special property in them.
Amotus (a.) (Zool.) Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.
Amounted (imp. & p. p.) of Amount.
Amounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amount.
Amount (v. i.) 上升 To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]
So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. -- Spenser.
Amount (v. i.) 合計，共計；相當於 To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
Amount (v. i.) To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
Amount (v. t.) To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]
Amount (n.) [C] 總數；總額；數量 The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
Amount (n.) The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
The whole amount of that enormous fame. -- Pope.
Amount (n.) A quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money].
Amount (n.) The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people".
Amount (n.) How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount].
Amount (n.) A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers [syn: sum, amount, total].
Amount (v.) Be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion".
Amount (v.) Add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount].
Amount (v.) Develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: come, add up, amount].
Amour (n.) 男女間的）私通，偷情；戀人（尤指情婦）；性愛 Love; affection. [Obs.]
Amour (n.) Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.
In amours with, in love with. [Obs.]
Amour (n.) A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour].
Amour propre () [F.] Self-love; self-esteem.
Amour proper (n.) Feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity].
Amovability (n.) Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. [R.] -- T. Jefferson.
Amovable (a.) 可移動的；可去掉的；可解職的 Removable.
Amove (v. t.) 【法律】開除；把…免職；辭退；把…強行遣送 To remove, as a person or thing, from a position. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Amove (v. t.) (Law) To dismiss from an office or station.
Amove (v. t. & i.) To move or be moved; to excite. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Ampelite (n.) (Min.) 黃鐵炭質頁岩；硫鐵黑土 An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.
Ampere (n.) 【電】安（培） Alt. of Ampere
Ampere (n.) (Elec.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere.
Ampere (n.) A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) [syn: ampere, international ampere].
Ampere (n.) The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" [syn: ampere, amp, A].
Ampere (Amp, A) The unit of electrical current flow. One Amp is the current that will flow through a one-{ohm resistance when one Volt DC is applied across it. (2004-01-18)
Amperemeter (n.) 安培計；電流計 Alt. of Amperometer
Amperometer (n.) (Physics) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.
Ampersand (n.) &（表示and的符號） A word used to describe the character &. -- Halliwell.
Ampersand (n.) A punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and).
Ampersand & amper "&" ASCII character 38.
Common names: ITU-T, INTERCAL: ampersand; amper; and. Rare: address (from C); reference (from C++); bitand;
background (from sh); pretzel; amp.
A common symbol for "and", used as the "address of" operator in C, the "reference" operator in C++ and a bitwise and or logical and operator in several programming languages.
Visual BASIC uses it as the string concatenation operator and to prefix octal and hexadecimal numbers.
UNIX shells use the character to indicate that a task should be run in the background (single "&" suffix) or (following C's lazy and), in a compound command of the form "a && b" to indicate that the command b should only be run if command a terminates successfully.
The ampersand is a ligature (combination) of the cursive letters "e" and "t", invented in 63 BC by Marcus Tirus [Tiro?] as shorthand for the Latin word for "and", "et".
The word ampersand is a conflation (combination) of "and, per se and". Per se means "by itself", and so the phrase translates to "&, standing by itself, means 'and'". This was at the end of the alphabet as it was recited by children in old English schools. The words ran together and were associated with "&". The "ampersand" spelling dates from 1837. Take our word for it (2012-07-18)
Amphi- () A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.
Amphiarthrodial (a.) 軟骨性關節的；微動關節的 Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
Amphiarthrosis (n.) (Anat.) 雙關節，少動關節；微動關節 A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.
Amphiaster (n.) 双星體，双星型; 兩星體 (Biol.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.
Amphibia (n. pl.) (Zool.) 【動】兩棲綱 One of the classes of vertebrates.
Note: The Amphibia are distinguished by having usually no scales, by having eggs and embryos similar to those of fishes, and by undergoing a complete metamorphosis, the young having gills. There are three living orders: (1) The tailless, as the frogs ({Anura); (2) The tailed ({Urodela), as the salamanders, and the siren group ({Sirenoidea), which retain the gills of the young state (hence called Perennibranchiata) through the adult state, among which are the siren, proteus, etc.; (3) The C[oe]cilians, or serpentlike Amphibia ({Ophiomorpha or Gymnophiona), with minute scales and without limbs. The extinct Labyrinthodonts also belonged to this class. The term is sometimes loosely applied to both reptiles and amphibians collectively.
Amphibium (n.; pl.) L. Amphibia; E.
Amphibiums. An amphibian.
Amphibia (n.) The class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians [syn: amphibia, class Amphibia].
Amphibial (a. & n.) Amphibian. [R.]
Amphibian (a.) (Zool.) 兩棲（類）的；水陸兩用的；具有雙重性格的 Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
Amphibian (n.) (Zool.) 兩棲動物；水旱兩生植物；水陸兩用飛機；水陸兩用車；具有雙重性格的人 One of the Amphibia.
Amphibian (a.) Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia [syn: {amphibious}, {amphibian}].
Amphibian (n.) A flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water [syn: {amphibian}, {amphibious vehicle}].
Amphibian (n.) An airplane designed to take off and land on water [syn: {amphibian}, {amphibious aircraft}].
Amphibian (n.) Cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form.