Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 92
Arrogancy (n.) 傲慢；自大；自負 [U] Arrogance. -- Shak.
Arrogance (n.) 傲慢；自大；自負 [U] Offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride.
Arrogancy (n.) The definition of arrogancy is the state of acting superior or self-important in an offensive manner.
// A student who constantly taunts others for being less intelligent than herself is an example of someone displaying arrogancy.
Arrogancy (n.) (pl. Arrogancies) (Now rare) Arrogance.
Arrogant (a.) 傲慢的；自大的；自負的 [（+towards）] Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons.
Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. -- Shak.
Arrogant (a.) Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.
Syn: Magisterial; lordly; proud; assuming; overbearing; presumptuous; haughty. See {Magisterial}.
Arrogant (a.) Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock" [syn: {arrogant}, {chesty}, {self-important}].
Arrogantly (adv.) 傲慢地；自大地 In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.
Arrogantly (adv.) In an arrogant manner; "in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid".
Arrogantness (n.) Arrogance. [R.]
Arrogated (imp. & p. p.) of Arrogate.
Arrogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arrogate.
Arrogate (v. t.) 擅取；冒稱，僭稱；妄指，沒來由地把……歸屬（於） To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.
He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. -- Macaulay.
Arrogate (v.) Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" [syn: {claim}, {lay claim}, {arrogate}] [ant: {forego}, {forfeit}, {forgo}, {give up}, {throw overboard}, {waive}].
Arrogate (v.) Make undue claims to having [syn: {arrogate}, {assign}].
Arrogate (v.) Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: {assume}, {usurp}, {seize}, {take over}, {arrogate}].
Arrogation (n.) 詐稱；霸佔；僭越 The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.
Arrogation (n.) (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.
Arrogation (n.) Seizure by the government [syn: {confiscation}, {arrogation}].
Arrogation (n.), Civil law. Signifies nearly the same as adoption; the only difference between them is this, that adoption was of a person under full age but as arrogation required the person arrogated, sui juris, no one could be arrogated till he was of full age. Dig. 1, 7, 5; Inst. 1, 11, 3 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 119.
Arrogative (a.) (Comparative more arrogative, superlative most arrogative) Making undue claims and pretensions; prone to arrogance. [R.] -- Dr. H. More.
Arrogative (a.) Characterized by arrogation; that arrogates (also with of).
Arrondissement (n.) 【法】郡（省以下最大的行政區）；大城市的區 A subdivision of a department. [France].
Note: The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
Arrose (v. t.) To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
Arrosion (n.) A gnawing.
Arrow (n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.
Arrow grass (n.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
Arrowhead (n.) The head of an arrow.
Arrowhead (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.
Arrowheaded (a.) Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.
Arrowroot (n.) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
Arrowworm (n.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.
Arrowy (a.) Consisting of arrows.
Arrowy (a.) Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.
Arroyos (n. pl. ) of Arroyo.
Arroyo (n.) A water course; a rivulet.
Arroyo (n.) The dry bed of a small stream.
Arschin (n.) See Arshine.
Arse (n.) The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
Arsenal (n.) [C] 軍械庫；兵工廠；儲藏的武器；（任何事物的）聚集，堆積 [（+of）] A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.
Arsenal (n.) All the weapons and equipment that a country has [syn: {arsenal}, {armory}, {armoury}].
Arsenal (n.) A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms [syn: {arsenal}, {armory}, {armoury}].
Arsenal (n.) A place where arms are manufactured [syn: {armory}, {armoury}, {arsenal}].
Arsenate (n.) A salt of arsenic acid.
Arseniate (n.) See Arsenate.
Arsenic (n.) One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356? Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.
Arsenic (n.) Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.
Arsenic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.
Arsenical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.
Arsenicated (imp. & p. p.) of Arsenicate.
Arsenicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arsenicate.
Arsenicate (v. t.) To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
Arsenicism (n.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
Arsenide (n.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.
Arseniferous (a.) Containing or producing arsenic.
Arsenious (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.
Arsenious (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.
Arsenite (n.) A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
Arseniuret (n.) See Arsenide.
Arseniureted (a.) Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen.
Arsenopyrite (n.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.
Arsesmart (n.) Smartweed; water pepper.
Arshine (n.) A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
Arsine (n.) A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
Arsis (n.) That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice.
Arsis (n.) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
Arsis (n.) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.
Arsmetrike (n.) Arithmetic.
Arson (n.) (Law) 縱火（罪），放火（罪） The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship. -- Wharton.
Arson (n.) Malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" [syn: {arson}, {incendiarism}, {fire-raising}].
Arson (n.) Criminal law. At common law an offence of the degree of felony; and is defined by Lord Coke to be the malicious and voluntary burning of the house of another, by night or day. 3 Inst. 66.
Arson (n.) In order to make this crime complete, there must be, 1st, a burning of the house, or some part of it; it is sufficient if any part be consumed, however small it may be. 9 C. & P. 45; 38 E. C. L. R. 29; 16 Mass. 105. 2d. The house burnt must; belong to another; but if a man set fire to his own house with a view to burn his neighbor's, and does so, it is at least a great misdemeanor, if not a felony. 1 Hale, P. C. 568; 2 East, P. C. 1027; 2 Russ. 487. 3d. The burning must have been both malicious and willful.
Arson (n.) The offence of arson at common law, does not extend further than the burning of the house of another. By statute this crime is greatly enlarged in some of the states, as in Pennsylvania, where it is extended to the burning of any barn or outhouse having bay or grain therein; any barrack, rick or stack of hay, grain, or bark; any public buildings, church or meeting-house, college, school or library. Act 23d April, 1829; 2 Russell on Crimes, 486; 1 Hawk. P. C. c. 39 4 Bl. Com. 220; 2 East, P. C. c. 21, s. 1, p. 1015; 16 John. R. 203; 16 Mass. 105. As to the extension of the offence by the laws of the United States, see Stat. 1825, c. 276, 3 Story's L. U. S. 1999.
Arsonist (n.) 縱火犯 A criminal who illegally sets fire to property.
Syn: incendiary, firebug.
Note: The definition of this crime is varied by statues in different countries and states. The English law of arson has been considerably modified in the United States; in some of the States it has been materially enlarged, while in others, various degrees of arson have been established, with corresponding punishment. -- Burrill.
Arsonist (n.) A criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn: arsonist, incendiary, firebug].
Art () The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.
Art (n.) The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.
Blest with each grace of nature and of art. -- Pope.
Art (n.) 藝術；美術 [U]；藝術品；美術品 [U]；人文科學；文科 [P] A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art is knowledge made efficient by skill. -- J. F. Genung.
Art (n.) The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. -- Addison.
Art (n.) The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
Art (n.) pl. Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. -- Pope.
Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. -- Goldsmith.
Art (n.) Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. [Archaic]
So vast is art, so narrow human wit. -- Pope.
Art (n.) Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
Art (n.) Skillful plan; device.
They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors. -- Macaulay.
Art (n.) Cunning; artifice; craft.
Madam, I swear I use no art at all. -- Shak.
Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors in strength. -- Crabb.
Art (n.) The black art; magic. [Obs.] -- Shak.
{Art and part} (Scots Law), Share or concern by aiding and abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime, whether by advice or by assistance in the execution; complicity.
Note: The arts are divided into various classes.
{The useful arts}, {The mechanical arts}, or {The industrial arts} Are those in which the hands and body are more concerned than the mind; as in making clothes and utensils. These are called trades.
{The fine arts} Are those which have primarily to do with imagination and taste, and are applied to the production of what is beautiful. They include poetry, music, painting, engraving, sculpture, and architecture; but the term is often confined to painting, sculpture, and architecture.
{The liberal arts} (Artes liberales, the higher arts, which, among the Romans, only freemen were permitted to pursue) Were, in the Middle Ages, these seven branches of learning, -- grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. In modern times the liberal arts include the sciences, philosophy, history, etc., which compose the course of academical or collegiate education. Hence, degrees in the arts; master and bachelor of arts.
In America, literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity. -- Irving.
Syn: Science; literature; aptitude; readiness; skill; dexterity; adroitness; contrivance; profession; business; trade; calling; cunning; artifice; duplicity. See {Science}.
Art (n.) The products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" [syn: {art}, {fine art}].
Art (n.) The creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" [syn: {art}, {artistic creation}, {artistic production}].
Art (n.) A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: {art}, {artistry}, {prowess}].
Art (n.) Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" [syn: {artwork}, {art}, {graphics}, {nontextual matter}].
ART (Acronyms) Adaptive Resonance Theory (NN).
ART (Acronyms) Advanced Resolution Technology (Minolta).
Art (n.) This word has no definition. Its origin is related as follows by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J.
One day a wag -- what would the wretch be at? -- Shifted a letter of the cipher RAT, And said it was a god's name! Straight arose Fantastic priests and postulants (with shows, And mysteries, and mummeries, and hymns, And disputations dire that lamed their limbs) To serve his temple and maintain the fires, Expound the law, manipulate the wires. Amazed, the populace that rites attend, Believe whate'er they cannot comprehend, And, inly edified to learn that two Half-hairs joined so and so (as Art can do) Have sweeter values and a grace more fit Than Nature's hairs that never have been split, Bring cates and wines for sacrificial feasts, And sell their garments to support the priests.
Art (n.) The power of doing. something not taught by nature or instinct. Johnson. Eunomus defines art to be a collection of certain rules for doing anything in a set form. Dial. 2, p. 74. The Dictionaire des Sciences Medicales, q.v., defines it in nearly the same terms.
Art (n.) The arts are divided into mechanical and liberal arts. The mechanical arts are those which require more bodily than mental labor; they are usually called trades, and those who pursue them are called artisans or mechanics. The liberal are those which have for the sole or principal object, works of the mind, and those who are engaged in them are called artists. Pard. Dr. Com. n. 35.
Art (n.) The act of Congress of July 4, 1836, s. 6, in describing the subjects of patents, uses the term art. The sense of this word in its usual acceptation is perhaps too comprehensive. The thing to be patented is not a mere elementary, principle, or intellectual discovery, but a principle put in practice, and applied to some art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter. 4 Mason, 1.
Art (n.) Copper-plate printing on the back of a bank note, is an art for which a patent may be granted. 4 Wash. C. C. R. 9.
Artemia (n.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.
Artemisia (n.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
Arteriac (a.) Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.
Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.
Arterialization (n.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and hematosis.
Arterialized (imp. & p. p.) of Arterialize.
Arterializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arterialize.
Arterialize (v. t.) To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
Arteriography (n.) A systematic description of the arteries.
Arteriole (n.) A small artery.
Arteriology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.
Arteriotomy (n.) The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.
Arteriotomy (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.
Arteritis (n.) Inflammation of an artery or arteries.
Arteries (n. pl. ) of Artery.
Artery (n.) The trachea or windpipe.
Artery (n.) 【解】動脈；（鐵路，公路等的）幹線，要道；主渠道 One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
Artery (n.) Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
Artesian (a.) 自流（水）的 Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.
Artesium (a.) Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.
Artesium (a.) Of water rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; “an artesian well (ph.) 自流井”; “artesian”> pressure”.
Artful (a.) Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
Artful (a.) Artificial; imitative.
Artful (a.) Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
Artful (a.) Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
Artfully (adv.) In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.
Artfulness (n.) The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
Arthen (a.) Same as.
Arthritic (a.) 關節炎的 Alt. of Arthritical.
Arthritical (a.) Pertaining to the joints. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Arthritical (a.) Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty. -- Cowper.
Arthritical (a.) Afflicted with arthritis.
Syn: creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid.
Arthritis (n.) (Med.) 【解】關節炎 Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as {rheumatoid arthritis (ph.) 風濕性關節炎}, also called {arthritis deformans (ph.) 變形性關節炎} and {arthritis nodosa}) are chronic and progressive, and lead to incapacitation and deformity.
Arthritis (n.) Inflammation of a joint or joints.
Arthroderm (n.) (Zool.) The external covering of an Arthropod.