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2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.

3. In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.

The gate would have been shut against her. Fielding.

An argument against the use of steam. Tyndale.

4. By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.]

Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus. 2 Kings xvi. 11.

Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

A*gain"stand` (&?;), v. t. To withstand. [Obs.]

A*gain"ward (&?;), adv. Back again. [Obs.]

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{ ||Ag`a*lac"ti*a (g`*lk"t*), Ag"a*lax`y (g"*lk`s), } n. [Gr. 'agalakti`a; 'a priv. + ga`la, gala`ktos, milk.] (Med.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.

Ag`a*lac"tous (&?;), a. Lacking milk to suckle with.

||A`gal-a"gal (&?;), n. Same as Agar- agar.

{ Ag"al*loch (&?;), ||A*gal"lo*chum (&?;), } n. [Gr. &?;, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ahlm.] A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

Ag`al*mat"o*lite (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.

||Ag"a*ma (&?;), n.; pl. Agamas (&?;). [From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard.] (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

||Ag"a*mi (&?;), n.; pl. Agamis (&?;). [F. agex>, fr. the native name.] (Zoöl.) A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold- breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

A*gam"ic (&?;), a. [Agamous.] (a) (Biol.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs. (b) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.

A*gam"ic*al*ly (&?;), adv. In an agamic manner.

Ag"a*mist (&?;), n. [See Agamous.] An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. Foxe.

||Ag`a*mo*gen"e*sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; unmarried ('a priv. + &?; marriage) + &?; reproduction.] (Biol.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic (&?;), n. (Biol.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union. -- Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly (&?;), adv.

All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. Huxley.

Ag"a*mous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a`gamos unmarried; 'a priv. + ga`mos marriage.] (Biol.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot., cryptogamous.

A*gan`gli*o"nic (&?;), a. [Pref. a- not + ganglionic.] (Physiol.) Without ganglia.

A*gape" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + gape.] Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.

Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton.

||Ag"a*pe (&?;), n.; pl. Agapæ (#). [Gr. 'aga`ph love, pl. 'aga`pai.] The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.