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Am"nes*ty, v. t. [imp. p. p. Amnestied (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Amnestying.] To grant amnesty to.

Am*nic"o*list (&?;), n. [L. amnicola, amnis a river + colere to dwell.] One who lives near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.

Am*nig"e*nous (&?;), a. [L. amnigena; amnis a river + root gen of gignere to beget.] Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.

Am"ni*on (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; the membrane round the fetus, dim. of &?; lamb.] (Anat.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Am"ni*os (&?;), n. Same as Amnion.

||Am`ni*o"ta (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Amnion.] (Zoöl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

Am`ni*ot"ic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. amniotique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.

Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] See Allantoin.

A*mœ"ba (&?;), n.; pl. L. Amœbæ (&?;); E. Amœbas (&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; change.] (Zoöl.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

||Am`œ*bæ"um (&?;), n. [L. amœbaeus, Gr. &?;, alternate; L. amoebaeum carmen, Gr. &?; &?;, a responsive song, fr. &?; change.] A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

||Am`œ*be"a (&?;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amœba and similar forms.

Am`œ*be"an (&?;), a. Alternately answering.

A*mœ"bi*an (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Amœbea.

{ A*mœ"bi*form (&?;), A*mœ"boid (&?;), } a. [Amœba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling an amœba; amœba-shaped; changing in shape like an amœba.

Amœboid movement, movement produced, as in the amœba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.

A*mœ"bous (&?;), a. Like an amœba in structure.

Am`o*li"tion (&?;), n. [L. amolitio, fr. amoliri to remove; a (ab) + moliri to put in motion.] Removal; a putting away. [Obs.] Bp. Ward (1673).

||A*mo"mum (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; an Indian spice plant.] (Bot.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.

A*mon"este (&?;), v. t. To admonish. [Obs.]

{ A*mong" (&?;), A*mongst" (&?;), } prep. [OE. amongist, amonges, amonge, among, AS. onmang, ongemang, gemang, in a crowd or mixture. For the ending -st see Amidst. See Mingle.] 1. Mixed or mingled; surrounded by.

They heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees. Milton.

2. 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.

3. 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.