Part 223

Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. Hare.

-- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.

||A*mor`pho*zo"a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; shapeless; 'a priv. + &?; form + &?; animal.] (Zoöl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

A*mor`pho*zo"ic (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.

A*mor"phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. amorphie. See Amorphous.] Shapelessness. [Obs.] Swift.

A*mort" (&?;), a. [Pref. a- + F. mort death, dead; all amort is for alamort.] As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed. Shak.

A*mor"tise (&?;), v., A*mor`ti*sa"tion (&?;), n., A*mor"tis*a*ble (&?;), a., A*mor"tise*ment (&?;), n. Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

A*mor"tiz*a*ble (&?;), a. [Cf. F. amortissable.] Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

A*mor`ti*za"tion (&?;), n. [LL. amortisatio, admortizatio. See Amortize, and cf. Admortization.] 1. (Law) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.

2. The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds.

A*mor"tize (&?;), v. t. [OE. amortisen, LL. amortisare, admortizare, F. amortir to sell in mortmain, to extinguish; L. ad + mors death. See Mortmain]. 1. To make as if dead; to destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Law) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.

3. To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.

A*mor"tize*ment (&?;), n. [F. amortissement.] Same as Amortization.

A*mor"we (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- on + OE. morwe. See Morrow.] 1. In the morning. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. On the following morning. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A*mo"tion (&?;), n. [L. amotio. See Amove.] 1. Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.

2. Deprivation of possession.

||A*mo"tus (&?;), a. [L., withdrawn (from it&?;place).] (Zoöl.) Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.

A*mount" (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Amounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Amounting.] [OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See Mount, n.] 1. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]

So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser.

2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.

3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.

A*mount", v. t. To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]

A*mount", n. 1. 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.

2. 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.

A*mour" (&?;), n. [F., fr. L. amor love.] 1. Love; affection. [Obs.]