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{ ||At`a*rax"i*a (&?;), At"a*rax`y (&?;), } n. [NL. ataraxia, Gr. 'ataraxi`a; 'a priv. + tarakto`s disturbed, tara`ssein to disturb.] Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.

{ A*taunt" (&?;), A*taunt"o (&?;), } adv. [F. autant as much (as possible).] (Naut.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.

A*tav"ic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. atavique.] Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.

At"a*vism (&?;), n. [L. atavus an ancestor, fr. avus a grandfather.] (a) The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form. (b) (Biol.) The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.

Now and then there occur cases of what physiologists call atavism, or reversion to an ancestral type of character. J. Fiske

{ ||A*tax"i*a (&?;), At"ax*y (&?;), } n. [NL. ataxia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; out of order; 'a priv. + &?; ordered, arranged, &?; to put in order: cf. F. ataxie.] 1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

2. (Med.) (a) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions. (b) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.

Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.

A*tax"ic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. ataxique. See Ataxia.] (Med.) Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements.

Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Pinel.

At`a*zir" (&?;), n. [OF., fr. Ar. al- tasr influence.] (Astron.) The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ate (?; 277), the preterit of Eat.

A"te (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;.] (Greek. Myth.) The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

-ate (&?;). [From the L. suffix -atus, the past participle ending of verbs of the 1st conj.] 1. As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to - ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated.

2. As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to).

3. As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.

4. In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts.

A*tech"nic (&?;), a. [Pref. a- not + technic.] Without technical or artistic knowledge.

Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr.

||At"e*les (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; incomplete; 'a priv. + &?; completion.] (Zoöl.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

||A`te*lier" (&?;) n. [F.] A workshop; a studio.

A*tel"lan (&?;), a. [L. Atellanus, fr. Atella, an ancient town of the Osci, in Campania.] Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. -- n. A farcical drama performed at Atella.

A*thal"a*mous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + &?; nuptial bed.] (Bot.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

Ath"a*maunt (&?;), n. Adamant. [Obs.]

Written in the table of athamaunt. Chaucer.

Ath`a*na"sian (?; 277), a. Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.

Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a summary of what was called the orthodox faith.

Ath"a*nor (&?;), n. [F., fr. Ar. at- tannr, fr. Heb. tannr an oven or furnace.] A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Chambers.