Part 246

<hw>Ag`a*tif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Agate</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing or producing agates.</def>

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Agatine</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*tine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or like, agate.</def>

<h1>Agatize</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*tize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Usually p. p. <er>Agatized</er><tt>(#)</tt>.]</ety> <def>To convert into agate; to make resemble agate.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Agaty</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.</def>

<h1>Agave</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*ga"ve</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Agave</ets>, prop. name, fr. Gr. <?/, fem. of <?/ illustrious, noble.]</ety> <fld>(bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants (order <spn>Amaryllidace\'91</spn>) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant <spn>(A. Americana)</spn>, wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the <i>pulque</i> of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields <i>mescal</i>. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.</def>

<h1>Agazed</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gazed"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <ety>[Only in p. p.; another spelling for <ets>aghast</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gazing with astonishment; amazed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The whole army stood <b>agazed</b> on him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Age</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Age</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aage</ets>, <ets>eage</ets>, F. <ets>\'83ge</ets>, fr. L. <ets>aetas</ets> through a supposed LL. <ets>aetaticum</ets>. L. <ets>aetas</ets> is contracted fr. <ets>aevitas</ets>, fr. <ets>aevum</ets> lifetime, age; akin to E. <ets>aye</ets> ever. Cf. <er>Each</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.</def>

<blockquote>Mine <b>age</b> is as nothing before thee. <i>Ps. xxxix. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present <i>age</i> of a man, or of the earth?</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.</def>

<blockquote>Nor wrong mine <b>age</b> with this indignity. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One of the stages of life; <as>as, the <ex>age</ex> of infancy, of youth, etc.</as></def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; <as>as, to come of <ex>age</ex>; he (or she) is of <ex>age</ex>.</def> <i>Abbott</i>. <note>In the United States, both males and females are of <ex>age</ex> when twenty-one years old.</as></note>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; <as>as, the <ex>age</ex> of consent; the <ex>age</ex> of discretion.</as></def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; <as>as, the golden <ex>age</ex>, the <ex>age</ex> of Pericles</as>.</def> "The spirit of the <i>age</i>."

<i>Prescott.</i>

<blockquote>Truth, in some <b>age</b> or other, will find her witness. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>