Part 264

<blockquote>The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, <b>agreeably</b> to the maxim above laid down. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Alike; similarly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Both clad in shepherds' weeds <b>agreeably</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agreeingly</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gree"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an agreeing manner (<i>to</i>); correspondingly; agreeably.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Agreement</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gree"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>agr\'82ment</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; <as>as, a good <ex>agreement</ex> subsists among the members of the council</as>.</def>

<blockquote>What <b>agreement</b> hath the temple of God with idols ? <i>2 Cor. vi. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Expansion and duration have this further <b>agreement</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises.</def>

<i>Abbott. Brande & C.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.</syn>

<h1>Agreer</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gre"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who agrees.</def>

<h1>Agrestic</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gres"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>agrestis</ets>, fr. <ets>ager</ets> field.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth.</def> "<i>Agrestic</i> behavior."

<i>Gregory.</i>

<h1>Agrestical</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gres"tic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Agrestic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Agricolation</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gric`o*la"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>agricolatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Agriculture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Agricolist</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gric"o*list</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.</def>

<i>Dodsley.</i>

<h1>Agricultor</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>Ag"ri*cul`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>ager</ets> field + <ets>cultor</ets> cultivator.]</ety> <def>An agriculturist; a farmer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>