Part 308

<h1>Alike</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*like"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>onl\'c6c</ets>, <ets>gel\'c6c</ets>; pref. <ets>\'be + like</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [Now used only predicatively.]</def>

<blockquote>The darkness and the light are both <b>alike</b> to thee. <i>Ps. cxxxix. 12.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Alike</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*like"</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gel\'c6ce</ets>, <ets>onl\'c6ce</ets>.]</ety> <def>In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; <as>as, we are all <ex>alike</ex> concerne<?/ in religion</as>.</def>

<h1>Alike-minded</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*like"-mind`ed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like-minded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Aliment</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"i*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>alimentum</ets>, fr. <ets>alere</ets> to nourish; akin to Goth. <ets>alan</ets> to grow, Icel. <ets>ala</ets> to nourish: cf. F. <ets>aliment</ets>. See <er>Old</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.</def>

<blockquote><b>Aliments</b> of thei<?/ sloth and weakness. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An allowance for maintenance.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Aliment</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"i*ment</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To nourish; to support.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To provide for the maintenance of.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Alimental</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`i*men"tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; <as>as, <ex>alimental</ex> sap</as>.</def>

<h1>Alimentally</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A`li*men"tal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Alimentariness</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`i*men"ta*ri*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Alimentary</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`i*men"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>alimentarius</ets>, fr. <ets>alimentum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>alimentaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; <as>as, <ex>alimentary</ex> substances</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Alimentary canal</col>, <cd>the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.</cd></cs>

<h1>Alimentation</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`i*men*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>alimentation</ets>, LL. <ets>alimentatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>State or mode of being nourished.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>