Part 362

<hw>Am`a*ryl"lis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Amaryllis</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, the name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pastoral sweetheart.</def>

<blockquote>To sport with <b>Amaryllis</b> in the shade. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.</def>

<h1>Amass</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*mass"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Amassed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Amassing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>ambusher</ets>, LL. amassare; L. <ets>ad + massa</ets> lump, mass. See <er>Mass</er>.]</ety> <def>To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; <as>as, to <ex>amass</ex> a treasure or a fortune; to <ex>amass</ex> words or phrases.</as></def>

<blockquote>The life Homer has been written by <b>amassing</b> all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To accumulate; heap up; pile.</syn>

<h1>Amass</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*mass"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>amasse</ets>, fr. <ets>ambusher</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mass; a heap.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Amassable</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*mass"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being amassed.</def>

<h1>Amasser</h1> <Xpage=46>

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

<h1>Amassette</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A`mas`sette"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Amass</er>.]</ety> <def>An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.</def>

<h1>Amassment</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*mass"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>amassement</ets>.]</ety> <def>An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>amassment</b> of imaginary conceptions. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amasthenic</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`as*then"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ together + <?/ force.]</ety> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.</def>

<h1>Amate</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*mate"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>amater</ets>, <ets>amatir</ets>.]</ety> <def>To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>The Silures, to <b>amate</b> the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amate</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*mate"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>mate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To be a mate to; to match.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Amateur</h1> <Xpage=46>