Part 370

<h1>Ambition</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*bi"tion</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ambitionner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Pausanias, <b>ambitioning</b> the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. <i>Trumbull.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ambitionist</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*bi"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One excessively ambitious.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ambitionless</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*bi"tion*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Devoid of ambition.</def>

<i>Pollok.</i>

<h1>Ambitious</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*bi"tious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ambitiosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ambitieux</ets>. See <er>Ambition</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.</def>

<blockquote>Yet Brutus says he was <b>ambitious</b>, And Brutus is an honorable man. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Strongly desirous; -- followed by <i>of</i> or the infinitive; <as>as, <ex>ambitious</ex> to be or to do something</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I was not <b>ambitious of</b> seeing this ceremony. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Studious of song, and yet <b>ambitious</b> not to sing in vain. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; <as>as, an <ex>ambitious</ex> style</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless race, From off wide, <b>ambitious</b> base. <i>Collins.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ambitiously</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*bi"tious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ambitious manner.</def>

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<h1>Ambitiousness</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am*bi"tious*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.</def>

<h1>Ambitus</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bi*tus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Ambit</er>, <er>Ambition</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A canvassing for votes.</def>

<h1>Amble</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ambled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ambling</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>ambler</ets> to amble, fr. L. <ets>ambulare</ets> to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. <ets>amb-</ets>, <ets>ambi-</ets>, and a root meaning <ets>to go</ets>: cf. Gr. <?/ to go, E. <ets>base</ets>. Cf. <er>Ambulate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.</def>

<blockquote>The skipping king, he <b>ambled</b> up and down. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>