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<syn>Syn. -- Loving; fond; tender; passionate; affectionate; devoted; ardent.</syn>

<h1>Amorously</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"o*rous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an amorous manner; fondly.</def>

<h1>Amorousness</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"o*rous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.</def>

<h1>Amorpha</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mor"pha</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Amorphas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ shapeless.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.</def>

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<h1>Amorphism</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mor"phism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Amorphous</er>.]</ety> <def>A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.</def> <note>There are stony substances which, when fused, may cool as glass or as stone; the glass state is spoken of as a state of <i>amorphism</i>.</note>

<h1>Amorphous</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mor"phous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ form.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.</def>

<i>Kirwan.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.</def>

<blockquote>Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and <b>amorphous</b> in style. <i>Hare.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>A*mor"phous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>A*mor"phous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Amorphozoa</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mor`pho*zo"a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ shapeless; <?/ priv. + <?/ form + <?/ animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.</def>

<h1>Amorphozoic</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mor`pho*zo"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.</def>

<h1>Amorphy</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mor"phy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>amorphie</ets>. See <er>Amorphous</er>.]</ety> <def>Shapelessness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Amort</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mort"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + F. <ets>mort</ets> death, dead; <ets>all amort</ets> is for <ets>alamort</ets>.]</ety> <def>As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<mhw><h1>Amortise, v., Amortisation, n., Amortisable, a., Amortisement</h1> <Xpage=49>