Part 618

<blockquote>Therefore more plain <b>aread</b> this doubtful case. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To read.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.</def>

<blockquote>But mark what I <b>aread</b> thee now. Avaunt! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To decree; to adjudge.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Ld. Lytton.</i>

<h1>Areal</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>A"re*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>arealis</ets>, fr. <ets>area</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an area; <as>as, <ex>areal</ex> interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves)</as>.</def>

<h1>Arear</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>A*rear"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'ber<?/ran</ets>. See <er>Rear</er>.]</ety> <def>To raise; to set up; to stir up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Arear</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>A*rear"</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Arrear</er>, <ets>adv</ets>.]</ety> <def>Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Areca</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>A*re"ca</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Canarese <ets>adiki</ets>: cf. Pg. & Sp. <ets>areca</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the <spn>Piper Betle</spn> and lime.</def>

<h1>Areek</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>A*reek"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>reek</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a reeking condition.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Arefaction</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar`e*fac"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arefacere</ets> to dry.]</ety> <def>The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>arefaction</b> of the earth. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arefy</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"e*fy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arere</ets> to be dry + <ets>-fly</ets>.]</ety> <def>To dry, or make dry.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Arena</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>A*re"na</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Arenas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>; L. <plw>Aren\'91</plw></plu> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>arena</ets>, <ets>harena</ets>, sand, a sandy place.] <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; <as>as, the <ex>arena</ex>of debate; the <ex>arena</ex> of life.</as></def>