<h1>Areopagus</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>Ar`e*op"a*gus</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, and <?/ <?/, hill of Ares (Mars' Hill).]</ety> <def>The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal</def>
<h1>Areostyle</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>A*re"o*style</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Intercolumniation</er>, and <er>Ar\'91ostyle</er>.</def>
<h1>Areosystyle</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>A*re`o*sys"tyle</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Intercolumniation</er>, and <er>Ar\'91osystyle</er>.</def>
<h1>Arere</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>A*rere"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>See <er>Arear</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Ellis.</i>
<h1>Arest</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>A*rest"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A support for the spear when couched for the attack.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Aret</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>A*ret"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>aretten</ets>, OF. <ets>areter</ets>; <ets>a</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + OF. <ets>reter</ets>, L. <ets>reputare</ets>. See <er>Repute</er>.]</ety> <def>To reckon; to ascribe; to impute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Aretaics</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>Ar`e*ta"ics</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ virtue.]</ety> <def>The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with <i>eudemonics</i>.</def>
<i>J. Grote.</i>
<h1>Aretology</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>Ar`e*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ virtue + <?/ discourse, <?/ to speak: cf. F. <ets>ar\'82tologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.</def>
<h1>Arew</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>A*rew"</hw>. <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Arow</er>, <er>Row</er>.]</ety> <def>In a row.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "All her teeth <i>arew</i>."
<i>Spenser.</i>
<h1>Argal</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>Ar"gal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Crude tartar. See <er>Argol</er>.</def>
<h1>Argal</h1> <Xpage=80>
<hw>Ar"gal</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word <i>ergo</i>, therefore.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
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