Part 670

<hw>A*rus"pice</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aruspex</ets>: cf. F. <ets>aruspice</ets>. Cf. <er>Aruspex</er>, <er>Haruspice</er>.]</ety> <def>A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as <er>Aruspex</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>haruspice</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Aruspicy</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>A*rus"pi*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aruspicium</ets>, <ets>haruspicium</ets>.]</ety> <def>Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.</def>

<h1>Arval</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Ar"val</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>arwyl</ets> funeral; <ets>ar</ets> over + <ets>wylo</ets> to weep, or cf. <ets>arf\'94l</ets>; Icel. <ets>arfr</ets> inheritance + Sw. <ets>\'94l</ets> ale. Cf. <er>Bridal</er>.]</ety> <def>A funeral feast.</def> <mark>[North of Eng.]</mark>

<i>Grose.</i>

<h1>Arvicole</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Ar"vi*cole</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arvum</ets> field + <ets>colere</ets> to inhabit.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A mouse of the genus <spn>Arvicola</spn>; the meadow mouse. There are many species.</def>

<h1>Aryan</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Ar"yan</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>\'berya</ets> excellent, honorable; akin to the name of the country <ets>Iran</ets>, and perh. to <ets>Erin</ets>, <ets>Ireland</ets>, and the early name of this people, at least in Asia.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo <?/<?/<?/<?/ and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The language of the original Aryans.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Arian</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Aryan</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>Ar"yan</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; <as>as, the <ex>Aryan</ex> stock, the <ex>Aryan</ex> languages</as>.</def>

<h1>Aryanize</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>Ar"yan*ize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make Aryan (a language, or in language).</def>

<i>K. Johnston.</i>

<h1>Arytenoid</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>A*ryt"e*noid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ shaped like a ladle; <?/ a ladle + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.</def>

<h1>As</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & conj.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>as</ets>, <ets>als</ets>, <ets>alse</ets>, <ets>also</ets>, <ets>al swa</ets>, AS. <ets>eal sw\'be</ets>, lit. all so; hence, quite so, quite as: cf. G. <ets>als</ets> as, than, <ets>also</ets> so, then. See <er>Also</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; <as>as, ye shall be <ex>as</ex> gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap <ex>as</ex> you sow; do <ex>as</ex> you are bidden.</as></def>

<blockquote>His spiritual attendants adjured him, <b>as</b> he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>As</i> is often preceded by one of the antecedent or correlative words <i>such</i>, <i>same</i>, <i>so</i>, or <i>as</i>, in expressing an equality or comparison; as, give us <i>such</i> things <i>as</i> you please, and <i>so</i> long <i>as</i> you please, or <i>as</i> long <i>as</i> you please; he is not <i>so</i> brave <i>as</i> Cato; she is <i>as</i> amiable <i>as</i> she is handsome; come <i>as</i> quickly <i>as</i> possible. "Bees appear fortunately to prefer the <i>same</i> colors <i>as</i> we do." <i>Lubbock</i>. <i>As</i>, in a preceding part of a sentence, has <i>such</i> or <i>so</i> to answer correlatively to it; <i>as</i> with the people, <i>so</i> with the priest.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; <as>as, virtue considered <ex>as</ex> virtue; this actor will appear <ex>as</ex> Hamlet.</as></def>

<blockquote>The beggar is greater <b>as</b> a man, than is the man merely <b>as</b> a king. <i>Dewey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>While; during or at the same time that; when; <as>as, he trembled <ex>as</ex> he spoke</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>As</b> I return I will fetch off these justices. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Because; since; it being the case that.</def>