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<p><b>2.</b> <def>As the ending of a verb, it means <i>to make</i>, <i>to cause</i>, <i>to act</i>, etc.; <as>as, to propiti<ex>ate</ex> (to make propitious); to anim<ex>ate</ex> (to give life to).</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; <as>as, cur<ex>ate</ex>, deleg<ex>ate</ex></as>. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; <as>as, tribun<ex>ate</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end <i>-ic</i> (excepting binary or halogen acids); <as>as, sulph<ex>ate</ex> from sulphur<ex>ic</ex> acid, nitr<ex>ate</ex> from nitr<ex>ic</ex> acid, etc.</as> It is also used in the case of certain basic salts.</def>

<h1>Atechnic</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*tech"nic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>technic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Without technical or artistic knowledge.</def>

<blockquote>Difficult to convey to the <b>atechnic</b> reader. <i>Etching & Engr.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ateles</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>At"e*les</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ incomplete; <?/ priv. + <?/ completion.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See <er>Spider monkey</er>, and <er>Coaita</er>.</def>

<h1>Atelier</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A`te*lier"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A workshop; a studio.</def>

<h1>Atellan</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*tel"lan</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Atellanus</ets>, fr. <ets>Atella</ets>, an ancient town of the Osci, in Campania.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; <as>as, <ex>Atellan</ex> plays</as>; farcical; ribald.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A farcical drama performed at Atella.</def></def2>

<h1>Athalamous</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*thal"a*mous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ nuptial bed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.</def>

<h1>Athamaunt</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>Ath"a*maunt</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adamant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Written in the table of <b>athamaunt</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Athanasian</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>Ath`a*na"sian</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.</def>

<cs><col>Athanasian creed</col>, <cd>a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a summary of what was called the orthodox faith.</cd></cs>

<h1>Athanor</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>Ath"a*nor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. Ar. <ets>at-tann\'d4r</ets>, fr. Heb. <ets>tann\'d4r</ets> an oven or furnace.]</ety> <def>A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat.</def>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<h1>Athecata</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>Ath`e*ca"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ chest, box.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See <er>Tubularian</er>.</def>

<h1>Atheism</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A"the*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ath\'82isme</ets>. See <er>Atheist</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.</def>

<blockquote><b>Atheism</b> is a ferocious system, that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness. <i>R. Hall.</i></blockquote>