Part 772

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum.</def> "<i>Audacious</i> cruelty." "<i>Audacious</i> prate."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Audaciously</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*da"cious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.</def>

<h1>Audaciousness</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*da"cious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.</def>

<h1>Audacity</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*dac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.</def>

<blockquote>The freedom and <b>audacity</b> necessary in the commerce of men. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.</def>

<blockquote>With the most arrogant <b>audacity</b>. <i>Joye.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Audibility</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au`di*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.</def>

<h1>Audible</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>audibilis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>audire</ets>, <ets>auditum</ets>, to hear: cf. Gr. <?/ ear, L. <ets>auris</ets>, and E. <ets>ear</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; <as>as, an <ex>audible</ex> voice or whisper</as>.</def>

<h1>Audible</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which may be heard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than <b>audibles</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Audibleness</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being audible.</def>

<h1>Audibly</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to be heard.</def>

<h1>Audience</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>audience</ets>, L. <ets>audientia</ets>, fr. <ets>audire</ets> to hear. See <wf>Audible</wf>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of hearing; attention to sounds.</def>

<blockquote>Thou, therefore, give due <b>audience</b>, and attend. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business.</def>

<blockquote>According to the fair play of the world, Let me have <b>audience</b>: I am sent to speak. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers.</def>