Part 801

<hw>Au*tot"y*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or process of making autotypes.</def>

<h1>Autumn</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Au"tumn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auctumnus</ets>, <ets>autumnus</ets>, perh. fr. a root <ets>av</ets> to satisfy one's self: cf. F. <ets>automne</ets>. See <er>Avarice</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.</def>

<note>&hand; In England, according to Johnson, <i>autumn</i> popularly comprises August, September, and October. In the southern hemisphere, the <i>autumn</i> corresponds to our spring.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The harvest or fruits of autumn.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.</def>

<blockquote>Dr. Preston was now entering into the <b>autumn</b> of the duke's favor. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Life's <b>autumn</b> past, I stand on winter's verge. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Autumnal</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Au*tum"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auctumnalis</ets>, <ets>autumnalis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>automnal</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; <as>as, an <ex>autumnal</ex> tint; produced or gathered in autumn; <as>as, <ex>autumnal</ex> fruits; flowering in autumn; <as>as, an <ex>autumnal</ex> plant</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Thick as <b>autumnal</b> leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Past the middle of life; in the third stage.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>autumnal</b> matron. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Autumnal equinox</col>, <cd>the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the ~ point.</cd> -- <col>\'f7 point</col>, <cd>the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.</cd> -- <col>\'f7 signs</col>, <cd>the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the ~ equinox and winter solstice.</cd></cs>

<h1>Auxanometer</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux`a*nom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to cause to increase + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument to measure the growth of plants.</def>

<i>Goodale.</i>

<h1>Auxesis</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux*e"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., Gr. <?/ increase, fr. <?/, <?/, to increase.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.</def>

<h1>Auxetic</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux*et"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.</def>

<h1>Auxiliar</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux*il"iar</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auxiliaris</ets>: cf. F. <ets>auxiliaire</ets>. See <er>Auxiliary</er>.]</ety> <def>Auxiliary.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>auxiliar</b> troops and Trojan hosts appear. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Auxiliar</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux*il"iar</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An auxiliary.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>