as 
\el I ,,,!.' llleanimi 'altc! the mannet Of, the -aim- as, 'like/ 
in the character or . apaeity of, 1 etc.: an, the audience 
r.e >ix one man ; nil these Uniiv.- u. > "< nthin;-' to him ; 
he lias been nominated - a candidate. Hence in con- 
structions where lln- appositiu- clause depends dirceth 
upon the noun : as, hi career as si soldier win lirilliant ; 
his reputation us u scholar stands high : and so in namiiu- 
pha-cs "I a ueucrai subject: M.S. Wublmtton a' a -' 
eral : mull an a thinker. The COMtrUOHOO a- a i|ila-l 
predicate appo-itivc in- faetitilc ulijert nftrr a principal 
verb is usual after verbs uf seeming nr nfOnUng. 
Kvll was enihluc'd fur K I, wickedness honour'. I anil 
Mtmm'd vbtM, Miitini, iiit. i-:ng., iii. 
That law whieh cum-crm-th men fin men. 
lln,,!,,-,-, 1-,-eles. Pol. 
This lii-ntlcnian was known t" his contemporaries <rx :i 
man uf tm-tunc, ami at the author Of two .-ncccssful plays. 
Mai-ii,ifn;i 
IMir ;ue is bewailed dx the aye of I lit rnvcl-sion. 
Km,-,-*",,, Aim T. Scholar. 
The suhorililmte clause intr. ulnei-il li) us is ..iten li"t ile 
I in 11 lent grammatically up.m the iirineipal \erb, but scrve- 
In restrict or determine the scope of the statement as a 
u hole. Such clauses arc parenthetical, ami usually ellipti 
eal, some of them, its n.v *,,! ami i/> u nil,-, having almost 
the iiliomatical unity of an adverbial plna-c. 
The streets were narrow . ,/x is usual in Moorish anil Arah 
elties. ll-rin'l, I : I :. ! I.' i I.I p. :!. 
Iii . ertain emphatic formulas, ex ('even as ') introduce- a 
solemn attestation ( as trnl> or surely as 1 ) or adjuration 
Cin a milliner befitting the fact that I. appi -i laehini: a eau 
-al sense, 'since, hecatisc.' (See _'. below.) 
But truly IK the i.urd liveth, and an thy soul livelh, there 
i- hut a step between mi- and death. 1 Mum. XX. : 
Xow. ,i* you are a Komaii. tell me tni. -. 
N/iii*...!. C., |v. :t. 
.Ix ever th. m hn'st valour, or wear st arms 
To punish hasenes.s, shew it! 
limn, innl /'/.. Knight of Malta, iv. t. 
2. Of reason: Since; because; inasmuch as. 
He who would persuade us of his sorrow for the sins of 
other men, as they are sins, not as they are sin'd against 
himself, must e.i\-<- us tlrst s. .me testimony of A sorrow for 
his own sin-. Miltini. lakonoklastes, vlli. 
As the wind wan favorahle. I had an opportunity of sur- 
i eying tills ama/iii- scene. BJI. Ilertfle/i. 
3. of time : When ; while ; during the time that. 
And whistled <M he went, for want uf thought. 
ltfi/,1,',', I'ymon and Iphiyeliia, 1. Si>. 
Ait day hroke. the -scene of slaughter unfolded its hor- 
lors. liTiii't, (irauada, p. 97. 
4. Of purpose or result : The consequent in the 
correlations so . . . us, such . . . as : To such 
a degree that; in such a manner that : followed 
by an infinitive or, formerly, by a finite verb 
(but in the latter construction that has taken 
the place of as). 
.So many examples u* tilled xv. bixikes. 
Asclunn, The Scholemaster, p. 157. 
The relations are so uncertain an they require a great 
deal of examination. Bacon. 
Indeed the prospect of affairs here is so strange and 
melancholy, ajt would make any one desirous of withdraw- 
ing from the country at any rate. Hum?. 
With a depth so great as to make It a day's journey from 
the rear to the van, and a front no narrow as to consist of 
one gun and one horseman. Kiniilakr, Crimea, III. ix. 
5. Of mere continuation, introducing a clause 
in explanation or amplification of a word or 
statement in the principal clause, especially in 
giving examples: For example; for instance; 
to wit ; thus. 
Winter birds, an woodcocks and fieldfares. Bactut. 
A simple idea is one idea ; a* sweet, bitter. Lock?. 
6. In dependent clauses: That. Formerly as 
was often attached, like Miaf, to the adverhs there, then, 
where, when, etc., to make them distinctly relative. These 
forms are now obsolete, except whereas, which remains in 
a deflected sense. See whereas. From this interchange 
with that followed the use of as for that, in introducing 
an object clause after say, ktunc, think, etc., varying with 
as that andasAuH 1 .' only In dialectal use : U, I don't Know 
as I do', and I don't know atf I do, the sense varying w ith 
the accent. [Collwi., New Eng.J 
" Duimow'zl know:" the nearest your true Yankee ever 
comes to acknowledging ignorance. 
LowM, Introd. to Biglow Papers, 2d ser. 
7. After comparatives : Than. [Now only prov. 
Eng.; cf. G. als, the regular construction after 
comparatives. ] 
How may the herte he more contryte and mekert*whau 
of very contrycion ... we aske mercy and forgyneness of 
almyghty god? Bp. Fisher, I. 210. 
Darkness itself is no more opposite to light as their 
actions were diametricall to their words. 
Homll, Parly of Beasts, p. 4s. 
I rather like him <m otherwise, ftrntt, St. Ronaifs Well. 
8. Before certain adverbs and adverbial phrases, 
including prepositional phrases: Even; just: 
restricting the application to a particular point : 
as, a* now, us then, as yet, as here, as there, 
etc. [Now only dialectal, except ag yet. See 
phrases below.] 
There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and 
set off with cheerislmess which in a thousand outward 
33] 
,111.1 ml' Illlltnir.- CnNM N.;>* VI be 
ndso) 
l,.n. ,\ e 1 1 . .I. 
' ill till- 
.Mm,,,, 
Kefoic punishment he was tu be heard"- t" morruw. 
\\'n , ' 
lecture preiM.-itional plirase- a. bee. .me- attached in 
thoirjhl to the preposition, making practically a nev 
]il epi.-itional Illlit. Sec n x ,1 nt "< ,;,u>;' > ni n>l ,1 -/<< 
ncinu. As anent, a.a concerning, as touching, more 
, umnioiily as for, as tO, so tar as it concerns ; as r. 
pedl; in ragird to; in r.-p.-. I !: mtn>.lm-in-. a 
parlicnlai- point ..r siibjei-t of thought. 
And in regard of causes now in hand. 
Which I have ..pen .1 tu hi- 'jlaee at lai-.-. 
,-lx Inin-lii,,'/ l-'iame. ,s'/m., Men. \ ., i. I. 
XiV.I. .lack! .lack! "hat think you of hi inn. luve- 
breathing seventeen .' 
.Mi". .Ix '" that. sir. I am ipiitc indittercul. If I can 
please vuli in the matler [is all 1 .lesire. 
fili.-riilnn. The Kiials. iii. I. 
As If, as though, as it would u- if. or siippu-im: that. 
It seemed t" tile allnuhtcd inhabitants /- ,Y the lien, Is 
nt tin air bad eume upun the wings of the wind, and IHIS- 
IMMd th.-m-ehes of tower and turret. 
/ rrin'i, I iiana.la. p. '1\. 
Itlindcd alike from sunshine and from ruin, 
.Ix lln ,11, il, a rose should shut and be a hml a-jam. 
A'.-c/x. K\c of St. V-_:ne- 
AS It Were, as if it "en -,, ; in -mm- s.'i-t : so t.. speak : a 
parenthetical clause indicating that a statement ur c - 
pa i i-. HI i- admitted to be inexact, tl uh substantially cur- 
lei -I tor the purpose intended. 
Brutus, that cxpcll'd the kings out of Rome, was for the 
lime furc't to be, as ,'l mra, a king himself till malt. -r- 
ci, -,-t In order u in tne Commonwealth. 
Xiltiiu, Prelatieal Kpisc, ,pac\ . 
As much, what amounts to the same thing ; the same. 
Kut if you lanxh at my rude carriage 
In pence. I'll do as iiiin'li fur you in war 
When you come thither. 
Bean, anil /'(., Maid s Tragedy, i. 1. 
As well (as), just as much (as); equally (with); in addi- 
tion (tu); besides: as, that is true, but it is true uf the 
other as ii'i'll : this is the case with nianufactnrinf nt u; II 
us with agricultural interests. 
In order to convict I'eacham it was necessary tu find 
facts as nvll as. law. Macautui/, Lord Bacon. 
As Who, as one who ; an if one : as, as irhn should say. 
As yet, so far: up to this time; hitherto. Forasmuch, 
inasmuch. *ee these words. 
III. rrl. limn. That ; who ; which : after such 
or siime. and introducing an attributive clause: 
as, he did not look for such a result as that ; 
he traveled the same route as I did. 
They fear religion with titrh a fear as loves not. 
Milton, Church-Government, ii. X. 
|In this use also formerly after that, this, what ; now dia- 
lectally or vulgarly also after a personal pronoun, or, by 
omission, as a simple relative dependent on a noun. 
That gentleness 
\nd show of love as I was wont to have. 
Shak., S. C., i. >. 
Tiider these hard conditions, as this time 
Is like to lay upon us. Skat., J. (:., i. 2. 
Here I do beqlieathe to thee 
In full possession half that Kendal hath. 
And what nt I'.radfnrd holds of me in chief. 
Old Plan (Dodsley, U. 47). 
Take the Imx as stands in the first fire-place. 
Ditkrns, Pickwick Pajiers. 1 
as 2 (az), r. An obsolete and dialectal or collo- 
quial form of lias: in colloquial speech often 
further reduced to '* : as, who's been here f 
As 3 (as), u. ; pi. 2Esir (a'ser). [Icel. ass, pi. 
a-sir, a god, demigod, = Goth. *ans (inferred 
from the Latinized plural form in Joruandes. 
about A. D. 552: "Gothi proceres suos quasi 
qui fortuna viiice- 
bant uou pares homi- 
nes sed semideos, id 
estH,<e,<, vocavere") 
= AS. 6s, found as 
the name of the rune 
for o, and twice in 
doubtful gen. pi. esa ; 
otherwise only in 
compound proper 
names. = OHG. "ans 
in like compounds : 
AS. Oswald, Oswald, 
Osric (= OHG. An- 
xarili), Osric, Oxiriin: 
Oswin, _ Osbeom = 
Icel. Asbjorn, Os- 
born, OHG. Anselm, 
Anselm, etc.] In 
Norse myth., one of 
the gods, the inhabi- 
tants of Asgard. See 
Asgard. 
as 4 (as), n. ; pi. asses 
(as'ez). [L., a unit, 
one pound of money, 
etc., usuallv derived * , 
from uf, Said to be the R oma n As in the British Museum. 
asarone 
Tm-i-iiliin- Kirin <n ' ( ir. '< , mif : Ion ilii> ,1,-run 
tion is very ilotibiful. N-.-<ic<.] 1. In Latin, 
nn inlroor; :i liolc- nr single tiling; i-spccially, 
ii unit iliviilcil into twelve |mrts. Tlin-.. ii 
ill r u in u.-is called nn (. 1 ii-nei 2. As a unit 
nl' weight. 12 minces (I., niiri/r, 1 \vi-l ft (is ) ; tin- 
libra or poiuiil. equal to :ii">.s ^i-ams, or :"i,l|-j:; 
-. 3. A copper coin, the unit of tln-i-arl_y 
monetary systi-ni ol KOIIH-. Ii n,-d in 
tin- f.nirth (aoconllBg t.i Mommscn. tin lull.) ecntun 
1,0., and was at In -I nominally uf tie- wciht uf a libra "I 
pound, that i-. 1-^ minces. It was -.la.lually reduce,! n, 
uciyht. ahiillt :'.i'.:i I:. C. u i-i-liin- 1 out - 'tit -'.^l 
tt. < . -J ounces. In MI n. c., alter having fallen to half an 
ounce, it ceased tu IH: issued. The smaller copper 
funning the divisions uf the as were name, I n ,; (half of 
the a-), tri-itx Ithinh. ,/na<lraiis (fourth), t,-.rlniis (sixth), 
and II//I-IH (twelfth!. The constant obverse t\| f the i 
has the duilblc bea.! . if .lainis; the n-vei-, .a prow. IU 
sulwliv i-ion.- bore various devices, 1'oin- struck on tin 
same system (called the 1,'t,,,:/ ,-\ -t. ID) Wen i --He. I in uthei 
paitsuf Italy from the fourth century 11. r. 
nmler ii'*. 
aS 1 "', II. [MK. HX, etc. (see ill'r); in del'. L' = 1). 
IIIIK = Sw. ii.s-.s- (fits, ace) = (i. w, in tediiiieal 
sense < \j.x: see .s-l.) If. ( )liso]et .- form Ol' 
in;. I'liiiui't-r. 2. An old Swedish and Dutch 
unit of weight, equal to 4.HO41.' rentinrams, or 
about three quarters of a troy j,'min. See aa- 
iliu-iil and I/K.< :I . 
As. Cheinieal symbol of nr.ti nit: 
A. S. All abbreviation of . I //.n-,xVf.. 
as- 1 . [L. KM-, assimilated form of ad- before . 
The reg. OF. and ME. form was a-, later re- 
stored to as-, as in uxxrnl, amii/ii, etc.] An 
assimilated form of ad- before K, as in axmmi- 
late, assert, HMXHIIH; etc. 
as- 2 . [L. ah-, reduced in OF. and ME. before 
a consonant to a-, erroneously restored to tH- 
before .] An erroneously restored foi-m of a-, 
originally Latin al>-, in axxoil, amoilzie, from 
the Latin alvmlvrre, absolve. 
as- s . [ME. and OF. ax-, var. of ex-, < L. ee- : see 
if-, ix-."] A variant of ex-, Latin er-, in assart, 
IIXMIII/. iixtiiii/xli, obsolete ascfiiie, iixchrir, iixxauin- 
jili . etc.; now represented also, or only, by eg-, 
as in CSCIIJM ; facia ir, or x- t as in xrape, xnm/ilr. 
See es- 1 . 
asa (as'ii), n. [NL., < Pers. aza, mastic: see 
tuqntiaa.] A name for eertaiii drugs, origi- 
nally used separately with the Latin adjectives 
(lulcix and/etWn (faetula), now joined to them 
as a prefix. See below. Also spelled assa. 
asadulcis (as-a-dul'sis), . [NL., lit. sweet 
gum, < asa, gum, + L. <lulcix, sweet.] The laser 
or laser Cyrenaicum of the ancients, a very 
highly esteemed drug, usually supposed to have 
been a gummy accretion from Thapsia Gar- 
aanica, an umbelliferous plant of northern 
Africa and southern Europe. It was believed by 
some t< be the same as benzoin, to which the name (asa 
dulcui or iiilnrata) is still sometimes applied. The drug now 
obtained from this plant is used as an active irritant. 
asafetida, asafoetida (as-a-fet'i-dii), . [NL., 
formerly also azafeditla, < asa + L. fetida, 
fwtida, fern, of fctiilux, foetidus, stinking: see 
asa and fetid.] A fetid inspissated sap from 
Persia and Afghanistan, the concrete juice 
from the roots of several large umbelliferous 
plants of the genus Fi-.rula, especially F. A'ar- 
thfx (Xarthex Asafu'tida) and i\ Keorodosma 
(ScorodosmaJ'cetida). The drug has a powerful and 
persistent alliaceous odor and bitter acrid taste, and con- 
sists of resin, gum, and an essential oil which contains 
sulphur. It is used as all antispasniodic, and in India and 
Persia also as a condiment. Also spelled assafcetida. 
Asaphes (as'a-fez). n. [NL., < Gr. ao-o^c, ob- 
scure, not clear, < - priv. + aaQw, clear.] 1. 
A genus of very minute parasitic ichneumon- 
flies, which prey on, and keep in check, the 
aphids, so destructive to crops and fruits. The 
female punctures the wingless female aphids with her ovi- 
duct, and lays an egg in each puncture. The egg hatches, 
bed line- a maggot, and eats out the inside of the aphid. 
2. A genus of coleopterous insects. Kirby, 
1837. 
asar (ii'sar), . [Pers.] A Persian gold coin, 
equal in value to about $1.60. 
asarabacca (as"a-ra-bak'a), w. [Formerly also 
asarahack, and erroneously asarabeeea, < L. asa- 
rum (see Asarum) + baeca, bara, berry.] A 
common name of a European plant, a species 
of Asarum, A. Kiiropa*uni. See Asarum. Also 
spelled asarabaca. 
asarin, asarine (as'a-rin), . [< Asarum + 
-i'M 2 .] 1. A volatile crystallizable solid (Cgy 
HogO5) obtained from the plant Axaruni Euro- 
ptnim, having an aromatic taste and smell like 
camphor. 2. A bitter principle obtained from 
the plant Axaruni EurvjHt'iiui. 
asarone (as'a-rou), w. [< Asarum + -one,] Same 
as (ixuriit. 1. 
