atonement 
body to God ; is not this in tin- highest sense aim,. 
is not the true root of humanity revealed? is not Cod in 
him reconciled to limn? Main-i<-<; Theol. Essays. 
It [the new theology] holds to 111.- .>'.( asadinnc 
act and process of ethical and practical Import not as 
a mystery of the distant heavens and isolated from the 
Itruggleof the world, but a comprehensible force in the 
actual redemption of the world from its evil. 
T. T. Minuii-r, The- l-'n-cd .f taith. 
The majority of orthodox divines, whether in the Ki.man 
Catholic or 'the Protestant churches, ordinarlb hold one 
,,f the above views or a combination formed from them. 
more modern llroad church scl 
367 
of the Latin first conjugation, which have in 
Knglish the Sllfflx -ate~. It als .-enr.s in some nouns 
derived from nouns without an intt -rim -diiite verb, a- '/'<"' 
in'in' .-I'linf"!'. 
-atory. [< L. -aturinx, being -iux added to nouns 
in -illor.} A teriuiiiatioii of adjectives, of 
Latin origin, in form from nouns in -iitor, but 
in sense often to bo referred to the original 
verb, as in nnntlori/. iii-ciixiilnri/, ilriidiiiittni //. use 
rlllllitllnrij, /((/"'"'.'/ <-'tc. When from Klii.-li.sh nouns 
in '/ii>,\ tl.'r termination is -ut*,,- -i<tl, a.s .<.'u<it<:,-</. ( ir. 
atrloventrlcular 
atractenchyma (at-rak-teng'ki-mil), . [XL., 
<(jlr. ari/aKTur, a spindle, -I- <; ('''"'. an infusion. ] 
In hot., a tissue composed of Kpindle-sliapeil 
cells. 
atrament (at'i-a-ment), >i. [< L. iitrtiiiiriiltiiii. 
black ink, < utrr, black. ] Illaeking; ink; any 
blnek iluid, as the ink of tlie cuttlefish. 
atramentaceoust (at ni-inen-tH'sliius), . [< 
nh-iuiKiil + -ii<-f<>ii.i. \ "Of the nature of ink; 
black as ink. lii-rlinm. 
illl'ilnniil 
II'. 
Even though we should reject all the Orthodox tin-ones 
about atonement, we may accept the fact. We can be- 
lieve that .(ioil in Christ docs reconcile tin- world to him- 
in niu- conscience, -does help us into u living faith, hope, 
peace, joy. ' /' <'//*., Orthodox;, p. 250. 
(.7) In Xi'ir Ch urcli (SMcilcnborgiiin) tliriiliutii, the union and 
acconl of flesh and spirit in man, ami so the union and 
accord of man with (iod by a spiritual change wrought in 
the individual. 
This is what is understood in the New church by the 
atiiiu'iiii'iit, or at-onc-ment, ... a bringing at one of the 
human and the divine, or, as the apostle says, " making in 
himself of twain one new man." And the purpose of this 
atiniFiiifii' was, that the Lord might ever after be able to 
bring our external or natural at one with our internal or 
meat with himself 
/i. t'. Barrett, Doctrine of the New Church. 
Doctrine of blood atonement, the doctrine, attributed 
to tlie Mormon church, that the'killinK of an apostate or 
of one in danger of apostasy is a deed of love, since it makes 
SoT?SM? apt " t " yi an " 9 " mke8 POS8 ' ' 
atoner (a-t"'n6r) . One who makes atone- 
meiit 
atonest, ad,. [Early mod. E. and ME., prop, 
: see /and <</-.- 
I. prep. 1. 
of place, over. 2. Of number or quantity, 
over: beyond: more than. 
II. adv. Over and above; besides. By and 
atour (prep, and adv.), also by atour (adv.), over and 
above. (Scotch in all uses.] 
atour-t, . See attoiir'^. 
atrabilarian (at"ra-bi-la'ri-an), a. and u. [< 
Mlj. iitrubilariiis, ( L. atra'bilia, black bile: 
see utrnliili- and Mfe 2 .] I. fl. Affected with 
melancholy, which the ancients attributed to 
Mack bile; atrabilious. 
Tlie uiriiiiiiiiriini constitution, or a black, viscous, 
pitchy consistence of the fluids. Arlnitliiuit, Ailments. 
II. a. A person of an atrabiliar temperament; 
a hypochondriac. IHxriii'li. 
atrabilarious (at'ra-bi-la'ri-us), a. [< ML. 
iitrabilnriiis: see atrabilarian.] Same as atra- 
bilarian. 
Christopher Glowi-y, Esquire, . . . was naturally of an 
titrubilarurnt temperament, and much troubled with those 
phantoms of indigestion which are commonly called blue 
devils. Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, i. 
atrabilariousnesst (afra-bi-la'ri-us-nes), . 
The state or quality of being atrabilious or 
melancholy, 
atrabilet, [< F. atrabile,^ formerly 
r Rarl> n 
see atrament.'} Like ink; suitable for making 
ink. Thus, the sulphate of iron, or copperas, is called 
iitfinni'iil'ii'intix from its use in the niitnntactnre of ink. 
atramentous (at-ra-mon'tus), a. [< atrtnnriit 
+ -*-.] Same sxatrauit iitul. 
Whenever provoked by anger or labour, an /;.//.. 
quality of most malignant nature was seen to distil from 
liis lip,. *(,!. liattle "f the Books. 
atredt,"- [< L. ater, black, + -ed 2 . Ct.1i.atra- 
tns, clothed in black.] Tinged with a black 
color. 
Yellow choler or '<<-/. 
mtattr, BhKxl of the Grape, p. 7. 
atredet, >'. t. [ME., < at-, from, + rcrlen, ad- 
vise: see read, rede.'} To surpass in counsel. 
Men may the olde atrenne, but nat atrede. 
Chaiieer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1591. 
atrent, v. t. [< ME. atrcnnen. < at-, from, + 
rcnnen, mn.] To outrun. Chaucer. 
;, not 
) oifice); o 
^ * Tpa ) bore, pierce.] The state or condition 
of being'closed or imperf orate ; apecifieallv, ab- 
2. At one and the same time. 
Curious enditing and hard sentence is ful Ihevy atoms 
for swich a child to lerne. Chaucer, Prol. to Astrolabe. 
atonic (a-ton'ik), a. and . [< Grdrovof, (a) 
not stretched, relaxed, languid, < a- pnv. + 
reiveiv, stretch; (6) without accent, < a- priv. 
+ rfooc, accent, < rrimv stretch: see a-18 and 
tonic.] I. a. 1. In pathol., characterized by 
atony, or want of tone or power : as, an a tonic 
disease. 2. In philol. : (a) Unaccented. (6) 
Produced by the breath alone; surd Atonic 
, defective digestion, independent of inflamma- 
bile; me i a ncholy: from the supposition that 
melancholy is due to a preponderance of the 
go ^ alled ,f black wle a ^ imag i ne d secretion 
o the renal or at rabiliary glands. 
atrabiliar, atrabiliary (at-ra-bil'i-ar, -a-n), a. 
r< NL *atrabili<iriu.i, < L. atfa Wis,''black bile: 
8 L ee ntraUU ^ Melancholic or hypochondriacal ; 
atrabilious. See atralnle. 
complexion of a multiplex atraWliar character, the final 
shade of which may be the pale sea-green. 
Cartj/fe, French Rev., I. iv. 4. 
Atral , mar y capsules, glands. See capsule, gland. 
1 a f< atrium + -M Of or 
atrium 
or orce 
witfi the exterior. It forms one of the two apertures (the 
other being the oral) with which ascidians or sea-squirts 
%*^K*^^^S3^ 
cuts under Appmdindaria, DMolidas, and Tunicata.- 
A trial canal, the cavity of an atrium. 
Each stignia leads into a funnel-shaped a(rini canoi. 
Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 512. 
Atrial membrane, the thin! tunic of ascidians; a deli- 
- ^ ike 
acc ent 
P. A. March, Angl 
* calle 
onic 
the 
(6) An elementary sound produced by 
breath; a_ 9 nrd consonant; a breathing 
atony (at'o-ni) . [= F. atonic, < NL. atonia, 
of 
splenetic. See atraOtle. 
A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race, stiff from 
long wrestling with the Lord in prayer, and who had 
gjj^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ n< _ w pm . ltan hu 
LoweU, Tilglow Papers. 
atracheate (a-tra'ke-at), a. [NL. atracheatus, 
< Gr a riv . (a .i 8) 4. N L. (raokea.] Havingno 
' SU 
by the atrial aperture ; it communicates liy tlie stigmata 
with the interior of the branchial sac and, by the anal 
and genital openings, it receives the fteces and genital 
products. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 517. 
t ' ri . ka) , r NL < G r. 
10^, without hair, < - priv. + 
.) hair f ^ A divisio ' u of 4 e 
. 
muscular power ; weakness of any organ, par- 
ticularly of one that is contractile ; debility, 
tract and expel the urine. 
atop (a-top'), ]ireu. plir. as adv. or a. [< 3 H 
top.] On or at the top. 
'Tis but to shew that you can place sometimes 
Your modesty a-tow of all your virtues. 
Beaw. and Fl., Wit at Several Weapons, iv. 1. 
Despots atop, a wild clan below, 
such is the Gaul from long ago. 
Lovell, ^ Ula franca. 
atopite(at'o-pit),. [< Gr.aro;rof, unusual, out 
of place (< a- priv. + rd;roc, place: see topic), 
+ -ife2.] A calcium autimouate said to occur 
in Sweden in yellow or brown isometric octa- 
hedrons. 
-ator [L -afor, term, of nouns of agent, being 
the 'agent-suffix -tor (Gr. -D7P, - , Skt. -tor, 
-tar) (E. -or) added to the stem in -a of verbs 
in -d-re This termination was reg. reduced 
in OF. to -tor, -eour, whence in ME. -eour (as 
in aocor, mod. E. saviour), commonly -or, 
-our, mod. E. -or, -or, as ^a^pellor, arbitror 
or arbitrer, accuser, etc., from L. nouns in 
-ator, the term, being merged with -er of AS. 
origin.] A termination of nouns of agent 
taken directlv from the Latin, as creator, edu- 
OOter, lihcnit:,,; or formed in English or New 
Latin, as detonator, corrugator, etc., from verbs 
Atrachelia (at-ra-ke'li-a), . pi. [NL., < Gr. 
aTpdxi^ot, without neck, < a- priv. + rpd^/loo, 
neck.] A division of heteromerous beetles, 
having the head not exserted nor narrowed be- 
hind, the antenna linear or subclavate, and the 
claws undivided, sometimes serrate or pecti- 
nate: opposed to Trachelida. The group is chiefly 
composed of the family TeiifkriotMts, which are plant- 
eating terrestrial beetles having mostly connate elytra 
and no lower wings. 
atracheliate (at-ra-ke'li-at), . [< Atrachelia 
+ -ate 1 .} Pertaining to or having the charac- 
ters of the Atrachelia. 
Atrachia (a-tra'ki-a), . pi. [NL., < Gr. n- 
priv. + rpaxria, trachea: see trachea.} A di- 
vision of Lamellibrancliiata : a synonym of 
Asipltonata (which see). 
atractaspidid (at-rak-tas'pi-did), u. A ser- 
pent of the family Atractaspididw. 
Atractaspididae (a-trak-ta-spid'i-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Atractaspi(d-)s + -ida?.} A family of 
venomous African serpents, suborder Soleno- 
fllypha (sometimes referred to Viperida;), hav- 
ing extremely long venom-fangs. 
Atractaspis (at-rak-tas'pis), . fNL., < Gr. 
drpa/croc, a spindle, an arrow, + aonif, a ser- 
pent : see asp*. ] A genus of venomous serpents, 
typical of the family A tractaspididw. A. irregu- 
lin-is and A. corpiileiitus are two African species, 
from Angola and Liberia respectively. 
the ventral surface of the body. 
2. A name given to certain protozoans, or 
lobose rhizopods having no permanent pro- 
cesses : an inexact synonym of Atiiceboidea. 
Atrichia (a-trik'i-ii), . [NL., < Gr. arpixof, 
poet, for aBpi!-, witnout hair: see Atricha.} 1. 
The typical and only genus of the family Atri- 
chiido!. A. clatnosa is the scrub-bird of Aus- 
tralia. J. Gould, 1844. Also called AMehornis. 
2. A genus of dipterous insects. 
Atrichiidse (at-ri-ki'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Atri- 
cli ia, 1 , + -irf/p. ] A remarkable family of anoma- 
lous oscine passerine birds, forming with Menu- 
ridce one of the major groups of birds, Passeres 
abnwmalfS. It contains the Australian scrub-birds 
of the genus Atricliia, which have the syrinx differently 
constructed from that of normal oscines. Also called 
Atrichtirnithida?. 
Atrichornis (at-ri-kor'nis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
arpixof, without hair (see Atricha), + 6pvtc, a 
bird.] Same as Atrichia, 1. 
Atricnornithidse (at'ri-kor-nith'i-de),^ n. pi. 
[NL., < Atrichornis (-ornith-) + -Ida;.'} Same as 
Atricliii</<r. 
atrichosis (at-ri-ko'sis), n. [< Gr. arp/^of, with- 
out hair (see Atricha), + -osis.] In pathol., 
failure to develop hair. 
atrioventlicular (a'tri-6-ven-trik'u-lar), a. 
[< atrium, 3, + ventricular.'} Pertaining to the 
