autostylic 
no separate suspensorium or distinct suspen- 
sory apparatus of the lower jaw. 
An nntiattylie skull, thut is, a skull without separate 
suspensorium. Eiu-i/c. Brit., XII. 64o. 
Tile oldest tvpresentati\es of the *elachiali order had 
skulls which were neither hyostvlie nor imroxM/.V. 
.1. X. lf r .i./ ;rn/, 1'roc. Xxiol. Soc., 188(1, p. :!!. 
autotemna, . I'lural of <//o/< //". 
autotenmic (a-to-tem'nik), a. [< autotemnon + 
-if.] Sitini' us mi/oil IIIIIIXIH. Hi/nil. 
autotemnon (ii-to-tem'non), .: jil. /iiiliitiniiiii 
(-nil). [NL., irreg. (better "uutotomon) < <!r. 
ai-ruf, self. + rr/ivetv, Ta/it:n>, cut.] In liil., a 
cell considered as an organism capable of self- 
division. [Rare.] 
We cannot use the words embryo and larva, which be- 
long to the ovum after impreKimtion, and ue. lluirhii,, 
propose to designate the OOlJ as an nut,,/, ,//,,, in c-olitrast 
with the embryo, which is inure spei ialized. 
limit, I'ror. Host. Wo. Nat. ili.-l., 1^S4, p. 143. 
autotemnous (a-tii-tem'nus), a. [Irreg. < Gr. 
aiiTof, self, + rcfjvuv, Ta/ieiv, cut, + -ous.] Self- 
dividing; capable of spontaneous fission: ap- 
plied to a cell or autotemnon which propagates 
itself by fission and not by impregnation. Com- 
mon tissue-cells of all kinds art* autotcmnous, as are 
spermatocysts am! spermatozoa, ami also nvu that divide 
belore the uuiou of male and female nuclei. Division 
subsequent to such union constitutes an embryo. The 
protozoans are autotenmous while growing by tission, but 
are embryos or form-spores thereafter. Also nutotomnie. 
autotheism (a'to-the-izm), n. [< Gr. avrtitieos, 
very God, < abrtt, self, -f Qeoc, God.] 1. The 
doctrine of the self -existence of God; specifi- 
cally, the ascription of self-existence to the 
second person of the Trinity. [Rare.] 2. 
Assumption of divine powers ; self -deification ; 
excessive self-esteem. Nineteenth Century. 
autotheist (a'to-the-ist), n. [< autotlie-ism + 
-ist.] 1. One who believes in autotheism. 2. 
One who ascribes to himself the possession of 
divine powers. 
He begins to mistake more and more the voice o( that 
very (lesh of his, which he fancies he has conquered, for 
the voice of God, and to become without knowing it an 
autotheist. Kinyxlcy, Altx>n Locke, Pref. 
autotomlc (a-to-tom'ik), a. [< Gr. avr6f, self, 
+ Touuf, cutting, < Ttftvetv, ra/itiv, out.] Self- 
intersecting, as a line or trace. y. E. D. 
autotype (a'to-tip), . [< Gr. ai>r6f, self, + 
ri'Trof, a stamp, type.] 1. The trade-name of a 
certain photographic process for producing per- 
manent prints in a carbon pigment. It is much 
used for reproducing works of art. 2. A pic- 
ture made by this process. 3. A copy; a re- 
production in facsimile. Kingnley. 
autotype (a'to-tip), v. t. ; pret. and pp. auto- 
typed, ppr. autotyping. [< autotype, .] To 
reproduce by means of the autotype process, 
or in facsimile. 
autotypic (a-to-tip'ik), a. Pertaining to an 
autotype, or produced by the autotype process. 
autotypography (a/to-ti-pog'ra-fi), n. [< Gr. 
aiird;, self, -r typography.] Any process by 
means of which drawings, manuscripts, etc., 
can be transferred directly to a plate or material 
from which impressions can be taken; espe- 
cially, a process by which autographs executed 
in a special ink are transferred to a plate of 
zinc, which is then etched and prepared for 
printing on an ordinary press. See zincography, 
autrefois, adv. See auterfoits. 
autumn (a'tum), . [Early mod. E. also au- 
tomc, < ME. autumpne, <OF. autompne, mod. F. 
autotne = Sp. otofto = Pg. outono = lt. autunno, 
< L. antumnus, less correctly auctumnus, au- 
tumn, perhaps related to arere, be well, Skt. 
y/ av, satisfy one's self. The old derivation 
from augere, increase, is not now accepted.] 
1. The third season of the year, or the season 
between summer and winter: often called fall, 
as being the time of the falling of the leaves. 
Astronomically it begins at the autumnal equinox, about 
the 22d of September, when the sun enters Libra, and ends 
at the winter solstice, about the 21st of December, when 
the sun enters Capricorn. In popular language autumn is 
regarded in \orth America as comprising September, Oc- 
tober, and November, but in Great Britain, August, Sep- 
tember, ami October. 
Figuratively 2. A period of maturity, or of 
incipient decay, abatement, or decline : as, the 
autumn of life. 
Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the 
duke's favour. Fuller. 
autumnal (a-tum'nal), r. and n. [< L. autum- 
iiiilix, auctuantalix, (.itHtuninux: see autumn and 
-a/.] I. a. 1. Belonging to autumn ; produced 
or gathered in autumn: as, autumnal fruits. 
The little stunted bushes, on the snow-streaked slopes, 
were all dyed with niitiniiiiii/ purples and crimsons. 
//. Jamex, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 249. 
391 
Figuratively 2. Belonging to a period corre- 
sponding to autumn in the year; In ncc, past 
the middle stage of life: as, "an aidau/nal ma- 
tron," Jlawtlionie. Autumnal equinox, the time 
when the sun crosses the equator as he proceeds south- 
ward. This happen* almt the J:M of septi mlicr. See 
I':I<I<IKIJ.-- Autumnal plumage, in <irnitii., the piuma-c 
acquired by a bird after the ttrst molt, when that in whieh 
the bird leaves the nest is exchanged Inr aiiothei : the 
plumage of an annotinc ; also, that suhseqnenth acquired 
each autumn by such birds as molt at that season as well 
as in spring, or have what is termed the dnnl>le molt. 
Autumnal Signs, the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagit- 
tarius, through which the sun passes during the autumn, 
astronomically considered. 
II. . A plant that flowers in autumn, 
autumn-bells (a'tum-belz), n. A name given 
to a European gentian, Geutinmi 1'iniimnniinthe, 
from its bell-shaped flowers and their season of 
opening. 
autumnian (a-tum'ni-an), a. [< unlit/mi + 
-inn.] Autumnal. [Rare.] 
Methiuks already 
I grasp best part of ihe ntiliinini<n: Messing. 
M i<l'tl'-t"/t. Michaelmas Term, Ind. 
autumnity (a-tum'ni-ti), n. [< L. autumiiiinx. 
the season of autumn, harvest, < aiitumnus, au- 
tumn.] The season of autumn ; quality or con- 
dition characteristic of autumn. [Rare.] 
llraughts of sweet atituntiiitit. tll>. Hull, Satires, iii. 1. 
autunite (a'tun-It), n. [< Autmi, a city in Bur- 
gundy, France, + -i'te 2 .] A native hydrous 
phosphate of uranium and calcium, occurring 
m tabular crystals, nearly square in form, and 
of a citron or sulphur-yellow color, it is usually 
found with other uranium minerals, often as a result of 
the decomposition of uraninite or pitch-blende. It is 
closely related to the phosphate of uranium and copper, 
torbernite or copper uranite, in distinction from which it 
is called lime uranite, and also simply uranitf. 
auturgy (a'ter-ji), n. [< Gr. avrovpyia, < ai>r6f, 
self, + tpyav, work. Cf. chirurgeon.] Work 
with one's own hands ; self-action. [Rai-e.] 
Auvergnat (F. pron. 6-var-nya'), n. [F., < 
Aurergne.] 1. A native or an inhabitant of 
Auvergne, a former province in the central 
part of France, nearly corresponding to the 
modern departments of Cantal and Ptiy-de- 
D6me. 2. A French wine of a deep-red color, 
made near Orleans: so called from the name 
of the variety of grape. 
auxt, . See auge. 
auxanonieter (ak-sa-nom'e-ter), n. [Irreg. < 
Gr. aiii-dveiv, grow, -f atrpuv, measure.] An in- 
strument for measuring, or for measuring and 
recording, the growth of plants. In the arc auxa- 
nometer this is done with the aid of an index moving over 
a vertical arc of a circle. 
Auxerre (6-zar'), . [F.] A general name 
often given to the Burgundy wines produced 
near the city of Auxerre, in the department of 
Yonne. 
auxesis (ak-se'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. ai>i;r/aif, in- 
crease, amplification, < avl-ctv, avi-dvftv (cf. L. 
augere), increase, == E. wax: see auction and 
wax 1 .'] 1. In rhet., amplification; exaggera- 
tion; hyperbole; the use of a more unusual 
and high-sounding word for the ordinary and 
proper word. 2. In math., the ratio in which 
the element of a figure has to be magnified to 
make it conform to the corresponding element 
of a conformable figure. 
auxetic (ak-set'ik), <z. ^ [< Gr. at>?<of, < aifi?- 
r6f, verbal adj. of av^avetv, increase: see auxe- 
sis.] Pertaining to auxesis; amplifying; in- 
creasing. 
This auxetic power of the preposition. 
Dr. llutchinson, Sermon on Cerem. Law, p. 8, note. 
auxetically (ak-set'i-kal-i), adv. By auxesis 
or amplification. 
auxiliantt (ag-zil'iant), a. [< L. atixilian(t-)s, 
ppr. of auiiliari, help: see auxiliate.] Auxil- 
iary ; affording help or assistance. 
auxiliar (ag-zil'iiir), a. and n. [< L. auxiliaris, 
helping, aiding, < auxilium, help, aid, < augere, 
increase.] I. a. Helping; auxiliary. 
Ostorius, though yet not strengthen'd with his Legions, 
causes the auxiliar Bands, his Troops also allighting, to 
assault the rampart. Hilton, Hist. Eng., ii. 
There Athens sat, as in the foretime, on her citadel 
rock, in sight of her auxiliar sea, crowned, garlanded, 
wanton. R. Choate, Addresses, p. 180. 
II. n. An auxiliary: usually in the plural, 
auxiliary troops. 
My auxiliary and allies. 
Sir //. Taylor, Ph. van Art., II., v. 1. 
Mighty were the auxiliarx which then stood 
Upon our side, we who were strong in love ! 
Bliss was it in that dawn to Ire alive, 
But to be young was very heaven ! 
Wordsworth, French Revolution. 
[Archaic in both uses.] 
avail 
auxiliarly (ag-zil'iiir-li), aih\ By means of aid 
or help, t'oli-riili/i: 
auxiliary (iig-zil'ia-ri), a. and . [< L. tiuj-i- 
liiti'iiis. "'quiv. tn tuisiliarix, helping: see ausil- 
""'] I. a. Helping; aiding; assisting; giv- 
ing support or sliced]-: IH-IKT, subsidiary ; addi- 
tional: as, auxiliary troops; auxiliary onginr.s. 
Auxiliary bishop, auxiliary buffer-spring, auxil- 
iary chaplain, etc. See the noun*. Auxiliary circle, 
in <-<>/ii<- *"7/.Mi. a ein Ic having its center at the center 
of a conie, which it touches at the extremities of the 
transverse diameter. Auxiliary quantity, in ninth., a 
quantity introduced i" simplify or facilitate an operation, 
as maybe done inequations or trix 1 mcti y. Auxiliary 
scales, in m"-iV, the six k>\^ 01 scales, eoiisi^tini; !' any 
key major, with its relative minor, and the attendant keys 
of Men. Auxiliary screw, s.c. ..,,. Auxiliary 
verb.a verb that assists in the conjugation of other n ri>. 
See II.,.'!. 
II. ".; pi. as.ilitirii-x (-riz). [< L. auji/m 
rinx, n.] 1. A helper; an Assistant; a confed- 
erate in some action, enterprise, or undertak- 
ing; an aid of any kind. 
Aquatint is seldom practiced by itself; it is rather an 
(ntxiliarif to line-etching. /'. <i. ll ,,* ,-t" 
Specifically 2. pi. Foreign troops in the ser- 
vice of a nation at war. 
The Eleians often engaged as auxiliarin in the wars of 
other states, on pretence of asserting the cause of religion. 
J. Adams, Works, IV. S12. 
3. In gram., a verb used in forming, with the 
infinitive and participles of other verbs, phrases 
having the value of, or a value analogous to that 
of, modes and tenses: thus, I do love, I litn-r 
loved, I shall love, I am loved. 4. In math., 
an auxiliary quantity (which see, under L). 
auxiliatet (ag-zil'iat), r. t. [< L. auxiliatus, 
pp. of dujciliari, help, < auxilium, help: see 
auxiliar.] To aid or assist. 
He [Day] then fell into a disputation with Cranmer and 
Goodrich, in which he repeated his former Scripture, and 
auxiliated it with another. 
R. W. Dixan, Hist. Church of Eng., xvll. 
auxiliatoryt (ag-zil'ia-to-ri), . and n. [< L. 
as if " 'auxiliatorius, '(. auxiliator, a helper, < 
auxiliari, pp. auxiliatus, help, < auxilium, help.] 
I. a. Helping; aiding; auxiliary. 
Masses both auxiliator^ and expiatory. 
Sir E. Sandy*, State of Religion. 
II. n. A help; an aid; in the plural, auxilia- 
ries. 
There were no such auxiliatoriet within the walls. 
K. Watnon, Hist Philip II. 
auxometer (ak-som'e-ter), n. [Irreg. < Gr. 
ai'fetv, increase, + fitrpov, measure. Cf. auxa- 
nometer.] An instrument for measuring the 
magnifying powers of an optical instrument. 
auxospore (ak'so-spor), n. [Irreg. < Gr. avjetv, 
grow, + orriipof, seed, offspring.] In the IHato- 
macea;, an enlarged individual, formed either 
asexually, by the growth of the protoplasm at- 
tended by renewal of the silicious envelop, or 
sexually, by the union of the contents of two 
separate cells. 
auxotonic (ak-so-ton'ik), a. [Irreg. < Gr. aigfiv, 
grow, + rovof, tension, tone.] Determined by 
growth : in bot., applied to those movements of 
plants which are the result of growth, in dis- 
tinction from those of matured organs influ- 
enced by stimulation. See allaxsotonic. 
ava 1 (a'va), n. [Also called Icara, kawa; a 
native name.] A fermented drink used in the 
South Sea islands, made from the roots of the 
Piper methysticum. See kara. 
ava 2 (a'va), . A name of the topaz humming- 
bird, Topaza pella. 
ava' (a-va'), adv. Scotch for of a', that is, of 
all, frequently used in the sense of at all. 
avadavat (av'a-da-vaf), M. Same as amada- 
vat. 
avahi (av'a-hi), n. [Native name.] The woolly 
lemur, or long-tailed indri, of Madagascar, Ara- 
his laniger; the ampongue. 
Avahis (av'a-his), n. [NL., < ara/i.] A genus 
of lemurs, containing the ampongue, avani, or 
woolly lemur of Madagascar, A. laniger: a syn- 
onym of Microrhynchux (which see). 
avail 1 (a-val'), r. [< ME. arailen, < OF. a- (lor 
L. ad-) + valer, ralbir, be of value or use, < L. 
ralere, to be strong, to be worth: see value.] 
1. intrans. 1. To have value or use; be of 
service or advantage ; give profit : as, wealth 
avails little to a castaway. 
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man amileth 
much. Jas. v. 16. 
2. To have force or efficacy; serve for a pur- 
pose; give aid toward an end: as, his cries 
availed to bring relief. 
The thing to be taught has availed to obscure or even 
to annihilate for their eyes every anxiety as to the mode 
of teaching. 1>< Quincey. Style, i. 
