amortization 
2. Extinction, as of debt, especially by a sink- 
ing-fund; a payment toward such extinction. 
Also admortizatioii, amorti:emcni. 
amortize, amortise (a-mor' tin), v. ; pret. and 
pp. amortized, -serf, ppr. amortizing, -ning. \< 
ME. amortixt-ii, -risen, -csen, < AF. >i<i-li:<-r. 
-eyser (= Sp. amortizur = ML. amortisare, ad- 
murtizarc), < antortiz-, OF. amnrtiss-, stem of 
181 
Il.t trans. 1. To ascend; climb; mount. 
2. To rise in number, quantity, or value, so as 
to reach or be equal to ; come to. 
Tin' sum iniKiiiiitrd v thousand pounde. 
rn.rli,,!. fill-on, of F.ng., ccv. 188. (A 1 . K. l>.) 
3. To be equivalent to ; mean; signify. 
Tell me, mayde chaste, 
What iniKiiiiitelli this? 
Li/beau* Due., 1471. (A'. E. D.) 
ampere 
no characters by which it can lie denned, but containing a 
miscellaneous group of deiitirostral insessorial liirds from 
variouB parts of the world, and divided intci the sulifanii- 
lies /.''iiitfirhtui"-. l'ijii-'ti'i\ A i/ijK-ii/i"'. PackycephaHncc, 
etc. (6) A family of dentirciMnd /iwxwuw. supposed to 
lateil to the shrikes and flycatchers, and Including 
the suhfamilies Dtcntrint9,CmnptphaffiM9, Gtymnodcrfwv, 
Aiii/icli'iin-, ritiri'ini; and 1'iifhi/ri'iilinliiiif. (<) A family 
of birds restricted to the Ampelinnt proper with the Pti- 
, and placed between Tyniiutitlit' and Cottn- 
certain parts of amortir, deaden, quench, abol- 
ish, extinguish, redeem, or buy out, as a rent- 4. To cause to rise ; rais 
*,> = OCat. timortir = lt. ammortire, < L. as amount (a-mount'), . [Modem; <. amount, r. 
if 'admortire, < ad, to, + mor(t-)s, death: see 
mortal. Of. iniirtmuiit."] I. (roil*. It. To make 
dead; deaden; destroy. 
1. The sum total of two or more sums or quan- 
tities; the aggregate: as, the amount ot 1 and 9 
is 16; the amount of the day's sales. 2. A 
u.'iUi , uoaucii . uoBwvji -" ~ 
The gode werkes that men don whil thei ben in gode quantity or Slim viewed as a whole. 
lyfe ben al amartited by sin fcilowing. 
Chaucer, Parson s lale. 
2. In law, to alienate in mortmain, that is, to 
convey to a corporation, sole or aggregate, ec- 
clesiastical or temporal, and their successors. 
See mortmain. 3. To extinguish, as a debt, by 
means of a sinking-fund. 
Il.t intrang. To droop; hang as dead. 
With this rayne went the sayle amartyssynge and hang- 
ing hevy. Caxtun, Ovid's Metain., xi. 19. (A'. a. V.) 
amortizement. amortisement (a-m6r'tiz- 
rnent), n. [< F. amortissement, a subduing, 
bringing to an end, in arch, a finishing (ML. 
amortisamentum, admortizamentum), < amortir 
Ampelideae (am-pe-lid'e-e), n. pi. [NL., fern. 
Tp\.oftiipi'li<lrus: see ampelideous.] The name 
Here no Papist* were arraigned^, ,,m, ; Mt to^a I opish 1^ by ^; unth and othe J rg to the nat ural order 
of plants called Vitacece (which see). 
ampelideous (am-pe-lid'e-us), a. [< NL. ,- 
peudeus, < Gr. a^vMf (-tti-), a vine, dim. of afnre- 
/?, a vine: see Ampelis."] In bot., relating or 
belonging to the Ampelidete, or vine family; re- 
sembling the vine. 
Ampelinae (am-pe-li'ne), n. pi. [NL,., < Ampelis 
+ -ina;.'] A subfamily of birds, of the family 
Ampelidce, or chatterers. It is sometimes taken as 
equivalent to Ampelidce (c) (which see), and sometimes re- 
stricted to the single genus Ampelit. 
AmpeliO (am-pe'li-o), n. [NL., < Gr. a/nre).uw, 
a kind of singing bird, also called ouTre/Uf : see 
Ampelis."] A genus of cotingine birds of South 
America, established by Cabanis in 1845, made 
It is not often that a single fault can produce any vast 
amount of evil. De Quineeii, Style, i. 
3. The full effect, value, or import ; the sum or 
total : as, the evidence, in amount, comes to 
tliis. 
Often contracted to amt. 
amour (a-mor'), n. [< mod. F. amour (with F. 
pron. and accent), taking the place of earlier 
E. amour, amor (with accent on first syllable), 
< ME. amour, amur, < OF. amur, amour, love : by Sundevall the type of his family Ampelio- 
see amor, and cf . paramour.'] It. Love ; affec- nines. A. melanocephata is an example. Also 
tion; friendship. 2f. Love toward one of the written Ampelion. 
opposite sex. 3. A love-affair; love-making; Ampelioninae (am-pel'i-o-m'ne), n. pi. [NL., 
especially, an illicit love-affair; an intrigue. < Ampelio(n-) + -ina;.'] In Sundevall s classifi- 
cation of birds, the second family of his fourth 
cohort (Pycnaspidea;) of scutelliplantar oscine 
passeres. It contains such genera as Ampelio, Phiba- 
lura, Cotinga, Phytotmna, Cephalopterus, etc., and inexact- 
ly corresponds to a subfamily Cotingince of some authors. 
Lmpelis (am'pe-lis), n. [NL., < Gr. luareMf, a 
kind of singing bird, also called auml.iuv, prob. 
from its haunting vines, < d^t7j>f, a vine.] A 
genus of oscine passerine birds, type of a sup- 
posed subfamily Ampelince, or of an alleged 
family Ampelidce. It contains three species, the Caro- 
lina waxwing (A. cedmrum), the Bohemian waxwing (A. 
especially, 
Amour propre (a-mor propr), self-esteem ; self-respect : 
sometimes used in an unfavorable sense, meaning self-love, 
pride, conceit, vanity, egotism : a French phrase now in 
common use. 
Doubtless in nearly every field of inquiry emotion is a 
perturbing intruder : mostly there is some preconception, 
that resists disproof of it. " AmpeliS (am'pe-lis), n. 
dy 
H. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 74. 
These words were uttered with so much coldness, that 
Mr. Emngham's amour propre was deeply wounded. 
J. E. Cooke, Virginia Comedians, I. xil. 
amourettet, See amoret. 
amourist, n. See amorist. 
amovability (a-mo-va-bil 'i-ti), n. [< amovable : 
see -bility.] Capability of being removed, as 
from an office. [Bare.] 
. , 
garrulm), and the Japanese waxwing (A.phonncopterw); 
the birds are also called chatterers. A synonym of Am- 
pelw is Bombycilla. The name was formerly applied, with 
great latitude, to many birds properly belonging to vari- 
ous other families ; but it is now restricted to the three here 
named. See wax-wing. 
Amortizement of Buttress (I3th century), Apsidal Chapel. 
Cathedral of Amiens. 
(-is*-) : see amortize and -menf] 1. The crown- 
ing member of an edifice; the architectural 
ornament or feature that terminates a facade, 
a ridged or pointed roof, a gable, a buttress, 
etc. 7iollet-le-Diu>. 2. Same as amortization. 
a-morwet, prep- P hr - as adv - A Middle English 
form of amorrow. 
amotion (a-mo'shon), n. [< L. amotio(n-), < 
amovere, pp. amot-us, remove: see amove%.] 1. 
Removal ; ejection ; ejectment from possession 
or office, as of an officer of a corporation. 
The cause of his amotion is twice mentioned by the Ox 
Let us retain amenability on the concurrence of the 
executive and legislative branches. 
Jefferson, Works, IV. 288. ampe lit e (am'pe-lit), . [< L. ampelitis, < Gr. 
amovable (a-mo'va-bl), a. [< a/wow 2 +-able; i^e/Zrjf (gc.y^),akindof bituminous earth used 
also amovible, after F. amovible."] Removable, to sprinkle vines in order to keep off insects, 
amovalt (a-mo'val), n. [< amove 2 + -al. Cf. 
removal, (remove"] Total removal. 
Amoval of ... insufferable nuisances. 
Evelyn, Sylva, p. 342. 
\ ujuTie/ioi, a vine.] A species of black earth 
abounding in pyrites: so named from having 
been used to kill insects on vines. The name 
is also applied to cannel-coal and to some kinds 
of schist. 
amove 1 ! (a-mov'), v.t. [Early mod. E. amoove, am p e litic (am-pe-lit'ik), a. [< ampelite + -ie.] 
< ME. amoeven, ameven, < OF. amover, amouvmr, j n mineral., pertaining to or resembling ampe- 
< L. admovere, move t, bring to, apply, incite, i^e. 
< ad, to, + movere, move: see a- 11 and move.] Ampeloglypter (am"pe-lo-glip'ter), n. [NL., 
To move; stir; excite; affect. < Gr. dprEAof, a grape-vine, + y/twrr^>, a chisel, 
And when she say thise poetical Muses aprochen aboute 
my bed and enditynge wordes to my wepynges, she was a 
lytel amoved and glowede with cruwel eyen. 
Chaucer, Boethius, i. prose 1. 
She nought ameved 
Neither in word, or chere, or countenance. 
Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 442. 
At all these cries my heart was sore amoved. 
Greene, Poems, p. 136. (AT. E. D.) 
ford antiquary. T. Warlon, Life of Sir T. Pope, p. 251. amoTe 2 t ( a -mov'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. amoved, 
- 
2. Motion away from; a moving away; re- 
Coroners 
amount "(a-mounf), v. [< ME. amounten, 
amunten, mount up to, come up to, signify, < 
OF. amounter, amunter, amonter, amount to, < 
amunt, amont, adv., uphill, upward, prop. prep. 
phr. a mont, toward or to a mountain or neap 
(cf. E. adown), < L. ad montem : ad, to ; montem, 
ace. of mon(t-)s, mountain : see mount, momi- amovible (a-m6'vi- 
tain. Cf. avale.'} I. intrans. If. To go up ; Same as amovable 
rise; ascend; mount. 
When the larke doth fyrst amounte on high. 
Peacham, Garden of Eloquence, p. 106. 
So up he rose, and thence amounted streight. 
ampac (am'pak) 
odoriferous resin, 
cate baths. 
ape- 
.yt.v$uv, carve, cut.] A genus 
of beetles, of the family Ourcu- 
lionida!, established by Le Conte 
for three North American spe- 
cies formerly included in the 
genus Saris. They live, in the lar- 
val state, in the young canes of cul- 
tivated or wild grape-vines and the 
Virginia creeper, causing swellings 
in the shape of elongate knobs. The 
most abundant species, A. sesoitrit 
(Le Conte), the grape-vine gall-beetle, is 
a small, highly polished, elongate in- 
sect of uniform light yellowish-brown 
color. The elytra are gently undulated by broad trans 
verse impressions. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. vi. 37. ampelography (am-pe-log ' ra-fi), n. [< Gr. 
may be amoved for reasonable cause. auTrcAof, vine, 4- -ypa^i'a, < ypdipew, write.] The 
* . ,, , T, L TH__ n __ :: o ~, . *. r , ' ',, !J n j p^ 
scientific description of the vine. Syd. hoc. 
Lex. 
Ampelopsis (am-pe-lop'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
vine, +m/;<f, appearance: see optic.] A 
ppr. amoving. [< late" ME. am'oven, < AF. 
amoever, < L. amovere, remove, < a for ab, from, 
+ movere, move: see o- 13 and move."] To re- 
move, especially from a post or station. 
She well pleased was thence to amove him farre. 
Grape-vine Gall- 
beetle (Ampelo- 
elypttr sesostrls). 
Vertical line shows 
natural size. 
Sir M. Hale, Hist. Plac. Cor., ii. 3. 
see amovable.'] 
'vi-bl), a. [F. : 
ile. [Bare.] 
:), n. An East 
Indian tree, a 
species of XanthoTi/lum, producing a highly genus of plants, natural order Vitaeece, scarcely 
Its leaves are used to medi- distinguishable from Vitu (and united with it 
by Bentham and Hooker), except in having no 
2. To reach or be equal (to) in number, quan- 
tity, or value ; come (to) as a whole. 
Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, 
Cannot amount unto a hundred marks. 
Spemer, F. Q., I. ix. 54. am p aro (fcm-pa'ro), [Sp. and Pg., defense, 
protection, <'Sp. Pg. amparar, defend, 
. ....,-. .., seize upon, secure, 
= It. imparare, learn, acquire, < ML. as if *im- 
efense, conspicuous disk at the base of the ovary. A. 
, = Pr. 9 uinn/(,(taisthewell-knownVlrginiacreeper,sometimes 
secure ' 
.eaves, climbs by clinging tendrils, and is fre- 
e.'"""^ -"~, = j.t. unirutwv, j- .n n. w^n***^, N -.. -~ ~ quently cultivated for covering walls and arbors. The 
I marks. parare, < L. in, into, toward, + parare, furnish.] Japanese A. tricmipidata, with simple leaves, is used for 
, A document protecting a claimant of land till the same purpose. 
3. To rise, reach, or extend, in effect, sub- 
stance, 
mount 
amounted almost 
The errors of young men are the ruin of business ; but 
the errors of aged men amou nt but to this, that more might 
have been done or sooner. Bacon. 
His love of 
amounted alm< 
ampersand."] 
in parts of England. 
i-pel'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Ampelis 
2 A defect, flaw, or blemish. Hattiwell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
