Aggrandizement

n.

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

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Agonizingly

adv.

With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.

Harmonize

v. i.

To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.

Flagstaff

n.

A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

Resolve

n.

That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.

Vassal

a.

Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

Alliciency

n.

Attractive power; attractiveness.

Unsighted

a.

Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.

Ramenta

n. pl.

Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.

Nature

n.

The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.

Range

n.

To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.

Macrochires

n. pl.

A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.

Neoteric

n.

One of modern times; a modern.