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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>AESTHETI</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="aesthetic"> aesthetic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having to do with the beautiful, as distinguished from the useful, scientific, or moral; based on or determined by beauty rather than by practical or moral considerations. Ex. The committee laid stress on aesthetic elements, such as architecture and design (Claude M. Berkeley). <DD> 2. (of persons) having or showing an appreciation of beauty in nature and art. <DD> 3. (of things) showing good taste; artistic; pleasing. Ex. an aesthetic wallpaper. The ruins have a romantic or an impersonal, aesthetic appeal to all people, but to the Greeks they are a living force (Atlantic). <DD>noun 1. an aesthetic philosophy or point of view. Ex. Once again, Balanchine tamed an alien movement to his own distinctive personal aesthetic (Doris Hering). <DD> 2. an aesthete. Also, esthetic. adv. aesthetically. </DL> <A NAME="aesthetical"> aesthetical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with aesthetics. Also, esthetical. </DL> <A NAME="aesthetician"> aesthetician, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in or student of aesthetics. Ex. The aesthetician studies art in a theoretical way (Thomas Munro). <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, esthetician. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="aestheticism"> aestheticism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the belief in beauty as the basic standard of value in human life, underlying all moral or materialistic considerations. <DD> 2. a great love for and sensitivity to beauty and the arts. Also, estheticism. </DL> <A NAME="aestheticist"> aestheticist, noun. =aesthetician.</DL> <A NAME="aestheticize"> aestheticize, transitive verb, -cized, -cizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make aesthetic or agreeable to refined taste. </DL> <A NAME="aesthetics"> aesthetics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of beauty in art and nature; philosophy of beauty or taste; theory of the fine arts. Ex. If the experimentalists of the Institute had abandoned their physics for ... the study of transcendental aesthetics and all the refinements and abstractions of pure reason (Edinburgh Review). <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, esthetics. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="aestival"> aestival, adjective. =estival.</DL> <A NAME="aestivate"> aestivate intransitive verb, -vated, -vating. =estivate.</DL> <A NAME="aestivation"> aestivation, noun. =estivation.</DL> <A NAME="aestivator"> aestivator, noun. =estivator.</DL> <A NAME="aet"> aet. or aetat.,<DL COMPACT><DD> at the age of (usually at death); aged (a designated figure); Ex. Here lies John Richards, aet. 71. <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, ae. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="aet"> AET (no periods) or A.E.T.,<DL COMPACT><DD> a crystalline chemical compound used in the prevention and treatment of radiation sickness. </DL> <A NAME="aetatissuae"> aetatis suae,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin) in his --th year; aged --(a shortened form of anno aetatis suae). </DL> <A NAME="aetheling"> aetheling, noun. =atheling.</DL> <A NAME="aether"> aether, noun. =ether.</DL> <A NAME="aethereal"> aethereal, adjective. =ethereal.</DL> <A NAME="aethrioscope"> aethrioscope, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for measuring minute variations of temperature due to different conditions of the sky. </DL> <A NAME="aetiologic"> aetiologic, adjective. =etiologic.</DL> <A NAME="aetiological"> aetiological, adjective. =etiological.</DL> <A NAME="aetiologist"> aetiologist, noun. =etiologist.</DL> <A NAME="aetiology"> aetiology, noun. =etiology.</DL> <A NAME="aetolian"> Aetolian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the ancient Greek region of Aetolia or its people. <DD>noun an inhabitant of ancient Aetolia. </DL> <A NAME="aew"> AEW (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> airborne early warning (radar for enemy ships and aircraft). </DL> <A NAME="af"> af-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of ad- before f, as in affix. </DL> <A NAME="af"> a.f.,<DL COMPACT><DD> audio frequency. </DL> <A NAME="af"> Af.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Africa. <DD> 2. African. </DL> <A NAME="af"> AF (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Air Force, especially the Unitec States Air Force. <DD> 2. Anglo-French. <DD> 3. audio frequency. <DD> 4. autofocus in a camera. </DL> <A NAME="afa"> AFA (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> American Federation of Arts. </DL> <A NAME="afar"> afar, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> far away; at a great distance. Ex. Abraham ... saw the place afar off (Genesis 22:4). expr. from afar, from far off; from a distance. Ex. I saw him coming down the road from afar. </DL> <A NAME="afar"> Afar, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a nomadic tribe of Hamitic origin in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti; Danakil. <DD> 2. this tribe. </DL> <A NAME="afara"> afara, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a species of trees native to Nigeria, the wood of which is light-colored and resembles teak in its grain; limba. </DL> <A NAME="afb"> AFB (no periods) or A.F.B.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Air Force Base. </DL> <A NAME="afc"> AFC (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> automatic frequency control. </DL> <A NAME="afeard"> afeard or afeared, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic or Dialect.) afraid; frightened. </DL> <A NAME="afebrile"> afebrile, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without fever. </DL> <A NAME="aff"> aff, preposition, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) off. </DL> <A NAME="affability"> affability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality that makes a person easy to talk to; courteous and pleasant ways. (SYN) amiability, geniality. </DL> <A NAME="affable"> affable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. easy to talk to; courteous and pleasant in receiving and responding to the conversation or approaches of others. Ex. Our principal is a very friendly and affable man. (SYN) approachable, amiable. <DD> 2. gracious. Ex. an affable smile. noun affableness. </DL> <A NAME="affably"> affably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an affable manner; courteously. </DL> <A NAME="affair"> affair, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. thing to do; matter of business; job; task. Ex. The President has many affairs to look after. The project was an important but time-consuming affair. (SYN) activity. <DD> 2. a particular action or happening. Ex. The party on Saturday was a jolly affair. <DD> 3. a private concern. Ex. That's my own affair. <DD> 4. a thing; matter. Ex. The mechanism of a clock is a complicated affair. <DD> 5. an amorous or romantic experience, especially a temporary one; love affair; romance. <DD> 6. an important or notorious case. Ex. the Dreyfus affair. <DD> 7. (U.S. Informal.) a festive or ceremonious occasion, such as a banquet, wedding, or dinner. Ex. a catered affair. expr. affairs, matters of interest, especially public or business matters. Ex. men of affairs. The reasonableness of something is rarely a motive in human affairs (Barbara W. Tuchman). </DL> <A NAME="affaire"> affaire, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. a love affair (short for affaire d'amour or affaire de coeur). <DD> 2. any affair, especially some sensational event or legal case, often involving political scandal or intrigue. Ex. Since the days of the Dreyfus case, one of the perennial features of French government has been l'affaire--that unique combination of intrigue, scandal, and politics that seems to ... suggest the existence of deep, deadly and corrupt forces ... (Time). </DL> <A NAME="affairedamour"> affaire d'amour,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. a love affair. <DD> 2. (literally) an affair of love. </DL> <A NAME="affairedecoeur"> affaire de coeur,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. a love affair. <DD> 2. (literally) an affair of the heart. </DL> <A NAME="affairedhonneur"> affaire d'honneur,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. a duel. <DD> 2. (literally) an affair of honor. </DL> <A NAME="affairofhonor"> affair of honor, =duel.</DL> <A NAME="affairs"> affairs, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under affair. </DL> <A NAME="affect"> affect (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to produce a result on; have an effect on; act on; influence or change. Ex. The small amount of rain last year affected the growth of crops. The disease affected his mind so that he lost his memory. Nothing you say will affect my decision. <DD> 2. to touch the heart of; stir the feelings of. Ex. The stories of starving children so affected him that he gave all his spare money to their aid. (SYN) move. <DD>noun (Psychology.) the felt or affective component of a stimulus or motive to action. </DL> <A NAME="affect"> affect (2), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to pretend to have or feel. Ex. He affected ignorance of the fight, but we knew that he had seen it. (SYN) feign, simulate, profess. <DD> 2. to use because one prefers to; choose to use, wear, own, etc.; fancy. Ex. He affects carelessness in dress. <DD> 3. to make a show of liking; adopt falsely or ostentatiously. Ex. to affect a taste for abstract art. noun affecter. </DL> <A NAME="affectation"> affectation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an artificial way of talking or acting put on to impress others; pretense. Ex. Her roughness is an affectation; she is really a quiet, gentle girl. (SYN) show, pose. <DD> 2. a mannerism, choice of language, or the like, that indicates a tendency toward this. Ex. Her little affectations seem silly. (SYN) peculiarity. </DL> <A NAME="affected"> affected (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. acted on; influenced. Ex. Everyone felt affected by the war. <DD> 2. influenced injuriously. Ex. She froze her feet and the affected toes were numb. <DD> 3. moved in feeling; stirred up. <DD> 4. inclined. </DL> <A HREF="affectin.dic">NEXT</A>