conj.) Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner
like
similar to
in the same manner with or in which
in accordance with
in proportion to
to the extent or degree in which or to which
equally
no less than
as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil
you will reap as you sow
do as you are bidden.
(adv. &
conj.) In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations
as, virtue considered as virtue
this actor will appear as Hamlet.
(adv. &
conj.) While
during or at the same time that
when
as, he trembled as he spoke.
(adv. &
conj.) Because
since
it being the case that.
(adv. &
conj.) Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
(adv. &
conj.) That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
(adv. &
conj.) As if
as though.
(adv. &
conj.) For instance
by way of example
thus
-- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.
(adv. &
conj.) Than.
(adv. &
conj.) Expressing a wish.
(n.) An ace.
(n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
(n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces
in the second Punic war, to one ounce
and afterwards to half an ounce.
asa
(n.) An ancient name of a gum.
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asafetida
(n.) Alt. of Asafoetida
asafoetida
(n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
asaphus
(n.) A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.
asarabacca
(n.) An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.