1) a,"the first letter of the english and of many other alphabets. the capital a of the alphabets of middle and western europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old latin a, which was borrowed from the greek alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the hebrew aleph, and itself from the egyptian origin. the aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of greek articulation; and the greeks took it to represent their vowel alpha with the a sound, the phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols.-the name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in c), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in a minor. the second string of the violin is tuned to the a in the treble staff. -- a sharp (a/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between a and b. -- a flat (a/) is the name of a tone intermediate between a and g.-an adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.-in each; to or for each; as, ""twenty leagues a day"", ""a hundred pounds a year"", ""a dollar a yard"", etc.-in; on; at; by.-in process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. this is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging.-of.-a barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they.-an expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter"

2) adays,"by day, or every day; in the daytime."

3) adjourn,"to put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.-to suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day."

4) adjournment,"the act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.-the time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business."

5) advent,the period including the four sundays before christmas.-the first or the expected second coming of christ.-coming; any important arrival; approach.

6) advertise,"to give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.-to give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting."

7) after,"next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.-hinder; nearer the rear.-to ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.-behind in place; as, men in line one after another.-below in rank; next to in order.-later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. it often precedes a clause. formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.-subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, i shall be careful.-subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.-moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.-denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.-in imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after rubens; the boy takes after his father.-according to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.-according to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.-subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after."

8) afternoon,"the part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening."

9) agreeable,"pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.-willing; ready to agree or consent.-agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.-in pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the house took up the report."

10) alackaday,an exclamation expressing sorrow.

11) alas,"an exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white."

12) alday,continually.

13) aliturgical,applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.

14) all fools' day,"the first day of april, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced."

15) all saints',"the first day of november, called, also, allhallows or hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival."