amort (amort)

[Aterm due to the phrase all amort (as if from all, adv., and amort ), a corruption of alamort, How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort ! Shak., T. of the S., iv. 3. I am all amort , as if I had lain Three days in my grave already. Mas singer , Parliament of Love, iv. 5. She danced along with vague, regardle eyes, all amort . Keats , Eve of St. Agnes, st. 8. His sensitivene idled, now amort , Alive now. Browning , Sordello, vi. amortisation, amortise. See amortization, amortize. amortization, amortisation (a-môr-ti-zā'shon), n. [ML. amortisatio ( n- ), admortiza tio (n-), IMG:content-0643.png:[blocks in formation] II.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. The som amounted v you sand pounde. ampere 3. To be equivalent to; mean; signify. Tell me, mayde chaste, 2. Extinction, as of debt, especially by a sinking-fund; a payment toward such extinction. Also admortization, amortizement. amortize, amortise (a-môr'tiz), v.; pret. and pp. amortized, -sed, ppr. amortizing, -sing. [ dead; deaden; destroy. Pr. The gode werkes that men don whil the i ben in gode lyfe ben al amortised by sin folowing. Chaucer , Parson's Tale. IMG:content-0644.png:[blocks in formation] Amortizement of Buttre (13th century), Apsidal Chapel, Cathedral of Amiens. (-i -): see amortize and -ment .] 1. The crown ing member of an edifice; edifice; the architectural ornament or feature that terminates a façade, a ridged or pointed roof, a gable, a buttre , etc. Viollet -le-Duc.-2. Same as amortization. a-morwet, prep. phr. as adv. A Middle English form of a morrow.