aliquot (alikwot)

and n. [L. aliquot, some, several, a few, ali us, other, + quot, how many: see quotient.] I. a. Forming an exact measure of something: applied to a part of a number or quantity which will measure it without a remainder: thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. II. n. That which forms an exact measure; an aliquot part: as, 4 is an aliquot of 12. alisandert (al-i-san'der), п. An old form of alexanders. ali septal (al-i-sep'tal), a. and n. [ L.ala, wing, + sæptum, septum, septum.] I. a. Appellative of a cartilage which forms a partition in the lateral part of the nasal pa age of the skull of an embryonic bird; pertaining to or connected with this cartilage. Behind the alinasal comes the ali septal region. II. n. The ali septal cartilage. W. K. Parker . alish (a'lish), a. [ ambiguity in it. alive (a-liv'), prep. phr. as a. or adv. [Early mod. E. also alyfe, on lyve, on lyfe, Nor well alive , nor wholly dead they were, But some faint signs of feeble life appear. Dryden, Pal. and Arc., 1. 151. 2. In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; undestroyed; unexpired: as, keep the suit alive. Sweet Liberty inspires And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires. Cowper , Table-Talk. 3. Full of alacrity; active; sprightly; lively: as, the company were all alive. -4. Enlivened; animated; strongly aroused. This perpetual intercommunication... keeps us al ways alive with excitement. O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 7. The special quality of the song is that, however carele ly fashioned, it seems alive with the energy of music. Stedman , Vict. Poets, p. 101. 5. Attentive; open to impre ions (from); sensitive; susceptible: used with to: as, he is sufficiently alive to the beauties of nature, but yet more alive to his own interests. Awakening to the consciousne of evils which had long existed, and which had escaped notice only because no one was alive to them. Froude , Sketches, p. 142. IMG:content-0502.png:[blocks in formation] orescence. It has acid properties and unites with bases.Alizarin red. See red, n.