agrarian (agrarian)

and n. [L. agra rius, His grace's landed po e ions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. IMG:content-0416.png:[graphic][merged small] 2. Growing in fields; wild: said of plants. We believe that the charlock is only an agrarian form of Bra ica. Prof. Buckman, Rep. Brit. A . Adv. of Sci., 1861. 3. Rural.-Agrarian laws, in ancient Rome, laws regulating the distribution of the public lands among the citizens; hence, in modern use, laws relating to or providing for changes in the tenure of landed property.-Agrarian murder, agrarian outrage, a murder or an outrage brought about by some dispute concerning the occupancy of land, or by general discontent among tenants or the rural cla es. Agrarian region, the name proposed by H. C. Watson for that altitudinal zone of vegetation within which grain can be cultivated. II. n. 1. One who favors an equal division of property, especially landed property, among the inhabitants of a country, or a change in the tenure of land. Hence, sometimes applied to agi tators accused of leveling tendencies or of hostile designs against the holders of property, as to certain political parties at different times in the United States. The new party [the Equal Rights party, 1835, nicknamed Locofocos] was arrayed in the habiliments of a real bugbear. Agrarians was the accursed name to be fastened on them, and to make them an abomination in the eyes of all those who took any interest in law or social order. H. von Holst , Const. Hist. (trans.), II. 397. 2. The land itself. [Rare.] The agrarian in America is divided among the common J. Adams, Works, IV. 359. people in every state. 3. An agrarian law. [Rare.] agrarianism (a-grā'ri-an-izm), n. [ IMG:content-0417.png:[graphic] or sedition. Every county board, every central council, however limited its legal powers, may become a focus for agrarianism Nineteenth Century , XIX. 319. agrarianize (a-grā'ri-an-iz), v . t.; pret. and pp. agrarian i zed, ppr. agrarian i zing . [ agrarian + -ize .] 1. To distribute, as public lands, among the people. 2. To imbue with ideas of agrarianism. N. E. D. Agra work. See work. agret, prep. phr. as adv. See agree. agreablet, agreabletet. agreeable, agreeability. Obsolete forms of agreet, prep. phr. as adv. [ But toke agree alle hool my play. Rom . of the Rose , 1. 4349. agree (a-gre'), v. [ IMG:content-0418.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0419.png:[blocks in formation] J. F. Clarke , Ten Great Religions, iii. 5. His system of theology agreed with that of the Puritans. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 7. To suit; be accommodated or adapted: as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.-8. In gram., to correspond in number, case, gender, or person: as, a verb must agree with its subject. =Syn. To accord (with), concur (in), subscribe (to), promise, engage, undertake. See list under accede. II. trans. 1. To settle; determine; arrange. He saw from far Some troublous uprore or contentious fray, Whereto he drew in hast it to agree . Spenser, F. Q., II. iv. 3. I do believe the two Pretenders had, privately, agreed the matter beforehand. Gray. [This use of the verb agree is now obsolete except in the impersonal phrase it is agreed , and in a few legal and busine expre ions: as, the account has been agreed . It is thus agreed That peaceful truce shall be proclaim'd in France. 21. To agree with; suit. IMG:content-0420.png:[blocks in formation] 41. Agreeing one with another; concordant. These manifold and agreeable testimonies of the olde and new writers, Author of 1596, quoted by F. Hall. =Syn. 1. Fitting, befitting, appropriate, consonant (with). -2. Pleasing, etc. See pleasant. conformity; consistency: the agreeablene of virtue agriculturist agrestic (a-gres'tik), a. [ Cowley retreated into solitude, where he found none of the agrestic charms of the landscapes of his muse. I. D'Israeli , Calam. of Authors, I. 64. agreeablene (a-gre'a-bl-nes), n. The state agrestical (a-gres'ti-kal), a . Same as agrestic . or quality of being agreeable. ( a ) Suitablene ; agrevet, v . t. An obsolete spelling of aggrieve . to the laws of God. (6) The quality of pleasing; that agria (ag'ri-a), n. [NL., άγριος , wild, quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to savage, malignant, acre , q. the mind or senses: as, agreeablene of manners; there is an agreeablene in the taste of certain fruits. IMG:content-0421.png:[blocks in formation] v.] Same as herpes.