alyxia

R. de Brunne's Trans. of Bonaventura , 589. [Apparently from Gr. ἄλυξις ( aluxis ) a shunning, an avoiding.] A genus of plants belonging to the order Apocynaceæ, or Dog-banes. The species, of which sixteen are known from Australia, Madagascar, and tropical Asia, are evergreen trees or shrubs with fragrant flowers. The bark of A. stell at a is aromatic. ăm, *ăme, v . [O. North. am : A.S.com; Goth. im ; Pers. am; Gr. εἰμι (eimi); Æol. Dor. ἐμ-μί (emmi); Lith. es-mi: Sanse. asmi , from as to be.] The first person sing. present indicative of the verb to be. [BE.] "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."- Exod . iii. 14. "Come then, my soul: I call thee by that name, Thou busy thing, from whence I know I am : For knowing that I am , I know thou art; Since that must needs exist, which can impart." Prior. "What hard misfortune brought me to this same; Yet am I glad that here I now in safety ame." Spenser: F. Q., III., viii. 28. ӑm-, pref . [AMBI-.] The same as ambi = around, but much rarer. Example, am - plex i - caul = embracing the stem (around). A.M. as an abbreviation : (1) For Lat. artium magister master of arts; (2) for Lat. anno mundi in the year of the world.