aspirare

To breathe (as-pi-ra'-r£) audibly; It. to v.aspirate; to chiming. interpolate h's succe ively in quaver a onant ing a vowel. Also to take breath. Having an agreement or resemaspiration blance of sound: concordant. 1. The dot over a note in violin a on ante (as-so-nan'-te) It. adj. music (A) indicating spiccato, i. e., A onant; concordant, harmonious. that the bow should be bounced on a onanza (as-se-nan'-tsa) It. n. the strings near the middle of the in- A onanz (as-so-nants) Ger. n. strument, the wrist of the bow-hand A onance, concordance, harmony. being held loose. a our dir (as-so or-der') Fr. v. 2. An obsolete ornament corre- To deafen; to muffle. sponding to the plica in ancient music, as so urd is sant (as-so or-des-san) Fr. in which the note immediately above pres. part. or below a sustained tone was touched Deafening. lightly between the notes, taking but astronomic dance a small part, about a thirty-second, of This was thought to be the most the value of the first note. This grace sublime of all Egyptian dances. In was indicated by the sign (A) when rhythmic steps, figures and move the note above was to be used and by ments, the dancers tried to represent (V) when the note below was in the majestic harmonious movements tended, e. g.: of the heavenly bodies. They danced to a musical accompaniment of flute and lyre. In these astronomical r'rir'Ne/ricjr $ dances, the altar, in the center of the Egyptian temple, stood for their god asprezza (as-pret'-tsa) It. n. Ra, the sun, while the dancers, repre- Asperity: harshne , tartne , bitter senting the signs of the zodiac, the ne . planets, and the constellations, moved a ai (as-sa'-S) It. adv. and adj. in rhythmic figures around it. The Enough; quite; very much; many. Greeks also used the astronomic Used to intensify, but not so strongly dance, performing it around the burn as molto. ing altar of Zeus.