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Avaricious.
Cease; stop; stay.
The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.
To advance; to profit.
Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."
To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
To depart; to move away.
To vaunt; to boast.
A vaunt; to boast.
A boaster.
A reverential salutation.
An ave Maria.
Alt. of Ave Mary
A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria.
A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.
To pull away.
In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross.
A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.