Emily Dickinson Lexicon

aggravate, v. [L. aggravāre, make heavy or troublesome.]

Inflame; exasperate; frustrate; upset.

aggregate, adj. [L. aggregāt-us, united in a flock < gregā-re, to collect.]

Diverse; piecemeal; mixed up; conglomerative; compounded; multifarious; sundry; various; composed of many individual particles.

aggregate, n. [see aggregate, adj.]

Sum; total; whole; collection; accumulation; assemblage.

agile, adj. [Fr. < L. agě-re, to do.] (webplay: bending).

Nimble; flexible; limber; supple; swift; quick moving.

a'glow, adv. [see glow, v.] (webplay: day, fire).

Brightly; gloriously; luminous; radiant; refulgent; resplendent; dazzling; shining; [prothesis] glowing; a'glowing.

ago, verbal adj.

or adv. [prothesis; OE a, forth, away, out + go; see go, v.] (webplay: go, gone, a year ago). Past; previous; earlier; elapsed; expired; since; preceding; before in time; prior to this time.

agonized, verbal adv. [see agony, n.]

Painfully; poignantly; piercingly; aching; straining; struggling; with great effort; in tones of anguish.

agonizing, verbal adj. [see agony, n.]

1. Painful to express; difficult to speak; hard to articulate.
2. Anguish-causing; excruciating; distressing; torturous; [fig.] harmful; insidious; pernicious; treacherous.

agony, n. [L. agōnia > Gk 'wrestling', 'physical contest', 'mental struggle'.] (webplay: anguish, death, extreme, severe).

1. Physical anguish; extreme pain; [fig.] death; dissolution.
2. Intense sorrow; severe suffering; deep trouble; prolonged grief; mental anguish.
3. Christlike suffering; extreme spiritual and physical travail; anguish comparable to the desolation of Jesus in Gethsemane and on Calvary; (see Luke 22:41-44).

aground, adv. [see ground, n.] (webplay: depth, sand, sea, ship).

1. Washed up; stranded; beached; ashore; marooned at the shore.
2. Stopped; hindered; submerged; immovable; impeded by insurmountable obstacles; [fig.] dead; buried; interred.