Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style.
Hare.
-- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.
||A*mor`pho*zo"a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; shapeless; 'a priv. + &?; form + &?; animal.] (Zoöl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.
A*mor`pho*zo"ic (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.
A*mor"phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. amorphie. See Amorphous.] Shapelessness. [Obs.] Swift.
A*mort" (&?;), a. [Pref. a- + F. mort death, dead; all amort is for alamort.] As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed. Shak.
A*mor"tise (&?;), v., A*mor`ti*sa"tion (&?;), n., A*mor"tis*a*ble (&?;), a., A*mor"tise*ment (&?;), n. Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.
A*mor"tiz*a*ble (&?;), a. [Cf. F. amortissable.] Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.
A*mor`ti*za"tion (&?;), n. [LL. amortisatio, admortizatio. See Amortize, and cf. Admortization.] 1. (Law) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
2. The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds.
A*mor"tize (&?;), v. t. [OE. amortisen, LL. amortisare, admortizare, F. amortir to sell in mortmain, to extinguish; L. ad + mors death. See Mortmain]. 1. To make as if dead; to destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Law) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.