ARDENT, ärd'ent, _adj._ burning: fiery: passionate: zealous:
fervid.--_adv._ ARD'ENTLY.--_n._ ARD'OUR, warmth of passion or feeling:
eagerness: enthusiasm (with _for_)--also ARD'ENCY.--ARDENT SPIRITS,
distilled alcoholic liquors, whisky, brandy, &c. The use of the word as =
'inflammable, combustible,' is obsolete, except in this phrase. [L.
_ardent-em_, _ard[=e]-re_, to burn.]
ARDUOUS, ärd'[=u]-us, _adj._ deep, difficult to climb: difficult to
accomplish: laborious.--_adv._ ARD'UOUSLY.--_n._ ARD'UOUSNESS. [L.
_arduus_, high; cog. with Celt. _ard_, high.]
ARE, ar, _n._ the unit of the French land measure, containing 100 sq.
metres = 119.6 English sq. yards. [Fr.--L. _area_.]
ARE, är, the plural of the present indicative of the verb _To be_. [Old
Northumbrian _aron_, of Scand. origin. This form ousted the older A.S.
_sind_, _sindon_. Both are cog. with Sans. _s-anti_, Gr. _eis-in_, L.
_sunt_, Ger. _s-ind_.]
AREA, [=a]'r[=e]-a, _n._ any plane surface or enclosed space: the sunken
space around the basement of a building: (_fig._) extent conceived by the
mind: (_geom._) the superficial contents of any figure. [L. _area_.]
AREAD, AREDE, a-r[=e]d', _v.t._ (_obs._) to make known, utter: guess:
interpret, explain: to counsel, advise. [A.S. _arédan_. See READ.]