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other countries, rather than aliens; but alien and foreigner are often used synonymously.

      Antonyms:

citizen,	fellow-countryman,	native-born inhabitant,
countryman,	native,	naturalized person.

      Prepositions:

      Aliens to (more rarely from) our nation and laws; aliens in our land, among our people.

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ALIKE.

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      Synonyms:

akin,	equivalent,	kindred,	same,
analogous,	homogeneous,	like,	similar,
equal,	identical,	resembling,	uniform.

      Alike is a comprehensive word, signifying as applied to two or more objects that some or all qualities of one are the same as those of the other or others; by modifiers alike may be made to express more or less resemblance; as, these houses are somewhat (i.e., partially) alike; or, these houses are exactly (i.e., in all respects) alike. Cotton and wool are alike in this, that they can both be woven into cloth. Substances are homogeneous which are made up of elements of the same kind, or which are the same in structure. Two pieces of iron may be homogeneous in material, while not alike in size or shape. In geometry, two triangles are equal when they can be laid over one another, and fit, line for line and angle for angle; they are equivalent when they simply contain the same amount of space. An identical proposition is one that says the same thing precisely in subject and predicate. Similar refers to close resemblance, which yet leaves room for question or denial of complete likeness or identity. To say "this is the identical man," is to say not merely that he is similar to the one I have in mind, but that he is the very same person. Things are analogous when they are similar in idea, plan, use, or character, tho perhaps quite unlike in appearance; as, the gills of fishes are said to be analogous to the lungs in terrestrial animals.

      Antonyms:

different,

dissimilar,

distinct,

heterogeneous,

unlike.

      Prepositions:

      The specimens are alike in kind; they are all alike to me.

ALIVE.

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      Synonyms:

active,	breathing,	live,	quick,
alert,	brisk,	lively,	subsisting,
animate,	existent,	living,	vivacious.
animated,	existing,

      Alive applies to all degrees of life, from that which shows one to be barely existing or existent as a living thing, as when we say he is just alive, to that which implies the very utmost of vitality and power, as in the words "he is all alive," "thoroughly alive." So the word quick, which began by signifying "having life," is now mostly applied to energy of life as shown in swiftness of action. Breathing is capable of like contrast. We say of a dying[31] man, he is still breathing; or we speak of a breathing statue, or "breathing and sounding, beauteous battle," Tennyson Princess can. v, l. 155, where it means having, or seeming to have, full and vigorous breath, abundant life. Compare ACTIVE; ALERT; NIMBLE.

      Antonyms:

dead,	defunct,	dull,	lifeless,
deceased,	dispirited,	inanimate,	spiritless.

      Prepositions:

      Alive in every nerve; alive to every noble impulse; alive with fervor, hope, resolve; alive through all his being.

ALLAY.

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      Synonyms:

alleviate,	compose,	quiet,	still,
appease,	mollify,	soothe,	tranquilize.
calm,	pacify,

      Allay and alleviate are closely kindred in signification, and have been often interchanged in usage. But, in strictness, to allay is to lay to rest, quiet or soothe that which is excited; to alleviate, on the other hand, is to lighten a burden. We allay suffering by using means to soothe and tranquilize the sufferer; we alleviate suffering by doing something toward removal of the cause, so that there is less to suffer; where the trouble is wholly or chiefly in the excitement, to allay the excitement is virtually to remove the trouble; as, to allay rage or panic; we alleviate poverty, but do not allay it. Pacify, directly from the Latin, and appease, from the Latin through the French, signify to bring to peace; to mollify is to soften; to calm, quiet, or tranquilize is to make still; compose, to place together, unite, adjust to a calm and settled condition; to soothe (originally to assent to, humor) is to bring to pleased quietude. We allay excitement, appease

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