Crossword clues for amities
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amity \Am"i*ty\, n.; pl. Amities. [F. amiti['e], OF. amisti['e], amist['e], fr. an assumed LL. amisitas, fr. L. amicus friendly, from amare to love. See Amiable.] Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.
To live on terms of amity with vice.
--Cowper.
Syn: Harmony; friendliness; friendship; affection; good will; peace. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. (plural of amity English)
Usage examples of "amities".
Her heroism So schools her sense of her calamities As out of grief to carve new queenliness, And turn a mobile mien to statuesque, Save for a sliding tear.
He lived without the sweet household ties--the connections and amities he formed excited for a moment, but possessed no charm to comfort or to soothe.
Take our thanks: we read that this conjuncture undesigned I "Unfolds felicitous means of showing you that still our eyes are set, as yours, on peace, II "To which great end the Treaty of Amiens must be the groundwork of our amities.