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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AU'RA, n. [L. from Heb. a stream; Gr. See Air.]
Literally, a breeze, or gentle current of air, but used by English writers for a stream of fine particles flowing from a body, as effluvia, aroma, or odor; an exhalation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
2: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole]
3: a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" [syn: air, aura, atmosphere]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, puff of air, breeze, from Greek; probably akin to Greek a?r air Date: 1694 1. a. a subtle sensory stimulus (as an aroma) b. a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source <the place had an aura of mystery> 2. a luminous radiation ; nimbus 3. a subjective sensation (as of lights) experienced before an attack of some disorders (as epilepsy or a migraine) 4. an energy field that is held to emanate from a living being

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. aurae or auras) 1 the distinctive atmosphere diffused by or attending a person, place, etc. 2 (in mystic or spiritualistic use) a supposed subtle emanation, visible as a sphere of white or coloured light, surrounding the body of a living creature. 3 a subtle emanation or aroma from flowers etc. 4 Med. premonitory symptom(s) in epilepsy etc. Derivatives: aural adj. auric adj. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk, = breeze, breath

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aura Au"ra, n.; pl. Aur[ae]. [L. aura air, akin to Gr. ?.] 1. Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc. 2. (Med.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics. Electric aura, a supposed electric fluid, emanating from an electrified body, and forming a mass surrounding it, called the electric atmosphere. See Atmosphere, 2.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(auras) An aura is a quality or feeling that seems to surround a person or place or to come from them. She had an aura of authority. = air N-COUNT: usu N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Effluence, exhalation, expiration, effluvium, aroma, odor.

Moby Thesaurus

air, ambiance, ambience, anthelion, antisun, appearance, aroma, aspect, atmosphere, aureole, blaze of glory, brilliance, brilliancy, character, charisma, circle, climate, corona, countersun, ectoplasm, ectoplasy, effluvium, emanation, envelope, exteriorized protoplasm, feel, feeling, glamour, glory, halo, illustriousness, lunar corona, lunar halo, luster, magic, milieu, mock moon, mock sun, mood, moon dog, mystique, nimbus, note, numinousness, odor, overtone, paraselene, parhelic circle, parhelion, quality, radiance, rainbow, resplendence, resplendency, ring, semblance, sense, solar corona, solar halo, spirit, splendor, suggestion, sun dog, tone, undertone