ment;

concord. Shakefp. 2. Expiation; ex-To ATTEMPER. v. a. [attempero, Lat.] i'

piatory equivalent. Swift.

ATO P. adv. [from a and top.] On the top; at
the top. Milien.
ATRABILA'RIAN. a. [from atra bilis.] Me-
lancholy. Arbuthnot.

To

To mingle; to weaken by the mixture of fomething elfe. Bacon. 2. To regulate; to foften. Bacon. 3. To mix in just proportions. Spenfer. 4. To fit to fomething elle. Pope. ATTEMPERATE. v. a. [attempero, Lat.] To proportion to fomething. Hammond. ATTEMPT. v. a. [attenter, Fr.] 1. To attack; to venture upon. Milion. 2. To try; to endeavour. Maccabees. ATTEMPT. f. [from the verb.] 1. An attack. Bacon. 2. An effay; an endeavour.. Dryden.

ATRABÍLA'RIOUS. a. Melancholick.
ATRABILARIOUSNESS. /. [from atrabila-To
rious.] The ftate of being melancholy.
ATRAMENTAL. a. [from atramentum, ink,
Lat. Inky; black. Brown.

ATRAMENTOUS. a. [fromatramentum, ink,
Lat. Inky; black. Brown.

ATROCIOUS. . [atrex, Lat.] Wicked in a ATTEMPTABLE. a. [from attempt.] Liable

high degree; enormous. Ayliffe. ATROCIOUSLY. adv. [from atrocious.] In an

atrocious manner.

ATROCIOUSNESS. /. [from atrocious.] The quality of being enormously criminal. ATROCITY. J. [atrocitas, Lat.] Horrible wickedness.

ATROPHY.s. [årpepia.] Want of nourishment;
a difeafe. Milton.

To ATTACH. v. a. [attacher, Fr.] 1. To ar-
2. To
reft; to take or apprehend. Cowell.
feize. Shakef. 3. To lay hold on. Shakesp.
4. To win; to gain over, to enamour. Milton.
5. To fix to one's intereft. Rogers.
ATTACHMENT. S. [attachement, Fr.] Ad-
herence; regard. Addison.

To ATTACK. v. a. [attaquer, Fr.] 1. To af-
fault an enemy. Philips. 2. To impugn in

any manner.

ATTACK..[from the verb.] An assault. Pope. ATTACKER. S. [from attack.] The perfon that attacks.

To ATTA'IN, v. a. atteindre, Fr.] 1. To
gain; to procure. Tillotson. 2. To overtake.
Bacon. 3. To come to. Milton. 4. To reach;
to equal. Bacon.

To ATTA'IN. v. n. 1. To come to a certain
ftate. Arbuthnot. 2. To arrive at.
ATTAIN. f. [from the verb.] The thing at-
tained. Glanville.
ATTAINABLE. 4. [from attain.] That which
may be attained; procurable. Tillotson.
ATTAINABLENESS..[fromattainable.]The
quality of being attainable. Cheyne.
ATTA INDER.J. [from te attaint.] 1. The act
of attainting in law. Bacon. 2. Taint. Shakelp.
ATTA'INMENT. . [from attain.] 1. That
which is attained; acquifition. Grew. 2. The
act or power of attaining. Hooker.
To ATTA'INT. v. a. [from attainter, Fr.] 1.
To attaint is particularly used for such as are
found guilty of fome crime or offence. A man
is attainted two ways, by appearance, or by
process. Spenfer. 2. To taint; to corrupt
Shakefp.

ATTA INT. /. [from the verb.] 1. Any thing
injurious, as illness, weariness. Shakesp. 2.
Stain; fpot; taint. Shakesp.
ATTA'INTURE. f. [from attaint.] Reproach;
imputation. Shakelp.

To ATTA'MINATE, v. a. [attamina, Lat.]
To corrupt.

to attempts or attacks. Shakelp. ATTEMPTER. f. [from attempt.]

1. The

perfon that attempts. Milton. 2. An endeavourer Glanville

To ATTEND. v. a. [attendre, Fr] 1. To regard; to fix the mind upon. Shakesp. 2. To wait on. Shakejp 3. To accompany as an enemy. Clarendon. 4. To be prefent with, upon a fummons. Clarendon. 5. To be appendant to. Arbuthnot. 6. To wait on, as on a charge. Spenfer. 7. To be confequent to. Clarendon. 8. To remain to; to await. Locke. 9. To wait for infidiously. Shakefp. 10. To be bent upon any object. Dryden. 11. Te ftay for. Dryden.

To ATTEND. v. z. 1. To yield attention. Taylor. 2. To ftay; to delay. Davies. ATTENDANCE. ƒ. [attendance, Fr.] 1. The act of waiting on another. Shakefp. 2. Service. Shakelp. 3. The perfons waiting; a train, Milton. 4. Attention; regard. Timethy. 5. Expectation. Hooker. ATTENDANT. a. [attendant, Fr.] Accompanying as fubordinate. Milton. ATTENDANT./. 1. One that attends. Shake. 2. One that belongs to the train. Dryden. 3. One that waits as a fuitor or agent. Burnet. 4. One that is prefent at any thing. Swift. 5. A concomitant; a confequent.

Watts.

ATTENDER. S. [from attend.] Companions affociate. Ben Johnson.

ATTENT. a. [attentus, Lat.] Intent; attentive. Chronicles, Taylor.

ATTENTATES. f. [attentata, Lat.] Proceed
ings in a court after an inhibition is decreed,
Ayliffe.

ATTENTION. f. [attention, Fr.] The act of
attending or heeding. Locke,
ATTENTIVE. a. [from attent.] Heedful; re
gardful. Hooker.

ATTENTIVELY. adv. [from attentive.]
Heedrully carefully. Bacon.
ATTENTIVENESS./. [from attentive.]Heed-
fulness; attention. Shakelp.
ATTENUANT. a. [attenuans, Lat.] What has
the power of making thin or slender. Newton,
ATTENUATE. a. [from the verb.] Made thin
or flender. Bacon.

ATTENUATION./.[from attenuate.] The act
of making any thing thin or flender. Bacon.
A'TTER.

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ATTRACTATION.J.[attra&tatio, Lat.] Fre-A VARICE, s. [avarice, Fr.] Covetousness; in

ATTRACTICAL. a. [from attra&t.] Having
the power to draw. Ray.
ATTRACTION. [from attract.] 1. The
power of drawing any thing. Bacon, Newton.
2. The power of alluring or enticing. Shakelp.
ATTRACTIVE. a. (from attract.] 1. Having
the power to draw any thing. Blackmore. 2.
Inviting; alluring; enticing. Milton.
ATTRACTIVE.J. (from attra&.] That which
draws or incites. South.
ATTRACTIVELY. adv. [from attractive.]]
With the power of attracting.
ATTRACTIVENESS. J. [from attractive.]|
The quality of being attractive.
ATTRACTOR. f. [from attract.] The agent
that attracts. Brown.

ATTRAHENT.J. [attrabens, Lat.] That which
draws. Glanville

AUCTIONARY. a. [frorn auɗlien.] Belonging
to an auction. Dryden.
AUCTIONIER. f. [from auction.] The perfon
that manages an auction.

AUCTIVE. 4. [from au&us, Lat.] Of an in-
creafing quality.

AUCUPATION. S. [aucupatio, Lat.] Fowling bird-catching.

;

AUDACIOUS. a. [audacieux, Fr.] Bold; impudent. Dryden.

AÚDA'CIOUSLY, adv. [from audacicus.] Bold- | ly; impudently. Shakesp. AUDA'CIOUSNESS. J. [from audacious.] Impudence.

AUDA CITY. . [from audax, Lat.] Spirit; boldness. Tatler.

AUDIBLE. a. (audibilis, Lat.] 1. That which may be perceived by hearing. Grew. 2. Loud enough to be heard. Bacon. A'UDIBLENESS. f. [from audible] Capablenefs of being heard.

AUDIBLY. adv. {from audible.] In fuch a manner as to be heard. Milton. AUDIENCE.. [audience, Fr.] 1. The act of hearing. Milton. 2. The liberty of speaking granted; a hearing. Hooker. 3. An auditory; perfons collected to hear. Atterbury. 4. The reception of any man who delivers a folemn meffage. Dryden.

AUDIENCE Court. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, of equal authority with the arches cours.

AUDIT.. [from audit, he hears, Lat.] A final
account. Shakefp.

To AUDIT. v. a. [from audit.] To take an
account finally. Arbuthnot.
AUDITION.. [auditio, Lat.] Hearing.
AUDITOR. J. [auditor, Lat.] 1. A hearer.

Sidney. 2. A perfon employed to take an
account ultimately. Shakefp. 3. A king's of-
ficer, who, yearly examining the accounts of
all under officers accountable, makes up a
general book. Cowell.

AUDITORY. a. (auditorius, Lat.] That which has the power of hearing. Newton. AUDITORY. J. [auditorium, Lat.] 1. An audience; a collection of perfons affembled to hear. Atterbury. 2. A place where lectures are to be heard.

AUDITRESS. . [from auditer.] The woman that hears. Milton.

To AVEL. v. a. {avello, Lat.] To pull away.

Brown.

AVEMARY. S. A form of worship repeated
by the Romanifts in honour of the Virgin
Mary. Shakesp.

A VENAGE.J. [of avena, oats, Lat.] A cer-
tain quantity of oats paid to a landlord.
To AVENGE. v. a. jawenger, Fr.] 1. To
revenge. jaiah. 2. To punish. Dryden,
AVE NGEANCE. f. [from avenge. Punish-
ment. Philips..

AVE NGEMENT. f. [from avenge.] Venge-
ance: revenge. Spemfer..

AVE NGER Š. [from avenge.] 1. A punisher.

Par. Loft. 2. Revenger; taker of vengeance.
Dryden.

A'VENS. J. Herb bennet.
AVENTURE. [aventure, Fr.] A mifchance,
caufing a man's death, without felony. Cowell.
A'VENUE. f. [avenue, Fr.] 1. A way by which
any place may be entered. Clarendon, 2. An
alley, or walk of trees before a house.
To AVER. v. a. {averer, Fr.] To declare po-
fitively. Prior.

A'VERAGE. S. (averagium, Lat.] 1. That
duty or fervice which the tenant is to pay to
the king. Chambers. 2. A medium; a mean
proportion.

AVERMENT. f. [from aver.] Establishment of
any thing by evidence. Bacon.
AVERNAT. A fort of grape.
To AVERRUNCATE. v. a. [averrunco, Lat,]
To root up. Hudibras.

AVERSATION. S. [from averfor, Lat.] Ha-
tred; abhorrence. South.
AVE'RSE. «. (averfus, Lat.] 1. Malign; not
favourable. Dryden. 2. Not pleafed with; un-
willing to. Prior.

AVERSELY. adv. [from averfe.] 1. Unwil
lingly. 2. Backwardly. Brown.
AVERSENESS. /. [from averse.] Unwilling-
nefs; backwardness. Atterbury.
AVERSION. S. [averfion, Fr.] 1. Hatred; dif
like; deteftation. Milton. 2. The cause of
averfion. Pope.

To AVERT. v. a. [averto, Lat.] 1. To turn
afide; to turn off. Shakefp. Dryden. 2. To
put by. Sprat.

AUF. [of alf, Dutch.] A fool, or filly fellow.

See OAF.

A'UGER. f. [egger, Dutch.] A carpenter's tool

to bore holes with. Moxon.

AUGHT. pronoun. [auht, apht, Sax.]Any things
Addifon.

To AUGMENT v. a. [augmenter, Fr.] To
encrease; to make bigger, or more. Fairfax.
To AUGMENT. . . To encrease; to grow
bigger. Dryden.

AUGMENT.. [augmentum, Lat.] 1. Encrease.
Walton. 2. State of encrease. Wiseman.
AUGMENTATION./.[from augment.] 1. The
act of encreafing or making bigger. Addi fon, 2.
The state of being made bigger. Bentley. 3.
The thing added, by which another is made
bigger. Hooker.

A'UCUR. (augur, Lat.] One who pretends to
predict by the flight of birds. Prior.
To A UGUR. v. s. [from augur.] To guess; to
conjecture by figns. Dryden.

To AUGURATE. v. n. [auguror, Lat.] To
judge by augury.

AUGURATION. S. [from augur.]The practice of augury. Brown.

AUGURER. S. [from angry.] The fame with augur. Shakefp.

A'UĞURIAL. . [from augury.] Relating to augury. Brown.

A'UĞURY. S. [augurium, Lat.] 1. The act of prognofticating by omens. Swift. 2. The rules

ob

obferved by augurs. L'Eftrange. 3. An omen or prediction. Dryden. AUGUST. a. [auguftus, Lat.] Great; grand; royal; magnificent. Dryden. AUGUST.. [augustus, Lat.] The name of the eighth month from January inclufive. Peacham. AUGUSTNESS. f. [from auguft.] Elevation of, look; dignity.

AVIARY.. [from avis, Lat.] A place inclofed to keep birds in. Evelyn.

AVIDITY. f. [avidité, Fr.] Greedinefs; eager

nefs.

AVITOUS. a. [avitus, Lat.] Left by a man's

ancestors

To AVOW. v. a. [avouer, Fr.] To justify; not to diffemble. Swift.

AVO'WABLE. a. [from avow.] That which may be openly declared.

AVO’WAL. S. [from avow.] A justificatory declaration.

AVO WEDLY, adv. [from avew.] In an avowed manner. Clarendon

AVOWE'E. J. [avoué, Fr.] He to whom the
right of advowson of any church belongs.
AVO'WER. J. [from avow.] He that avows or
justifies. Dryden.

AVOWRY. J. [from avow.
ow.] Where one takes
a distress, the taker shall justify, for what caufe
he took it; which is called his avowry.

To AVIZE. v. a. (aviser, Fr.] 1. To counsel.
Spenfer. 2. To bethink himself. Spenfer. 3.AVOWSAL. f. [from avow.] A confeffion.
To confider. Spenfer.
AULD. a. [old, Sax.] Old. Shakesp.
AULETICK. [axlesicus, Lat.] Belonging to
pipes.

AVO WTRY.. [Sec ADVOWTRY.] Adultery.
A'URATE . A fort of pear.

A'ULICK. a. [aulicas, Lat.] Belonging to the

To AVO ID. v. a. [vuider, Fr.] 1. To fhun; to
elcape. Tillotson. 2. To endeavour to fhun.
Shakelp. 3. To evacuate; to quit. Bacon. 4.
To oppofe; to hinder effect. Bacon.
To AVOID. . n. 1. To retire. 1 Sam. 2. To
become void or vacant. Ayliffe.
AVOIDABLE. a. [from avoid.] That which
may be avoided, or escaped. Locke.
AVOIDANCE. f. [from avoid.] 1. The act of
avoiding. Watts. 2. The course by which any
thing is carried off. Bacon.

AVOIDER.. [from avoid.] 1. The person that
fhuns any thing. 2. The perfon that carries
any thing away. 3. The veffel in which things
are carried away.

AVOIDLESS.a.[fromavoid.] Inevitable.Dennis. AVOIRDUPOIŠ. (avoir du poids, Fr.] A kind of weight, of which a pound contains fixteen ounces, and is in proportion to a pound Troy, as feventeen to fourteen. Arbuthnot. AVOLA'TION.f. [from avolo, Lat.] A flying away. Brown.

To AVOUCH. v. a. [aveuer, Fr.] 1. To af-
firm; to maintain. Hooker. 2. To produce in
favour of another. Spenfer. 3. To vindicate;
to juftify. Shakelp.

AVO'UCH [from the verb.] Declaration;
evidence. Shakesp.
AVOUCHABLE. a. [from avowch.] That may
be avouched.

AVOUCHER. S. [from avouch.] He that a-
vouches.

AURE'LIA. S. [Lat.] A term used for the first
apparent change of the eruca, or maggot of
any fpecies of infects. Ray.
A'URICLE. f. [auricula, Lat.] 1. The external
ear. 2. Two appendages of the heart; being
two muscular caps, covering the two ventricles
thereof. Ray.

AURICULA. S. Bears ear; a flower.
AURICULAR. a. [from auricula, Lat.] 1.
Within the fenfe or reach of hearing. Shakefp.
2. Secret; told in the ear.
AURICULARLY. adv. In a fecret manner.
Decay of Piety.

AURIFEROUS. a. [aurifer, Lat.] That which
produces gold. Thomfox.
AURIGATION. J. [auriga, Lat.] The act of
driving carriages.

AURO'RA, S. [Lat.] 1. A fpecies of crowfoot &.
The goddefs that opens the gates of day; poe-
tically, the morning.

AURORA Borealis, See STREAMERS. A'URUM fulminans. [Latin.] A preparation made by diffolving gold in aqua regia, and precipitating it with falt of tartar; whence it becomes capable of giving a report like that of a piftol. Garth.

AUSCULTA'TION.S. [from aufculto, Lat.] A hearkening or liftening to.

A'USPICE. J. [aufpicium, Lat.] 1. The omens of any future undertaking drawn from birds. 2. Protection; favour fhewn. Ben Johnson. 3. Influence; good derived to others from the piety of their patron. Dryden.

AUSPICIAL. 4. [from aufpice.] Relating to
prognosticks.

AUSPICIOUS. a. [from aufpice.] 1. With
omens of fuccefs. 2. Profperous; fortunate.
Dryden. 3. Favourable; kind; propitious.
Shakefp. 4. Lucky; happy; applied to things.
Refcommon.

AUSPICIOUSLY. adv. [from aufpicions.] Hap-
pily; profperously.

AUSPICIOUSNESS.. [from aufpicious.] Pro-
fperity; happiness.
AUSTERE. a. [aufterus, Lat.] 1. Severe;
harth; rigid, Rogers, Sour of taste; harsh.
Blackmore.

AUS

AUSTERELY. ade. [from auftere.] Severely;
rigidly. Paradife Loft.

AUSTE RENESS. f. [from auftere.] 1. Seve
rity; strictness; rigour. Shakesp. 2. Roughness
in taste.
AUSTERITY.. [from auftere.] 1. Severity;
mortified life; ftrictness. Ben Johnson.
Cruelty; harsh difcipline. Rofcommon.
AUSTRAL. . [auftralis.] Southern.

2.

AUTOMATOUS. a. [from automaton.] Maving
in itfelt the power of motion. Brown's Vulgar
Errears.

AUTONOMY. §. [2ílovouta.] The living ac-
cording to one's mind and prefcription.
A'UTOPSY. J. [aulofia.] Ocular demonstration.
Ray.
AUTO'PTICAL. a. [from autopfy.] Perceived
by one's own eyes. Brown.

To A USTRALIZE. v. n. [from aufter.] To AUTOPTICALLY. a [from extoptical] By tend towards the fouth. Brown. AUSTRINE..[from auftrinus, Lat] Southern. | AUTHENTICAL. 4. Authentick. Hale. AUTHENTICALLY, adv. [from authentical.]| With circumftances requifite to procure authority. South.

AUTHENTICALNESS. J. [from authentical.]
The quality of being authentic; genuineness.
Addijen.

AUTHENTICITY. f. [from authentick.] Au-
thority; genuineness.

means of one's own eyes. Brown. AUTOTHE IST. S. [from duròs and sóc.] One who believes God's felf-fubfiftence. A'UTUMN. [autumnus, Lat.] The feafon of the year between fummer and winter. Philips. AUTUMNAL. a. (from autumn.] Belonging to autumn. Donne.

A VULSION. S. [evulfio, Lat.] The act of
pulling one thing from another. Philips.
AUXE SIS. [Lat.] Exornation, amplification.
AUXILIAR.. [from auxilium, Lat.] Help-
AUXILIARY. S ́er; affiftant. South.

AUTHENTICK. a. (authenticus, Lat.] That which has every thing requifite to give it au- AUXILIAR. 24. [from auxilium, Lat.] Affifthority. Cowley. AUXILIARY. tant; helping. Milton, Dryd. AUTHENTICKLY. adv. [from authentick.]| AUXILIARY Verb. A verb that helps to con

Acter an authentick manner.

AUTHENTICKNESS. s. [from authentick.]|
Authenticity.

AUTHOR. f. (auther, Lat.] 1. The first begin-
ser or mover of any thing. Hooker. 2. The
efficient; he that effects or produces any thing.
Dryden. 3. The first writer of any thing.
Dryden. 4. A writer in general. Shakesp
AUTHORITATIVE. a. [from authority! 1.
Having due authority. 2. Having an air of
authority. Swift.

AUTHORITATIVELY. adv. [from authoritative.] 1. In an authoritative manner; with 1 fhow of authority. 2. With due authority. Hale.

AUTHORITATIVENESS. f. [from authoritative. Authoritative appearance. AUTHORITY.. [auctoritas, Lat.] 1. Legal power. Shakefp. 2. Influence; credit. Locke. 3. Power; rule. 1 Tim. 4. Support; countemance. Ben Jobnfen. 5. Teftimony. Sidney. 6. Credibility Hooker. AUTHORIZATION.s. [from authorize.]Establishment by authority. Hale.

To AUTHORIZE. v. a. autorifer, Fr.] 1. To give authority to any perfon. Dryden. 2. To make any thing legal. Dryden 3. To establish any thing by authority. Hooker. 4. To juftily; to prove a thing to be right. Locke. 5. To give credit to any perfon or thing. Sauth. AUTOCRACY. [avongale a.] Independent

jugate other verbs. Watts. AUXILIA'TION. S. [from auxiliatus, Lat.] Help; aid.

To AWAIT. v. a. [from a and wait.] 1. To expect; to wait for. Fairfax, 2. To attend ; to be in ftore for. Rogers.

AWAIT.. [from the verb.] Ambush. Spenser, To AWA KE. v. a. [peccian, Sax.] 1. To roufe out of fleep. Shakefp. 2. To raise from any ftate resembling deep. Dryden. 3. To put into new action. Pepe.

To AWAKE. v.. To break from fleep; to
ceafe to fleep. Shakesp.

AWA'KE. . [from the verb.] Without sleep;
not fleeping. Dryden.
To AWAKEN. See AWAKE.
To AWARD. v. a. [peardig, Sax.] 1. To
adjudge; to give any thing by a judicial
fentence. Collier. 2. To judge; to determine.
Pope.

AWARD.. [from the verb.] Judgment; fen
tence; determination Addifen.
AWA'RE. alv. [gepaɲan, Sax.] Vigilant; a 1-
tentive. Atterbury.

To AWARE. v. a. To beware; to be cautiou &
Par. Loft.

AWAY. adv. [apeg, Saxon.] 1. Abfent. Ben
Jobnjon. 2.From any place or perfon. Shakesp.
3.Let us go. Shakelp. 4. Begone. Smith.
Out of one's own hand. Tilletfon.
AWE S. [ege, Saxon.] Reverential fear; re-

verence. South