Lat. To draw towards evening. ADVICE. f. [avis, advis, Fr.] 1. Connfel; inftruction. 2. Reflection; prudent confideration, 3. Confultation; deliberation. 4. Intelligence. ture. ADULTER A'TION. f. [from adulterate.] 1. The act of corrupting by foreign mix. Bacon. 2. The ftate of being contaminated. Felton. ADULTERER. f. [adulter, Lat.] The perfon guilty of adultery. Dryden. ADVYCE-BOAT. J. A vessel employed to ADULTERESS. f. [from adulterer.] A wo bring intelligence. ADVISABLE, a. [from advise] Prudent; fit to be advifed. Soutb. ADVISABLENESS. f. [from advisable.] The quality of being advisable; fitnefs; propriety. To ADVISE. v. a. [adviser, Fr.] 1. To counfel. Shakespeare. 2 To inform; to make acquainted. To ADVISE. v. n. man that commits adultery. ADULTERINE. f. [adulterine, Fr.] A child born of an adulterefs. ADULTEROUS. a. [adulter, Lat.] Guilty of adultery. Taylor. ADULTERY. f. [adulterium, Lat.] The aft of violating the bed of a married perfon. Dryden. ADU'MBRANT. a. [ from adumbrate. ] That which gives a flight refemblance. 1. To confult; as, be advised with bis To ADU'MBRATE. v. a. [adumbro, Lat.] companions. ADVISED. particip. a. [from advise.] Bacon. To shadow out; to give a flight likeness; to exhibit a faint refemblance. Decay of Piety. 1. Acting with deliberation and defign; ADUMBRATION. f. [from adumbrate.] prudent; wife, 1. The act of giving a flight and imperfect representation. 2. A faint fketch. acted Hooker. 2. Performed with deliberation; with defign. ADVISEDLY, ad. [from advifed.] Deliberately; purpofely; by defign; prudently. Suckling. ADVISEDNESS. J. [from advised.] Deliberation; cool and prudent procedure. Saunderfon. ADVISEMENT. J. [advisement, Fr.] 1. Counfel; information, 2. Prudence; circumspection. ADVISER, s. [from advise.] The perfon that advifes; a counsellor. Waller. ADULA'TION, J. [adulation, Fr. adulatio, Lat.] Flattery; high compliment. Claren. ADULA'TOR. f. [adulator, Lat.] A flat terer. Spenfer. ADULATORY. a. [adulatorius, Lat.] Flattering. ADULT. a. [adultus, Lat.] Grown up; ADULTNESS. J. [from adult.] The state Boyle. Bacon. ADUNA'TION. f. [from ad and unus, Lat.] Bacon. A'DVOCACY. f. [from advocate.] Vindi- 1. He that pleads the caufe of another in a Shakespeare. ADU'STION. . [from aduft.] The act of victorious. AE'RIAL. a. [aërius, Lat.] 1. Belonging to the air, as confifling of it. Prior, Newton. 2. Produced by the air, 3. Inbabiting the air. 4. Placed in the air. . AFFAIR. S. [affaire, Fr.] Bufinefs; fomething to be managed or tranfaéted. Pope. To AFFEʼAR. v. z. [from affier, Fr.] To confirm; to eftablish. Shakespeare. AFFECT. [from the verb affect.] 1. Affection; paffion; fenfation. Bacon 2. Quality; circumstance. Wifem. To AFFE/CT. v. a. [affecier, Fr. afficio, affe&tum, Lat.] 1. To act upon; to produce effects in any other thing. 2. To move the paffions. 3. To aim at; to aspire to. Milton. Addifen. 4. To attend to; to endeavour after. Newt. 5. To be fond of; to be pleafed with; to love. Hooker. 6. To study the appearance of any thing; with fome degree of hypocrify. Prior. 7. To imitate in an unnatural and conDryden. ftrained manner. Ben Johnson. Milton. AFFECTA'TION. f. [affectatio, Lat.] The Pope. act of making an artificial appearance. 5. High; elevated in fituation. Philips. A'ERIE. S. [aire, Fr.] A neft of hawks and other birds of prey. AERO'LOGY. f. [anp and λóyo;, Gr. ] The doctrine of the air. AERO'MANCY. S. [anp and mailis, Gr.] The art of divining by the air. AERO'METRY. J. [ap and μelpén, Gr.] The art of measuring the air. AERO'SCOPY. S. (amp and exélo, Gr.] The obfervation of the air. Corvel. ÆTITES.. [ails, an eagle.] Eagle-ftone. AFAR. a. [from a for at, and far.] Quincy. Bacon. Dryden. 3. From afar; from a diftant place. Addifon. 4. AFAR OFF; remotely diftant. Hayward. AFE'ARD. participial a. [from to fear, for to fright, with a redundant. ] Frighted; terrified; afraid. Fairy Queen. Ben. Jobnfon. A'FER. f. [Lat.] The fouth west wind. Milton. AFFABILITY, f. [affabilité, Fr. affabilitas, Lat. Eafinefs of manners; courteousness; civility; condescension. Clarendon. A'FFABLE. a. [affabie, Fr. offabilis, Lat.] 1. Easy of manners; accoftable; courteous; complaifant. Bacon. 2. Applied to the external appearance; benign; mild. A'FFABLENESS. f. [from affable.] Courtely; affability. A'FFABLY. ad. [from affable.] Courteoufly; civilly. AFFABROUS. a. [affabre, Fr.] Skilfully made; complete. Speel ator. AFFECTED. participial a. [from affect.] 1. Moved; touched with affection. Claren. 2. Studied with over-much care. 3. In a perfonal sense, full of affectation; as, an affected lady. AEFECTEDLY. ad. [from affected.] In an Shakesp. affected manner; hypocritically. Brown. AFFECTEDNESS. f. [from affected.] The quality of being affected. AFFECTION. S. [affection, Fr. affe&io, 1. The state of being affected by any cause Shakespeare. 2. Paffion of any kind. perfon. Pope. Bacon. AFFECTIONATE. a. [affectioné, Fr. from affection.] 1. Full of affection; warm; zealous. Spratt AFFECTIVE. a. [from affect.] That which Dic To AFFE'RE. v. a. [affier, Fr.] A law term, fignifying to confirm. AFFVANCE f. [affiance, from after, Fr.] 1. A marriage contract. Fairy Queen. 2. Truft in general; confidence. Shakelp. 3. Truft in the divine promifes and pio. tection, To AFFIANCE, v. a. [from the noun affiance] 1. To betroth; to bind any one by promile to marriage. Fairy Queen. 2. To give confidence. Pope. AFFANCER. . [from affiance] He that makes a contract of marriage between two parties. AFFIDATION. 2. [from affilo, Lat. See AFFIDATURE. AFFIED Mutual con tra; mutual oath of fidelity. AFFIDAVIT. J. [affidavit fignifies, in the language of the common law, be made oatb.] A declaration upon oath. AFFI'ED. particip. a. [from the verb affy, derived from affido.] Joined by contract; affanced. Shakespeare. AFFILIATION. f. [from ad and filius, Lat.] Adoption. Chambers. A'FFINAGE. f. [affinage, Fr.] The act of refining metals by the cupel. AFFINED. a. [from affinis, Lat.] Related Shakespeare. AFFINITY. J. [affinité, Fr. from affinis, Latin.} to another. 1. Relation by marriage. Dia. 2. Relation to; connexion with. To AFFIRM. v. n. [affirmo, Lat.] To declare; to tell confidently: oppofed to the word deny. To AFFIRM. v. a. To ratify or approve a former law, or judgment. AFFIRMABLE. a. [from affirm.] That which may be affirmed. AFFIRMANCE. /. [from affirm.] Confirmation: oppofed to repeal. AFFIRMANT. J. [from affirm.] The perfon that affirms. Bacon. AFFIRMATION. f. [affirmatio, Lat.] 1. The act of affirming or declaring: oppofed to negation, Shakespeare. Hammond. 2. The pofition affirmed. 3. Confirmation: oppofed to repeal. Hook. AFFIRMATIVE. a. [from affirm.] 1. That which affirms: oppofed to nega tive. To AFFIX. v. a. [affigo, affixum,_Lat.] To unite to the end; to fubjoin. Rogers. AFFIX. S. [affixum, Lat.] A particle united to the end of a word. Clarke. AFFIXION. f. [from affix.] 1. The act of affixing. 2. The ftate of being fixed. AFFLA'TION. . [aflo, afflatum, Lat. ] Act of breathing upon any thing. AFFLA'TUS. f. [Lat.] Communication of the power of prophecy. To AFFLICT. v. a. [ afflicto, affl.Aum, Lat.] To put to pain; to grieve; to torIlooker. AFFLICTEDNESS. S. [from afflicted. 1 Sorrowfulness; grief. ment. AFFLICTER. f. [from affli&t.] The perfon that affis. AFFLICTION. . [affliélio, Lat.] 1. The caufe of pain or forrow; calamity. Hooker. 2. The ftate of forrowfulness; mifery. Addifon. AFFLICTIVE. a. [from affli&.] Paintul; tormenting. South. AFFLUENCE. S. [affluence, Fr. affluentia, Latin.] 1. The act of flowing to any place; con. courfe. Wotton. 2. Exuberance of riches; plenty. Rogers. A'FFLUENCY. f. The fame with affluence. A'FFLUENT. a. [offluens, Latin.] 1. Flowing to any part. Harvey. 2. Abundant; exuberant; wealthy. Prior. A'FFLUENTNESS. f. [from affluent.] The quality of being affluent. A'FFLUX. J. [affluxus, Latin.], 1. The act of flowing to fome place; affluence. 2. That which flows to any place. To AFFRA'NCHISE. v. a. [ affrancher, Fr.] To make free. To AFFRA'Y. v. a. [effrayer, Fr.] To fright; to terrify. AFFRAY. J. A tumultuous affault of one or more perfons upon others. AFFRICTION. s. [affricio, Latin.] The act of rubbing one thing upon another. D 2 Boyle. Το A'FTER is compounded with many words. A'FTER AGES. . [from after and ages.) Succeffive times; pofterity. Raleigh A'FTER ALL. At laft; in fine; in conclufion. Atterbury. fon that affronts. AFFRONTING. part. a. [from affront.] That which has the quality of affronting. Warts. To AFFUSE. v. a. [effundo, affufum, Lat.] To pour one thing upon another. Boyle. AFFUSION. f. [affufio, Lat.] The act of affufing. Grew. To AFFY'. v. a. [affier, Fr.] To betroth in order to marriage. Shakespeare. To AFFY'. v. n. To put confidence in; to put truft in. Shakespeare. AFIELD. ad. [from a and fiel.] To the field. Gay. AFLA'T. ad. [from a and flat.] Level with the ground. Bacon. AFLOAT. ad. [from a and float.] Floating. Addifon. 1. On foot; not on horieback. Shakelp. 2. In action; as, a defign is on foot. Shak. 3. In motion. Shakespeare. AFORE. prep. [from a and fore.] AFO'OT. ad. [from a and foot.] 1. Before, nearer in place to any thing. 2. Sooner in time. AFORE. ad. 1. In time foregone or past. Shakespeare. Shakefp. 2. First in the way. Shakespeare. 3.In front; in the fore part. Spenfer. AFOREGOING. part. a. [from afore and gring.] Going before. AFOREHAND. ad. [from afore and band.] 1. By a previous provifion. Gov. of Tongue. 2. Provided; prepared; previously fitted. AFTER BIRTH. J. [from after and birth. The fecundine. Wijeman AFTERCLAP. f. [from after and clap.] Unexpected event happening after an affair is fuppofed to be at an end. Spenfer AFTERCOST. f. The expence incurred after the original plan is executed. Mort. A'FTERCROP. f. Second harvest. Mort. To A'FTEREYE. v. a. To follow in view. Shakespeare. A'FTERGAME. . Methods taken after the first turn of affairs. Wotton. A'FTERMATH. f. [after and math, from mow.] Second crop of grass mown in au tumn. A'FTERNOON. . The time from the meridian to the evening. Dryden A'FTER PAINS. J. Pains after birth. A'FTERTASTE. S. Tatte remaining upon the tongue after the draught. AFTER THOUGHT. . Reflections after the act; expedients formed too late. Dryd A'FTERTIMES. J. Succeeding times. Dryd A'FTERWARD. ad. In fucceeding time." Hooker L'Efrange AFTER WIT. f. Contrivance of expedient after the occafion of ufing them is paft. AGA'IN. ad. [agen, Saxon.] I. A fecond time; once more. 2. On the other hand. 3. On another part. 4. In return. 5. Back; in reftitution. 6. In recompence. Bacon Васом Dryden Васом Shakespeare 7. In order of rank or fucceffion. 8. Besides; in any other time or place. Ba 9: Twic Prov Васот 2. Old; applied to inanimate things. Still, AGEDLY. ad. [from aged.] After the man. net of an aged perfon. AGE'N, ad. [agen, Sax.] Again, in return. Dryden. A'GENCY.. [from agent.] 1. The quality of acting; the state of being in action. Woodward. 2. Bufinefs performed by an agent. Swift. AGENT. a. [agens, Lat.] That which acts. Bacon. J. A substitute; a deputy ; a factor, Dryden. A'GENT. Milton. Bacon. 2. To make any thing worse. AGGRAVATION. f. [ from aggravate.] 1. The act of aggravating. 2. The extrinfical circumftances, which encrease guilt, or calamity. Hammond. A'GGREGATE. a. [ aggregatus, Latin.] Framed by the collection of particular parts into one mafs. Ray. A'GGREGATE. f. The refult of the conjunction of many particulars. Glanville. To A'GGREGATE. v. a. [aggrego, Lai.] To collect together; to heap many particulars into one mals. Milton. AGGREGATION. f. [from aggregate.] 1. The act of collecting many particulars into one whole. Woodward. Brown 2. The whole compofed, by the coacervation of many particulars. 3. State of being collected. To AGGRESS, v n. [aggredior, aggreffum, Lat.] To commit the firft act of violence. Prior. AGGRE'SSION. [aggreffio, Lat.] Commencement of a quarrel by fome act of iniquity. L'Eftrange AGGRESSOR. f. [from aggrefs.] The affaulter or invader: oppofed to the defendant. Pope. AGGRIEVANCE. f. Injury; wrong. To AGGRIEVE. v. a. [from gravis, Lat.] 1. To give forrow; to vex. Spenfer |