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shackles of practice, and the prejudices of the mode, aided by the
countenance of a few men of rank, of elevated and true taste, would
probably lay the present half-Gothic mode of music in ruins, like those
towers of whose little laboured ornaments it is an exact picture, and
restore the Grecian taste of passionate harmony once more to the delight
and wonder of mankind. But as from the disposition of things, and the
force of fashion, we cannot hope in our time to rescue the sacred lyre,
and see it put into the hands of men of genius, I can only recall you to
your own natural feeling of harmony and observe to you, that its
emotions are not found in the laboured, fantastic, and surprising
compositions that form the modern style of music: but you meet them in
some few pieces that are the growth of wild unvitiated taste; you
discover them in the swelling sounds that wrap us in imaginary grandeur;
in those plaintive notes that make us in love with woe; in the tones
that utter the lover's sighs, and fluctuate the breast with gentle pain;
in the noble strokes that coil up the courage and fury of the soul, or
that lull it in confused visions of joy; in short, in those affecting
strains that find their way to the inmost recesses of the heart,
Untwisting all the chains that tie
The hidden soul of harmony.--_Milton_.
USHER.
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THE AFFLICTED POOR.
Say ye--oppress'd by some fantastic woes,
Some jarring nerve that baffles your repose,
Who press the downy couch while slaves advance
With timid eye to read the distant glance;
Who with sad pray'rs the weary doctor tease,
To name the nameless, ever new disease;
Who with mock patience dire complaint endure,
Which real pain, and that alone, can cure:
How would ye bear in real pain to lie,
Despised, neglected, left alone to die?
How would ye bear to draw your latest breath,
Where all that's wretched paves the way for death?
Such is that room which one rude beam divides,
And naked rafters form the sloping sides;
Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are seen,
And lath and mud are all that lie between,
Save one dull pane that coarsely patch'd gives way
To the rude tempest, yet excludes the day:
There, on a matted flock with dust o'erspread,
The drooping wretch reclines his languid head!
For him no hand the cordial cup supplies,
Nor wipes the tear which stagnates in his eyes;
No friends, with soft discourse, his pangs beguile.
Nor promise hope till sickness wears a smile.
CRABBE.
[Illustration: GEORGE CRABBE.]
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MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS.
[Illustration: Letter T.]
Thou, who didst put to flight
Primeval silence, when the morning stars,
Exulting, shouted o'er the rising ball:
O Thou! whose word from solid darkness struck
That spark, the sun, strike wisdom from my soul;
My soul which flies to thee, her trust her treasure,
As misers to their gold, while others rest:
Through this opaque of nature and of soul,
This double night, transmit one pitying ray,
To lighten and to cheer. Oh, lead my mind,
(A mind that fain would wander from its woe,)
Lead it through various scenes of life and death,
And from each scene the noblest truths inspire.
Nor less inspire my conduct, than my song;
Teach my best reason, reason; my best will
Teach rectitude; and fix my firm resolve
Wisdom to wed, and pay her long arrear;
Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd
On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain.
The bell strikes One. We take no note of time
But from its loss; to give it then a tongue
Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke,
I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright,
It is the knell of my departed hours.
Where are they? with the years beyond the flood!
It is the signal that demands dispatch:
How much is to be done! My hopes and fears
Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge
Look down--on what? A fathomless abyss!
A dread eternity! How surely mine!
And can eternity belong to me,
Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
How complicate, how wonderful is man!
How passing wonder He who made him such!
Who center'd in our make such strange extremes--
From different natures, marvellously mix'd:
Connexion exquisite! of distant worlds
Distinguish'd link in being's endless chain!
Midway from nothing to the Deity;
A beam ethereal--sullied and absorpt!
Though sullied and dishonour'd, still divine!
Dim miniature of greatness absolute!
An heir of glory! a frail child of dust!
Helpless immortal! insect infinite!
A worm! a god! I tremble at myself,
And in myself am lost. At home a stranger.
Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast,
And wondering at her own. How reason reels!
Oh, what a miracle to man is man!
Triumphantly distress'd! what joy! what dread
Alternately transported and alarm'd!
What can preserve my life, or what destroy?
An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave;
Legions of angels can't confine me there.
'Tis past conjecture; all things rise in proof.
While o'er my limbs sleep's soft dominion spread,
What though my soul fantastic measures trod
O'er fairy fields, or mourn'd along the gloom
Of pathless woods, or down the craggy steep
Hurl'd headlong, swam with pain the mantled pool,
Or scaled the cliff, or danced on hollow winds
With antic shapes, wild natives of the brain!
Her ceaseless flight, though devious, speaks her nature
Of subtler essence than the trodden clod:
Active, aerial, towering, unconfined,
Unfetter'd with her gross companion's fall.
Even silent night proclaims my soul immortal:
Even silent night proclaims eternal day!
For human weal Heaven husbands all events;
Dull sleep instructs, nor sport vain dreams in vain.
YOUNG.
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FAREWELL.
[Illustration: Letter N.]
Nay, shrink not from that word "Farewell!"
As if 'twere friendship's final knell--
Such fears may prove but vain:
So changeful is life's fleeting day,
Whene'er we sever, Hope may say,
We part to meet again!
E'en the last parting earth can know,
Brings not unutterable woe
To souls that heav'nward soar:
For humble Faith, with steadfast eye,
Points to a brighter world on high,
Where hearts, that here at parting sigh,
May meet--to part no more!
BARTON.
[Illustration]
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VOCABULARY OF WORDS USED IN THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK.
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[We have considered that it would be useful to the young reader to have
a ready means of reference, in the READING BOOK itself, to all unusual
words of one syllable, and all the words of two syllables and above,
that occur in the various lessons. In the following pages will be found,
properly accentuated, all the more difficult polysyllables, with their
meanings, derived from Johnson, Walker, and other competent
authorities.]
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ABA'NDON, _v.a._ give up; resign, or quit; forsake; leave
ABI'LITY, _s._ capacity; qualification; power
A'BJECT, _a._ mean; being of no hope or regard; destitute
ABLU'TION, _s._ the act of cleansing or washing clean; water used in
washing
ABO'LISH, _v.a._ make void; put an end to; destroy
ABO'UND, _v.n._ have in great plenty; be in great plenty
ABRE'AST, _ad._ side by side
ABRU'PTLY, _ad._ hastily; suddenly; without the due forms of preparation
A'BSOLUTE, _a._ positive; certain; unlimited
A'BSTRACT, _s._ the smaller quantity containing the virtue or power of
the greater
ABSTRU'SE, _a._ hidden; difficult
ABU'NDANT, _a._ plentiful
ABU'TMENT, _s._ that which borders upon another
ACA'DEMY, _s._ (from _Academus_, an Athenian, who founded a public
school at Athens, which after him was called Academia, _Latin_),
place of education; an assembly or society of men, uniting for the
promotion of some art
A'CCENT, _s._ the sound of a syllable; a modification of the voice
expressive of the passions or sentiments; the marks made upon
syllables to regulate their pronunciation
A'CCIDENT, _s._ that which happens unforeseen; chance
ACCO'MPANY, _v.n._ associate with; become a companion to
ACCO'MPLICE, _s._ an associate; partner
ACCO'MPLISHMENT, _s._ ornament of mind or body; acquirement
ACCO'ST, _v.a._ speak to; address; salute
ACCO'UNT, _s._ the state or result of a computation--as, the _account_
stands thus between us; narrative; value
ACCO'UTRE, _v.a._ dress; equip
A'CCURACY, _s._ exactness; nicety
ACCU'STOM, _v._ to habituate; to inure
ACQUI'RE, _v.a._ gain; obtain; attain
A'CRID, _a._ having a hot biting taste; bitter
A'CRIMONY, _s._ sharpness; severity; bitterness of thought or language
ACRO'POLIS, _s._ a citadel; the highest part of a city
ACTI'VITY, _s._ quickness; nimbleness
ACU'TE, _a._ sharp, not blunt; sharp, not dull; not stupid; vigorous;
powerful in operation
ADAMA'NTINE, _a._ made of adamant; having the qualities of adamant, viz.
hardness, indissolubility
ADA'PT, _v.a._ admit, justify; yield; permit
ADIEU', _ad._ used elliptically for _a Dieu je vous commende_, at the
parting of friends; farewell
A'DMIRABLE, _a._ to be admired; of power to excite wonder
ADMIRA'TION, _s._ wonder
ADMI'T, _v.a._ suffer to enter; allow
ADO'PT, _v.a._ take a son by choice; make him a son who is not so by
birth; place any person or thing in a nearer relation than they have
by nature or something else
ADRO'ITNESS, _s._ dexterity; readiness
ADU'LT, _s._ a person above the age of boyhood or girlhood
ADVA'NCE, _v.a._ improve; forward; propose
ADVA'NTAGE, _s._ superiority; opportunity
ADVE'NTURE, _s._ chance; hazard; an enterprise in which something must
be left to hazard
ADVE'NTURER, _s._ he that puts himself into the hands of chance
ADVE'NTUROUS, _a._ bold; daring; courageous; inclined to adventures
ADVE'RSITY, _s._ affliction; calamity; misfortune; the public misery
ADVE'RTISEMENT, _s._ something advertised; the public notice of a thing
A'DVOCATE, _s._ he that pleads a cause
AE'OLIAN, _a._ an epithet applied to lyric poetry, because Sappho and
Alcaeus were natives of Lesbos in Aeolia, and wrote in the Aeolic
dialect
AE'RIAL, _a._ belonging to the air; lofty
AFFABI'LITY, _s._ civility; condescension; easiness of manners
AFFE'CT, _v.a._ act upon; produce effect in any other thing; move the
passions; aim at; aspire to
AFFECTA'TION, _s._ an elaborate appearance; false pretence
AFFE'CTION, _s._ state of being affected by any cause or agent; love;
kindness; good-will to some person; passionate regard
AFFE'CTIONATE, _a._ full of affection; fond; tender; warm; benevolent
AFFI'NITY, _s._ connection with
AGGRE'SSION, _s._ first act of injury
A'GONY, _s._ the pangs of death; any violent pain in body or mind
AGRE'EABLE, _a._ suitable to; pleasing
A'GRICULTURE, _s._ the science of making land productive
A'LABASTER, _s._ a kind of soft marble, easier to cut and less durable
than the other kinds
ALA'RUM, _s._ notice of any approaching danger; any tumult or
disturbance
A'LIEN, _s._ foreigner; stranger
A'LKALI, _s._ any substance which, when mingled with acid, produces
effervescence and fermentation
ALLEGO'RY, _s._ a figurative discourse, in which something is contained
other than is literally understood
ALLE'VIATE, _v.a._ make light; ease; soften
ALLO'W, _v.a._ permit; give leave
A'LPHABET, _s._ the order of the letters, or elements of speech
ALTERA'TION, _s._ the act of changing; the change made
A'LTITUDE, _s._ height of place; space measured upward
AL'TOGETHER, _ad._ completely; without exception
AMA'LGAMATE, _v.a._ to unite metals with silver
AMA'ZEMENT, _s._ height of admiration; astonishment
AMBI'GUOUS, _a._ using doubtful expressions; doubtful; having two
meanings
AMBI'TION, _s._ the desire of preferment or honour; the desire of
anything great or excellent
AMBI'TIOUS, _a._ fond of power; desirous of power
AME'RICAN, _s._ native of America
A'METHYST, _s._ a precious stone of a violet colour
A'MIABLE, _a._ kind; gentle; good natured; loving; not selfish
AMMUNI'TION, _s._ military stores, applied to artillery
AMPHITHE'ATRE, _s._ a building in a circular or oval form, having its
area encompassed with rows of seats one above another
AMPU'LLA, _s._ (pronounced _am-poo-la_) a vessel of pure gold, used for
containing the holy oil at coronations
AMU'SE, _v.a._ entertain with tranquillity; draw on from time to time
ANA'LOGY, _s._ resemblance between things with regard to some
circumstances or effects
ANATO'MICAL, _a._ relating or belonging to anatomy
ANA'TOMY, _s._ the art of dissecting the body; the doctrine of the
structure of the body
A'NCESTOR, _s._ one from whom a person descends
A'NCIENT, _a._ old; past; former
A'NECDOTE, _s._ something yet unpublished; biographical history;
personal history
ANEMO'METER, _s._ an instrument to measure the force of the wind
ANGE'LIC, _a._ resembling angels; belonging to angels
A'NIMAL, _s._ a living creature
ANIMA'LCULE, _s._ a small animal, generally applied to those which
cannot be seen without a microscope
ANIMO'SITY, _s._ vehemence of hatred; passionate malignity
ANNIHILATE, _v.a._ reduce to nothing; destroy
ANNO'Y, _v.a._ incommode; vex; tease; molest
A'NNUAL, _a._ that comes yearly
A'NTELOPE, _s._ a goat with curled or wreathed horns
ANTHROPO'PHAGI, _s._ man-eaters; cannibals
ANTI'CIPATE, _v.a._ take an impression of something which is not yet as
if it really was
A'NTIQUARY, _s._ a man studious of antiquity
ANTI'QUE, _a._ ancient; old; odd; of old fashion
ANTI'QUITY, _s._ old times; remains of old times
A'NTRE, _s._ a cavern
ANXI'ETY, _s._ perplexity; lowness of spirits
ANXIOUS, _a._ disturbed about some uncertain event
A'PATHY, _s._ exemption from feeling or passion
APO'CALYPSE, _s._ the Book of Revelations
APO'LOGY, _s._ defence; excuse
APO'STLE, _s._ a person sent with commands, particularly applied to
those whom our Saviour deputed to preach the Gospel
APOSTO'LIC, _a._ delivered or taught by the Apostles
APPARA'TUS, _s._ tools; furniture; show; instruments
APPE'AR, _v.n._ be visible; in sight
APPEARANCE, _s._ the act of coming into sight; phenomenon; apparition;
presence
APPE'NDAGE, _s._ something added to another thing without being
necessary to its essence
A'PPETITE _s._ hunger; violent longing
APPLA'USE _s._ approbation loudly expressed; praise
APPLICATION, _s._ close study; intenseness of thought; attention; the
act of applying; the act of applying anything to another.
APPORTIONMENT, _s._ dividing into portions
APPRECIATE, _v.a._ set a price on anything; esteem
APPRO'ACH, _v n._ draw near; somewhat resemble
APPROBATION, _s._ the act of approving, or expressing himself pleased,
or satisfied; support
APPRO'PRIATENESS, _s._ a fitness to be appropriated
APPROPRIATION, _s._ the application of something to a certain purpose
AQUA'TIC, _a._ that inhabits the water; that grows in the water
A'QUEDUCT, _s._ a conveyance, tunnel, or way made for carrying water
ARA'TOO, _s._ a bird of the parrot kind
AR'BALIST, _s._ a naturalist who make trees his study
A'RBITRABY, _o._ despotic; absolute; depending on no rule
ARBU'TUS, _s._ a strawberry tree
ARCA'DE, _s._ a continued arch; a walk arched over
ARCHBI'SHOP, _s._ a bishop of the first class, who superintends the
conduct of other bishops
ARCHITE'CTURE, _s._ the art or science of building
A'RCTIC, _a._ northern; lying under the Arctos or Bear
A'RDUOUS, _a._ lofty; difficult
ARI'SE, _v.n._ mount upward; get up; proceed
ARMI'LLA, _s._ a bracelet, or jewel worn on the arm
A'RMY, _s._ collection of armed men; a great number
AROMA'TIC, _a._ spicy; fragrant; strong-scented
ARRI'VE, _v.n._ reach any place; happen
ARRA'NGE, _v.a._ put in the proper order for any purpose
ARRA'NGEMENT, _s._ the act of putting In proper order, the state of
being put in order
ARRA'Y, _s._ order, chiefly of war; dress
A'RROGANCE, _s._ the act or quality of taking much upon one's self
A'RROW, _s._ the pointed weapon which is shot from a bow
A'RTICLE, _s._ a part of speech; a single clause of an account; term
ARTI'CULATE, _v.a._ form words; speak as a man; draw up in articles;
make terms
A'RTIFICE, _s._ trick; fraud; stratagem; art; trade
ARTIFI'CIAL, _a._ made by art; not natural
ARTI'LLERY, _s._ weapons of war; cannon; great ordinance
A'RTISAN, _s._ professor of any art
ASCE'NDANCY, _s._ influence; power
ASPE'RSE, _v.a._ bespatter with censure or calumny
A'SPIC, _s._ the name of a small serpent
ASSA'ILANT, _s._ one that assails
ASSE'MBLY, _s._ a company met together
ASSE'RT, _v.a._ to declare positively; maintain; to defend either by
words or actions; claim
ASSIDU'ITY, _s._ diligence
ASSI'MILATE, _v.a._ bring to a likeness; turn to its own nature by
digestion
ASSISTANCE, _s._ help
ASSISTANT, _s._ a helper
ASSI'ZE, _s._ a jury; any court of justice; the ordinance or statute
ASSO'CIATE, _s._ a partner; a confederate; a companion
ASSU'RE, _v.a._ give confidence by a firm promise
ASTO'NISHMENT, _s._ amazement
ASTRO'NOMY, _s._ the science of the motions, distances, &c. of the stars
A'THEISM, _s._ the disbelief of a god
ATHE'NIAN, _s._ a native of Athens
A'TMOSPHERE, _s._ the air that encompasses the solid earth on all sides
ATRO'CIOUS, _a._ wicked in a high degree; enormous
ATTA'CH, _v.a._ arrest; fix one's interest; win; lay hold on
ATTA'CK, _v.a._ to make an assault
ATTA'IN, _v.a._ gain; procure; reach
ATTAINMENT, _s._ an acquisition; an accomplishment
ATTE'MPT, _v.a._ venture upon; try; endeavour
ATTE'NDANT, _s._ one that attends; one that is present at anything
ATTENTION, _s._ the act of attending; the act of bending the mind upon
it
ATTE'NTIVE, _a._ regardful; full of attention
ATTI'RE, _s._ clothing; dress; equipment
A'TTITUDE, _s._ position; expression
ATTRA'CT, _v.a._ draw to something; allure; invite
ATTRA'CTIVE, _a._ having the power to draw anything; inviting
ATTRIBUTE, _v.a._ to ascribe; to yield as due; to impute as a cause
AU'DITOR, _s._ a hearer
AURO'RA-BOREA'LIS, _a._ electrical light streaming in the night from
the north; the northern lights or streamers
AUSTE'RITY, _s._ severity; cruelty
AUTHENTIC, _a._ genuine
AU'THOR, _s._ the first beginner or mover of anything; a writer in
general
AUTHO'RITY, _s._ power; rule; influence; support; legal power
AU'TUMN, _s._ the season of the year between summer and winter
AVAILABLE, _a._ profitable; powerful; advantageous
AVALA'NCHE, _s._ immense mass of snow or ice
A'VERAGE, _s._ a middle proportion
AVI'DITY, _s._ eagerness; voracity; greediness
AVO'ID, _v.a._ shun; shift off; quit
AWA'KE, _v.a._ rouse out of sleep; put into new action
AW'KWARD, _a._ clumsy; inelegant; unready
A'ZURE, _s._ blue; faint blue
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BA'CCHANALS, _s._ the drunken feasts of Bacchus; fabulous personages who
assisted at the festivals of Bacchus
BALCO'NY, _s._ a frame before the window of a room
BALLO'ON, _s._ a large hollow ball of silk, filled with gas, which makes
it rise in the air
BA'NDIT, _s._ a man outlawed
BA'NISH, _v.a._ condemn to leave one's country; drive away
BA'NISHMENT, _s._ the act of banishing another; the state of being
banished
BARBA'RIAN, _s._ a savage; a man uncivilized
BA'RBAROUS, _a._ savage; ignorant; cruel
BA'RREN, _a._ unfruitful; sterile; scanty
BARRIC'ADE, _v.a._ stop up a passage; hinder by stoppage
BASA'LT, _s._ a variety of trap rock
BASA'LTIC, _a._ relating to basalt
BASTI'LE, _s._ (pronounced _basteel_) a jail; formerly the state prison
of France
BA'TTER, _v.a._ beat; shatter; beat down
BA'TTLE, _s._ a fight; an encounter between opposite enemies
BEA'CON, _s._ something raised on an eminence to direct
BEA'RABLE, _a._ that which is capable of being borne
BEAU'TY, _s._ a particular grace or feature; a beautiful person
BECO'ME, _v.a._ befit; be suitable to the person
BEDE'CK, _v.a._ to deck; to adorn; to grace
BE'DSTEAD, _s._ the frame on which the bed is placed
BEHI'ND, _ad._ out of sight; not yet in view; remaining
BEHO'VE, _v.n._ to be fit
BELI'EVE, _v.n._ to have a firm persuasion of anything
BENEFA'CTOR, _s._ one that does good
BE'NEFIT, _s._ a kindness; a favour conferred; an advantage
BENE'VOLENT, _a._ kind; having good-will
BENI'GHT, _v.a._ involve in darkness; surprise with the coming on of
night
BENI'GNANT, _a._ kind; generous; liberal
BE'NISON, _s._ a blessing
BENU'MB, _v.a._ make torpid; stupify
BESIE'GE, _v.a._ to beleaguer; to lay siege to
BESPRE'NT, _v. def._ besprinkled
BESTO'W, _v.a._ give; confer upon; lay up
BETWE'EN, _prep._ in the middle space; from one to another; noting
difference of one from another
BI'LBERRY, _s._ the fruit of a plant so called
BO'ATMAN, _s._ he that manages a boat
BO'DY, _s._ material substance of an animal; matter; person; collective
mass; main part; main army
BO'RDER, _s._ edge; edge of a country; a bank raised round a garden and
set with flowers
BO'UNTEOUS, _a._ liberal; kind; generous
BOUQUE'T, _s._ (pronounced _boo-kay_) a nosegay
BOWSPRI'T, _s._ (a sea term) the mast that runs out at the bow of a ship
BRA'CELET, _s._ an ornament for the arms
BRA'CH, _s._ a she hound
BRA'CKISH, _a._ salt; somewhat salt
BRI'LLIANCY, _s._ brightness; lustre
BRI'LLIANT, _s._ a diamond of the finest cut
BRI'LLIANT, _a._ shining; sparkling; full of lustre
BU'BBLE, _s._ a small bladder of water; anything which wants solidity
and firmness
BU'LKY, _a._ of great size or stature
BU'LWARK, _s._ a fortification; a security
BUO'YANCY, _s._ the quality of floating
BU'RDENSOME, _a._ grievous
BU'RIAL, _s._ interment; the act of putting anything under earth or
water
BU'RY, _v.a._ inter; put in the grave; conceal
BU'TTRESS, _s._ a prop; a wall built to support another
CA'DENCE, _s._ the fall of the voice; state of sinking, decline
CALA'MITY, _s._ misfortune; cause of misery; distress
CA'LCULATE, _v.a._ reckon; adjust
CAL'CULA'TION, _s._ a practice or manner of reckoning; a reckoning
CA'LEDO'NIANS, _s._ the ancient inhabitants of Scotland
CAMPA'IGN, _s._ a large, open, level tract of land; the time for which
any army keeps the field
CA'NADA, _s._ a province of the British possessions in America
CANA'L, _s._ any course of water made by art; a passage through which
any of the juices of the body flow
CANA'RY, _s._ an excellent singing-bird--so called from its native
place, the Canary Islands
CA'NNIBAL, _s._ a savage that eats his fellow-men taken in war
CA'PABLE, _a._ susceptible; intelligent; qualified for; able to receive;
capacious; able to understand
CAPA'CIOUS, _a._ wide; large
CAPA'CITY, _s._ power; ability; state; condition; character
CAPERCA'ILZIE, _s._ (pronounced _cap-per-kail-zeh_) cock of the wood
CA'PITAL, _s._ the upper part of a pillar; the chief city of a nation or
kingdom
CA'PITAL, _a._ applied to letters--large, such as are written at the
beginning or heads of books
CA'PTAIN, _s._ a chief commander
CA'PTIVE, _s._ a prisoner
CAPTI'VITY, _s._ imprisonment; subjection by the fate of war; bondage;
slavery; servitude
CA'PTURE, _v.a._ take prisoner; bring into a condition of servitude
CA'RAVAN, _s._ a conveyance; a troop or body of merchants or pilgrims,
as they travel in the East
CARE'ER, _s._ a course; full speed; course of action
CA'RGO, _s._ the lading of a ship
CARNI'VOROUS, _a._ flesh-eating
CA'ROB, _s._ a plant bearing a nutritious fruit so called
CA'RRIAGE, _s._ the act of carrying or transporting; vehicle; conduct
CA'RRION, _s._ the carcase of something not proper for food
CA'RRONA'DE, _s._ a short iron cannon
CA'RRY, _v.a._ convey from a place; transport; bring forward; bear
CAR'TILAGE, _s._ a smooth and solid body, softer than a bone, but harder
than a ligament
CARTILA'GINOUS, _a._ consisting of cartilages
CA'RTRIDGE, _s._ a case of paper or parchment filled with gunpowder,
used for greater expedition in loading
CASCA'DE, _s._ a cataract; a waterfall
CA'STELLATED, _a._ that which is turretted or built in the form of a
castle
CATAMARA'N, _s._ a rude species of boat
CA'TARACT, _s._ a waterfall
CATA'STROPHE, _s._ a final event
CATHE'DRAL, _s._ the head church of a diocese
CA'VALRY, _s._ horse soldiery
CA'VERN, _s._ a hollow place in the ground
CA'VIL, _s._ a false or frivolous objection
CA'VITY, _s._ a hole; a hollow place
CE'DAR, _s._ a kind of tree; it is evergreen, and produces flowers
CE'LEBRATE, _v.a._ praise; commend; mention in a set or solemn manner
CELE'BRITY, _s._ transaction publicly splendid
CELE'RITY, _s._ quickness
CELE'STIAL, _a._ heavenly
CE'METERY, _s._ a place where the dead are deposited
CE'NTRE, _s._ the middle
CE'NTURY, _s._ a hundred years
CEREMO'NIOUS, _a._ full of ceremony
CE'REMONY, _s._ form in religion; form of civility
CE'RTAIN, _a._ sure; unquestionable; regular; particular kind
CHAO'TIC, _a._ confused
CHA'PTER, _s._ a division of a book; the place in which assemblies of
the clergy are held
CHARACTERI'SE, _v.a._ to give a character of the particular quality of
any man
CHARACTERI'STIC, _s._ that which constitutes the character
CHARACTERI'STICALLY, _ad._ constituting the character
CHA'RITY, _s._ kindness; love; good-will; relief given to the poor
CHA'TEAU, _s._ (pronounced _shat-oh_) a castle
CHA'TTER, _v.a._ make a noise by collision of the teeth; talk idly or
carelessly
CHE'RUB, _s._ a celestial spirit, next in order to the seraphim
CHRI'STENDOM, _s._ the collective body of Christianity
CHRI'STIAN, _s._ a professor of the religion of Christ
CHRO'NICLE, _s._ a register of events in order of time; a history
CHRO'NICLER, _s._ a writer of chronicles; a historian
CHRONO'METER, _s._ an instrument for the exact measuring of time
CI'PHER, _s._ a figure, as 1, 2
CI'RCUIT, _s._ a circular band
CI'RCUIT, _s._ ring; round; stated journey repeated at intervals
CIRCU'MFERENCE, _s._ the space enclosed in a circle
CIRCUMSCRI'BE, _v.a._ enclose in certain lines or boundaries; bound;
Limit
CI'RCUMSTANCE, _s._ something relative to a fact; incident; event
CI'STERN, _s._ a receptacle of water for domestic uses; reservoir
CI'STUS, _s._ rock-rose
CI'TADEL, _s._ a fortress; a place of defence
CI'TIZEN, _s._ a freeman of a city; townsman
CI'TY, _s._ a corporate town that hath a bishop
CI'VIL, _a._ political; not foreign; gentle; well bred; polite
CIVI'LITY, _s._ politeness; complaisance
CI'VILIZA'TION, _s._ civilising manners
CI'VILIZE, _v.a._ reclaim from savageness and brutality
CLA'MOUR, _s._ noise; tumult; disturbance
CLA'RION, _s._ a trumpet
CLI'MATE, _s._ a region, or tract of land, differing from another by the
temperature of the air
CLU'STER, _s._ a bunch
CO'GNIZANCE, _s._ trial; a badge by which one is known
COLLE'CT, _v.a._ gather together; bring into one place; gain from
observation
COLLO'QUIAL, _a._ that relates to common conversation
COLO'NIAL, _a._ that which relates to a colony
CO'LONIST, _s._ one that colonises; one that dwells in a colony
COLO'SSAL, _a._ of enormous magnitude; large
CO'LOUR, _s._ the appearance of bodies to the eye only; hue; appearance
CO'LUMN, _s._ a round pillar; a long file or row of troops; half a page,
when divided into two equal parts by a line passing down the middle
COLU'MNAR, _a._ formed in columns
COMBINA'TION, _s._ a union; a joining together
CO'MFORTABLE, _a._ admitting comfort; dispensing comfort
COMMA'NDER, _s._ a general; chief; leader
COMMEMORA'TION, _s._ an act of public celebration
COMME'NCE, _v.a._ to begin
CO'MMERCE, _s._ intercourse; exchange of one thing for another; trade
COMME'RCIAL, _a._ that which relates to commerce
CO'MMINUTE, _v.a._ to grind; to pulverise
COMMO'DITY, _s._ wares; merchandise
COMMONWE'ALTH, _s._ a polity; an established form of civilized life;
public; republic
COMMU'NICATE, _v.a._ impart knowledge; reveal
COMMU'NITY, _s._ the commonwealth; the body politic; common possession
COMPA'NION, _s._ a partner; an associate
CO'MPANY, _s._ persons assembled together; a band; a subdivision of a
regiment of foot
CO'MPARABLE, _a._ capable of being compared; of equal regard
COMPA'RE, _v.n._ make one thing the measure of another; find a likeness
of one thing with another
COMPA'RISON, _s._ the act of comparing; state of being compared;
comparative estimate
COMPE'TE, _v.a._ to vie; to contend; to strive; to endeavour to outstrip
COMPLA'INT, _s._ representation of pains or injuries; malady;
remonstrance against
COMPLAI'SANCE, _s._ civility; desire of pleasing
COMPLE'TION, _s._ accomplishment; act of fulfilling
COMPLI'ANCE, _s._ the act of yielding to any design or demand
CO'MPLICATE, _v.a._ to render difficult and incomprehendable; to join
one with another
COMPOSI'TION, _s._ a mass formed by mingling different ingredients;
written work
COMPREHE'ND, _v.a._ comprise; include; conceive; understand
CONCE'AL, _v.a._ hide; keep secret; cover
CONCE'IT, _s._ vain pride
CONCE'NTRIC, _a._ having one common centre
CONCE'PTION, _s._ the act of conceiving; state of being conceived;
notion; sentiment
CONCE'SSION, _s._ the act of granting or yielding
CONCI'LIATE, _v.a._ to gain; to win; to reconcile
CONCI'SE, _a._ short; brief; not longer than is really needful
CONCO'CT, _v.a._ to devise
CO'NCORD, _s._ agreement between persons or things; peace; union; a
compact
CONCU'SSION, _s._ the state of being shaken
CONDE'NSE, _v.n._ to grow close and weighty
CONDI'TION, _s._ rank; property; state
CO'NDOR, _s._ a monstrous bird in America
CONDU'CT, _v.a._ lend; accompany; manage
CONE, _s._ a solid body, of which the base is circular, but which ends
in a point
CONFE'R, _v.a._ compare; give; bestow; contribute; conduce
CO'NFERENCE, _s._ formal discourse; an appointed meeting for discussing
some point by personal debate
CONFE'SS, _v.a._ acknowledge a crime; own; avow; grant
CONFI'NEMENT, _s._ imprisonment; restraint of liberty
CO'NFLUENCE, _s._ the joining together of rivers; a concourse; the act
of joining together
CONFORMA'TION, _s._ the form of things as relating to each other; the
act of producing suitableness or conformity to anything
CONFO'RMITY, _s._ similitude; consistency
CONGE'NER, _s._ a thing of the same kind or nature
CONGE'NIAL, _a._ partaking of the same genius
CONGLO'MERATE, _v.a._ to gather into a ball, like a ball of thread
CO'NICAL, _a._ in the shape of a cone
CONJE'CTURE, _s._ guess; imperfect knowledge; idea
CONNEC'TION, _s._ union
CO'NQUER, _v.a._ gain by conquest; win; subdue
CO'NQUEROR, _s._ a victor; one that conquers
CO'NQUEST, _s._ a victory
CO'NSCIENCE, _s._ the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or
wickedness of ourselves
CO'NSCIOUS, _a._ endowed with the power of knowing one's own thoughts
and actions; bearing witness by the dictates of conscience to
anything
CONSCRI'PTION, _s._ an enrolling or registering
CO'NSECRATE, _v.a._ to make sacred; to canonize
CO'NSEQUENCE, _s._ that which follows from any cause or principle;
effect of a cause
CO'NSEQUENT, _a._ following by rational deduction; following as the
effect of a cause
CONSI'DERABLE, _a._ worthy of consideration; important; valuable
CONSI'ST, _v.n._ subsist; be composed; be comprised
CONSI'STENCE, _s._ state with respect to material existence; degree of
denseness or rarity
CONSI'STENCY, _s._ adhesion; agreement with itself or with any other
thing
CONSPI'CUOUS, _a._ obvious to the sight
CO'NSTANT, _a._ firm; fixed; certain; unvaried
CONSTELLA'TION, _s._ a cluster of fixed stars; an assemblage of
splendours
CONSTERNA'TION, _s._ astonishment; amazement; wonder
CO'NSTITUTE, _v.a._ give formal existence; produce; erect; appoint
another in an office
CONSTRU'CT, _v.a._ build; form; compile
CONSTRU'CTION, _s._ the act of building; structure; form of building
CONSTR'UCTIVE, _a._ by construction
CONSU'MPTION, _s._ the act of consuming; waste; a disease; a waste of
muscular flesh
CO'NTACT, _s._ touch; close union
CONTA'GIOUS, _a._ infectious; caught by approach
CONTA'IN, _v.a._ hold; comprehend; restrain
CONTE'MPLATE, _v.a._ study; meditate; muse; think studiously with long
attention
CONTEMPLA'TION, _s._ meditation; studious thought
CONTE'MPLATIVE, _a._ given to thought or study
CONTE'MPORARY, _s._ one who lives at the same time with another
CONTE'MPTIBLE, _a._ worthy of contempt, of scorn; neglected; despicable
CO'NTEST, _s._ dispute; difference; debate
CONTE'ST, _v.a._ to strive; to vie; to contend
CONTI'GUOUS, _a._ meeting so as to touch
CO'NTINENT, _s._ land not disjoined by the sea from other lands; that
which contains anything; one of the quarters of the globe
CONTI'NGENCY, _s._ accidental possibility
CONTI'NUE, _v.n._ remain in the same state; last; persevere
CONTRA'CT, _v.a._ to shrink up; to grow short; to bargain
CO'NTRARY, _a._ opposite; contradictory; adverse
CONTRI'VANCE, _s._ the act of contriving; scheme; plan; plot
CONVE'NIENCE, _s._ fitness; ease; cause of ease
CONVE'NIENT, _a._ fit; suitable; proper; well adapted
CO'NVENT, _s._ an assembly of religious persons; a monastery; a nunnery
CO'NVERSE, _s._ conversation; acquaintance; familiarity
CONVE'RSION, _s._ change from one state to another
CONVE'RT, _v.a._ change into another substance; change from one religion
to another; turn from a bad to a good life; apply to any use
CONVE'Y, _v.a._ carry; transport from one place to another; bring;
transfer
CONVU'LSIVE, _a._ that gives twitches or spasms
CO'PIOUS, _a._ plentiful; abundant
CO'PPICE, _s._ a low wood; a place overrun with brushwood
CO'RDIAL, _a._ reviving; hearty; sincere
CORONA'TION, _s._ the act of crowning a King
CORPORA'TION, _s._ a body politic, constituted by Royal charter
CORPO'REAL, _a._ having a body; material; not spiritual
CORRE'CT, _v.a._ punish; discipline; remark faults; take away fault
CORRESPONDENCE, _s._ intercourse; relation; friendship
CO'UNCILLOR, _s._ one that gives counsel
COU'NTENANCE, _s._ the form of the face; air; look; calmness of look;
patronage
CO'UNTRY, _s._ a tract of land; a region; rural parts
CO'URAGE, _s._ bravery; boldness
CO'VERING, _s._ dress; anything spread over another
CRA'FTY, _a._ cunning; knowing; scheming; politic
CRA'TER, _s._ the bowl, opening, or funnel of a volcano
CREA'TION, _s._ the act of creating; universe
CREA'TOR, _s._ the Divine Being that created all things
CRE'ATURE, _s._ a being created; a general term for man
CRE'VICE, _s._ a crack; a cleft; a narrow opening
CRI'MINAL, _s._ a man accused; a man guilty of a crime
CRI'MINA'LITY, _s._ the act of being guilty of a crime
CRI'TIC, _s._ a judge; otherwise a censurer
CRI'TICAL, _a._ relating to criticism
CRO'CODILE, _s._ an amphibious voracious animal, in shape like a lizard
CROO'KED, _a._ bent; winding; perverse
CRU'ELTY, _s._ inhumanity; savageness; act of intentional affliction
CRU'SADE, _s._ an expedition against the infidels; a holy war
CRY'STAL, _s._ crystals are hard, pellucid, and naturally colourless
bodies, of regular angular figures
CU'LPABLE, _a._ criminal; guilty; blamable
CU'LTIVATE, _v.a._ forward or improve the product of the earth by manual
industry; improve
CULTIVA'TION, _s._ improvement in general
CU'POLA, _s._ a dome
CU'RFEW, _s._ an evening peal, by which the Conqueror willed that every
man should rake up his fire and put out his light
CURIO'SITY, _s._ inquisitiveness; nice experiment; an object of
curiosity; rarity
CU'RIOUS, _a._ inquisitive; desirous of information; difficult to
please; diligent about; elegant; neat; artful
CU'RRENT, _a._ passing from hand to hand; authoritative; common; what is
now passing
CU'STOM, _s._ habit; fashion; practice of buying of certain persons
CY'MBAL, _s._ a kind of musical instrument
CY'PRESS, _s._ a tall straight tree. It is the emblem of mourning
DALMA'TIA, _s._ a province of Austria
DALMA'TIAN, _a._ belonging to Dalmatia
DA'MAGE, _s._ mischief; hurt; loss
DA'NGER, _s._ risk; hazard; peril
DA'NGEROUS, _a._ hazardous; perilous
DA'STARDLY, _ad._ cowardly; mean; timorous
DA'UNTED, _a._ discouraged
DECE'PTION, _s._ the act or means of deceiving; cheat; fraud; the state
of being deceived
DECLI'NE, _v.a._ shun; avoid; refuse; bring down
DE'CORATE, _v.a._ adorn; embellish; beautify
DECORA'TION, _s._ ornament; added beauty
DE'DICATE, _v.a._ to inscribe
DEFA'CE, _v.a._ destroy; raze; ruin; disfigure
DEFE'CTIVE, _a._ wanting the just quantity; full of defects; imperfect;
faulty
DEFE'NCE, _s._ guard; protection; resistance
DEFI'CIENCY, _s._ want; something less than is necessary; imperfection
DEGE'NERACY, _s._ departure from the virtue of our ancestors
DEGE'NERATE, _a._ unworthy; base
DE'ITY, _s._ divinity; the nature and essence of God; fabulous Rod; the
supposed divinity of a heathen god
DE'LICACY, _s._ daintiness; softness; feminine beauty; nicety; gentle
treatment; smallness
DE'LICATE, _s._ fine; soft; pure; clear; unable to bear hardships;
effeminate
DELI'CIOUS, _a._ sweet; delicate; agreeable
DELI'GHT, _v.a._ please; content; satisfy
DELI'NEATE, _v.a._ to paint; to represent; to describe
DELI'VER, _v.a._ set free; release; give; save; surrender
DE'LUGE, _v.a._ flood
DE'LUGE, _v.a._ drown; lay totally under water; overwhelm; cause to sink
DEME'ANOUR, _s._ carriage; behaviour
DEMO'LISH, _v.a._ raze; destroy; swallow up
DEMONSTRA'TION, _s._ the highest degree of argumental evidence
DENO'MINATE, _v.a._ to name anything
DEPA'RTMENT, _s._ separate allotment; province or business assigned to a
particular person
DEPO'RTMENT, _s._ carriage; bearing
DEPO'SIT, _s._ a pledge; anything given as a security
DEPO'SIT, _v.a._ lay up; lay aside
DEPRA'VITY, _s._ corruption
DE'PREDA'TION, _s._ a robbing; a spoiling; waste
DEPRI'VE, _v.a._ bereave one of a thing; hinder; debar from
DE'RVISE, _s._ a Turkish priest
DESCE'NDANT, _s._ the offspring of an ancestor
DESCRI'BE, _v.a._ mark out; define
DESCRI'PTION, _s._ the sentence or passage in which anything is
described
DESCRY', _v.a._ give notice of anything suddenly discovered; detect;
discover
DE'SERT, _s._ a wilderness; solitude; waste country
DESE'RVE, _v.a._ be entitled to reward or punishment
DESI'GN, _s._ an intention; a purpose; a scheme
DESIGNA'TION, _s._ appointment; direction; intention to design
DESI'RE, _v.a._ wish; long for; intreat
DE'SOLATE, _a._ without inhabitants; solitary; laid waste
DESPA'TCH, _s._ to send away hastily; to do business quickly; to put to
death
DE'SPERATE, _a._ without hope; rash; mad; furious
DE'SPICABLE, _a._ worthy of scorn; contemptible
DESPI'SE, _v.a._ scorn; condemn; slight; abhor
DE'SPOTISM, _s._ absolute power
DESTINA'TION, _s._ the place where it was our destiny to go; fate; doom
DE'STINE, _v.a._ doom; devote
DE'STINY, _s._ doom; fate
DE'STITUTE, _a._ forsaken; abject; in want of
DESTRO'Y, _v.a._ lay waste; make desolate; put an end to
DESTRU'CTION, _s._ the act of destroying; the state of being destroyed;
ruin
DETA'CH, _v.a._ separate; disengage
DETA'CHMENT, _s._ a body of troops sent out from the main army
DETE'R, _v.a._ fright from anything
DETERMINA'TION, _s._ absolute direction to a certain end; the result of
deliberation; judicial decision
DETE'RMINE, _v.a._ fix; settle; resolve; decide
DETE'STABLE, _a._ hateful; abominable; odious
DETRA'CTION, _s._ the withdrawing or taking off from a thing
DETRU'DE, _v.a._ thrust down; force into a lower place
DEVASTA'TION, _s._ waste; havoc; desolation; destruction
DEVE'LOP, _v.a._ to disentangle; to disengage from something that
enfolds and conceals
DEVIA'TION, _s._ the act of quitting the right way; wandering
DEVO'TE, _v.a._ dedicate; consecrate
DE'VOTEE, _s._ one erroneously or superstitiously religious; a bigot
DEVO'TION, _s._ piety; prayer; strong affection; power
DE'XTEROUS, _a._ subtle; full of expedients; expert; active; ready
DIABO'LICAL, _a._ devilish
DI'ADEM, _s._ the mark of Royalty worn on the head
DI'AL, _s._ a plate marked with lines, where a hand or shadow shows the
hour
DI'ALECT, _s._ subdivision of a language; style; manner of expression
DI'ALOGUE, _s._ a discussion between two persons
DIA'METER, _s._ the straight line which, passing through the centre of a
circle, divides it into two equal parts
DI'AMOND, _s._ the most valuable and hardest of all the gems; a
brilliant
DI'FFER, _v.n._ be distinguished from; contend; be of a contrary opinion
DI'FFERENT, _a._ distinct; unlike; dissimilar
DIFFICULTY, _s._ hardness; something hard to accomplish; distress;
perplexity in affairs
DI'GNITY, _s._ rank of elevation; grandeur of mien; high place
DILA'TE, _v n._ widen; grow wide; speak largely
DI'LIGENCE, _s._ industry; assiduity
DIMI'NISH, _v.a._ to make less
DIMI'NUTIVE, _a._ small; narrow; contracted
DIRE'CT, _v.a._ aim at a straight line; regulate; order; command;
adjust; mark out a certain course
DIRE'CTION, _s._ tendency of motion impressed by a certain impulse;
order; command; prescription
DIRE'CTLY, _ad._ immediately; apparently; in a straight line
DISAGRE'EABLE, _a._ unpleasing; offensive
DISA'STROUS, _a._ calamitous
DISCI'PLE, _s._ a scholar; one that professes to receive instruction
from another
DISCIPLINE, _s._ education; the art of cultivating the mind; a state of
subjection
DISCONCE'RT, _v.a._ unsettle the mind; discompose
DISCOU'RAGE, _v.a._ depress; deprive of confidence
DISCO'VER, _v.a._ disclose; bring to light; find out
DISCO'VERY, _s._ the act of finding anything hidden
DISCRI'MINATION, _s._ the state of being distinguished from other
persons or things; the mark of distinction
DISHO'NOUR, _s._ reproach; disgrace; ignominy
DISLO'DGE, _v.a._ to go to another place; to drive or remove from a
place
DISMA'NTLE, _v.a._ strip; deprive of a dress; strip a town of its
outworks; loose
DISMA'Y, _s._ fall of courage; desertion of mind
DISOBE'DIENCE, _s._ the act of disobeying; inattention to the words of
those who have right to command
DISO'RDER, _s._ irregularity; tumult; sickness
DISPA'RAGEMENT, _s._ reproach; disgrace; indignity
DISPLA'Y, _v.a._ exhibit; talk without restraint
DISPOSI'TION, _s._ order; method; temper of mind
DISQUI'ETUDE, _s._ uneasiness
DI'SREGARD, _v.a._ to slight; to neglect
DI'SSIPATE, _v.a._ scatter every way; disperse; scatter the attention
DISSO'LVE, _v.n._ be melted; fall to nothing
DISTANCE, _s._ remoteness in place; retraction of kindness; reserve
DISTE'MPER, _s._ disease; malady; bad constitution of the mind
DISTI'NCTION, _s._ the act of discerning one as preferable to the other;
note of difference; honourable note of superiority; discernment
DISTINCTLY, _ad._ not confusedly; plainly; clearly
DISTRE'SS, _s._ calamity; misery; misfortune
DISTRI'BUTE, _v.a._ to deal out; to dispensate
DI'STRICT, _s._ region; country; territory
DIVE'RGE, _v.n._ send various ways from one point
DIVE'RSIFY, _v.a._ make different from another
DIVE'RSION, _s._ the act of turning anything off from its course
DIVE'RSITY, _s._ difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness; variety
DIVI'DE, _v.a._ part one whole in different pieces; separate; deal out
DI'VIDEND, _s._ a share
DO'CILE, _a._ teachable; easily instructed; tractable
DOMA'IN, _s._ dominion; possession; estate; empire
DOME'STIC, _a._ belonging to the house; private
DOME'STICATE, _v.a._ make domestic; withdraw from the public
DOMI'NION, _s._ sovereign authority; power; territory
DO'RSAL, _a._ pertaining to the back
DO'UBLE, _a._ two of a sort; in pairs; twice as much
DRAMA'TIC, _a._ representable by action
DRA'MATIST, _s._ author of dramatic compositions
DRAW'INGROOM, _s._ a room to which company withdraw--originally
withdrawing-room
DRE'ADFUL, _a._ terrible; frightful
DRE'ARINESS, _s._ gloominess; sorrowfulness
DRE'ARY, _a._ sorrowful; gloomy; dismal; horrid
DU'CAT, _s._ a coin struck by Dukes; in silver valued at about four
shillings and sixpence, in gold at nine shillings and sixpence
DURA'TION, _s._ power of continuance; length of continuance
DU'RING, _prep._ for the time of the continuance
EA'RLY, _ad._ soon; betimes
EA'RTHQUAKE, _s._ tremour or convulsion of the earth
EA'STERN, _a._ belonging to the east; lying to the east; oriental
EA'SY, _a._ not difficult; ready; contented; at rest
ECLI'PSE, _s._ an obscuration of the heavenly luminaries; darkness;
obscuration
ECO'NOMY, _s._ frugality; discretion of expense; system of matter
E'DIFICE, _s._ a fabric; a building
EDI'TION, _s._ publication of anything, particularly of a book
EDUCA'TION, _s._ formation of manners in youth
EFFE'CT, _s._ that which is produced by an operating cause; success;
purpose; meaning; consequence
EFFE'CTUAL, _a._ productive of effects; expressive of facts
EFFE'MINACY, _s._ softness; unmanly delicacy
E'FFLUENCE, _s._ what issues from some other principle
E'FFULGENCE, _s._ lustre; brightness; splendour
EFFU'SE, _v.a._ to pour out; to spill, to shed
EJA'CULATION, _s._ an exclamation
ELA'BORATE, _a._ finished with care
ELE'CTRIC, _a._ relating to electricity
ELE'CTRO-MA'GNETISM, _s._ a branch of electrical science
E'LEGANCE, _s._ beauty, rather soothing than striking; beauty without
grandeur
E'LEGY, _s._ a mournful song; short poem without points or turns
E'LEPHANT, _s._ a large quadruped
E'LEVA'TED, _a._ exalted; raised up; progressed in rank
ELEVA'TION, _s._ the act of raising up aloft; exaltation
ELOCU'TION, _s._ the power of fluent speech; the power of expression;
eloquence; flow of language
E'LOQUENCE, _s._ the power or speaking with fluency and elegance
ELU'DE, _v.a._ to mock by unexpected escape
E'MANATE, _v.a._ to issue; to flow from something else
EMBA'LM, _v.a._ impregnate a body with aromatics, that it may resist
putrefaction
EMBA'RK, _v.n._ to go on board a ship; to engage in any affair
EMBROI'DERY, _s._ variegated work; figures raised upon a ground
E'MERALD, _s._ a precious stone of a green colour
EME'RGE, _v.n._ to issue; to proceed; to rise
EME'RGENCY, _s._ the act of rising into view; any sudden occasion;
pressing necessity
E'MINENCE, _s._ loftiness; height; summit; distinction
E'MINENT, _a._ celebrated; renowned
EMI'T, _v.a._ to send forth; to let fly; to dart
EMO'LUMENT, _s._ profit; advantage
E'MPEROR, _s._ a monarch of title and dignity superior to a king
EMPLO'Y, _v.a._ busy; keep at work; use as materials; trust with the
management of any affairs; use as means
E'MULATE, _v.a._ to vie
EMULA'TION, _s._ rivalry; desire of superiority
ENA'BLE, _v.a._ make able; confer power
ENCA'MPMENT, _s._ the act of encamping or pitching tents; a camp
ENCHA'NTMENT, _s._ magical charms; spells; irresistible influence
ENCI'RCLING, _a._ environing; surrounding
ENCLO'SE, _v.a._ part from things or grounds common by a fence;
surround; encompass
ENCOU'NTER, _v.a._ meet face to face; attack
ENCRO'ACHMENT, _s._ an unlawful gathering in upon another man; advance
into the territories or rights of another
ENDA'NGER, _v.a._ put in hazard; incur the danger of
ENDU'RANCE, _s._ continuance; lastingness; delay
E'NEMY, _s._ foe; antagonist; any one who regards another with
malevolence
ENERGE'TIC, _a._ operative; active; vigorous
E'NERGY, _s._ activity; quickness; vigour
ENGA'GE, _v.a._ employ; stake; unite; enlist; induce; fight
ENGINE'ER, _s._ one who manages engines; one who directs the artillery
of an army
ENGRA'VER, _s._ a cutter in wood or other matter
ENGRA'VING, _s._ the work of an engraver
ENGRO'SS, _v.a._ thicken; increase in bulk; fatten; to copy in a large
hand
ENJO'Y, _v.a._ feel or perceive with pleasure; please; delight
ENLA'RGEMENT, _s._ increase; copious discourse
ENNO'BLE, _v.a._ to dignify; to exalt; to make famous
ENO'RMOUS, _a._ wicked beyond the common measure; exceeding in bulk the
common measure
ENQUI'RY, _s._ interrogation; examination; search
ENRA'GE, _v.a._ irritate; make furious
ENSNA'RE, _v.a._ entrap; entangle in difficulties or perplexities
E'NTERPRISE, _s._ an undertaking of hazard; an arduous attempt
E'NTERPRISING, _a._ fond of enterprise
ENTHU'SIASM, _s._ a vain belief of private revelation; beat of
imagination; elevation of fancy
E'NTRAILS, _s._ the intestines; internal parts
ENU'MERATE, _v.a._ reckon up singly; number
ENVE'LOPEMENT, _s._ covering; inwrapment
E'PIC, _a._ narrative
EPI'STLE, _s._ a letter
EPI'STOLARY, _a._ transacted by letters; relating to letters
E'QUAL, _a._ even; uniform; in just proportion
EQUITY, _s._ justice; impartiality
ERE'CT, _a._ upright; bold; confident
ERE'CT, _v.a._ raise; build; elevate; settle
E'RMINE, _s._ an animal found in cold countries, of which the fur is
valuable, and used for the adornment of the person. A fur worn by
judges in England
ERRO'NEOUS, _a._ wrong; unfounded; false; misled by error
ERU'PTION, _s._ the act of bursting out; sudden excursion of a hostile
kind
ESCO'RT, _v.a._ convoy; guard from place to place
ESPE'CIAL, _a._ principal; chief
ESPE'CIALLY, _ad._ principally; chiefly; in an uncommon degree
ESPLANA'DE, _s._ the empty space between a citadel and the outskirts of
a town
ESSE'NTIAL, _a._ necessary to the constitution or existence of anything;
important in the highest degree
ESTA'BLISHMENT, _s._ settlement; fixed state
ESTRA'NGE, _v.a._ keep at a distance; withdraw
ETE'RNAL, _a._ without beginning or end; perpetual; unchanging
ETE'RNALLY, _ad._ incessantly; for evermore
ETE'RNITY, _s._ duration without beginning or end
ETHE'REAL, _a._ belonging to the higher regions
EVA'PORATE, _v.a._ to drive away in fumes
E'VENING, _s._ the close of the day; beginning of night
EVE'NTUALLY, _ad._ in the event; in the last result
E'VIDENT, _a._ plain; notorious
EXA'CT, _a._ nice; not deviating from rule; careful
EXA'MINE, _v.a._ search into; make inquiry into
EXA'MPLE, _s._ copy or pattern
E'XCAVATE, _v.a._ hollow; cut into hollows
EXCE'L, _v.a._ to outgo in good qualities; to surpass
E'XCELLENCE, _s._ the state of abounding in any good quality; dignity;
goodness
E'XCELLENT, _a._ eminent in any good quality; of great value
EXCE'PT, _prep._ exclusively of; unless
EXCE'SSIVE, _a._ beyond the common proportion
EXCI'TE, _v.a._ rouse; animate
EXCLU'DE, _v.a._ shut out; debar
EXCLU'SIVE, _a._ having the power of excluding or denying admission
EXCRU'CIATE, _v.a._ torture; torment
EXCU'RSION, _s._ an expedition into some distant part
EXCU'RSIVE, _a._ rambling; deviating
EXECU'TION, _s._ performance; practice; slaughter
EXE'MPLARY, _a._ such as may give warning to others; such as may attract
notice and imitation
E'XERCISE, _s._ labour of the mind or body
EXE'RTION, _s._ the act of exerting; effort
EXHI'BIT, _v.a._ to offer to view; show; display
EXHIBI'TION, _s._ the act of exhibiting; display
EXHI'LARATE, _v.a._ make cheerful; cheer; enliven
EXI'STENCE, _s._ state of being
EXPA'ND, _v.a._ to spread; to extend on all sides
EXPA'NSE, _s._ a body widely extended without inequalities
EXPE'DIENT, _s._ that which helps forward as means to an end
EXPEDI'TION, _s._ an excursion
EXPE'L, _v.a._ drive away; banish; eject
EXPE'RIENCE, _s._ knowledge gained by practice
EXPE'RIENCED, _a._ wise by long practice
EXPE'RIMENT, _s._ a trial of anything
EXPI'RE, _v.a._ breathe out; close; bring to an end
EXPLO'SION, _s._ an outburst; a sudden crash
EXPO'RT, _v.a._ carry out of a country
EXPO'SE, _v.a._ lay open; make bare; put in danger
EXPRE'SSION, _s._ the form of language in which any thoughts are
uttered; the act of squeezing out anything
E'XQUISITE, _a._ excellent; consummate; complete
EXTE'MPORE, _ad._ without premeditation; suddenly
EXTE'ND, _v.a._ stretch out; diffuse; impart
EXTE'NSIVE, _a._ large; wide; comprehensive
EXTE'RIOR, _a._ outward; external
EXTE'RNAL, _a._ outward
EXTI'NGUISH, _v.a._ put out; destroy; obscure
EXTI'RPATE, _v.a._ root out; eradicate
E'XTRACT, _s._ the chief parts drawn from anything
EXTRAO'RDINARY, _a._ different from common order and method; eminent;
remarkable
EXTRA'VAGANT, _a._ wasteful; not saving; otherwise, improbable, false
EXTRE'MELY, _ad._ greatly; very much; in the utmost degree
EXTRE'MITY, _s._ the utmost point; highest degree; parts at the greatest
distance
FACI'LITY, _s._ ease; dexterity; affability
FA'CTORY, _s._ a house or district inhabited by traders in a distant
country; traders embodied in one place
FA'CULTY, _s._ the power of doing anything; ability
FAMI'LIAR, _a._ domestic; free; well known; common; unceremonious
FAMI'LIARITY, _s._ easiness of conversation; acquaintance
FA'MILY, _s._ those who live in the same house; household; race; clans
FA'MOUS, _a._ renowned; celebrated
FANA'TICISM, _s._ madness; frenzy; insanity
FANTA'STIC, _a._ whimsical; fanciful; imaginary
FA'RTHER, _ad._ at a greater distance; beyond this
FA'SHION, _v.a._ form; mould; figure; make according to the rule
prescribed by custom
FA'TAL, _a._ deadly; mortal; appointed by destiny
FATI'GUE, _s._ weariness
FATI'GUE, _v.a._ tire; weary
FAUN, _s._ a kind of rural deity
FA'VOURITE, _s._ a person or thing beloved; one regarded with favour
FE'ATHER, _s._ plume of birds
FE'ATURE, _s._ the cast or make of the face; any lineament or single
part of the face
FE'ELING, _s._ the sense of touch; sensibility; tenderness; perception
FERMENTA'TION, _s._ a slow motion of the particles of a mixed body,
arising usually from the operation of some active acid matter; as
when leaven or yeast ferments bread or wort
FERO'CITY, _s._ savageness; wildness; fierceness
FE'RTILE, _a._ fruitful; abundant; plenteous
FERTI'LITY, _s._ abundance; fruitfulness
FE'STAL, _a._ festive; joyous; gay
FE'STIVAL, _a._ time of feast; anniversary-day of civil or religious joy
FESTO'ON, _s._ In architecture, an ornament of carved work in the form
of a wreath or garland of flowers or leaves twisted together
FEU'DAL, _a._ dependant; held by tenure
FI'BRE, _s._ a small thread or string
FI'CTION, _s._ a fanciful invention; a probable or improbable invention;
a falsehood; a lie
FIDE'LITY, _s._ honesty; faithful adherence
FI'GURE, _s._ shape; person; stature; the form of anything as terminated
by the outline
FI'LIAL, _a._ pertaining to a son; befitting a son; becoming the
relation of a son
FI'RMAMENT, _s._ sky; heavens
FLA'GON, _s._ a vessel with a narrow mouth
FLA'MBEAU, _s._ (pronounced _flam-bo_) a lighted torch
FLA'VOUR, _s._ power of pleasing the taste; odour
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