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Show What fhall good old York fee there s l ' \ h i r f u a g i d l p e B e a p e a S e o f d o t u s c f o Unpeopl b n u c e t g o t e d D a The office of an gfficialty to an archdeacon give, in confequenc - gffices, that the one wa not to intermeddl e e a g r e g a t w o n w r h the o wit ]S"m‘ou his ge He had fet up a kind of office of addrefs Fell neral correfpondencies by letters T 7% O'FFICE. @. a. [from the noun. perform ; to difcharge ; to do I will be gone, altho The air of Paradife did fan the houfe And angels offic'd all O'rriCER. 7. /. [officier, French. 1. A man employed by the publick Shakefpeare Allow their officers, and be conten Shakefpeare's Coriolanus To fuffer lawful cenfure Fhe next morning there came to us the fame offfcer that came to us at firft to conduct us to th Bacon ftranger's houfe If it fhould fall into the French hands, all th princes would return to be the feveral officers of hi Temple court As a magiftrate or great officer, he locks himSouth's Sermons felf up from all approaches of rapacious offiaway by violenc Birds of prey are an emble corse A fuperior power take from them, that which by violence they took awa L'Efrange from others Since he has appointe sfficers to hea it, a fui at law in itfelf muft needs be innocent. Kertleworth 2. A commander in the army His knotty cudgel on his tougher back Dryden All came refolv'd to die in my defence Dryden I fummon'd all my officers in hatte The bad difpofition be made in landing his men thews him not only to be much inferiour to Pompey as a fea officer, but to have had little or n Arbutbnot fkill in that element " 3. One who has the power of apprehendor ma accountabl t The thieves are pofleft with fea So ftrongly, that they dare not meet each other Each takes his fellow for an offcer Shake[peare We charge yo To go with us unto the officers Shakefpeare O'FriCERED 2 ‘:",. adj [from officer. Com manded ; fupplied with commanders What could we expeét from an army officered b Irith papifts and- outlaws Addifor's Freeholder -'QFFI'CIAL.. adj. [official, Fr. from office. T Co?ducxve; appropriate with regar to ufe In this animal are the guts, the ftomach an Ot_hcr paits official unto nutrition, which, were it aliment the empty reception of air, their provifion had been fuperfluous Brown i 2, Pertammg to a publick charge The tribune Endue you with the people's voice Anon do meeét the fenate 2 OFRI'CLAL, 2 5 g# Remain Shake[peare's Coriclanus Ofifigl is that‘ perfon to whom the cognizance o cAules s committe Jurlfd‘fllon iaftica by fuch as have ecclef.A[)/{fl c' hilsA boor man found a prieft over-familiar wit 5 wife, and becaufe he fpake it abroad a#d coul : fued hi : before the bifhop' A 1ot 1 prove 3 it, the prief gficiol for defamation Camden ¥ Orrr' g S Zo OFFI'CIATE 1. To difcharg worfhip Stilling fleet To prove curates no fervants, is to refcue the from that contempt which they will certainly fal into under this notion; which, confidering th number of perfons offciating this way, muft be ver 2. To perform an office for another Collier Orfrici'NaL. adj. [from officina, a fhop. Ufed in a fhop, or belonging to it thus officinal plants and drugs are thof ufed in the fhops OFFI'CIOUS adj. [officieux, French officiofus, Lat. 1. Kind doing good offices Yet, not to earth are thofe bright luminarie Officious5 but to thee, earth's habitant Milton 2. Importunel forward Shakefp In her behalf that fcorns your fervices At Taunton they killed in fury an gfficious an eager comumifiioner for the fubfidy Bacon Cato, perhap I'm too officions, but my forward care Would fain preferve a life of fo much value. A4dd Orri‘ciousLy. adv. [from officious. 1. Importunately forward The moft corrupt are moft obfequious grown And thofe they fcorn'd, ¢fficionfly they own. Dryd Flatt'ring crowds officiouly appear To give themfelves, not you, an happy year. Dryd 2. Kindly ; wit unatked kindnefs Let thy goats officionfly be nurft And led to living ftreams to quench their thirft Dryden Orr1'c10UsNESs. #. /. [from officious. 1. Forwardnefs of civility, or refpe&, o endeavour Commonly in an ill fenfe I thew my officioufnefs by an offering, though South betray my poverty by the meafure 2.2 Seryice In whom is required underftanding as in a man courage and vivacity as in a lion, fervice and minifterial officioufnefs as in the ox, and expedition a Brown in the eagle QFriNG. #./. [from of. The att o fteering to a diftance from the land O'rrsET. z /. [of and fet.] Sprout FELCIALYY, n. /. [offcialité, Fr. fro They are multiplied not enly by the feed, bu many alfo by the root, producing offsets or creepin under ground Ray Some plants are raifed from any part of th root, others by offsets, and in others the branche fet in the ground will take root or generated fountain of mankin When th Did draw corruption, and God's curfe can with prejudicial to religion propagate Milton w. n an office, commonly i offer to thee Peter or Paul thin children good confcience omit any part of that which i commanded by the aforefaid law Sanderfon w All things coveting to be like unto God in bein fpot thoot of a plant That in th official marks invefted, yo g this opacous earth, this punétua O'rrsPRING. n. /. [off and fpring. 1. Propagation ; generation 2. Th You are too officion If he did not nimbly ply the fpade His furly officer ne'er fail'd to erac ing criminals the law Roun ever, that which cannot hereunto attain perfonally doth feem to continue itfelf by offspring and propagation Hook V Who of the bithops or priefts that officinte a the altar, in the places of their fepulchres, ever fai >T'is an office of great worth And you an officer fit for the pl Submit you to the people's voices of office No minifter officiating in the church Shake pearc T All her number'd ftars that feem to row Spaces incomprehenfible, for fuc Their diftance argues, and their fwift retur Diurnal, merely to officiate ligh were in (i:\'c.x',\ Ayliffe Zo OFr1'ctATE. @. a. [from ofice. y c e c n c ' n k t i e p r f e hear of t 4 if the king's foul and his mone Being accounted, as St.' Paul fays, t of the world, and the offscouring of al Locke OFFscoURING. #. /. [of and feour. Recrement; part rubbed away in cleaning any thing Thou haft made us as the offscouring and refuf in the midft of the peoples Lamentations, iiie 45 defcendants This was a charge by fin that all his heirs did bind To the gods alon Our future offspring, and our wives are known Diryden His principal attor is the fon ofa god to mention the offspring of other deities .Ad 3. Produ&ion of any kind nefs is tranfacted The charge or poft of an offi Tho' both fell before their hour Time on their offspring hath no pow'r Nor fire nor fate th s fhall blaft Wor death's dark vale their days o'ercaft 70 OFFU'SCATE official. cial & 8. [Offcina, Latin. bufi wher Plac OF BE Denbant . a. [offufco, Latin offufquer, French.] To dim ; to cloud to darken Orrusca'rion. n.. f. [from offufcate. The a& of darkening Orr. adv. [opc, Saxon. Often; frequently ; not rarely ; not feldom F A ey In labours more abundant, in ftripes above meafure, in prifons more frequent, in deaths of? 2 Corinthians, ils 2 It may be a true faith, for fo much as itis; iti one part of true faith, which is oft miftaken for th whole Hammond Favours to none, to all the fmiles extends Oft fhe rejeéts, but never once offends Pope O'FTEN. adwv. [from opz, Saxon ; in th comparative, oftener; fuperlative, oftneft. Oft; frequently 3 many times not feldom The queen that bore thee Oftner upon her knees than on her feet Died ev'ry day thelivd Shakefpeare's Macbeth Ufe a little wine for thy ftomach's fake, an thine offen infirmities 1 Timothy, Ve 23 In journeying often, in perilsin the wildernefs 2 Cor. ii. 26 A lufty black-brow'd girl, with forehead broa and high That often had betwitcht the fea gods with her eye Drayton Who does not more admire Cicero as an author than as a conful of Rome, and does not oftner tal of the celebrated writers of our own country i former ages, than of any among their contemporaries Addifon's Fiecholder OFTENTI'MES. adv. [often and times From the compofition of this word it i reafonable to believe, that of# was onc an adjeltive, of which gffen was th plural phraf TEN. whic feem retaine i th zhine often infirmities Se Or Frequently; many times; often Is our faith in the bleffed Trinit a matter need lefs, to be fo oftentimes mentioned and opened i the principal part of that duty which we owe t God our public prayer Hooker The difficulty was by what means they could eve arrive to places oftentimes fo remote from the ocean Woodaward It is equally neceffary that there fhould be a future ftate, to vindicate the juftice of God, an folve the prefent irregularities of Providence, whether the beft men be oftentimes only, or always th Atterbury moft miferable OrTT MES. adv [of an times. Fre quently; often Ff Ofttime &T.E" |