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Show 5P S P Seecra'rion ‘Regard ; refpect T'hi teTA'TOR s is difference wify. Harwey Fatio fimp wh #. [ fpeculatioiz, Tr Specvra'rionN from fpeculate. by theA eye ; vie on at mi 1. Ex 2. Examiner; fpy. This word is found n Latin. . f [fpedatio Fr. fpelta [ fpectateur 2 / Slake[peare a good repaft to the [petatars, .th ¢'s Cymbeline Sha difh pays the thot If it.prove wrieback, go him He moutns his fornier 3 lgour 102t fo ‘far What pleafur th hat Secd rator Sprcra'rorsHir. . [ [from fpeitator. A& of beholding "hou ftand'ft ©* th' ftate of hanging, or of fom deat mor long in [peftatorjpip an crucller i %n. [ [ fpedire, Fr. jpeétrum See'cTRE : Ifatm.] Apparition ; appearance of per {fons dead The ghofts of traitors from the bridge defcentd With bold fanatick fpcéfres to rejoice The very voeticai ufe of th doth imply anexact refemblanc 1tS it re Thefe are nothing but fpectre raifes to itfelf, to flatter its ow Diyden word, for a /pecr to fome real bein flect Stil n the underftandin Locke lazinefs Spe'cTrUM. 2 /. [Latin.] Animage wifible form Sre'CULAR, adj. [ fpecrlaris, Latin. 5. Having the qualities of a mirrour .o looking-glafs It were but madnefs now t' impar The fkill of fpecular ftone Donne Quickfilver may, by the fire alone, in glafs veffels, be turned into a red body; and from this re body may be obtained a mercury, bright and /peBoyle cular as before A fpeculum of metal without glafs, made fom vyears fince for optical ufes, and very weil wrought, produced none of thofe rings; and thenced under- ftood that thefe rings arife not from the fpecula furface alone, but depend upon the two furface of the plate of glafs whereof the fpeculum wa made, and upon the thicknefs of the glafs berwee Newton them Improper Of nature wouldft thou know, how firft the frame All things in minjature, thy fpecular or Apply to well-diffected kernels; lo 1n cach obferve the flender thread Philips SPE'CULATE. w. n. [ fpeculer, Fr. jfpeculor, Lat.] To meditate; to contem plate ; totake a viewof any thing wit the mind Confider the quantity, and not fpeculate upon a intrinfecal relation Digby on Bodies As news-writers record faéts which afford grea matter of {peculation, their readers [peculate accord"Ingiy,znd, by their variety of conjectures, becom confummate ftatefmen alon roun whic globe in [pecu/ation befor fenfation in fpecc b 6. Oration; harangue e t a i s o a o e t o g f d n t n c ' " t i p a u i r p o m f i d t w e c e J 7. Declaration of thoughts fpeech. [fro adj ECHLESS Sp fpeaking o powe th o 1. Deprive made mute or dumb tha andwflfi{fi mouth a foam' down fel H Sba . Iefs P'P;» hi broke hat Pa go The grea g [peechlefss becom ar prieft Apollo' Addifon o Spe'cuL4TE. w. a. To confider attentively ; to look through with the mind Man was not meant to gape, or look upward but to have his thoughts fublime; and not onl behold, but fpeculate their nature with the eye o Brown the ynderftanding e 1 the tranfport vifio fingl and proftrate when it departs 2. Mute ; dumb a con From her eye bak i e; 'a me zj cb j} fa 1 did receiv onc po wo r he He that neve mult 4 thi Brown wonder he rema_inj;bftfbl'-'f:did afi."fi?m u Holdg""s who from an infant th Broome on the Odyffey tes , u T;ngPEED, 2 C h ' L [ fpeculate. SPE'CULUM. n. /. [Latin.] A mirrour a looking glafs; that in which repre-| {entations are formed by refletion e I kneel'd before him *Twas very faintly he faid, 5ile; «i;i;m;fsd}? Thus, with his fpecchlefs band All the boats had one fpeculator, to give notic Spe'cuLaTorY. adj. [fro Exercifing {peculation a d l h a e n w Specchlefs wit awatcher when the fith approached i tha tim th fo [peechlef ar the Although lapidaries and queftuary enquirers affirm it, yet the writers of minerals, and natura 3. A {py devoit in the eagernefs and height of thei He is dextrous in puzzling others, if they be no through-paced fpeculators in thofe great theories More name to be a mineral concretion e Wm reply'd implor'd fpeec o leav 1, wit practically Srecura'ror. n /. [from jpeculate. 1. One who forms theories bea sW!fi SPE'CULATIVELY. adv. {from Jpeculative. 1. Contemplatively ; with meditation whic Shakefpeare's Ififlg?iqfl Bacon's Effags | are founded in the nature of rational beings. Lawv the ftone ‘i‘!;IOE!lt e The duke did of me deman What was the fpeech among the Londonersy, = 1 Sbakeflm Concerning the French journey Speech of a man's felf ought to be feldom Some take it for a fpeculative platform, tha reafon and nature would that the beft thould govern Bacon's Holy War but no wife ito create a right Thefe are not ‘fpeculative flights, or imaginar conceiv Miltn 5. Talk ; mention tical Jpeculators HAccidener be eight parts A plague upon your epileptick vifage Smile you my fpeeches as 1 were a fool 2. Theoretical; notional ; ideal; not prac 2. { fpeculateur, Fr.] An obferver templator There is neither [pecch nor language, but thel voices are heard among them. Pf. Comman Praye 4. Any thing {poken Addifon laws yet we convey the others Shake[peare and undeniabl refle@ions 3. Particular language, as diftinét fro If all other ufes were utterly taken away, yet th mind of man being.by nature fpeculatize, and de-lighted with contemplation in itfelf, they were.t be known even for mere knowledge fake, Hocker It encourages fpeculative perfons, who have n plai an T'he acts of God to human ear Cannot without procefs of fpeech be told 1. Given to fpeculation ; contemplative ar our ideas are firft acquir:d by ing tnoughts Jpeculate, bu Holder on § 2. Language ; words confidere as exp; Srr'cuLATIVE. adj. [ fpeculatif Fr. fro notjons municated by thefe means, which are called fpeh Not in uvfe to increafe their fortunes by fpecch, wherewi?h nil:n part :ot‘ our knowl.cd ge 1s both obtained and ( Thy bones are marrowlefs; thy biood is cold turn of min each other by the means of certsin foundsor writien marks, which we call words; and 2 pres the fortune and boldnefs of many navigators. Temp This is a confideration not to be neglected, o thought an indifferent matter of mere fpecu/ation Lfley Thou haft no [peculation in thofe eye Thou ftar''f with is endowed, .for the communicafion-ofihfi Thoug onl has fince been furrounde expreffion thoughts 2. Ideally; notionally; theoretically; no The hidden wa Of firft-beginning trees fteultiv 5. Mental {fcheme not reduced to practice terreftria The e e is nofie: comparable to the 4 variety ofof in x4lity, and moft part of his natural jpeculations Temple Thi power of exprefing thoughts by yo words Addif. wa wuhgll:zkfzm SpEECH. . [ [from fpeak. 1. The power of articulate utterance. th From him Socrates derived theprinciples of mo Wich all his harnefs foon the god was K'?" Dr dq he ls hi up w n hi ha His flyin there remain aftord matter of [peculation a 6. Power of fight Ihis prifin had feme véins running along withi the glafs, from ithe one end to the other, whic {cattered fome of the fun's light iiregularly, bu bad no fenfible efteét in increafing the length of th " Newton's Opticks coloured [peFrum 2. Affifting fight y A. A train of thoughts formed by medita .tion Shake[peare {uftering News-writer e ren at l(,g.mt?anunup!c, but fhaped his courfe ta ed, after fpeculatian, pratice swhereunto the whel Hooker world might be framed Thenceforth to Jpeculations l.‘n?gh or d.er min iou capa wit an ht thou m I turn H aERE Milton Coafider'd all things vifible th owner more tha fhould de the like that all me an fred wit ' B:xmn.roir.}, Jped of‘that he defir d, fiai In all thefe things being fully perfuaded, tha what they did, it was obedience to the will ofGod Dryder Dryden To make him now/ and rayed with the y:llois. A contemplation t beivre they judge art P Elis horfe fuoflwi ldgalls 3. Mental view; intelleftual examination that_the and coloured ob'! The preterite an Speed They who have, as'who have not, whom: thei great ftac Throne and fet high ? fervant Which are to France the fpies and fpeculations Shakefpeare's King Lear Intelligent of our ftate 'n, though devis' céiator QSren printed for fpeculator Mor rougi A'?[C!l/llm, to reflect the artjficia et;in elfe, .and probably 1s here .mif wher A looker-on ; a beholder h and Jpeeded . To make halte it lengt Unto the place whereas the Paytifi =8 peioi '1;0 well they fped, that they be-i;";f |