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Show ol ACCG nimblenefs. This is a word more rarel ufed than e&@ivity he watches every tarn of our foul, and incident o will tak Rogers [aflor, Lat. The virtwes of either age may correct the defe&ls of both : and good for fucceflion, that youn men may be learners, while men in age are aors Bacon He who writes an Encomium Neronis, if he doe it heartily, is himfelf but a tranfcript of Nero i his mind, and would gladly enough fee fuch pranks as he was famous for, acted again, though he dare South not be the afor of them himfelf z. He that perfonates a charaéter ; a flageplayer Would you hav Such an Herculean a&or-in the fcene And not this hydra ? They muft fweat no lef To fit their properties, than t' exprefs their parts Ben Fenfon ‘When a good affor doth his part prefent In every act he our attention draws That at the laft he may find juft applaufe. Denham Thefe falfe beauties of the ftage are no more lafting than a rainbow; when the af#sr ceafes to thin upon them, they vanifh in a twinkling *Dryden's Spanifb Friar n.f. [africe, Fr. \1, She that performs any thing Virgil has, indeed, admitted Fame as an ar¢f in the Zneid; but the part the aéks is very fhort and none of the moft admired circumftances o Addifon that divine work We fprights have juft fuch nature ‘We had, for all the world, when human creatures And therefore I that was an aérefs here Play all my tricks in hell, a goblin there. Dryden 2. A woman that plays on the ftage A'ctvaL. adj. [afuel, Fr. 1. That which comprifes aétion 2. Really in a& ; not merely potential For he that but conceives a crimein thought Contraéts the danger of an af#ual fault "Then what muft he expect, that ftill proceed To finith fin, and work up thoughts to deeds Dryden [fromafual. Lat l'h u w h th fa ul fh g ju th Suppof wi i m r r co o aé th o i e k have th e t o to cu th ha wi ar no th an him in this cafe, the aflu@ Ayliffe or writer of them ought to be preferred e a f a 7 r v th o t ad A'cruAT Put into ation into effect animated brough The a&ive informations of the intelle@, fillin the paffive reception of the will, like form clofin with matter, grew affuate into a third and diftin& South perfection of practice 7o A CTUATE «. a [f:rom ago, actum 'To put into action; to 1nVigoLat. rate or increafe the powers of motion The light made by this animal depends upon living fpirit, and feems, by fome vital irradiation to be affuated into this luftre Brown's Vulgar Errours Such is every man, who has not acfuated th grace given him, to the fubduing of every reignin Decay of Piety Men of the greateft abilities are moft fired wit ambition ; and, on the contrary, mean and nar {in Addifon row minds are the leaft afuated by it Our paffions are the fprings which a&fuate th Rogers powers of our nature Any difeafe, which ; attended with an increafed velociil;;; 4. Acut difeafe blood, and terminates in & few days zl?m; oppofed to chronical 5. dcute accent; that which raifes tharpens the voice Acu'teLY. adv. [from acute.] Afte acute manner; fharply: it is uf well in the figurative as primitive fen He that will look into many parts of Afiy ap America, will find men reafon there, perhaps, 2 acutely as himfelf; who yet never heard of 5 1y logifm Locke Acvu'reNEss. #. /. [from acate, which fee, 1. Sharpnefs 2. Force of intelleéts 'Th kled meats, and debauching with ftrong wines, d inflame and acuate the blood, whereby it is capacitated to corrode the lungs. Harwey on Confumptions but feemeth as it were They would not be fo apt to think, that ther could be nothing added to the acutensfs and pene tration of their underftandings Lacke 3. Quicknefs and vigour of fenfes If eyes fo framed could not view at once th hand an the hour-plate their owner could no be benefited by that acutenefs; which, whilft i difcovered the fecret contrivance of the machine made him lofe its ufe Locke 4. Violence and fpeedy crifis of a malady We apply prefen remedies according to indi cations, refpeting rather the acutenefs of the difeafe, and precipitancy of the occafion, than th rifing and fetting of ftars Brown 5. Sharpnefs of found This acutenefs of found will fhew, that whilft to the eye,'the bell feems to be at reft, yet th minute parts of it continue in avery brifk motion without which they could not ftrike the air. Boyl Shallo unimprove intelle€ts, are confiden pretenders to certainty; as if, contrary to th adage, fcience had no friend but ignorance Glanwille's Scepfis Scientifiet Fine fruits of learning ! old ambitious fool; Dar'ft thou apply that adage of the fchool As if 'tis nothing worth that lies conceal'd And {cience is not fcience till reveal"d? Dryder ADA'GIO. . /. [Italian, at leifure.] term ufed by muficians, to mark a flo time 1." A ftone, imagined by writers, of ifn cut off Brown's Vulgar Errours much pain, unlefs touched or rubbed, or exafpeWifeman rated by topicks ACUTE [acutus, Lat. adj obtufe or blunt Having the ideas of an obtufe and an acute angled triangle, both drawn from equal bafes and be Inaét twee in effe@ ; really parallels I can by intuitiv knowledge perceive the one not to be the other, but canno Laocke that way know whether they be equal All mankind acknowledge themfelves able an fufficient to do many things, which afually the Sodth never do Read one of the Chronicles, and you will thin 2. In a figurative fenfe applied to men ingenious ; penetrating; oppofed t you were reading a hiftory of the kings of Ifrael o Judah, where the hiftorians wereacfually infpired and where, by a particular fcheme of providence The acyte and ingenious author, among man very fine thoughts, and uncommon refle¢tions, ha Qarted the notion of fecing all thingsin God So great a fear my name amongft them fpread That they fuppos'd I could rend bars of fteel And fpurn in pieces pofts of adamant. Sbak#f" Satan, with vaft and haughty ftrides advanc d Eternal Deities Who rule‘the world with abfolute decrees, And write whatever time fhall bring to pafs With pens of adamant, on plates of brafs. Dy 2. The diamond Hardnefs, wherein fome ftones exceed all other bodies, and among them the adamant all othe ftones, being exalted to that degree thereoh; art in vain endeavours to counterfeit it, the f?c titious ftones of chymifts, in imitation, beit dull or fapid the kings were diftinguifhed by judgments or blel penetrable hardnefs Came tow'ring, arm'd in adamant and gOld]-M 1. Sharp, ending in a point; oppofed t fubftadce i Cheyne Acrtuo'sk. adj. [from a&.] 'That whic hath firong powers of aftion: a wor Lat adactus adj participia A'cTED A little ufed ufed littl wor forc b Drive 7o A'cuaTE. v.a. [acuo, Lat.] TofharDig ufed no i ada ver Th pen, to invigorate with any powers o maxi Lat. [adagiu A'pacE fharpnefs rb prov qui ant fro do de ha pic bee e de Immoderate feeding upon po I appropriate this word, No/i me tangere, to fmall round acuminated tubercle, which hath no thus a crafs, extended, impehetra adu [aluarius th o t n m th e i m c w regifte proceedings of a court; a term of th civil law reft The aftuality of thefe fpiritual qualities is thu imprifoned, though their potentiality be not quit A'ctuaLLy n f Were our fenfes altered, and made much qixi'u and acuter, the appearance and outward fcheme :_l ‘DAMANT. n. /. [adamas, Lat. from - AcU'MINATED. particip. adj. Ending i that is infuperable, inGr Musw an a point ; fharp-pointed Srangible. "This is not acuminated and pointed, as in th 3. In a&; not purely in fpeculation ble, paflive, divifible, unintelligen generated, which we call matter A'cruary Th The word was much affeted by the learne Ariftarchus in common converfation, to fignif . Pope genius or natural acumen Sin, there in pow'r befor Once affual 5 now in body, and to dwel Milton Habitual habitant deftroyed5 an Rogers Acv''LEAaTE. adj. [aculeatus, Lat.] Tha which has a point or fting; prickly that which terminates in a fharp point ACUMEN. n. /. [Lat.] A fharp point figuratively, quicknefs of intelletts In this flumbry agitation, befides her walkin and other affual performances, what, at any time Shakefpeare's Macbeth have you heard her fay Actua'Lity. # /. [from afual. ftate of being actual things would have quite another face to ys, with himfelf : certainly 1. He that a&s, or performs any thing A'cTrEss o v e r o f p r i m w l ft y u overtalz l u a r [ / A'CcT AN quality of being actual Salt put to ice, as in the producing of the artifiBacen cial ice, increafeth the afiwity of cold QOur adverfary will not be idle, though we are a. f pmu . Spoken of the fenfes, vieorous : 3 pow y VIZOTO i in operation God Acrivity. n./) [from afive.] The quality of being altive, applied either t things or perfons our Yife; and, if we remit our afiwity advantage of our indolence t o r a o i e o o p e t a {ings, accordin n f d A d G u t t worthip o o fu b l o f c p o p a o m t o Thoug l u a l o t o r f o y d t g o t o dange What ftrange agility and afiwenefs do our common tumblers and dancers on the rope attain to, b continual exercife Wilkins's Math . Magick A'cror ATD7A Lecke eafily dete@ed b an ordinar lapidift Ray on theCreatitt 3. Adamant is taken for the loadfiqne‘, |