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Show AL Tha which may be alleged Upon this interpretation all may be folved, tha is allegeable againttit Brown's Fulgar Errours ArLvLe'GEMENT. 7. /. [from allege.] Th fame with allegation Di& AvLLE'GeR. #. /. [from allege.] He tha alleges The narrative, if % believe it as confidently a the famous alleger of it, Pamphilio, appears to do would argue, that there is no other principle rethe luck Boyle quifite, than what may refult fro mixture of feveral bodies Avve'crance. n. /. [allegeance, Fr.] Th duty of fubjeéts to the government I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts Loud fhouts and falutations from their mouths Even in the prefence of the crowned king Shakefpeare ‘We charge you, on allegiance to ourfelves To hold your flaughtering hands, and keep th Shakefpeare peace The houfe of commons, to whom every da petitions are dire&ted by the feveral counties o England, profefling all allegiance to them, gover abfolutely; the lords concurring, or rather fubClarendon mitting to whatfoever is propofed ALLE'GIANT. adj. [from allege.] Loyal conformable to the duty of allegiance a word not now ufed For your great grace Heap'd upon me, poor undeferver, Can nothing render but allegiant thanks My pray'rs to heaven for you. Shakefp. Hen. VIII ALLEGORICK. adj. [from allegory.] Afte allegory the manner of a no real not literal A kingdom they portend thee; but what kingdom Real or allegorick, 1 difcern not Milton ALLeco'ricAL, adj. [from allegory.] I the form of an allegory ; mnot real ; no Jiteral ; myftical ‘Whe ou Saviou faid myftical feafe, Excep of Man, an in an allegorical an ye eat the fleth of the So drink hi blood, ye have n life i you ; the hearers underftood him literally an grofsly Bentley The epithet of Apollo for fhooting, is capabl of two applications; one literal, in refpeét of th darts and bow, the enfigns of that god; the othe allzgorical, in regard to the rays of the fun. Pope ALLEGO'RICALLY. adv. [from allegory. After an allegorical manner Virgil often makes Iris the mefienger of Juno #llegorically taken for the air Peacham The piace is to be underftood allegorically 5 an avhat is thus fpoken by a Phzacian with wifdom is, by the Poet, applied to the goddefs of it. Pope ALLECO'RICALNESS. z /. [from allegorical.] 'The quality of being allegorical D:4 o A'LLEGORIZE. @. a. [from allegory. Tlo turn into allegory; to form an allegory; to take in a fenfe not literal He hath very wittily allegorized this tree, allowing his fuppofition of the tree itfelf to be true Raleigh As fome would allegorize thefe figns, fo other would: confine them to the deftruction of Jeru falem Burnet's Theory An alchymift fhall reduce divinity to the maxims of his laboratory, explain morality by fal fulphur, and mercury; and allegerize the feriptur itfelf, an t' facred myfterie thereof hilofopher's ftone A'LLEGORY AL AULE'GEABLE. adj. [from allege. #. /. [anwmyoeix. into th Locke A figu rative difcourfe, in which {omethin other 1s intended, than is contained i she words literally taken; as, weak AL p t o e n g l d o e h u d 45 th rent of authority Neithe long muf we dra mak left either w our allegory to eu ourl‘clye o oblcgre n f o n B f d i c i i w o fall into affe@at b t b el i t n a m h m n r w Thi a t r t i m o u m h v t t g v allegory, t s e o f a e t t li t v g a t r quick a l e . o g e t where o n t n d r w / ALLE'GR e I m t o n i & i f d f of th f k i q t o t m t g r f prefl l a i i o I t e P p c e l a o means gay, as in Milton e l f i r w i T / n ALLEL m a 3 a i e l H f t i w A word of fpiritual exultation, ufed i hymus ; it fignifies, Praife God He will fet his tongue to thofe pious divin ftrains, which may be a proper preeludium to thof allelujaks he hopes eternaily to fing Gouernment of the Tonguc ALLEMA'NDE. n. / kind of mufick [ltal. A grav Did To ALLE'VIATE. . a. [nl/cfvo, Lat. 1. To make light ; to eafe ; to {often The pains taken in the fpeculative, will muc alleviate me in defcribing the praétic part Harvey Moft of the diftempers are the effeéts of abufe plenty and luxury, and muft not be charged upo our Maker; who, notwithftanding, hath provide excellent medicines, to allewiate thofe evils whic we bring upon ourfelves 2. To extenuate Bentley or foften as, h alle wiates his fault by an excufe ArLvLevia‘rioN. #. /. [from alleviate. 1. The a& of making light, of allaying or extenuating " All apologies for, and alleviations of faults though they are the heights of humanity, ye they are not the favours, but the duties of friendip Soutb 2. That by which any pain is eafed fault extenuated o This lofs of one fifth of their income will fi heavy on them, who fhall feel it, without the a/leviation of any profit Locke A'LLEY. n. [. [allée, Fr. 1. A walk in a garden And all within were walks and alleys wide With footing worn, and leading inward far Spenfer Where alleys are clofe gravelled, the earth putteth forth the firft year knotgrafs, and after fpiregrafs Bacon's Natural Hiffory Yonder alleys green Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown Milton Come, my fair love, our morning's tafk we lofe; Some labour ev'n the eafieft life would choofe Ours is not great; the dangling bows to crop Whofe too luxuriant growth our alleys ftop. Dryd The thriving plants, ignoble broomfticks made Now f{weep thofe alleys they were born to fhade 2. A paffage in towns narrowe ftreet bac friend a fhoulde clapper Pope than on tha commands the paflages of allzys, crecks, and narrow lands Shakefpeare ALvi'ance. n. /. [alliance, Fr. 1. The ftate of conne@ion with anothe by confederacy; a league. In this fenfe our hiftories of Queen Anne mentio the grand alliance 2. Relation by marriage A bloody Hymen fhall th' a/iance joi Betwixt the Trojan and th' Aufonian lines Dryd 3, Relation by any form of kindreq For my father's fake = And, fc;lr alli;z{n;f' ffike, declare the canf My father lof his head Shakefp. H Z‘\drafius foon, with gods averfe, f'?au ja,i? Vi In dire alfiance with the Theban line "Thence ftrife thall rife, and mortal war fucceeq 4. The a&t of forming or contra&inggg lation to another; the aé& of making confederacy Dorfet, your fon, that with a fearful iy Leads difcontented fteps in foreign foil This fair alliance quickly fhall call hom To high promotions Shakefp. Richar 111 5. The perfons allied to each other I would not boaft the greatnefs of my father But point out new afliances to Cato Addifin Avrvyciency. n fi {allicio, Lat. to ep tice or draw.] The power of attradtin any thing; magnetiim; attra&ion The feigned central alliciency is bu a word, an the manner of it ftill occult lanilly 7o A'LLIGATE. @. a. [alligo, Lat tie one thing to another; to unite T Arvica'rion. n [ [from alligate. 1. The a& of tying together; the flat of being {o tied 2. Th arithmetical rule that teache t adjuft the price of compounds, forme of {everal ingredients of different value Avvica'ror. z. /i The crocodile. Thi name is chiefly ufed for the crocodil of America, between which, and that o Africa, naturalifts have laid down thi difference, that one moves the upper and the other the lower jaw; but thi i no know t b chimerical th lower jaw being equally moved by both See CrROCODILE In his needy fhop a tortoife hung An alligator ftuft'd, and other fkin Of ill-fhap'd fifhes Shakefpeare Aloft in rows, large poppy-heads were ftrung And here a fealy alligator hung Garth's Difpenfary A'LL1GATURE. 2 /. [from alligaie.fi Th link, or ligature, by which two thing are joined together Dia Avvi'stoN. n. /. [allido, allifum, Lat.} Th a& of ftriking one thing againft another There have not been any iflands of note, or con fiderable extent, torn and caft off from the continen by earthquakes o fevered fro boifterous allifion of the fea it by th Waodwward ALviTera‘rioN. . /. [ad and liter Of what the critics call the alliLat. teration, or beginning of feveral words i the fame verfe with the fame letter, ther are inftances in the oldeft and beft witers, as Behemoth biggeft born Milton's Paradife L Avrvoca'rion. #. /. [alloce, Lat. 1. The a& of putting one thing to ano ther 2. The admiffion of an article in reckoning, and addition of it to the account 3. An allowance made upon an account a term ufed in the Exchequer Chambers Avvrocv'rion. n. [ [allocutio, Lat.] Th alt of {peaking to another ALLO'p1AL. ad. [from a[lodz'um.].Hel withou |