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Show ‘AM AM On cried God blefs us and, Amen th Behold ! famine and plague, tribulation an fnguifh, are fent as fcourges for apmendment other ‘When they did fay God blefs'us. - Shakefp. Mach of Ifrael ‘trom ever lafting and to cverlafting, Amen and amen Plaln xli. 13 AME'NABLE [amefnable, Fr. amene adj quelgu'un, in the French courts, figni fies, to oblige on a charge exhibited againft him.] Refponfible; fubject {fo as to be liable t enquiries or accounts Again, becaufe the inferiour fort were loof and poor, and not amenable to the law, he provided, by another a&, that five of the beft an eldeft perfons of every fept, fhould bring in all th idle perfons of their furname, to be juftified by th Sir Fobn Dawies on Ireland law (2 /£ [They feem to com A'MENAGE A'MENANCGE. § fro amener du& ; behaviour ufed mien Con Fr. word dif AME'NDMENT life th o Your compenfation makes amends Unwholefome draught Th Ame'NDMENT. 7 f. [amendement, Fr. 1. A change from bad for the bettcs Before it was prefented on the ftage, fom things in it have paffed your approbation an amerdment Dryden Man is always mending and altering his works but nature obferves the fame ‘tenour, becaufe he - works are fo perfect, that there is no place fo amendments; nothing that can be reprehended Ray on the Creation There are many natural defeéts in the underftanding, capable of amendment, which are overlooked and wholly negle&ted Locke 2. Reformation of life Our Lord and Saviour was of opinion, tha they which would not be drawh to amendment o life, by the teftimony which Mofes and the prophets have given, concerning the miferies tha follow finners after death, were not likely to b perfuaded by other means, although God from th dead fhould haye raifed them up preachers Hooker pure an AMETHODICAL irregular The pine tree hath amentaceous flower kins 70 AMERCE pw (/.3; or katMiller w. a. [amercier, Fr. «pSar éé;.cspcs feem t giv the ori ginal. - To punith with a pecuniary penalty to exalt a fine; to infli&t a forfeiture It is a word originally juridical, bu adopted by other writers, and is ufed b Spenfer of punifhments in general Where every one that mifieth then her make Shall be by him amerc'd with penance due But 'Ll amerce you with fo firong In fine Spenfer That you fhall all repent the lofs of mine Shake[peare All the fuitors were confiderably amerced5 ye to wine o {o called either becaufe it is not quit contrary to drunkennefs of the colour of wine, or becaufe it wa imagined to prevent inebriation. A precious ftone of a violet colour, bordering o purple The oriental amethyf? is the hardef fcarceft, and moft valuable; it is generally of dove colour, though fome are purple, and other white like the diamond The Germanisofavi beft are the blackeft or deepeft violet: othersar almoft quite white, and fome few tinGured vit yellow The amethyf is not extremely hard, bu eafy to be engraved upon, and is next in valie the emerald Sawary, Chanber Some ftones approached the granate complei ion ; and feveral nearly refembled the amethyfi A'METHYST [in heraldry] fignifiqs th fame colour in a nobleman's coat, tha purpure does in a gentleman's. AMETHY'STINE adj. [from amethjt - Refembling an amethyft in colour. kin of amerbyfin 2. Sometimes with the particle iz befor the fine fint; not compofed cryftals or grains, but ort eatire mafly ffone i A'MIABLE. adj. [aimable, Pr. 1. Lovely; pleafing "That which is good in the a&ions of men, d? not only delight as-profitable, but as amiable alfo " Hudke She tald her, while fhe keptit, *Twould make her amiable, fubdue my fathér. Zgntirely to her love ; but 'lféhe loftit r made a gift of it, my father's ey b Should holdcher loatixed. ‘Sb"é‘.@' this proved but an ineffe@tual remedy for thofe | 2. Pretending lov fh wi lov :mifchiefs Hale let colour, and the Spanifh are of three fort ; th 1f the fituation of Babylon was fuch at firft as i the days of Herodetus, it was a feat of amenit AMENTA CEOUS. adj. [amentatus, Lat. Hanging as by a thread A'METHYST. ./ [autS0s6:, contray AvE'N1TY. 7. [ [amenité, Fr. amanizas Lat.] Pleafantnefs ; agreeablenefs o fituation Brown adj. [from 4 and hod.] Out of method ; without method Dryden and pleafure D'r_}"}?‘eré A'mEss. n. /. [corrupted from amice.] prieft's veftment Dig and fufferings of this ftate Tillotfon It is'a ftrong argument for retribution hereafter, that virtuous perfons are very often unfortunate, and wvicious perfons profperous ;3 whic is repugnant to the nature ofa Being, who appears infinitely wife and good in all his works unlefs we may fuppofe that fuch a promifcuou diftribution, which was neceflary for carrying o the defigns of providence in this life, will be rectified and made amends for in another. - Specator fault committed. We ufe, in a cognat fignification, the word amends frefh blowing Falfe bones, and put upon me in the plag It our fouls be immortal, this makes abundan amends and compenfation for the frailties of life plies fomething wrong AME'NDE. 7. /. [French.} This word, i French, fignifies a fine, by which recompence is fuppofed to be made for th And watch the box, for fear they fhould conve but here I feel amends many ill plays, by an heroick poem to im Shakefp, Macbeth. To fhun ames ace, that fwept my ftakes afia'.y; Some little hopes I have yet remaining, that may make the ‘world fome part of amends fo thing is well already, but to amend im They prefently amend And dextroufly to throw the lucky fice Milton prove fuppofes or not denies that th But then my ftudy was tocog the dice With day-fpring born 5 here leave me 4o refpire T As my fortune either amends or impairs, I ma declare it unto you Sidney At his touc Such fan&ity hath heaven given his hand of heav' breat {weet we ufuall from to smprove Shakefpeare all runs into the prince's coffers Raleigh's Efjays There I, a pris'ner chain'd, fcarce freely dra The air imprifon'd alfo, clofe and damp 3. To reftore paflages in writers, whic the copiers are fuppofed to have depraved ; to recover the true reading amend differ Ames ack. 7./ [a corruption of the yor ambs ace, which appears, from very o authorities, to have been early {ofteng by omitting the 4.] Two aces on ty dice ! Yvad o commonl Fr. emendo w. 7. To grow better Spenfer's State of Trfn Of the amends recovered, little or nothing veturns to thofe that had fuffered the wrong, bu Amend your ways and your doings, and I wil Fesem. vii. 3 caufe you to dwell in this place 9o AME'ND All amercements and fines that fhall be j mp &d upon them, fhall come unto themfelyes clean.sh data import.tsv out README If T have too anfterely punifh'd you Spenfer the mercy of the king, or other lordj his court atone Recompence ; - compenfation leave wicked nefs.. In thefe two cafe write mend. See MEND Th AME RCIA pecuniary nifhment of an offender, l:vho fi:»?ds?: Blount vantage by the errour AME'NDER. 7. /. [from amend.], The per {on that amends any thing AmE'NDSs. # Ji [amende, Fr.from whic it feems to be accidentally corrupted. Lat. 1. To corre&; to change any thing tha is wrong to fomething better 2. To refor an fometimes after the party's fecking ad his Lybian fteed t Fairy Quean 9o AME'ND. w. a. [amender after judgmen.t o efpied befor ‘Th'> enchanter, by his arms and anenance he fa I m f. {émendatio; y o 7. /i [from amere.] He th fets a fine upon any mifdemeznoup?ng that decrees or inflicts any p_ecuaiaie punifhment or forfeiture. e a r [ / ) AME'R fignifies, in law,.the correéion'of a errour committed in a procefs, an Well kend him fo far fpace under hi prance AMERCER Shake[p ment Whether for arms and watlike amenance Or elfe for wife and civil governance Millions of fpirits, for his faq]t)amgn.‘éi: Of heav'n, and from eternal fplendours fi;my,l eM For his revolt Your honour's players hearing your amendnicnt Are come to play a pleafant comedy i ticle of 3. Recovery of health For he is fit to ufe in all affays Whe act thef Hummond's Prattical Catechifm to aniwe to appea o ferious the Greek conftruétion, with "the pa accepted by God; yet there is no fure judgmen . whether this purpofe b true acts of contrition 3. Somet m i i u e in L imsirv itagtl may b the hablt befor of contrition true a& a virgin of Ifrael purpofe of amendrents -an a feriou Thoug Liftening their fear, I could not fay .Amen Go fel, becaufe he hath brought up an eyi 2 Efdrasy xvie 19 As they had feen me with thefe hangman's hands Blefled be the Lor They fhall ameree him in an hundre filver, and give them unto the fathe o Lay amigble ficge to the honeity of this Ford wife 5 wfe your art of wooing A'MIABLENESS. 2. /4 [from Mtf‘*é"‘»%fi%‘ |