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Show 4+ Reputation ; honour It take From our achievements, tho® perform'd at height The pith and marrow of our attribute Shakefp AtTrIBUTION, 7./. [from To artribute. Commendation; qualities afcribed If fpeaking truth In this fine age, were not thought flattery Such artribution thould the Douglafs have As not a foldier of this feafon's ftam Should go fo general current through the world Shakefpeare We fuffer him to perfuade us we are as gods and never {ufpeét thefe glorious attributions may b no more than flattery Decay of Piety ATTRI'TE. adj. [attritus, Lat.] Ground worn by rubbing Or, by collifion of two bodies, grin The air attrite to five Milton ATTRITENESS. 7. /. [from attrite.] Th - being much worn ATTRI'TION. 2 [ [attritio, Lat. 1. The a& of wearing things, by rubbin " one againft another This vapour, afcending inceflantly out of th abyfs, and pervading the ftrata of gravel, and th reft, decays the bones and vegetables lodged i thofe ftrata; this fluid, by its continual attrition fretting the faid bodies Woodward The change of the aliment is effefted by attrigion of the inward ftomachy and diffolvent liguo aflifted with heat Arbuthnat 2. The ftate of being worn 3. [With divines. Grief for fin, arifin only from the fear of punithment ; th loweft degree of repentance o, ATTUNE . 2. [from tune. 1. To make any thing mufical Airs, vernal airs Breathing the fmell of field and grove, attun The trembling leaves Milton 2. To tune one thing to another; as, h attunes his voice to his harp ATTU'RNEY. 7./. See ATTORNEY ATWE'EN. adv. or prep. [See BerwrEN. Betwixt ; between ; in the midft of tw things : obfolete Her loofe long yellow locks, like golden wire Sprinkled with pearl, and perling flowers atween Do, like a golden mantle, her attire Spenfer Arwi'xr. prep. [See Berwixt.] In th middle of two things : obfolete But with outrageous ftrokes did him reftrain An with hi bod twain To AVA'IL barr' @. a the way atwix the Fairy Queen [from waloir Fr. awvail being nearly the fame thing wit Jaire waloir. 1. To profit ; to turn to profit: with o before the thing ufed Then fhall they feek t' gvai/ themfelves of names Places, and titles; and with thefe to joi Secular pow'r Milton Both of them awail themfelves of thofe licences ) 2 which Apollo has equally beftowed on them. Dryd To promote ; to profper ; to affift Mean time he voyag'd to explore the wil Of Jove, on high Dodona's holy hill ‘What means might beft his fafe return gwail. Pope o Ava'iL, @, n. To be of ufe; to be o advantage Nor can my ftrength awail, unlefs by the Endw'd with force, I gain the vitory ‘When' real merit is wanting Dryden it awails nothin to have been encouraged by the great Pape's Preface to bis Works Avaiv 2 [fro advantage ; benefit Tg guail.] Profit AU For all that elfe did come were fute to fail Yet would he further none but for awajl Spenfer I charge thee As heav'n thall work in me for thine awuail To tell me truly Shake[peare may they be to fecure the continuance of bleffings Atterbu Y All things fubje@ to afion the will does 1 Which to the fun'ral of his friend he vow'd Lo, how the arable with barley grai Wholefome, of deathlefs fame Afk you why Phrine the whole axion buys Phrine forefees a general excife Pope 7o A'vcrioN. v, a. [from auiion.] T fell by au&ion A'vctionary. adj. [from auétion.] Belonging to an auion to fink : a word out of ufe And much more honeft to be hir'd, and ftan With auéfionary hammer in thy hand Provoking to give more, and knocking thric For the old houfehold ftuff, or piure's price By that th' exalted Pheebus *gan gwal His weary wain, and now the frofty nigh Her mantle black thro' heav'n 'gan overhale Spenfer He did abafe and awale the fovereignty int Dryden's Fuvenal AvcrioNt'ERr. #. /. [from aufZion.] Th perfon that manages an auction A'ucTiVE. adj. [from audfus, Lat.] O an increafing quality D:is had bee Wotton To fink But when his latter ebb gins to awale Huge heaps of mud he leaves Avcura'rion. . f. [awcupatio, Lat. Fowling ; bird-catching Spenfer Ava'nrt The front of an army Se Van Ava'NT-GUARD. 7. [ [avantgarde, Fr. The van ; the firft body of an army AUDA'CIOUS dax, Lat. of the foot an There grow In my moft ill-compos'd affection, fuc A ftanchlefs awarice, that, were I king dainful Broome on the Odyféy Avary'crousyy. adv. [from avaricious. Covetonfly Avari'crovsness. n /o [from awari cious. cious Ava'sT Th adw quality of bein [fro avarij bsfle, Ital. it 1 Watts [from audacious. Aupa'crousny. adv Boldly ; impudently An angel fhalt thou fee Yet fear not thou, but {peak audacionfly Shakefp Avupa'ciousNEss. 7 /. [from audacious. Impudence Avupa'city. n [ [from axdax Spirit; boldnefs ; confidence Lat. Lean, raw-bon'd rafcals | who would e'er fuppof Shakefp They had fuch courage and avdacity Great effe@ts come of induftry and perfeverance; for audacity doth almoft bind and mat Luxurious, awaricious, falfe, deceitful Shake[p. Macheth This fpeech has been condemned as awaricious and Euftathius judges it to be fpoken artfully Shake[peare Till Jove, no longer patient, took his tim T* avenge with thunder their azdacious crime Dryden Young ftudents, by a conftant habit of difputing, grow impudent and audacions, proud and dif Covetoufnefs; infatiable defire Avari'cious. adj. [awvaricienx, Fr.] Covetous ; infatiably defirous daring Hayward 1 thould cut off the nobles for their lands. Shakefp This awarice of praife in times to come Thofe long infcriptions crowded on the tomb Dryden Nor love his peace of mind deftroys Dryden Nor wicked awvarice of wealth Awarice is infatiable; and fo he went fill pufhL' Efirange ing on for more Be niggards of advice on no pretence Pope For the worft awarice is that of fenfe impudent Thy lewd, peftif'rous, and diffentious pranks A'VARICE. #. /. [avarice, Fr. avaritia Lat. Bold Such is thy audacious wickednefs the awant-guard withou thuffling with the battail or arriere adj. [audacieux, Fr. au always in a bad fenfe The horfemen might iflue forth without difturbanc Philips bids after another, till fo much is bi as the feller is content to take 2. The things fold by auétion Zo Ava'LE. @, a. [awaler, to let fink, Fr. To let fall 5 to deprefs ; to make abject w.n Dryd A'UCTION. a. /. [auétio, Lat. I. A manner of fale, in which one perfo 2. Legal force; validity Ava"iLABLY. adv. [from available. 1. Powerfully ; profitably; advantageoudly 2. Legally; validly AVA'ILMENT. n /. [from awail.] Ufefulnefs 5 advantage; profit T0 Ava'LE i Stands thick, o'erfhadow'd; thefe, as modern uf Ordains, infus'd, an avburse drink compofe We differ from that fuppofition of " the efficacy or availablenefs, or fuitablenefs, of thefe to the end Hale on Her hair is auburne, mine is perfet yellow Shakefpeare His anburne locks on either thoulder flow'd AVA'ILABLENESS. 2. /. [from available. 1. Power of promotiny the end for whic it is ufed tha whic Brown ; of a tan colour Hooker Laws human are awailable by confent. Hogker Drake put one of his men to death, having n authority nor commiffion awailable Raleigh that fee b A'UBURNE. adj. [from aubour, bark, Fr. far incline unto, as reafon judges them more awail toward an abhorrence O, he is bold, and blufhes not at death Awaunt, thou hateful villain, get thee gone Shakefpeare After this procef To give her the awaunt ! it is a pit Would move a monfter Shakefp. Henry VIIL Miftrefs! difmifs that rabble from your throne Awvaunt |-is Ariftarchus yet unknown ? Dunciad Mighty is the efficacy of fuch intercefions t avert judgments ; how much more awailable the more fervitud among us o driven away AVA'ILABLE. adj. [from awail. 1. Profitable; advantageous 2. Powerful ; in force ; valid A word ufe Ava'uNT. interjelt. [avant, Fr.] A wor Truth, light upon this way, is of ne more avai to us than errour Locke able to our blifs enough.] Enough; ceafe among {eamen Bacon's Nat. Hj}f{;:y the weaker fort of minds For want of that freedom and awdacity, necefiar in commerce with men, his perfonal modefty overTatler threw all his publick altions A'vD1BLE adj [audibilis, Lat. 1. That which may be perceived by hearing Vifibles work upon a looking-glafs, and audib/e upon the place of echo fort the cavern of the ear which refemble in fom Bacon's NVat. Hgf.lo,;y LVE --- A AV i |