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Show A AU the mafter thereof for his care of them over and above the freight. Chambers 4. A medium ; a mean proportion AVERMENT. 7 f. [from awver. 1. Eftablifhment of any thing by evidence To avoid the oath for awerment of the continu ance of {fome eftate, which is eigne, the party wil fue a pardon Bacoin - 2. An offer of the defendant to juftify a " exception, and the a& as well as th offer Blount Ave'rnaT 2. /. Afort of grape Se Vine AVERRUNCA'TION. 7. /. [from awverruncate.] The act of rooting up any thing 9 AVERRU'NCATE @ Toroot up Lat. a to tear up by th Sure fome mifchief will come of it Ualefs by providential wit Hudibras Or force, we averruncate it AveErsa'TiON. 7. /. [from averfor, Lat. 1. Hatred; abhorrence; turning awa with deteftation Hatred is the paffion of defiance, and there is kind of awerfation and hoftility included in its effence South 2. It is moft properly ufed with fi-om befor the object of hate There was a ftiff gwerfation in my lord of Effe from applying himfelf to the earl of Leicefter Wotton 3. Sometimes with 7 : lefs properly There is fuch a general awerfation in human nature fo contempt, that there is fcarce any thin more exafperating. I will not deny, but the excef of the awer[ation may be levelled againft pride Gowernment of the Tongue very improperly, with zo awards A natural and fecret hatred and awerfation toquards {ociety, in any man, hath fomewhat of th favage beait Bacon AVE'RSE. adj. [awverfus, Lat. 1. Malign; not favourable; having fuc a hatred as to turn away Their courage languifh'd as their hopes decay'd Dryden And Pallas, now awerfe, refus'd her aid 2 Not pleafed with ; unwilling to Has thy uncertain bofom ever ftrov With the firft tumults of a real love Haft thou now dreaded, and now blefs'd his fway Prior By turns awerfe and joyful to obey Awerfe alike to flatter, or offend Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend Pope 3. It has moft properly from before the obje& of averfion Law politick are never framed as they fhoul be, unlefs prefuming the will of man to be inwardl obftinate, rebellious, and awerfe from all obedienc unto the facred laws of his nature Hooker They believed all who objeéted againft their undertaking to be awerfe from peace Clavendon Thefe cares alone her virgin breaft employ Pope Awerfe from Venus and the nuptial joy 4. Very frequently, but improperly, zo He had, from the beginning of the war, bee very awerfe to any advice of the privy council Clarendon Diodoru us of one Charondos tell wh wa gwerfe to all innovation, efpecially when it was t proceed from particular perfons AVE'RSELY. adv 1. Unwillingly 2. Backwardly Sawift [from aver/e. Not only they want thofe parts of fecretion, bu it is emitted awerfely, or backward, by both fexes Brown's Vulgar Errours VOL I AVERSENESs. . /. [from awverfe. willingnefs; backwardnefs you, that you may the eafierufe your frength : fo Un in twifting the bit about by the force of both you hands, on each end of the handle one, it cuts grea chips out of the ftuff. ~ Moxon's Mech. Exercifes ) The corruption of man is in nothing more ma nifeft, than in his awerfenefs to entertain any friendthip or familiarity with God Atterbury Avi'rsion #./ . [awverfion, Fr averfio Lat. 1. Hatred; diflike; deteftation; fuch a turns away from the objeét AvcHT. promoun. [auhz, aphe, Saxon It is fometimes, improperly, writte ought. Any thing IfI can do it By aught that 1 can fpeak in his difpraife She fhall not long continue love to him. Shakefp They may, for aught 1 know, obtain fuch fubftances as may induce the chymifts to entertai other thoughts Boyle But go, my fon, and fee if aught be wantin Among my father's friends Addifon's Cato What if with like awerfion 1 reje Riches and realms Milton 2. Itis ufed moft properly with from befor the objeét of hate The ha an inward averfion from it and wer refolved toprevent itby all poffible means. Clarendon With men thefe confiderations are ufually caufe [everrunco Troots 4. Sometimes of defpite, difdain, or awerfion from others; bu with God, fo many reafons of our greater tender 7o AUGME'NT. w. a. [augmenter, Fr. To increafe ; to make bigger, or mora Some cutfed weeds her cunning hand did know That could augment his harm, encreafe his pain nefs towards others Spratt The fame adhefion to vice, and awerfion fro goodnefs, will be a reafon for rejeéting any proo whatfoever Atterbury 3 Sometimes, lefs properly, with zo A frecholder is bred with an awesfion to fubjection Addifon I might borrow illuftrations of freedom and awerSion to receive new truths from modern aftronomy Watts 4. Sometimes with for The Lucquefe would rather throw themfelve under the government of the Genoefe, than fubmit to a ftate for which they have fo great awerfion Addifon This awerfion-of the people for the late proceedings of the commons, might be improved to goo ufes Savift 5. Sometimes very improperly with zo aards His awerfion towards the houfe of York was f predominant, as it found place not only in hi councils but in his bed Bacon 6. The caufe of averfion They took great pleafure in compounding lawfuits among their neighbours ; for which they wer the awerfion of the gentlemen of the long robe Arbutbnot's Hiftory of Fobn Bull Self-love and reafon to one end afpire Pain their awerfion, pleafure their defire Pope 1. To turn afide ; to turn off I befeech yo T awvert your liking a more worthy way Shakefpeare's King Lear Than on a wretch 'At this, for the laft time, fhe lifts her hand Awerts her eyes, and half unwilling drops the brand Dryden 2. To caufe to diflike When people began to efpy the falfehood of oracles, whereupon all gentility was built, their heart Hooker were utterly averted from it Even cut themfelves off from the opportunitie of profelyting others, by awerting them from thei Gowernment of the Tongue company 3. To put by, as a calamity O Lord | awert whatfoever evil our fwerving ma Hooker threaten unto his church Diverfity of conje¢tures made many, whofe conceits awerted from themfelves the fortune of tha Krnolles war, to become carelefs and fecure Thefe affections earneftly fix our minds on God and forcibly awers from us thofe things which ar difpleafing to him, and contrary toreligion. Spratt Thro® threaten'd lands they wild deftrutio throw Till ardent prayer awerts the public woe [of alf, Dutch. Avr. n / filly fellow A'uGERr. n /o [egger, Dutch. ter's tool to bore holes with A Prior A fool, o Dié A carpen The anger hath a handle and bit; its office is t When you ufe it, th make great round holes fuff you work upon is commonly laid low unde Fairfax Rivers have ftreams added to them in their paffage, which enlarge and augment them Hale's Common Law. of England 7 Aveme'NT @. T increafe ; t grow bigger But as his heat with running did augment Much more his fight encreas'd his hotdefire. Sidney The winds redouble, and the rains augment The waves on heaps are dath'd A'vGMENT 7. [ Dryden's Virgil [augmentum, Lat. 1. Increafe ; quantity gained You thall find this augment of the tree to b without the diminution of one drachm of the earth Walton's Angler 2. State of increafe Difcutients are improper in the beginning of inflammations ; but proper, when mixed with repellents, in the augment Wifeman AUGMENTA TION. 7. /. [from augment. 1. The atofincreafing or making bigger Thofe who would be zealous againft regula troops after a peace, will promote an augmentatio of thofe on foot 2. The ftate of being made bigger Addifon hat modification of matter can make one em bryo capable of fo prodigioufly vaft augmentation while another is confined to the minutenefs of a infect Bentley 3. The thing added, by which another 1 made bigger By being glorified, it does not mean that he dot recelve any augmentation of glory at our hands ; bu his name we glorify, when we teftify our acknowHooker ledgment of his glory AvcementaTio Court A courterette by King Heary the Eighth, for the increafe of the revenues of his crown, b the {fuppreflion of monafteries Di& A'vcrE. 7. /. A carpenter's tool. Se AUGER Your temples burned in the cement, an Your franchifes, whereon you ftood, confin' Into an augre's bore Shake[p. Coriolanus AUGRE-HOLE. 7. /. [from axgreand hole. A hole made by boring with an augre proverbially a narrow fpace ‘What fhould be fpoken here ‘Where our fate, hid within an axgre-bole May ruth and feize us A'UGUR. #. /. [augur Shakefp. Macbeth Lat.] One wh pretends to prediét by omens, as by th flight of birds What fay the augurs # -They would not have you ftir forth to-day Plucking the entrails of an offering forth They could not find a heart within, the beaft Shakefpeare Calchas, the facred feer, who had in view Things prefent and the paft, and things to com foreknew Dryden's Fables Supremg of augts A |