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Show D/ Ei Devi'sour. 7. / In this minute dewious fubjeét, I have been ne- ceflitated to explain myfelf in rnore words than ma Holder feem needful 2. Wandering ; roving See DEVISE Thom/ One devious ftep, at firft fetting out, frequentl leads a perfon into a wildernefs of doubt and error Clariffa Some lower mufe, perhaps, who lightly tread The dewious paths where wanton fancy leads. Rowwe He flung it from him, and dewvoid of drea Upon him lightly leaped without heed. Fairy 2 That the foul and angels are dewsid of quantit and dimenfion, and that they have nothing to d with proper lotality, is generally opinioned Glanville 2. To plan; to {cheme As when, by magick, ghofts are made appear Dryden We Tyrians are not fo dewoid of fenfe Nor fo remote from Phebus' influence.. Dryden #. /. [devoir, French. 1 1. Service A fenfe now not ufed Fers xiii. 11 DEvi'sE. w.n. To confider ; to contrive; to lay plans; to form fchemes anciently with of Her merry fit the frefhly *gan to rear And did of joy and jollity dewife #Herfelf to cherith and her gueft to chear Fairy Queen But fith now fafe ye feized have the fhore And well arrived are, high God be bleft Let us dewife of cafe and everlafting reft. Fairy Q Since we are f{o far entered, let us, I pray you a little dewife of thofe evils by which that countr cafe that it cannot, a Spenfer's Ireland you fay, be recured Dewife but how yow'll ufe him when he comes and let us two dewife to bring him thither. Shak Devi'et. #.. [devife, awill, old French. 1. The at of giving or bequeathing b will This word is praperly attributed, in our com- " mon law, to him that bequeaths his goods by hi laft will or teftament in writing ; and the reafon is, becaufe thofe that now appertain only to the dewifour, by this act are diftributed into many parts Cozvell "The alienation is made by dewife in a laft wil only, and the third part of thefe profits is ther Locke demandable See DEvVICE 2. Contrivance God hath omitted nothing needful to his purpofe, nor left his intention to be accomplithed b Hooker our devifes ZoDivi'se w. a [from the noun. T grant by will. A law term Devisee'. z. /. He to whom fomethin is bequeathed by will Devi'ser. n. f. [from dewife. A contriver; an inventer Bein divide fro trut in themfelves the are yet farther removed by advenient deception for true it is, if 1 fay they are daily moclced int Brown errour by devifirs The authors of ufeful inventions, the dewifers o wholefom laws, as were the philofophers of an cient times, were honoured ag the fathers and pro Grew phets of their country 7 To addiét Devo'ir T This virtue, and this moral difcipline folid and ftrong conftitution of body 3. To condemn ; to refign to ill Temple Becaufe they found too much confufion in fuc a multitude of ftateimen, they dewolwed their whol authority into the hands of the council of fixty Addifon The whole power, at home and abroad, wa Savift devolved upon that family 4. To addi& ; to give up toill The Romans having once debauched their fenfe with the pleafures of other nations, they devite themfelves unto all wickednefs Grew 5. Tocurfe ftru&ion 70 DEVO'LVE. . 7 1. To roll down 2. 'To fall in fucceflion into new hands bleflings that forLord of Picty Devorvu'rioN. n. /. [dewvolutio, Latin. 1. The a& of rolling down deterrations, o the dewolution of earth down upon the valleys fro the hills and high grounds, will fall under our conWoodward fideration The jurifdi€tion exercifed in thofe courts is derived from the crown of England, and the laf Hale Devora'rion. # /i [from devoro, Lat. The at of devouring Dia Latin. Impendent, raging into fudden flame Diftinguifh not To deftruétion facred, and dewote Milt He with his whole pofterity muft die Miltow Goddefs of maids, and confcious of our hearts So keep me from the vengeance of thy darts ‘Which Niobe's dewoted iffue felt When, hifling through the fkies, the feather' deaths were dealt Dryden Let her, like me, of ev'ry joy forlorn Dewote the hour when fuch a wretch was born Like me to deferts and to darknefs run Rew Devo're For devoted adj Defac'd, deflower'd, and now to death dewste Miltn DEvo TEDNESS. 7. /. [from dewote.] Th ftate of being devoted or dedicated confecration ; addiftednefs Whatever may fall from my pen to her difad vantage, relates to her but as fhe was, or may agai be, an obftacle to your devatednefs to fexfs\phIC Boyle love The owning of our obligation unto virtué, ma be ftyled natural religion j that is to fay, a.afw'otd21¢fs unto God, fo as to aét according to his will Grew DevoTeE' @, a. [dewoveo, devorus #. / [devot, Frengh.]_ '.On erroncoufly or fuperftitioufly religious a bigot DEVO'TION. . [ [devation, French dewotio, Latin. dedio te confecr bein o ftat 1. Th cated f n u v d o g l r o 2. Piety; a f t o h o b i r w h Mean tim y l f d n w t t e a r f n v His w o t v d i v t w r t r And vows for hi 2. Removal fucceflive from hand to hand 7o DEVO'TE to execrate; to doom tode I Thofe wicked tents devoted ; ieyfi the wrat The matter which dewolves from the hills dow upon the lower grounds, does not confiderabl raife and augment them Woodward dewolution is to the king by way of appeal Pope. How on a fudden loft Upon the duke of Ormond the king had wholl devolved the care and difpofition of all affairs i The raifing of new mountains .Dez:ay (y"Piay The day refle€tion and the midnight dream Thro' fplendid kingdoms he dewolves his maze Suppofing people, by wanting fpiritua did lofe all their right to temporal, ye feiture muft devolve only to the fuprem Deca To render fleep's foft bleflings infincere ~Alike dewvote to forrow's dire extrem 70 DEVO'LVE. w. a. [dewvolve, Latin. 1. To roll down Ireland g Ah why, Penelope, this caufelefs fear Gentlemen, who do not defign to marry, yet pa their dewoirs to one particular fair Spetiater Aukward and fupple, each devoir to pay She flatters her good lady twice a-day Pope' 2. To move from one hand to another Aliens were dewoted to their rapine and defpight Knolles Now wanders wild through folitary tract Thbomfon Of life-deferted fand WhileWeavaastic ( If perfons of this make fhould ever dw:te{i?j: felves to fcience, they fhould be well affured of lukes, he offered him their utmoft dewoir and fer 2. A& of civility or obfequioufnefs As Ovid be an outcaft quite abjurd, S$pg reftore again the kingdom of the Mama vice as to a fe&, or fty d ; Pof Let's be no ftoicks, nor no flocks, I pray Or f{o-devote to Ariftotle's checks it afcends higher, till at length it fhall become utterly dewoid of . gravity, when the leaft firength wil be able to beftow upon it 2 fwift motion Wilkins's Math. Wagick Behold I frame evil againft you, and dewife a is held in this wretche On herds dewoted to the god of day The motion of this chariot will fill be eafier a His warlike mind, his foul dewoid of fear His high defigning thoughts were figur'd there They, impious, dard to prey séfk#'a'" evil; free from ; in want of . vent; to excogitate ; to ftrike out b thought Whether they, at their firft coming into the " land, or afterwards, by trading with other nation which had letters, learned them of them, or dewifed them among themfelves, is very doubtful Spenfer's State of Ireland He could by his fkill draw after him the weigh «of five thoufand buthels of grain, and dewife thof rare engines which thot fmall ftones at hand, bu Peacbam great ones afar off Ye fons of art, one curious piece devife From whofe conftructure motion fhall arife Blackmore or redeemed L;lhlmi'i ? What black magician conjures up this fiend, To ftop dewotsd charitable deeds 2. Without any thing, whether good or %o DEVI'SE. w. a. [devifer, French, a ~ of dewifare, to look about. Skimner. 1. To contrive; to form by art; to in beaft, and of the ficld of his poffefion, ot When I awoke and found her place devoid 2 And nought but prefled grafs where fhe had lyen I forrow'd all fo much as earft I joy'd Fairy Q 4. It is ufed likewife of perfons. Roving idly vagrant; erring from the way No devote thing that a ma fhylt 1. the Lord, of all that he hath, bggh"t;%pé Devita'rionN. z. /. [devitatio, Latin. The a& of efcaping or avoiding., Did. DEvo'ip. adj. [wuide, French. 1. Empty; vacant; void 3. Erring ; going aftray from rectitude device againft you priate by vo'tfir Poflible to be avoided; avoidable Every mufe To blefs the wildly dewious morning walk 1. To dedicate ; t DE'VITABLE. adj. [devitabilis, Latin. rambling And every blooming pleafure, wait withou He that gives by will p h r w a r t e o . f : ‘ ? l tl t w e a f i a Religious mind blick dewvotion l0gRir o t v d u y l h b a PuFor as T pafled b ml \' tf n i p r f i i und an altar with t f known God Afs, xvil 2 f j o t In vain dot t e g n t h o t w If his d 4 Prayer |