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Show WVE DE How dire a tempeft from Mycenz pour'd 4. Prayer; expreffion of devotion Ou An .aged holy man "That day and night faid his dewotion No other worldly bufinefs did apply. Fairy Queen Your dewvotion has its opportunity : we muft pra Spratt always, but chiefly at certain times g. The fate of the mind under a ftron fenfe of dependance upon God; devoutnefs; piety Grateful to acknowledge whence hiv goo Delcends, thither with heart, and voice, and eye Direéted in deworion, to ador And worthip God fupreme, who made him chie Milton Of all his works From the full choir when loud hofannas rife And fwell the pomp of dreadful facrifice Amid that fcene, if fome relenting ey Glance on the ftone where our cold reliques lie Dewstion's felf thall fteal a thought from heav'n One human tear fhall drop, and be forgiv'n. Pope Dewation may be confidered cither as an exercif of publick or private prayers at fet times and occafions, or as a temper of the mind, a ftate an difpofition of the heart with fuch exercifes 6 which is rightly affeéte Law on Chriff's Perfection An aét of reverence mony refpet, or cere Whither away fo faft -Upon the like dewotion as yourfelves To gratulate the gentle princes there Shakefp #. Strong affeftion; ardent love; fuch a makes the lover the fole property of th perion loved Be oppofite all planets of good luc To my proceeding, if, with pure heart's love Tmmaculate dewotion, holy thoughts 1 tender not thy beauteous princely daughter Shakefpeare. He had a particular reverence for the perfon o the king, and the more extraordinary dewotion fo that of the prince, as he had had the honour to b Clarendon trufted with his education $ Earneftnefs ; ardour eagernefs He feeks their hate with greater dewotion tha they can render it him; and leaves nothing un done that may fully difcover him their oppofite Shakelpeare g. Difpofal ; power; ftate of dependanc on any one Arundel caftle would keep thatrich corner of th Clarendon country at his majefty's devetion Devo'T10NAL. adj. [from dewvotion.] Pertaining to devotion ; annexe to wor fhip ; religious Nor are the fobereft of them fo apt for that dewotional compliance and junéture of hearts, whic T defire to bear in holy offices, to be performe King Charles with me The favourable opinion and good word of me comes oftentimes at a very eafy rate, by a few demure looks, with fome devotional poftures and griSouth maces DEevO' TIONALIST. 7 f. [from devotion. A man zealous without knowledge ; fuperftitioufly devout 7o DEVO'UR. @. a. [devoro, Latin. 1. To eat up ravenouily, as a wild beaft o animal of prey We will fay fome evil beaft hath dewonred him Genefis We 've willing dames enough: there cannot b That vulture in you, to dewour fo man As will to greatnefs dedicate themfelves Shakefpeare Finding it fo inclin'd So looks the pent up lion o'cr the wretc That trembles under his devouring paws. Shakefp 2. To deftroy or confum and violence wit Vor. L Foely ii. 3 plains, our temples, and our town devour'd Dryden It was the wafte of war Notwithftanding that Socrates lived in the tim of this dewouring peftilence at Athens, he neve Addifon caught the leaft infection 3. To fwallow up; to annihilate He feem'd in {wiftne(s to dewour the way Shakefpeare Such a pleafure as grows frefher upon enjoyment; and though continually fed upon, yet i South never dewoured Death ftalks behind thee, and each flying hou Does fome loofe remnant of thy life dewour. Dryd 4. To enjoy with avidity Longing they look, and gaping at the fight Dewour her o'cr and o'er with vaft delight. Dryd Devo'urERr. #. [ [from devour.] A confumer; he that devours; he that prey uPOn Rome is but a wildernefs of tygers Tygers muft prey, and Rome affords no pre But me and mine: how happy art thou, then From thefe dewonrers to be banifhed | Shakefpeare Since thofe leviathans are withdrawn, the leffe devourers fupply their place : fraud fucceeds to vioDecay of Piety lence Carp and tench do beft together, all other fif Mortimer being dewourers of their {pawn DEVO'UT. adj. [devotus, Latin. 1. Pious ; religious; devoted to holy du ties We muft be conftant and dewout in the worfhi of our God, and ready in all aéts of benevolence t our neighbour Rogers. { 2. Filled with pious thoughts 3. Expreflive of devotion or piety Anon dry ground appears, and from his ar The ancient fire defcends with all his train Then with uplifted hands, and eyes dewout Milton Grateful to heav'n Devo'urLy.adv. [from devout.] Pioully with ardent devotion ; religioufly Her grace rofe, and with modeft pace Came to the altar, where fhe kneel'd; and faintlik Caft her fair eyes to heav'n, and pray'd dewoutly Shakefpeare One of the wife men having a while attentivel and dewontly viewed and contemplated this pillar an Bacon crofs, fell down upon his face Her twilights were more clear than our mid-day She dreamt dewoutlier than moft ufe to pray. Donne Think, O my foul, dewoutly think How, with affrighted eyes Thou faw'{t the wide extended dee In all its horrors rife To fecond caufes we fee Not attaining the deuterofcopy, or fecond inten tion of the words, they are fain to omit their confequences, coherences, figures, or tropologies Brown's Vulgar Errours #. [ [oeap, Saxon; daaww, Dutch. DEW The moifture upon the ground Fogs which we frequently obferve after fun-fetting, even in our hotteft months, are nothing bu a vapour confifting of water; which vapour wa fent up in greater quantity ail the foregoing day than now in the evening: but the fun then beir above the horizon, taking it at the furface of th earth, and rapidly mounting it up into the atmofphere, it was not difcernible: the fun being no gone off, the yapour ftagnates at and near th carth, and faturates the air till it is fo thick as t be eafily vifible therein: and whea at length th hea ther i formnewha furthe i whic {pent ufually about the middie of the night, it falls dow again in a dew, alighting upon herbs and othe vegetables, which it cherifhes, cools, and refrefhes Wosdward Never yet one hour in be Did I enjoy the golden degv of fleep But with his tim'rous dreams was fill awak'd Shakefpeare Tha churchma in bears 2 bounteous mind = o deedy A hand as fruitful as the land that feeds us Shakefpeare His dev falls ev'ry where She looks as clea Shak As morning rofes newly wath'd with dew Deavs and rain are but the rcturns of moift vaBacos pours condenfed Now {liding reams the thirfty plants renew Pope And feed their fibres with reviving dew To we 7o DEw. . 4, [from the noun. as with dew ; to moiften ; to bedew For this, with foul dewout, he thank'd the god And, of fuccefs fecure, return'd to his abode Dryden. Addifon to truft, without ex prefling, fo devoutly as we ought to do, our deAtterbury pendance on the firft A trickling &ream of balm moft fovereign And dainty dear, which on the ground ftill fell And overflowed all the fertile plain As it had dewved been with timely rain. Fa. Queen With him pour we in our country's purg Each drop of us --Or fo muca as it need To desy the fovereign flower, and drown the weeds Shake[peare Give me thy hand That I may dew it with my mournful tears Shake[peare He ceas'd; difcerning Adam with fuch jo Surcharg'd, as had, like grief, been dew'd in tears Withoot the vent of words, which thefe h Milton breath'd Palemon above the reft appear In fable garments, dew'd with guihing tears Dryden In Gallick blood agai He deavs his reeking fword, and ftrows the groun Phillips With headlefs ranks De'wBERRY. 7. /. [from dew and berry. Devberriesy as they ftand here among the mor delicat fruits, muf be underftoo to mean raf berries, which are alfo of the bramble kind Hanmer Feed him with apricocks and dewberrics DevsE. #. /. [more properly than deuce ies ber mau an fig gre es gra l pur Wi Funius, from Dufius, the name of a cerpeare ke Sh tain fpecies of evil {pirits.] The devil DewzESPRE'NT. part. [dew and befprent. a ludicrous word Sprinkled with dew *Twas the prettieft prologue, as he wrote it Well, the dexce take me if I ha'n't forgot it Congreve DeruTeErO'GaMY yéu®-. [ dedrep A fecond marriage DEUTERONO'MY Th 7. / fecon 7. / [3&;1‘56@ an Di vop@a. book of the law; the fift book of Mofes f y o s O e v D rapidit on fe 'Th . wi ox A fire dewourerh before them, and behind them flame burneth DEW [ felree® an intention; th meaning beyond the literal {enfe: no in ufe This evening late, by then the chewing flock Had ta'en their fupper on the favoury her Of knot-grafs dewbefpreat, and were jn fold I fat me down to watch upon a ban With ivy canopied, and interwov Milten With flaunting honey-fuckle DEw-BURNING. adj. [from dew and burning.] The meaning of this compoun is doubtful Perhap it alludes to th {parkling of dew He, now to prove his late renewed might High brandifhing bis bright desv-burning blade 3 Upo |
