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Herbert He withdrew not his confidence from any o thofe who attended his perfon, who, in truth, la keiger for the covenant, and kept up the fpirits o Clarendon their countrymen by their intelligence 1 call that a Jedger bait, which ic fixed, or mad to reft, in one certain place, when you tfhall b abfent; and I call that a walking bait which yo Walton have ever in motion motions lant LecerDpEMA'IN. 7. /. [contrated perhap Sligh from legereté de main, French. of hand ; juggle; power of deceivin the eye by nimble motion ; trick ; deception; knack He fo light was at legerdemain That what he touch'd came not. to light again Hubberd Of all the tricks and legerdemain by which me impofe upon their own fouls, there is none fo comSowth mon as the plea of a good intention Lece'rRiTY. #. f. [legeretz, French. Lightnefs ; nimblenefs ; quicknefs word not in ufe When the mind is quicken'd ‘The organs though defunét and dead before Break up their drowfy grave, and newly mov With cafted flough and freth legerity. Shake[peare LzcGED. adj. [from Jeg. Havinglegs furnithed with-legs Le'G1BLE. #.f. [legibilis, Latin. 3. Such as may be read You obferve fome clergymen with their head held down within an inch of the cuthion, to rea Savift what is hardly legible 2. Apparen ; difcoverable People's opinton sheir countepagces o themfelves are legible i Thus a kind: imaginatio L Bf make hi a bold ma air an that they may do no injuty to the Zgitimas, by th-{;Ior receiving a portion To LEGI'TIMA.TE.5 v. a. [legitimer > F'X'r i a hav e v 1 motion ftamps value and 28;}_" gecscri cancy upon his face LE'G: a a2 ma Le'Gion. #. f [Jegio, Lflt'{‘- 1. To procure to any the rights of legitj Legitimate him that was a baftard A 2. To make lawful Tt would be impoffible for any enterprize to p i e p The moft r o i r is, the figure o a the fainting army o f F e g t i h derbolts o lawful ian legioin Addifon She to foreign realm Sends forth her dreadful /egions Philips Lecitima'rion. n. f. [legitimation, Fr from legitimate. 1. Lawful birth between good and evil is broke wil 1 have difclaimed my land Rogers Shakefp From whence will arife many queftions of legitimation Too many applying themfelves betwixt jeft an of lawfu legumen.] Belonging to pulfe; confifting of pulfe The propereft food of the vegetable kingdom i taken from the farinaceous feeds; as oats, barley,and wheat: or of fome of the filiquofe or JegiArbuthnat minous; as, peas or beans Seuth Le‘1surABLE. adj. [from Jeifure. Pope A relation inexcufable in his works of Zifurabl all thre h.ours, the examination being as ready as the rela parts of the /egiflature, mo law is, or can be:made Lr"1surABLY. adv. [from leifurable.] A In the notion ofa legiflature is implied a powe to change, repeal, and fufpend laws in being, as wel Addifen as to make new laws leifure ; without tumult or hurry Let us beg of God, that when the hour of out reft is come, the patterns of our diffolution ma be Jacob, Mofes, Jothua, and David, who leifur By the fupreme magiftrate is properly underftood the legiflative power5 but the word magiftrat feeming to denote a fingle perfon, and to expref ably ending their lives in peace, prayed. for the Hooker mercies of God npon their pofterity the obe LEISURE. #. /. [loifir, French. for want of con fidering this eafy diftinétion, mifapplied to the adSavift mini{trafion 1. Freedom from buiinefs or hurry; va cancy of mind; power to fpend tim according to choice Lect'rimacy. n f. [from legitimate. 1. Lawfulnefs of birth A gentleman fell very fick, and 2 friend faid tohim, Send for a phyfician; but the fick man an{wered, It is no matter; for if I die, I will di Bacor's Apophbthegims at Jeifure Where ambition and ayarice have made no entrance; the defire of /eifure is much more natura than of bufinefs and care Temple In refpect of his Jegitimacy, it will be good Ayliffe 2. Genuinenefs; not fpurioufnefs _ The legitimacy or reality of thefe marine bodie adj [fro legitimus Lat. /legitime, French. Born in marriage 5 lawfully begotten Legitimate Edgar, I muft haye your land Our father's love is to the baftard Edmund. Shakef An del.leCl'OUS perfon s tied to make provifio for the children begotten in wnlawful embraces Broaun tion Hale's Com. Law LEGYTIMATE Don at leifure ; not hurried; enjoying lei fure LecisLa'rurE. a. [ [from legi/laror 'The power that makes laws Latin. vindicated, I now inquire by what means they wer hurried out ef the ocean Woodward as, beans adj. [legumineux, Fr. from Lecu'MinNovs 1t fpoke like a /Jegiflator: the thing fpoke was dience due to the /egiflature was by the hand a moft deftructive mildew upon the corn and / Arbuthots gumes LEGISLA'TOR. #. /. [legiflator, Latin A lawgiver; on Iegiflatenr, French. who makes laws for any community it came to pafs tha Seeds notreaped Some Jegumens, 2s peas or beans, if newly ga. thered and diftilled in a retort, will afford an acid Boyle {pirit In the fpring fell great rains, upon which enfue Their /egiflative frenzy they repent Denbam Enaéting it thould make no precedent The poet is a kind of lawgiver, and thofe qualitie Dryden are proper to the legiflative fyle tl‘m executive power Lat. in general, all larger feeds; pulfe /lzgiflator. o n. J. [legume, Fr. legumen but gathere Littleton confen Locke birth {LEGU MEN l v r a t r h o k l d a tions from God, to give a more venerable fanétio concurien in nature is the difference be LE'GUME Pythagoras joined /Zegifiation to his philofophy th wha 2. The a& of invefting with the privilege f # L Latin.] The at of giving laws Withou an twixt a wife and 2 concubine earneft, make up the /egionary body of error Brown's Vulgar Errours law Heroes in animated marble frown And Zegiflators feem to think in ftone Legitimation, name, and all is gone Then, good my mother, let me know my father adj. [from legion. a legion a legion a great indefinite number LecisLa'tive. adj. [fro Giving laws; lawgiving Jegizi [fro Thus difficulties prove a foul legitimately great Dryden Sbu/uj‘bvart' to the laws he prefcribed adv By degrees he rofe to Jove's imperial feat Not in the legion v d c l h i Of hor Le'GioNARY 1. Relating t 2. Containin 3. Containin no influence to mak Decay of Piety 1. Lawfully z. Genuinely 3. Any great number t e t for fhould /legitimate it is fubfe can hav LEGITIMATELY mate. z. A military force o g l h f o down; a if that whic quent to it, an it good or bad t o o f t o confirmation poffibl Th mate birth 1. A body of Roma v f of S l"a partitio from the adjective. In fuc You enjoy your quiet in a garden, where yo have not only the Zifure of thinking, but the ple fure to think of nothin your mind whic can difcompofe Drydens 2. Convenience of time We'll make our Lifires o attend on yourse Shakefpears The |