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Show PE PABe 1. Diftorted from the right He has perwerted my meaning by his glofles 3 an interpreted my words into blafphemy, of whic they were not guilty Dryden And nature breed Perwerfe, all monttrous, all prodigious things. Milt 2. Obftinat i th wrong untradtable ftubborn Thou for the teftimony of truth haft bor Univerfal reproach ; far worfe to bea ‘Than violence ; for this was all thy ‘care To ftand approv'd in fight of God, though world Judg'd thee perverfe Milton's Paradife Loft To fo perwerfe a fex all grace is vain It gives them courage to offend again 3. Petulant; vexatious; peevith to crofs ‘and vex; crofs I O Tl S Dryden defirou O gentle Romeo thou doft love, pronounce it faithfully if you think I am too quickly won frown and be perwerfe, and fay thee nay thou wilt wooe : but elfe not for the world. Shak PervE'RSELY. adv [from perwverfe. With intent to vex; peevithly ; vexatioufly; fpitefully; crofsly; with pett malignity Men perwerfely take up picques and difpleafure at others, and then every opinion of the diflike perfon muft partake of his fate Decay of Piety Men that do not perwerfely ufe their words o on purpofe fet themfelves to cavil, feldom miftak the fignification of the names of fimple ideas. Lacke A patriot is a dangerous poft When wanted by his country mott Perwerfely comes in evil times ‘Where virtues are imputed crimes Sawift PeERvVE'RSENESS. . /. [from perwerfe. 1. Petulance; peevifhnefs ; fpiteful crofinefs Virtue hath fome perwerfenefs ; for the wil Neither believe her good, nor others ill. ~ Donsne Her whom he withes moft, fhall feldom gai Through her perwerfenefs; but fhall fee her gain' PE Porphyry has wrote a volume to explain this cav of the nymphs with more piety than judgment and another perfon has perwerted it into obfcenity and both allegorically Broome We cannot charge any thing upon their nature till we take care that it is perwerted by their education Law 2 To corrupt; to turn from the right oppofed to convert, which is to tur from the wrong to the right The heinous and defpiteful aé Of Satan done in Paradife and ho He in the ferpent had perverted Eve Her hufband fhe, to tafte the fatal fruit Was known in heav'n Milton's Paradifz Loft The fubtle practices of Eudoxius, bifhop o Conftantinople, in perverting and corrupting th moft pious emperor Valens Waterland PErRVE'RTER. 7. /. [from pervert. 1. One that changes any thing from goo to bad; a corrupter Where a child finds his own parents his perverters, he cannot be fo properly born, as damned int the world 2. On South who diftorts any thing from th right purpofe H that reads a prohibition in a divine law had need be well fatisfied about the fenfe he give it, left he incur the wrath of God, and be found perverter of his law Stilling fleet PERVE'RTIBLE. adj. [from perwert.] Tha may be eafily perverted Ainfavorth PERVICA'CIOUS Spitefull macious adj. [ pervicax, Lat. obftinate peevifhly contu May private "devotions be efficacious upon th mind of one of the moft perwicacions young crea By a far worfe Milton's Paradife Lof The perwerfencfs of my fate is fuch tures! ‘That he's not mine, becaufe he's mine too much Dryden But in his ale moft perwicacions ‘When a friend in kindnefs trie To thew you where your error lies Conviction does but more incenfe Perwerfenefs is your whole defence 2. Perverfion; corruption Swift Not in ufe Neither can this be meant of evil governours o tyrants; for they are often eftablithed as lawfu potentates ; but of fome perwerfencfs and defectio in the nation itfelf Bacon Perve'Rs1ON. 7. f. [ perwverfion, French from perwerfe. The a&t of perverting; change to fomething worfe Women to govern men, flaves freemen, ar much in the fame degree; all being total viola tions and perwerfions of the laws of nature and nations Bacon He fuppofes that whole reverend body are f far from difliking popery, that the hopes of enJjoying the abby lands would be an effectual incitement to their perwerfion Swift PervEe'rsiTY. 2.[, [perverfité, French from perwerfe.] Perverfenefs; croflnefs ‘What ftrange perwerfity is this of man When 'twas a crime to tafte th' inlightning tree He could not then his hand refrain WNorris Z0 PERVE'RT. w. a. [perwverto, Latin perwertir, French. 1. To diftort from the true end or purpofe Inftead of good they may work ill, and perwer Juftice to extreme injuftice. Spenf. State o Ireland If thou feeft the oppreflion of the poor, and vio lent perwerting of juftice in a province, marvel not Ecclus. ve 8 If then his providenc Out of our evil feek to bring forth good Our labour muft be to perwer: that end And out of good ftill to find means of evil, Milton Gondibert was in fight audacious adj 1. Admittin permeated paflage ; capabl of bein fecrets are perwisus to n Taylor wious, decayed in tract of time, and rotted at length Waoodward Thi fenf Pe'rviousness. #. /. [from pervious. Quality of admitting a paflage The perwioufuefs of our receiver to a body muc more {ubtile than air, proceeded partly from th loofer texture of that glafs the receiver was mad of, and partly from the enormous heat, whic opened the pores of the glafs Boyle There will be found another difference befide that of perwioufnefs Holder's Elements of Specch [perugue Weodagzy If upon a new perufal you think it is Wfitte;'i‘; the very fpirit of the ancients, it de care, and is capable of being im;rovad.f%:,[,}:;u 7o PERU'SE @. a. [ per and we. 1. Ta read o Perufe this writing here, and thou fhalt kno The treafon. Shakefpeare's Richarg T The petitions being thus prepared, do you-con {br.xtl fet apar a hou ina day to perufe thofi petitions Carefully obferve, whethe he tafes the diftin guithing perfetions or the fpecifick qualities of th author whom he perufis Addifin 2. To obferve; to examine I hear the enemy Qut fome light horfemen and perafe their wings Skakefpeare T've perus'd her well Beauty and honour in her are {o mingled That they have caught the king Shakefpeare Myfelf I then perus'd, and limb by limb Survey'd Milton's Paradife Lefl PerU'sER. #. /. [from perufe.] A reader examiner The difficulties and hefitations of every one wil be according to the capacity of each perufer, an as his penetration into nature is greater or lefs Woodwoard PEsa'DE. 7. / Pe'ssary. #n. /. [ peffaire, French.] Isa oblong form of medicine, made t thruft up into the uterus upon fome extraordinary occafions Of cantharides he prefcribes five in a peffars cutting off their heads and feet, mixt with myrth PEST. . /. [pefte, French; pefiis, Lat 1. Plague; pettilence Let fierce Achille The god propitiate, and the pef afluage _P‘? 2. Any thing mifchievous or deftructive At her words the hellifh Miltew's Paradife Lift Forbore Of all virtues juftice is the beft Valour without it is a common peff Waller The peft a virgin's face and bofom bears High on her crown a rifing fnake a?PCHTS'h Guards her black front, and hiffes in her ;\; French.} pefler a @ 7o PE'sTER 1. To difturb to perplex to harals turmoil Whatis this little, agile, perwious fire Thisflut'ring motion which we call the mind? Prior #. / As pieces of miniature muft he allow d 5 clofe infpeétion, fo this treatife require s applicatio the j)eru_/;x/ Arbuthnot Leda's twins Confpicuous both, and both in aét to thro Their trembling lances brandifh'd at the foe Nor had they mifs'd ; but he to thickets fled Conceal'd from aiming fpears, not gerwious to th fteed Dryden Thofe lodged in other earth, more lax and per Pervu'kE drefs in adfcititious hair PERV'KEMAKRER, 2./ [ perukea d aker A maker of perukes; a wigmaker PErU'saL. #. /. [from pery e.] The 2 of reading Denbam nefs is the firft principle of the world ; by darknef 2. Pervading; permeating is not proper noun. lifting up his forequarters, keeping his hind leg upon the ground without ftirring Farrier's Ditt [pervius, Latin. God, whoi Wifoma ity! Peofade is a motion a horfe makes in raifing o The Egyptians ufed to fay, that unknown darkthey mea eye 7o PERU'KE. v. a. [from t Clarifja Pervica'crousiy. adv. [from pervicacious, With {piteful obftinacy Pervica'crousness. ) #. f. [pervicacia Pervica'ciTy Latin; fro Pe'rvicacy pervicacious. Spiteful obftinacy PE'RVIOUS T put him on a linen c P 2n hi popp that French. cap of falfe hair; a periwig Who then fhall blam His peffer'd fenfes to recoil and ftart When all that is within him does condemnMachetb Shakefpeare' for being there Itfel us with "}Zflz‘i.e'm He hath not fail'd to peffe Importing the furrender of thofe lands. 8 :' 'tg hi 4y I are peflered with mice and rats, "-\/mr&if ‘i; A multitude of foribblers daily pefier © B,;;,,.; \ W end the cat is very ferviceable. Mare agait W addd ofe with their infufferable fuff They did fo much peffer the ?h\"?l is aferte the people that contradition them ihvem by Rabbies were equally revered b infallible will of God South A i |