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Show PO rPO tions with confidence; flubborn in opi Skinner. nion a fkillet whe doubting fometime I a I migh b fometimes confident out of feafon Rynier Some pofitive perfilting fops we know That, if once wrong, will needs be always {0 But you, with pleafure, own your errors pait Pope And make cach day a critick on the laft 4. Settled by arbitrary appointment In laws, that which is natural, bindeth univerHooker folly5 that which is gofitive, not fo Although no laws but gofitive be mutable, yet al are not mutable which be pofitive 5 gofitive laws ar either permanent or elfe changeable, according a the matter itfelf is, concerning which they wer Hooker made The law is called pofitive, which is not inbred imprinted, or infufed, into the heart of man, b mature or grace; but is impofed by an externa mandate of a lawgiver, having authority to command White Laws are but pofizive; love's pow'r, we fee Is nature's fanétion, and her firft decree Dryden 5 make proof of the incorporation of filve and tin in equal quantity, and alfo whether i yield no foilinefs more than filver; and again whether it will endure the ordinary fire, which belongeth to chaffing-difhes, pofuets, and fuch other filver veflels anothe law fhal at the fame time pafs, wit n fro 6. Certain; aflured as to the fact as Savift he was pofitiv Po'sitiveLy. adv. [from pofitive. 1. Abfolutely; by way of dire&t pofition The good or evil, which is removed, may b etteemed good or evil comparatively, and not pofiYwely or fimply Bacon 2. Not negatively It is impoffibl thoul tha an fucceffive duratio be altually and pofitivel infinite, or hav infinite fucceffions already gone and patt 3. Certainly; without dubitation Bentley Give me fome breath, fome little paufe Before I pofitively fpeak in this Shake[peare It was abfolutely certain, that this part was pofi#iwely yours, and could not poffibly be written b any other Dryden 4. Peremptorily in ftrong terms I would afk any man, that has but once rea the bible, whether the whole tenor of the divin Yaw does not pofitively require humility and meeknefs to all men Spratt Po'siriveness 1 #. / [from pofitive. A&ualnefs ; not mere negation The pofitivenefs of fins of commiffion lies bot in the habitude of the will and in the executed aé too ; whereas the pofitivencfs of fins of omiffion i in the habitude of the will only Norris 2. Peremptorinefs; confidence This peremptorinef is of two forts; the one magifterialnefs in matters of opinion, the other Pofitivenefs in relating matters of fact; in the one w impofe upon men's underftandings, in the other o their faith Gowernment of the Tongue Positi'vity = / [fro Peremptorinefs; confidence word Courage an than on fuc fome argnmen force, and let i pofitive. A lo psftivity are never more neceflar an occafion; but it is good to joi with them of real and convincin be ftrongly pronounced too. ##urts Po'siturE. n. /. [pofitura, Latin.] Th manner in which any thing is placed Suppofing the pofiture of the party's hand wh did throw the dice, and fuppofing all other things which did concur to the prodution of that caft to be the very fame they were, there'is no doub but in this cafe the caft is necefTary Bramhall P o'sxkT #. / [fro baffinet French P'.'fl"fi An armed power [Lat. comitatiis th powe of th A paffio of the place, an tha cam rules wer th hold her in poffflsn I call you Th Record The Englith marched towards the river Efke intending to po//ifs a hill called Under-Efke. Hayzw T giv poffefio o cemman Is he yet poffef? How much you would ? -Ay ay, three thoufand ducats tween them Boyle The intent of this fable is to po fenfe of the vanity of thefe craving a Whole houfes, of their whole defires ps/fij Are often ruin'd at their own requeft Of fortune's favour long poffef He was with one fair daughter only b We poffeffed ourfelves of the kingdom of Naples the dutchy of Milan, and the avenue of France i Italy Addifon Endowed with the greateft perfe@ions of mature and poffiffed of all the advantages of external condition, Solomon could not find happinefs. Prior 4. To fill with fomethin fixed advantag to pofff ou minds with an habitual good intention, and to ai all our thoughts, werds, and aétions at forme laudable end Thofe unde Addifon the grea officers kno ever littl eafe that is before the great man, and if the fled with honeft minds, will confider poverty as a recommendation Addifon 5. T hav powe over as a unclea fpirit Beware what fpirit rages in your breaft For ten infpir'd, ten thoufand are poffift Rofcom Infpir'd within, and yet poffefs'd without. Cleaw I think, thai the man is pofzfid Savift 6. To aftet by inteftine power Shakefpeare Let not your ears defpife my tongue Which fhall poffefs them with the heavieft foun That ever yet they heard Shakejpeare Poffift with rumours full of idle dreams Not knowing what they feary but full of fear Shakefpeare pofrefl'ed : Lyod Posse'ssion ‘w.-a To inveft wig Obfolete Sundry more gentlemen this little hundred pof fefleth and poffiffioneth Caresp Posse'ssioner. z f [from pafifim Mafter; one that has the power or prg. 1 perty of any thing They were people, whom having been of ¢l freemen and p-feffioners, the Lacedemonians ha __conquered Sidney, Po'ssessive. adj. [ poffeffivus, Lat.] Ha ing pefleffion Po'ssessory adj [poffeffoire, Frenc from pofefs.] Having poflefion Thi he detain his will from the ivy much aginf 2 for he fhoul thereof Posse'ssour. =z / poffeffeur, French. proprietor be the true poffelfiry lor Howe pofeffor, Lati Owner; mafler Thou profoundeft hel Milto Receive thy new poffeffor A confiderable difference lies between the honou of men for natural and acquired excellenciesa divine graces, that thofe having more of huma nature in them, the honour doth more direfty fle Stillin redound to the poffeffer of them °Tias the intereft of thofe, who thirfied after¥ the poflefiions of the clergy, to reprefent the pofifJors in as vile colours as they could. Atterb, Sermants Think of the happinefs of the prophqts'frfl‘ apoftles, faints and martyrs, who aie now rejoicing in the prefence of God, and fee themfelyes %{ i fors of eternal glory z. f. [pofea Lan.n. Po'sser curdled with wine or any acid We'l fire have'a pojjir at the latter end of a fea-cod Skakefpeare In came the bridemaids with ihcpg]ffl,s we : ‘;‘ afid g The bridegroom eat in {pight 20 ale pgfi hs bro cat med hi I all " pearl julep W/ ifernan's Swrgef" A fparing dict did her health aflure Or fick a pepper poffet was her cute | l"" l;m vo‘ i ift con flon Lh{ o 7cur Th poffit drink, in which althea roots are bU‘lfl: é by"')lhi ea l dxm it.i whe mil th "Increaf "" lfi_fi sAré gru b s mea flet o uf tlog frcu drink :h- hn:: th o [f a 7o Po'sset. To turn ; to curdle: as milk Wi Not ufed He's poffift with greatnefs And fpeaks not to himfelf, but with a prid That quarrels at felf-breath Mllm, tion of an unclean {pirit property Shakefpeare This man, whom hand to hand I flew in fight May be poféffed with fome ftore of crowns. Shak This poffefles us of the moft valuable bleflin of human life, friendfhip Gowvern. of the Tongue Seem I to thee fufficiently poféfs' Of happinefs or not, who am alon From all eternity Milton's Parad I hope to poffefs chymifts and corpufecul the advantages to each party, by confederacy be It is of unfpeakabl 7 o any thing; to make mafter of. It ha of before that which is pofleffed ; fometimes anciently avizh 3. Madnefs caufed by the interna] 0pera gift 2. To feize; to obtain having a property in land and peffeffions Shake[peare's Cymbeline Here in the court, of all he dies pofe(s'd Unto his fon Shakefpeare's Merchant of Venice K Do nothing to lofe the beft pof i b that of honour and truth A man has no right over another's ife ht;ces, Tle)m?h, 7 Where folly now po/ thin Toeta o In gofféffion fuch, not only of tight Locke She will not let inftruétions ente mich, [P‘.'fi]ion, Ffench; He fhall inherit her, an hig genefa'ti fheriff | 2 POSSE'SS. @. a. [pofefus, Latin paffeder, French. 1. To have as an owner; to be mafte of; to enjoy or occupy actually to bend t}'\at mort'al da 1. The ftate of owning or having i own hands or power; propert One' off with all the pgffe, th underftanding is feized What fury, O fo thee Posse'ssion Poffeffio, Latin.]/ A low word if th Agalr‘lfi thy father's hea ? Miltor' P With the rage of all thejy race pofli aradf L‘I" Stung to the foul the broth rs fia¢ from : r The poffe comitatlis, the power of the whol county, is legally committed unto him Bacon w as well as a negative poff fhires other view but that of advancing the power of on party alone; what is this but to claim a pofitiv voice Bacon #. / PO'SSE Having the power to enaét any law Not to confent to the enating of fuch a law which has no view befides the general good, unlef A'little bafon; a porringer T an 2ofitive PO u thr fe cou i ve kfi qui Swift a "- bOdy th o aili an gat ra nat Th And with a fudden vigour, it d""g;f;:)i{ And curd like cager droppings i e ) 1 Hit ‘;"z Thev thin 'and wholefome bload. bbflk‘f, s Hr PosstBILITY. 7./ [pofib.r/z/r; The power of being in an the ftate of being poffible ‘ e |
