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Show WI W i w t e c a w [ / 7 N'SEACRE en awifefeggers as the Dutch ai/eggher afoothfayer.] A wife or fententious man " A fool ; a dunce Why, fays a aifeacr wer ../11/({1'];11 d o c d J e i a r [ w a ¥ s ' W rudently If thou covet death, as utmoft en ifery, fo thinking to evad R '(Izkf;:n;:cn?léy pronounc'd doukz': not but Go o f l f w n r t v t o f th When b n r t r t a f o r f e p o e n d T Dryden Admitting their principles to be true, they aé avifely ¢ they keep their end, evil as it is, fteadil Rogers in view The doors, tender of their fame a Wifely on me lay all the blame We muft confefs his cafe was nice But he would never take advice Obf{olete Saift No lefs defervech his wittinefs in devifing, hi pithinefs in uttering, his paftoral rudenefs, and hi moral zviferefs 7o WISH. w. z %%y Spenfer [pyrcian, Saxon. To have ftrong defire ; to long The fun beat upo fainted, and wifbed i If all the year wer To fport would be a the head of Jonah, that h f die. Fonab, iv. 8 himfelt playing holidays tedious as to work But when they feldom come, they awifb'd-for come Shakefpeare They have more than heart could wvifp Plalm Ixxiii. 7 Ev With lowlinefs majeftick from her feat And grace, that won who faw to wi/b her ftay 8 Rofe, and went forth Milton There are fhips prepar'd by my command That fhall convey you to the wi/b'd-for port Addifor's Cato That Noah or Janus underftood navigation may be very well fupported by his image foun upon the firft Roman coins. One fide was ftamp with a Janus bifrons, and the other with a roftrum i or prow of a fhip. This is as good an argumen asan antiquary could wifb for. Arbuthnot on Coins And much he wifp'd, but durft not afk to part Parnel 2. To be difpofed or inclined ‘Thofe potentates, wh do not awi/ well to hi affairs, have fhewn refpet to his perfonal character Addifon 3.fIt has a {light fignification of hope o car I-z.vi/b it may not prove fome ominous foretoke of misfortune, to have met with fuch a mifer as am Siduey ToWisH. . a 1. To defire; to long for fhew him the beaft as dead as he could wifb it Sidney 2. To recommend by wifhing Had 1 as man fons as I hav hairs I would not wifb them to a fairer death Shakefpeare's Macbeth 3 To imprecate If he.avcns have any grievous plague in ftore Exceeding thofe that I can wifb upon thee O let them keep it till thy fins be tipe And then hurl down their indignation Shakefpeare's Richard 111 Ju A aifly is properly the defire of a man fitting o . lying ftill buta a of the will i a ma bufinefs vigoroufly going about his work o WIT. #./[ [rzepre to know. 2. Thing defired Fo th fo Who would fet his wit o fo foofith a bird Shakefpea The king your father was reputed fo A prince moft prudent, of an excellen 4. Toafk Digby fhould find the beft way to make An And unmatch'd wir and judgment Shakefpeare's Henry V1 Shame come to Romeo ! -DBlifter'd be thy tongu fuch a aifh ! Shakefpeare's Romeo and Fuliet admire your whig principles of refiftance i fpirit of the Barcelonians : I join in your i them Pope Wi'suEDLY. adv. [from avifbed cording to defire. Not ufed Will puts in pra&ice what the vit devifeth ; Will ever ats, and wir contemplates ftiil And as from ait the power of wifdom rifeth All other virtues daughters are of will Will is the prince,-and vt the counfello Which doth for common good in council fit And when ait is refoly'd, will lends her powe To execute what is advis'd by awit Dawies For ait and pow'r their laft endeavours ben Ac What could have happened unto him mor wifbedly, than with his great honour to lkeep th town ftill Kriolles T outthine each other They never meet, but there 's a fkirmith of avi between them.-Alas, in our laft confliét, four o his five awirs went halting oft, and now is th whole man govern'd by one Shakejpeare Lewd, fhallow, hair-brained huffs make atheifm, and contempt of religion, the only badge an chara&er of wit South And though a tun in thy large bulk be writ Yet thou art but a kilderkin of qvit Diyden Wifbers and' woulders are never good houfeholders Proverb With half that with the <vifber's eyes be prefs'd Shakefpeare Wi'suruL, adj. [from wifb and full. 1. Longing; fhowing defire Wit lying moft in the affemblage of ideas, an putting thofe together with quicknefs and variety wherein can be found any refemblance or con From Scotland am I ftol'n, ey'n of pure love To greet mine own land with my wifbful fight . Shakefpeare z. Defirable; exciting withes gruity, thereby to make up pleafant pictures i the fancy. Judgment, on the contrary, lies in fe parating carefully one from another ideas wherei can be found the leaft difference, thereby to avoi Nor could I fee a foile, where e'er I came More fweete and wifbfull Chapman Wi'suruLLy. adv. [from wi/bful.] Earneftly; with longing dinfworth Wi'skeT. #. /. A batket Wise. z /. [wifp, Swed. and old Dutch. A {mall bundle, as of hay or ftraw being mifled by fimilitude Could any but a knowing prudent cauf Blackmore 3. Sentiments produced by quicknefs offancy, or by genius ; the effe& of wit All forts of men take a pleafure to gird at me The brain of this foolith compounded clay, man is not able to invent any thing that tends more t Bacon's Natural Hiffory {cent, as onions Jews, who their whole wealth can la In a fmall bafket, on a wifp of hay Dryden laughte aifbful ; thoug eager Lifting u it may mea one of m fathes, I caft man With that he fell again to pr Through perfpective more wwiftfully Wi'sTLY. adv. [from wis. ly ; earneltly The definition of ewit is onl Sevift At foe, and mak mankind Spenfer themfelves the commo thing but wirs in a comed encmies o L'E_,,},l‘;,_-g,- : eve hi focls wer infe€ted wit the difeafe of their author. Drydes To tell them would a hundred tongues rL'quire Or one vain wwit's, that might a hundred tire Shakefpeare Lhere is an officer, to ity the fheriff of th fhize, whofe office it is to walk up and du':vn hi it is A poet, being too witty himfelf, could draw no Attentive phrafe 70 wit, that ig to fay tha Intemperate wwits will fpare neither friend no Hudibras To Wit. @. » [prean, Saxon.] To know This word is now only ufed in th this 4. A man of fancy Speaking it, he wiftly look'd on me As who fhall fay, I would thou wert the man bailiwic is-invented, o propriety of thoughts and words; or, in othe terms, thoughts.and words elegantly adapted t the fubject Dryden Let a lord once but own the happy lines How the it brightens, and the ftyle refines! Pope earnefl WI'sTFULLY. adv. [from awififul. tentively; earnettly 1 invent, an The Romans made thofe times the ftandard o their wit, when they fubdued the world Sprars fo as it {eems wha Ben Fonfon Why, Grubbinel, doft thou fo wiftfu/ feem Gay's Pafiorals There 's forrow in thy look by Swift tha me I am not only witty in myfelf, but the cauf that zwit is in other men Shake[pearc His works become the frippery of qwviz WisT. pret. and part. of wis Wi'sTFuUL. adj 1. Attentive; earneft; full of thought ufe Locke Begin fuch motions, and affign fuch laws If the great mind had form'd a different frame Might not your wanton wit the fyftem blame nually a great wwifp of herbs that he fmelled on and amongft thofe fome efculent herb of ftron z, It i Dryden z. Imagination ; quicknefs of fancy 1. One who longs z. One who exprefles wifhes Shakefpeare A awifp of ftraw for a ballad A gentleman would fat five days, without meat bread, or drink; but the {fame ufed to have conti th 1 Thi faculties ; the intelleéts original fignification Miltow's Paradife Loft 3. Defire exprefled Saxon ; from pizan 1. The powers of the mind ; the menta South's Sermons wifful melancholy look towards the fea He was fain to pull him out by the heels, an Milton Wifdom ; Wi'sueRr. 2. /0 [from ai/b. Y WisenEss. # /. [from wife. fapience Beyond his hope, Eve feparate he fpies Thy likenefs, thy fit help, thy other felf Thy wifb, exaétly to thy heart's defire Milton's Paradife Loft. He fits like difcontented Damacles Swift-winged with defire to get a grave As aitting I no other comfort have Shakefpeare's Henry V What next I bring fhall pleafe thee; be affur'd ir u e n v hi m a c el Hath qi Unable to fupport this lump of clay To his wifh r p k t t o f u w c a F o 45 the kin with footmen numbs Wisn. # /. [from the verb. 1. Longing defire Obfolete that fat-by him Vet ave thefe fect; whofe ftrengthlefs fay i trim communicate the affair to him, and to wif his affiftance Clarendan W wWI1 P\ZPC' A man of genius Hence 'tis, a wit, the greate® word of fame Grows fuch a common name And wits by our creation they become »Ju {o as titular bifhops mad *Tis not a rule, 'tis not a jef at Rome Admir'd with laughter at a feaft |