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Show WI So't pleas'd my dclfl.in]y Lorenz Shallwwitnefs T fet forth as foon as you of my fin of going, to think m *1e e t a l f a a G [ i Z a n g:llta) Which dwell in court Donse He kept us flaves, by whlch we fitly proy Fairfax v l e t u f t d e b t p e t w a T The apple's outward form i n l xt a 1 a u m h i w t w l T s i i P s : c l n ' f - m e He taftes the bit #./ [diminutive of wir. r m { t p o pretender t < nefs i w l c d r : c l ' ‘ f t o k You have t r t v h w t t o n d i q t a y n m f _/]:z'([_ Spect ed upon their fachers and mothers Thofe half-learn'd evit/ings, num'rousin our ifl p P l N o n b t o c f i m Ashalf-fo A beau and wirding perifh'd in the throng One died in metaphor, and one in fong Pope 'TNESS. 7./o [prenerye, Saxon. 3. Teftimony; atteftation The devil can cite feripture for his purpofe An evil foul producing holy auitse/ Is like a villain with a {miling cheek Shakefpeare A goodly apple rotten at the heart May we, with the warrant of womanhood, an the zoitnefs of a good confcience, purfue him wit e a p e a S e n v r < any furthe If 1 bear wvitnefs of myfelfy my awitnefs is no Fobn true Many bare falfe witnefs, but their awitnefs agree Mark not Milton Nor was long his evitnefs unconfirm'd Ye moon and ftars, bear wirnefs to the truth « His only crime, if friendfhip can offend ¥s too much love to his unhappy friend Dryden's Aneid the truth of eac Our fenfes bear evirmefs t other's report, concerning the exiftence of fenfibl things ZLiocke 2. Onewho gives teftimony The king's attorne Urg'd on examinations, proofs, confeffion Of diverfe witneflis Shakefpeare's Henry VII God is wirne/s betwixt me and thee Gengfisy xxxis 0 Thy trizl choof With me, beft wvitn:fs of thy virtue tried. Milton A fat benefice became a crime, an wwitzef ta . againft its incumbent Decay of Picty Nor nead I fpeak my deeds, for thefe you fee The fun and day are avitneffes for me Dryden 3. With a Wirness Effectually; to great degree, {o as to leave fome laftin - mark or teftimony behind. A low phrafe Here was a blefling handed out with the firf pairs ofanimals at their creation§ and it had effec with @ witnefs Weodwward Now gall ig bitter awith a witnefs And love is all delight and {weetnefs 9o Wi'rxess, v, a, [from the noun, atteft; to tell with affeveration Prior T Of many worthy fellows that were out For that [ faw the tyrant's pow'r a-foot Shakefp He ne'er could witnefs any touch or kifs Donne Though by the father he were hir'd to this Thef be thofe difcouries of God, whofe effei thofe that live witaefs in themfelves; the fenfibl In thelr fenfible naturcs, the reafonable in their rea Raleigh 'To bear teftimony The fea frave with the winds which fhould b louder, and the throuds of the fhip, with a ghaftl noife, to them that were in it witnefléd that thei Tuin was the wager of the 'others contention. Sidn Méng eye doth his effigies witnef Moft trilly lima'd and living in your face Witnefsy you ever-burning lights sbove Anothe bearet witnef o Shakefpeare me an execution of his wit, hands, and hear To Othello's fervice _ Shakefpeare WI'TTOL. #. /. [pizrol, Saxon, from piA man who knows th zan, toknow. falfehood of his wife, and feems con O Mars, for what doth ferve thy armed ax To let that wito/d beaft confume in flame 32 Sidney Thy Venus child Amaimon founds well ; Lucifer well ; yet the are the names of fiends: but cuckold, wwittol, th devil himfelf hath not fuch a name he Americans do acknowledge and fpeak o the deluge in their continent, as Acofta witneffith and Laet, in the hiftorics of them Burnet's Theory of the Earth Witnefs, ye heavens Lor Falklan Shakefpeare's Mervy Wives of Windfor 1 live not by my fault I frove to have deferv'd the death I fought Diyden's Anci aitneffis for me thati a boo The Theban aittol, when he once defcrie Cleawvelard Jove is his rival, falls to facrifice fing ])):}:g!cn Witnefs for me, ye awful gods T took not arms till urg'd by felf-defence The eldeft law of nature Wi rNEss Znterj Rozwe An exclamatio fig Cuc [from awittol. adj Wi'rToLLY there were many fubjects thatI had thought on fo th a tame cuckold tented kno that the witnefs which he wwitngffith of me is true koldly The jealous avittolly knave hath maffes of moSbhakefpeare ney Wi'rTY. ady. [from awit. 1 inventive Judicious; ingenious The deep-revolving wwirty Buckingha nifying that perfon or thing may attef it No more fhall be the neighbour to my counfels For want of words, or lack of breath Witnefs, when 1 was worried with thy peals Thou art beautiful i auitty in thy words 2/ilt Wi'rsn arPER. 2./. [avizand fnap.] On who affeéts repartee Go in, firrah ; bid them prepare for dinner, =That is done, Sir; they have all ftomachs. ~-What a avitfrapper are you Shake[peare Wi'rrep adj. [from wit. Having wit as, a quick awizzed boy Wi'rricism. z /. [from awit/y.] A mea attempt at wit This word Dryden innovated ¢ A mighty witticifm, pardo a ne aword." . Dryden's prefac t th State of Innocence We have a libertine fooling even in his laf agonies, with a airsicifm between his teeth, withou any regard to fobriety and confcience. L'Effrange He is full of conceptionsy points of epigram and aitticifms, all which are below the dignity o Addifon beroick verfe Wi'triry. adv. [from awitsy. 1. Ingenioufly ; cunningly ; artfully But is there any other beaft that lives Who his own harm fo avittily contrives Dryden In converfation wittily pleafant, pleafantly gameSidney fome The old hermit, that never faw pen and ink, ve ry awittily faid to a niece of king Gordobuck, tha Shake[peare that is, 1s Obftinate contemners of all helps and arts, fuc as, prefuming on their natural parts, dare deride ' diligence, and feem to mock at the terms when the underftand not the things, think that way to ge g Ben Fonfon off evittily with their ignorance ‘Th Wi'rrivess. » /. [from aitty. quality of being witty lefs deferveth his avittirgfs in devifing N ing 3 prcan, Saxon hi to weet or knO\y. wit ignorantly Knowingly ; no knowledge ; by defign Whatfoever we work as men, the fame we d wittingly work and freely; nv.i:hcr are we, accord‘ ing to the manner of natural agents, any way f tied, but that it is in our power to leave thing we do undene Withhold revenge, 'tis HOKJm)' fault aittingl Nor e have 1 infring' Hooker fo my vow Sbarefpeare's Honry V1 1ty I quittingl brevit He knowingly an th world pals over Kn;j/?s'fHflofj of the Turks aittingly brough evi th 2. Full of imagination countenance, an Fadithy xie 2 men wife, poets evitty, the ma Hiftories mak thematick fubtile Bacon Where there is a real ftock of wit, yet the awit tieft fayings will be found in a great meafure th iffues of chance Seurb In gentle verfe the avitty told their flame And grac'd their choiceit fongs with Emma' name Prior 3. Sarcaftick; full of taunts Honeycomb, who was fo unmercifully zvitty upo the women, has given the ladies ample fatisfactio by marrying a farmer's daughter Addifin's Spetater Wi'twar A bird Ainfworth #. f. [vireo, Lat. 7o Wive. @. #. [from aife.] To marry to take a wife Were fhe as roug Hanging and wiwing goes by deftiny, Shakefpeare A fhop of all qualitie for int More No forger of lies willingly and wittingly furnifh n i c t d hi o hi ed out ¢he means o Weft on the Refurrection that man loves woma befides that hook of wiwing fairnefs, whic firikes the eye Shakefpeare Defign or chance makes others wive But nature did this match contrive Waller To Wive. @, 1. To match to a wife She dying gave it me An bi me, whe my fate would have me wiv'd To give it her Shakefpeare's Otheilo 2. To take for a wife If he have the condition of a faint, and the com plexion of a devil,I had rather he fhould thrive m than wive me WI'VELY. adu Shakefpeare [from awives. It wer written more analogically wifely, tha is, aife-like.] Belonging to a wife Bafilius could not abftain from praifing Parthenia, as the perfeét pi€ture ofa womanly virtue, an Sidney wiwely fa'thfulnefs WivEes. z. / A man of hi The plural of wife learnin fhoul not fo lightl have been carried away with old awiwes tales approvance of his own reafon 2. / Wi'zarp jurer During that dreadful fiege, C;‘cry particular ac ciden Shakefpeare As are the fwelling Adriatick feas I come to wvive it wealthily in Paduas Shakefpeare The ancient faying is no herefy 2. With flight of imagination Shak ou elements that clip us round about Pituefs that bere Tago now doth giv The times that brought them in Wi'TTINGLY. adv. [from witting, know Which was to my belief aitne/s'd the rather w, n I avitnefs t pithinefs in uttering, his paftoral rudenefs, and hi Spenfer moral wifenefs There yan a rumou fonable fouls ToWr'rwess Shakefp Fobn e i g b a f e t w t l a Del Wi'TLING wWIi WI a fro Spenfer's Ircland [from wife. inchanter ; a h witch con I had probably at firft a laudable meaning Patience, good lady; wiziards know their times Shakefpearc He hearkens after prophecies and dreams And from the crofs-row plucks the letter And fays, a wigard told him that by His iffue difinherited thould be 3V Shaks Rich. 11T Tha |
