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up; to pledge in drinking. I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. Shak.

ys Seneca, so soon reconciles us to the thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one friend after another dropping round us. Digby.

uelist . . . always values himself upon his courage, his sense of honor, his fidelity and friendship. Hume.

ing kindly heard; favor; attention. Dionysius . . . would give no ear to his suit. Bacon. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Shak. About the ears, in close proximity to; near at hand. -- By the ears, in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to fall together by the ears; to be by the ears. -- Button ear…

Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [Obs.] The egre words of thy friend. Chaucer.

tecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton. The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson. A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.

stile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18.…

To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.

ring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife. Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. Southey.

The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. No ground of enmity between us known. Milton.

bly; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc. The weary time she can not entertain. Shak.

Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends. Shak.

which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development. It is no friendly environment, this of thine. Carlyle.

thee fight, When I have envied thy behavior. Shak. Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes. Froude.

ection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.

ind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. "The essay at organization." M. Arnold.

To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship. Will he esteem thy riches Job xxxvi. 19. You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it. Tennyson.

draw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.

ng spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit How does my friend Celsus do

A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.