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r worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. Howell. To sophisticate the understanding. Southey. Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. M. Arnold. They purchase but sophisticated ware. Dryden.

just made and a chip just split; brand- new; as, a spick and span novelty. See Span-new. Howell.

Any one of the small branches on a stag's head. [Obs.] Howell.

ent; to shock. Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much stagered. Howell. Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. Burke.

Steepness. Howell.

Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry. [Obs.] Howell.

Submissive; yielding. [R.] Howell.

extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services. Howell.

To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception. [Obs.] Howell.

Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. [Obs.] Howell.

A whispering; a soft murmur. "Soft susurrations of the trees." Howell.

To syllabify. Howell.

th symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses. Howell.

peaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water. W. D. Howells.

Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. "Hard, throaty words." Howell.

A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] Howell.

To stand out, or be prominent. [Obs.] Howell.

Having no town. Howell.

That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation. [Obs.] Howell.

rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. Howell.