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To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely. [Obs.]

y for previously. "Previous to publication." M. Arnold. "A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710." J. H. Newman.

hout the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers. (b) A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, p…

That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan. Vented much policy, and projects deep. Milton. Projects of happiness devised by human reason. Rogers. He entered into the project with his customary ardor. Prescott.

(Math.), the fourth part of the square of a number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in multiplying numbers. -- Quarter turn, Quarter turn belt (Mach.), an arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which are at right angles with each other. -- Quarter watch (Naut.), a su…

A medley improvised by several performers.

To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede. Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. Tyndale.

One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.

To review; to revise. [R.] Bentley.

e not recking danger. Sir P. Sidney. And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser. Burns.

rranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to curviserial.

To advise or counsel. [Obs. or Scot.] I rede that our host here shall begin. Chaucer.

To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [R.] The common profit could she redress. Chaucer. In yonder spring of roses intermixed With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton. Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. A. Hamilton.

An officer appointed to supervise the forest. Cowell.

satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended. Dryden. I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. J. Philips.

of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. -- Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will. -- Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.

r's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.

To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.] Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the Sir T. Browne.

To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.

To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.