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Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.

ess. Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness. Chaucer. The better apartments were already occupied. W. Irving .

an injury or wrong to; to commit an offense against. "We have offended against the Lord already." 2 Chron. xxviii. 13.

Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses. -- adv.

A writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a leaf or sheet already written upon on one side. [R.] Scudamore.

Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. Milton. This is most opportune to our need. Shak. -- Op`por*tune"ly, adv. -- Op`por*tune"ness, n.

he reason of war. Bacon. Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. Dryden. They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them. Jowett (Thucyd. )

An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness. He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject. Macaulay.

Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. Collier.

Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate. -- O`ver*prompt"ness, n.

To sow where something has already been sown. [R.] His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat. Matt. x

To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. Pope.

sion of time, as a series of years, months, or days, in which something is completed, and ready to recommence and go on in the same order; as, the period of the sun, or the earth, or a comet.

int, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.

y sea; the field pitches toward the east. Pitch and pay, an old aphorism which inculcates ready-money payment, or payment on delivery of goods. Shak.

Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone. Methought I saw him placable and mild. Milton.

A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.

Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

ike a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not. Shak. The politician . . . ready to do anything that he apprehends for his advantage. South.

Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship. Smart.