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A preacher. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] -- Pul*pit"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] Chesterfield.

Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers.

The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] " Mere pulpitry." Milton.

Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.

To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.

The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.

One who recapitulates.

Of the nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation.

tting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. I crave but four day's respite. Shak.

Without respite. Baxter.

A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end. Sir M. Hale.

Sempiternal. [Obs.]

Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal. Sir M. Hale.

Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.

A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.

To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet. [Obs.] The king's declaration for the sopiting of all Arminian heresies. Fuller.

of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep. [Obs.] Dementation and sopition of reason. Sir T. Browne.

nning into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand. Cook.