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A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. Holland.

An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.

hether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. "Guided by other's experiences." Shak. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. P. Henry To most men experienc…

t of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.

the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle. Expound this matter more fully to me. Bunyan.

ppropriate characters or signs. Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. "Beyond expression bright." Milton.

e years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus. Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystall…

ory or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero. The fabulous birth of Minerva. Chesterfield.

Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee. Num. vi. 25. My face [favor] will I turn also from them. Ezek. vii. 22.

Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.

The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.

as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

nd are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

To fashion. [Obs.] To control and new fangle the Scripture. Milton.

er, one who adopts the child of another, treating it as his own. -- Apostolic father, Conscript fathers, etc. See under Apostolic, Conscript, etc. -- Father in God, a title given to bishops. -- Father of lies, the Devil. -- Father of the bar, the oldest practitioner at the bar. -- Fathers of the city, the aldermen…

Ambounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.

e species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.

Lest negligence or partiality might admit or fois in abuses corruption. R. Carew. When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. South.

A leaf of a book or manuscript.