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ational organization of Bible classes of young men; -- so named in allusion to the Hebrew word Berachah (Meaning blessing) occurring in 2 Chron. xx. 26 and 1 Chron. xii.

The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. Whately.

Threadbare; much worn. It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak.

A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [Written also baslard.] Fairholt.

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc.…

The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.

A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing. Milton.

ttribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the…

A drop of sweat or other liquid. "Cold beads of midnight dew." Wordsworth.

To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

roduction of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. Wordsworth. The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. Coleridge.

A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon." Bolingbroke.

. Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded. Wordsworth.

beetles o'er his base into the sea. Shak. Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. Wordsworth.

a sweet being is an honest mind ! Beau. & Fl. A Being of infinite benevolence and power. Wordsworth.

pinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest…

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. The shining belt with gold inlaid. Dryden.

A prayer; boon. [Archaic] What is good for a bootless bene Wordsworth.

A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.