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To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue. " Insatiate to pursue vain war." Milton.

One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.

Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood. -- Quar"rel*ing*ly, adv.

A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.

A man engaged in rafting.

nger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton. When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even to falling. Shak.

commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. Already Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe. Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.

Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force. "Thy rebellious crew." "Proud rebellious arms." Milton. -- Re*bel"lious*ly, adv. -- Re*bel"lious*ness, n.

To give back; to repay; to restore. A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. L'Estrange.

ivate for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist. Smollett.

One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution. Burke.

Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like. The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined, and imprisoned. Macaulay.

Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

ys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. Howell. What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! M. Arnold.

sions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out. And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. Dryden. -- To run over. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehea…

Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy. P. Cyc.

To make savage. [R.] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South

One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant. Shak. Locke.