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e faith. Acts xvi. 5. The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down. Burke. Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. Bancroft.

e, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubæa and Bæotia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.

rs from a country, city, or fortress. The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke.

Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential. Burke.

nce of; to instance. [Obs.] "I may example my digression by some mighty precedent." Shak. Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has never been surpassed. J. Morley.

or putting the laws in force; executive. The official and executory duties of government. Burke.

cting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.

ion or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice. Burke.

on) from his own country; to make an exile of. The expatriated landed interest of France. Burke.

a laying out, as of money; disbursement. our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest. Burke.

as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke.

explained or accounted for; admitting explanation. It is not explicable upon any grounds. Burke.

to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. Burke. To explode and exterminate dark atheism. Bently.

To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke.

Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. "Exterminatory war." Burke.

g; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke.

cility of an operation. The facility with which government has been overturned in France. Burke .

n; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels. Headlong zeal or factious fury. Burke. -- Fac"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac"tious-ness, n.

nts, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras." Burke.

To force or constrain by famine. He had famished Paris into a surrender. Burke.