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n him . . . if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare. Dryden.

quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation. Landor.

publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin.

cling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.

The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

Soon; in a little while. As it shall better appear anon. Stow.

Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent.

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.

A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.

To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] Shak.

A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.

The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison.

The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeated injections of small doses of the venom.

Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

ten in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.