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ch the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]

ed astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. Addison.

n; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider. [Obs.] We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force. Milton.

thing which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.

A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fairholt.

e robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey.

y for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you 2 Cor. xii. 19.

To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.] All exonerate themselves into one common duct. Ray.

To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to Ant: contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevol…

The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionists. Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a philosophical one. G. C. Robertson.

Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock.

Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.

disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc. We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles. Eustance.

To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.] Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker.

Tumult; discord; dissension. They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves. Clarendon.

urth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy. K. James. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. Shak.

ed) out for the collection of the revenues of government. The province was devided into twelve farms. Burke.

he higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. -- Fatty clays. See under Clay. -- Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace…

k. To fence the tables (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. McCheyne.