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Accomplished; versed. [Archaic] Spenser.

ar with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser.

To take or seize. [Obs.] Spenser.

To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent. [Obs.] Spenser. Milton.

To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall. [Obs.] Spenser.

of a woman. He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak.

Further away; at a distance; yonder. Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser.

A learning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination. Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. South. Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Locke.

Contention. [Obs.] Spenser.

Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance. Bifilar micrometer (often called a bifilar), an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which, at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a filar…

A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.] She . . . blamed her noble blood. Spenser. To blame, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. You were to blame, I must be plain with you. Shak.

To make void; to annul. [Obs.] Spenser.

shly. "Harsh and blatant tone." R. H. Dana. A monster, which the blatant beast men call. Spenser. Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. W. Irving.

One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad. "Blazers of crime." Spenser.

shed; blemish; disgrace; damage; impairment. For dread of blame and honor's blemishment. Spenser.

To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] Spenser.

To wave; to brandish. [Obs.] And burning blades about their heads do bless. Spenser. Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. Fairfax.

motes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift. Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed. Milton.

To stop; to cease; to desist. [Obs.] Spenser.