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perty, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.

To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death. Milton. The skies look grimly And threaten present blusters. Shak.

A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.

by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga prætexta. Toga prætexta. Etym: [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rit…

possession of wealth and ownership of property are sinful, and in religion rejects all teachings not coming from Christ himself.

Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser.

Near; about; approaching to. I am toward nine years older since I left you. Swift.

The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."

Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.

Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.

n rod of which is a trunk. See Trunk, 10. -- Trunk hose, large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees. -- Trunk line, the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance. -- Trunk turtle (Zoöl.), the leatherback.

. All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth. South.

Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.

metimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.

including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. "Anointed universal King." Milton. The universal cause Acts not by partial, but by general laws. Pope. This universal frame began. Dryde…

To undo or overthrow by preaching. [R.] De Foe.

The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid." Spenser.

Usurping; encroaching. [Obs.] Gauden.

The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach. [R.]

Fichte are typical exponents of the two types of metaphysical voluntarism, Schopenhauer teaching that the evolution of the universe is the activity of a blind and irrational will, Fichte holding that the intelligent activity of the ego is the fundamental fact of reality.