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ad been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. Clarendon. -- So*lic"it*ous*ly, adv. -- So*lic"it*ous*ness, n.

ce [meaning] of it sooth is, out of doubt. Chaucer. That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare. Spensser.

r by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. Clarendon.

To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] Clarendon.

tensive, and is not exclusively limited to the mutable and contingent. Sir W. Hamilton. Declare the past and present state of things. Dryden. Keep the state of the question in your eye. Boyle.

mpion never handled sword. Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. Clarendon. The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. Daniel.

tic] "Countenance sublime and insolent." Spenser. His fair, large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule. Milton.

To declare over one's signature; to publish. [Obs.] Either or must shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward. Shak.

first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. Clarendon.

To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] Clarendon.

To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend. Johnson.

from thy commandments. Bk. of Com. Prayer. They swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury.

Such. [Obs.] Swich things as that I know I will declare. Chaucer.

Charge; censure. [Obs.] Clarendon.

change. The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. Clarendon.

Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.] The terrible coldness of the season. Clarendon.

A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.

To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against. O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee. Ps. l. 7. I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. Neh. xiii. 15.

Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. She was within one month of her time. Clarendon.

One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.