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Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments. -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ly, adv. -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ness, n.

. Burrill. -- Mesne profits, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. Burrill.

In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully. Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col. i. 29.

In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected nicety.

hat which perceives, thinks, feels, wills, and desires. Sir W. Hamilton. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. Rom. xiv. 5. The mind shall banquet, though the body pine. Shak.

his dearest minion. Sylvester. Is this the Athenian minion whom the world Voiced so regardfully Shak.

To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully. [Obs.] W. Browne.

Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious. "Valor misbegot." Shak.

To covet wrongfully. [Obs.]

To treat wrongfully. [Obs.] Grafton.

A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.

To get wrongfully. [Obs.]

To serve unfaithfully.

To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling.

ouses of Childhood" (schools in the poorest tenement districts of Rome, Italy), and first fully described by her in 1909. Leading features are freedom for physical activity (no stationary desks and chairs), informal and individual instruction, the very early development of writing, and an extended sensory and motor tra…

To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.

One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

Meditative; thoughtfully silent. "Museful mopings." Dryden. -- Muse"ful*ly, adv.

rs, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.