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about; to eventuate; to issue. If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage. Wake.

The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem. The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings, Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel. Shak.

xpress the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like.

; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous. "Both in one faith unanimous." Milton.

Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.

To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.

Not changed in opinion, or from one faith to another. Specifically: --

t hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. "Good faith unfeigned." Chaucer. -- Un*feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*feign"ed*ness, n.

One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination of Christians holding this faith.

Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. Chaucer.

The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. Chaucer.

unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. I. Taylor. The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. Hawthorne.

with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren James ii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). The minstrels played on every side, Vain of their art. Dryden.

n or tenet; a truth; a reality. Mark what I say, which you shall find By every syllable a faithful verity. Shak.

cal; a scamp. Like a villain with a smiling cheek. Shak. Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix. Pope.

e violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." Shak.

d, and partly in virtue of piety." Atterbury. -- Theological virtues, the three virtues, faith, hope, and charity. See 1 Cor. xiii. 13.

The act of seeing external objects; actual sight. Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond.

. But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. Fuller. The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. I. Taylor.

as, the marriage vow. Knights of love, who never broke their vow; Firm to their plighted faith. Dryden.