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an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation. Landor.

ve some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8

of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.

parable. What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course Holland. This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.

A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]

war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters of commerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti- im*pe`ri*al*is"tic…

ted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland.

te or follow servilely or irrationally. "How he apes his sire." Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.

and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.

The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

e or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9.

pended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale.

Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. Holland.

To grow like an apple; to bear apples. Holland.

Approach. [Archaic] Holland.

To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

n use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.