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Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

To hold, regard, or esteem. Of them shall I be had in honor. 2 Sam. vi. 22.

Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe. With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. Dryden.

Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. Shak. -- Heed"ful*ly, adv. -- Heed"ful*ness, n.

Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.

ubsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.

or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.

Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]

A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

ism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy. Doubts 'mongst divines, and difference of texts, From whence arise diversity of sects, And hateful heresies by God abhor'd. Spenser. Deluded people! that do not…

lline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.

The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.

A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.

Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection; as -

To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge. I hold him but a fool. Shak. I shall never hold that man my friend. Shak. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ex. xx. 7.

Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. Hooker. I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope.

tion. Bacon. If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. Rogers.

Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak.

e positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets pas…