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Those who are chosen for salvation. Shall not God avenge his won elect Luke xviii. 7.

The whole material composing the world. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. 2 Peter iii. 10.

Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming What else shall I give Do you expect anything else "Bastards and else." Shak.

Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

t of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.

affection; to take in the arms; to hug. I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.

rder or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit. No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. Const. of the U. S.

ar; devoid; -- often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." Milton. I shall find you empty of that fault. Shak.

Jea Such factious emulations shall arise. Shak.

e. Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. Shak. I shall see an end of him. Shak.

he same state without perishing; to last; to remain. Their verdure still endure. Shak. He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii. 15.

To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on. Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. Pope. Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. Hawthorne.

to enlighten. [R.] Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present, and shall warm the last. Pope.

To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. Shak.

a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence. The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton. Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will. Cowper.

sea. That darksome cave they enter. Spenser. I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent. Milton.

treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.] Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill. Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47.

A figure o Must I give way and room to your rash choler Shall I be frighted when a madman stares Shak.

See Shallot.

To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.] He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. Sandys.