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To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances. When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster. Locke.

y one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. Abbott.

r of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. Mozley. Abbott. - Breach of promise, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. -- Breach of trust, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one.

ic branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Cîteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. -- a.

To notify of a proceeding in court. Abbot

rance in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. Abbot.

son of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. Bouvier. Abbott.

epresentative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his constituents. Abbot. To appeal from the representatives to the constituents. Macaulay.

of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with the words employed. Abbott. Interpretation properly precedes construction, but it does not go beyond the written text. Parsons. Construction of an equation (Math.), the drawing of such lines and figures as will represent geometrically the quantities…

liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. Abbott.

ted by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. Abbot.

t gold indeed. Shak. Account current. See under Account. -- Current money, lawful money. Abbott.

Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Abbott.

ssel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. Abbott. -- Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. -- Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand." Morley. See Mortmain. -- Dead head (Naut.), a…

One who declares. Abbott.

y, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for the purposes and upon the terms set forth. Abbott.

tement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set-off. Abbott.

A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff. Abbott.

Denization; denizening. Abbott.

To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen. Abbott.