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Act of joining again. [Obs.] "Beguiles our lips of all rejoindure" (i.e., kisses). Shak.

To cover again with verdure. Ld. Berners.

Roundness; plumpness. [R.] High-kirtled for the chase, and what was shown Of maiden rondure, like the rose half-blown. Lowell.

Roundness; a round or circle. [Obs.] Shak.

The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury. A. Hamilton.

Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June. A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens, shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like a sea. Motley.

Covered with verdure. Poe.

Destitute of verdure.

To put up with; to endure. [Prov.] Dickens.

To endure; to sustain; to submit to. [Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. Tennyson.

eaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

To brook; to endure. [Obs.] Shak.

To endure; to abide. [Obs.] But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. Spenser.

Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." Macaulay.

things adverse. Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. Southey. Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. Abbott.

Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. Appareled in celestial light. Wordsworth.

hnson. Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. Darwin.

at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.