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The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals.

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.]

To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden.

Glairy. John Georgy (1766).

Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars. "The pillared arches." Sir W. Scott. "Pillared flame." Thomson.

A little pillar. [R.] Fuller.

The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates.

To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. Milman.

The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider.

To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett.

To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [R.] Clarendon.

To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense; (Law)

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay.

truction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted. Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. Hume.

a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer. "An adorer of truth." Clarendon. I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Shak.

] And with advantage means to pay thy love. Shak. Advantage ground, vantage ground. [R.] Clarendon. -- To have the advantage of (any one), to have a personal knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge. "You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to have had the honor." Sheridan. -- To take adv…

To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators. Clarendon.