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Quite certain. [Colloq.] I throught myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope.

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak.

ecalling a past sensation or perception. Under the article of conception, I shall confine myself to that faculty whose province it is to enable us to form a notion of our past sensations, or of the objects of sense that we have formerly perceived. Stewart.

To make sad. [Obs.] To deject and contrist myself. Sterne.

To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] O, which way shall I first convert myself B. Jonson.

To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate. I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool. Congreve.

Equal share. [Obs.] Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack. Spenser.

; stiffness. [Obs.] A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in public elocution with myself. Wakefield.

To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider. I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. Shak. To count out. (a) To exclude (one) will not particapate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is a…

loved; cherished; precious. "Hear me, dear lady." Shak. Neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24. And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope. Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson.

Controversy; deliberation; debate. [R.] A serious question and debatement with myself. Milton.

To discover; to show. [Poetic] I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant. Shak.

ally, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook. I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. Johnson.

ase or degrade. [Obs.] Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself. B. Jonson.

ation of a fault; to exculpate. I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself. Walpole.

rom anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. Owen. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden.

To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. Udall.

s. [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion. D. Webster.

pon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. Shak.