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Achievement. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

complaisant behavior. Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love. Elyot

An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot. The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649). Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.

Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.

ened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. Elyot.

Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent. Some herbs are most comestible. Sir T. Elyot.

f a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.

To agree; to concur. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy. [Obs.] "The conjuration of Catiline." Sir T. Elyot.

ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot.

A walking abroad; a promenading. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

A declaimer. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.

To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.

. There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot. There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber.

A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.

A leader; a chief; a prince. [Obs.] Hannibal, duke of Carthage. Sir T. Elyot. All were dukes once, who were "duces" -- captains or leaders of their people. Trench.

Duskiness. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.

Sickness; ailment; sorrow. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

To search for. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.