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. The levity that is fatigued and disgusted with everything of which it is in possession. Burke.

ake liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.

instead of. The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the scheme of confiscation. Burke.

To be connected. No one generation could link with the other. Burke.

One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster. Burke.

Far-reaching; extensive. " Long views." Burke.

ches; that which is cut off; leavings. The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood. Burke.

One who, or that which, lubricates. " Lubricator of the fibers." Burke.

The collective body of matrons. Burke. Can a politician slight the feelings and convictions of the whole matronage of his country Hare.

ial office. -- Me`di*a*to"ri*al*ly, adv. My measures were . . . healing and mediatorial. Burke.

An average. [R.] A medium of six years of war, and six years of peace. Burke.

The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke.

to immerse; to sink; to absorb. To merge all natural ... sentiment in inordinate vanity. Burke. Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. De Quincey.

le of the land." Judg. ix. 37. In this, as in most questions of state, there is a middle. Burke.

ainst and with. These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. Burke. The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. Gibbon.

One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon. Burke.

upying them. "Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the ministerial benches." Burke.

Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions. Burke.

name or title. Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary "reforms". Burke. The word "synonym" is fact a misnomer. Whatel

mollify; -- applied to persons. [Obs.] This opinion ... mitigated kings into companions. Burke.