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ation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.

To be satisfied; to acquiesce. To rest in Heaven's determination. Addison. To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide.

To speak in answer; to reply; to respond. He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned. Pope.

To cause to turn, as on an axis. Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axile. Milton.

That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like. The riche of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. Milton.

under Riches. [Obs.] Some man desireth for to have richesse. Chaucer. The richesse of all heavenly grace. Spenser.

To be supported in motion; to rest. Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides. Shak. On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! Shak.

a in the room of his father Herod. Matt. ii. 22. Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven. Tyndale. Let Bianca take her sister's room. Shak.

anship. "Rude was the cloth." Chaucer. Rude and unpolished stones. Bp. Stillingfleet. The heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. Milton.

Cowper. Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that ruminates on the felicity of heaven I. Taylor.

Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.

im. Shak. Poet and saint to thee alone were given, The two most sacred names of earth and heaven. Cowley.

s; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. "The man of safe discretion." Shak. The King of heaven hath doomed This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat. Milton.

dom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element. Milton.

f sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher. At his birth a star, Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come, And guides the Eastern sages. Milton.

o glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird. As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . . When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air. Shak.

One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. Milton.

Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.

Like a saint; becoming a holy person. So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. Milton.

Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.