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To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. Ainsworth.

To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.

To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. Dryden.

, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper. Grove. Grasshopper engine, a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate point. -- Grasshopper lobster (Zoöl.) a young lobster. [Lo…

A grove. [Obs.] Spenser.

A grove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves. Dampier.

stament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

nerosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous. Handsome is as handsome does. Old Proverb.

ion for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden.

taining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand. I sit me down beside the hazel grove. Keble.

front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.

To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]

A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood.

reproach. New opinions Divers and dangerous, which are heresies, And, not reformed, may prove pernicious. Shak. After the study of philosophy began in Greece, and the philosophers, disagreeing amongst themselves, had started many questions . . . because every man took what opinion he pleased, each several opinion was…

Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. He will hold to the one and despise the other. Matt. vi. 24

rust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.

Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb." Dryden. "Our homespun authors." Addison.

To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding. Wheaton.

hstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it. In your excuse your love does little say; You might howe'er have took a better way. Dryden.