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on or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one. So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued. Pope. Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed. I. Taylor.

To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. [R.] Pope.

invest with sovereign authority or dignity. Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope. It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. Shak.

Milton. Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave. Pope.

ises on horseback with noble equipage. Evelyn. First strip off all her equipage of Pride. Pope.

d. His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through. Pope.

Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine. Pope.

upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained. And figs from standard and espalier join. Pope.

e; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume. Nor let the essences exhale. Pope.

Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] "Esteemable qualities." Pope.

or indifference. I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope. He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay.

ght, etc. Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Pope.

ce. Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. Pope. Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay. -- E*va"sive*ly , adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n.

Gen xvii. 8. And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness. Pope.

ect under consideration; all things. More wise, more learned, more just, more everything. Pope.

my throne above the stars of God. Is. xiv. 13. Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes Pope.

time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak. Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.

ater, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4. Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope.

mal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. Pope. Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.

pardon. And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page than Addison remains. Pope.