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State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.

pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.

, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. Bp. Stillingfleet.

An older spelling of Endow. Tillotson.

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. Their verdure still endure. Shak. He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii. 15.

an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. I say unto you, Love your enemies. Matt. v. 44. The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; a…

flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.

The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. Milton.

aval officers, or private signals, and the like. Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. Shak.

To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. Dryden.

to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still."

both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. Tillotson.

ity. All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. Bp. Stillingfleet.

, erect and tall. Milton. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins. Gibbon.

in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken. The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. Tillotson.

in going anywhere. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33. mission.

Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]

A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee. Blackstone.

bile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.ethyl ether.…

A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. [Written also eupion.]