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To influence by rhyme. Hearken to a verser, who may chance Rhyme thee to good. Herbert.

a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to Ant: poor. "Rich merchants." Chaucer. The rich [person] hath many friends. Prov. xiv. 20. As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher. Milton.

akes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence. Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion, than our neighbors. Locke.

To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.

To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive. I think she will be ruled In all respects by me. Shak.

One who dreads Russia or Russian influence. [Words sometimes found in the newspapers.]

Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.

Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence. Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of human mixtures. Eikon Basilike.

To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

t San Francisco; as, the sand-lot constitution of California, framed in 1879, under the influence of sand-lot agitation.

Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.

To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of. This savors not much of distraction. Shak. I have rejected everything that savors of party. Addison.

The sign or constellation Libra. Platform scale. See under Platform. tip the scales, influence an action so as to change an outcome from one likely result to another.

spark of flash emitted in scintillating. These scintillations are . . . the inflammable effluences discharged from the bodies collided. Sir T. Browne.

Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences. A seared conscience and a remorseless heart. Macaulay.

Causing secretion; -- said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.

of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.

alluring; as, a seductive offer. This may enable us to understand how seductive is the influence of example. Sir W. Hamilton.

ines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.

Highly susceptible to influence through the senses. -- Sen"su*ous*ly, adv. -- Sen"su*ous*ness, n.