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geometry. I shrewdly suspect that he is little studied of a theory of moral proportions. Burke.

as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. Burke.

and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. Burke.

style of Majesty. One style to a gracious benefactor, another to a proud, insulting foe. Burke.

other. Ray. Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. Burke.

is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming. Burke.

a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe by rendering it nugatory. Burke.

ceties; as, to subtilize arguments. Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into savages. Burke.

Is but a preface of her worthy praise. Shak. He is a presumptuous and superficial writer. Burke. That superficial judgment, which happens to be right without deserving to be so. J. H. Newman. -- Su`per*fi"cial*ly, adv. -- Su`per*fi"cial*ness, n.

ene to matter unless impressed by divine power. Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. Burke.

y. Sir P. Sidney. Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit. Burke.

right. That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it. Burke.

tion. [R. or Colloq.] In fine images, in sustention, in irony, they surpass anything that Burke ever wrote. J. Morley.

Dryden. To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius. Burke. Full swing. See under Full. -- Swing beam (Railway Mach.), a crosspiece sustaining the car body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it may have an independent lateral motion. -- Swing bridge, a form of draw…

To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry. Burke.

A political union, confederation, or league. [R.] Burke.

here probably were never four talkers more admirable in four different ways than Johnson, Burke, Beauclerk, and Garrick. Macaulay.

from Taunt, v. Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection. Burke.

Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of. "Tender of property." Burke. The civil authority should be tender of the honor of God and religion. Tillotson.

an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France. Burke.