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o be gained in marriage. "She . . . was looked upon as the richest match of the West." Clarendon.

ir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the whole matter, equal in foot. Clarendon.

To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin. [Obs.]

what wrong measures he had taken in the conferring that trust, and lamented his error. Clarendon.

That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense. A rosy garland was the victor's meed. Spenser.

To render fit. [R.]

A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. Clarendon.

Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken. Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. Shak. For pity melts the mind to love. Dryden.

fants should not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to take oath, hold office, or render military service.

The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet of one language into the possible equivalents of another; transliteration. Stormonth.

reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required.

To render delicate or dainty. [Obs.] Howell.

votion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] Clarendon.

The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.

To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.

hes fall. Prior. If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. Clarendon.

To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex. They have molested the church with needless opposition. Hooker.

Moonlight. [R.] Clarendon.

The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right. Of moralitee he was the flower. Chaucer. I am bold to think that morality is capable of demonstration. Locke.

To render moral; to correct the morals of. It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country. D. Ramsay.