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ive elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.

To remove. [Obs.] Howell.

hich exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error. From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself. Evelyn. To emancipate the human conscience. A. W. Ward.

To decorate; to make showy and fine. [Obs.] And with sad cypress seemly it embraves. Spenser.

d caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body. How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving. Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson.

To link together; to connect. Howell.

ived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller.

Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.

onger endure it. Shak. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10. How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people Esther viii. 6.

o promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant. How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not. Fuller.

To harden; to embolden. [Obs.] Howell.

" Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope.

want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare! Luke xv. 17.

To exemplify, to show by example. [Obs.] Spenser.

n so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke. De Quincey. A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people. Hawthorne.

The passage, door, or gate, for entering. Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city. Judg. i. 24.

To show malice or ill will; to rail. [Obs.] "He has . . . envied against the people." Shak.

One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets. Howell.

Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.

One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them. The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes.