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ption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.

n time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. Dryden.

Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.

Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants. Ranal alliance (Bot.), a name proposed by Lindley for a group of natural orders, including Ranunculaceæ, Magnoliaceæ, Papaveraceæ, and others related to them.

Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.

The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.

n; as, to leave room for hope. There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance. Addison. Room and space (Shipbuilding), the distance from one side of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space being the distance between two ribs, in the clear, and room the width of a rib. -- To give roo…

Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt. Where the sapient king Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. Milton.

Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. Milton. To dally thus with death is no fit toy. Spenser.

; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance.

To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee. Gen. xxvi. 24.