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hine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9.

A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak.

To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it. Fuller. The eternal laws, such as the heroic age a…

The place in which public records or historic documents are kept. Our words . . . . become records in God's court, and are laid up in his archives as witnesses. Gov. of Tongue.

To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.

To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart…

h bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.

ent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

To become similar or like something else. [R.]

The object causing such an emotion. Thou shalt become an astonishment. Deut. xxviii. 37.

To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge.

To agree to become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.

To become void or vacant. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

To become pregnant. [Obs.] Warner. (Alb. Eng. ).

To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.

alsam of fir, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir (Abies balsamea) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See Balm.

iven rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.

A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person. M