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on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.] So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser. I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. Foxe.

ar statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.

See Assessment, 4. At call, or On call, liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit. -- Call bird, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. -- Call boy (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helms…

To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. When land shal be charged by any lien. Kent.

Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.

To make as pliable as kid leather. [Obs.] Br. Montagu.

Liable to judicial investigation. Jer. Taylor.

Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [Obs.] Harvey.

Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.

A substance that may bee set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn. All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel. Ure.

Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

y in all cases when he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself. -- Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of…

An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. Milman.

Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak.

A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voliable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle. Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends. Sir P. Sidney. I am constant to my purposes. Shak. His gifts, his constant ourtship, nothing gained. Dryden. Onward the constant current…

Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint. Hooker.

Any person . . . might, by the sort of construction that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason. Hallam. Strictly, the term [construction] signifies determining the meaning and proper effect of language by a consideration of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with…