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Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.

ant of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot. Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.

To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. Addison.

ilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.

Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment. -- n.

a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. "I see thou art exact of taste." Milton.

re; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views. The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India. Thirwall.

Ointment for the eye.

a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade.

To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance. Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Gen. iv. 5. I have observed of late thy looks are fallen. Addison.

ce; typical; representative. This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker.

Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs

To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.

phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc. A good name is better than precious ointment. Eccl. vii. 1. As good as. See under As. -- For good, or For good and all, completely and finally; fully; truly. The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all. L'Estrange. -- Good breeding,…

red; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment. The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. Chapman. A light wife doth make a heavy husband. Shak.

continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. -- To hold one's day, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To hold one's own. (a) To keep good one's present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a m…