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rged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. Burke.

A treasurer. H. Swinburne.

To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure. Shak.

The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak.

in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. Though he heap up silver as the dust. Job. xxvii. 16.

A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.

Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow. A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke.

es; to introduce. Providence would only initiate mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry. Dr. H. More. To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough. Locke.

ity; a good economist. A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his treasure. Sir W. Temple.

. All the mass of gold that comes into Spain. Sir W. Raleigh. He had spent a huge mass of treasure. Sir J. Davies.

of saving and increasing his hoard. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. Goldsmith.

; to unite; to assimilite. [Obs.] The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world. Chaucer.

To do or beyond; to exceed in acting. [R.] He has made me heir to treasures Would make me outact a real window's whining. Otway.

A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure. [Spain & Portugal]

ischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution. They [ancient philosophers] treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution. J. H. Newman.

Value; estimation; excellence; worth. Her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi. 10. New treasures still, of countless price. Keble.

The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. Cowell.

An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written also quæstor.]

to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time. "The remembrancer of the lord treasurer in the exchequer." Bacon.

To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reperts the recepts and expenditures.