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Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.

Universally. [R.] Emerson.

The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

Hence, to bind together; to unite. The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. Burke.

The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.

ade or show. [R. & Colloq.] He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox.

ess. Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. Addison. To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. S. Clarke.

A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary.

This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. South.

r by this sun of York. Shak. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. Hallam

keth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Prov. vi. 19. Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke.

pagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc. The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland.

To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to. Whately.

General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also .] Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes. -- Ecumenical council. See under Council.

The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.

An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym "Dr. Esperanto" in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are elimi…

Without exception. A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.

a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street. Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge'. Locke.

To tell lies; to violate the truth. It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. South.

ate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain. Griffith (Cuvier).