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ontaining one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as, subquadruple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.

Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.

Having the ratio of one to seven. Bp. Wilkins.

Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.

to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted. Bp. Wilkins.

Containing a third, or one part to three. Bp. Wilkins.

xternal motion, is something distinct from, and superadded unto, its natural gravity. Bp. Wilkins. The peacock laid it extremely to heart that he had not the nightingale's voice superadded to the beauty of his plumes. L'Estrange.

Tamable. Bp. Wilkins.

7. A judgment that is equal and impartial must incline to the greater probabilities. Bp. Wilkins.

ous persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon. Bp. Wilkins.

k] was transplaced . . . from the left side of the Vatican into a more eminent place. Bp. Wilkins.

ting by experience; proof; test. Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions. Bp. Wilkins.

The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins.

To swell. [Obs.] Wilkins.

Insupportable; unendurable. -- Un`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Wilkins. -- Un`sup*port"a*bly, adv.

in the ground by Padua, found an urn, or earthen pot, in which there was another urn. Bp. Wilkins. His scattered limbs with my dead body burn, And once more join us in the pious urn. Dryden.

n of the same mother, but by a different father. Walter Pope, uterine brother to Dr. Joh. WilkiWood.