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ding. I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence. Swift.

with or in reality; actually; in truth. Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. Swift.

ble demand, amount, price. Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to you wings. Shak.

The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. Dryden.

Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.

long the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing blood." Spenser. Unto my first I will have my recourse. Chaucer. Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. Sir T. Browne.…

s time, I doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not equaled its refinements. Swift.

nds still. Dryden. Neither do I reflect in the least upon the memory of his late majesty. Swift.

With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully. Swift.

alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it. Swift.

Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent. "A traitor to the vices regnant." Swift.

To flow in anew. [Obs.] Swift.

ion or endeavors. The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legilature. Swift.

A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift.

The act of resetting a horse's shoe. Swift.

Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure. Swift.

wer of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. Swift.

A representative. [Obs.] Swift.

To feel resentment. Swift.

me of trouble Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. Swift.