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g from the foundation; to be subversive. They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy.

eten; as, to sugar reproof. With devotion's visage And pious action we do sugar o'er The devil himself. Shak.

To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.] Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. Shak.

allow or slighting way. [R.] It is a characteristic weakness of the day to superficialize evil. E. P. Whipple.

That which is to supply what is wanted. Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. Jer. Taylor.

he like; to support. No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world. Tillotson.

y swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury.

take to. (a) To apply one's self to; to be fond of; to become attached to; as, to take to evil practices. "If he does but take to you, . . . you will contract a great friendship with him." Walpole.

Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases. Swift.

or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.

A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.

s now extinct. Tasmanain cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under Eucalyptus. -- Tasmanain devil. (Zoöl.) See under Devil. -- Tasmanain wolf (Zoöl.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; -- called also zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf.

s to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. The Devil's tattoo. See under Devil.

To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak.

To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce. Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. James i. 14.

The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction. When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke iv. 13.

One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil. "Those who are bent to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on." Tillotson. So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.

Success; fortune; luck; chance. [Obs.] Evil thedom on his monk's snout. Chaucer.

A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.

ities; virtues. [Obs.] For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews clear. Chaucer. Evil speeches destroy good thews. Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33). To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might. Spenser.