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To think; to suppose. I will not believe so meanly of you. Fielding. To believe in. (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. "She does not believe in Jupiter." J. H. Newman. (b)…

the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard.

A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.

f marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit.

One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. Sir W. Scott.

To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. "Bend thine ear to supplication." Milton. Towards Coventry bend we our course. Shak. Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. Sir W. Scott.

Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak.

fice or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. Bacon.

To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. Shak. But Eve . . . besought his peace. Milton.

Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.

The quality of being better or superior; superiority. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.

Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast tp support the trestletrees.

portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree.

, superl. of Big.

A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.]

often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. -- Bilge ways, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel.

ation lawfully presented to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it "A true bill," or "Not found," or "Ignoramus", or "Ignored." -- Bill of lading, a written account of goods shipped by any person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or by its ma…