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passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view. The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged. Sir W. Raleigh.

termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire. Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. Pope.

The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

s. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language.

of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.

dued. Shak. To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire,

s called also the Byzantine Church. -- Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross. -- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire. -- Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Ure. -- Greek rose, the flower campion.…

t of Germany, worth about two cents. It is not included in the new monetary system of the empire.

Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. Milton.

A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungary water, a distilled "water," made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.

ty in the mind of the Deity. Thence to behold this new-created world, The addition of his empire, how it showed In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his great idea. Milton.

ess direction; not involuntary; communded. [Obs.] Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul. Sir M. Hale.

Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict. The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. Shak.

The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire. Roman imperialism had divided the world. C. H. Pearson.

To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire. Fuller.

Supreme power; absolute dominion; empire.

ayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. Mickle.

wasted Sogdiana. Milton. The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire. Arbuthnot.

imate; to encourage; to invigorate. The courage of Agamemnon is inspirited by the love of empire and ambition. Pope.