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Serving to gratify; agreeable. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

g; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety. " His gravid associate." Sir T. Herbert.

stly, as with groans. Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so. Herbert.

To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to bed." Herbert. "Have out all men from me." 2 Sam. xiii. 9.

Rooted in the heart. Herbert.

he book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our blessed Savior. Sir T. Herbert.

A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.

A sweating bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert.

Obtained by entreaty. [Obs.] Ld. Herbert.

Enchanting. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Uncultivated. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Defenseless. [Obs.] The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert.

To compose; to write, as a poem. Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. Herbert.

of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary. Some initiatory treatises in the law. Herbert. Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together. J. M. Mason.

Tasteless; unsavory. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

Insatiably. Sir T. Herbert.

Ironical. Sir T. Herbert.

The quality or state of being jovial. Sir T. Herbert.

See Lickerish. -- Lic"o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.] Herbert.

eceit; flattering; cozening. [Obs.] Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, the Fratterer. Fuller.