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A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible. Num. xxiv. 6.

accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.

dversity is fortitude. Bacon. There is a mean in all things. Dryden. The extremes we have mentioned, between which the wellinstracted Christian holds the mean, are correlatives. I. Taylor.

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]

A thousand years; especially, thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints.

To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way. [Colloq.]

gainst; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion. A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country. Sir W. Hamilton.

To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention. None named thee but to praise. Halleck. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead. Tennyson.

Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." Atterbury.

By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. [Obs.] Chaucer. The solitariness of man ...God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage. Milton.

Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. [Obs.] "Nefand adominations." Sheldon. "Nefandous high treason." Cotton Mather.

relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.

To name; to mention; to utter. [Obs.] As oft I heard my lord them neven. Chaucer.

To mention by name; to name. [Obs.] To nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak.

Indistinct; slurred over. [Obs.] "Obscure and oblite mention." Fuller.

r actions; blame; reprehension. Shall names that made yuor city the glory of the earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction Addison.

Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra. Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge. T. Burnet. There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not. Shak.…

Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. Lam. iii. 22. It is a duty to communicate of those blessings…

To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop. These personal comparisons I omit. Bacon.

To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak.