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Same as Nott-headed. [Obs.] Shak.

e publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally. [Obs.] In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it Barrow.

To occupy. [Obs.] Bacon.

with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate. Shak. So would he participateof their wants. Hayward. Mine may come when men With angels may participate. Milton.

A peripatetic. [Obs.]

s instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. "The true peripatetic school." Howell.

Peripatetic. [R.] Hales.

The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2. Lond. Sat. Rev.

To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] "Fear preoccupateth it [death]." Bacon.

Principality; supreme rule. [Obs.] Barrow.

To become a pupa.

Rattle-headed. "A noisy, rattle-pated fellow." W. Irving.

A rattlehead. C. Kingsley.

Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush.

Shallow-brained.

Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.

A salt of sinapic acid.

iver flood; an overflow or inundation. Burns. Gareth in a showerful spring Stared at the spate. Tennyson.

word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."

A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition; loosely, an olive defective because of bruises, wormholes, or the like.