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To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [Obs.] Shak.

pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function. The entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum. Clausius.

To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. Collier. Whoever envi…

To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth.

Towards the equinox.

ing membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior. It directs the blood towards the left auricle in the fetus, but is rudimentary and functionless in the adult.

Narrowing towards the top.

countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards. O happy youth! and favored of the skies. Pope. He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab. 2 Sam. xx. 11. [The painter] has favored her squint admirably. Swift.

correct them for this distortion. The flexure of a curve (Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.

In or towards the bows of a ship. Fore and aft (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; -- in distinction from athwart. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Fore-and-aft rigged (Naut.), not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schoo…

A way from; -- the contrary of toward. [Obs.] Towards or fromwards the zenith. Cheyne.

Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.

A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ.

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] A. Ross (1778).

Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious. A brave good-fearing man. Tennyson.

bodies gravitate toward each other. Sir W. Hamilton. Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party. Macaulay.

Of a single and sincere heart. If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. Bunyan.

ths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.

Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.

Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.