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stinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. Bacon.

To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.] Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. J. Webster.

lso, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched. Milton. D. Webster.

A former time or state; a state of things gone by. "The past, at least, is secure." D. Webster. The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed. Trench.

Pertaining to the care and medical treatment of children. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. Who's there peepers, . . . eavesdroppers J. Webster.

Same as Peonage. D. Webster.

Popular; famous. [Obs.] J. Webster.

The office or position of a provisor. [R.] J. Webster.

r Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster.

o acquire wealth or property. [Obs.] Sure our lawyers Would not purchase half so fast. J. Webster.

To rant; to storm. [Obs.] I wept, . . . and raved, randed, and railed. J. Webster.

being ransacked; pillage. [R.] Even your father's house Shall not be free fromransack. J. Webster.

A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster.

ngine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

ds way." Shak. Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails. J. Webster. To be rid of, to be free or delivered from. -- To get rid of, to get deliverance from; to free one's self from.

Having power; active; nimble. [Obs.] What! I am rife a little yet. J. Webster. -- Rife"ly, adv. -- Rife"ness, n.

To raffle. [Obs.] J. Webster.

of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]