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e awake, but there few who reflect upon them, or make them objects of thought. Reid. As I much reflected, much I mourned. Prior.

ely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly. If much you note him, You offened him; . . . feed, and regard him not. Shak.

ording to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by "unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs." W. Irving.

ervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry. For this relief much thanks; ;tis bitter cold. Shak.

aterial, but at this time are become only mere styles and forms, are still continued with much religion. Sir M. Hale.

secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits. Shak. A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature. Woodward.

The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense. Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. Dryden.

The state of being replete; superabundant fullness. The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap. Bacon. Replecioun [overeating] ne made her never sick. Chaucer.

Making much resistance.

olving or making clear; resolution; solution. "To give a full resolve of that which is so much controverted." Milton.

To be mentioned much and loudly. Milton.

Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. Shak. In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. Bacon.

The power of retaining; retentiveness. No woman's heart So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. Shak.

to repair, as a loss or damadge. Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior. There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke.

A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.

The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine. Monk's rhubarb. (Bot.) See under Monk. -- Turkey rhubarb (Med.), the roots of Rheum Emodi.

tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc. -- Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewh…

One who drives much; a coach driver. [Eng.]

xtent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room. Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. Luke xiv. 22. There was no room for them in the inn. Luke ii. 7.

As much or many as a room will hold; as, a roomful of men. Swift.