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A man who violates his religious covenant. Jer. ix. 2.

To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.] This proud man affects imperial Dryden.

To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper.

A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

r in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34.

altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker.

walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds. The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble. T. Warton.

by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC

To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.] Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.

To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

Recovery of strength after sickness.

nlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

f dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.

n thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

us compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.

Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C.

A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."

A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.

The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

and, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.