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ete; to renew; to restore; to perfect. "That conquest rounded and integrated the glorious empire." De Quincey. Two distinct substances, the soul and body, go to compound and integrate the man. South.

being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. Sir T. More.

An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also eirenarch.]

rs of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.

n; to attach; to unite; to couple. All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication. Eustace.

An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.

or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition. A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the world to law. Dryden.

d motives of our taking arms. Addison . Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the Empire against the insolent pretensions of the pope. Milman.

The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.

te position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield.

cted driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck. Great, or Grand, Mogul, the sovereign of the empire founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a lord; -- sometimes only mogul. Dryden.

A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.

Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.

Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.

The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.

head or legislature of a state upon weighty matters; -- a term derived from the Byzantine empire. In European history, two decrees under this name are particularly celebrated. One of these, issued by Charles VII. of France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Cha…

ade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor. Arbuthnot. -- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Prof"it*a*bly, adv.

A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. "Kingdoms and provinces." Shak.

Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or empire. " Puissant deeds." Milton. Of puissant nations which the world possessed. Spenser. And worldlings in it are less merciful, And more puissant. Mrs. Browning.

American Indians, including the majority of the civilized tribes of the ancient Peruvian Empire with some wild tribes never subjugated by the Incas. Most of these Indians are short, but heavy and strong. They are brachycephalic and of remarkably low cranial capacity. Nevertheless, they represent one of the highest of…