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emote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. They that are far from thee ahsll perish. Ps. lxxiii. 27.

Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

n expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm. I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house and king. Swift.

m one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life. Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits. Shak.…

mbly empowered to hear and decide causes. He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. Brougham.

d a college; to found a family. There they shall found Their government, and their great senate choose. Milton.

Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.] 'T is Cæsar's will to have a frequent senate. B. Jonson.

A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.

An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

ousehold gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endeared by association with home. -- Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.

g which is not God; the worship of false gods. His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah. Milton.

sequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.

Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.

forms and ceremonies. The prior, when inducted into that dignity, took an oath not to alienate any of their lands. Bp. Burnet.

To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect. [Obs.]

both branches of a legislative assembly. "Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session." Journal H. of R., U. S. -- Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to…

which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners. [In this sense spelled also, in some English Bibles, jubile.] Lev. xxv. 8-17.

justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary.

mation, written or printed; -- with against. [Obs.] What's this but libeling against the senate Shak. [He] libels now 'gainst each great man. Donne.

Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.