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Trickery; also, a trick. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

A trebuchet. [Obs.]

To deprive of existence. Dryden.

To get under or beneath; also, to understand. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester.

Not forgettable; enduring in memory. Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson.

born, or as if unbegotten or unborn. [R.] I 'll disown you, I 'll disinherit you, I 'll unget you. Sheridan.

The quality or state of being vegetable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc. Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold. Milton.

A vegetable. [R.] B. Jonson.

The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable. [R.]

One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk.

The theory or practice of living upon vegetables and fruits.

by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate. See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again. Pope.

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.

Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous. [Obs.] Even her body was made airy and vegete. Jer. Taylor.

Vegetal state or characteristic.

Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life. [R.] Tusser.

Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products.

Vigorous; lively; active; vegete. [Obs.] B. Jonson.