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ncentrated. Hence, consspicuous position before the public; as, politicians who are never happy except in the limelight.

way; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction. The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. Dryden.

o friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle. Your true and loyal wife. Shak. Unhappy both, but loyaltheir loves. Dryden.

Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc. Our main interest is to be happy as we can. Tillotson.

Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior.

Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. Is any merry Jas. v. 13.

Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man Dryden.

wrong; to err. [Obs.] Amongst the angels, a whole legion Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss; What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss Spenser.

suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly. Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon.

l love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc. Conspiracy and mutual promise. Sir T. More. Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. Milton. A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. G. Eliot.

curately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment. "Our author happy in a judge so nice." Pope. "Nice verbal criticism." Coleridge.

Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.] "O miserable of happy." Milton.

Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day.

Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] "His fool-happy oversight." Spenser.

A married couple; a man and wife. "A happy pair." Dryden. "The hapless pair." Milton.

To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money. "Pass the happy news." Tennyson.

luences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken. Thrice happy, if they know Their happiness, and persevere upright. Milton.

t; to continue; as, to prolong one's days. Prolong awhile the traitor's life. Shak. The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night. Dryden.

, the more so; especially; for better reason; for particular cause. You are come to me in happy time, The rather for I have some sport in hand. Shak. -- Had rather, or Would rather, prefer to; prefers to; as, he had, or would, rather go than stay. "I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousands…