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ffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ. When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.…

and the publication of the "Encyclopedia" by D'Alembert and Diderot. In Germany, Lessing, Mendelssohn, and Herder were representative thinkers, while the political doctrines of the leaders of the American Revolution and the speculations of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine represented the movement in America.…

ees women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden; asceticism is discountenanced. --Bab"ist, n.

To mend; to repair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.

t, finally. [Obs.] "Those constitutions . . . are now established for best, and not to be mended." Milton. -- To get the best of, to gain an advantage over, whether fairly or unfairly. -- To make the best of. (a) To improve to the utmost; to use or dispose of to the greatest advantage. "Let there be freedom to carry…

To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]

To better; to mend. See Beete. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu.

To commend; to commit. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mendacious boasting; falcefood; humbug.

Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. Jay.

Low] T. Carew. Blobber lip, a thick, protruding lip. His blobber lips and beetle brows commend. Dryden.

entatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds. Milton.

To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch. [Obs. or Dial.]

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief. He gaf the sike man his boote. Chaucer. Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. Sir W. Scott. Next her Son, our soul's best boot. Wordsworth.

A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.

One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler. Shak.

Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain.

There were many bowssening places, for curing of mad men. . . . If there appeared small amendment he was bowssened again and again. Carew.