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A justice of the peace; irenarch.

zard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. Burke.

To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] "Seek peace, and ensue it." 1 Pet. iii. 11. To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. Golding.

e further occasion to entreat. Hakewill. Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47.

aims; impartiality. Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. Tillotson.

; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke.

Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration. That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As things acquainted and familiar to us. Shak. There is nothing more familiar than this. Locke.

Gross; lubberly. Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! Shak.

Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law. Kent.

mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.

n; as, to follow good advice. Approve the best, and follow what I approve. Milton. Follow peace with all men. Heb. xii. 14. It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites. J. Edwards.

ow to choose dogs for scent or speed. Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding,…

nd, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety.

Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred; Frederic.

by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. America was first visited by Friends in 1656. T. Chase.

Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.

to live a life of millennial happiness upon a regenerated earth. The religion inculcates peace, righteousness, and work, and holds that in good time, without warlike intervention, the oppressive white rule will be removed by the higher powers. The religion spread through a majority of the western tribes of the United…

olars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military. He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield. Dryden.

ance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gatees.

To meet and give salutations. There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.