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invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. H. Spencer.

A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.

s allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate. The one ought five hundred pence, and the other fifty. Bible (1551). A son owes help and honor to his father. Holyday.

of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172. Spencer.

d to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy. H. Spencer.

To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to. [Obs.] Spencer.

Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. I stand in pause where I shall first begin. Shak.

To appeal. [Obs.] Spencer.

To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. [R.] H. Spencer.

A weight; a poise. [Obs.] "To weigh pence with a peise." Piers Plowman.

See Pencel.

A pencel. Chaucer.

To make personal. "They personalize death." H. Spencer.

n English rivers. -- Peter Funk, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.] -- Peter pence, or Peter's pence. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also Rome scot, and hearth money. (b) In modern…

A more or less continued impression or image on the retina. H. Spencer.

The act of pluralizing. H. Spencer.

To pay as one's personal tax. The man that polled but twelve pence for his head. Dryden.

o, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males. "Polyandric societies." H. Spencer.

A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more. [Eng.] Blackstone.

Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. H. Spencer.