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An imposture; a deception. Tennyson. A juggle of state to cozen the people. Tillotson.

tue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. Tillotson. Just intonation. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which t…

to be reared in the lap of luxury. Men expect that happiness should drop into their laps. Tillotson.

gitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors. Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.

greater argument of a light and inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at religion. Tillotson.

Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind. Tillotson.

Full of lust; excited by lust Spenser. Tillotson.

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

f mastering; the state of having mastered. He could attain to a mastery in all languages. Tillotson. The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke.

. was minded to put her away privily. Matt. i. 19. If men were minded to live virtuously. Tillotson.

fallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake. Tillotson.

n of our lusts has something in it that is troublesome, yet nothing that is unreasonable. Tillotson.

die." Shak. A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds. Tillotson.

eturning a full answer to my book, he manifestly falls a- nibbling at one single passage. Tillotson.

ges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health. Tillotson.

rossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness! Tillotson.

In an oral manner. Tillotson.

o. The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use in order to our eternal happiness. Tillotson. -- Minor orders (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper. -- Money order. See under Money. -- Natural order. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note. -- Order book.…

on or upon. Pitch upon the best course of life, and custom will render it the more easy. Tillotson.

ebt. Forced to plunge naked in the raging sea. Dryden. To plunge into guilt of a murther. Tillotson.