Search the Dictionary

Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.

reat branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava. Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adu…

ing on the old prerogative. Shak. Without further insisting on the different tempers of Juvenal and Horace. Dryden.

Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow. Their almighty Maker first ordained And bound them with inviolable bands. Spenser. And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. Shak.

A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.

The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers. Davenant.

The quality or state of being mercenary; venality. Boyle.

Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.

all comfort. 2 Cor. i. 3. Mercy seat (Bib.), the golden cover or lid of the Ark of the Covenant. See Ark, 2. -- Sisters of Mercy (R. C. Ch.),a religious order founded in Dublin in the year 1827. Communities of the same name have since been established in various American cities. The duties of those belonging to the o…

national manner or way; as a nation. "The jews ... being nationally espoused to God by covenant." South.

Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary. [R.] The triple and novene division ran throughout. Milman.

To climb bevond; to surpass in climbing. Davenant.

An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. Bacon. The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of the constitution. Burke.

s; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]

The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine. The penalty and forfeit of my bond. Shak.

The inferior vena cava. -- Post"ca`val, a. B. G. Wilder.

The superior vena cava. -- Præ"ca`val, a. B. G. Wilder.

he act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. Davenant.

To deserve; to procure by merit. [Obs.] Davenant.

engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money. "To promise aid." Shak.