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advice. [R.] Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon.

xclude (one) will not particapate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate reall…

re out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." Clarendon. -- To keep the countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire. Clarendon.

well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.

red together. Shak. A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. Clarendon.

f others; interest. Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. Clarendon.

Lively; sparking; effervescing. Your neat crisp claret. Beau & Fl.

To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. Shak. The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.

iral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon.

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censhure. He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Shak.

ive and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.

Capable of being declared. Sir T. Browne.

One who declares. Abbott.

That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal. Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. Tillotson.

A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.

egislature. Declaratory act (Law), an act or statute which sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.

lf, to a duty or service. The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. Clarendon.

Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. Clarendon. A deep line of operations (Military), a long line. -- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as…

the city. Shak. God defend the right! Shak. A village near it was defended by the river. Clarendon.