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rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose. Any departure from a national standard. Prescott.

; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country. "The deserted fortress." Prescott.

le. [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. Prescott.

e shall stand before kings. Prov. xxii. 29. Diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.

s position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. Prescott. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n.

iscovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.

aste of; -- often with at, with, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.

t for the sake of publicity; to parade. Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. Prescott.

. Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.

contend about; to contest. To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. Prescott.

ection; as, distant times; distant relatives. The success of these distant enterprises. Prescott.

hat kingdom can not stand. Mark iii. 24. Every family became now divided within itself. Prescott.

ies charged upon it. South. Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott. -- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n.

drove against his flying sails. Dryden. Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. Prescott. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Tennyson.

Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. Prescott.

ble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. Prescott.

Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause. Prescott.

egant speaker; an elegant structure. A more diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.

ed; adornment. In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.

The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott.