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r. Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory. Macaulay.

, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning. It is our glory and happiness to have a rational nature. Law.

et them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve. What glory's due to him that could divide Such raveled interests has he not untied Waller. The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or raveled and entangled in weak discourses!…

l courses; to reform. They, hardened more by what might most reclaim, Grieving to see his glory . . . took envy. Milton.

Reverence; honor. [Obs.] In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory. Chaucer.

or effect; result; return; requital. We give you welcome; not without redound Of use and glory to yourselves ye come. Tennyson.

Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory.

Renown. [Obs.] The glory and renowme of the ancectors. Robynson (More's Utopia).

of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor. Son! thou in whom my glory I behold In full resplendence, heir of all my might. Milton. The resplendency of his own almighty goodness. Dr. J. Scott.

o lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses. But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched. Milton.

n arena. Place me. O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers contened for glory. E. Smith.

An exhibition of pride or haughtiness. How many princes . . . in the ruff of all their glory, have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor's chariot! L'Estrange.

Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. Shak. All the space . . . was one sea of heads. Macaulay.

Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful. Dryden.

Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky. The moon serene in glory mounts the sky. Pope. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. Gray.

ven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipomoea tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.

ine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. 2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham.

some shoals for the fish to lay their span. Mortimer. Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. Shak.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Ps. li. 4. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Rom. iii. 23.

Slightly. [Obs. or Poetic] Think not so slight of glory. Milton.