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isting; as, passive obedience; passive submission. The best virtue, passive fortitude. Massinger.

] In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her. Massinger.

A leader of a choir; a directing singer. Specifically:

Going before; preceding. "Our predecessive students." Massinger.

recompense." "A present pardon." Shak. An ambassador . . . desires a present audience. Massinger.

The first or chief female singer in an opera.

A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the church.

alian warblers of the genera Acrocephalus, Calamoherpe, and Arundinax. They are excellent singers. -- Sea-sand reed (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach. -- Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass (Cinna arundinacea), common in moist woods.

o interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner. He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. Shak.

A riotous fellow; a roaring boy. A lady to turn roarer, and break glasses. Massinger.

A singers' union; an association of singers or singing clubs, esp. German.

A festival of singers; a German singing festival.

One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes. [Written also skald.] A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. Sir W. Scott…

To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. Massinger.

Dizziness with dimness of sight. [Obs.] Massinger.

To void excrement. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Massinger.

A pirate. [R.] Massinger.

A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.

d pastered with shadows That under other men's protection break in Without invitement. Massinger. Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii. 4.

irgin, and consider This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing In a Greekish dress. Messinger.