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Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.

Spirit. Esprit de corps (, a French phrase much used by English writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole.

A writer of an essay, or of essays. B. Jonson.

who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.

t forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, s…

To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation. To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. Bacon.

In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.

in; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical. A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers. Johnson.

A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Br. Hall.

The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.

A writer of feuilletons. F. Harrison.

A writer of fiction. [R.] Lamb.

to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. Swif…

, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers." Atterbury. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed. Milton.

ls. fort"a The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical writers. Jeffrey.

A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenbüttel. [R.]

veral patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. See Tincture.

A writer of fustian. [R.] Milton.

One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer on galvanism.