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a specified act. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Gal. iii. 18.

The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.

tects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport. He . . . gave them protections under his hand. Macaulay.

An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.

Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense. I never gave them condign punishment. Shak. The rewards and punishments of another life. Locke.

The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.

, gall of the earth, and white lettuce. -- Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccæfolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star (Liatris squarrosa). -- Rattlesnake…

a book or other like document. So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. Neh. viii. 8.

Rebuking. [Obs.] She gave unto him many rebucous words. Fabyan.

A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. That recognizance and pledge of love Which I first gave her. Shak.

re. Chaucer. Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish. Bacon. Pardon me for reprehending thee. Shak. In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended. Dryden. I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. J. Philips.…

Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay.

That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." Ps. cvi. 15. I will both hear and grant you your requests. Shak.

To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. just gave what life required, and gave no more. Goldsmith. The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed. J. A. Symonds.

ey can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness. J. M. Mason. God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements. Hawthorne.

To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.] To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected him to death. B. Jonson.

The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave. Denham. Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood. Sir W. Scott.

ate of being recalled; recall. One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection. Hooker.

Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. "Fit roofing gave." Southey.

be established. If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment. Bp. Fell.