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Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear. A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate. Macaulay.

round which didst weaken the nations ! Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. Kitto.

Detected; convicted; -- with of. [R.] Calistho there stood manifest of shame. Dryden.

iate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. Blackstone. Burrill. -- Mesne profits, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. Burrill.…

Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.

s of morality. By good, good morally so called, "bonum honestum" ought chiefly to be understood. South.

The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.

The next following day; the day subsequent to any day specified or understood. Lev. vii. 16. Till this stormy night is gone, And the eternal morrow dawn. Crashaw.

Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent. All the heavenly choir stood mute, And silence was in heaven. Milton.

on through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.

Obdurate; hard. [Obs.] This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. Milton.

Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. Pope.

e containing eight feet; as, -- Deep'' in|to'' the | dark''ness | peer''ing, | long'' I | stood'' there | wond'''ring, | fear''ing. Poe.

Woden, of the German tribes. There in the Temple, carved in wood, The image of great Odin stood. Longfellow.

ace; as, the book lies on the table, which stands on the floor of a house on an island. I stood on the bridge at midnight. Longfellow.

bs. Bacon. You seem to me as Dian in her orb. Shak. In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb within orb. Milton.

An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts.

To stay beyond. "I have outstood my time." Shak.

a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer. Speechless he stood and pale. Milton. They are not of complexion red or pale. T. Randolph.