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to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire. Lo! of themselves th' enlivened chessmen move. Cowley.

as that it needed not enrolling. Milton. All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves. Prescott.

n which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]

are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. Addison.

dition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey.

To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.] All exonerate themselves into one common duct. Ray.

To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to Ant: contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevol…

To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.] Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker.

Tumult; discord; dissension. They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves. Clarendon.

use the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. -- Fatty clays. See under Clay. -- Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and rep…

. Shak. To fence the tables (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. McCheyne.

o diminish her lines gradually. I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. Browning.

the feathers necessary for flight. The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L'Estrange.

re. Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. Matt. xxiv. 20. Fain by flight to save themselves. Shak.

A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves.

eth forever. Ps. cxxxvi. 1. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Shak. For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." Robynson (More's Utopia). -- For why.…

ion. He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves. Addison.

uture, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. Blackstone.

the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. Franciscan Brothers, pious laymen who devote themselves to useful works, such as manual labor schools, and other educational institutions; -- called also Brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis. -- Franciscan Nuns, nuns who follow the rule of t. Francis, esp. those of th…