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Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill.

imate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill.

A receptible thing. [R.] Glanvill.

eiving or containing; as, a receptive mind. Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. Glanvill.

Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable. Glanvill. -- Rec`om*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Rec`om*mend"a*bly, adv.

and exercise recruit the spirits. Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their color. Glanvill.

To oppose. [R.] Glanvill.

aid already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. Glanvill.

roximate or acting directly; primary; distant. "From the effect to the remotest cause." Granville.

contest; a combat, action, or engagement. The justling chiefs in rude rencounter join. Granville.

ll, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. Granville.

To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart. Granville.

cle. Women to cards may be compared: we play A round or two; which used, we throw away. Granville. The feast was served; the bowl was crowned; To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round. Prior.

One who scribles; a literary hack. The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine. Granville.

olloq.] Is he sure that objects are not otherwise sensed by others than they are by him Glanvill.

Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.

love, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyed. Granville.

o break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. Granville.

A mean, sneaking fellow. A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. Glanvill.

Weak in character; impressible. The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's. Glanvill.