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is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. Hooker. And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. Pope.

e defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii. 2. Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. Hooker.

Not hasty or sudden; slow. Hooker. His enunciation was so deliberate. W. Wirt.

conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." Dryden. An argument necessary and demonstrative. Hooker.

or naturalized occupants. There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. J. D. Hooker.

A gift or offering to God. [Obs.] Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up. Hooker.

-- usually with from. If we did derogate from them whom their industry hath made great. Hooker. It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. Burke.

enealogy; a generation. No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. Hooker.

ifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer. "The love of public devotion." Hooker.

Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way. Hooker. The precepts directive of our practice in relation to God. Barrow.

terms. No man hath hitherto been so impious as plainly and directly to condemn prayer. Hooker.

(face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. -- Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. -- Discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. -- True discount, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the…

One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.

organized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government. The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.

Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.

To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.

thing by the separation of its parts; ruin. To make a present dissolution of the world. Hooker.

To take away therefore that error, which confusion breedeth, distinction is requisite. Hooker.

roubler. A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension. Hooker.

Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [R.] Hooker.