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the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general. Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene. Goldsmith.

out. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare. One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. Shak. Give out you are of Epidamnum. Shak.

The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediæval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.

A steward; an overseer. [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ. John Knox.

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. To grind the subject or defraud the prince. Dryden.

Solidly; deeply; thoroughly. [Obs.] Those whom princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die as sure us fate. Marston.

To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.] And tell me, best of princes, who he was That guested here so late. Chapman.

essure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.

the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like. "Their princes and heads." Robynson (More's Utopia). The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. Tillotson. Your head I him appoint. Milton.

With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as, he heartily assisted the prince. To eat heartily, to eat freely and with relish. Addison.

Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. "Princelike and hegemonical." Fotherby.

Of this; concerning this; from this; hence. Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. Shak.

who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs. Milton.

A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness. Shak.

A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.

amine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind. Roscommon. A prince of a pleasant humor. Bacon. I like not the humor of lying. Shak.

A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.

g; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages. Shak. His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. Macaulay.

placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince. I see thou art implacable. Milton. An object of implacable enmity. Macaulay.

be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable. A prince whose political vices, at least, were imputable to mental incapacity. Prescott.