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To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine. Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James adored. Smollett.

. of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

to affect ignorance. Careless she is with artful care, Affecting to seem unaffected. Congreve. Thou dost affect my manners. Shak.

nners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. A train of agreeable reveries. Goldsmith.

Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.

upport, either by furnishing strength or means in coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist. You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. Shak.

A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.

A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.

otality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.

his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

g of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.

d of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. -- To cast anchor, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. -- To cat the anchor, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. -- To fish the anchor, to hoist the flukes to th…

A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

at wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course Holland. This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.

To prevent. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

mething beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.

Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.

Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. -- n.