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A companion or companions. To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. Shak.

rm; -- usually followed by with. Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or forbidden in our law. Milton. They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images. Tillotson. He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. Hudibras.

ried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.

Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]

Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne.

Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson.

m one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors. It forbids pride . . . and commands humility, modesty, and condescension to others. Tillotson. Such a dignity and condescension . . . as are suitable to a superior nature. Addison.

from the cone- shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

pillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperas, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

onscience clause, a clause in a general law exempting persons whose religious scruples forbid compliance therewith, -- as from taking judicial oaths, rendering military service, etc. -- Conscience money, stolen or wrongfully acquired money that is voluntarily restored to the rightful possessor. Such money paid into th…

parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind suceeding one another without interruption.

nt by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation. N. Biddle.

defined. Bagehot. This was my original contention, and I still maintain that you should abide by your former decision. Jowett.

Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15.

To remain ina given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. Milton. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. Matt. xv. 32.

Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.

An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.

To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.

To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles. Harvey.

To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Ex. xx. 17.