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A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli.

A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried. Bouvier.

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.] The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney.

Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.] Till I come, give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13.

To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.

The act of hearing; attention to sounds. Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton.

A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans.

A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidæ. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (or Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.

An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. Mansfield.

To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business. They auspicate all their proceedings. Burke.

To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.

sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. Fleming.

That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

One given to self-worship. [R.]

A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.

To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.

g to an uncle. In these rare instances, the law of pedigree, whether direct or avuncular, gives way. I. Taylor.

a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith. It way awake my bounty further. Shak. No sunny gleam awakes the trees. Keble.…