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t the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

Resilience. [R.]

monarchy. -- Universal restoration (Theol.), the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.

A flying back; resilience. [Obs.] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon.

r of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. Erskine. Craig. Retention cyst (Med.), a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions.

t again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revels in A after alienation.

The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.

South. I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its "punctum saliens." Collier.

The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses. And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb With sacrilege to dig. Spenser. Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the sp…

Same as Salient.

Salience; onslaught. [Obs.] "So fierce saliaunce." Spenser.

Salience. [Obs.]

y; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to, a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified. God hath from the baginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of t…

A lienculus.

Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein. Splenic apoplexy or fever. (Med.) See Anthrax, n., 3.

A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.

To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]

To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] Shak.

A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).

Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.