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To go up; to ascend. [Obs.] So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser.

To move or be moved; to excite. [Obs.] Spenser.

y extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. Shak.

of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yield fragrant oils,…

ce near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.

tedness; as, he recited the story with great animation. Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.

The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser.

. There are many species in Africa and Asia. The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.

odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure. Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser.

One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535. Mosheim.

he flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser.

; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.

With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser. A visible triumph of the gospel drawapace. I. Taylor.

notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.

to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [Obs.] And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser.

The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.] Spenser.

Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency th…

rson, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [Obs.] An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield.