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d for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.

rmation. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.

ainst places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction. Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell. To put in an appearance, to be present; to appear in person. -- To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.

udden emotion or passion. Musidorus . . . had his wits astonished with sorrow. Sidney. I, Daniel . . . was astonished at the vision. Dan. viii. 27.

Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] Daniel.

in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

e for retirement from the world for religious duties. Fitter for a cloister than a crown. Daniel. Cloister garth (Arch.), the garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters.

ned in, a cloister; recluse. [Written also cloisteral.] Best become a cloistral exercise. Daniel.

Commensality. [Obs.] Daniel . . . declined pagan commensation. Sir T. Browne.

Remorse. [Obs.] "With sad commorse." Daniel.

To lament; to bewail. [Obs.] They might the grievance inwardly complain. Daniel. By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us. Shak.

rook; to put with. [Obs.] The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport. Daniel.

To shake or agitate. "Concussed with uncertainty." Daniel.

ething of value. Then concussion, rapine, pilleries, Their catalogue of accusations fill. Daniel. Concussion fuse (Mil.), one that is ignited by the concussion of the shell when it strikes.

To unite in a legue or confederacy; to ally. With these the Piercies them confederate. Daniel.

Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.

Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." Daniel.

Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.] Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all thing couth, As he had it of God's grace. Gower.

One who credits, believes, or trusts. The easy creditors of novelties. Daniel.

Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.