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Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17. You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.

In a clear manner.

In a curvilinear manner.

In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.

Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.

In a linear manner; with lines.

In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells. Milton.

Early. [Obs.] Beau. & Ft.

Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.

e, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in far).

rding to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.

The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan. Kitto.

To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.

Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . . about three thousand men." Exod. xxii. 28.

A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

-- Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

To believe; to credit; to put trust in. The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.

fth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.