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red in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite bumber. Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. Every door and window was adorned with wreaths of flowers. Macaulay.

Every person.

Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes. The mechanical drudgery of his everyday employment. Sir. J. Herchel.

Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one.

to the subject under consideration; all things. More wise, more learned, more just, more everything. Pope.

At any or all times; every instant. [R.] "Eternal law is silently present everywhere and everywhen." Carlyle.

In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.

Ubiquity; omnipresence. [R.] Grew.

each one; every one; each of two. See Every. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Every one. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feverish. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. Locke.

Same as Reverie.

A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling. [Written also civery.]

The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness. Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest. South.

In the morning; every morning. [Obs.] And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher.

e English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study. Bacon. The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of…

Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you." Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." Prov. iii. 3.