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ght this distaste arise If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. J. Webster.

Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply pool. Thomson.

Pimpled.

ely; barely. [They] make that now good or evil, . . . which otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the other. Hooker. Simply the thing I am Shall make me live. Shak.

Causing, or implying, abdication. [R.] Bailey.

no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.

satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as…

Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to Ant: sedentary or to Ant: tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.

Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] Lamb.

A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan.

Solely; simply; exclusively.

by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy. When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical. J. S. Mill.

of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense. E. A. Freeman.

Approving, or implying approbation. Milner.

Giving or implying assent. -- As*sent"ing*ly, adv.

To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.

Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. Barrow.

Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. With the most arrogant audacity. Joye.

pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.