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Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky. The moon serene in glory mounts the sky. Pope. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. Gray.

In a serene manner; clearly. Now setting Phoebus shone serenely bright. Pope.

Serenity. Feltham.

Gracious; mild; benign. A serene and affable countenance. Tatler.

ithout any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

appiness. So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus Followed with benediction. Milton. Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. Longfellow. Specifically:

Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. "Calm was the day." Spenser. Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. Bryant.

Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. Shak.

thout roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely.

inst him. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. Pope. Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams. B. Taylor.

To deny upon oath. Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! Dryden. To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to peforswear thyself."

tules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop. Gutta serena Etym: [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. -- Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang.

In an indolent manner. Calm and serene you indolently sit. Addison.

l the weight is heaved from off the air, and the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blue infinite embrace us again. J. Martineau.

a sphere. Cf. Ensphere. Bright aërial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air. Milton.

Sunny; serene. [Obs.] "The heavens always joviall." Spenser.

A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance. With lips serenely placid, felt the knot Climb in her throat. Tennyson.

ence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water. A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain. Trench.

ike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble. Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak. Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden.

The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic] A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. Milton.