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In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Hom…

An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.

In a catholic manner; generally; universally. Sir L. Cary.

Universally. [R.] Emerson.

The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.

ade or show. [R. & Colloq.] He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox.

To tell lies; to violate the truth. It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. South.

ate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain. Griffith (Cuvier).

In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.

the ancient worship of heroes. Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind. Carlyle.

s use the Otto (four-stroke) cycle, though many use the two-stroke cycle. They are almost universally trunk engines and single-acting. Because of the intense heat produced by the frequent explosions, the cylinders must be cooled by a water jacket (water-cooled) or by air currents (air cooled) to give the maximum thermo…

Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice. Your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. Shak.

n; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws. In laws, that which is natural bindeth universally; that which is positive, not so. Hooker.

In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.

The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations. Fleming.

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.

To perform eminently, or better than before. From endeavoring universally to top their parts, they will go universally beyond them. Jeffrey.

thin the group. Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the whole animal kingdom has been universally held to be divisible into a small number of main divisions or types. Haeckel.

A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.