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True; real; actual; veritable. Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. Gen. xxvii. 21. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Prov. xvii. 9. The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness. Milton. I looked on the consideration of public service or…

Opposed to slavery. -- n.

lity of being brave; fearless; intrepidity. Remember, sir, my liege, . . . The natural bravery of your isle. Shak.

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

= Columbus Day, above.

The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

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

Every one. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ed 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.

Feverish. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving. Either of picture or gravery and embossing. Holland.

Want of discovery. [Obs.]