ABUND'ANCE, n. Great plenty; an overflowing quantity; ample sufficiency; in strictness applicable to quantity only; but customarily used of number, as an abundance of peasants.In scripture, the abundance of the rich is great wealth. Eccl. 5. Mark, 7. Luke 21.The abundance of the seas is great plenty of fish. Deut. 33.It denotes also fullness, overflowing, as the abundance of the heart. Mat. 22. Luke, 6.
abundant Plentiful; in great quantity; fully sufficient; as an abundant supply. In scripture, abounding; having in great quantity; overflowing with.The Lord God is abundant in goodness and truth. Ex. xxxiv.Abundant number, in arithmetic, is one, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the sum of 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 3.
PEACE, to appease.In a general sense, a state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; applicable to society, to individuals, or to the temper of the mind.Freedom from war with a foreign nation; public quiet. Freedom from internal commotion or civil war.Freedom from private quarrels, suits or disturbance.Freedom from agitation or disturbance by the passions, as from fear, terror, anger, anxiety or the like; quietness of mind; tranquillity; calmness; quiet of conscience.Great peace have they that love the law. Ps.119.Heavenly rest; the happiness of heaven.Harmony; concord; a state of reconciliation between parties at variance.Public tranquillity; that quiet,order and security which is guaranteed by the laws; as, to keep the peace; to break the peace.This word is used in commanding silence or quiet; as, peace to this troubled soul.Peace, the lovers are asleep.To be at peace, to be reconciled; to live in harmony.To make peace, to reconcile, as parties at variance.To hold the peace, to be silent; to suppress one's thoughts; not to speak.
LOVE,In a general sense to be pleased with; to regard with affection, on account of some qualities which excite pleasing sensations or desire of gratification. We love a friend, on account of some qualities which give us pleasure in his society. We love a man who has done us a favor; in which case, gratitude enters into the composition of our affection. We love our parents and our children, on account of their connection with us, and on account of many qualities which please us. We love to retire to a cool shade in summer. We love a warm room in winter. we love to hear an eloquent advocate. The christian loves his Bible. In short, we love whatever gives us pleasure and delight, whether animal or intellectual; and if our hearts are right, we love God above all things, as the sum of all excellence and all the attributes which can communicate happiness to intelligent beings. In other words, the christian loves God with the love of complacency in his attributes, the love of benevolence towards the interest of his kingdom, and the love of gratitude for favors received.Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind -Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Matt. 22.To have benevolence or good will for. John 3.
LOVE, An affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth of any kind, or by the qualities of an object which communicate pleasure, sensual or intellectual. It is opposed to hatred. Love between the sexes, is a compound affection, consisting of esteem, benevolence, and animal desire. Love is excited by pleasing qualities of any kind, as by kindness, benevolence, charity, and by the qualities which render social intercourse agreeable. In the latter case, love is ardent friendship, or a strong attachment springing from good will and esteem, and the pleasure derived from the company, civilities and kindness of others.Between certain natural relatives, love seems to be in some cases instinctive. Such is the love of a mother for her child, which manifests itself toward an infant, before any particular qualities in the child are unfolded. This affection is apparently as strong in irrational animals as in human beings.We speak of the love of amusements, the love of books, the love of money, and the love of whatever contributes to our pleasure or supposed profit.The love of God is the first duty of man, and this springs from just views of his attributes or excellencies of character, which afford the highest delight to the sanctified heart. Esteem and reverence constitute ingredients in this affection, and a fear of offending him is its inseparable effect Courtship; chiefly in the phrase, to make love, that is, to court; to woo; to solicit union in marriage.Patriotism; the attachment one has to his native land; as the love of country.Benevolence; good will.God is love. 1John The object beloved.The lover and the love of human kind.A word of endearment.Trust me, love.Picturesque representation of love.Such was his form as painters, when they show their utmost art, on naked loves bestow.Lewdness.He is not lolling on a lewd love-bed.A thin silk stuff. Obs.Love in idleness, a kind of violet.Free of love, a plant of the genus Cercis.
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