and those people placed and things in the world.
End of the world is the final part especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.the end.
The condition having laid aside the affect with a consequence of your actions you administration the policies.
A place in front of a house, inclosed by a wall or fence; in popular place. A place of honor.
A space inclosed by houses, broader than a street; or a space forming a kind of recess from a public street.
A palace; the place of residence of a king or sovereign prince.
The hall, chamber or place where justice is administered.. St Paul was brought into the highest court in Athens.Persons who compose the retinue or council of a king or emperor.Paul the Apostle commonly known as Saint Pauland also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospelof Christ to the first century world.
The persons or judges assembled for hearing and deciding causes, civil, criminal, military, naval or ecclesiastical; as a court of law; a court of chancery; a court martial; a court of admiralty; an ecclesiastical court; court baron; &c. Hence,Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
The art of pleasing; the art of insinuation; civility; flattery; address to gain favor. Hence the phrase, to make court, to attempt to please by flattery and address.In scripture, an inclosed part of the entrance into a palace or house. The tabernacle had one court; the temple, three.
The first was the court of the Gentiles; the second, the court of Israel, in which the people worshiped; the third was the court of the priests, where the priests and Levites exercised their ministry. Hence places of public worship are called the courts of the Lord.In the United States, a legislature consisting of two houses; as the General court of Massachusetts.
The original constitution of Connecticut established a General Court in 1639.A session of the legislature.COURT, In a general sense, to flatter; to endeavor to please by civilities and address; a use of the word derived from the manners of a court.To woo; to solicit for marriage.A thousand court you, though they court in vain.To attempt to gain by address; to solicit; to seek; as, to court commendation or applause.
case an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring. resulting from this incident"is That which a person sets before himself. plan, measure or exertion Romans 1:18-32For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
To reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any
This used to or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced.is this your bag?
"The ambition of men is generally directted purposes, or to both; the acquisition of wealth or of power. We build houses for the purpose of shelter; we labor for the purpose of subsistence.Intention; design.
This sense, however, is hardly to be distinguished from the former; as purpose always includes the end in view.Every purpose is established by counsel. Prov.20.
What good
will this answer? We sometimes labor to no purpose. Men often employ their time, talents and money for very evil purposes.To what purpose is this waste? Matt.26.Instance; example. Not in use.vital role in bringing this or being indicated or .don't listen to this guy"rust mentioned.there was
Of purpose, , with previous design; with the mind directed to that object. On purpose is more generally used, but the true phrase is of purpose.
PUR'POSE, To intend; to design; to resolve; to determine on some end or object to be accomplished.I have purposed it,I will also do it.
Is.46. Eph.3.Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem. Acts. 19 Resolved; having formed a design or resolution; applied to persons.
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Ps.17. time with their own concerns.Interest; importance; moment; that which affects the welfare or happiness.
concerning Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. affect the passions; to take an interest in; to engage by feeling or sentiment.
Acts 28.To relate or belong to, in an emphatical manner; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.Our wars with France have affected
us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation.It much concerns us to secure the favor and protection of God.
To interest of good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. A kind parent concerns himself in the virtuous education of his children.
TheyThey think themselves out of the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor.To disturb; to make uneasy
Little used.To intermeddle.We need not concern ourselves with the affairs of our neighbors.
Concert which relates or belongs to one; business; affair; a very general term, expressing whatever occupies the time and attention, or affects the interests of a person. Intermeddle not in the private concerns of a family.
Religion is the main concern of a rational being have no concern in the private quarrels of our neighbors.
The industrious and prudent occupy
To live in peace, is a matter of no small concern to nation.Mysterious secrets of a high concern, and weighty truths, solid convincing sense, explained by unaffected eloquence.Affection; regard; careful regard; solicitude; anxiety
Why all this concern for the poor things of this life?O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns, and gentle wishes, follow me to battle.An impenitent man feels no concern for his soul.Persons connected in business; or their affairs in general; as a debt due to the whole concern; a loss affecting the whole concern. Mercantile Usage.
All; total; containing the total amount or number, or the entire thing; as the whole earth; the whole world; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; as a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.Unimpaired; unbroken; uninjured.My life is yet whole in me.
2 Samuel 1.Sound; not hurt or sick.They that are whole need not a physician. Matthew 9.Restored to health and soundness; sound; well.Thy faith hath made thee whole. Mark 5.His hand was restored whole.
Mark 3.WHOLE, The entire thing; the entire or total assemblage of parts. The whole of religion is contained in the short precept, Love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself.Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12.A system; a regular combination of parts.
Earth, in its primary sense, signifies the particles which compose the mass of the globe, but more particularly the particles which form the fine mold on the surface of the globe; or it denotes any indefinite mass or portion of that matter.
We throw up earth with a spade or plow; we fill a pit or ditch with earth; we form a rampart with earth. This substance being considered, by ancient philosophers, as simple, was called an element; and in popular language, we still hear of the four elements, fire, air,earth, and water.In chimistry, the term earth was, till lately, employed to denote a simple elementary body or substance, tasteless, inodorous, uninflammable and infusible.
But it has also been applied to substances which have a very sensible alkaline taste, as lime. The primitive earths are reckoned ten in number, viz, silex, alumin, lime, magnesia, baryte, strontian, zircon, glucin, yttria and thorina.
Recent experiments prove that most or all of them are compounds of oxygen with bases, some of which appear to possess the properties of metals. In this case the earths are to be considered as metallic oxyds.The terraqueous globe which we inhabit.
The earth is nearly spherical, but a little flatted at the poles, and hence its figure is called an oblate spheroid. It is one of the primary planets, revolving round the sun in an orbit which is between those of Venus and Mars.
It is nearly eight thousand miles in diameter, and twenty five thousand miles in circumference. Its distance from the sun is about ninety five millions of miles,and its annual revolution constitutes the year of 365 days, 5 hours, and nearly 49 minutes.
The world, as opposed to other scenes of existence.The inhabitants of the globe.The whole earth was of one language. Gen.11.Dry land, opposed to the sea.God called the dry land earth. Gen.1.Country; region; a distinct part of the globe.In this sense, land or soil is more generally used.In scripture, earth is used for a part of the world.
Ezra. 1.2.The ground; the surface of the earth. He fell to the earth. The ark was lifted above the earth.In the second month--was the earth dried. Gen.8.In scripture, things on the earth, are carnal, sensual, temporary things; opposed to heavenly, spiritual or divine things.
Figuratively, a low condition. Rev.12.from ear, L. aro, to plow. The act of turning up the ground in tillage. Not used. EARTH, v.t. To hide in the earth.The fox is earthed.To cover with earth or mold.EARTH, v.i. To retire under ground; to burrow. Here foxes earthed.
and this is the hand In man, the extremity of the arm, consisting of the palm and fingers, connected with the arm at the wrist; the part with which we hold and use any instrument.In falconry, the foot of a hawk; and in the manege, the fore-foot of a horse.
A measure of four inches; a palm applied chiefly to horses; as a horse 14 hands high.Side; part; right or left; as on the one hand or the other. This is admitted on all hands, that is, on all sides, or by all parties.
Act; deed; performance; external action; that is, the effect for the cause,the hand being the instrument of action.Thou sawest the contradiction between my heart and hand.Power of performance; skill.
A friend of mine has a very fine hand on the violin.He had a mind to try his hand at a Spectator.Power of making or producing.An intelligent being coming out of the hands of infinite perfection.
Manner of acting or performance; as, he changed his hand.Agency; part in performing or executing. Punish every man who had a hand in the mischief. We see the hand of God in this event.Conveyance; agency in transmitting.Possession; power. The estate is in the hands of the owner.
The papers are in my hands. The cards held at a game; hence, a game.That which performs the office of the hand or of a finger in pointing; as the hand of a clock; the hour hand, and the minute hand.A person; an agent; a man employed in agency or service.
The mason employs twenty hands.Form of writing; style of penmanship; as a good hand; a bad hand; a fine hand.Agency; service; ministry. Ex.4. Lev.8.In Scripture, the hand of God, is his eternal purpose and executive power. Acts.4.
The providential bounty of God. Ps.104.The power of God exerted in judgments or mercies, in punishing or defending. Judges. 2. Ps.32.The spirit of God; divine influence. 1 Kings 18.The favor of God, or his support. Neh.2. Luke 1.At hand, near; either present and within reach, or not far distant.Your husband is at hand, I hear his trumpet.Near in time; not distant.The day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thess.2.By hand, with the hands,in distinction from the instrumentality of tools, engines or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw or carry by hand.In hand, present payment; in respect to the receiver.
Receiving in hand one year's tribute.In a state of execution. I have a great work in hand.At my hand, at his hand, &c., denote from the person or being.Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?
Job.2.Of hand, in present possession; as,he has a supply of goods on hand.Under one's care or management.Jupiter had a farm on his hands.Off hand, without delay, hesitation or difficulty; immediately; dexterously; without previous preparation.Out of hand, ready payment; with regard to the payer.Let not the wages of any man tarry with thee; but give it him out of hand.To his hand, to my hand, &c., in readiness; already prepared; ready to be received.The work is made to his hands.
Under his hand, under her hand, &c., with the proper writing or signature of the name.This deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.Hand over head, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does.
Little used.Hand over hand, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another, as to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly, as to come up with a chase hand over hand; ;used by seamen.
Hand to hand, in close union; close fight.But from hand to hand is from one person to another.Hand in hand, in union; conjointly; unitedly.To join hand in hand, is to unite efforts and act in concert.Hand in hand, fit; pat; suitable.
Hand to mouth. To live from hand to mouth, is to obtain food and other necessaries, as want requires, without making previous provision, or having an abundant previous supply.
To bear in hand, to keep in expectation; to elude. Not used.To bear a hand, to hasten; a seaman's phrase.To be hand and glove, to be intimate and familiar, as friends or associates.
To set the hand to, to engage in; to undertake.That the Lord thy God may bless thee, in all thou settest thine hand to. Dest.23.To take in hand, to attempt; to undertake. Luke 1. Also, to seize and deal with.
To have a hand in, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency in.To put the last hand or finishing hand to, to complete; to perfect; to make the last corrections, or give the final polish.
To change hands, to change sides; to shift.Hand, in the sense of rate, price, terms, conditions, as used by Bacon, Taylor, &c., is obsolete; as, "to buy at a dear hand;" "accept the mystery, but at no hand wrest it by pride or ignorance."
So in the sense of advantage, gain, superiority, as used by Hayward; and in that of competition, content, as used by Shakespeare.To get hand, to gain influence, is obsolete.
A heavy hand, severity or oppression.A light hand, gentleness; moderation.A strict hand, severe discipline; rigorous government.Hands off, a vulgar phrase for keep off, forbear.pour water on the hands, in the phraseology of the Scriptures, is to serve or minister to. 2 Kings 3.To wash the hands, to profess in innocence.
Matt.27.To kiss the hand, imports adoration. Job.31.To lean on the hand, imports familiarity. 2 Kings.5.To strike hands, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior.
Prov.17.Putting the hand under the thigh, was an ancient ceremony used in swearing.To give the hand, is to make a covenant with one, or to unite with him in design. 2 Kings.10.The stretching out of the hand, denotes an exertion of power. But,
The stretching out of the hand to God, imports earnest prayer or solemn dedication of one's self to him. Ps.68, and 143.The lifting of the hand, was used in affirmation and swearing, and in prayer imported a solemn wishing of blessings from God. Gen.14.
Lev.19.To lift the hand against a superior, to rebel. 2 Sam.20.To put forth the hand against one, to kill him. 1 Sam.24.To put one's hand to a neighbor's goods, to steal them. Ex.22.To lay hands on in anger, to assault or seize, or to smite. Ex.24. Is.11.
To lay the hand on the mouth, imports silence. Job.40.The laying on of hands, was also a ceremony used in consecrating one to office. Num.27. 1 Tim.4.It was also used in blessing persons.
Mark 10.Hiding the hand in the bosom, denotes idleness; inactivity; sluggishness. Prov.19.The clapping of hands, denotes joy and rejoicing. But in some instances, contempt or derision, or joy at the calamities of others.
Ps.47. Ezek.25.A station at the right hand is honorable, and denotes favor, approbation or honor. A station on the left hand is less honorable.
Matt.20.standing at the right hand of men, imports his regard for them, and his readiness to defend and assist them.
Ps.16.Satan's standing at the right hand of men, imports his readiness to accuse them, or to hinder or torment them. Zech.3.Clean hands, denotes innocence and a blameless and holy life. Ps.24.A slack hand, denotes idleness; carelessness; sloth. Prov.10.The right hand, denotes power; strength. Ex.15.HAND,
To give or transmit with the hand.Hand me a book.To lead, guide and lift with the hand; to conduct. To manage; as, I hand my oar.To seize; to lay hands on. Not used.In seamanship, to furl; to wrap or roll a sail close to the yard, stay or mast, and fasten it with gaskets.
To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. Fables are handed down from age to age.HAND'ED, pp. Given or transmitted by the hands; conducted; furled.HAND'ED, a. With hands joined.
In composition, as right-handed,most dextrous or strong with the right hand; having the right hand most able and ready.Left-handed,having the left hand most strong and convenient for principal use
that is stretched To draw out to greater length; to extend in a line; as, to stretch a cord or a rope.To extend in breadth; as, to stretch cloth.
To spread; to expand; as, to stretch the wings. To reach; to extend.Stretch thine hand to the poor.To spread; to display; as, to stretch forth the heavens.To draw or pull out in length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
To make tense; to strain.So the stretchd cord the shackled dancer tries.To extend mentally; as, to stretch the mind or thoughts.To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch ones credit.
STRETCH, v.i.To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both. A wet hempen cord or cloth contracts; in drying, it stretches. To be extended; to spread; as, a lake stretches over a hundred miles of earth.
Lake Erie stretches from Niagara nearly to Huron. Hence,To stretch to, is to reach.To be extended or to bear extension without breaking, as elastic substances
The inner membrane--because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.To sally beyond the truth; to exaggerate. A man who is apt to stretch, has less credit than others.In navigation, to sail; to direct a course.
It is often understood to signify to sail under a great spread of canvas close hauled. In this it differs from stand, which implies no press of sail. We were standing to the east, when we saw a ship stretching to the southward.
To make violent efforts in running.STRETCH, n.Extension in length or in breadth; reach; as a great stretch of wings.Effort; struggle; strain.
Those put lawful authority upon the stretch to the abuse of power, under color of prerogative.Force of body; straining.By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain.Utmost extent of meaning.
Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind.Utmost reach of power.This is the utmost stretch that nature can.In sailing, a tack; the reach or extent of progress on one tack.Course; direction; as the stretch of seams of coal.stretched
STRETCHED, pp. Drawn out in length; extended; exerted to the utmost.stretching STRETCHING, ppr. Drawing out in length; extending; spreading; exerting force.
out moving or appearing to move away from a particular place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden.he walked out into the street"situated far or at a particular distance from somewhere."an old farmhouse right out in the middle of nowhere"
over extending directly upward from."I saw flames over Berlin"allEvery one, or the whole number of particulars.
The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength. This word signifies then, the whole or entire thing, or all the parts or particulars which compose it.
It always precedes the definitive adjectives, the, my, thy, his, our, your, their; as, all the cattle; all my labor; all thy goods; all his wealth; all our families; all your citizens; all their property.
This word, not only in popular language, but in the scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the cattle in Egypt died; all Judea and all the region round about Jordan; all men held John as a prophet; are not to be understood in a literal sense, but as including a large part or very great numbers.This word is prefixed to many other words, to enlarge their signification; as already, always, all-prevailing.
ALL, adv. Wholly; completely; entirely; as all along; all bedewed; all over; my friend is all for amusement; I love my father all. In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all so long, this word retains its appropriate sense; as,"he thought them six-pence all too dear," that is, he thought them too dear by the sum of sixpence. In the sense of although, as, "all were it as the rest," and in the sense of just, or at the moment, as "all as his straying flock he fed," it is obsolete, or restricted to poetry.It is all one is a phrase equivalent to the same thing in effect; that is, it is wholly the same thing.All the better is equivalent to wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference.
ALLThe whole number; as, all have not the same disposition; that is, all men.The whole; the entire thing; the aggregate amount; as, our all is at stake.And Laban said, all that thou seest is mine. Gen. 31.This adjective is much used as a noun, and applied to persons or things.All in all is a phrase which signifies, all things to a person, or every thing desired.Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee,
Forever.When the words, and all close an enumeration of particulars, the word all is either intensive, or is added as a general term to express what is not enumerated; as a tree fell, nest, eagles and all.
At all is a phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences. He has no ambition at all; that is, not in the least degree. Has he any property at all?All and some, in Spenser, Mason interprets, one and all. But from Lye's Saxon Dictionary, it appears that the phrase is a corruption of the Sax. ealle at somne, all together, all at once, from somne, together, at once.
See Lye under Some.All in the wind, in seamen's language, is a phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake.All is well is a watchman's phrase, expressing a state of safety.
All, in composition, enlarges the meaning, or adds force to a word; and it is generally more emphatical than most. In some instances, all is incorporated into words, as in almighty, already, always; but in most instances, it is an adjective prefixed to other words, but separated by a hyphen.
A body of people inhabiting the same country, or united under the same sovereign or government; as the English nation; the French nation. It often happens that many nations are subject to one government; in which case, the word nation usually denotes a body of people speaking the same language, or a body that has formerly been under a distinct government, but has been conquered, or incorporated with a larger nation.
Thus the empire of Russia comprehends many nations, as did formerly the Roman and Persian empires. Nation, as its etymology imports, originally denoted a family or race of men descended from a common progenitor, like tribe, but by emigration, conquest and intermixture of men of different families, this distinction is in most countries lost.A great number, by way of emphasis.
the Lord A master; a person possessing supreme power and authority; a ruler; a governor.Man over man he made not lord.But now I was the lord of this fair mansion.A tyrant; an oppressive ruler.
A husband. in bitterness of soul deplores my absent daughter, and my dearer lord.My lord also being old. Gen. 18.A baron; the proprietor of a manor; as the lord of the manor.
A nobleman; a title of honor in Great Britain given to those who are noble by birth or creation; a peer of the realm, including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons. Archbishops and bishops also, as members of the house of lords, are lords of parliament. Thus we say, lords temporal and spiritual.
By courtesy also the title is given to the sons of dukes and marquises, and to the eldest sons of earls. An honorary title bestowed on certain official characters; as lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, &c.In scripture, the Supreme Being; Jehovah. When Lord, in the Old Testament, is prints in capitals,
it is the translation of JEHOVAH, and so might, with more propriety, be rendered. The word is applied to Christ, Ps. 110. Col. 3. and to the Holy Spirit, 2Thess. 3. As a title of respect, it is applied to kings, Gen. 40. 2Sam. 19. to princes and nobles, Gen 42. Dan. 4. to a husband, Gen. 18. to a prophet, 1Kings 18. 2Kings 2. and to a respectable person, Gen. 24. Christ is called the Lord of glory, 1Cor. 2. and Lord of lords, Rev. 19.LORD, v.t. To invest with the dignity and privileges of a lord.LORD,
To domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; sometimes followed by over, and sometimes by it, in the manner of a transitive verb.The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss.I see them lording it in London streets.They lorded over them whom now they serve.
of hosts 1. One who entertains another at his own house, without reward.Homer never entertained guests or hosts with long speeches.One who entertains another at his house for reward; an innkeeper; a landlord.
A guest; one who is entertained at the house of another. The innkeeper says of the traveler,he has a good host,and the traveler says of his landlord, he has a kind host. See Guest.HOST, n. L. hostis, a stranger, an enemy. The sense is probably transferred from a single foe to an army of foes.An army; a number of men embodied for war.Any great number or multitude.
HOST, n. L. hostia, a victim or sacrifice, from hostis, an enemy.In the Romish church, the sacrifice of the mass, or the consecrated wafer, representing the body of Christ, or as the Catholics allege, transubstantiated into his own body.HOST, v.i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. Little used.HOST, v.t. To give entertainment to. Not used. person present: has possess, own, or hold.
purposed,
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure or exertion.
We believe the Supreme Being created intelligent beings for some benevolent and glorious purpose, and if so, how glorious and benevolent must be his purpose in the plan of redemption! The ambition of men is generally directed to one of two purposes, or to both; the acquisition of wealth or of power. We build houses for the purpose of shelter; we labor for the purpose of subsistence.
Intention; design. This sense, however, is hardly to be distinguished from the former; as purpose always includes the end in view.
Every purpose is established by counsel. Prov.20.
Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. Eph.1.
End; effect; consequence, good or bad. What good purpose will this answer? We sometimes labor to no purpose. Men often employ their time, talents and money for very evil purposes.
To what purpose is this waste? Matt.26.Instance; example. Not in use.Conversation. Not in use. Of purpose, on purpose, with previous design; with the mind directed to that object. On purpose is more generally used, but the true phrase is of purpose.
PUR'POSE,v.t. To intend; to design; to resolve; to determine on some end or object to be accomplished. I have purposed it,I will also do it. Is.46. Eph.3.Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem. Acts. 19.
PUR'POSED, pp. Intended; designed; applied to things.Resolved; having formed a design or resolution; applied to persons.I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Ps.17. and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
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