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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



prating, on the contrary, is the consequence of ignorance 



and childish assumption ; a prattler has all 



f an uncontammateu mind; a prater i- forward. 



Baellx. III. i :-e*e terms are both employed to mod- 

 ify the actions or qualm. iuit badly is always 

 annexed to the action, and ill to the quality: I 



X badly, the thins is badly done, an ill-judged 



Band* Company* Crew*, Gang^i U these terms de- 



note a small association for a particular object ; a band 

 is an aasociat .en are bound together by some 



strong obligation, whether taken in a good or bad sense. 

 as a band of soldiers, a ban : ..mpany 



marks an associate . mcnce, without any par- 



U a coini>any of traveler-, a eoin])any 

 marks an association collected 



together by some external power, or by coincidence of 

 plan and motive; in the former M 1 for a 



:i the latter ami i 'he word it is 



employ* evil-minded persons met 



together from different quarter-, and CO-Operating for 

 some bad purpose; gang is used in a bad sense for an 

 association of thieves, murderers, and depredators in 



chnical sense for those who work 



I., i: uii-li. i:\ilc. i:\pel. Banishment follows from 

 exile either by the necessity of cir- 

 r an order of authority; banishment is a 

 disgraceful punishment inflicted by tribunals upon de- 

 ace incurred without dishonor; 



exile remove- us from our country; banishment drives 

 us from it ignominioualy. 



Bare. Scanty. Destitute. Bare respects what serves 



;y that which is provided by others. 



-upply i- scanty; destitute is 



intever one wants. One is destitute 



of frit in-es, or of comforts. 



I I'.. . i:\ist. *>uh-i-t. We >ay of qualities, of 

 f actions, of arrangement, of movement, and of 

 Terent relation, whether real, ideal, or qualifi- 

 :ie; we say of matter, of spirit, of 

 :d of all substances, that they exist. Man is 

 man. and will be man under all circumstances and 

 changes of life; he exists under every known climate 

 ety of heat or cold in the atmosphere. Every- 

 thing which subsists depends for its existence upon the 



I life. 



To He. Become, (iron. 1'e is positive; become is 



: a per.-on is what he is without regard to what 



he becomes that which he was not before; to 



grow is to become by a gradual process; a man may 



:i nood man from a vicious one. in consequence 



len action on his mind; but he grows in wisdom 



and virtue by means of an increase in knowledge and 



To Hear. Yield. Hear conveys the idea of creating 

 within itself; yield, that of giving from itself. Animals 

 bear their young; inanimate objects yield their produce. 

 lo I: i. Overpower, Kout, Overthrow. 



A general is beaten in important engagements; he is de- 

 ^id may be routed in partial attacks; he is over- 

 . by numbers, and overthrown in set engagements. 

 He;:ntiful. line. Handsome, Pretty. When taken 

 in relation to : .-. oman is beautiful who, in fea- 



ture and complexion, possesses a grand assemblage of 

 .man i- fine who. with a striking figure, 

 ape and symmetry; a woman is handsome who 

 i feature-; and pretty if with symmetry of fea- 

 united delicacy. Beautiful, fine, and pretty are 

 applied indifferently to works of nature and art; hand- 

 some mn-tly to those of art only; a beautiful picture, 

 drawing, a pretty cap, and handsome furni- 

 ture. 



niitiir. Comely, (iraceful. Becoming respects 

 rations of the person, and the exterior deport- 

 ment; com- : natural embellishments; grace- 

 ful, natural or artificial accomplishments; manner is 

 becoming; figure in comely; air, figure or attitude is 

 graceful. 



To |{i--_'. Desire. To be- marks the wish; to desire. 

 the will and determination. Beg is the act of ;m infe- 

 rior, or one in a subordinate condition; desire is the act 

 of a superior; we beg a thing as a favor; we de.-ire it 

 as a r 



To Ueg. lleseec b. Solicit, Entreat, Supplicate, 

 Implore. Crave. l> bc^r denotes a state of want; to 

 beseech, entreat, and solicit, a state of urgent neee.-.-it y ; 

 supplicate, and implore, a state of abject distress; crave, 

 the lowest state of physical want. One begs with im- 

 portunity; beseeches with earnestness; entreats by the 

 force of reasoning and strong representation ; one solicits 

 by virtue of one's interest ; supplicates by an humble 



implores by every mark of dejection and 

 humiliation. 



To Begin. ( omincnce. Enter Tpon. To begin 



the order of time; to commence, the exertion 

 of setting about a thing. Begin is opposed to end; 

 commence to complete; a person begins a thing with a 

 ending it; he commences a thing with a view 

 of completing it; to enter upon denotes that of first 

 doing what has not been tried before. 



Uclief, Credit, Trust, Faith. Belief and credit are 

 particular actions or sentiments; trust and faith are 

 permanent dispositions of the mind. Things are en- 

 titled to our belief; persons are entitled to our credit ; 

 but people repose a trust in others; or have a faith in 

 others. Belief is purely speculative; and trust and 

 faith are operative: the former operates on the mind; 

 the latter on the outward conduct. Trust in God serves 

 to dispel all anxious concern about the future 



Beneficent, Bountiful or Bounteous, Munificent* 

 (ienerous. Liberal. The sincere well-wisher to fel- 

 low-creatures is beneficent according to his means; 

 he is bountiful in providing for the comfort and happi- 

 ness of others; he is munificent in dispensing favors; 

 he is generous in imparting his property; he is liberal in 

 all he does. Beneficence and bounty are characteristics 

 of the Deity as well as of his creatures. 



Benevolence, Benignity, Humanity, Kindness, 

 Tenderness. Benevolence lies in the will; benignity 

 in the disposition or frame of mind; humanity lies in the 

 heart; kindness and tenderness in the affections; benev- 

 olence indicates a general good-will to all mankind; 

 benignity, particular goodness or kindness of disposition; 

 humanity is a general tone of feeling; kindness and ten- 

 derness are particular modes of feeling. 



To Bereave, Deprive, Strip. To bereave expresses 

 more than deprive, but less than strip, which denotes a 

 total and violent bereavement; one is bereaved of chil- 

 dren, deprived of pleasures, and stripped of property: 

 we are bereaved of that on which we set most value; 

 the act of bereaving does violence to our inclination: 

 we are deprived of the ordinary comforts and conven- 

 iences of life; they cease to be ours; we are stripped of 

 the things which we most want; we are thereby ren- 

 dered, as it were, naked. 



Besides, Except. Besides (v. moreover), which is 

 here taken as a preposition, expresses the idea of addi- 

 tion; except expresses that of exclusion. There were 

 many there besides ourselves; no one except ourselves 

 will be admitted. 



Bishopric, Diocese. Both these words describe 

 the extent of an episcopal jurisdiction; the first with 

 relation to the person who officiates, the second with 

 relation to the charge. There may, therefore, be a 

 bishopric either where there are many dioceses or no 

 diocese; but according to the import of the term, there 

 is properly no diocese where there is no bishopric. 



To Blame, Censure, Condemn, Reprove, Re- 

 proach, Upbraid. To blame is simply to ascribe a fault 

 to; to censure is to express disapprobation: the former 

 is less personal than the latter. The thing more than 

 the person is blamed; the person more than the thing is 

 censured. A person may be blamed for his good nature, 

 and censured for his negligence; that which is con- 

 demned is of a more serious nature, and produces a 

 stronger and more unfavorable expression of displeasure 

 or disapprobation, than that which is blamed; reprove 

 is even more personal than censure. A reproof passes 

 from one individual to another, or to a certain number 

 of individuals; reproaching and upbraiding are as much 

 the acts of individuals as reproving, but the former de- 

 note the expression of personal feelings, and may be just 

 or unjust; the latter is presumed to be divested of all 

 personal feelings. 



Blemish, Stain, Spot, Speck, Flaw, Defect, Fault. 

 Whatever takes off from the seemliness of appearance is 

 a blemish. In works of art the slightest dimness of color, 

 or want of proportion, is a blemish. A stain or spot 

 sufficiently characterizes itself, as that which is super- 

 fluous and out of its place; a speck is a, small spot: arid 

 a flaw, which is confined to hard substances, mostly con- 

 sists of a faulty indenture on the outer surface. A blem- 

 i-h tarnishes;' a slain spoils; a spot, speck, or flaw 

 disfigures; defect consists in the want of some specific 

 propriety in an object; fault conveys the idea not only 

 of some! lung wrong, but, also of its relation to t he ant hor. 

 There is a blemish in fine china; a defect in the springs 

 of a clock; and a fault in the contrivance. 



To Blot Out, Expunge, Rase or Erase, Efface, 

 Cancel, Obliterate. Letters are blotted out, so that 

 they cannot be seen again; they are expunged, so as to 

 signify that they cannot stand for anything; they are 

 eraser!, so that, the space may be reoccupied with writing; 

 efface does not designate cither the manner or the object: 



