GLOSSARY 



E = Essay, F = Essay Of Fame, C = Co/ours of Good and Evil. 

 References to The Advancement of Learning are by pages. 

 To some of the longer explanations W. is added to emphasize 

 obligations to Mr. Aldis Wright's glossary to the Essays. 



Abate : lit. to beat down ; hence to 

 blunt, depress. E. ix. xxiv. 



Able : sufficient, capable. E. xxix. 



Above : more than. E. Ivi. 



Absolute: perfect. 241. 



Abuse : deception. E. xlix. To 

 deceive. E. xlii. 



Abusing : deceiving, mockery. E. 

 xxii. 



Acatalepsia: a Greek word used by 

 the Academics to denote the im- 

 possibility of attaining certain 

 knowledge. 294. 



Accept of: to approve, receive with 

 favour. E. iii. 



Acception : acceptation, i.e. mean- 

 ing. 260. 



Accidents (in disease) : symptoms. 

 177. 



Account, make : to reckon, con- 

 sider. E. xxxiii. 



Account upon: to reckon. E. xxxi. 



Accumulate: loaded. 181. 



Act: action. E. xi. 



Actor : a speaker, orator, like the 

 Lat. actor. E. xxv. 



Aculeate : pointed. E. Ivii. 



Adamant : a load-stone, magnet. 

 E. xviii. 



Addition: title. 245. 



Adeption: obtaining. 243. 



Admirable : wonderful. E. xxvii. 

 Admittance, by : by admission. E. 



xxvi. 



Ado : bustle. E. ix. 

 Adust : parched, burnt up. E. 



xxxvi. 

 Adventure : sb. chance, fortune. 



E. i. Risk. E. liv. v.i. to 



venture. E. xlii. 

 Advertisements: information. 249. 

 Advised : deliberate. E. xviii. Ivi. 

 Advoutress : an adulteress. E. xix. 

 Aequinoctia : the equinoxes. E. 



xv. 

 Affect : to aim at, desire, have a 



liking for. E. i. ix. xiii. xxii. 



xxxviii. xlvii. 



Affection : desire, liking. E. vii. 

 After : afterwards. E. xxi. xxix. 



Iviii. According, xxxix. 

 Aim at, Take an : to estimate. 



E. xvii. 



All one : the same. E. xxix. Iviii. 

 Allow : to approve. E. xviii. xxvi. 



Hi. 



Allowance: approval. 186. 

 Allusive: figurative. 251. 

 Almaigne : Germany. E. Iviii. 

 Almost : generally. E. xliii. 

 Ambages : roundabout methods. 



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