care 
He [Sir Thomas More] thought any unusual degree of sor- 
row uml rnmvrii improper on such an occasion [his death) 
as had nothing in it which could deject or terrify him. 
A: Vi'xim, Spectator, No. 349. 
Ciin your Niliritinli' alter the cause or unravel the in- 
tricacy of human events? Blair, Sermons. 
Education is the only interest worthy the deep, control- 
ling anxit'tii of the thoughtful man. 
IT. Phillips, Speeches, Idols. 
care (kar), v. i. ; pret. and pp. cared, ppr. car- 
ing. 
grieve 
ron, lament, complain, = OHG. karoii, eharon, 
complain, = Goth, karon, be anxious; cf. Icel. 
l.-in-ti = Sw. kfira = Dan. ktere, complain ; from 
the noun.] If. To feel grief or sorrow ; grieve. 
Ther ne ne sehulen heo IKMHT karien ne swinken. 
Old fiit;r. llontilu'x (ed. Morris), I. 193. 
Be ay of chier as light as lef on lynde, 
And let hem cure and wepe and wrynjr and wayle. 
Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 1135. 
2. To be anxious or solicitous ; be concerned 
or interested: commonly with about or for. 
Master, careat thou not that we perish ? Mark iv. 38. 
Our cause then must lie intrusted to and conducted hy 
its own undoubted friends, those whose hands are free, 
whose hearts are in the work, who do care for the result. 
Lincoln, Speech before 111. State Convention, 1858. 
3. To be inclined or disposed ; have a desire : 
often with for. 
Not cariny to observe the wind. Waller. 
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careenage (ka-re'naj), . [< careen + -a 
after F. oarmage,'] 1. A place in which 
careen a ship. 
The scourings of slave-ships had been thrown out at the 
ports of debarkation to mix with the mud of creeks, ca- 
reenages, and mangrove swamps. 
N. A. Rev., CXXXIX. 340. 
2. The cost of careening. 
career (ka-rer'), . [Early mod. E. careere, 
carrccr, carrier, careire, < F. carriere, now car- 
ing. [< ME. caren, carien, be anxious, be riire roadi race-course, course, career, < OF. 
?neved, < AS. cm, be anxious, = OS. ka- car i erc , a road (= Pr. carriera = Sp. carrcra = 
Pg. carreira = It. carriera, career), < carter, 
transport in a vehicle, carry: see carry.] 1. 
The ground on which a race is run; a race- 
course ; hence, course ; path ; way. 
They had run themselves too far out of breath to go 
back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney. 
2. A charge or run at full speed, as in justing. 
Make a thrust at me, . . . come in upon the answer, 
control your point, and make a full career at the body. 
B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, i. 4. 
Full merrily . . . 
Hath this career been run. Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 
Such combat should be made on horse, 
On foaming steed, in full career. 
Scott, L. of L. M., iv. 31. 
3. General course of action or movement ; 
procedure ; course of proceeding ; a specific 
course of action or occupation forming the ob- 
ject of one's life: as, "honour's fair career," 
Dryden. 
Brief, brave, and glorious was his young career. Byron. 
An author, who, I am sure, would not care for being 
praised at the expense of another's reputation. Addition. 
I will only say that one may find grandeur and consola- 
tion iu a starlit night without caring to ask what it means, 
save grandeur and consolation. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 376. 
4. To have a liking or regard : with for before 
the object. 6. To be concerned so as to feel 
or express objection ; feel an interest in oppos- 
ing: chiefly with a negative: as, He says he is 
coming to see you. I don't care. Will you 
take something? I don't care if I do. [Colloq.] 
To care for. () See 2. (6) Same as 3. (c) To look to ; 
take care of ; perform what is needed for the well-being 
or good condition of : as, the child was well cared for. 
(d) Same as 4. 
careawayt, . A reckless fellow. 
But [such] as yet remayne without eyther forcast or 
consideration of anything that may afterward turn them 
to benefit, playe the wanton yonkers and wilfull Care- 
awayes. Touchstone of Complexions, p. 99. 
care-clotht, n. [In Palsgrave (1530), carde 
clothe, appar. for carre cloth : OF. carre, square, 
broad, carre, squared, square, mod. F. carre, a 
(square) side, carre, square.] A cloth held 
over the heads of a bride and bridegroom dur- 
ing the marriage ceremony as performed in 
England in the middle ages. See the extracts. 
At the " Sanctus," both the bride and bridegroom knelt 
near the altar's foot ; and then, if neither had been mar- 
ried before, over them a pall, or, as it used to be called, 
the care-cloth, was held at its four corners by as many 
clerics. Rack, Church of our Fathers, III. ii. 173. 
In the bridal mass, the York varied somewhat from the 
Sarum use : only two clerics held the care-cloth, and a 
blessing was bestowed by the priest with the chalice upon 
the newly married folks. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, III. ii. 176. 
care-crazed (kar'krazd), a. Crazed or mad- 
dened by care or trouble. 
A care-craz'd mother to a many sons. 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. 
carectt, n. Same as caract 1 . 
careen (ka-ren'), v. [Formerly carine, < F. 
carener, now carener (= Sp. carenar = Pg. que- 
renar = It. carcnare), careen, < carene, carine, 
now carene, = It. carena, < L. carina, the keel 
of a ship: see carina.] I. trans. Naut., to 
cause (a ship) to lie over on one side for the 
purpose of examining, or of calking, repairing, 
cleansing, paying with pitch, or breaming the 
other side. 
II. intrans. To lean to one side, as a ship 
under a press of sail. 
Sloops and schooners constantly come and go, careening 
in the wind, their white sails taking, if remote enough, a 
vague blue mantle from the delicate air. 
T. W. Higginson, Oldport, p. 199. 
Such a severed block will be found by the geologist to 
have careened, one side or edge going down while the 
other came up. Science, III. 481. 
careen (ka-ren'), n. [< careen, v.] A slanting 
position in which a ship is placed, that the keel 
may be repaired ; the place where this is done. 
They say there are as many Gallies and Galeasses of all 
sorts, belonging to St. Mark, either in Course, at Anchor, 
iu Dock, or upon the Careen, as there be Days in the Year. 
Howell, Letters, I. i. 28. 
And they say it [the galeas] is the self-same Vessel still, 
though often put upon the Careen and trimmed. 
Howell, Letters, I. i. 31. 
This pressing desire for careers is enforced by the pref- 
erence for careers which are thought respectable. 
//. Spencer, Man vs. State, p. 29. 
[Sometimes used absolutely to signify a definite or con- 
spicuous career of some kind : as, a man with a career 
before him.] 
4. In the manege, a place inclosed with a bar- 
rier, in which to run the ring. 5. In falconry, 
a flight or tour of the hawk, about 120 yards. 
career (ka-rer'), v. i. [< career, n.] To move 
or run rapidly, as if in a race or charge. 
When a ship is decked out in all her canvas, every sail 
swelled, and careering gaily over the curling waves, how 
lofty, how gallant she appears ! 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 22. 
Thus the night fled away, as if it were a winged steed, 
and he careering on it. Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter, xx. 
careering (ka-rer'ing), p. a. In tier., running, 
but placed 'bendwise on the field: said of a 
horse used as a bearing. 
careful (kai'ful), a. and . [< ME. careful, 
earful, < AS. cearful, earful, anxious, < cearu, 
anxiety, + full, full : see care and -ful, 1.] I. a. 
If. Full of care or grief ; grieving ; sorrowful. 
This . . . wyf that careful widue was. 
S(. Edm. Co/i/ 1 . (Early Eng. Poems, ed. Furnivall), 1. 465. 
Ac the careful may crye and carpen atte sate, 
Bothe afyngred and a-thurst ; and for chele quake. 
Piers Plowman (B), x. 58. 
2. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [Archaic.] 
Martha, thou &rtcareful and troubled about many things. 
Luke \. 41. 
Be not so careful, coz ; your brother's well. 
Shirley, Maid's Revenge, ii. 4. 
3f. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing 
to concern, anxiety, or trouble ; care-causing ; 
painful. 
Either lone, or sor[r]ow, or both, did wring out of me 
than certaine carefull thoughtes of my good will towardes 
him. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 90. 
By Him that rais'd me to this careful height 
From that contented hap which I enjoy'd. 
Shak., Rich. III., t 3. 
4|. Excited; eager; vehement. 
Then was the King carefull & kest for wrath 
For too bring that beurde in baile for euer. 
Alimunder of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 671. 
5. Attentive to aid, support, or protect ; provi- 
dent : f ormerl v with for, now generally with of, 
before the object. 
Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. 
2 Ki. iv. 13. 
Are God and Nature then at strife, 
That Nature lends such evil dreams ? 
So careful of the type she seems, 
So careless of the single life. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Iv. 
6. Giving good heed ; watchful ; cautious : as, 
be careful to maintain good works ; be careful 
of your conversation. 
Have you been careful of our noble prisoner, 
That he want nothing fitting for his greatness? 
Beau, and Fl., King and No King, iv. 2. 
A luckier or a bolder fisherman, 
A carefuller in peril did not breathe. 
Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
7. Showing or done with care or attention : as, 
careful consideration. =Syn. 2. Concerned, disturbed, 
carene 
troubled. 5. Provident, thoughtful, heedful. 6. Pru- 
dent, wary, etc. See list under cautious. 
Il.t One full of care or sorrow. 
Thus hiiue I ben his heraude here and in helle, 
And conforted many a careful that after his comynge 
wayten. Piers Plowman (B), xvi. 248. 
carefully (kar'ful-i), adv. [< ME. carful/i, 
carcfulUche, etc., < AS. carfullice, < earful: see 
careful and -ly 2 .] If. Sorrowfully. 
Carfulll to the king criande sche saide (etc.). 
William uf Palerne, 1. 4347. 
2. With care, anxiety, or solicitude ; with pains- 
taking. 
He found no place of repentance, though he sought it 
carefully with tears. Heb. xii. 17. 
3. Heedfully; watchfully; attentively; cau- 
tiously; providently. 
If thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord. 
Deut. xv. 5. 
carefulness (kar'ful-nes), n. [< ME. care-, 
carfulnesx, < AS. carfulnys, *cearfulnes, < cear- 
ful, careful, + -net,; -ness: see careful and 
-ness.] 1. Anxiety; solicitude. [Archaic.] 
Drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness. 
Ezek. xii. 18. 
He had a particular carefulness iu the knitting of his 
brows, and a kind of impatience in all his motions. 
Addison, The Political Cpholsterer. 
2. Heedfulness; caution; vigilance in guard- 
ing against evil and providing for safety. 
care-killing (kar ' kil " ing), a. Destroying or 
preventing care ; removing anxiety. 
careless (kar'les), a. [< ME. careles, < AS. car- 
leas, *cearleds, without anxiety (= Icel. kwru- 
lanss, quit, free), < caru, cearu, anxiety, + -leds, 
-less: see care and -less.] 1. Free from care 
or anxiety ; hence, undisturbed ; cheerful." 
In blessed slumbers 
Of peaceful rest he careless rests iu peace. 
Ford, Fame's Memorial. 
Thus wisely careless, innocently gay, 
Cheerful he played. 
Pope, Epistle to Miss Blount, L 11. 
The jocund voice 
Of insects chirping out their careless lives 
On these soft beds of thyme-besprinkled turf. 
Wordsiporth, Excursion, iii. 
2. Giving no care; heedless; negligent; un- 
thinking; inattentive; regardless; unmindful. 
A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is com- 
monly the more careless about her house. B. Jonson. 
O ye gods, 
I know you careless, yet, behold, to you 
From childly wont and ancient use I call. 
Tennyson, Lucretius. 
3. Done or said without care; unconsidered : 
as, a careless act ; a careless expression. 
With such a careless force, and forceless care, 
As if that luck, in very spite of cunning, 
Bade him win all. Shak., 1. and C., v. 5. 
He framed the careless rhyme. 
Beattie, The Minstrel, ii. 6. 
4f. Not receiving care; uncared for. [Rare.] 
Their many wounds and carelesxe harmes. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. iv. 38. 
= Syil. 2 and 3. Supine, Indolent, etc. (see listless)', in- 
cautious, thoughtless, remiss, forgetful, inconsiderate, 
carelessly (kar'les-li), adv. In a careless man- 
ner or way ; negligently ; heedlessly ; inatten- 
tively ; without care or concern. 
An ant and a grasshopper, walking together on a green, 
the one carelessly skipping, the other carefully prying 
what winter's provision was scattered in the way. 
Greene, Conceited Fable. 
carelessness (kar'les-nes). . The state or 
quality of being careless ; heedlessness ; inat- 
tention; negligence. 
care-lined (kar'Und), a. Marked by care ; hav- 
ing lines deepened by care or trouble, as the 
face. 
That swells with antic and uneasy mirth 
The hollow, care-lined cheek. J. BaiUie. 
carencyt (ka'ren-si), n. [= F. carence = Pr. 
Sp. Pg. carenda = It. carenza, carenzia, < ML. 
carentia, < L. caren(t-)s, ppr. of carere, want, 
be without. Cf. caretl.] Want; lack; defi- 
ciency. Bp. Richardson. 
carene 1 ! (ka-ren'), n. [< ME. carene, carine, 
kariiie, karin = MLG. karene, karine, < ML. ca- 
rena, a fast of forty days, Lent, corrupted (after 
the OF. form, and prob. by association with L. 
carere, want, lack, ML. carentia, want, penury: 
see carency) from quadragintana, equiv. to qua- 
dragesima (> OF. caresme, F. careme = Pr. ca- 
resma, carenia, carama, quaresme, quareme = 
Cat. quaresma = Sp. cuaresma = Pg. quarestna 
= It. quaresima), Lent, lit. (L.) fortieth, < L. 
quadraginta, forty: see quadragesima, quaran- 
tine.'] A forty days' fast formerly imposed by 
