Accumulate, p. p. Accumulated; the old form of participles derived from the Latin: p. 18, l. 6; p. 65, l. 20. Comp. Accommodate. Accurate, adj. Worked out with care: p. 213, l. 1.

To use, be accustomed: p. 58, l. 9; p. 77, l. 7.

Accustom, v. i. Acquaint, v. t. To accustom, familiarize: p. 67, 1. 21. Compare Shakespeare, Tempest, ii. 2. 41: Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.' Addition, sb. Title: p. 95, 1. 20. According to Cowel (Law Dict. s. v.) it signifies a title given to a man besides his Christian and surname, shewing his estate, degree, mystery, trade, place of dwelling, &c.' Compare Shakespeare, Coriolanus, i. 9. 66:

Caius Marcius Coriolanus! Bear

The addition nobly ever!'

And Macbeth, i. 3. 106:

He bade me, from him, call thee thane of Cawdor:

In which addition, hail, most worthy thane !'

See also Lear, ii. 2. 26.

Adeption, sb. An obtaining, acquisition: p. 93, l. 27.

Adjacence, sb. Contiguity: p. 120, l. 15.

Adoptive, adj.

adoption.

Adopted: p. 57, 1. 2. 'Adoptive brethren'= brothers by

Advance, v.t. To promote: p. 231, 1. 5.

Adventive, adj. Coming from without, adventitious: p. 113, 1. 29; P. 144, 1. 6.

Advertised, p. p. Informed: p. 68, 1. 4; p. 80, 1. 27.

Advertisement, sb. Information: p. 100, l. 16. Notice: p. 219, 1. 31. Advise, v. i. To consider: p. 67, 1. 31; p. 161, 1. 21.

Advised, p.p. Deliberate, well considered: p. 100, 1. 22. Compare Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, i. I. 142:

I shot his fellow of the selfsame flight

The selfsame way with more advised watch.'

Affect, sb. Affection, disposition: p. 131, 1. 24. Compare Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, i. I. 152:

For every man with his affects is born.'

Affectionate, adj. Zealous, devoted, attached: p. 29, 1. 14. Eagerly desirous, studious: p. 112, 1. 10. Compare Bacon, Hist. of Hen. VII., p. 17 (ed. 1622): So he being truly informed, that the Northerne parts were not onely affectionate to the House of Yorke, but particularly had been deuoted to King Richard the third.'

After, adv. Afterwards: p. 18, l. 9; p. 67, 1. 7.

Afterward, adv. Afterwards: p. 27, 1. 2; p. 127, 1. 33.

Agreed, p.p. Agreed to, admitted: p. 158, l. 27.

All, used where now we should use any': p. 17, 11. 2, 7: p. 56, 1. 27. Comp. without all contradiction' (Heb. vii. 7).

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Allege, v. t. To quote: p. 88, 1. 30; p. 199, 1. 31.

All one. The same: p. 30, l. 17; p. 158, 1. 1.

Allow, v.t. To approve: p. 20, 1. 18; p. 111. 1. 11. Compare Luke xi. 48: Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers.'

Allowance, sb. Approval: p. 24, 1. 6. So Shakespeare, Hen. VIII. iii. 2. 322: Without the King's will or the state's allowance.'

Allusive, adj. Figurative: p. 102, 1. 22, 28. Todd quotes from South (Serm. ii. 276), 'The foundation of all parables, is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable, and the thing couched under it and intended by it.'

Almost, adv. Apparently in the sense of 'most of all,' or 'generally': p. 163, 1. 11. Bacon uses it in the same way in Essay xliii. p. 176; Neither is it almost seene, that very beautifull persons, are otherwise of great vertue.'

Aloft, adv. Upwards: p. 89, 1. 6. Ambages, sb. Circuitous ways or methods: p. 111, l. 6; p. 124, l. 18. Compare Bale, Image of both Churches (p. 260, Parker Soc.); Evident will these secret mysteries be unto him, which are privily hid unto other under dark ambages and parables.'

Amplification, sb. Exaggeration: p. 3, 1. 17. Shakespeare uses 'amplified' in the sense of 'exaggerated' in Coriolanus, v. 2. 16:

His fame unparallel'd, haply, amplified.'

Anatomy, sb. A body used for dissection: p. 80, l. 18; p. 138, 11. 16, 28; p. 139, 1. 17.

Animosity, sb. Courage: p. 133, 1. 12. Cotgrave (Fr. Dict.) gives, 'Animosité: f. Animositie, stoutnesse, courage, metall, boldnesse, resolution, hardinesse.'

Anointment, sb. Anointing: p. 83, 1. 5.

Answerable, adj. Corresponding: p. 93, 1. 29; p. 162, 1. 9. Compare Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, ii. 1. 361:

'Six score fat oxen standing in my stalls,

And all things answerable to this portion." Ant (p. 151, 1. 28), a feminine noun, as in Prov. vi. 6.

Antistrophe, sb. Literally, that part of a song sung by a chorus of dancers when they retraced their steps in the dance. It corresponds to a previous 'strophe.' Bacon uses it of correspondence' generally: p. 131, 1. 22.

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Antiques, sb. Grotesque figures: p. 25, 1. 24. Compare Shakespeare,
Much Ado, iii. 1. 63:

If black, why, Nature, drawing of an antique,
Made a foul blot.'

Apace, adv. Swiftly: p. 15, 1. 8.

Apparently, adv. Openly, manifestly: p. 127, 1. 7. Compare Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, iv. 1. 78:

I would not spare my brother in this case,

If he should scorn me so apparently.'

Application, sb. Appliance: p. 21, 1. 3. Accommodation, adaptation: P. 192, 1. 30; p. 204, ll. 6, 15, 24. Comp. p. 204, l. 23, which is that properly which we call accommodating or applying.' See also p. 26, 1. 25.

Apply, v.i. To accommodate, adapt oneself: p. 204, 1. 26. Used reflexively, p. 24, 1. 10. To apply ones selfe to others, is good: so it be with demonstrations that a man doth it upon regard, and not upon facilitie.' Essay lii. p. 211. Used transitively in the sense of, to devote oneself to: p. 41, l. I.

Apprompt, v. t. To prompt: p. 156, 1. 32.

Apt, adj. Fit, suitable: p. 181, 1. 22. Compare Shakespeare, Jul. Cæs. ii. 2. 97: A mock Apt to be render'd.'

Arefaction, sb. Drying, the act or state of growing dry: p. 124, l. 14. Arrogancy, sb. Arrogance: p. 5, l. 9; p. 88, 1. 22. Compare Shakespeare, Hen. VIII. ii. 4. 110:

'But your heart

Is cramm'd with arrogancy, spleen, and pride.'

Artificial, adj. Constructed with art, ingenious, skilfully contrived: p. 125, 1. 5. So in Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, i. I. 37:

'Artificial strife

Lives in these touches, livelier than life.'

Artsman, sb. One skilled in the liberal arts: p. 150, l. 15.

As that, in the phrases

so as': p. 4, l. 4; p. 16, l. 28, &c. 'insomuch

as': p. 56, 1. 2. 'Such... as': p. 91, 1. 23.
As for instance: p. 26, l. 15.

As. As that: p. 23, 1. 5.
Ask, v. t. To require: p. 85, 1. 6. Comp. Essay vi. p. 18; 'It asketh a
strong wit, and a strong heart, to know, when to tell truth, and to doe it.'
Aspect, sb. The appearance of a planet, which varied with its position
among the stars: p. 145, l. 10. Used metaphorically, p. 79, l. 2, with a
reference to the old astrological belief in the power exercised by the planets
upon the fate of man. So Shakespeare, Tr. and Cr. i. 3. 92:

"Whose medicinable eye

Corrects the ill aspects of planets evil.'

So also Essay ix. p. 29.

Aspersion, sb. Sprinkling; and so, intermixture: p. 47,1. 20; p. 199, 1. 6. Assure, v.i. To ensure, guarantee: p. 152, 1. 21. Used transitively by Shakespeare, 3 Hen. VI. iii. 3. 240:

Assured, p. p.

This shall assure my constant loyalty.'
Safe, secure: p. 171, l. 18.

As touching. With respect to: p. 8, 1. 10.

Astrolabe, sb.
of the stars &c.
Lewis' his son:

See Matt. xviii. 19.

An ancient astronomical instrument for taking the height Chaucer wrote a treatise upon it for the use of 'little p. 80, l. 13.

Athletic, sb. The art of activity: p. 133, 1. 24. We now use 'athletics' in the same sense.

Attend, used as a transitive verb, p. 153, 1. 6.

Attended, p.p. Accompanied: p. 224, 1. 32.

Attend upon.

To accompany: p. 225, ll. 23, 24.

Authorised, adj. Gifted with authority: p. 253, l. 16. Authenticated: P. 34, 1. 27.

Awake, v. t. To awaken, rouse: p. 203, 1. II.

Baladine, sb. A ballet dancer: p. 165, 1. 22. Cotgrave (Fr. Dict. ed. 1632) gives, Baladin: m. A common dauncer of galliards, and other stirring, or liuely Ayres.'

Bare Bore; past tense of bear' p. 59, l. 19.

Basilisk, sb. A fabulous creature described by Pliny (viii. 33, xxix. 19) as a serpent, of which many marvels are told: p. 200, l. 30, note; p. 262, 1. 32. Battle, sb. A body of troops: p. 71, 1. 30. They were more ignorant

in ranging and arraying their battailes.' Essay lviii. p. 237.

Be, 3 plu. Are: p. 10, l. 17; p. 23, l. 5; p. 50, 1. 23. In the phrase 'had been to handle '; p. 185, 1. 16.

Because, conj. In order that: p. 228, l. 13. See Matt. xx. 31.
Become, used reflexively, p. 216, 1. 30.

Can neither become themselves'

1.

p. 183, l. 14. Some are never

=can neither act in a graceful or becoming manner.' Beholding, part. Beholden, indebted: p. 104, 1. 30. The stage is more beholding to love, then the life of man.' Essay x. p. 36. Bent, adj. Crooked, twisted; and so, sinister: p. 25, 1. 2. Besides, prep. Beside: p. 12, l. 32; p. 159, 1. 23. Bird-witted, adj. Incapable of fixed attention, volatile: Blanch, v. t. To flinch from, avoid: p. 182, 1. 21. without a difference, and commonly by amusing men with a subtilty, blanch the matter.' Essay xxvi. p. 105, l. 12. Blasphemy, sb. In its literal sense of defamation or slander: p. 17, l. 15. Compare the use of blaspheme' in Shakespeare, Macbeth, iv. 3. 108: Since that the truest issue of thy throne

Blemish, v. t.

Blow up, v. t.

By his own interdiction stands accursed,
And does blaspheme his breed.'

To stigmatize: p. 27, 1. 28.

To inflate: p. 7, 1. 20.

Blown up, p.p. Inflated: p. 39, l. 23.
Bond-woman, sb. A female slave: p. 43, 1. 25.
Borne out, p.p. Compensated for: p. 19, 1. 12.
Bounden, p. p. Bound, indebted: p. 268, 1. 28.
Braver, adj. Finer, more beautiful: p. 216, 1. 10.
'The Duke of Milan
And his more braver daughter could control thee.'
Shakespeare, Tempest, i. 2. 439.
Break, v. t. To train: p. 197, 1. 12. Still used of horses.
Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute?'
Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, ii. 1. 149.
Briber, sb. A taker of bribes: p. 222, 1. 25.
Brittany, sb. Britain: p. 93, l. 14; p. 94, ll. 12, 17; p. 264, l. 26. In
the first and last of these passages the word is spelt Brittanie' in ed.
1605. On the other hand, what we call 'Brittany' is uniformly, I believe,
called Britaine' in Bacon's Hist. of Hen. VII.

Broken, p.p. Trained: p. 156, 1. 5.

Buckle, v. t. To bend: p. 102, l. 10.

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Buffon, sb. The old spelling of 'buffoon': p. 136, 1. 20. Florio (Ital. Dict. 1611) has 'Buffonare, to ieast or play the buffon.'

But only. This expression is found where we should now use one or other of the words: p. 234, l. I. So only but' is used for but' or 'only': p. 174, 1. 10. Compare Shakespeare, Meas. for Meas. iii. I. 3: The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.'

By how much. In the same proportion as: p. 12, 1. 8; p. 129. 1. 13.

C.

Called down, p.p. Cried down, decried; p. 87, 1. 11.

Capable, adj. In the construction capable to lodge' instead of ' capable of lodging': p. 125, l. 31. Capable of.

Able or apt to receive: p. 6, 1. 23. In a passive sense.

'Abhorred slave,

Which any print of goodness will not take,

Being capable of all ill.' Shakespeare, Tempest, i. 2. 353. Caption, sb. Deception, fallacy, in argument: p. 159, 1. 33. From the Lat. captio as used by Cicero, De Fato, xiii. 30, &c.

Card, sb. A chart: p. 246, l. 33. Comp. Essay xviii. p. 72: Let him carry with him also some card or booke describing the country, where he travelleth.' Carefulness, sb. Anxiety: p. 8, 1. 24. Comp. Ezek. xii. 18, 19. Carnosity, sb. A fleshy excrescence: p. 139, l. 14.

Carriage, sb. Baggage: p. 79, 1. 29. See Judg. xviii. 21.

Case, sb. In some case' in some cases, sometimes: p. 194, 1. 8.
Cast, v. t. To consider, plan: p. 181,1. 26. Comp. Luke i. 29, and Bacon,
Essay xlv. p. 183: Cast it also, that you may have roomes, both for
summer, and winter.'

Casual, adj. Uncertain, subject to accident: p. 241, 1. 27. Comp. Colours of Good and Evil, p. 248: 'Sometimes because some things are in kinde very casuall, which if they escape, prove excellent.' Having reference to special cases: p. 138, 1. 17.

Casualty, sb. Uncertainty, instability: p. 23, l. 13. See Bacon's Colours of Good and Evil, p. 256 (ed. W. A. Wright), this colour will bee reprehended or incountred by imputing to all excellencies in compositions a kind of povertie or at least a casualty or ieopardy.'

Cautel, sb. Deceit: p. 200, 1. 16.

And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch

The virtue of his will.' Shakespeare, Hamlet, i. 3. 15. 'Cautelle: f. A wile, cautell, sleight; a craftie reach, or fetch, guilefull deuise or endeuor; also, craft, subtiltie, trumperie, deceit, cousenage.' Cotgrave, Fr. Dict.

Cautionary, adj. Full of cautions: p. 196, 1. 30.

Caveat, sb. A caution, warning: p. 22, 11. 9, 17; p. 55, l. 7.

Cavillation, sb. A cavil, objection: p. 33, 1. 3; p. 154, 1. 12. 'Cavillation. A cauill; a wrangling proposition, ouerthwart reason; also, a cauilling.' Cotgrave, Fr. Dict.

Cease, v. t. To cause to cease: p. 40, l. 8; p. 56, 1. 32.

Celsitude, sb. Loftiness, height: p. 214, l. 15.

Celsitude: f. Celsitude,

highnesse, excellencie; (tearmes conferred on Princes).' Cotgrave, Fr. Dict.

Censure, v. i.

To judge, give an opinion: p. 84, l. 23; p. 250, 1. 32.
That I, unworthy body as am,

Should censure thus on lovely gentlemen.'

Shakespeare, Two Gent. of Ver. i. 2. 19.