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v4 (2022.7.23) X. Websters Dictionary 1828 – Online Edition is an excellent reference for classical literature and Bible studies.
To seek after, to make pursuit; to attempt to find or take. [See No. 3, supra.] To seek for, to endeavor to find. Knolles. To seek to, to apply to; to resort to. 1 Kings 10:1. To seek, at a loss; without knowledge, measures or experience. Unpractic'd, unprepar'd and still to seek. Milton.
Philippians 1:27. Be ye holy in all manner of conversation 1 Peter 1:15. 2. A keeping company; familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; commerce in social life. Knowledge of men and manners is best acquired by conversation with the best company. 3. Intimate and familiar acquaintance; as a conversation with books, or other object.
Admonition. ADMONI'TION, noun Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; direction. Titus 3:10. 1 Corinthians 10:11. In church discipline, public or private reproof to reclaim an offender; a step preliminary to excommunication. Websters Dictionary 1828 – Online Edition is an excellent reference for classical ...
2. To violate by fraud, or unfaithfulness; as, to betray a trust. If the people of America ever betray their trust, their guilt will merit even greater punishment than other nations have suffered, and the indignation of heaven. 3. To violate confidence by disclosing a secret, or that which was intrusted; to expose; followed by the person, or ...
ABORIG'INAL, adjective [Latin ab and origo, origin. See Origin .] First; original; primitive; aboriginal people are the first inhabitants of a country. Aboriginal tribes of America. ABORIG'INAL, adjective an original, or primitive inhabitant. The first settlers in a country are called aboriginals; as the Celts in Europe, and Indians in America ...
20. A rule or axiom of science or art; settled principle; as the laws of versification or poetry. 21. law martial, or the rules ordained for the government of an army or military force. 22. Marine laws, rules for the regulation of navigation, and the commercial intercourse of nations. 23.
