A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1).
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
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- 1819
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![but the philosophic passion truly admires and adores the supreme efficient. Glanville. 2. It is sometimes used, in more familiar speech, for to regard with love. 3. It is used, but rarely, in an ill sense. You have displac'd the mirth, breke the good meeting, With most admir'd disorder. Shaksp. Macbeth. To AnNi'iRE, ad-mire', v. n. To wo^Jer; sometimes with the particle at. The eye is already so perfect, that I believe the reason of a man would easily have rested here, and admir'd at his own contrivance. Ray on the Creation, AnMi'REK,ad-mi'rur.98n.«. [fromadmire.~] 1. The person, that wonders, or regards with admiration. Neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained so great reputation, had they not been the friends and admirers of each other. Addison. Who most, to shun or hate mankind, pretend; Seek an admirer, or would fix a friend. Pope. 2. In common speech, a lover. Admi'ringly, ad-mi'rlng-le adv. [from admire] With admiration; in the man- ner of an admirer. The king very lately spoke of him admiringly and mournfully. Shaksp. Jill's well that endstvell. We may yet further admiringly observe, that men usually give freeliest, where they have not given be- fore. Boyle. ADMi'ssiBLE,ad-m!s'se-bI.40fiac?/. [admitto, admissum, Lat.] That, which may be ad- mitted. Suppose that this supposition were admissible; yet this would not any way be inconsistent, with the eternity of the divine nature and essence. Hale's Origin of Mankind. Admi'ssion, ad-mish'shun. n. s. [admissio, Lat.] 1. The act or practice of admitting. There was also enacted that charitable law, for the admission of poor suitors without fee; whereby poor men became rather able to vex, than unable to sue. Bacon's Henry VII. By means of our solitary situation, and our rare admission of strangers, we know most part of the habitable world, and are ourselves unknown. Bacon's New Jltalantis. 2. The state of being admitted. My father saw you ill designs pursue; And my admission shew'd his fear of you. Dryden. God did then exercise man's hopes with the ex- pectations of a better paradise, or a more intimate admission to himself. South's Sermons. Our king descends from Jove: And hither are we come by his command, To crave admission in your happy land. Dryden. 3. Admittance; the power of entering, or being admitted. All springs have some degree of heat, none ever freezing, no not in the longest and severest frosts; especially those, where there is such a site and dis- position of the strata, as gives free and easy admis- sion to this heat. Woodward's Natural Histoi'y. 4. [In the ecclesiastical law.] It is, when the patron presents a clerk to a church that is vacant; and the bishop, upon exa- mination, admits and allows of such clerk to be fitly qualified, by saying, admitto te habilem. Ayliffc's Parergon. 5. The allowance of anargument; the grant of a position not fully proved. To ADMIT, ad-mk'. v. a. [admitto, Lat.] 1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance. Mirth, admit me of thy crew. Milton. Does not one table Bavins still admit? Pope. 2. To suffer to enter upon an office; in VOL. I. which sense the phrase of admission into a college, &c. is used. The treasurer found it no hard matter, so far to terrify him; that, for the king's service, as was pre- tended, he admitted, for a six-clerk, a person re- commended by him. Ctartndon. , To allow an argument or position. Suppose, no weapon can thy valour's pride Subdue; that, by no force, thou may'st be won; Jldmit, no steel can hurt or wound thy side; And be it, heav'n hath thee such favour done. Fairfax. This argument is like to have the less effect on me, seeing I cannot easily admit the inference. Loch' 4. To allow or grant, in general; some- times with the particle of. If you once admit of a latitude, that thoughts maybe exalted, and images raised above the life; that leads you insensibly, from your own principles to mine. Dryden. Admi'ttable, ad-mit'ta-bl. adj. [from ad- mit ] The person or thing which may be admitted. Because they have not a bladder, like those we observe in others, they have no gall at all, is a pa- ralogism not admittable; a fallacy, that needs not the sun to scatter it. Broxcn. The clerk, who is presented, ought to prove to the bishop, that he is a deacon, and that he has orders; otherwise, the bishop is not bound to admit him: for, as the law then stood, a deacon was admit- table. Jlyliffe's Parergon. Admittance, ad-mk'tanse. n. s. [from admit.lt 1. The act of admitting; allowance or per- mission to enter. It cannot enter any man's conceit to think it law- ful, that every man which listeth should take upon him charge in the church; and therefore a solemn admittance is of such necessity, that, without it, there can be no church polity. Hooker. As to the admittance of the weighty elastic parts of the air into the blood, through the coats of the vessels; it seems contrary to experiments upon dead bodies. Jlrbuthnot on Aliments. 2. The power or right of entering. What, If I do line one of their hands?—'tis gold, Which buys admittance. Shakspeare's Cymbeline. Surely a daily expectation at the gate is the rea- diest way, to gain admittance into the house. South's Sermons. There's news from Bertran: he desires Admittance to the king; and cries aloud, This day shall end our fears. Dryden. There are some ideas, which have admittance only through one sense, which is peculiarly adapted to receive them. Locke. Custom or prerogative, of being admit- ted to great persons: a sense now cut of use. Sir John, you are a gentlemen of excellent breed- ing, of great admittance; authentick, in your place and person; generally allowed for your many war- like, courtlike, and learned preparations. Shaksp. 4. Concession of a position. Nor could the Pythagoreans give easy admittance thereto; for, holding that separate souls successively supplied other bodies, they could hardly allow the raising of souls from other worlds. Brown's Vulgar Errours. To ADMi'x^d-miks'. v a [admisceo, Lat.] To mingle with something else. Admi'xtion, ad-miks'tshun, n. s. [from admix.] The union of one body with another, by mingling them. All metals may be calcined, by strong waters; or by admixlion of salt, sulphur, and mercury. Bacon. The elements are no where pure, in these lower E regions; and, if there is any free from the admtx- tum of another, sure it is above the concave of the moon. Glanville. There is no way, to make a strong and vigorous powder of saltpetre, without the admixtion of sul- phur. Brou'n's Vulgar Errours Admi'xture, ad-mlks'tshure.461 n.«.[from admix.] The body, mingled with ano- ther; perhaps sometimes the act of ming- ling. Whatever acrimony or amaritude at any time re- dounds in it, must be derived from the admixture of another sharp bitter substance. Harvey on Consump. A mass, which to the eye appears to be nothing but mere simple earth, shall, to the smell or taste, discover a plentiful admixture of sulphur, alum, or some other mineral. Woodward's Natural History. To ADMO'NISH,ad-mon'nish.-y.<z. [ad- moneo, Lat.] To warn of a fault; to re- prove gently; to counsel against wrong practices; to put in mind of a fault or a duty: with the particle of, or against; which latter is more rare: or the infini- tive mood of a verb. One of his cardinals, who better knew the in- trigues of affairs, admonished him against that un- skilful piece of ingenuity. Decay of Piety. He of their wicked ways Shall them admonish, and before them set The paths of righteousness. Milton- Bat, when he was admonished by his subject to descend, he came down, gently circling in the air and singing, to the ground. Dryden. Admo'nisher, ad-m6n'nish-ur. n. s. [from admonish.] The person that admonishes.. or puts another in mind of his faults ox duty. Horace was a mild admonisher; a court-satirist, fit for the gentle times of Augustus. Dryden. Admo'nishment, dd-mon'nish-ment. n. s. [from admonish.] Admonition; the no- tice, by which one is put in mind of faults or duties: a word not often used. But yet be wary, in thy studious care.— —Thy grave admonishments prevail with me. Shakspeare's Henry V. p. 1- To th' infinitely Good we owe Immortal thanks; and his admonishment Receive, with solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovereign will, the end Of what we are. Milton. ADMONi'TiON,ad-mo-nish'-un. n.s. [admo- nitio, Lat.] The hint of a fault or duty; counsel; gentle reproof. They must give our teachers leave, for the saving of souls, to intermingle- sometimes with other more necessary things, admonition concerning these not unnecessary. Hooker. From this admonition they took only occasion, to redouble their fault, and to sleep again; so that, upon a second and third admonition^ they had no- thing to plead for their unseasonable drowsiness. South's Sermons. Admoni'tioner, ad-mo-nish'un-ur. n. s. [from admonition.'] A liberal dispenser of admonition; a general adviser. A lu- dicrous term. Albeit, the admonitioners did seem at first, to like no prescript form of prayer at all; but thought it the best, that their minister should always be left at liberty to pray, as his own discretion did serve; their defender, and his associates, have si thence proposed to the world a form as themselves did like. Hooker, Admo'nitory, ad-mon'ne-tur-re.ad/. [ad- monitorius,L.at.] That,which admonishes. The sentence of reason is either mandatory shewing what must be done; or else permissive de- claring only what may be done; or thirdly, admoni-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21133803_0163.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
