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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    To Agra'ce, S-grase'. v. a. [from a and grace?* To grunt favours to; to confer bcnerits upon; a word not now in use. She granted; and that knight so much agrae'd, That she him taught celestial discipline. Fairy Q. Agka'mmatist, a-grarn'ma-tist. n. s. [«, /iriv. andy/><*/t«.i«.«,Gr.] An illiterate man. Diet. Agra'bian, a-gra're-an. adj. [agrariua, Lat.] Relating to fields or grounds: a word seldom used, but in the Roman History; where there is mention of the agrarian law. To Agrk'ase, a-greze'. v. a. [from a and grease.~] To daub; to grease; to pollute with filth. The waves thereof so slow and sluggish were, Engross'd with mud; which did them foul agrease. Fairy Queen. To AGRE'E, a-gree'. v. n. [agreer, Fr. from gre, liking or good-will; gratia and gratus; Lat.] 1. To be in concord; to live without con- tention; not to differ. The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Broome's View of Epic Poetry. 2. To grant; to yield to; to admit; with the particles to, or upon. And persuaded them, to agree to all reasonable conditions. 2 Maccabees, xi. 14. We do not prove the origin of the earth, from a chaos; seeing that is agreed on by all, that give it any origin. Burnet. 3. To settle amicably. A form of words were quickly agreed on be- tween them, for a perfect combination. Clarendon 4. To settle terms, by stipulation; to ac- cord; followed by with. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adver- sary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Matt. v. 25. 5. To settle a price, between buyer and seller. Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Matt. xx. 13. 6. To be of the same mind or opinion. He exceedingly provoked or underwent, the envy and reproach, and malice of men of all qualities and conditions, who agreed in nothing else. Clarendon. Milton is a noble genius; and the world agrees, to confess it. Watts's Improvement of the Mind. T. To concur; to co-operate. Must the whole man (amazing thought!) return, To the cold marble and contracted urn? And never shall those particles agree, That were in life this individual he? Prior. 8. To settle some point, among many; with' ufion, before a noun. Strifes and troubles would be endless; except they gave their common consent all, to be ordered by some, whom they should agree upon. Hooker. If men, skilled in chymicai affairs, shall agree to write clearly, and keep men from being samned by dark or empty words; they will be reduced, either to write nothing; or books that may teach us something. Boyle. 9. To be consistent; not to contradict: with to or with. For many bear false witness against him; but their witness agreednot together. Mark, xiv. 56. They, that stood by, said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. Mark, xiv. 70. Which testimony, I the less scruple to allege; be- cause it agrees very well, with what has been affirm- ed to me. Boyle. 10. To suit with; to be accommodated to: with to, or with. Thou feedest thine own people with angels food; and didst send them from heaven bread, agreeing to every taste. Wisdom. His principles could not be made to agree, with that constitution and order, which God had settled in the world; and therefore must needs clash, with common sense and experience. Locke. 11. To cause no dis'urbance in the body. I have often thought that, our prescribing asses milk in such small quantities is injudicious; for un- doubtedly, with such as it ap-ees with, it would per- form much greater and quicker effects, in greater quantities. Arbulhnot. To Agrf/e, a-gree'. v. a. 1. To put an end to a variance. He saw from far, or seemed for to see, Some troublous uproar, or contentious fray; Whereto he drew in haste, it to agree. Fairy Q. 2. To make friends; to reconcile. The mighty rivals, whose destructive rage Did the whole world in civil arms engage, Are now agreed. Roscommon. Agre'eable, a-gree'a-bl. adj. [agreable, Fr.] 1. Suitable to; consistent with; conforma- ble to. It has the particle to, or with. This paucity of blood is agreeable to many other animals; as frogs, lizards, and other fishes. Broxcn. The delight, which men have in popularity; fame, submission, and subjection of other men's minds; seemeth to be a thing (in itself, without contempla- tion of consequence) agreeable and grateful, to the nature of man. Bacon's Natural History. What you do, is not at all agreeable, either with so good a christian, or so reasonable and so great a person. Temple. That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L' Estrange. As the practice of all piety and virtue is agree- able to our reason; so is it likewise the interest, both of private persons, and of publick societies. Tillotson. 2. In the following passage, the adjective is used (by a familiar corruption) for the adverb agreeably. Agreeable hereunto, perhaps it might not be amiss, to make children (as soon as they are capable of it) often to tell a story. Locke on Education. 3. Pleasing; that is suitable, to the inclina- tion, faculties, or temper: it is used in this sense, both of persons and things. And, while the face of outward things we find Pleasant and fair, agreeable and sweet; These things transport. Sir J. Daries. I recollect in my mind the discourses, which have passed between us; and call to mind a thousand agreeable remarks, which he has made on these oc- casions. Addison, Spectator, No. 241. Agre'eableness, a-gree'a-bl-ndss. n. s. [from agrerable.~] 1. Consistency with; suitableness to: with the particle to. Pleasant tastes depend, not on the things them- selves, but their agreeableness to this or that parti- cular palate; wherein there is great variety. Locke. 2. The quality of pleasing. It is used, in an inferiour sense; to mark the produc- tion of satisfaction, calm and lasting, but below rapture or admiration. There will be occasion for largeness of mind, and agreeableness of temper. Collier of Friendship. It is very much an image of that author's writing; who has an agreeableness that charms us, without correctness; like a mistress, whose faults we see, but love her with them all. Pope. g2 3. Resemblance; likeness: sometimes, with the particle between. This relation is likewise seen, in the agreeable- ness between man and the other parts of the uni- verse. Grew's Cosmologia Sacra. Agre'eably, a-gree'a-ble. adv. [from agreeable.^ 1. Consistently with; in a manner, suitable to. They may look into the affairs of Judea and Je- rusalem; agreeably to that, which is in the law of the Lord. 1 Esd. xviii. 12. 2. Pleasingly. I did never imagine, that so many excellent rules could be produced so advantageously and agreeably. Swift. Agke'ed, a-gv^td'. fiarticifiial adj. [from agree.^ Settled by consent. When they had got known and agreed names, to signify those internal operations of their own minds: they were sufficiently furnished, to make known by words all their ideas. Locke. Agre'eingness, a-gree'ing-ness. n. s. [from agree.'] Consistence; suitableness. AcRE'EMENT,a-gree'ment. n. s. [agrcment, Fr. in law Latin agreamentum, which Coke would willingly derive from ag- gregatio mentiumT^ 1. Concord. What agreement is there, between the hyena and the dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor? Ecclus. xiii. 18. 2. Resemblance of one thing to another. The division and quavering, which please so much in musick, have an agreement with the glittering of light; as the moon-beams, playing upon a wave. Bacon. Expansion and duration have this farther agree- ment; that, though they are both considered by us as having parts, yet their parts are not separable one from another. Locke. 3. Compact, bargain; conclusion of con- troversy; stipulation. And your covenant with death shall be disannul- led, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then shall ye be trodden down by it. Isaiah, xxviii. 18. Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me; and then eat ye, every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig-tree. 2 Kings, xviii. 31-. Frog had given his word, that he would meet th* company, to talk of this agreement. Arbuthnot. Agre'stick, or Agre'stic vl, a-gres'tik, or a-gres'te'kal. adj. [from agrcstis, Lat. Having relation to the country; rude; rustick. Diet. Agrioola'tion, a-gre-ko-la'shun. n. s. [from agricola. Lat.] Culture of the ground. Diet. A'gricui,ture, ag're-ki'il-tchure.46- n. s. [agricultura, Lat.] The art of cultivat- ing the ground; tillage; husbandry, as distinct from pasturage. He strictly adviseth not to begin to sow before the setting of the stars; which, notwithstanding, without injury to agriculture, cannot be observed in England. Brown's Vulgar Errours. That there was tillage bestowed upon the ante- diluvian ground, Moses does indeed intimate in general; what sort of tillage that was, is not ex- pressed. I hope to shew that, their agriculture was nothing so laborious and troublesome, nor did it take up so much time, as ours doth. Woodward. The disposition of Ulysses inclined him to war, rather than the less lucrative, but more secure,