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.
- Date:
- 1819
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![keeps himself, under the shelter of the indefinite term, heir. Locke. Justice may be furnished out of fire, as far as her ord goes; and courage may be (all over) a conti- nued blaze. Addison. If e'er the miser durst his farthings spare, He thinly spreads them through the public square: Where, ail beside the rail, rang'd beggars lie; And, from each other, catch the doleful cry. Gay. 2. Altogether; wholly; without any other consideration. I am of the temper of most kings; who love to be in debt; arc all for present money, no matter how they pay it afterward. Dryden. 3. Only; without admission of any thing else. When I shall wed; That lord, whose hand must take my plight, shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty: Sure, I shall never marry, like my sister, To love my father all. Shaksp. King Lear. 4. Although. This sense is truly Teuto- nick, but now obsolete. Do you not think, th' accomplishment of it Sufficient work for one man's simple head; Jill were it, as the rest, but simply writ Spenser. 5. It is sometimes a word of emphasis; nearly the same with just. A shepherd's swain, say, did thee bring; Jill, as his straying flock he fed: And, when his honour hath thee read, Crave pardon for thy hardyhead. Spenser's Pastorals. 6. It was anciently in English, what it is now in the other Teutonick dialects; a particle of mere enforcement. He thought them, sixpence (all) too dear. Song in Shakspeare. Tell us, what occasion of import Hath all so long detain'd you from your wife. Shakspeare. All, all. n. s. 1. The whole; opposed to part, or nothing. And will she yet debase her eyes on me; On me, whose all not equals Edward's moiety? Shakspeare. Nought's had, alVs spent; Where our desire is got, without content. Shaksp. The youth shall study; and no more engage Their flattering wishes, for uncertain age: No more with fruitless care, and cheated strife, Chace fleeting pleasure through the maze of life; Finding, the wretched all they here can have, But present food, and but a future grave. Prior. Our all is at stake, and irretrievably lost, if we fail of success. Addison. 2. Every thing. Then shall we be news-cramm'd.—All the better; we shall be the more remarkable. Shakspeare. Up, with my tent; here will I lie to-night: But where, to-morrow?—Well, all's one for that. Sliakspeare. All the fitter, Lentulus; our coming Is not for salutation; we have bus'ness. Ben Jonson. 3. That is, every thing is the better, the same, the Jitter, Sceptre and pow'r, thy giving, I assume: And glad, her shall resign; when, in the end, Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee, For ever; and in me, all whom thou lov'st. Milton. They, that do not keep up this indifferency for all but truth, put coloured spectacles before their eyes, and look through false glasses. Locke. 4. The phrase and all is of the same kind. They all fell to work, at the roots of the tree; and left it so little foot-hold, that the first blast of wind laid it flat upon the ground; nest, eagles, and all. L' Estrange; A torch, snuff and all, goes-out in a moment, when dipped in the vapour. Addison's Rem. on Italy 5. All is much used in composition; but, ALL in most instances, it is merely arbitrary; as, all-commanding- Sometimes the words compounded with it, are fixed and classical; as, Almighty. When it is connected with a participle, it seems to be a noun; as, all-surrounding: in other cases an adverb; as, all-accomfilished, or completely accomplished. Of tnese compounds, a small part of those, which may be found, is inserted. All-bea'ring, all-ba'ring. adj. [from all and bear.] That, which bears everything; omniparous. Thus while he spoke, the sovereign plant he drew; Where, on the all-bearing earth, unmark'd it grew. Pope All-chee'ring, all-tshe'ring. adj. [from all and cheer.] That, which gives gayety and cheerfulness to all. Soon, as the all-cheering sun Should, in the farthest east, begin to draw The shady curtains from Aurora's bed. Shaksp. All-comma'nding, ail-kom-mand'ing. adj. [from all and command.] Having the sovereignty over all. He now sets before them the high and shining idol of glory, the all-commanding image of bright gold. Raleigh. All-compo'sing, all-kom-po'sing.403 adj. [from all and comfiose.] That, which quiets all men, or every thing. Wrapt in embow'ring shades, Ulysses lies, His woes forgot: but Pallas now addrest, To break the bands of all-composing rest. Pope. All-co'nquering, all-conk'ker-ing.33'1 adj. [from all and conquer.'] That, which subdues every thing. Second of Satan sprung, all-conquering death! What think'st thou of our empire now? Milton. All-consu'ming, ail-kon-su'ming. adj. [from all and consume.] That, which consumes every thing. By age unbroke:—but all-consuming care Destroys perhaps the strength, that time would spare. Pope. All-devouring, all-de-vour'ing. adj. [from all and devour.] That which eats up every thing. Secure from flames, from envy's fiercer rage, Destructive war, and all-devouring age. Pope. All-fou'rs, all-forz'. n. s. [from all and four.] A low game at cards; played by two; so named, from the four particu- lars by which it is reckoned; and which, joined in the hand of either of the par- ties, are said to make all-fours. Allha'il, ali-hale', n. s. [from all and hail,for health.] All health! Thisis there- fore not a compound, though perhaps usually reckoned among them; a term of salutation. Salve, or salvete. All hail, ye fields, where constant peace attends! All hail, ye sacred solitary groves! All hail, ye books, my true, my real friends, Whose conversation pleases and improves! Walsh. Allha'llow, all-haTio. > n. s. [from all Allha'llows, all-haTlus. $ and hallow.] All saints day; the first of November. All-ha'llown, Ml-h&l'lftn. adj. [from all and hallow, to make holy.] The time, about Ali saints clay. Farewell, thou latter spring! farewell, All-h<dlown summer. Shaksptare's Hennj IV. ALL Allha'llowtide, all-hal'16-tide. n. ». [See All-hallown.] The term, near All saints, or the first of November Cut off the bough about All-hallowtide, in the bare place; and set it, in the ground; and it will grow, to be a fair tree in one year. Bacon's JS'at. HUt, All-hea'l, all-hele'. n. s. [fianax, Lat.l A species of ironwort; which see. All-jud'ging, all-jud'jing. adj. [from all mid judge.] That, which has the sove- reign right of judgment. I look with horror back, That I detest my wretched self, and curse My past polluted life. All-judging Heaven, Who knows my crimes, has seen my sorrow for them Rowe's Jane Shore. All-kno'wing, all-no'ing. adj. [from all and /enow.] Omniscient; all-wise. Shall we repine, at a little misplaced charity; we who could no way foresee the effect? When an ad- knowing, all-wise Being, showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving. Atterbury's Sermons. All-ma'king, all-make'ing. adj. [from all and ?nake.] That, created all; omnisick. See All-seeing. ALL-pow'ERFULjaU-pou'ur-fuI.cc^from all and powerful^] Almighty; omnipo- tent; possessed of infinite power. 0 all-powerful Being! the least motion of whose will can create or destroy a world; pity us, the mournful friends of thy distressed servant. Swift. A'll saints da'y, all-sants-da'. n.s. The day, on which there is a general celebra- tion of the saints. The first of Novem- ber. All-se'er, all-seer7, n. s. [from all and see.] He, that sees or beholds every thins:; he, whose view comprehends all tnings That high All-seer, which I dallied with, Hath turn'd my feigned prayer on my head; And giv'n in earnest, what I begg'd in jest. Shaksp. All-se'eing, all-seeing, adj. [from all and see.] That beholds every thing. The same First Mover certain bounds has plac'd, How long those perishable forms shall last: Nor can they last, beyond the time, assign'd By that all-seeing and all-making mind. Dryden. All so'uls day, all-solz-da'. n. s. The day, on which supplications are made for all souls by the church of Rome; the second of November This is all souls day, fellows! Is it not?— It is, my lord.— Why then, alt souls day is my body's doomsday. All-suffi'cient, all-suf-fish'ent. adj. [from all and sufficient.] Sufficient to every thing. The testimonies of God are perfect: the testimo- nies of God are all-sufficient unto that end. for which they were given. Hooker. He can more than employ all our powers in their utmost elevation; for he is every way perfect and all- sufficient, jyo^. All-wi'se, all-wize'. adj. [from all and wise.] Possest of infinite wisdom. There is an infinite, eternal, all-wise mind, go- verning the affairs of the world. South. Supreme, allrwise, eternal, potentate! Sole author, sole disposer, of our fate! Prior. ALLAJYTO'IS,or ALLAjYTO'IDES, al- lan-to'iz, or ai-lan-to'idz. n. s. [from *A- **< a gut, and eU& shape.] The urinary tumck, placed between the amnion and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21133803_0190.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
