Chapter V · Chapter 5

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

for the reason that

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

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From this reading Now if this disorder be in a whole clause which carieth more sentence then a word, it is then worst of all.

move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

a list of dishes available at a restaurant

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

state emphatically and authoritatively

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

From this reading Now if this disorder be in a whole clause which carieth more sentence then a word, it is then worst of all.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

an old form of “does”

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

one or the other of two

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

plural of “el” — angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

make or shape as with an axe

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

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From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

-ing form of “misplace” — place (something) where one cannot find it again

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

not any; not one

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Now if this disorder be in a whole clause which carieth more sentence then a word, it is then worst of all.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

admitting of being pardoned

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

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From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

full of or giving praise

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

so unreasonable as to invite derision

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

third-person singular of “require” — require as useful, just, or proper

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

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From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

From this reading Now if this disorder be in a whole clause which carieth more sentence then a word, it is then worst of all.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

at some indefinite or unstated time

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

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From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

moral weakness

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

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From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading Now if this disorder be in a whole clause which carieth more sentence then a word, it is then worst of all.

in the company of; together with

From this reading And such like, for such composition makes the meetre runne away smoother, and passeth from the lippes with more facilitie by iteration of a letter then by alteration, which alteration of a letter requires an exchange of ministery and office in the lippes, teeth or palate, and so doth not the iteration.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading For performe not: and this vice is sometime tollerable inough, but if the word carry any notable sence, it is a vice not tollerable, as he that said praising a woman for her red lippes, thus: _A corrall lippe of hew._ Which is no good speech, because either he should haue sayd no more but a corrall lip, which had bene inough to declare the rednesse or els he should haue said a lip of corrall hew, and not a corrall lip of hew.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading We call it by a common saying to _set the carte before the horse_, and it may be done eyther by a single word or by a clause of speech: by a single word thus: _And if I not performe, God let me neuer thriue._

the least favorable outcome

From this reading Now if this disorder be in a whole clause which carieth more sentence then a word, it is then worst of all.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading [Sidenote: _Histeron, proteron_, or the Preposterous.] Your misplacing and preposterous placing is not all one in behauiour of language, for the misplacing is alwaies intollerable, but the preposterous is a pardonable fault, and many times giues a pretie grace vnto the speech.