Chapter XXIII

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

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

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

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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From this reading Of the Bever.

plural of “bite” — a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

capable of wounding

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

past form of “borrow” — get temporarily

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

showing who or what does the action

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

past form of “deceive” — be false to; be dishonest with

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

that must be declared

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

past form of “deliver” — deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

plural of “egyptian” — a native or inhabitant of Egypt

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

plural of “emblem” — special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

an instance of questioning

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

an old form of “has”

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

in this place or thing or document

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

of or concerning this

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

someone who hunts game

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

come together

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

Recollections of past events.

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

based on the meter as a standard of measurement

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

used to form the superlative

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Of the Bever.

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

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

the local environment

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

a native or inhabitant of Iran

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

professing to be qualified

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

past form of “propagate” — transmit from one generation to the next

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

having some resemblance

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

rebuffed (by a lover) without warning

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

Identical; not different.

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

in a serious manner

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

express in speech

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

plural of “testicle” — one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

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

From this reading Of the Bever.

by that means or because of that

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

for that reason; as a result

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

having come into contact

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

the act of using

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

precisely as stated

From this reading That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a Tenet very ancient; and hath had thereby advantage of propagation.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

used to ask for information about something

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

in contrast with the fact that

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

which person or people

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

in the company of; together with

From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

but in spite of that

From this reading Herein therefore to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that from strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts, and this is declarable from the best and most professed Writers: for though some have made use hereof in a Moral or Tropical way, yet have the professed Discoursers by silence deserted, or by experience rejected this assertion.

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading [SN: _Æsops Apologues, of what antiquity._] For the same we find in the Hieroglyphicks of the Egyptians in the Apologue of _Æsop_, an Author of great Antiquity, who lived in the beginning of the _Persian_ Monarchy, and in the time of _Cyrus_: the same is touched by _Aristotle_ in his Ethicks, but seriously delivered by _Ælian_, _Pliny_, and _Solinus_: the same we meet with in _Juvenal_, who by an handsome and Metrical expression more welcomly engrafts it in our junior Memories:

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From this reading _----imitatus Castora, qui se Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno Testiculorum, adeo medicatum intelligit inguen._ It hath been propagated by Emblems: and some have been so bad Grammarians as to be deceived by the Name, deriving _Castor à castrando_, whereas the proper Latine word is _Fiber_, and _Castor_ but borrowed from the Greek, so called _quasi_ γάστωρ, that is, _Animal ventricosum_, from his swaggy and prominent belly.