DISTRESS, dis-tress-to harrass or make miserable also to distrain by law or seize a person's goods or other property.

DIVIDE, di-vi'de-to separate or put asunder; to distribute, deal out, or give in shares; to disunite or set at variance.

DIVORCE, di-vor'ce-to separate or put away; to part from, as in the legal separation of husband and wife.

EMBRACE, em-bra'ce-to enclose or hold a person in the arms, which is always considered an act of kindness or affection; to receive zealously, as a favour or an opinion: also to lay hold of, as an opportunity.

ENDUE, en-du-to put on as a garment; but is generally applied to the mind, and signifies to supply or furnish with capacity, or some particular properties or qualities, for the performance of certain

acts.

ENDURE, en-du're-to last or continue; to bear or suffer; to undergo or sustain.

ENGRAFT, (or INGRAFT) en-graft-to insert, plant, or fix a scion or slip cut off from one tree on the stock of another, in order to correct or improve the fruit; to fix deep; to settle.

ENGRAVE, en-grave—to cut letters, figures, or other characters, on metal or any other hard sub

stance.

ENJOIN, en-join'-to direct, order, charge, or command to do something.

ENJOY, en joy-to come in possession of, and have the use, benefit, or advantage of a thing; to take delight in.

ENLARGE, en-lardj'e—to make larger in size or appearance; to dilate or expand, as the heart by love or joy, 2 Cor. vi. 11.: also to encrease by re

presentation, as by giving a full account of any subject; to set at liberty.

ENQUIRE, (or INQUIRE), en-quire-to ask about or seek after any thing; to examine or search narrowly into it.

ENRICH, en-ritsh-to make a person rich by adding great wealth to his former estate or possessions; to beautify or adorn with ornaments.

ENROL, en-ròl-to enter or write down any name or record upon a list or roll.

ENSUE, en-su-to follow or pursue: also to follow as a consequence from what has gone before or has been already done.

ENTER, en-ter-to go or come into a place; to commence or begin any thing: also to set down in writing.

ENTICE, en-ti'ce-to allure, seduce, cunningly, persuade, or deceitfully draw away a person to do something contrary to his unbiassed inclination ; and is commonly used in a bad sense.

ESCAPE, es-cape--to shun or get away from an enemy; to avoid justice; to flee from danger; or to be preserved in some extraordinary manner.

ESCHEW, es-sheu-to shun or avoid; to flee from or get out of the way of any thing hurtful.

ESPOUSE, e-spouze-to betroth or engage; and also to take in marriage; to be greatly interested in an affair; to adopt heartily or adhere closely to a party, cause, or opinion.

ESTEEM, e-steem-to have a love or regard for a person; to set a value upon, or have respect to a thing.

EXACT, ex-act—to demand with rigorous authority; but usually applied where a person imposes upon another's ignorance, and requires more than is either just or reasonable.

EXALT, ex-alt-to raise or lift up by promotion, praise, or commendation.

EXCEED, ex-ceed to go beyond what was allowed, or what another had done; to surpass, excel, or do better than another.

EXCEL, ex-cel'-to surpass, outdo, or go beyond others in any art or science: also to be famous or expert in any respect whatever, whether good or bad.

EXCEPT, ex-cept-to take out or set apart one person or thing from a number of others: also to object to or find fault with; to differ from the common or general rule.

EXCLUDE, ex-clude-to shut out; to cast off; to take away.

EXCUSE, ex-cu'ze-to free a person from blame, by lessening the fault, as in shewing the reasonable. ness, or pleading the necessity of the act; to forgive or overlook something done amiss.

EXHORT, ex-hort-to warn or caution; to advise or counsel; to persuade, encourage, and stir up to any good action.

EXPECT, ex-pect-to look, stay, or wait for a person or thing; to have a prospect of something to come, whether we hope for it or dread its approach.

EXPEL, ex-pel-to eject or thrust out; to drive or put away by force: also to reject or cast off.

EXPIRE, expire-to emit or send forth the last breath; to die; to terminate or come to an end, as life, a lease, &c.

EXPOUND, ex-pound'-to set forth or lay out something, so that it may be seen; to make that easy, plain, or clear, which before was obscure, dark, or difficult.

FASHION, fash-on--to form, shape, or mould after a model or pattern: also to make according to some rule prescribed by custom.

FASTEN, fas-ten-to secure, make fast or firm.

FAVOUR, fa-vur-to countenance or support with kind regard; to assist or help by an act of kindness or friendship: also to resemble or be like unto another person.

FINISH, fin-ish-to make perfect, completely perform, or entirely bring to the end proposed any piece of work; to fulfil or bring to a conclusion any matter or business.

When our blessed Lord and great Redeemer said on the cross, It is finished, John xix. 30 it was manifest, that, by what he had done and suffered, he had performed the will of the Almighty, and finished the work assigned him, which was to obtain eternal redemption. Being the substance of all the types, and the end of the legal dispensations, he fulfilled all righteousness by the purity of his life, removed the curse, and satisfied divine justice by his death, gave proof of the efficacy of the sacrifice by his resurrection, and thus reconciled man to God, and opened the kingdom of heaven to every believing soul.

FLATTER, flat-ter-to praise or commend greatly by concealing the truth, or raising false hopes; to comply with or do whatever seems agreeable or pleasing to another.

FLOURISH, fur-rish-to blossom or bear flowers; to thrive or be in vigour; to be in repute, or established in the good opinion of others; to adorn.

FOLLOW, fol-lo-to go or come after another; to do the like or imitate an example, Matt. xvi. 24. ; to believe and obey, John x. 27; to endeavour after and pursue with great desire and diligence, Phil. iii. 12.; To follow the Lamb, Rev. xiv. 4. is to keep close to Christ in all his ordinances, to be led by his word and Spirit, and to depend upon the virtue and merit of his sacrifice, for pardon and acceptance.

Wherever this word is used in Scripture, and applied to the true God, or to idols or false gods, it

implies to trust in, rely upon, and yield service to them.

FORBEAR, for-bare-to cease from doing any thing; to let alone or leave off; to spare or treat with mildness, Eph. iv. 2. Col. iii. 13.

FORBID, for-bid-to order or direct a person not to do a thing; to countermand orders that were given before.

FOREKNOW, fore no-to know beforehand that such a thing will take place, or that some certain event will come to pass.

FORESEE, fore-see-to see beforehand what has not yet come to pass.

FORETELL, fore-tell-to predict or tell beforehand that something will come to pass.

FOREWARN, fore-warn'-to admonish or warn beforehand; to inform by way of caution; to prepare a person for some unexpected event.

FORGET, for-get-to let the knowledge of something slip out of the memory; to lose the remembrance of any thing; not to esteem or value a matter, but to pass it over as unworthy of our notice or remembrance, Phil. iii. 13.

FORGIVE, for giv-to pardon or pass by; to quit a person of a debt, fault, trespass, omission, &c. FORSAKE, for-sa'ke-to abandon or leave from dislike; to desert or quit from a sense of injury; to revolt from or neglect.

FORSWEAR, for-sware-to commit perjury or swear falsely; to renounce or deny upon oath. FRUSTRATE, frus-trate-to defeat or disappoint; to make null or yoid.

FULFIL, ful-fil'-to fill up till there be no more spare room; to finish or accomplish any thing, as a prophecy or promise by performance, any desire by compliance or gratification, any law by obedience; to answer any purpose or design.

FURNISH, fur-nish-to accommodate or supply