promise faithfully, so as to give confidence and remove all doubt or fear.

ATTAIN, at-túne-to reach or arrive at; to come to a certain state.

ATTEND, at-tend'-to wait on one to whom we owe duty or service; to apply or bend one's mind to a thing; to hearken or give ear to; to take heed.

AVAIL, a-valle-to assist, profit, or turn to good account.

AVENGE, a-venj'e-to do justice to an injured person; to punish an offender according to his deserts.

AVOID, a-void-to leave or quit; to shun or escape from.

AWAKE, a-wake-to cease to sleep; to rise from a state of slumber.

To rouse from spiritual sleep, by a vigorous exercise of grace, leaving off all sinful courses, and setting about the performance of duties required, Rom. xiii. 11. Eph. v. 14. To raise from the dead, John xi. 11.

BAPTIZE, bap-tize-to administer the outward ordinance or sacrament of baptism, whereby a person is admitted into church fellowship, and initiated into the Christian religion. The washing with water represents the cleansing of the soul from sin by the blood of Christ, and is the outward visible sign of an inward spiritual washing or regeneration, whereby the gifts and graces of the Spirit are communicated, ́Matt. iii. 11. Mar. i. 8. Luke iii. 16. John i. 26. See Baptism.

BECKON, beck-on-to make a sign or give notice, by a motion of the head or hand, for a person to do a thing or to let it alone.

BECOME, be-cum-to appear fit for some particular purpose; to be peculiarly suitable to the per

son, as when any thing pleases by a graceful propriety; to enter into some state or condition; to be the end of.

BEFALL, befall-to happen unexpectedly, or come to pass unlooked for.

BEGET, be-get-to cause; to be the means of producing.

BEGIN, be-gin'-to enter upon something new; to do the first act of any thing; to lay the foundation; to trace from the first.

BEGUILE, be-guile-to deceive or cheat in a pleasing unsuspicious manner; to impose upon by artful cunning; to do mischief secretly.

BEHAVE, be-have-to conduct or carry one's self. BEHEAD, be-hed-to kill by cutting off the

head.

BEHOLD, be-hold'—to regard or view with attention; to look upon.

BEHOVE, be-hoov-to be meet, fit, or proper; to be the duty of a person to do.

BELIEVE, be-léve-to have faith, or a firm trust and confidence in the truth of a report, given by another.

To believe the Gospel, is to have a full persuasion of the divine authority of its doctrines, and at determined resolution, by the grace of God, to obey its precepts. To assent barely to Gospel truths, Acts viii. 13. To receive, depend, and rely upon. Christ for life and salvation, John i. 12. iii. 15, 16. Rom. ix. 33. x. 4.

BELONG, be-long-to relate to, or to depend upon a thing; to be the right or property of a person.

BESEECH, be setsh-to beg earnestly; to ask humbly; to entreat; to urge by petition.

BESET, be-set-to surround or hem in; to harrass or fall upon.

BE-STOW, be-stó-to give freely, as a present or

in charity; to lay out with care or much pains; to lay up in a place for safety.

BETRAY, be-tra-to deliver treacherously a person or place into the hands of an enemy; to discover or disclose a secret, which may give one person some advantage over another.

BEWAIL, be-wale—to mourn or lament bitterly; to express great sorrow for some loss.

BEWARE, be-ware-to regard with caution from a suspicion of danger; to take care to avoid, as God's wrath, Acts xiii. 40.; false teachers, Matt. vii. 15, 16. vi. 11.; men averse to the truth, Matt. x. 17.; evil workers, Phil. iii. 2.; errors of the wicked, 2 Pet. iii. 17.; covetousness, Luke, xii. 15. xx. 46.

BEWITCH, be-witsh-to enchant or overpower with a charm, so that a person has not the right use of his reason and choice.

BEWRAY, be-wra'-to reveal or discover a secret; to shew or make known something to one's own disadvantage.

BLASPHEME, blas-féme-to dishonour God by evil reproaches, or by talking profanely of holy things.

BLINDFOLD, blìnd-fold—to hinder from seeing by covering the eyes.

BORROW, bor-ro-to have for a time the use of something belonging to another; to ask a loan ; to take on credit.

BROIDER, broi-der-to adorn with figures of needle-work.

BUFFET, buffet-to give blows with the fist; to

vex or torment.

BURY, ber-ry-to inter or lay in the ground a dead body; to hide or conceal.

CARRY, car'-ry-to remove or bear away from one place to another; to keep from falling.

CHASTEN, chàs-ten-to correct in love; to pu

nish in justice; particularly applied to private persons and slight offences.

CHASTIŽE, chas-tize-to correct by a slight punishment; to reduce to order or obedience.

CHERISH, cher'-rish-to nourish and support; to comfort and make much of; to maintain and bring up.

COMFORT, cum'-fort-to afford or give advice, assistance, or relief in any way; to mitigate or soften any painful emotion of the mind; to strengthen the mind under any calamity.

COMMAND, com-mand'--to give orders to a person; to bid another to do something; to have the oversight, rule, or direction of any place or affair.

COMMEND, com-mend-to extol, praise, or represent as worthy of favour or notice, 2 Cor. iii. 1. v. 12.; to commit to the care of, or give in charge to another, Luke xxiii. 46.; to render one more acceptable, 1 Cor. viii. 8.: also to set forth the value or usefulness of a thing.

COMMIT, com-mit-to entrust to the care of another to put in a place for safety; to act or do; but always applied to something criminal, as sin, &c. COMMUNE, com-múne-to converse or talk together.

COMPACT, com-pact-to gird, bind up, and put into close order or little room; to make a thing very neat, useful, and to the best advantage.

COMPARE, com-pare-to examine one thing by another, in order to discover their likeness or unlike ness, their agreement or disagreement.

COMPASS, cum'-pass-to surround or go round; to seize; to grasp also to effect or bring a thing to pass.

COMPEL, com-pel-to force or oblige a person to do a thing, whether he be incined or not.

CONCEIVE, con-céve—to begin to be with child; to form in the mind a right notion or true judgment of a thing; to be of opinion.

CONCERN, con-cern'-to relate or belong to: also to cause great interest or anxious regard; to disturb or make uneasy.

CONCLUDE, con-clu ́de—to make an end; to come to a close; to draw a consequence from something said before; to come to a resolution or the last determination.

CONDEMN, con-dem-to give judgment against a person, or to pronounce the final sentence, by which the accused person is declared guilty and doomed to punishment.

To censure or blame rashly, unjustly, or uncharitably, Luke, vi. 37. To witness against and conviet by example and conduct, Matt. xii. 41. By the sufferings of his Son in the flesh, God declared openly before all the world, how abominable sin was in his sight, and how contrary to his nature, Rom. viii. 3.

CONDUCT, con-duct—to lead, guide, or accompany a person, in order to shew him the way; to adjust one's own behaviour by some rule or method; to manage or direct any business or affair.

CONFER, con-fer'—to talk or discourse together in a familiar manner, on some particular subject or affair: also to bestow or give.

CONFESS, con-fess to acknowledge or declare one's self guilty of a fault or crime. To own and profess the truths of the Gospel, and to obey the commandments of Christ, in spite of all opposition and danger from enemies, Matt. x. 32. Christ will confess the faithful in the day of judgment, by owning and acknowledging them as his own, Matt. x. 32. Luke, xii. 8.

CONFIRM, con-firm'-to put past doubt by clear undeniable evidence; to give new assurance of the truth and certainty of any thing; to strengthen, settle, or establish, Acts xiv. 22.; to fulfil, accomplish, or make good, Rom. xv. 8. A man confirms himself,