n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; -- used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. bibliste. See Bible. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A biblical scholar; a biblicist. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Blisses [ OE. blis, blisse, AS. blis, blīðs, fr. blīðe blithe. See Blithe. ] Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy. [ 1913 Webster ]

An then at last our bliss
Full and perfect is. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy; enjoyment. See Happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree. “Blissful solitude.” Milton. -- Bliss"ful*ly, adv. -- Bliss"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of bliss. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ For blithesome: but cf. also Icel. bl&unr_;sma of a goat at heat. ] To be lustful; to be lascivious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lascivious; also, in heat; -- said of ewes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus comprising the chinch bugs. See chinch, 2.
Syn. -- genus Blissus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blistered p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering. ] To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let my tongue blister. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind. ] 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. Grainger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. --
Blister fly, a blister beetle. --
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies. --
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. --
Blood blister. See under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To raise a blister or blisters upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

My hands were blistered. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. [ 1913 Webster ]

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. harshly or corrosively critical in tone; -- of comments about people or their actions. blistering criticism
Syn. -- acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, caustic, scathing, venomous, virulent, vitriolic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. intensely hot. blistering sun
Syn. -- blistery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. very fast; as, a blistering pace.
Syn. -- red-hot, scorching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Full of blisters. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a white wine resembling Chablis{ 1 }, but made elsewhere, as in California. [ PJC ]

n. Joint establishment. Bp. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The condition of being disestablished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine or political position that advocates abrogating the establishment of a church as the official state religion.. [ PJC ]

Prior to the Puritans, very few earlier believers contended for any form of disestablishmentarianism. David. W. Hall (Savior or Servant? Putting Government in Its Place: The Covenant Foundation, 1996)

n. [ Ar. iblis. ] (Moham. Myth.) The prince of the evil spirits; Satan. [ Written also Eblees. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To enfeeble. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Established p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing. ] [ OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. établir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., -ish, and cf. Stablish. ] 1. To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm. [ 1913 Webster ]

So were the churches established in the faith. Acts xvi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the consent of all, we were established
The people's magistrates. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. Dan. vi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath established it [ the earth ], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited. Is. xlv. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! Hab. ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deut. xix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with unestablished. [ Narrower terms: entrenched; implanted, planted, rooted; official; recognized ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. securely established; as, an established reputation.
Syn. -- firm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. settled securely and unconditionally.
Syn. -- accomplished, effected. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. conforming with accepted standards. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the established facts in the case.
Syn. -- proved. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants.
Syn. -- naturalized. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

. (Contract bridge, Whist) A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who establishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. establissement, F. établissement. ] 1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Establishment of the port (Hydrography), a datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation, viz., the interval between the moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new and full moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the doctrine or political position that advocates establishment of a church as the official state religion; -- applied especially to the Church of England.. [ PJC ]

v. t. To establish beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Settlement beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Published p. pr. & vb. n. Publishing. ] [ F. publier, L. publicare, publicatum. See Public, and -ish. ] 1. To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict. [ 1913 Webster ]

Published was the bounty of her name. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To publish a will (Law), to acknowledge it before the witnesses as the testator's last will and testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate; disclose; divulge; reveal. See Announce. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being published; suitable for publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine. [ 1913 Webster ]

For love of you, not hate unto my friend,
Hath made me publisher of this pretense. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of making publicly known; publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who establishes again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act reestablishing; the state of being reestablished. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Republished p. pr. & vb. n. Republishing. ] To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re&unr_;xecution or codicil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished his will. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who republishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Aphetic form of establish. ] To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix. [ Obs. ] 2 Sam. vii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Establishment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
See abundant.
See accordant.
See adoptable.
See adventurous.
See affable.
See affectionate.
See afraid.
See alliable.
See allowable.
See alterable.
See ambiguous.
See ambitious.
See amendable.
See -American.
See amusive.
See angular.
See anxious.
See apocryphal.
See apostolic.
See apparent.
See appeasable.
See applausive.
See appreciable.
See apprehensible.
See apprehensive.
See approachable.
See artificial.
See artistic.
See assailable.
See attainable.
See attentive.
See authentic.
See available.
See bailable.
See bearable.
See beautiful.
See beliefful.
See believable.
See beneficial.
See benevolent.
See blamable.
See blemishable.
See blissful.
See boastful.
See bold.
See bookish.
See bounteous.
See bribable.
See brotherly.
See burdensome.
See businesslike.
See busy.
See candid.
See canonical.
See captious.
See careful.
See celestial.
See ceremonious.
See challengeable.
See changeable.
See chary.
See chastisable.
See cheerful.
See cheery.
See childish.
See chivalrous.
See choleric.
See christianlike.
See circumspect.
See civic.
See classible.
See classic.
See classical.
See cleanly.
See clear.
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See clerklike.
See close.
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See clubbable.
See coagulable.
See cogitable.
See collectible.
See comic.
See commendable.
See commercial.
See communicable.
See communicative.
See compact.
See companionable.
See compassionate.
See compellable.
See competitive.
See complaisant.
See compliant. See complimentary.
See concealable.
See concurrent.
See conditionate.
See confinable.
See confutable.
See congealable.
See congenial.
See conjugal.
See conjunctive.
See conquerable.
See consecrate.
See containable.
See contaminate.
See contradictable.
See contrite.
See convenable.
See conventional.
See conversable.
See conversant.
See convertible.
See coquettish.
See cordial.
See corpulent.
See correspondent.
See corruptible.
See corruptive.
See costly.
See counselable.
See countable.
See counterfeit.
See courteous.
See courtierlike.
See courtly.
See crafty.
See creatable.
See critical.
See crystalline.
See cultivable.
See curious.
See customary.
See dangerous.
See daughterly.
See dead.
See deceivable.
See decidable.
See decipherable.
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See decomposable.
See definable.
See delectable.
See deliberate.
See delightful.
See deliverable.
See democratic.
See demonstrable.
See demonstrative.
See deniable.
See derogatory.
See descendible.
See describable.
See desirable.
See desirous.
See despondent.
See devout.
See diaphanous.
See diligent.
See diminishable.
See discernible.
See disciplinable.
See discordant.
See discoverable.
See dissolvable.
See distinguishable.
See dividable.
See divine.
See domestic.
See doubtful.
[ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + establish. ] To disestablish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Parliament demanded of the king to unestablish that prelatical government. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]