a. [ For allerliefest dearest of all. See Lief. ] Most beloved. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Superl. of Chief. ] First or foremost; chief; principal. [ Archaic ] “Our chiefest courtier.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. See Cofessedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fester. [ Obs. ] “Enfestered sores.” Davies (Holy Roode). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Fist. ] The fist. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

a. [ L. festum holiday, feast. See feast. ] Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive. [ 1913 Webster ]

You bless with choicer wine the festal day. Francis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Joyously; festively; mirthfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } A feast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fescennine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Festered p. pr. & vb. n. Festering. ] [ OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n. ] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wounds immedicable
Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate,
And festered ranking malice in my breast. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula. ] 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A festering or rankling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A festering. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. festier, festeer, F. festoyer. ] To feast; to entertain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten. ] Hasty; hurried. [ Obs. ] -- Fes"ti*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. festinatio. ] Haste; hurry. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive. ] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. [ 1913 Webster ]

I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.

Syn. -- Feast; banquet; carousal. See Feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast. See feast, and cf. Festivous. ] Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The glad circle round them yield their souls
To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Festivities [ L. festivitas: cf. F. festivité. ] 1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A festival; a festive celebration. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Festive. ] Pertaining to a feast; festive. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Feast, n. ] Festive; fond of festive occasions. [ Obs. ] “A festlich man.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. feston (cf. Sp. feston, It. festone), prob. fr. L. festum festival. See Feast. ] 1. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch. & Sculp.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Festooned p. pr. & vb. n. Festooning. ] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. festula stalk, straw. Cf. Fescue. ] Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed or consisting of straw. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Fescue. ] A straw; a fescue. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not manifest. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infestus. See Infest, v. t. ] Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infested; p. pr. & vb. n. Infesting. ] [ L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere: cf. F. infester. See Defend. ] To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. [ 1913 Webster ]

To poison vermin that infest his plants. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. infestatio: cf. F. infestation. ] The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Free from the infestation of enemies. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, infests. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infestivus. See In- not, and Festive. ] Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infestus. See Infest, a. ] Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. [ Obs. ] “Infestuous as serpents.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. manifeste, L. manifestus, lit., struck by the hand, hence, palpable; manus hand + fendere (in comp.) to strike. See Manual, and Defend. ] 1. Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight. Heb. iv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which may be known of God is manifest in them. Rom. i. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus manifest to sight the god appeared. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Detected; convicted; -- with of. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Calistho there stood manifest of shame. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible; conspicuous; plain; obvious. -- Manifest, Clear, Plain, Obvious, Evident. What is clear can be seen readily; what is obvious lies directly in our way, and necessarily arrests our attention; what is evident is seen so clearly as to remove doubt; what is manifest is very distinctly evident. [ 1913 Webster ]

So clear, so shining, and so evident,
That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Entertained with solitude,
Where obvious duty erewhile appeared unsought. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I saw, I saw him manifest in view,
His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Manifests [ Cf. F. manifeste. See Manifest, a., and cf. Manifesto. ] 1. A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse; as, to inspect the ship's manifest. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manifested p. pr. & vb. n. Manifesting. ] 1. To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is nothing hid which shall not be manifested. Mark iv. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose; discover; display. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be manifested. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. manifestatio: cf. F. manifestation. ] 1. The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which manifests; a phenomenon which gives evidence of something hidden; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation; the delayed manifestation of a disease. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manifestation of them at the great day. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The materialization or apparition of a spirit; -- a phenomenon claimed to be seen by spiritualists. [ PJC ]

n. A policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Manifestable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manifest manner; obviously; evidently; clearly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being manifest; obviousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Manifestoes [ It. manifesto. See Manifest, n. & a. ] A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth the grounds and motives of our taking arms. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the Empire against the insolent pretensions of the pope. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. sängerfest. ] A festival of singers; a German singing festival. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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