v. t. [ OE. at (AS. æt) out + rede. ] To surpass in council. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Men may the olde atrenne, but hat atrede. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Braid woven cord. ] A braid. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. Breadth. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. credentia, fr. L. credens, -entis, p. pr. of credere to trust, believe: cf. OF. credence. See Creed, and cf. Credent, Creance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

To give credence to the Scripture miracles. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

An assertion which might easily find credence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give credence to; to believe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Credenda [ L., fr. credere to believe. ] (Theol.) A thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great articles and credenda of Christianity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ . credens, -entis, p. pr. of credere to trust, believe. See Creed. ] 1. Believing; giving credence; credulous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If with too credent ear you list songs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having credit or authority; credible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For my authority bears of a credent bulk. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. It. credenziale, fr. LL. credentia. See Credence. ] Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their credential letters on both sides. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. credenziale. ] 1. That which gives a title to credit or confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. Addison.

adj. having an official document certifying fitness for a particular task.
Syn. -- certificated, documented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a credence{ 3 }.
Syn. -- credence. [ PJC ]

2. a buffet or sideboard similar to a credence{ 4 }, especially one without legs. MW10 [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ It., of belief or trust. ] (Mercantile Law) An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) The fore part of a deck, or of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you
An idle meteor. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Foredoom. ] To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which [ maid ] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come. Genevan Test. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Kindred. ] The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred. Blount. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder. -- Ir`re*deem"a*ble*ness, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another.
Syn. -- irridenta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related.
Syn. -- irridentism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an advocate of irredentism, especially a person in one country who advocates the incorporation of a region in another country related historically to his country.
Syn. -- irridentist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Kindred. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Kindred. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. mis- + credent. Cf. Miscreant. ] A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in giving rede, or counsel. [ Obs. ] See Atrede. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. praedari. See Prey. ] To prey; to plunder. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Prey; plunder; booty. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Premature decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To die sooner than. “If children predecease progenitors.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The death of one person or thing before another. [ R. ] Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Going before; preceding. “Our predecessive students.” Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praedecessor; prae before + decessor one who withdraws from the province he has governed, a retiring officer (with reference to his successor), a predecessor, fr. decedere: cf. F. prédécesseur. See Decease. ] One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been over the interests of the state. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dedication made previously or beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. Previous deliberation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous delineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Logic) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The system or doctrine of the predestinarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Predestinarian. [ Obs. ] Heylin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See Destine. ] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. “A predestinate scratched face.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Predestinated p. pr. & vb. n. Predestinating. ] [ Cf. Predestine. ] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praedestinatio: cf. F. prédestination. ] 1. The act of predestinating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Predestination had overruled their will. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]