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ME It
W559. Fite 73, far77, fall 83,fat 81—mi 93, met 95—pine 105,pin 107—n& 102, move 1G!>
fcj* This word was universally, till of late, pronounced with the accent on the second syllable, as Dr,Johnson, W. Johnston, Dr. Kenrick, Barclay, Bailey,Buchanan, Penning, and Perry, have marked it.•Some speakers have endeavoured to pronounce itwith the accent on the first, as we find it marked inMr. Nares, Dr. Ash, Scott, and Entick: but (his is aninnovation unsuitable to the genius of oar promuicia-tion; which, in dissyllables having a diphthong in thelast, tncliues us to place the accent on that syllableas much as in devoir, which we find accented on thelast by all our orthoepists witbont exception.
MEMORABLE, mem'mur-it-bl, a. Worthyof memory, not to be forgotten.
MEMORABLY, mem'mur-k-ble, ad. In a
manner worthy of memory.MEMORANDUM, mem-mi-rin'dum, s. Anote to help the memory.
MEMORIAL, ine-mu're-41, a. Preservative
of memory ; contained in memory.MEMORIAL, me-mo're-ill, a. A monument,something to preserve memory ; a written actcontaining a claim, remonstrance, or petition.MEMORIALIST, nie-mo'rc-4l-lst ? s. Onewho writes memorials.
To MEMORIZE, memorize,v.a.To record,
to commit to memory by writing.
MEMORY, mem'inur-e, s. 557. The powerof retaining or recollecting things past, reten-tion, recollection.
MEN, men. The plural of man.
To MENACE, men'nase,t\a.91. To threaten,to threat.
MENACE, raln'nkse, s. 91. A threat.MENACER, mea'aks-ur, s. 98. A threat-ened one that threats.
MENAGE, me-nizhe', s. A collection ofanimals.
fc? This word is perfectly French ; nor can we ex-press their soft g any other way than by zhe,
MENAGOGUE, mln'a-gflg, s. 338. A me-dicine that promotes the flux of the menses.
To MEND, m£nd,u.a. To repair from breachor decay; to correct; to advance; to im-prove.
To MEND, mend, r. n . To grow better, toadvance in any good.
MENDABLE, men'dd-bl, a. 405. Capable ofbeing mended.
MENDACITY, men-dlls'se-te, s. Falsehood.MENDER, mender, s. 98. One who makesany change for the better.
MENDICANT, nien'de-k&nt, a. Begging,poor to a state of beggary.
MENDICANT, m^n'dt-kilnt, s. A beggar,one of 5onie begging fraternity.
To MENDICATE, men'de-kite, t>. a. Tobeg, to ask aims.
MENDICITY , men-dls'si-ti, a. The life ofa beggar.
MENDS, mends. For Amends. Not used.MENIAL , mi'ni-Hl, a. 113. Belonging tothe retinue or train of servants,
MENINGES, me-nin'ji$s, j. The meningesare the two membranes that envelop thebrain, which are called the pia mater and duramater.
MENOLOGY, me-nSl'lo-je, s. 518. A regis-ter of months*
MENSAL, ni&i'sll, a. Belonging to thetable.
MENSTRUAL , mens'stru-kl, a. Monthly,lasting a month; pertaining to a menstruum.386
MENSTUUOUS, mens'stru-iis. a. Havingthe catamenia.
MENSTRUUM, mens'atrii-unM- All liquor 8
ore called Menstruums which are used as dis*solvents, or to extract the virtues of ing re 'dients by infusion or decoction.
MENSURABILITY, men-shu-r&-bft'e-te, *Capacity of being measured.
MENSURABLE, men'shu-nUbl, a. Measur-able, that may be measured.
MENSURAL, m£n'sbk-rkl, «. 88. Relatingto measure.
To MENSURATE, men'shu-rkte, «. a.measure, to take the dimension of any thing -
MENSURATION , nien-shu-ra'shim, s. Tf> eart or practice of measuring, result of me*'suring.
MENTAL, meut'ill, a. 88. Intellectual, e*'
istii.g in the mind.
MENTALLY, m£nt'tal-k,(id. Intellectually’in the mind ; not practically, but in thotq,or meditation.
MENTION, m^n'shun, Oral or writt£ p
expression, or recital of any thing.
To MENTION, meji'shun, v. a » To writeexpress in words or writing. , ,
MEPHITICAL,me-fit'e-kiU,«.IU-savoured' |stinking.
MERACIOUS, me-rk'shus, a. 292. Strong
racy.
MERCANTANT, mer'kiin-tant, s . A &
reigner, or foreign trade- Not used. .
MERCANTILE, mer'kan-til, a. 145. Tr&‘
iug, commercial.
MERCENARIN ESS, mlr'se-na-re-nes, ! '
Venality, respect to hire or reward. .
MERCENARY, mer'se-n4-re, a. 512. Ve» a1,hired, sold for money.
MERCENARY, mer'se-nS-re,s. A hireli*#one retained or serving for pay. ..
MERCER, mer'sur, s. 98. One who se* Jsilks. J
MERCERY, mcr'sur-e, s. 555. Trademercers, dealing in silks.MERCHANDISE, mer'tshan-dlze, s.fick, commerce, trade; wares,any thingsbought or sold. A ,
To MERCHANDISE, mir'tshan-dize, «•
To trade, to trathek, to exercise coninirrc^',MERCHANT, mer'tshdnt, *. 352. One
traliicks to remote countries.
Mr. Sheridan pronounces the e, in the fit* 1 lrlable of thin word, like the a in march ; and i* ^tain that, about thirty years ago, this was the g®" j,i*pronunciation; but since that time the soundoi^|ibeen gradually wearing away; and the soundso fully established, that the former is nowgross and vulgar, and Is only to be heard ain 0,t A{jl*lower orders of the people. It is highly P r<3 %*‘that, however coarse this sound of e may uo>y sl j>ti lit was once not only the common pronunciab 0 ®’ tb*the most agreeable to analogy. We still find d 1 * jpldvowel i before r, followed by another consonant 0 ( l>into a broader sound by takiug the short sou 11which is really the short souud of a slender a,gin, virtue, «fcc.; and it is a similar alterationtakes place in the e before r, followed byconsonant, in clerk, sergeant, Derby, &c.vowel fails into the broader sound of the * ta nC ed 7Strjnon, service, vermin, &c. are still pronouthe vulgar as if written sarmon, sarvice, r <
&c. ; and this was probably the ancientpronouncing every/ in the same situation. ^ /vlogy is now totally exploded; and, except C ygrunt, and a few proper names, we have sc* ^ Jother word in the language where the € h