ship; den — haben, to preside, todsthe chair-man.

Vorsitzen, r'. n. ir. to preside.

Vorsitzende, m. v. Vorsitzer.

Vorsitzer, m. -s, pi. -, president,

chair-man.

Vorsommer, m. -s, spring-time.

Vorsorge, / foresight, timely care,precaution, providence; — trugen, totake care, to be attentive to.

Vo'rspaiM, m. -es, -s, relay, set ofhorses ; additional cattle , additionalhorses.

Vorspannen, v. a. to extend or stretchbefore a thing; to tenter before;(Pferde, rc.) to put to; to put addition-al horses to a carriage; to furnishone with relays.

«• -s, Vo rspannung, /.

furnishing with relays or fresh hor-ses ; putting additional horses to.

Vorsparcn, v. a. to preserve.

Vorspiegeln, v. a. (Einem Etwas) toshow in a dazzling light, to deceive,to illudr. [a false show; deceit.

Vorspiegelung, /. pi. -en, makingVorspiel, n. -es, -s, pi. -e, prelude,prcludium, first play; — auf einer Or-gel, voluntary.

Vo rspielen, v. n. to prelude ; —, v. a.(Einem Etwas) to entertain with play-ing on an instrument.

Vo'rspieler, m. -s, pi. -, T. leader ofthe band, concert-master.

Vorspinnwcrk, n. -es, -s, pi. -e, T.

rought-mill.

Vo rspitzctt,r'.«.to new-point, to sharpen.

Vorspräche, /. (n. u.) intercession,

v. Fürspruche.

Vorsprechen, v. a. ir. to speak or talkbefore a person; (Einem Etwas) tosay to a person; —, v. n. to out-tune;(bei Einem) to give one a call.

Vo rsprecher, in. -s, pi. intercessor,

v-. Fürsprecher.

Vorspringen, v. n. ir. to leap before;to out-leap ; Jig. to jut out.

Vo'rspruch, m. -eS , -s, Intercession,v. Fürspruch.

Vo'rspruttg, m. -eS, -S, pi. -spränge,start, advantage; projection, promi-nence, relief; T. ressault; den — vorEinem Haben, to have the start of one,to have tire advantage over one.

Vorspuk, m. -eS, -S, omen, portent.

Vo'rspukm, v. n. to forebode, to fore-token.

Vorstadt,/. pi. -si.idte, suburb.Bo'rsiädter, m. -a, pi.-, Vo'rstädterin,

s. -,pl. -nen, inhabitant of the suburb,suburban.

Vorstand, m. -eS, -s, pi. -stände, per-sonal appearance; bail, security,earnest. [Stander.

Vorstander, m. -s, pi. T. tiller,

Vorstechen, V. a. ir. to prick before;to make a puncture or hole with anypointed instrument before any thing;—, v. n. ir. to shine forth, to out-shine, to outdo; to be prominent, tobe distinguished; to jutty.

Vorsteckarmcl, m.-s,cover-sleeve.

Vo rstecken, v. a. to put before a thing,to stick before a thing; Jig. to prefix,to appoint.

Vo'rstecker, m. -§, pi. a thing, whichis stuck before another to hold orfasten it; pin, peg.

Vorsitzen — Verwehr

Vorstehen, v. n. ir. to stand before athing; to slaud out, to project;/#,to appear in a court of justice; (einemDinge) to administer, to govern, tomanage, to inspect, to superintend.

Bo'rstchen, n. -i, jutting; appearing,etc.

Vorsteher, m. -S, pi. overseer, in-spector , surveyor, superintendent,chief, principal; (der Münze) warder,keeper; — drüsen, pi. (auch: Vorsteher)T. prostates.

Vorstehhund, m. -es, -s, pi. -t, T. set-ting-dog, spaniel, pointer.

Vo rstellen, v. a. to place or put beforea thing; (Einen Jemandem) to presentor introduce one to another; ( eineRolle) to represent, to personate ; toplay, to act, to perform; (( SinemQt'ttoa8)to remonstrate; sich — (ich stelle mirvor), to imagine, to fancy, to think.

Vorsteher, m. -S, pi. be that pre-sents orintroduces; performer, player.

Vorstellung, /. pi. -en, presentation,representation ; idea, conception, no-tion; remonstrance; falsche —, mis-representation, misconception; —s-krast, /. — svermögen, n. imaginativefaculty. [mast.

Vo'rstenge, s. pi. -n, T. fore-top-

Vo'rstopfen, v.a. to stuff before a thing.

Vorstoß, m. -es, something projecting,something protruded ; eking piece ;adopter; hive-dross, bee-glue.

Vo rstoßen, v . a. to push forward.

Vorstrecken, v. a. to stretch forward,to put forth; (Einem Etwas) to ad-vance, to lend.

Vo'rstreckung, /. putting or stretch-ing forth; advancing, lending.

Vorstreichen, V. a. ir. to strike or rubforth; to spread forward; to markwith a stroke iu front of a tiling.

Vo'rstreum, r>. a. to strew or scatterbefore a thing.

Vorstrich, m. -es, -s, pi. -e, stroke,mark (made in front of a thing).

Vo'rstricken, V.a. to knit to the extrem-ity of another thing : to vamp knitting.

Vo'rstuöe , /. pi. -N, front-room,fore-room.

Vo'rstück, n. -es, -s, pi. -e, T. chase-gun (on board of a man of war).

Vorstürmen, v. n. to tumble forward;to rush forward. [searching.

Vo'rsuchen, v. a. to bring forward by

VorsundstutHlich, a. antediluvian.

Vo'rsylbe, f. pi. -n, prefix.

Vo'rtanz, m. -es, first dance.

Vo'rtanzen, v. n. to lead the dance; todance before a person (to show howto dance); to out-dance.

Vo'rtanzer, m. -s, pi. -, leader of adance; person that shows the figure ofa dance.

Vortheil, m. -es, -s, pi. -e, advantage,profit, gain, interest; lift; Einem zum— gereichen, to turn to one’s profit.

Vor'theilhast, a. (für) advantageous;profitable, lucrative; —e Gelegenheit,a fair opportunity; — adv. advantage-ously, profitably.

Vorthier, n. -eS, -F, pi. -e. chamoiswhich leads the flock.

Vo'rthnn, v. a. ir. to put on or before;(Einem Etwas) to surpass ; -- (sich),v. r. ir. to distinguish one’s seif.

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Vortraö, m. -es, -s, van-guard, van,first body. [trot.

Vortragen, v.n. to trot before ; to out-

Vo'rtrag, m. -es, -s, pi. -träge, deliv-ery, elocution, diction ; exposition, re-lation, report, statement; proposal,proposition; discourse; T. mode ofexecuting a piece of music, execution ;in — bringen, to propose, to propound;to make a report.

Vortragen, v. a. ir. (Einem Etwas) tobear or carry before; to put or placebefore a person; ßg. to represent, toexpose; to deliver; to propose, to pro-pound ;. to state, to report; eine Bitte—, to bring in a petition.

Vortrefflich , a. excellent, eximious,exquisite; —, adv. excellently, egre-giously, exquisitely.

Vortrefflichkeit, /. pi. -en, exi;el-

leuce, excellency, eminence.

Vo'rtreiöen, v. a. ir. to drive before;to drive forth.

Vortreten, v. n. ir. to step, go orwalk before; to step forth; to come

Vo'rtreter, m. -9, pi. -, he that steps orwalks before ; beadle, mace-bearer.

Vortrieb, m. -es, -s, Vo'ririst, s. -,

right of driving one’s cattle on thepasture-ground before others.

Vo'rtrinken, V. a. et n. ir. to drink be-fore or first.

Vortritt, m. -es, -s , first step; ßg.upper hand, precedence, pas; den —lassen, to yield the precedence.

Vortrupp, m. -s, pi. -en, vanguard,v. Vortrab.

Vo'rtuch, n. -es, -9, pi. -tücher, apron;wiping-clout; bib.

Vo'ruben, v. a. to pre - exercise, toexercise previously.

VorÜ'ber, adv. by; past, over, gone;finished ; — gehen, to pass by.

Vo rübung, s. -, pi. -en, previous exer-cise, previous practice.

Vorurtheil, n. -e$, -S, pi. -e, preju-dice, preconceived opinion ; von—eneingenommen, prejudiced, prepossess-ed; — frei, — los, a. free from pre-judices.

Vo'rmthcilen, V. a. to prejudicate.

Vo'rvater, in. -s, pi. -Ostter, ancestor,progenitor. [sending line.

Vo'roerivandten, />/. relations in an as-

Vo'rvordere, m. -n, jt>/.-n, v. Vorväter.

Vorwache, /. -, pi. -n, out-guard, out-post; advauce-guard.

Vo'rwachs, n. -ses, hive-dross, bee-glue.

Vo'rwachsen, v. n. ir. to gain ground.

Vo'rwägcn, v. a. ir. to weigh before aperson. [rampart.

Vo'rtvall, m. -eS, -S, pi. -wälle, outer

Vorwalten, v. a. to prevail, to pre-dominate.

Vo'rwand, /. pi. -wände, fore-wall,out-wall; wall built or placed beforeany thing; shelter.

Vo'rwand, m. -es, -8, pi. -wände, pre-text, pretence; colour.

Vorwärts, adv. forward, forwards,on ; — dreh er, m. T. pronator.

Vorwäschen, v. a. ir. to wash before aperson;/#. (Einem Etwas) to prattleor chatter before a person:

Vorweg', adv. before,' from before; be-fore-hand ; — genießen, to anticipate.

Vorwehr, /. bulwark, rampart.