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Lamentation
LAMENTA’TION, noun [Latin lamentatio.]
1. Expression of sorrow; cries of grief; the act of bewailing.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. Matthew 2:18.
2. In the plural, a book of Scripture, containing the lamentations of Jeremiah.
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Lamenting
LAMENT’ING, participle present tense Bewailing; mourning; weeping.
LAMENT’ING, noun A mourning; lamentation.
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Languish
LAN’GUISH, verb intransitive [Latin langueo, lachinisso; Gr. to flag, to lag. Latin laxo, laxus, flacceo.]
1. To lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine; to be or to grow heavy. We languish under disease or after excessive exertion.
She that hath borne seven languisheth. Jeremiah 15:9.
2. To wither; to fade; to lose the vegetating power.
For the fields of Heshbon languisheth. Jeremiah 15:9.
3. To grow dull; to be no longer active and vigorous. The war languished for want of supplies. Commerce, agriculture, manufactures languish not for want of money, but for want of good markets.
4. To pine or sink under sorrow or any continued passion; as, a woman languishes for the loss of her lover.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish Hosea 4.
5. To look with softness or tenderness, as with the head reclined and a peculiar cast of the eye.
LAN’GUISH, verb transitive To cause to droop or pine. [Little Used.]
LAN’GUISH, noun Act of pining; also, a soft and tender look or appearance.
And the blue languish of soft Allia’s eye.
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Libation
LIBA’TION, noun [Latin libatio, from libo, to pour out, to taste.]
1. The act of pouring a liquor, usually wine, either on the ground, or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity. The Hebrews, Greeks and Romans practiced libation This was a solemn act and accompanied with prayer.
2. The wine or other liquor poured out in honor of a deity.
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LOVE
LOVE, verb transitive luv. [Latin libeo, lubeo. See Lief. The sense is probably to be prompt, free, willing, from leaning, advancing, or drawing forward.]
1. In a general sense to be pleased with; to regard with affection, on account of some qualities which excite pleasing sensations or desire of gratification. We love a friend, on account of some qualities which give us pleasure in his society. We love a man who has done us a favor; in which case, gratitude enters into the composition of our affection. We love our parents and our children, on account of their connection with us, and on account of many qualities which please us. We love to retire to a cool shade in summer. We love a warm room in winter. we love to hear an eloquent advocate. The christian loves his Bible. In short, we love whatever gives us pleasure and delight, whether animal or intellectual; and if our hearts are right, we love God above all things, as the sum of all excellence and all the attributes which can communicate happiness to intelligent beings. In other words, the christian loves God with the love of complacency in his attributes, the love of benevolence towards the interest of his kingdom, and the love of gratitude for favors received.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind –
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Matthew 22:37.
2. To have benevolence or good will for. John 3:16.
LOVE, noun
1. An affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth of any kind, or by the qualities of an object which communicate pleasure, sensual or intellectual. It is opposed to hatred. love between the sexes, is a compound affection, consisting of esteem, benevolence, and animal desire. love is excited by pleasing qualities of any kind, as by kindness, benevolence, charity, and by the qualities which render social intercourse agreeable. In the latter case, love is ardent friendship, or a strong attachment springing from good will and esteem, and the pleasure derived from the company, civilities and kindness of others.
Between certain natural relatives, love seems to be in some cases instinctive. Such is the love of a mother for her child, which manifests itself toward an infant, before any particular qualities in the child are unfolded. This affection is apparently as strong in irrational animals as in human beings.
We speak of the love of amusements, the love of books, the love of money, and the love of whatever contributes to our pleasure or supposed profit.
The love of God is the first duty of man, and this springs from just views of his attributes or excellencies of character, which afford the highest delight to the sanctified heart. Esteem and reverence constitute ingredients in this affection, and a fear of offending him is its inseparable effect.
2. Courtship; chiefly in the phrase, to make love that is, to court; to woo; to solicit union in marriage.
3. Patriotism; the attachment one has to his native land; as the loveof country.
4. Benevolence; good will.
God is love 1 John 4:7.
5. The object beloved.
The lover and the love of human kind.
6. A word of endearment.
Trust me, love
7. Picturesque representation of love
Such was his form as painters, when they show their utmost art, on naked loves bestow.
8. Lewdness.
He is not lolling on a lewd love-bed.
9. A thin silk stuff. obsolete
LOVE in idleness, a kind of violet.
Free of love a plant of the genus Cercis.