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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 ]