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2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and .
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3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame. Shak.
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4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
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It was the lark, the herald of the morn. Shak.
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5. Any messenger. “My herald is returned.” Shak.
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Coloq. Heralds' College , in England, an ancient corporation, dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms.
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Herald (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heralding.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.] To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. Shak.
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heralded adj. widely publicized; as, the royal couple's much heralded world tour.
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Heraldic (?), a. [Cf. F. héraldique.] Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton.
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Heraldically (?), adv. In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
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heraldist adj. of or pertaining to heraldry.
Syn. -- heraldic.
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Heraldry (?), n. 1. The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
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2. A coat of arms or some other heraldic device or collection of heraldic symbols.
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Heraldship, n. The office of a herald. Selden.
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Herapathite (?), n. [Named after Dr. Herapath, the discoverer.] (Chem.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.
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Heraud (?), n. A herald. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Herb (ẽrb or hẽrb; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh food, pasture, ferbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
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☞ Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.
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2. Grass; herbage.
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And flocks
Grazing the tender herb. Milton.
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Coloq. Herb bennet . (Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Actæa spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. -- Coloq. Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior. -- Coloq. Herb grace , or Coloq. Herb of grace . (Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See . -- Coloq. Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous. -- Coloq. Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium (Geranium Robertianum.)
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Herbaceous (?), a. [L. herbaceus grassy. See .] Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
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Herbage (?; 48), n. [F. See .]
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1. Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture. “Thin herbage in the plaims.” Dryden.
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2. (Law.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man. Blount.
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Herbaged (?), a. Covered with grass. Thomson.
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Herbal (?), a. Of or pertaining to herbs. Quarles.
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Herbal (?), n. 1. A book containing the names and descriptions of plants. Bacon.
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2. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium. Steele.
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Herbalism (?), n. The knowledge of herbs.
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Herbalist, n. One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
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Herbar (?), n. An herb. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Herbarian (?), n. A herbalist.
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Herbarist (?), n. A herbalist. [Obs.]
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Herbarium (?), n.; pl. E. Herbariums (#), L. Herbaria (#). [LL., fr. L. herba. See , and cf. , .] 1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. Gray.
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2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.
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Herbarize (?), v. t. See .
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Herbary (?), n. [See .] A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. T. Warton.
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Herber (?), n. [OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See .] A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] “Into an herber green.” Chaucer.
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Herbergage (?), n. [See .] Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Herbergeour (?), n. [See .] A harbinger. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Herbergh (?), Herberwe (�), n. [See .] A harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Herbescent (?), a. [L. herbescens, p. pr. of herbescere.] Growing into herbs.
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Herbid (?), a. [L. herbidus.] Covered with herbs. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Herbiferous (?), a. [Herb + -ferous: cf. F. herbifére.] Bearing herbs or vegetation.
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Herbist (?), n. A herbalist.
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Herbivora (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.
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Herbivore (?), n. [Cf. F. herbivore.] (Zoöl.) One of the Herbivora. P. H. Gosse.
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Herbivorous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
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Herbless (?), a. Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.
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Herblet (?), n. A small herb. Shak.
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Herborist (?), n. [F. herboriste.] A herbalist. Ray.
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Herborization (?), n. [F. herborisation.] 1. The act of herborizing.
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2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.
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Herborize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herborized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Herborizing (?).] [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See .] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.
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He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke.
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Herborize, v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See .
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Herborized stones contain fine mosses. Fourcroy (Trans.)
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Herborough (?), n. [See , and .] A harbor. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

{ Herbose (?), Herbous (?), } a. [L. herbosus: cf. F. herbeux.] Abounding with herbs. “Fields poetically called herbose.” Byrom.
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Herb-woman (?), n.; pl. Herb-women (�). A woman that sells herbs.
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Herby (?), a. Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. “Herby valleys.” Chapman.
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Hercogamous (?), a. [Gr. � a fence + � marriage.] (Bot.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
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Herculean (?), a. [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F. herculéen. See .]
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1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
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2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. “Herculean Samson.” Milton.
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Hercules (?), n. 1. (Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or “labors.”
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2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
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Coloq. Hercules' beetle (Zoöl.), any species of Dynastes, an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. Dynastes hercules of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. -- Coloq. Hercules powder , an explosive containing nitroglycerin; -- used for blasting.
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Hercules'-club, Hercules'-club, Hercules-club prop. n. 1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies. [wns=1] It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees (Zanthoxylum Americanum) called .
Syn. -- Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis.
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2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica tree and prickly ash. [wns=2]
Syn. -- American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Aralia spinosa.
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3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
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Hercynian (?), a. [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. � �.] Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.
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Herd (hẽrd), a. Haired. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Herd (hẽrd), n. [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG. herta, G. herde, Icel. hjörð, Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth. haírda; cf. Skr. çardha troop, host.]
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1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.
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The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.
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☞ Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove.
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2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.
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But far more numerous was the herd of such
Who think too little and who talk too much. Dryden.
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You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question. Coleridge.
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Coloq. Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under .
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Herd, n. [OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde, heorde; akin to G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hir�ir, Sw. herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth. haírdeis. See 2d .] One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. Chaucer.
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Herd, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herded; p. pr. & vb. n. Herding.] [See 2d .] 1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
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2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
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I'll herd among his friends, and seem
One of the number. Addison.
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3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]
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Herd, v. t. To form or put into a herd.
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Herdbook (?), n. A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.
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Herder (?), n. A herdsman. [R.]
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Herderite (?), n. [Named after Baron von Herder, who discovered it.] (Min.) A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.
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Herdess (?), n. A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer.
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Herdgroom (?), n. A herdsman. [Obs.]
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Herdic (?), n. [Named from Peter Herdic, the inventor.] A kind of low-hung cab.

{ Herdman (?), Herdsman (?), } n.; pl. -men (�). The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
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Herdswoman (?), n.; pl. -women (�). A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott.
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Here (?), n. Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Here (hẽr), pron. 1. See , their. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. Her; hers. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Here (hēr), adv. [OE. her, AS. hēr; akin to OS. hēr, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. hēr, Dan. her, Sw. här; fr. root of E. he. See .] 1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
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He is not here, for he is risen. Matt. xxviii. 6.
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2. In the present life or state.
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Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon.
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3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See .
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Here comes Virgil. B. Jonson.
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Thou led'st me here. Byron.
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4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.
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The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise. Warren.
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☞ Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in drinking healths. “Here's [a health] to thee, Dick.” Cowley.
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Coloq. Here and there , in one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly. “Footsteps here and there.” Longfellow. -- Coloq. It is neither, here nor there , it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. Shak.

{ Herea-bout (?), Hereabouts (?), } adv. 1. About this place; in this vicinity.
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2. Concerning this. [Obs.]
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Hereafter (?), adv. [AS. hēræfter.] In time to come; in some future time or state.
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Hereafter he from war shall come. Dryden.
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Hereafter, n. A future existence or state.
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'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. Addison.
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Hereafterward (?), adv. Hereafter. [Obs.]
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Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come. Chaucer.
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Here-at (?), adv. At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. Hooker.
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Hereby (?), adv. 1. By means of this.
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And hereby we do know that we know him. 1 John ii. 3.
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2. Close by; very near. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hereditability (?), n. State of being hereditable. Brydges.
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Hereditable (?), a. [LL. hereditabilis, fr. hereditare to inherit, fr. L. hereditas heirship inheritance, heres heir: cf. OF. hereditable. See , and cf. .] 1. Capable of being inherited. See . Locke.
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2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
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Hereditably, adv. By inheritance. W. Tooke.
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Hereditament (?), n. [LL. hereditamentum. See .] (Law) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone.
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☞ A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way.
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Hereditarily (?), adv. By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope.
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Hereditary (?), a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. héréditaire. See .] 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
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2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.
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Heredity (?), n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See .
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Hereford (?), n. One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.
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Herehence (?), adv. From hence. [Obs.]
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Herein (?), adv. [AS. h�rinne.] In this.
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Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. John xv. 8.
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Hereinafter (?), adv. In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).
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Hereinbefore, adv. In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).
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Hereinto (?; 277), adv. Into this. Hooker.

{ Heremit (?), Heremite (?), } n. [See .] A hermit. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Heremitical (?), a. Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope.
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Heren (?), a. Made of hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hereof (?), adv. Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.
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Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. Shak.
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Hereon (?), adv. On or upon this; hereupon.
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Hereout (?), adv. Out of this. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Heresiarch (?; 277), n. [L. haeresiarcha, Gr. �; � heresy + � leader, � to lead: cf. F. hérésiarque.] A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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Heresiarchy (?), n. A chief or great heresy. [R.]
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The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our blessed Savior. Sir T. Herbert.
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Heresiographer (?), n. [See .] One who writes on heresies.
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Heresiography (?), n. [Gr. � heresy + -graphy: cf. F. hérésiographie.] A treatise on heresy.
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Heresy (?), n.; pl. Heresies (#). [OE. heresie, eresie, OF. heresie, iresie, F. hérésie, L. haeresis, Gr. � a taking, a taking for one's self, choosing, a choice, a sect, a heresy, fr. � to take, choose.]
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