faith breach

A breach of faith or honor. *faith, v. t. [FAITH, s.] To give faith or cre dence to; to believe, to credit. "Would the reposal Of my trust, virtue, or worth in thee Make thy words faith'd ." Shakesp.: Lear, ii. 1. *faithed, a . [Eng. faith ; -ed.] Holding a faith or creed. "Thare aren they folk that hav most God in awe, And strengest faithed ben, I under stond." Chaucer: Troilus , i. faith-fül, *feith-ful, *feyth-fulle, *feythefulle, a. & s. [Eng. faith ; -ful ( l ).] A. As adjective : *1. Full of faith; inclined or ready to believe in the statements or propositions of another. "You are not faithful, sir."- Ben Jonson. *2. Exhibiting or proving faith. "By faith and faithful works." Milton: P. L. , xi. 64. *3. Firm, true, and constant to duty; loyal; of true fidelity. IMG:content-1370.png:[blocks in formation] faithful list 4. Firm in adherence to the truths of religion. "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." -Revelation ii. 10. 5. Observant of engagements, promises or compacts; true to one's word. " Faithful to whom? To thy rebellious crew?" Milton: P. L., iv. 952. 6. Upright, honest, true. "In action faithful , and in honor clear." Pope : Moral E ays , v. 68. 7. That may be trusted; trustworthy; upright. 1769 faithle to her husband who breaks the marriage vow; she is unfaithful to him when she does not discharge the duties of a wife to the best of her abilities." (2) He thus discriminates between faithle and perfidious : "A faithle man is faithle only for his own interest; a perfidious man is expre ly so to the injury of another. A friend is faithle who consults his own safety in time of need; he is per fidious if he profits by the confidence reposed in him to plot mischief against the one to whom he has made vows of friendship. Faithle ne does 8. True; worthy of belief. "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation."-1 Timothy i. 15. 9. Exact, accurate, true; conformable to truth or to an original; as, a faithful narrative, a faithful likene . "They were close imitators of nature, and have perhaps transmitted more faithful representations." - Walpole : Anecdotes of Painting , vol. i., ch. vii. *B. As subst.: A trusty adherent. "Colored by your outcries against those his old faithfuls."-British Bellman (1648). The faithful : Those who are true adherents to a particular creed or system of religious belief. Crabb thus discriminates between faithful and trusty: " Faithful respects the principle altogether; it is suited to all relations and stations, public and private; trusty includes not only the principle, but the mental qualifications in general; it applies to those in whom particular trust is to be placed. It is the part of a Christian to be faithful to all his engagements; it is a particular excellence in a servant to be trusty. Faithful is applied in the improper sense to an unconscious agent ; trusty may be applied with equal propriety to things as to persons. We may speak of a faithful saying, or a faithful picture; a trusty sword, or a trusty weapon." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) liever. *faith-fül-list, s. [Eng. faithful ; -ist.] A be faith-fül-ly, *feithe-ful-ly, *feyth-ful-lye, adv. [Eng. faithful ; -ly.] 1. With a firm belief in others, or in religion. 2. With a strict adherence to truth and duty; loyally. "The docile mind may soon thy precepts know, And hold them faithfully ." Johnson: Horace; Art of Poetry. 3. Without failure of performance; honestly, exactly; in full accordance with the directions or wishes of another. "And faithfully my last desires fulfill." Dryden: Ovid; Heroides xi. 4. With earnest or strong profe ions; earnestly. "He did faithfully promise to be still in the king's power ."- Bacon : Henry VII. 5. Honestly, truly; in conformity with truth, fact, or an original; accurately. "A case So far removed by time and place, Is seldom faithfully related." Cambridge: Learning; A Dialogue. faith'-fül-ne , *faith-ful-ne e, s. [English faithful; -ne .] The quality of being faithful; fidelity, loyalty, honesty, constancy. "He surrendered the same with as much faithfulne e as might be." -Golding: Justine, fo. 21. to.