perpetuation (perpetuashon)

[ IMG:content-2746.png:[blocks in formation] perpetuity perpetuidade - It.perpetuità, Those laws which God for perpetuity hath established. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. A third attribute of the king's majesty is his perpetuity . The law ascribes to him in his political capacity an absolute immortality. The king never dies. 4411 Wondering Science stands, herself perplexed At each day's miracle, and asks "What next?" O. W. Holmes, The School-Boy. =Syn. 1. To complicate, tangle, snarl.-2. Puzzle , etc. (see embarra ), confuse, hara , pose, nonplus, put to a stand, mystify. perplexedly (per-plek's ed-li), adv. 1. In a perplexed manner; with perplexity.- 2+. In a perplexing manner; intricately; with involution; in an involved or intricate manner. He handles the questions very perplexedly . Bp . Bull , Works, III. 1085. IMG:content-2747.png:[blocks in formation] ity. Musidorus shortly, as in haste and full of pa ionate perplexedne ,... recounted his case unto her. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, i. perriwig salary, or wages; something received incidentally and in addition to regular wages, salary, fees, etc. The Perquisites of my Place, taking the King's Fee away, came far short of what he promised me at my first coming to him. Howell , Letters, I. v. 32. I was apprized of the usual perquisite required upon these occasions. Goldsmith, Vicar, xxv. 2. In law, whatever one gets by industry or purchases with his money, as distinguished from things which come to him by descent. II. a. That may or must be sought out. [Rare.] In the work of faith it is first needful that you get all the perquisite helps of natural light, to befriend the supernatural revelations. Baxter, Life of Faith, ii. 1. perplexfult (per-pleks'ful), a. [ IMG:content-2748.png:[ocr errors] There are many mysteries in the world, which curious wits with perplexful studies strive to apprehend. Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 63. perplexingly (per-plek's ing-li), adv . In a per- plexing manner; in such a way as to perplex or embarra ; bewilderingly. perplexity (per-plek'si-ti), n.; pl. perplexities (-tiz). [ perplex i tee , perplexite , F. perplex ité = Sp. perplejidad = Pg. perplexidade = It. perp le ità , perplex it a ( t- ) s , perplex- ity, obscurity, perplex us , confused: see per- plex , a.] 1. An intricate or involved state or condition; the character of being intricate, complicated, or involved. Tho was betwene my preste and mee Debate and great perplex i tee . Gower, Conf. Amant., viii. Let him look for the labyrinth; for I cannot discern any, unle in the perplexity of his own thoughts. Stilling fleet. 2. The state of being perplexed; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarra ment; bewilderment. Such perplexity of mind As dreams too lively leave behind. Cole ridge, Christ a bel, ii. A case of perplexity as to right conduct, if it is to be one in which philosophy can serve a useful purpose, must be one of bona fide perplexity of conscience. T. H. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, § 313. 3. A perplexing circumstance, state of things, or conjuncture of affairs; whatever is a source of distraction or puzzlement of mind. Comforting himself with hoping that, if he were not al ready converted, the time might come when he should be so, his feelings to those poor women whose conversation had first brought him into these perplexities IMG:content-2749.png:[blocks in formation] Perpignan wood. See wood.