simpathyt

An obsolete spelling of sympathy. simperl (sim'pèr), v. An obsolete or dialectal variant of simmer1. Palsgrave; Florio. simper2 (sim'per), v. i. [Not found in early use; prob. ult. I charge you, O men, for the love you bear to women as I perceive by your simpering , none of you hates them -that the play may please. Shak., As you Like it, Epil., 1. 16. All men adore, The Name of Simony was begot in the Canon-Law; the first Statute against it was in Queen Elizabeth's time. Since the Reformation Simony has been frequent. One reason why it was not practised in time of Popery was the Pope's provision; no man was sure to bestow his own Benefice. Selden , Table-Talk, p. 149. " Simony , according to the canonists," says Ayliffe in his Parergon, "is defined to be a deliberate act or a premeditated will and desire of selling such things as are spiritual, or of anything annexed unto spirituals, by giving something of a temporal nature for the purchase thereof; or in other terms it is defined to be a commutation of a thing spiritual or annexed unto spirituals by giving something that is temporal." Encyc. Brit ., XXII. 84.