Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Appetite, the Affection of the Mind, by which we are stirr'd up to any thing, inordinate Desire, Lust: Also the desire of Nourishment, or a Stomach to one's Victuals."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Captivate, to take captive, to inslave; a Word altogether apply'd to the Affections of the Mind."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Conception, the Product of the Mind, as a Thought, Notion, or Principle; the Simple Ideas or apprehension that a Man has of any Thing, without proceeding to affirm or deny and Point relating thereto; also a Conceiving with Child, or breeding."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Conscience, the Testimony or Witness of one's own Mind, the inward Knowledge of a thing; a Scruple."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Contemplation, Contemplating, Meditation, Study: In Metaphysicks, it is Defin'd to be the preserving of an Idea or Conception, which is brought into the Mind, for some time actually in View."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Dazzle, to hurt the Sight, with too muc Light, to surprize the Mind; to tempt, to decoy, to beguile."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Elate, (Lat.) puffed up, transported, lofty, proud, haughty; as A Man of an Elate Mind. "
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Imprint, to Engrave, or fix a thing in one's Mind."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Instill, to pour in by little and little, to let fall drop by drop; in a figurative Sense to infuse Principles or Notions, so that the may glide insensibly into the Mind."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Longanimity, (Lat. q.d. Length of Mind) Longsuffering, great Patices, or Forbearance. "
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