Quoted in Denys, Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya , s.v. Cards.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret[obs3], beau, sweetheart, inamorato[It], swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman[obs3], Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso[obs3], cavaliere servente[It], captive, cicisbeo[obs3]; caro sposo[It]. inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa[It].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

SYN: Mar, spoil, injure, disfigure, deform, damage, mutilate, destroy.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

It is the invention that, in different degrees, distinguishes all great geniuses: the utmost stretch of human study, learning, and industry, which masters everything besides, can never attain to this.
— from The Iliad by Homer

To fight and die is death destroying death; / Where fearing dying, pays death servile breath.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

It dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to recreate: or where this process is rendered impossible, yet still at all events it struggles to idealize and to unify.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

ANT: Depart, escheat, ignore, drop, dismiss, discard.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

In Denys’ Descriptive Dictionary , however, we read the following:— “Gold is believed to be under the care and in the gift of a dewa , or god, and its search is therefore unhallowed, for the miners must conciliate the dewa by prayers and offerings, and carefully abstain from pronouncing the name of God or performing any act of worship.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

[vary the value of money] inflate, deflate; debase; devalue, revalue.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

In dem days de old folks made chillun go to church when dey was 12 years old, and join den.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

al'ays tell you she uz de fines' lady in delan'?" demanded Delphy of the retreating Moses.
— from The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

In the encounter which took place between the Spaniards and the Indians, Don Diego de Mendoza was slain, and with him several others.
— from A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham

The whir is again heard, and the notice is displayed ‘Dogs delight to bark and bite.’
— from The Admirable Crichton by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

“I wonder if de dope dey hands out about youse is all on de level?
— from The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

Turks and Caicos Islands general assessment: fully digital system with international direct dialing domestic: full range of services available; GSM wireless service available international: country code - 1-649; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic telecommunications submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Harry and Walter did as was suggested; but they did not move with alacrity, for the old sailor's superstitious fears had plunged them again into deepest despair. "Don't act as if you'd lost your best friend," Jim said in a whisper when the two came forward.
— from A Runaway Brig; Or, An Accidental Cruise by James Otis