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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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GRUDGE', v.t. [L. rugio.]
To look upon with desire to
possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to
begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back
again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct
and indirect objects.
Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train. Shak. I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments. Swift. They have grudged us contribution. Shak. To hold or harbor with malicious
disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
[Obs.]
Perish they To be covetous or envious; to show
discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or
reluctant.
Grudge not one against another. James v. 9. He eats his meat without grudging. Shak. To feel compunction or grief.
[Obs.]
Bp. Fisher. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or
dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and enmity against his brother Jacob. South. The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge. I. Taylor. Slight symptom of disease.
[Obs.]
Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling against the grudges of more dreaded calamities. Milton. Syn. -- Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See Pique. | ||||||||