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SHRUG, v.i. To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing horror or dissatisfaction.

They grin, they shrug,

They bow, they snarl, they scratch, they hug. Swift.

SHRUG, n. A drawing up of the shoulders; a motion usually expressing dislike.

The Spaniards talk in dialogues

Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs. Hudibras.

1913 Definition
Shrug (shrug)
v. t.(?)
Shrug
[imp. *** p. p. Shrugged (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Shrugging (?).] [Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk] cf. Dan. skrugge, skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka
  1. To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.

    He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities. Addison.

  2. To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.

    They grin, they shrug.
    They bow, they snarl, they snatch, they hug.
    Swift.

  3. A drawing up of the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing dislike, dread, or doubt.

    The Spaniards talk in dialogues
    Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs.
    Hudibras.


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An attempt to conduct the affairs of a free government with wisdom and impartiality, and to preserve the just rights of all classes of citizens, without the guidance of Divine precepts, will certainly end in disappointment. God is the supreme moral Governor of the world He has made, and as He Himself governs with perfect rectitude, He requires His rational creatures to govern themselves in like manner. If men will not submit to be controlled by His laws, He will punish them by the evils resulting from their own disobedience.…
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