Root - ROOT, n. [L. radix. A root is a shoot, and only a different application of rod, L. radius.]
1. That part of a plant which enters and fixes itself in the earth, and serves to support the plant in an erect position, while by means of its fibrils it imbibes nutriment for the stem, branches and fruit.
2. The part of any thing that resembles the roots of a plant in manner of growth; as the roots of a cancer, of teeth, &c.
3. The bottom or lower part of any thing.
Deep to the roots of hell -
Burnet uses root of a mountain, but we now say base, foot or bottom. See Job 28:9.
4. A plant whose root is esculent or the most useful part; as beets, carrots, &c.
5. The original or cause of any thing.
The love of money is the root of all evil. 1 Tim 6.
6. The first ancestor.
They were the roots out of which sprung two distinct people -
7. In arithmetic and algebra, the root of any quantity is such a quantity as, when multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will exactly produce that quantity. Thus 2 is a root of 4, because when multiplied into itself, it exactly produces 4.
8. Means of growth. "He hath no root in himself;" that is, no soil in which grace can grow and flourish. Mat 13.
9. In music, the fundamental note of any chord.
Root of bitterness, in Scripture, any error, sin or evil that produces discord or immorality.
To take root, to become planted or fixed; or to be established; to increase and spread.
to take deep root, to be firmly planted or established; to be deeply impressed.
ROOT, v.i.
1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots.
In deep grounds, the weeds root deeper.
2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
The multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not take deep rooting.
3. To sink deep.
If any error chanced - to cause misapprehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment.
ROOT, v.t.
1. To plant and fix deep in the earth; used chiefly in the participle; as rooted trees or forests.
2. To plant deeply; to impress deeply and durably. Let the leading truths of the gospel be deeply rooted in the mind; let holy affections be well rooted in the heart.
3. In Scripture, to be rooted and grounded in Christ, is to be firmly united to him by faith and love, and well established in the belief of his character and doctrines. Eph 3.
ROOT, v.i. or t.
To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine. Swine root to find worms; they root the ground wherever they come.
To root up or out, to eradicate; to extirpate; to remove or destroy root and branch; to exterminate. Deu 29. Job 31.
Ruinous - RU'INOUS, a. [l. ruinosus.]
1. Fallen to ruin; entirely decayed; demolished; dilapidated; as an edifice, bridge or wall in a ruinous state.
2. Destructive; baneful; pernicious; bringing or tending to bring certain ruin. Who can describe the ruinous practice of intemperance?
3. Composed of ruins; consisting in ruins; as a ruinous heap. Isa 17.
Rule - RULE, n. [L. regula, from rego, to govern, that is, to stretch, strain or make straight.]
1. Government; sway; empire; control; supreme command or authority.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame. Prov 17.
And his stern rule the groaning land obey'd.
2. That which is established as a principle, standard or directory; that by which any thing is to be adjusted or regulated, or to which it is to be conformed; that which is settled by authority or custom for guidance and direction. Thus a statute or law is a rule of civil conduct; a canon is a rule of ecclesiastical government; the precept or command of a father is a rule of action or obedience to children; precedents in law are rules of decision to judges; maxims and customs furnish rules for regulating our social opinions and manners. The laws of God are rules for directing us in life, paramount to all others.
A rule which you do not apply, is no rule at all.
3. An instrument by which lines are drawn.
Judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust only to his rule.
4. Established mode or course of proceeding prescribed in private life. Every man should have some fixed rules for managing his own affairs.
5. In literature, a maxim, canon or precept to be observed in any art or science.
6. In monasteries, corporations or societies, a law or regulation to be observed by the society and its particular members.
7. In courts, rules are the determinations and orders of court, to be observed by its officers in conducting the business of the court.
8. In arithmetic and algebra, a determinate mode prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
9. In grammar, an establish form of construction in a particular class of words; or the expression of that form in words. Thus it is a rule in English, that s or es, added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but man forms its plural men, and is an exception to the rule.
Rule of three, is that rule of arithmetic which directs, when three terms are given, how to find a fourth, which shall have the same ratio to the third term, as the second has to the first.
RULE, v.t.
1. To govern; to control the will and actions of others, either by arbitrary power and authority, or by established laws. The emperors of the east rule their subjects without the restraints of a constitution. In limited governments, men are ruled by known laws.
If a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? 1 Tim 3.
2. To govern the movements of things; to conduct; to manage; to control. That God rules the world he has created, is a fundamental article of belief.
3. To manage; to conduct, in almost any manner.
4. To settle as by a rule.
That's a ruled case with the schoolmen.
5. To mark with lines by a ruler; as, to rule a blank book.
6. To establish by decree or decision; to determine; as a court.
RULE, v.i. To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority.
By me princes rule. Prov 8.
It is often followed by over.
They shall rule over their oppressors. Isa 14.
We subdue and rule over all other creatures.
Rushing - RUSH'ING, ppr. Moving forward with impetuosity.
RUSH'ING, n. A violent driving of any thing; rapid or tumultuous course. Isa 17.
Sad - SAD, a. [It is probable this word is from the root of set. I have not found the word is from the root of set. I have not found the word in the English sense, in any other language.]
1. Sorrowful; affected with grief; cast down with affliction.
Th' angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.
Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life.
2. Habitually melancholy; gloomy; not gay or cheerful.
See in her cell sad Eloisa spread.
3. Downcast; gloomy; having the external appearance of sorrow; as a sad countenance. Mat 6.
4. Serious; grave; not gay, light or volatile.
Lady Catherine, a sad and religious woman.
5. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
6. Dark colored.
Woad or wade is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.
[This sense is, I believe, entirely obsolete.]
7. Bad; vexatious; as a sad husband. [Colloquial.]
8. Heavy; weighty; ponderous.
With that his hand more sad than lump of lead. Obs.
9. Close; firm; cohesive; opposed to light or friable.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. Obs.
[The two latter senses indicate that the primary sense is set, fixed.]