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<cs><col>Earned run</col> <fld>(Baseball)</fld>, <cd>a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Obtain</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Earn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Yearn</er>.]</ety> <def>To grieve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Earn</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See 4th <er>Yearn</er>.]</ety> <def>To long; to yearn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And ever as he rode, his heart did <b>earn</b> To prove his puissance in battle brave. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Earn</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>irnan</ets> to run. <?/<?/<?/. See <er>Rennet</er>, and cf. <er>Yearnings</er>.]</ety> <def>To curdle, as milk.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Ear"nest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>eornost</ets>, <ets>eornest</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>ernust</ets>, G. <ets>ernst</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>orrosta</ets> battle, perh. akin to Gr. <?/ to excite, L. <ets>oriri</ets> to rise.]</ety> <def>Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.</def>

<blockquote>Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to <b>earnest</b>. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And given in <b>earnest</b> what I begged in jest. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>In earnest</col>, <cd>serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Ear"nest</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; <as>as, <ex>earnest</ex> prayers</as>.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>earnest</b> advocate to plead for him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Intent; fixed closely; <as>as, <ex>earnest</ex> attention</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Serious; important.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They whom <b>earnest</b> lets do often hinder. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Eager; warm; zealous; ardent; animated; importunate; fervent; sincere; serious; hearty; urgent. See <er>Eager</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Ear"nest</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To use in earnest.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>earnest</b> them [our arms] with men. <i>Pastor Fido (1602).</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ear"nest</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. corrupted fr. F. <ets>arrhes</ets>, L. <ets>arra</ets>, <ets>arrha</ets>, <ets>arrhabo</ets>, Gr. <?/, of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. <ets><?/r\'bev<?/n</ets>; or perh. fr. W. <ets>ernes</ets>, akin to Gael. <ets>earlas</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>arra</ets>. Cf. <er>Arles</er>, <er>Earles penny</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.</def>

<blockquote>Who hath also sealed us, and given the <b>earnest</b> of the Spirit in our hearts. <i>2 Cor. i. 22.</i></blockquote>