Part 4881

<hw>God"ild</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A corruption of <i>God yield</i>, i. e., God reward or bless.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Godless</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>God"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>God"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Godlike</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>God</ets> + <ets>like.</ets> Cf. <er>Godly</er>.]</ety> <def>Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; <as>as, <ex>godlike</ex> virtue</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>God"like`ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Godlily</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"li*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Righteously.</def>

<i>H. Wharton.</i>

<h1>Godliness</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"li*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Godly</er>.]</ety> <def>Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.</def>

<blockquote><b>Godliness</b> is profitable unto all things. <i>1 Tim. iv. 8.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Godling</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A diminutive god.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Godly</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>God</ets>, <tt>n.</tt> + <ets>-ly</ets>. Cf.</tt> <er>Godlike</er>, <er>Like</er>.]</ety> <def>Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; <as>as, a <ex>godly</ex> life</as>.</def>

<blockquote>For <b>godly</b> sorrow worketh repentance. <i>2 Cor. vii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Godly</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Piously; devoutly; righteously.</def>

<blockquote>All that will live <b>godly</b> in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. <i>2. Tim. iii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Godlyhead</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"ly*head</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Goodlyhead</er>.]</ety> <def>Goodness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Godmother</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"moth`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>godm<?/dor</ets>.]</ety> <def>A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See <er>Godfather</er></def>

<h1>Godown</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>Go*down"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corruption of Malay <ets>g\'bedong</ets> warehouse.]</ety> <def>A warehouse.</def> <mark>[East Indies]</mark>