Heaven Heav"en transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Heavened ; present participle & verbal noun Heavening .] To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. [ R.]

We are happy as the bird whose nest
Is heavened in the hush of purple hills.

G. Massey.

Heavenize Heav"en·ize (hĕv"'n*īz) transitive verb To render like heaven or fit for heaven. [ R.] Bp. Hall.

Heavenliness Heav"en·li·ness noun [ From Heavenly .] The state or quality of being heavenly. Sir J. Davies.

Heavenly Heav"en·ly adjective [ Anglo-Saxon heofonic .] 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.

As is the heavenly , such are they also that are heavenly .

1 Cor. xv. 48.

2. Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly , throng.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly .

Sir P. Sidney.

Heavenly Heav"en·ly adverb 1. In a manner resembling that of heaven. "She was heavenly true." Shak.

2. By the influence or agency of heaven.

Out heavenly guided soul shall climb.

Milton.

Heavenly-minded Heav"en·ly-mind`ed adjective Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner. -- Heav"en*ly-mind`ed*ness , noun

Heavenward Heav"en·ward a & adverb Toward heaven.

Heaver Heav"er noun 1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver .

2. (Nautical) A bar used as a lever. Totten.

Heaves Heaves noun A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.

Heavily Heav"i·ly adverb [ From 2d Heavy .] 1. In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.

Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration.

The Century.

2. As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.

And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily .

Ex. xiv. 25.

Why looks your grace so heavily to- day?

Shak.

heavily-traveled, heavily traveled heavily-traveled, heavily traveled adj. subject to much traffic or travel; as, the region's most heavily traveled highways.
Syn. -- heavily traveled.
[ WordNet 1.5]

Heaviness Heav"i·ness noun The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

Heaving Heav"ing noun A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing. Addison. Shak.

Heavisome Heav"i·some adjective Heavy; dull. [ Prov.]

Heavy Heav"y adjective Having the heaves.

Heavy Heav"y adjective [ Compar. Heavier ; superl. Heaviest .] [ Middle English hevi , Anglo-Saxon hefig , from hebban to lift, heave; akin to Old High German hebig , hevig , Icelandic höfigr , höfugr . See Heave .] 1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.

1 Sam. v. 6.

The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.

Shak.

Sent hither to impart the heavy news.

Wordsworth.

Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.

Shak.

3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

The heavy [ sorrowing] nobles all in council were.

Chapman.

A light wife doth make a heavy husband.

Shak.

4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

Whilst the heavy plowman snores.

Shak.

Of a heavy , dull, degenerate mind.

Dryden.

Neither [ is] his ear heavy , that it can not hear.

Is. lix. 1.

5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more.

Byron.

7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.

8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

12. With child; pregnant. [ R.]

Heavy artillery . (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns. -- Heavy cavalry . See under Cavalry . -- Heavy fire (Mil.) , a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. -- Heavy metal (Mil.) , large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns. -- Heavy metals . (Chemistry) See under Metal . -- Heavy weight , in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Confer Feather weight (c) , under Feather .

» Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy -built, heavy -browed, heavy -gaited, etc.

Heavy Heav"y adverb Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy -laden.

Heavy Heav"y transitive verb To make heavy. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.

Heavy spar Heav"y spar` (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.

Heavy-armed Heav"y-armed` adjective (Mil.) Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Heavy-haded Heav"y-had"ed adjective Clumsy; awkward.

Heavy-headed Heav"y-head"ed adjective Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.

Hebdomad Heb"do·mad noun [ Latin hebdomas , -adis , Greek "ebdoma`s the number seven days, from ... seventh, ... seven. See Seven .] A week; a period of seven days. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Hebdomadal, Hebdomadary Heb·dom"a·dal, Heb·dom"a·da·ry adjective [ Latin hebdomadalis , Late Latin hebdomadarius : confer French hebdomadaire .] Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

Hebdomadally Heb·dom"a·dal·ly adverb In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell.

Hebdomadary Heb·dom"a·da·ry noun [ Late Latin hebdomadarius : confer French hebdomadier .] (R. C. Ch.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

Hebdomatical Heb`do·mat"ic·al adjective [ Latin hebdomaticus , Greek ....] Weekly; hebdomadal. [ Obsolete]

Hebe He"be noun [ Latin , from Greek "h`bh youth, "H`bh Hebe.]

1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.

2. (Zoology) An African ape; the hamadryas.

Heben Heb"en noun Ebony. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Hebenon Heb"e·non noun See Henbane . [ Obsolete] Shak.

Hebetate Heb"e·tate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hebetated ; present participle & verbal noun Hebetating .] [ Latin hebetatus , past participle of hebetare to dull. See Hebete .] To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey

Hebetate Heb"e·tate adjective 1. Obtuse; dull.

2. (Botany) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. Gray.

Hebetation Heb`e·ta"tion noun [ Latin hebetatio : confer French hébétation .] 1. The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.

2. The state of being blunted or dulled.

Hebete He·bete" adjective [ Latin hebes , hebetis , dull, stupid, from hebere to be dull.] Dull; stupid. [ Obsolete]

Hebetude Heb"e·tude noun [ Latin hebetudo .] Dullness; stupidity. Harvey.

Hebraic He"bra"ic adjective [ Latin Hebraicus , Greek ...: confer French hebraïque . See Hebrew .] Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.

Hebraically He·bra"ic·al·ly adverb After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.

Hebraism He"bra·ism noun [ Confer French hébraïsme .]

1. A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language. Addison.

2. The type of character of the Hebrews.

The governing idea of Hebraism is strictness of conscience.

M. Arnold.

Hebraist He"bra·ist noun [ Confer French hébraïste .] One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.

Hebraistic He`bra·is"tic adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.

Hebraistically He`bra·is"tic·al·ly adverb In a Hebraistic sense or form.

Which is Hebraistically used in the New Testament.

Kitto.

Hebraize He"bra·ize transitive verb [ Greek ... to speak Hebrew: confer French hébraïser .] To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. R. Smith.

Hebraize He"bra·ize intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hebraized ; present participle & verbal noun Hebraizing .] To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.

Hebrew He"brew noun [ French Hébreu , Latin Hebraeus , Greek ..., from Hebrew 'ibhrī .] 1. An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.

There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew .

Gen. xiv. 13.

2. The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.

Hebrew He"brew adjective Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.

Hebrew calendar Hebrew calendar = Jewish calendar.

Hebrewess He"brew·ess noun An Israelitish woman.

Hebrician He·bri"cian noun A Hebraist. [ R.]

Hebridean, Hebridian He·brid"e·an, He·brid"i·an adjective Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- noun A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.

Hecatomb Hec"a·tomb noun [ Latin hecatombe , Greek ...; ... hundred + ... ox: confer French hécatombe .] (Antiq.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.

Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed.

Addison.

More than a human hecatomb .

Byron.

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