HONEST
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Hon"est (?), a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honn&ê;te, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor.] 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer.
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Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!
Shak.
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2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
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An honest man's the noblest work of God.
Pope.
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An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health.
Sir W. Temple.
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Look ye out among you seven men of honest report.
Acts vi. 3.
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Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Rom. xii. 17.
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3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
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4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
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Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.
Shak.
Syn. -- Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine.
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Hon"est, v. t. [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See Honest, a.] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] Abp. Sandys.
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