Related:

• PLEASE, v. To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BIGAMY, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly
  o dispel a source of error in an opponent. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime.
  To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude....