Related:

• RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RESOLUTE, adj. Obstinate in a course that we approve. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• 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...
• PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.
  -- 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...