prevenient (3) antecedent to human action.
propitiation (34) gracious.
Amarantin (78) dark purplish-red.
descry (228) to catch sight of; discern.
gripe (264) [Archaic] to grasp or clutch; to distress; oppress; afflict.
euphrasy (414) eyebright; any plant of the figwort family having pale lavender flowers in leafy clusters.
rue (414) an herb with yellow flowers and bitter-tasting leaves.
Lazar-house (479) a house of the diseased and dying, especially for lepers.
catarrh (483) inflammation of a mucous membrane, esp. of the nose or throat, causing an increased flow of mucus.
effeminate (634) having the qualities generally attributed to women; unmanly; not virile. Milton uses the term in the sense that a man allows a woman to take his place in the natural hierarchy in which, for Milton, women were inferior to men, especially in terms of reason and intellect.
