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Webster 1913 Edition
Honest
Hon′est
,Adj.
[OE.
honest
, onest
, OF. honeste
, oneste
, F. honnête
, L. honestus
, fr. honos
, honor
, honor. See Honor
.] 1.
Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
Chaucer.
Belong what
honest
clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shakespeare
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.An
honest
man’s the noblest work of God. Pope.
An
honest
physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple.
Look ye out among you seven men of
honest
report. Acts vi. 3.
Provide things
honest
in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17.
3.
Open; frank;
as, an
. honest
countenance4.
Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
Syn. – Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine.
Hon′est
,Verb.
T.
To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
[Obs.]
Abp. Sandys.
Webster 1828 Edition
Honest
HON'EST
,Adj.
1.
Upright; just; fair in dealing with others; free from trickishness and fraud; acting and having the disposition to act at all times according to justice or correct moral principles; applied to persons. An honest man's the noblest work of God.
An honest physician leaves his patient, when he can contribute no farther to his health.
2.
Fair; just; equitable; free from fraud; as an honest transaction; an honest transfer of property.3.
Frank; sincere; unreserved; according to truth; as an honest confession.4.
Sincere; proceeding from pure or just principles, or directed to a good object; as an honest inquiry after truth; an honest endeavor; honest views or motives.5.
Fair; good; unimpeached. Seek seven men of honest report. Acts.6.
6.
Decent; honorable; or suitable. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom.12.
7.
Chaste; faithful. Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.
HON'EST
,Verb.
T.