a. [ OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honnête, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor. ]
Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. Shak.
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Honesty; honorableness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
To come honestly by.
n. [ OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honesté, onesté (cf. F. honnêteté), L. honestas. See Honest, a. ]
She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]