George Washington

antipathy noun
"inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments to others should be excluded"

apostate adjective
"an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power"

discourse noun
"let your discourse with men of business be short and comprehensive"

govern verb
"in all causes of passion admit reason to govern"

injurious adjective
"speak not injurious words"

jest verb
"mock not nor jest at anything of importance"

long-sufferance noun
"the long-sufferance of the army is almost exhausted"

patriot noun
"immortalized by the illustrious appellation of the patriot army"

quality noun
"as those of quality do, not the vulgar"

repair verb
"raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair"

reprehend verb
"reprehend not the imperfection of others"

strive verb
"strive not with your superiors in argument"

submit verb
"always submit your judgment to others with modesty"

subvert verb
"who . . . labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness"

wide adverb (chiefly dialect)
"lying . . . wide of all other forts"

Abraham Lincoln

abridge verb
"the danger of abridging the liberties of the people"

dedicate verb
"a new nation . . . dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"

degeneracy noun
"our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid"

detract verb
"far above our poor power to add or to detract"

do verb
"it is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence . . . and if I can learn what it is, I will do it"

charity noun; toward preposition
"with malice toward none, with charity for all"

take counsel verb
"you have taken counsel of your ambition"