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Honest \Hon"est\, 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.
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Honest \Hon"est\, a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F.
honn[^e]te, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See
{Honor}.]
1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. --Chaucer.
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Belong what honest clothes you send forth to
bleaching! --Shak.
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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.
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An honest man's the noblest work of God. --Pope.
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An honest physician leaves his patient when he can
contribute no farther to his health. --Sir W.
Temple.
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Look ye out among you seven men of honest report.
--Acts vi. 3.
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Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
--Rom. xii.
17.
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3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
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4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
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Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. --Shak.

Syn: Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful;
equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid;
genuine.
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