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   Honest , a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honnête, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor.]
   Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!
   Shak.
   
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   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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   Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
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   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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   Honest, 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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