gratuitously

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They are received into the house gratuitously, and accept its regulations while they remain.

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  1. In a gratuitous manner; without cost to the recipient, freely. Distributions of corn … frequently made to the people, either gratuitously or at a very low price. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, I. xi. 1.
  2. Without sufficient cause or reason: as, a principle gratuitously assumed. The assumption that the primitive man gratuitously acts in an irrational way is quite inadmissible. H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., § 145.

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  • Yet he frequently painted works gratuitously, as pious offerings to the altars of poor churches and convents GIORDANO'S RICHES Giordano died very rich, leaving 150,000 ducats invested in various ways; 20,000 ducats worth of jewels; many thousands in ready money, 1,300 pounds weight of gold and silver plate, and a fine house full of rich furniture. —  Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)
  • If any body asks a boy like you to carry money for them, gratuitously, then they take themselves the ordinary risks of such a conveyance, and I think that, on the whole, this accident comes within the ordinary risks. —  Rollo's Museum
  • If it is true in any sense that we all own the soil in common, the best use we can make of our undivided interests is to vest them all gratuitously (just as we now do) in any who will assume the function of directly treating the soil, while the rest of us take other shares in the social organization. —  What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
  • ; Rev. Dr. Tyler_, President of Dartmouth College, N.H. Rev. Dr. Leland_, Charleston, S.C Those to whom this work is forwarded gratuitously, are respectfully requested to promote its circulation RECEIVING AGENTS The following Persons are authorized to receive and forward payments to the Editor MAINE Portland, William Hyde. —  The National Preacher, Vol. 2. No. 6., Nov. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers
  • As all the wants of the sick in the wards were supplied gratuitously, in addition to the remedial appliances needed for the out-patient work, the daily expenses were considerable; besides which, a number of native attendants were required, involving their support When Dr. Parker handed the hospital over to me he was able to leave money that would meet the salaries and working expenses of the current month, and little more. —  A Retrospect
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