HEAD, Caput. This word has several significations besides its natural one, whereby it denotes the Head of a Man. To be at the Head, in capite, to command, conduct, govern. Thou hast caused men to ride over our Psal. lxvi. 12. Psal. xviii. 44. Lam. i. 5. Deut. xxviii. 13. Psal. xxxix. 8.Heads: Thou hast given us masters. Thou hast made me the Head of the Heathen: Thou hast advanced me to the regal State. His enemies were upon his Head; facti sunt hostes ejus in capite. And Moses; Constituit te Dominus in caput, & non in caudam: Thou shalt be always master, and never in subjection.
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