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D(d1.The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Pht and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.)The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F. 1913 Webster]
3.As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign / (or / ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000. 1913 Webster]
Dab(d, n.[Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at an index.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
Dab, n.[Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.](Zo\'94l.)A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides. 1913 Webster]
Dab(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Dabbed(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dabbing.][OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.]1.To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. 1913 Webster]
A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint.S. Sharp. 1913 Webster]
2.To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. \'bdTo dab him in the neck.\'b8 Sir T. More. 1913 Webster]
Dab(?), n.1.A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. 1913 Webster]
A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak.Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
2.A small mass of anything soft or moist. 1913 Webster]
Dabb(d, n.(Zo\'94l.)A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhubb. 1913 Webster]
Dab"ber(d, n.That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink. 1913 Webster]
Dab"ble(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dabbled(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dabbling(d.][Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.]To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. \'bdBright hair dabbled in blood.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dab"ble, v. i.1.To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. 1913 Webster]
Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
2.To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. \'bdDabbling here and there with the text.\'b8 Atterbury. 1913 Webster]
During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics.J. C. Shairp. 1913 Webster]
Dab"bler(d, n.1.One who dabbles. 1913 Webster]
2.One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. \'bdour dabblers in politics.\'b8 Swift. 1913 Webster]
Dab"bling*ly(?), adv.In a dabbling manner. 1913 Webster]
Dab"chick`(d, n.[For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.](Zo\'94l.)A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da*boi"a(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica). 1913 Webster]
Dab"ster, n.[Cf. Dab an expert.]One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
dabbler; as, \'bdI am but a dabster with gentle art\'b8. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da`ca"po(?). [It., from [the] head or beginning.](Mus.)From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated. 1913 Webster]
Dace(d, n.[Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.](Zo\'94l.)A small European cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus, formerly Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see Redfin. 1913 Webster]
Dacelon.a genus of Australasian kingfishers. Syn. -- genus Dacelo. WordNet 1.5]
dachan.[Russian.]a Russian country house, especially a cottage used in the summer. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
\'d8Dachs"hund`(d, n.[G., from dachs badger + hund dog.](Zo\'94l.)One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired. 1913 Webster]
Da"cian(?), a.Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians. -- n.A native of ancient Dacia. 1913 Webster]
Dacninaen.a natural family comprising the honeycreepers. Syn. -- Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae. WordNet 1.5]
da*coit"(d, n.[Hind. , .]One of a class of robbers, in India and Burma (Myanmar), who act in gangs and are usually armed.[Also spelled dakoit.] 1913 Webster +PJC]
da*coit"y(?), n.The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits. 1913 Webster]
Da*co"tahs(?), n. pl.; sing. Dacotan(/). (Ethnol.)Same as Dacotas.Longfellow. 1913 Webster]
Dacronn.[Trademark.]a brand of polyester textile fiber, or the wrinkle-resistant fabric prepared from it. Syn. -- dacron, Terylene. WordNet 1.5]
Dacrycarpusn.a genus of evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines. Syn. -- genus Dacrycarpus. WordNet 1.5]
Dacrydiumn.a genus of Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs. Syn. -- genus Dacrydium. WordNet 1.5]
Dacrymycesn.the type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae, consisting of fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa. Syn. -- genus Dacrymyces. WordNet 1.5]
dac"tyl(d, n.[L. dactylus, Gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf. Digit.]1.(Pros.)A poetical foot of three sylables (\'f5 \'de \'de), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. t\'89gm, E. mer\'b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.[Written also dactyle.] 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)(a)A finger or toe; a digit.(b)The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean. 1913 Webster]
dac"tyl*ar(d, a.1.Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl"ic(d, a.[L. dactylicus, Gr. daktyliko`s, fr. da`ktylos.]Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl"ic, n.1.A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics. 1913 Webster]
2.pl.Dactylic meters. 1913 Webster]
dac*tyl"i*o*glyph(d, n.[Gr. daktyliogly`fos an engraver of gems; dakty`lios finger ring (fr. da`ktylos finger) + gly`fein to engrave.](Fine Arts)(a)An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.(b)The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem. 1913 Webster]
dac*tyl`i*og"ly*phy(?), n.The art or process of gem engraving. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl`i*og"ra*phy(?), n.[Gr. dakty`lios finger ring + -graphy.](Fine Arts)(a)The art of writing or engraving upon gems.(b)In general, the literature or history of the art. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl`i*ol"o*gy(?), n.[Gr. dakty`lios finger ring + -logy.](Fine Arts)(a)That branch of arch\'91ology which has to do with gem engraving.(b)That branch of arch\'91ology which has to do with finger rings. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl"i*o*man`cy(?), n.[Gr. dakty`lios + -mancy.]Divination by means of finger rings. 1913 Webster]
Dac"tyl*ist(?), n.A writer of dactylic verse. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dac`tyl*i"tis(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger + -itis.](Med.)An inflammatory affection of the fingers.Gross. 1913 Webster]
Dac`tyl*ol"o*gy(?), n.[Gr. da`ktylos finger + -logy.]The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb. 1913 Webster]
one-hand alphabet (which was perfected by Abb\'82 de l'Ep\'82e, who died in 1789), and the two-hand alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See Illustration in Appendix. 1913 Webster]
Dac`tyl*on"o*my(?), n.[Gr. da`ktylos finger + no`mos law, distribution.]The art of numbering or counting by the fingers. 1913 Webster]
Dac`tyl*op"ter*ous(?), a.[Gr. da`ktylos finger + / wing, fin.](Zo\'94l.)Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards. 1913 Webster]
Dactyloscopidaen.a natural family of Atlantic fishes comprising the sand stargazers. Syn. -- family Dactyloscopidae. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
\'d8Dac`ty*lo*the"ca(d, n.[NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger, toe + qh`kh case, box.](Zo\'94l.)The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds. 1913 Webster]
dac`tyl*o*zo"oid(d, n.[Gr. da`ktylos finger + E. zooid.](Zo\'94l.)A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora. 1913 Webster]
Dad(d, n.[Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. daid, Gael. daidein, W. tad, OL. tata, Gr. ta`ta, te`tta, Skr. t\'beta.]Father; -- a word sometimes used by children. 1913 Webster]
I was never so bethumped with words, dad.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dad"dle(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Daddled(?), p. pr. & vb. n.Daddling.][Prob. freq. of dade.]To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly. 1913 Webster]
Dad"dock(?), n.[Cf. Prov. E. dad a large piece.]The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
Dad"dy(?), n.Diminutive of Dad.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Dad"dy long"legs`(?). 1.(Zo\'94l.)An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs. 1913 Webster]
Dade(?), v. t.[Of. uncertain origin. Cf. Dandle, Daddle.]To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Little children when they learn to go daded to and fro.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
Dade, v. i.To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
No sooner taught to dade, but from their mother trip.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
Da"do(?), n.; pl.Dadoes(#).[It. dado die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. die, n. See Die, n.](Arch.)(a)That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence: (b)In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.(c)In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
{ D\'91"dal(?), D\'91*dal"ian(?) }, a.[L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. /; cf. / to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical D\'91dalus (Gr. /, lit., the cunning worker).]1.Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. 1913 Webster]
Our bodies decked in our d\'91dalian arms.Chapman. 1913 Webster]
The d\'91dal hand of Nature.J. Philips. 1913 Webster]
The doth the d\'91dal earth throw forth to thee, Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.Crafty; deceitful. [R.] Keats. 1913 Webster]
D\'91d"a*lous(?), a.(Bot.)Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.
Daff(d, v. i.To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. [Scot.] Jamieson. 1913 Webster]
Daff, v. t.To daunt. [Prov. Eng.] Grose. 1913 Webster]
Daf"fo*dil(d, n.[OE. affodylle, prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphod\'8ale), L. asphodelus, fr. Gr. 'asfo`delos. The initial d in English is not satisfactorily explained. See Asphodel.](Bot.)(a)A plant of the genus Asphodelus.(b)A plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc. 1913 Webster]
With damask roses and daffadillies set.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies, Spenser. 1913 Webster]
A college gown daffodilly.Tennyson 1913 Webster]
And chance-sown daffodil.Whittier. 1913 Webster]
Daft(d, a.[OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob. the same word as E. deft. See Deft.]1.Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft. 1913 Webster]
Let us think no more of this daft businessSir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Daft"ness, n.The quality of being daft. 1913 Webster]
Dag(d, n.[Cf. F. dague, LL. daga, D. dagge (fr. French); all prob. fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. dag a pistol, Armor. dag dagger, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear. Cf. Dagger.]1.A dagger; a poniard. [Obs.] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
2.A large pistol formerly used. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some.Foxe. 1913 Webster]
A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts.Grose. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)The unbranched antler of a young deer. 1913 Webster]
Dag, n.[OE. dagge (cf. Dagger); or cf. AS. d\'beg what is dangling.]A loose end; a dangling shred. 1913 Webster]
Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.Wedgwood. 1913 Webster]
Dag, v. t.[1, from Dag dew. 2, from Dag a loose end.]1.To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
2.To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
Dag, v. i.To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
dagamen.the lemonwood tree (Calycophyllum candidissimum); -- it is a tropical American tree which is source of a tough elastic wood. Syn. -- lemonwood tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum. WordNet 1.5]
Daganprop. n.the Mesopotanian god of agriculture and earth; it is a counterpart of Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.See references to Dagon in the Bible and in the opera Samson et Dalila. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Dagdan.in Irish legend, chief god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit. WordNet 1.5]
daggan.a relatively nontoxic South African herb (Leonotis leonurus) smoked like tobacco. Syn. -- Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus. WordNet 1.5]
Dag"ger(-g, n.[Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger.]1.A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace. 1913 Webster]
2.(Print.)A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [obelisk. 1913 Webster]
Dagger moth(Zo\'94l.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larv\'91 are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. --
Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities.Shak. --
Double dagger, a mark of reference [ --
To look daggers, or
To speak daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. 1913 Webster]
Dag"ger, v. t.To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dag"ger, n.[Perh. from diagonal.]A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Dagges(d, n. pl.[OE. See Dag a loose end.]An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Dag"gle(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Daggled(-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Daggling(-gl.][Freq. of dag, v. t., 1.]To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten. 1913 Webster]
The warrior's very plume, I say, daggled by the dashing spray.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Dag"gle, v. i.To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle. 1913 Webster]
Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town.Pope.
{ Dag"gle-tail`(d, Dag"gle-tailed`(-t, }a.Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed. 1913 Webster]
Dag"gle-tail`(-t, n.A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail. 1913 Webster]
Dag"lock`(-l, n.[Dag a loose end + lock.]A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock. 1913 Webster]
Da"go(d, n.; pl.Dagos(-g.[Cf. Sp. Diego, E. James.]A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da*go"ba(d, n.[Singhalese d\'begoba.]A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies] 1913 Webster]
Da"gon(d, [Heb. D\'begon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. Dagw`n.]The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.W. Smith. 1913 Webster]
This day a solemn feast the people hold Dagon, their sea idol.Milton. 1913 Webster]
They brought it into the house of Dagon.1 Sam. v. 2. 1913 Webster]
Dag"on(d, n.[See Dag a loose end.]A slip or piece. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dag"swain`(?), n.[From Dag a loose end?]A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. \'bdUnder coverlets made of dagswain.\'b8 Holinshed. 1913 Webster]
Dag"-tailed`(?), a.[Dag a loose end + tail.]Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. \'bdDag-tailed sheep.\'b8 Bp. Hall.
{ Da*guer"re*an(d, Da*guerre"i*an(?), }a.Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype. 1913 Webster]
Da*guerre"o*type(d, n.[From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]1.An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury. 1913 Webster]
2.The process of taking such pictures. 1913 Webster]
Da*guerre"o*type(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Daguerreotyped(-t; p. pr. & vb. n.Daguerreotyping(-t.]1.To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture. 1913 Webster]
2.To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.
{ Da*guerre"o*ty`per(?), Da*guerre"o*ty`pist(?), }n.One who takes daguerreotypes. 1913 Webster]
Da*guerre"o*ty`py(?), n.The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da`ha*be"ah(d, n.[Ar.]A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails. 1913 Webster]
Dah"lia(dor d, n.; pl.Dahlias(#).[Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.](Bot.)A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Composit\'91; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. 1913 Webster]
Dah"lin(d, n.[From Dahlia.](Chem.)A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin. 1913 Webster]
Da*hoon"(d, [Origin unknown.]An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close-grained wood; -- called also
dahoon holly. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
daikonn.a radish of Japan (Raphanus sativus longipinnatus) with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked. Syn. -- Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus. WordNet 1.5]
Dailn.the lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland; -- also called the Dail Eirann. From its members is selected the Taoiseach, or prime minister. Syn. -- Dail Eireann. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Dai"ly(d, a.[AS. d\'91gl\'c6c; d\'91g day + -l\'c6c like. See Day.]Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. 1913 Webster]
Give us this day our daily bread.Matt. vi. 11. 1913 Webster]
Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.Macaulay.
Syn. -- Daily, Diurnal.Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth. 1913 Webster]
Man hath his daily work of body or mind Milton. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ly, n.; pl.Dailies(/).A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ly, adv.Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily. 1913 Webster]
Dai"mi*o(?), n.; pl.Daimios(#).[Jap., fr. Chin. tai ming great name.]The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.<-- usu. written daimyo --> 1913 Webster]
The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes.Am. Cyc. 1913 Webster]
Daint(?), n.[See Dainty, n.]Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [Obs.] -- a.Dainty. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To cherish him with diets daint.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Dain"ti*fy(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Daintified(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Daintifying.][Dainty + -fy.]To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. \'bdDaintified emotion.\'b8 Sat. rev. 1913 Webster]
Dain"ty(?), n.; pl.Dainties(#).[OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deinti\'82 delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Dignity.]1.Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
I ne told no deyntee of her love.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. 1913 Webster]
That precious nectar may the taste renew dainties, by our parents lost.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
3.A term of fondness. [Poetic] B. Jonson.
Syn. -- Dainty, Delicacy. These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties. 1913 Webster]
These delicacies Milton. 1913 Webster]
[A table] furnished plenteously with bread, dainties, remnants of the last regale.Cowper. 1913 Webster]
Full many a deynt\'82 horse had he in stable.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
dainty maketh dearth,\'b8 i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious. 1913 Webster]
2.Delicious to the palate; toothsome. 1913 Webster]
Dainty bits Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender. 1913 Webster]
Those dainty limbs which nature lent Milton. 1913 Webster]
I would be the girdle. dainty, dainty waist.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
4.Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. 1913 Webster]
Thew were a fine and dainty people.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, Shak. 1913 Webster]
To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all makes dainty, Shak. 1913 Webster]
daiquirin.an alcoholic beverage containing rum and lime or lemon juice, usually mixed with a fruit juice or fruit extract and often blended with crushed ice; as, a strawberry daiquiri. Syn. -- rum cocktail. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
\'d8Da"\'8b*ra(d, n.[Turk. daire circuit, department, fr. Ar. da\'8brah circle.]Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh(s, or Da"i*ra Sa"ni*yeh, and the Da"i*ra Khas"sa, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as the Daira, or the Daira estates. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dai"ry(d, n.; pl.Dairies(-r.[OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. Dough.]1.The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. 1913 Webster]
What stores my dairies and my folds contain.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese. 1913 Webster]
Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter.Temple. 1913 Webster]
3.A dairy farm. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ry*ing, n.The business of conducting a dairy. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ry*maid`(?), n.A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ry*man(?), n.; pl.Dairymen(/).A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ry*wom`an(?), n.; pl.Dairywomen(/).A woman who attends to a dairy. 1913 Webster]
Da"is(d, n.[OE. deis, des, table, dais, OF. deis table, F. dais a canopy, L. discus a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL., table, fr. Gr. / a quoit, a dish. See Dish.]1.The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests. 1913 Webster]
3.A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [Obs.] Shiply. 1913 Webster]
Dai"sied(?), a.Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. \'bdThe daisied green.\'b8 Langhorne. 1913 Webster]
The grass all deep and daisied.G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
Dai"sy(d, n.; pl.Daisies(d.[OE. dayesye, AS. d\'91ges-e day's eye, daisy. See Day, and Eye.](Bot.)(a)A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Composit\'91. The common English and classical daisy is Bellis perennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.(b)The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed. 1913 Webster]
daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. 1913 Webster]
Michaelmas daisy(Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. --
Oxeye daisy(Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy(b). 1913 Webster]
daisybush, daisy bushn.any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays. Syn. -- . WordNet 1.5]
Dak(dor d, n.[Hind. .]Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] 1913 Webster]
Dak boat, a mail boat.Percy Smith. --
Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak stage. --
To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquins or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.
{ Da"ker(?), Da"kir(?), }n.[See Dicker.](O. Eng. & Scots Law)A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
Da"ker hen`(?). [Perh. fr. W. crecial the daker hen; crec a sharp noise (creg harsh, hoarse, crechian to scream) + iar hen; or cf. D. duiken to dive, plunge.](Zo\'94l.)The corncrake or land rail.
Da*ko"ta group`(?). (Geol.)A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied. 1913 Webster]
Da*ko"tas(?), n. pl.; sing. Dacota(/). (Ethnol.)An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux.[Written also Dacotahs.] 1913 Webster]
Dalbergian.a large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers. Syn. -- genus Dalbergia. WordNet 1.5]
Dale(d, n.[AS. d\'91l; akin to LG., D., Sw., Dan., OS., & Goth. dal, Icel. dalr, OHG. tal, G. thal, and perh. to Gr. qo`los a rotunda, Skr. dh\'bera depth. Cf. Dell.]1.A low place between hills; a vale or valley. 1913 Webster]
Where mountaines rise, umbrageous dales descend.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
2.A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Dalean.a genus of plants including the indigo bush. Syn. -- genus Dalea. WordNet 1.5]
Dales"man(d, n.; pl.Dalesmen(d.One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
daleth(?), the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. PJC]
Dalf(?), imp. of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dalles(d, n. pl.[F. dalle a tube, gutter, trough.]A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls. [Northwestern U. S. & Canada]
The place below, where the compressed river wound like a silver thread among the flat black rocks, was the far-famed Dalles of the Columbia.F. H. Balch. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dal"li*ance(?), n.[From Dally.]1.The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. 1913 Webster]
Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Shak. 1913 Webster]
O, the dalliance and the wit, Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Dal"li*er(?), n.One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.Asham. 1913 Webster]
dallis grass, dallisgrassn.a tall tufted perennial tropical American grass (Paspalum dilatatum) naturalized as pasture and forage grass in the southern U.S. Syn. -- paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum. WordNet 1.5]
Dal"lop(d, n.[Etymol. unknown.]A tuft or clump. [Obs.] Tusser. 1913 Webster]
Dal"ly(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Dallied(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dallying.][OE. dalien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]1.To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. 1913 Webster]
We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer.Calamy. 1913 Webster]
We have put off God, and dallied with his grace.Barrow. 1913 Webster]
2.To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport. 1913 Webster]
Not dallying with a brace of courtesans.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dal"ly, v. t.To delay unnecessarily; to while away. 1913 Webster]
Dallying off the time with often skirmishes.Knolles. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dal*ma"ni*a(?), n.[From Dalman, the geologist.](Paleon.)A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dal`ma*ni"tes(?), n.Same as Dalmania. 1913 Webster]
Dal*ma"tian(?), a.Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. 1913 Webster]
Dalmatian dog(Zo\'94l.), a carriage dog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white ground; the coach dog.
Dal*mat"i*ca(?), n., Dal*mat"ic(/), n.[LL. dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]1.(R. C. Ch.)A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia. 1913 Webster]
2.A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation. 1913 Webster]
dalon.a herb of the Pacific islands (Colocasia esculenta) grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. Syn. -- taro, taro plant, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Dal` se"gno(?). [It., from the sign.](Mus.)A direction to go back to the sign / and repeat from thence to the close. See Segno. 1913 Webster]
Daltonn.John Dalton, scientist, born 1766, died 1844. Syn. -- John Dalton. WordNet 1.5]
daltonn.[from the chemist John Dalton, proponent of the modern atomic theory of matter.]a unit of mass, approximately 1.66 x 10-24 grams; -- it is approximately equal to the mass of one hydrogen atom, but the exact value differs slightly as used in physics and chemistry. It is used mostly to describe the size of proteins and nucleic acids in biochemistry.Molecular weights are often expressed as dimensionless units, the unit being understood (in chemistry) to be the atomic mass unit with carbon equal to 14. Thus having a \'bdmolecular weight of 255\'b8 means the same as each molecule having a mass of 255 daltons. Syn. atomic mass unit. PJC]
Dal*to"ni*an(?), n.One afflicted with color blindness. 1913 Webster]
Dal"ton*ism(?), n.Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity.Nichol. 1913 Webster]
Dam(d, n.[OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame.]1.A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. 1913 Webster]
Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam.T. L. K. Oliphant. 1913 Webster]
The dam runs lowing up and down, Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts. 1913 Webster]
Dam, n.[Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm, Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Fa\'a3rdammjan.]1.A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. 1913 Webster]
2.(Metal.)A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. 1913 Webster]
Dam plate(Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it. 1913 Webster]
Dam, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dammed(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Damming.]1.To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. 1913 Webster]
I'll have the current in this place dammed up.Shak. 1913 Webster]
A weight of earth that dams in the water.Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
2.To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. 1913 Webster]
The strait pass was dammed Shak. 1913 Webster]
To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam. 1913 Webster]
Daman.a genus of deer including the Eurasian fallow deer, Dama dama. Syn. -- genus Dama. WordNet 1.5]
Dam"age(d, n.[OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See Damn.]1.Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. 1913 Webster]
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage.Prov. xxvi. 6. 1913 Webster]
Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.pl.(Law)The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. 1913 Webster]
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Consequential damage. See under Consequential. --
Exemplary damages(Law), damages imposed by way of example to others. Similar in purpose to vindictive damages, below. --
Nominal damages(Law), those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. --
vindictive damagesor
punitive damages, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.
Syn. -- Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief. 1913 Webster]
Dam"age, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Damaged(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Damaging(d.][Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See Damage, n.]To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. 1913 Webster]
He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
Dam"age(d, v. i.To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in sunlight. 1913 Webster]
Dam"age*a*ble(d, a.[Cf. OF. damageable, F. dommageable for sense 2.]1.Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo. 1913 Webster]
2.Hurtful; pernicious. [R.] 1913 Webster]
That it be not damageable unto your royal majesty.Hakluyt. 1913 Webster]
damaged(d, adj.1.changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of undamaged. [Narrower terms: battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled, dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed; burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst, ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed; defaced, marred; hurt, weakened; knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled, mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched; storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged, destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound. WordNet 1.5]
2.Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled, fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured; shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept, violated] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured, unsound. Syn. -- broken. WordNet 1.5]
3.being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation. Syn. -- discredited. WordNet 1.5]
4.made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation. Syn. -- besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. WordNet 1.5]
Dam"age fea`sant(?). [OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible.](Law)Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
damagesn.(Law)a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong. Syn. -- amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress. WordNet 1.5]
damagingadj.1.causing harm or injury; as, damaging to career and reputation. Syn. -- detrimental, detrimental to(predicate), prejudicial, prejudicious. WordNet 1.5]
2.designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions. Syn. -- negative. WordNet 1.5]
Damaliscusn.a genus of African antelopes including the sassaby, Damaliscus lunatus. Syn. -- genus Damaliscus. WordNet 1.5]
Da"man(d, n.(Zo\'94l.)A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is Hyrax Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ar(?), n.See Dammar. 1913 Webster]
Da*ma"ra(d, n.[The name is supposed to be from Hottentot dama vanquished.]A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dam"as*cene(d, a.[L. Damascenus of Damascus, fr. Damascus the city, Gr. Damasko`s. See Damask, and cf. Damaskeen, Damaskin, Damson.]Of or relating to Damascus. 1913 Webster]
Dam"as*cene(d, n.A kind of plum, now called damson. See Damson. 1913 Webster]
Dam`as*cene"(d, v. t.Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. \'bdDamascened armor.\'b8 Beaconsfield. \'bdCast and damascened steel.\'b8 Ure. 1913 Webster]
damascenedadj.decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; -- of metallic objects; as, a damascened sword. Syn. -- damascene. WordNet 1.5]
Da*mas"cus(?), n.[L.]A city of Syria. 1913 Webster]
Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. --
Damascus iron, or
Damascus twist, metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc., of high quality, in which the surface, when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damask appearance. --
Damascus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask, a. 1913 Webster]
Da*mas"cus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dam"ask(d, n.[From the city Damascus, L. Damascus, Gr. Damasko`s, Heb. Dammesq, Ar. Daemeshq; cf. Heb. d'meseq damask; cf. It. damasco, Sp. damasco, F. damas. Cf. Damascene, Damass\'90.]1.Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like. \'bdA bed of ancient damask.\'b8 W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
2.Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color. 1913 Webster]
3.A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings. 1913 Webster]
4.Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or \'bdwater\'b8 of such steel. 1913 Webster]
5.A deep pink or rose color.Fairfax. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ask, a.1.Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. 1913 Webster]
2.Having the color of the damask rose. 1913 Webster]
But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, damask cheek.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Damask color, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. --
Damask plum, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. --
Damask rose(Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. \'bdDamask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.\'b8 Bacon. --
Damask steel, or
Damascus steel, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ask, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Damasked(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Damasking.]To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or \'bdwater,\'b8 as metal. See Damaskeen. 1913 Webster]
Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold.Dryde/. 1913 Webster]
On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers.Milton.
{ Dam"as*keen`(?), Dam"as*ken(?), }v. t.[F. damaschinare. See Damascene, v.]To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or \'bdwater\'b8 produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. 1913 Webster]
Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving.Ure. 1913 Webster]
Dam"as*kin(?), n.[Cf. F. damasquin, adj., It. damaschino, Sp. damasquino. See Damaskeen.]A sword of Damask steel. 1913 Webster]
No old Toledo blades or damaskins.Howell (1641). 1913 Webster]
Da*mas*s\'82"(?), a.[F. damass\'82, fr. damas. See Damask.]Woven like damask. -- n.A damass\'82 fabric, esp. one of linen. 1913 Webster]
Dam"as*sin(d, n.[F., fr. damas. See Damask.]A kind of modified damask or brocade. 1913 Webster]
Dam"bo*nite(-b, n.[Cf. F. dambonite.](Chem.)A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc. 1913 Webster]
Dam"bose(d, n.(Chem.)A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite. 1913 Webster]
Dame(d, n.[F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam a mother, Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]1.A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady. 1913 Webster]
Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, dame, the lord protector's wife.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school. 1913 Webster]
In the dame's classes at the village school.Emerson. 1913 Webster]
3.A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman. 1913 Webster]
4.A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dame"wort`(?), n.(Bot.)A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet.Loudon. 1913 Webster]
Da`mi*a"na(?), n.[NL.; of uncertain origin.](Med.)A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. 1913 Webster]
Turnera and from Bigelovia veneta. Wood & Bache. 1913 Webster]
Da"mi*an*ist(?), n.(Eccl. Hist.)A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
{ Dam"mar(?), Dam"ma*ra(?), }n.[Jav. & Malay. damar.]An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. 1913 Webster]
Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis orientalis syn. Dammara orientalis), yielding dammar. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ma*ra, n.(Bot.)A large tree of the order Conifer\'91, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species. 1913 Webster]
Damn(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Damned(dor d; p. pr. & vb. n.Damning(dor d.][OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. Condemn, Damage.]1.To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure. 1913 Webster]
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.(Theol.)To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse. 1913 Webster]
3.To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc. 1913 Webster]
You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, Pope. 1913 Webster]
Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively. 1913 Webster]
Damn, v. i.To invoke damnation; to curse. \'bdWhile I inwardly damn.\'b8 Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
Dam`na*bil"i*ty(?), n.The quality of being damnable; damnableness.Sir T. More. 1913 Webster]
Dam"na*ble(?), a.[L. damnabilis, fr. damnare: cf. F. damnable. See Damn.]1.Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature. 1913 Webster]
A creature unprepared unmeet for death, damnable.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dam*na"tion(?), n.[F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr. damnare. See Damn.]1.The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation. 1913 Webster]
2.(Theol.)Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself. 1913 Webster]
How can ye escape the damnation of hell?Matt. xxiii. 33. 1913 Webster]
Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [R.] 1913 Webster]
The deep damnation of his taking-off.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dam"na*to*ry(d, a.[L. damnatorius, fr. damnator a condemner.]Dooming to damnation; condemnatory. \'bdDamnatory invectives.\'b8 Hallam. 1913 Webster]
Damned(?), a.1.Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition. 1913 Webster]
2.Hateful; detestable; abominable. 1913 Webster]
But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dam*nif"ic(?), a.[L. damnificus; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See Damn.]Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious. 1913 Webster]
Dam`ni*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[LL. damnificatio.]That which causes damage or loss. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ni*fy(d, v. t.[LL. damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See Damnific.]To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. [R.] 1913 Webster]
This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Dam"our*ite(d, n.[Ater the French chemist Damour.](Min.)A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. 1913 Webster]
Damp(d, n.[Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]1.Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. 1913 Webster]
Night . . . with black air damps and dreadful gloom.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. 1913 Webster]
Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, damp of grief comes o'er my soul.Addison. 1913 Webster]
It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion.J. D. Forbes. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mining)A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. 1913 Webster]
Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. --
Damp sheet, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. --
Fire damp, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame. 1913 Webster]
Damp(d, a.[Compar.Damper(?); superl.Dampest.]1.Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. 1913 Webster]
O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] 1913 Webster]
All these and more came flocking, but with looks damp.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Damp, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Damped(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Damping.][OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See Damp, n.]1.To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth. 1913 Webster]
2.To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. \'bdTo damp your tender hopes.\'b8 Akenside. 1913 Webster]
Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word!Sir J. Lubbock. 1913 Webster]
The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Damp"en(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.dampened(d; p. pr. & vb. n.dampening.]1.To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. 1913 Webster]
2.To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. 1913 Webster]
In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.The Century. 1913 Webster]
Damp"en, v. i.To become damp; to deaden.Byron. 1913 Webster]
dampeningn.the act or process of making something slightly wet. Syn. -- moistening. WordNet 1.5]
damp"er(d, n.That which damps or checks;as:(a)A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.(b)A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. 1913 Webster]
Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities.W. Black. 1913 Webster]
Damp"ish(?), a.Moderately damp or moist.
-- Damp"ish*ly, adv. -- Damp"ish*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Damp"ne(?), v. t.To damn. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dam"sel(d, n.[OE. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr. OF. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young lady; cf. OF. damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau; fr. LL. domicella, dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus, masc., dim. fr. L. domina, dominus. See Dame, and cf. Demoiselle, Doncella.]1.A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden. 1913 Webster]
With her train of damsels she was gone, Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
3.(Milling)An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper. 1913 Webster]
damselflyn.a slender nonstinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest. WordNet 1.5]
Dam"son(d, n.[OE. damasin the Damascus plum, fr. L. Damascenus. See Damascene.]A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum. 1913 Webster]
Dan(d, n.[OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See Dame.]A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright Spenser. 1913 Webster]
What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
Dan, n.[Etymol. uncertain.](Mining)A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. 1913 Webster]
Danaidaen.a small natural family of usually tropical butterflies, including the monarch butterflies. Syn. -- family Danaidae. WordNet 1.5]
Da"na*ide(d, n.[From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.](Mach.)A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one. 1913 Webster]
Da"na*ite(d, n.[Named after J. Freeman Dana.](Min.)A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite. 1913 Webster]
Da"na*lite(?), n.[Named after James Dwight Dana.](Min.)A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur. 1913 Webster]
Danausn.the type genus of the Danaidae, including the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. Syn. -- genus Danaus. WordNet 1.5]
Dan"bu*rite(?), n.(Min.)A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form.Dana. 1913 Webster]
Dance(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Danced(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dancing.][F. danser, fr. OHG. dans to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]1.To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically. 1913 Webster]
Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance.Wither. 1913 Webster]
Good shepherd, what fair swain is this dances with your daughter?Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. 1913 Webster]
Then, 'tis time to dance off.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
More dances my rapt heart Shak. 1913 Webster]
Shadows in the glassy waters dance.Byron. 1913 Webster]
Where rivulets dance their wayward round.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
To dance on a rope, or
To dance on nothing, to be hanged. 1913 Webster]
Dance(?), v. t.To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. 1913 Webster]
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Thy grandsire loved thee well; danced thee on his knee.Shak. 1913 Webster]
To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor. 1913 Webster]
A man of his place, and so near our favor, dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dance, n.[F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v. i.]1.The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.)A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. 1913 Webster]
dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing. 1913 Webster]
Of remedies of love she knew parchance dance.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dance of Death(Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton. --
Morris dance. See Morris. --
To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood. 1913 Webster]
Dan"cer(?), n.One who dances or who practices dancing. 1913 Webster]
The merry dancers, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. 1913 Webster]
Dan`cet`t\'82"(?), a.[Cf. F. danch\'82 dancett\'82, dent tooth.](Her.)Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancett\'82 has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon. 1913 Webster]
Dan"cing(?), p. a. & vb. n.from Dance. 1913 Webster]
Dancing girl, one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls. --
Dancing master, a teacher of dancing. --
Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught. 1913 Webster]
Dan"cy(?), a.(Her.)Same as Dancett\'82. 1913 Webster]
Dan"de*li`on(?), n.[F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See Tooth, n., and Lion.](Bot.)A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (Taraxacum officinale, formerly called Taraxacum Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. 1913 Webster]
Dan"der(?), n.[Corrupted from dandruff.]1.Dandruff or scurf on the head. 1913 Webster]
2.Anger or vexation; rage. [Low] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Dan"der, v. i.[See Dandle.]To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dan"di(?), n.[Hind. , fr. an oar.]A boatman; an oarsman. [India] 1913 Webster]
Dan"die(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont. 1913 Webster]
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{ Dan"die Din"mont(d, orDan"die Din"mont }, n.1.In Scott's \'bdGuy Mannering\'b8, a Border farmer of eccentric but fine character, who owns two terriers claimed to be the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont terriers. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.One of a breed of terriers with short legs, long body, and rough coat, originating in the country about the English and Scotch border. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dan"di*fied(?), a.Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish. 1913 Webster]
Dan"di*fy(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dandified(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dandifying.][Dandy + -fy.]To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish. 1913 Webster]
Dan"di*prat(?), n.[Dandy + brat child.]1.A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt. \'bdA dandiprat hop-thumb.\'b8 Stanyhurst. 1913 Webster]
2.A small coin. 1913 Webster]
Henry VII. stamped a small coin called dandiprats.Camden. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dle(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dandled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dandling(?).][Cf. G. d\'84ndeln to trifly, dandle, OD. & Prov. G. danten, G. tand trifly, prattle; Scot. dandill, dander, to go about idly, to trifly.]1.To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. 1913 Webster]
Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees.Is./ 1913 Webster]
2.To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. 1913 Webster]
They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus.Addison. 1913 Webster]
The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence.Jeffrey. 1913 Webster]
3.To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dler(d, n.One who dandles or fondles. 1913 Webster]
Dan"driff(d, n.See Dandruff.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Dandruff(d, n.[Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.[Written also dandriff.] 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy(d, n.; pl.Dandies(d.[Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology.]1.One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 1913 Webster]
2.(Naut.)(a)A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.(b)A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen. 1913 Webster]
3.A dandy roller. See below. 1913 Webster]
Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush. --
Dandy fever. See Dengue. --
Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. --
Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
Dan"dy-cock`(/), n. masc., Dan"dy-hen`(/), n. fem.[See Dandy.]A bantam fowl. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy*ish, a.Like a dandy. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy*ism(?), n.The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness.Byron. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy*ize(?), v. t. & i.To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy*ling(?), n.[Dandy + -ling.]A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop. 1913 Webster]
Dane(?), n.[LL. Dani: cf. AS. Dene.]A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. 1913 Webster]
Great Dane. (Zo\'94l.)See Danish dog, under Danish.
{ Dane"geld`(?), Dane"gelt`(?) }, n.[AS. danegeld. See Dane, and Geld, n.](Eng. Hist.)An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins. 1913 Webster]
Dane"wort`(?), n.(Bot.)A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.] 1913 Webster]
Dang(?), imp. of Ding. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dang, v. t.[Cf. Ding.]To dash. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.Marlowe. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ger(?), n.[OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame.]1.Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
In dangerhad he . . . the young girls.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger, below. 1913 Webster]
You stand within his danger, do you not?Shak. 1913 Webster]
Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute.Robynson (More's Utopia). 1913 Webster]
3.Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. 1913 Webster]
In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, \'bdOut of debt out of danger.\'b8 1913 Webster]
Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not.Robynson (More's Utopia).
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To do danger, to cause danger. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. -- Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. -- Danger, Peril, Hazard, Risk, Jeopardy. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ger, v. t.To endanger. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ger*less, a.Free from danger. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dan"ger*ous(?), a.[OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.]1.Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. 1913 Webster]
Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; dangerous.Shak. 1913 Webster]
It is dangerous to assert a negative.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
2.Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. 1913 Webster]
If they incline to think you dangerous Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] Forby. Bartlett. 1913 Webster]
4.Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; dangerous.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
5.Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] \'bdOf his speech dangerous.\'b8 Chaucer.
-- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
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Dan"gle(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Dangled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dangling(?).][Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw. dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E. ding.]To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. 1913 Webster]
He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Hudibras. 1913 Webster]
From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
To dangle aboutor
To dangle after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. 1913 Webster]
The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, Swift. 1913 Webster]
Dan"gle(?), v. t.To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet. 1913 Webster]
And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Dan"gle*ber`ry(?), n.(Bot.)A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward. 1913 Webster]
Dan"gler(?), n.One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler. \'bd Danglers at toilets.\'b8 Burke. 1913 Webster]
Dan"i*el(?), n.A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. 1913 Webster]
A Daniel come to judgment.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ish(?), a.[See Dane.]Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. -- n.The language of the Danes. 1913 Webster]
Danish dog(Zo\'94l.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also great Dane. See Illustration in Appendix. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ite(?), n.1.A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan.Judges xiii. 2. 1913 Webster]
2.[So called in remembrance of the prophecy in Gen. xlix. 17, \'bdDan shall be a serpent by the way,\'b8 etc.]One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things. [U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Dank(?), a.[Cf. dial, Sw. dank a moist place in a field, Icel. d\'94kk pit, pool; possibly akin to E. damp or to daggle dew.]Damp; moist; humid; wet. 1913 Webster]
Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.Trench. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Daph"ni*a(?), n.[NL.](Zo\'94l.)A genus of the genus Daphnia. 1913 Webster]
Daph"nin(?), n.[Cf. F. daphnine.](Chem.)(a)A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. [R.] (b)A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and Daphne alpina. 1913 Webster]
Daph"no*man`cy(?), n.[Gr. da`fnh the laurel + -mancy.]Divination by means of the laurel. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dap"i*fer(?), n.[L., daps a feast + ferre to bear.]One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household. 1913 Webster]
Dap"per(?), a.[OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobr good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. Deft.]Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively. 1913 Webster]
He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man.Milton. 1913 Webster]
The dapper ditties that I wont devise.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Dap"per*ling(?), n.A dwarf; a dandiprat. [r.] 1913 Webster]
Dap"ple(?), n.[Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.]One of the spots on a dappled animal. 1913 Webster]
He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples.Sir P. Sidney.
{ Dap"ple(?), Dap"pled(?) }, a.Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. 1913 Webster]
Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
dapple-bay; dapple-gray. 1913 Webster]
His steed was all dapple-gray.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Dap"ple, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dappled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dappling.]To variegate with spots; to spot. 1913 Webster]
The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The dappled pink and blushing rose.Prior. 1913 Webster]
Dar"bies(d, n. pl.Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant] 1913 Webster]
Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Derbies bands.\'b8 1913 Webster]
Dar"by(d, n.A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc. 1913 Webster]
Dar"by*ite(?), n.One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren. 1913 Webster]
Dardanellesn.1.the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey. Syn. -- Hellespont. WordNet 1.5]
2.the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks. Syn. -- Dardanelles campaign. WordNet 1.5]
Dar*da"ni*an(?), a. & n.[From L. Dardania, poetic name of Troy.]Trojan. 1913 Webster]
Dare(d, v. i.[imp.Durst(d or Dared(d; p. p.Dared; p. pr. & vb. n.Daring.][OE. I dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta, gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar, gada\'a3rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. 1913 Webster]
I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why.Jowett (Thu/yd.). 1913 Webster]
I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans.Skeat. 1913 Webster]
The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead).P. Plowman. 1913 Webster]
You know one dare not discover you.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
The fellow dares not deceive me.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed Dares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared. 1913 Webster]
Dare, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dared; p. pr. & vb. n.Daring.]1.To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake. 1913 Webster]
What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything?Bagehot. 1913 Webster]
To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes.The Century. 1913 Webster]
2.To challenge; to provoke; to defy. 1913 Webster]
Time, I dare thee to discover Dryden. 1913 Webster]
It lends a luster . . . dare to our great enterprise.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Defiance; challenge. 1913 Webster]
Childish, unworthy dares Chapman. 1913 Webster]
Sextus Pompeius dare to C\'91sar.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dare, v. i.[OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.]To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dare, v. t.To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, dare a woman.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.Nares. 1913 Webster]
Dare, n.[See Dace.](Zo\'94l.)A small fish; the dace. 1913 Webster]
Dare"-dev`il(?), n.A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement. 1913 Webster]
A humorous dare-devil -- the very man Ld. Lytton. 1913 Webster]
Dare"-dev`il*try(?), n; pl.Dare-deviltries(/).Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil. 1913 Webster]
Dare"ful(?), a.Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous. [R.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dar"er(?), n.One who dares or defies.
{ Darg, Dargue(?) }, n.[Scot., contr. fr. day work.]A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. [Local, Eng. & Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Dar"ic(d, n.[Gr. dareiko`s, of Persian origin.]1.(Antiq.)(a)A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer.(b)A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric. 1913 Webster]
2.Any very pure gold coin. 1913 Webster]
Dar"ing(?), n.Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act. 1913 Webster]
2.A shell or cup of pastry filled with custard, whipped cream, crushed macaroons, etc. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dark(d, a.[OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]1.Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion. 1913 Webster]
O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, dark, total eclipse Milton. 1913 Webster]
In the dark and silent grave.Sir W. Raleigh. 1913 Webster]
2.Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden. 1913 Webster]
The dark problems of existence.Shairp. 1913 Webster]
What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain.Hooker. 1913 Webster]
What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant. 1913 Webster]
The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Denhan. 1913 Webster]
The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi\'91val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
4.Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed. 1913 Webster]
Left him at large to his own dark designs.Milton. 1913 Webster]
A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
6.Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working. 1913 Webster]
A dark horse, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.] --
Dark house,
Dark room, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] Shak. --
Dark lantern. See Lantern. -- The
Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle. --
The Dark and Bloody Ground, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians. --
The dark day, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England. --
To keep dark, to reveal nothing. [Low] 1913 Webster]
Dark(d, n.1.Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light. 1913 Webster]
Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy. 1913 Webster]
Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before.Locke. 1913 Webster]
3.(Fine Arts)A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted. 1913 Webster]
The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Dark, v. t.To darken; to obscure. [Obs.] Milton. 1913 Webster]
dark-blueadj.of a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky. Syn. -- blue, bluish, light-blue, cerulean. WordNet 1.5]
dark-brownadj.of a color similar to that of wood or earth. Syn. -- brown, brownish. WordNet 1.5]
Dark"en(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Darkened(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Darkening(-n*.][AS. deorcian. See Dark, a.]1.To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. 1913 Webster]
They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened.Ex. x. 15. 1913 Webster]
So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began darken all the hill.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To render dim; to deprive of vision. 1913 Webster]
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see.Rom. xi. 10. 1913 Webster]
3.To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. 1913 Webster]
Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?Job. xxxviii. 2. 1913 Webster]
4.To cast a gloom upon. 1913 Webster]
With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. 1913 Webster]
I must not think there are darken all his goodness.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dark"en, v. i.To grow or darker. 1913 Webster]
darkenedadj.overtaken by night or darkness. Syn. -- nighted. WordNet 1.5]
Dark"en*er(?), n.One who, or that which, darkens. 1913 Webster]
What fame to future times conveys but darkly down.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
so softly dark and darkly pure.Byron. 1913 Webster]
2.With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look. 1913 Webster]
Looking darkly at the clerguman.Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
Dark"ness, n.1.The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. 1913 Webster]
And darkness was upon the face of the deep.Gen. i. 2. 1913 Webster]
2.A state of privacy; secrecy. 1913 Webster]
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light.Matt. x. 27. 1913 Webster]
3.A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity. 1913 Webster]
Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.John. iii. 19. 1913 Webster]
Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out Milton. 1913 Webster]
4.Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion. 1913 Webster]
5.A state of distress or trouble. 1913 Webster]
A day of clouds and of thick darkness.Joel. ii. 2. 1913 Webster]
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Prince of darkness, the Devil; Satan. \'bdIn the power of the Prince of darkness.\'b8 Locke.
Syn. -- Darkness, Dimness, Obscurity, Gloom.Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived. As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance; dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom of superstition. 1913 Webster]
dark-skinnedadj.1.same as colored. [Narrower terms: black (vs. white)] Syn. -- colored, coloured. WordNet 1.5]
2.having a dark color; -- of skin color. Syn. -- dusky, swart, swarthy. WordNet 1.5]
He brought him through a darksome narrow pass Spenser. 1913 Webster]
dark"y(?), n.a negro; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive. [Slang] Syn. -- darkie, darkey. 1913 Webster +PJC]
dar"ling(?), n.[OE. derling, deorling, AS. de\'a2rling; de\'a2re dear + -ling. See Dear, and -ling.]One dearly beloved; a favorite. 1913 Webster]
And can do naught but wail her darling's loss.Shak. 1913 Webster]
dar"ling, a.Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. \'bdSome darling science.\'b8 I. Watts. \'bdDarling sin.\'b8 Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dar`ling*to"ni*a(?), n.[NL. Named after Dr. William Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn.](Bot.)A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves. 1913 Webster]
Darmeran.a genus consisting of one species. Syn. -- genus Darmera, Peltiphyllum, genus Peltiphyllum. WordNet 1.5]
Darn(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Darned(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Darning.][OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.]To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. 1913 Webster]
He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Darning last. See under Last. --
Darning needle. (a)A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings.(b)(Zo\'94l.)Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings. [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called also devil's darning-needle. 1913 Webster]
Darn, n.A place mended by darning. 1913 Webster]
Darn, v. t.A colloquial euphemism for Damn. 1913 Webster]
darnedadj.an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned; as, for no darned reason at all. Syn. -- blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, gosh-darned. WordNet 1.5]
dar"nel(d, n.[OE. darnel, dernel, of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. darnelle, Sw. d\'86r-repe; perh. named from a supposed intoxicating quality of the plant, and akin to Sw. d\'86ra to infatuate, OD. door foolish, G. thor fool, and Ee. dizzy.](Bot.)Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety Lolium Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay. 1913 Webster]
darnel our early herbalists comprehended all kinds of cornfield weeds.Dr. Prior. 1913 Webster]
Darn"er(d, n.One who mends by darning.
{ Dar"nex(d, Dar"nic(d, }n.Same as Dornick. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da*roo"(d, n.(Bot.)The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore. 1913 Webster]
Darr(d, n.(Zo\'94l.)The European black tern.
{ Dar"raign, Dar"rain, }(?), v. t.[OF. deraisnier to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings, LL. derationare; de- + rationare to discourse, contend in law, fr. L. ratio reason, in LL., legal cause. Cf. Arraign, and see Reason.]1.To make ready to fight; to array. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Darrain your battle, for they are at hand.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat. [Obs.] \'bdTo darrain the battle.\'b8 Chaucer . 1913 Webster]
Dar"rein, a.[OF. darrein, darrain, fr. an assumed LL. deretranus; L. de + retro back, backward.](Law)Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance. 1913 Webster]
Dart(d, n.[OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara, daro, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra dart.]1.A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. 1913 Webster]
And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom.2 Sa. xviii. 14. 1913 Webster]
2.Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. 1913 Webster]
The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Hannan More. 1913 Webster]
3.A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
4.(Zo\'94l.)A fish; the dace. See Dace. 1913 Webster]
Dart sac(Zo\'94l.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure. 1913 Webster]
Dart, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Darted; p. pr. & vb. n.Darting.]1.To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch. 1913 Webster]
2.To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams. 1913 Webster]
Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart?Pope. 1913 Webster]
Dart, v. i.1.To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart. 1913 Webster]
2.To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket. 1913 Webster]
Dar"tars(?), n.[F. dartre eruption, dandruff. A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs. 1913 Webster]
dartboard, dart boardn.a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts. It may have any of several patterns on it, such as concentric circles, or a central circle with rays. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Dart"er(?), n.1.One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid. 1913 Webster]
Dart"ing*ly(?), adv.Like a dart; rapidly. 1913 Webster]
Dar"tle(?), v. t. & i.To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart. 1913 Webster]
My star that dartles the red and the blue.R. Browning. 1913 Webster]
Dar*to"ic(?), a.(Anat.)Of or pertaining to the dartos. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dar"tos(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. / flayed.](Anat.)A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum. 1913 Webster]
Dar"trous(?), a.[F. dartreux. See Dartars.](Med.)Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic. 1913 Webster]
Dartrous diathesis, A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis, and herpetism.Piffard. 1913 Webster]
Dar*win"i*an(?), a.[From the name of Charles Darwin, an English scientist.]Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements. 1913 Webster]
natural selection or the survival of the fittest. He also argues that natural selection is capable of modifying and producing organisms fit for their circumstances. See Development theory, under Development. 1913 Webster]
Dar*win"i*an, n.An advocate of Darwinism. 1913 Webster]
Dar*win"i*an*ism(?), n.Darwinism. 1913 Webster]
Dar"win*ism(?), n.(Biol.)The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.Huxley. 1913 Webster]
Dase(d, v. t.See Daze. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dase"we(?), v. i.[OE. dasewen, daswen; cf. AS. dysegian to be foolish.]To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled. [Obs.] Chauscer. 1913 Webster]
Dash(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dashed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dashing.][Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]1.To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. 1913 Webster]
If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. 1913 Webster]
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.Ps. ii. 9. 1913 Webster]
A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces.Shak. 1913 Webster]
To perplex and dash Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.South. 1913 Webster]
Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car.Pope. 1913 Webster]
4.To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture. 1913 Webster]
I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications.Addison. 1913 Webster]
The very source and fount of day dashed with wandering isles of night.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
5.To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. 1913 Webster]
6.To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. 1913 Webster]
Dash, v. i.To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks. 1913 Webster]
[He] dashed through thick and thin.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
On each hand the gushing waters play, dashing fall.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
Dash, n.1.Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash. 1913 Webster]
2.A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash. 1913 Webster]
3.A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple. 1913 Webster]
Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.Addison. 1913 Webster]
4.A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain. 1913 Webster]
She takes upon her bravely at first dash.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.Energy in style or action; animation; spirit. 1913 Webster]
6.A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [Low] 1913 Webster]
7.(Punctuation)A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.John Wilson. 1913 Webster]
8.(Mus.)(a)The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.(b)The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone. 1913 Webster]
9.(Racing)A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race. 1913 Webster]
Dash"board`(d, n.1.A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard. 1913 Webster]
2.(Naut.)(a)The float of a paddle wheel.(b)A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard. 1913 Webster]
3.an instrument panel beneath the front window of a motor vehicle (such as an automobile or truck), containing indicating gauges and dials, such as the speedometer and fuel gauges, and sometimes certain control knobs or other devices. PJC]
Dash`een"(d, n.1.A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.a herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. Syn. -- taro, taro plant, dalo, Colocasia esculenta. WordNet 1.5]
A dashingly dressed gentleman.Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
Dash"ism(-, n.The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show. [R. & Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed.V. Knox. 1913 Webster]
dash"pot`, dash-pot(d, n.(Mach.)a mechanical damping device containing a piston that moves in a fluid-filled chamber to serve as a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
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a), attached to the weight, falls freely until it enters a space (as below the openings, b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly (as through cock c), when its fall is gradually checked. 1913 Webster]
A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot. 1913 Webster]
Das"tard(d, n.[Prob. from Icel. d\'91str exhausted. breathless, p. p. of d\'91sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.]One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon. 1913 Webster]
You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Das"tard, v. t.To dastardize. [R.] Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Das"tard*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dastardized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dastardizing.]To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Das"tard*li*ness(?), n.The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear. 1913 Webster]
Das"we(?), v. i.See Dasewe [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Da*sym"e*ter(?), n.[Gr. dasy`s rough, thick + -meter.](Physics)An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Das`y*p\'91"des(?), n. pl.[NL., from Gr. dasy`s hairy, shaggy + /, /, a child.](Zo\'94l.)Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched. 1913 Webster]
Das`y*p\'91"dic(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Pertaining to the Dasyp\'91des; ptilop\'91dic. 1913 Webster]
Dasyproctidaen.a natural family including the agoutis and pacas. Syn. -- family Dasyproctidae. WordNet 1.5]
Dasypusn.the type genus of the Dasypodidae. Syn. -- genus Dasypus. WordNet 1.5]
Dasyuridaen.a natural family including the dasyures, native cats, pouched mice, banded anteaters, and Tasmanian devils. Syn. -- family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae. WordNet 1.5]
das"y*ure(d, n.[Gr. dasy`s thick, shaggy + o'yra` tail: cf. F. dasyure.]1.(Zo\'94l.)A carnivorous catlike marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus, called also native cat. There are several species. 1913 Webster +PJC]
2.(Zo\'94l.)any of several related animals, such as the Tasmanian devil; -- called also ursine dasyure. PJC]
Das`y*u"rine(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures. 1913 Webster]
Dasyurusn.the type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats. Syn. -- genus Dasyurus. WordNet 1.5]
DATn.[acronym, from Digital AudioTape.]digital audiotape, a digitally encoded tape recording of sound; -- in contrast to the usual analog audio tape. [acronym] WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Da"ta(?), n. pl.[L. pl. of datum.]1.See Datum. 1913 Webster]
2.a collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem; as, the historical data show that the budget deficit is only a small factor in determining interest rates.The term in this sense is used especially in reference to experimental observations collected in the course of a controlled scientific investigation. PJC]
3.(Computers)information, most commonly in the form of a series of binary digits, stored on a physical storage medium for manipulation by a computer program. It is contrasted with the program which is a series of instructions used by the central processing unit of a computer to manipulate the data. In some conputers data and execuatble programs are stored in separate locations. PJC]
databasen.an organized body of related information. WordNet 1.5]
data-basedadj.relying on observation or experiment. Syn. -- experimental, observational. WordNet 1.5]
dat"a*ble(?), a.That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date. \'bdDatable almost to a year.\'b8 The Century. Syn. -- dateable.
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\'d8Da*ta"ri*a(?), n.[LL., fr. L. datum given.](R. C. Ch.)Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor). 1913 Webster]
Da"ta*ry(?), n.[LL. datarius. See Dataria.]1.(R. C. Ch.)An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria. 1913 Webster]
2.The office or employment of a datary. 1913 Webster]
Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. /, prob. not the same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.](Bot.)The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. 1913 Webster]
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Date palm, or
Date tree(Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Ph\'d2nix dactylifera. See Illust. --
Date plum(Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros Lotus). --
Date shell, or
Date fish(Zo\'94l.), a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas. 1913 Webster]
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Date(?), n.[F. date, LL. data, fr. L. datus given, p. p. of dare to give; akin to Gr. /, OSlaw. dati, Skr. d\'be. Cf. Datum, Dose, Dato, Die.]1.That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc. 1913 Webster]
And bonds without a date, they say, are void.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. 1913 Webster]
He at once, dates of being, so disposed Akenside. 1913 Webster]
3.Assigned end; conclusion. [R.] 1913 Webster]
What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.Pope. 1913 Webster]
4.Given or assigned length of life; dyration. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Good luck prolonged hath thy date.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Through his life's whole date.Chapman. 1913 Webster]
To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing. 1913 Webster]
Date, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dating.][Cf. F. dater. See 2d Date.]1.To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter. 1913 Webster]
2.To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids. 1913 Webster]
dated at or from a place. 1913 Webster]
The letter is dated at Philadephia.G. T. Curtis. 1913 Webster]
You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.Addison. 1913 Webster]
In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them.M. Arnold. 1913 Webster]
Date, v. i.To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from. 1913 Webster]
The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.E. Everett. 1913 Webster]
dateableadj.that can be given a date. Opposite of undatable. [Narrower terms: dated] Syn. -- datable. WordNet 1.5]
a concrete and dateable happeningC. W. Shumaker
datedadj.1.marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past. Syn. -- outmoded; pass\'82.
[WordNet 1.5+PJC]
2.bearing a date; as, dated and stamped documents. WordNet 1.5]
date"less, a.1.Without date; having no fixed time. 1913 Webster]
2.not having a social companion for an occasion; as, to be dateless for the prom. PJC]
Date line. The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed by international or general agreement as a boundary on one side of which the same day shall have a different name and date in the calendar from its name and date on the other side. Also called International Date Line. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dat"er(?), n.One who dates. 1913 Webster]
Da*tis"cin(?), n.(Chem.)A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina). 1913 Webster]
Da"tive(?), a.[L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.]1.(Gram.)Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)(a)In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.(b)Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.(c)Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.Burril. Bouvier. 1913 Webster]
Dative executor, one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator. 1913 Webster]
Da"tive, n.[L. dativus.]The dative case. See Dative, a., 1. 1913 Webster]
Da"tive*ly, adv.As a gift. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dat"o*lite(?), n.[From. Gr. / to divide + -lite; in allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety.](Min.)A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.[Written also datholite.] 1913 Webster]
Datriln.an analgesic derived from acetanolide; also used as an antipyretic; Datril and Tylenol are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets. See acetaminophen. Syn. -- acetaminophen, Tylenol. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Da"tum(?), n.; pl.Data(#).[L. See 2d Date.]1.Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural. 1913 Webster]
Any writer, therefore, who . . . furnishes us with data sufficient to determine the time in which he wrote.Priestley. 1913 Webster]
2.a single piece of information; a fact; especially a piece of information obtained by observation or experiment; -- used mostly in the plural. PJC]
3.pl.(Math.)The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem. 1913 Webster]
4.(Surveying)a point, line, or level surface used as a reference in measuring elevations.RHUD PJC]
Datum line(Surv.), the horizontal or base line, from which the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the plan of a railway, etc. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da*tu"ra(?), n.[NL.; cf. Skr. dhatt, Per. & Ar. tat, Tat.](Bot.)A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. 1913 Webster]
D. stramonium), with a prickly capsule (see Illust. of capsule), white flowers and green stem, and Datura tatula, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers. Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous. 1913 Webster]
Da*tu"rine(?), n.[From Datura.](Chem.)Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina. 1913 Webster]
Daub(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Daubed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Daubing.][OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See Alb, and cf. Dealbate.]1.To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear. 1913 Webster]
She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch.Ex. ii. 3. 1913 Webster]
2.To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner. 1913 Webster]
If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece.I. Watts. 1913 Webster]
A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. 1913 Webster]
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.] 1913 Webster]
I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, Smollett. 1913 Webster]
5.To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Let him be daubed with lace.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Daub(d, v. i.To smear; to play the flatterer. 1913 Webster]
His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter.South. 1913 Webster]
Daub, n.1.A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear. 1913 Webster]
Daugh"ter(?), n.; pl.Daughters(#); obs. pl. Daughtren(#).[OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da\'a3htar,, OSlav. d, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. 1.The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals. 1913 Webster]
2.A female descendant; a woman. 1913 Webster]
This woman, being a daughter of Abraham.Luke xiii. 16. 1913 Webster]
Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land.Gen. xxxiv. 1. 1913 Webster]
3.A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. 1913 Webster]
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters.Ruth. i. 11. 1913 Webster]
4.A term of address indicating parental interest. 1913 Webster]
Daughter, be of good comfort.Matt. ix. 22. 1913 Webster]
Daughter cell(Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division. 1913 Webster]
Daugh"ter-in-law`(?), n.; pl.Daughters-in-law.The wife of one's son. 1913 Webster]
Daugh"ter*li*ness(?), n.The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter. 1913 Webster]
Daugh"ter*ly, a.Becoming a daughter; filial. 1913 Webster]
Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him.Cavendish. 1913 Webster]
Dauk(?), v. t.See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush. 1913 Webster]
Daun(?), n.A variant of Dan, a title of honor. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Daunt(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Daunted; p. pr. & vb. n.Daunting.][OF. danter, F. dompter to tame, subdue, fr. L. domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See Tame.]1.To overcome; to conquer. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten. 1913 Webster]
Some presences daunt and discourage us.Glanvill.
Syn. -- To dismay; appall. See Dismay. 1913 Webster]
Daunt"er(?), n.One who daunts. 1913 Webster]
dauntingadj.serving to discourage, dishearten, or intimidate; discouraging; disheartening. Opposite of encouraging. Syn. -- intimidating. WordNet 1.5]
daunt"less, a.Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid. 1913 Webster]
Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned.Dryden.
-- Daunt"less*ly, adv. -- Daunt"less*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Dau"phin(?), n.[F. dauphin, prop., a dolphin, from L. delphinus. See Dolphin. The name was given, for some reason unexplained, to Guigo, count of Vienne, in the 12th century, and was borne by succeeding counts of Vienne. In 1349, Dauphiny was bequeathed to Philippe de Valois, king of France, on condition that the heir of the crown should always hold the title of Dauphin de Viennois.]The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.
{ Dau"phin*ess(?), orDau"phine(?) }, n.The title of the wife of the dauphin. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dauw(?), n.[D.](Zo\'94l.)The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi. 1913 Webster]
davallian.any fern of the genus Davallia; they have scaly creeping rhizomes. WordNet 1.5]
Davalliaceaen.one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Araiostegia; Davallia; Davallodes; Gymnogrammitis; Humata; Leucostegia; Scyphularia; Trogostolon. Syn. -- family Davalliaceae. WordNet 1.5]
Dav"en*port(?), n.[From the name of the original maker. Encyc. Dict.]A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. 1913 Webster]
A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing.A. B. Edwards. 1913 Webster]
Da*vid"ic(?), a.Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family. 1913 Webster]
Daviesian.a genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods. Syn. -- genus Daviesia. WordNet 1.5]
Dav"it(?), n.[Cf. F. davier forceps, davit, cooper's instrument, G. david davit; all probably from the proper name David.](Naut.)(a)A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.(b)pl.Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.Totten. 1913 Webster]
Da"vy Jones"(?). The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors. 1913 Webster]
This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe.Smollett. 1913 Webster]
Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. --
Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard. 1913 Webster]
Da"vy lamp`(?). See Safety lamp, under Lamp. 1913 Webster]
Da"vyne(?), n.[See Davyum.](Min.)A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius. 1913 Webster]
Da"vy*um(?), n.[Named after Sir Humphry Davy, the English chemist.](Chem.)A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.<-- ? Europium is 152(the closest)? --> 1913 Webster]
Daw(d, n.[OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t\'beha, MHG. t\'behe, t\'behele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.](Zo\'94l.)A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. 1913 Webster]
The loud daw, his throat daws.Waller. 1913 Webster]
daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- \'bdThen thou dwellest with daws too.\'b8 (Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.)
Skeat. 1913 Webster]
Daw, v. i.[OE. dawen. See Dawn.]To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
Daw, v. t.[Contr. fr. Adaw.]1.To rouse. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
Daw"dle(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Dawdled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dawdling(?).][Cf. Daddle.]To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. 1913 Webster]
Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
Daw"dle, v. t.To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning. 1913 Webster]
Dawk, v. t.[Prov. E. dauk to cut or pierce with a jerk; cf. OE. dalk a dimple. Cf. Ir. tolch, tollachd, tolladh, a hole, crevice, toll to bore, pierce, W. tyllu.]To cut or mark with an incision; to gash.Moxon. 1913 Webster]
Dawk, n.A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber.Moxon. 1913 Webster]
Dawn(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Dawned(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dawning.][OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d\'91g day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day. 1.To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. 1913 Webster]
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher.Matt. xxviii. 1. 1913 Webster]
2.To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. \'bdIn dawning youth.\'b8 Dryden. 1913 Webster]
When life awakes, and dawns at every line.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.Heber, 1913 Webster]
Dawn, n.1.The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise. 1913 Webster]
And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day.Hood. 1913 Webster]
2.First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. \'bdThe dawn of time.\'b8 Thomson. 1913 Webster]
These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul.Pope. 1913 Webster]
dawn"ingn.the first light of day; dawn. Syn. -- dawn, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow. WordNet 1.5]
Daw"son*ite(?), n.[Named after J. W. Dawson of Montreal.](Min.)A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals. 1913 Webster]
Day(d, n.[OE. day, dai, dei, AS. d\'91g; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G. tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. \'fb69. Cf. Dawn.]1.The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; -- also called daytime. 1913 Webster +PJC]
2.The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below. 1913 Webster]
3.Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work. 1913 Webster]
4.A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time. 1913 Webster]
A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day.Jowett (Thucyd. ) 1913 Webster]
If my debtors do not keep their day, . . . Dryden. 1913 Webster]
5.(Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc. 1913 Webster]
The field of Agincourt, day of Crispin Crispianus.Shak. 1913 Webster]
His name struck fear, his conduct won the day.Roscommon. 1913 Webster]
Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as, daybreak, daylight, workday, etc. 1913 Webster]
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Anniversary day. See Anniversary, n. --
Astronomical day, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. --
Born days. See under Born. --
Canicular days. See Dog day. --
Civil day, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. --
Day blindness. (Med.)See Nyctalopia. --
Day by day, or
Day after day, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under By. \'bdDay by day we magnify thee.\'b8 Book of Common Prayer. --
Days in bank(Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed.Burrill. --
Day in court, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. --
Days of devotion(R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass.Shipley. --
Days of grace. See Grace. --
Days of obligation(R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass.Shipley. --
Day owl, (Zo\'94l.), an owl that flies by day. See Hawk owl. --
Day rule(Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. --
Day school, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. --
Day sight. (Med.)See Hemeralopia. --
Day's work(Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. --
From day to day, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. --
Jewish day, the time between sunset and sunset. --
Mean solar day(Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. --
One day,
One of these days, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. \'bdWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.\'b8 Shak. --
Only from day to day, without certainty of continuance; temporarily.Bacon. --
Sidereal day, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. --
To win the day, to gain the victory, to be successful.S. Butler. --
Week day, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. --
Working day. (a)A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays.(b)The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay. 1913 Webster]
Day"aks(d, n. pl.(Ethnol.)See Dyaks. 1913 Webster]
day-and-nightadj.same as around-the-clock. Syn. -- around-the-clock, nonstop, round-the-clock. WordNet 1.5]
daybedn.1.an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night. Syn. -- divan bed. WordNet 1.5]
2.a long chair; for reclining. Syn. -- chaise longue, chaise. WordNet 1.5]
day boardern.a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home. WordNet 1.5]
Day"book`(d, n.A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal. 1913 Webster]
dayboyn.a day boarder who is a boy. WordNet 1.5]
Day"break`(d, n.The time of the first appearance of light in the morning. 1913 Webster]
Day"-coal`(d, n.(Mining)The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface. 1913 Webster]
Day"dream`(-dr, n.A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope. 1913 Webster]
Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
Day"dream`er(?), n.One given to daydreams. 1913 Webster]
Day"flow`er(-flou`, n.(Bot.)A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers. 1913 Webster]
Day"fly`(d, n.(Zo\'94l.)A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.<-- = the Mayfly? mayfly is ephemerid of order ephemeroptera [MW10]. "Mayfly" not in 1913 W. --> 1913 Webster]
Day"-la`bor(?), n.Labor hired or performed by the day.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Day"-la`bor*er(?), n.One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
Day"light`(-l, n.1.The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light. 1913 Webster]
2.pl.The eyes. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
<-- 3. any opening in a surrounding enclosure, esp. one affording escape; -- used in the phrase \'bdhead for daylight\'b8. --> 1913 Webster]
day" lil`y, day"lil`y(l. (Bot.)(a)any plant of a genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers, which often bloom for only one day.(b)A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Day"maid`(-m, n.A dairymaid. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Day"mare`(d, n.[Day + mare incubus.](Med.)A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
Day"-net`(-n, n.A net for catching small birds. 1913 Webster]
Days"man(d, n.[From day in the sense of day fixed for trial.]An umpire or arbiter; a mediator. 1913 Webster]
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us.Job ix. 33. 1913 Webster]
day"spring`(d, n.The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.Milton. 1913 Webster]
The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us.Luke i. 78. 1913 Webster]
day"-star`(d, n.1.The morning star; the star which ushers in the day; -- usually the planet Venus, when seen before and just after sunrise. 1913 Webster +PJC]
A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts.2 Peter i. 19. 1913 Webster]
2.The sun, as the orb of day. [Poetic] 1913 Webster]
So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, Milton. 1913 Webster]
day"time`(d, n.The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night; same as day, 1; as, during the daytime. 1913 Webster +PJC]
day-to-dayadj.occurring every day. Syn. -- daily, day-after-day. WordNet 1.5]
day"wom`an(d, n.A dairymaid. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Daze(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dazed(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dazing.][OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw, dysig, stupid. Dizzy, Doze.]To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. 1913 Webster]
While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Such souls, daze the world.Sir H. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest.Dickens. 1913 Webster]
Daze, n.1.The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
2.(Mining)A glittering stone. 1913 Webster]
dazedadj.1.stupefied; conscious but unable to think clearly; -- usually caused by a blow or other shock. Syn. -- foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2.stunned from or as if from repeated blows. Syn. -- punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy. WordNet 1.5]
Daz"zle(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dazzled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dazzling(?).][Freq. of daze.]1.To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light. 1913 Webster]
Those heavenly shapes dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Milton. 1913 Webster]
An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine.Sir H. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
2.To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. \'bdDazzled and drove back his enemies.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Daz"zle, v. i.1.To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. 1913 Webster]
Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. 1913 Webster]
An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
I dare not trust these eyes; dazzle with surprise.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Daz"zle, n.A light of dazzling brilliancy. 1913 Webster]
Daz"zle*ment(?), n.Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light.Donne. 1913 Webster]
Daz"zling*ly(?), adv.In a dazzling manner. 1913 Webster]
DBMSn.[acronym from DataBase Management System.]a database management system, a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database. Syn. -- database management system. WordNet 1.5]
D-dayn.1.(Mil.)the day designated for the beginning of a planned attack by a military force; in communications the day is often otherwise unspecified for security reasons; as, the day before D-day the troops will move into position. PJC]
2.6 June 1944, the day of the landing in France, by troops allied against the Germans in World War II. Syn. -- 6 June 1944. WordNet 1.5]
3.the day for commencement or execution of any elaborate planned activity; -- often used jocosely. [informal] PJC]
De-(?). A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. 1913 Webster]
de-accessv. t.to sell or otherwise give up ownership; -- used mostly of artworks in museums. Syn. -- sell off. WordNet 1.5]
deaccession, de-accessionv. t.[de- + accession. Ca. 1970.]to sell (artwork); -- used of sales of art by museums.The word appears to have been coined as a euphemism to avoid the negative connotations of the word \'bdsell\'b8, particularly for works donated by benefactors. The practise is justified as a means of acquiring funds for purchase of more valuable artworks. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Dea"con(d, n.[OE. diakne, deakne, deken, AS. diacon, deacon, L. diaconus, fr. Gr. dia`konos a servant or minister, a minister of the church; of uncertain origin. In sense 2 prob. confused with dean.]1.(Eccl.)An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church. 1913 Webster]
2.The chairman of an incorporated company. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Dea"con(d, v. t.1.To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off. [Colloq. New. Eng.] See Line, v. t. 1913 Webster]
lining out the psalm. 1913 Webster]
2.With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc. [Colloq., U. S.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dea"con*ess(?), n.(Eccl.)A female deacon; as: (a)(Primitive Ch.)One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.(b)(Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.)A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.(c)A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists. 1913 Webster]
Dea"con*hood(?), n.The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship. 1913 Webster]
Dea"con*ry(?), n.See Deaconship. 1913 Webster]
Dea"con*ship, n.The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess. 1913 Webster]
de*ac"ti*vate, v. t.1.To make inactive; to render ineffective; as, to deactivate a bomb; to deactivate a machine; to deactivate the alarm.The deactivation of a machine or device is usually a reversible process; switching off an electrical device may be referred to as deactivation. To render an enzyme or catalyst ineffective is more commonly referred to as to inactivate. PJC]
2.To disband (a military unit, or other group); to discontinue (a group activity); as, to deactivate the regiment; to deactivate the investigation. PJC]
de*ac`ti*va"tion, n.The act or process of deactivating. PJC]
Dead(d, a.[OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de\'a0d; akin to OS. d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau, Sw. & Dan. d\'94d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]1.Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. \'bdThe queen, my lord, is dead.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 1913 Webster]
3.Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. 1913 Webster]
4.Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. 1913 Webster]
5.So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor. 1913 Webster]
6.Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade. 1913 Webster]
7.Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc. 1913 Webster]
8.Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. \'bdThe ground is a dead flat.\'b8 C. Reade. 1913 Webster]
9.Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. 1913 Webster]
I had them a dead bargain.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
10.Bringing death; deadly.Shak. 1913 Webster]
11.Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. \'bdDead in trespasses.\'b8 Eph. ii. 1. 1913 Webster]
12.(Paint.)(a)Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.(b)Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson. 1913 Webster]
13.(Law)Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead. 1913 Webster]
14.(Mach.)Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle. 1913 Webster]
15.(Elec.)Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
16.Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.Encyc. of Sport. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dead ahead(Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go. --
Dead angle(Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen or defended from behind the parapet. --
Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car. --
Dead calm(Naut.), no wind at all. --
Dead center, or
Dead point(Mach.), either of two points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by, the lever L. --
Dead color(Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it. --
Dead coloring(Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this is usually in monochrome. --
Dead door(Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door. --
Dead flat(Naut.), the widest or midship frame. --
Dead freight(Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.Abbott. --
Dead ground(Mining), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. --
Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. \'bdSerfs held in dead hand.\'b8 Morley.See Mortmain. --
Dead head(Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor buoy. --
Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal, so that neither wins. --
Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid in advance. [Law] --
Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.<-- Hebrew was revived in modern Israel --> --
Dead letter. (a)A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened.(b)That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. --
Dead-letter office, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. --
Dead level, a term applied to a flat country. --
Dead lift, (a)a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. \'bd(As we say) at a dead lift.\'b8 Robynson (More's Utopia).(b)(Weighlifting)The lifting of a weight from the ground, without raising it to the shoulders. --
Dead line(Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. --
Dead load(Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. --
Dead march(Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. --
Dead nettle(Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle (Lamium album). --
Dead oil(Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc.<-- sic. naphthalins? --> --
Dead plate(Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part. --
Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage. --
Dead point. (Mach.)See Dead center. --
Dead reckoning(Naut.), the method of determining the place of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as given by compass, and the distance made on each course as found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the aid of celestial observations. --
Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor. --
Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length. --
Dead-Sea apple. See under Apple. --
Dead set. See under Set. --
Dead shot. (a)An unerring marksman.(b)A shot certain to be made. --
Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files. --
Dead wall(Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. --
Dead water(Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. --
Dead weight. (a)A heavy or oppressive burden.Dryden.(b)(Shipping)A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.(c)(Railroad)The weight of rolling stock, the live weight being the load.Knight. --
Dead wind(Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. --
To be dead, to die. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
I deme thee, thou must algate be dead.Chaucer.
Syn. -- Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless. 1913 Webster]
Dead(d, adv.To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy.Dickens. 1913 Webster]
Dead drunk, so drunk as to be unconscious. 1913 Webster]
Dead(d, n.1.The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. 1913 Webster]
When the drum beat at dead of night.Campbell. 1913 Webster]
2.One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively. 1913 Webster]
And Abraham stood up from before his dead.Gen. xxiii. 3. 1913 Webster]
Dead, v. t.To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dead, v. i.To die; to lose life or force. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
dead` beat"(d, dead"beat`(d. a loafer, sponger, or swindler; especially, one who does not pay his debts. Same as Beat, n., 7. [Low, U.S.] 1913 Webster]
Dead"beat`(?), a.(Physics)Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation. 1913 Webster]
Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement. 1913 Webster]
Dead"born`(?), a.Stillborn.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Dead"en(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deadened(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Deadening.][From Dead; cf. AS. d/dan to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.]1.To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound. 1913 Webster]
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As harper lays his open palm deaden its vibrations.Longfellow. 1913 Webster]
2.To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway. 1913 Webster]
3.To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine. 1913 Webster]
4.To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size. 1913 Webster]
5.To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dead"en*er(d, n.One who, or that which, deadens or checks. 1913 Webster]
dead"en*ingadj.[p. pr. of verb deaden{3}.]Rendering less lively, intense, or vigorous; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks. WordNet 1.5]
2.So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks. Syn. -- boring, dreary, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome. WordNet 1.5]
dead"en*ingn.The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine). Syn. -- stultification, impairment. WordNet 1.5]
Dead"-eye`(d, n.(Naut.)A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.Totten. 1913 Webster]
Dead"head`(?), n.1.One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Dead"house`(?), n.A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies. 1913 Webster]
Dead"ish, a.Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike. 1913 Webster]
The lips put on a deadish paleness.A. Stafford. 1913 Webster]
Dead"latch`(?), n.A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Dead"light`(?), n.(Naut.)A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm. 1913 Webster]
Dead"li*hood(?), n.State of the dead. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dead"li*ness, n.The quality of being deadly. 1913 Webster]
dead"lock`(?), n.1.A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward. 1913 Webster]
2.A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action. 1913 Webster]
Things are at a deadlock.London Times. 1913 Webster]
The Board is much more likely to be at a deadlock of two to two.The Century. 1913 Webster]
deadlockedadj.at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. Syn. -- stalemated, blocked. WordNet 1.5]
dead"ly(?), a.1.Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound. 1913 Webster]
2.Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. 1913 Webster]
Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The image of a deadly man.Wyclif (Rom. i. 23). 1913 Webster]
Deadly nightshade(Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under Nightshade. 1913 Webster]
dead"ly, adv.1.In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death; deathly. \'bdDeadly pale.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.In a manner to occasion death; mortally. 1913 Webster]
The groanings of a deadly wounded man.Ezek. xxx. 24. 1913 Webster]
3.In an implacable manner; destructively. 1913 Webster]
Dead"ness, n.The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like. 1913 Webster]
dead-onadj.precisely accurate and to the point; as, a dead-on feel for characterization. [prenominal and informal] Syn. -- precise. WordNet 1.5]
She avoids big scenes . . . preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue.Peter S. Prescott WordNet 1.5]
Dead"-pay`(?), n.Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. 1913 Webster]
O you commanders, dead-pays.Massinger. 1913 Webster]
Dead"-reck`on*ing(?), n.(Naut.)See under Dead, a. 1913 Webster]
Deads(?), n. pl.(Mining)The substances which inclose the ore on every side. 1913 Webster]
Dead"-stroke`(?), a.(Mech.)Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. 1913 Webster]
Dead-stroke hammer(Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism. 1913 Webster]
Dead"wood`(?), n.1.(Naut.)A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity. 1913 Webster]
2.Dead trees or branches; useless material. 1913 Webster]
3. [fig.] People who are unproductive; -- used especially in reference to employees. PJC]
Dead"works`(?), n. pl.(Naut.)The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden. 1913 Webster]
Deaf(dor d, a.[OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. de\'a0f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d\'94v, Sw. d\'94f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. tyflo`s (for qyflo`s) blind, ty^fos smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf. Dumb.]1.Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man. 1913 Webster]
Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. 1913 Webster]
O, that men's ears should be deaf, but not to flattery!Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. 1913 Webster]
Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
A deaf murmur through the squadron went.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
5.Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught.Holland. 1913 Webster]
Deaf(?; 277), v. t.To deafen. [Obs.] Dryden. 1913 Webster]
deaf-aidn.an electronic device which amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing. Syn. -- hearing aid. WordNet 1.5]
deaf and dumb, deaf-and-dumbadj.both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Deaf"en(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deafened(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deafening.][From Deaf.]1.To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly. 1913 Webster]
Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.Addison. 1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.)To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc. 1913 Webster]
deafenedadj.rendered deaf. WordNet 1.5]
deaf"en*ing, n.The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging; sound insulation. 1913 Webster]
deaf"en*ing, a.extremely loud; so loud as to cause deafness; as, a disco with rock music played at a deafening volume. PJC]
Deaf"ly, adv.Without sense of sounds; obscurely. 1913 Webster]
Deaf"-mute`(?), n.A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. [See Illust. of Dactylology.] 1913 Webster]
Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been taught to speak imperfectly. 1913 Webster]
deaf-muteness, deaf-mutismn.the condition of being a deaf-mute; a congenital deafness that results in inability to speak. 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5]
Deaf"ness(?), n.1.Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing. 1913 Webster]
2.Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding. 1913 Webster]
Nervous deafness, a variety of deafness dependent upon morbid change in some portion of the nervous system, especially the auditory nerve. 1913 Webster]
Deal(d, n.[OE. del, deel, part, AS. d; akin to OS. d, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild, Sw. del, Goth. dails. Dole.]1.A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold. 1913 Webster]
Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour.Num. xv. 9. 1913 Webster]
As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.M. Arnold. 1913 Webster]
She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.W. Black. 1913 Webster]
some, every, never a, a thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better by a great deal, or by a great part or difference. 1913 Webster]
2.The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed. 1913 Webster]
The deal, the shuffle, and the cut.Swift. 1913 Webster]
4.An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains. [Slang] 1913 Webster]
5.[Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See Thill.]The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end. 1913 Webster]
Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one half inches thick. 1913 Webster]
6.Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. 1913 Webster]
Deal tree, a fir tree.Dr. Prior. 1913 Webster]
Deal, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dealt(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dealing.][OE. delen, AS. d, fr. d share; akin to OS. d, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.]1.To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out. 1913 Webster]
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry?Is. lviii. 7. 1913 Webster]
And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.Tickell. 1913 Webster]
The nightly mallet deals resounding blows.Gay. 1913 Webster]
Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack. 1913 Webster]
Deal, v. i.1.To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players. 1913 Webster]
2.To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour. 1913 Webster]
They buy and sell, they deal and traffic.South. 1913 Webster]
This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels.Dr. H. More. 1913 Webster]
3.To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with. 1913 Webster]
Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
4.To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat. 1913 Webster]
If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true.Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
5.To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with. 1913 Webster]
To deal by, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well by servants. \'bdSuch an one deals not fairly by his own mind.\'b8 Locke. --
To deal in. (a)To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as, they deal in political matters.(b)To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler; as, they deal in fish. --
To deal with. (a)To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with. \'bdDealing with witches.\'b8 Shak.(b)To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with. 1913 Webster]
The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, \'bddealt with him\'b8 on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out.Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
Return . . . and I will deal well with thee.Gen. xxxii. 9. 1913 Webster]
De*al"bate(?), v. t.[L. dealbatus, p. p. of dealbare. See Daub.]To whiten. [Obs.] Cockeram. 1913 Webster]
De`al*ba"tion(?), n.[L. dealbatio: cf. F. d\'82albation.]Act of bleaching; a whitening. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Deal"er(?), n.1.One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer. 1913 Webster]
2.One who distributes cards to the players. 1913 Webster]
Deal"fish`(?), n.[From deal a long, narrow plank.](Zo\'94l.)A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus). 1913 Webster]
Deal"ing, n.The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. 1913 Webster]
De*am"bu*late(?), v. i.[L. deambulare, deambulatum; de- + ambulare to walk.]To walk abroad. [Obs.] Cockeram. 1913 Webster]
De*am`bu*la"tion(?), n.[L. deambulatio.]A walking abroad; a promenading. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot. 1913 Webster]
De*am"bu*la*to*ry(?), a.[Cf. LL. deambulator a traveler.]Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory. [Obs.] \'bdDeambulatory actors.\'b8 Bp. Morton. 1913 Webster]
De*am"bu*la*to*ry, n.[L. deambulatorium.]A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory. 1913 Webster]
Dean(?), n.[OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Decemvir.]1.A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. 1913 Webster]
Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. --
Dean of peculiars, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] --
Rural dean, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 1913 Webster]
2.The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.Shipley. 1913 Webster]
3.The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 1913 Webster]
4.A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 1913 Webster]
5.The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. 1913 Webster]
Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome.Shipley. --
Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. --
Dean of arches, the lay judge of the court of arches. --
Dean of faculty, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. --
Dean of guild, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. --
Dean of a monastery,
Monastic dean, a monastic superior over ten monks. --
Dean's stall. See Decanal stall, under Decanal. 1913 Webster]
Dean"er*y(?), n.; pl.Deaneries(/).1.The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3. 1913 Webster]
2.The residence of a dean.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.The territorial jurisdiction of a dean. 1913 Webster]
Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
Dean"ship, n.The office of a dean. 1913 Webster]
I dont't value your deanship a straw.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Dear(d, a.[Compar.Dearer(d; superl.Dearest(d.][OE. dere, deore, AS. de\'a2re; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. d, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf. Darling, Dearth.]1.Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. 1913 Webster]
The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year. 1913 Webster]
Dearth(?), n.[OE. derthe, fr. dere. See Dear.]Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine. 1913 Webster]
There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt.Acts vii. 11. 1913 Webster]
He with her press'd, she faint with dearth.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
De`ar*tic"u*late(?), v. t.To disjoint. 1913 Webster]
Dear"y(?), n.A dear; a darling. [Familiar] 1913 Webster]
De"as(?), n.See Dais. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Death(d, n.[OE. deth, dea, AS. de\'a0; akin to OS. d, D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau, Sw. & Dan. d\'94d, Goth. dau; from a verb meaning to die. See Die, v. i., and cf. Dead.]1.The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants. 1913 Webster]
Local death is going on at all times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and death of the tissues. By the former is implied the absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the ultimate structural constituents of the body. When death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until after a considerable interval. Huxley. 1913 Webster]
2.Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory. 1913 Webster]
The death of a language can not be exactly compared with the death of a plant.J. Peile. 1913 Webster]
3.Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life. 1913 Webster]
A death that I abhor.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Let me die the death of the righteous.Num. xxiii. 10. 1913 Webster]
4.Cause of loss of life. 1913 Webster]
Swiftly flies the feathered death.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
He caught his death the last county sessions.Addison. 1913 Webster]
5.Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe. 1913 Webster]
Death! great proprietor of all.Young. 1913 Webster]
And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death.Rev. vi. 8. 1913 Webster]
6.Danger of death. \'bdIn deaths oft.\'b8 2 Cor. xi. 23. 1913 Webster]
7.Murder; murderous character. 1913 Webster]
Not to suffer a man of death to live.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
8.(Theol.)Loss of spiritual life. 1913 Webster]
To be carnally minded is death.Rom. viii. 6. 1913 Webster]
9.Anything so dreadful as to be like death. 1913 Webster]
It was death to them to think of entertaining such doctrines.Atterbury. 1913 Webster]
And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death.Judg. xvi. 16. 1913 Webster]
Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc. 1913 Webster]
Black death. See Black death, in the Vocabulary. --
Civil death, the separation of a man from civil society, or the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm, entering a monastery, etc.Blackstone. --
Death adder. (Zo\'94l.)(a)A kind of viper found in South Africa (Acanthophis tortor); -- so called from the virulence of its venom.(b)A venomous Australian snake of the family Elapid\'91, of several species, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica. --
Death bell, a bell that announces a death. 1913 Webster]
The death bell thrice was heard to ring.Mickle.
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Death candle, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the superstitious as presaging death. --
Death damp, a cold sweat at the coming on of death. --
Death fire, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode death. 1913 Webster]
And round about in reel and rout, death fires danced at night.Coleridge.
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Death grapple, a grapple or struggle for life. --
Death in life, a condition but little removed from death; a living death. [Poetic] \'bdLay lingering out a five years' death in life.\'b8 Tennyson. --
Death rate, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths to the population. 1913 Webster]
At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than in rural districts.Darwin.
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Death rattle, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a dying person. --
Death's door, the boundary of life; the partition dividing life from death. --
Death stroke, a stroke causing death. --
Death throe, the spasm of death. --
Death token, the signal of approaching death. --
Death warrant. (a)(Law)An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal.(b)That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy. --
Death wound. (a)A fatal wound or injury.(b)(Naut.)The springing of a fatal leak. --
Spiritual death(Scripture), the corruption and perversion of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God. --
The gates of death, the grave. 1913 Webster]
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?Job xxxviii. 17.
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The second death, condemnation to eternal separation from God.Rev. ii. 11. --
To be the death of, to be the cause of death to; to make die. \'bdIt was one who should be the death of both his parents.\'b8 Milton.
Syn. -- Death, Decease, Demise, Departure, Release.Death applies to the termination of every form of existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words only to the human race. Decease is the term used in law for the removal of a human being out of life in the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow. 1913 Webster]
Death"bed(?), n.The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness. 1913 Webster]
That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
Death"bird`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death. 1913 Webster]
Death"blow`(?), n.A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. 1913 Webster]
The deathblow of my hope.Byron. 1913 Webster]
Death"ful(?), a.1.Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody. 1913 Webster]
These eyes behold deathful scene.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.Liable to undergo death; mortal. 1913 Webster]
The deathless gods and deathful earth.Chapman. 1913 Webster]
Death"ful*ness, n.Appearance of death.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
death" knell`, n.1.A stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death; a knell{1}. 1913 Webster]
2.Hence: (figuratively) A sign or harbinger of the end, death, or passing away of anything. PJC]
Death"less, a.Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame. 1913 Webster]
Death"ly, adv.Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick. 1913 Webster]
death-rolln.a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster. WordNet 1.5]
Death's"-head`(?), n.A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death. 1913 Webster]
I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Death's-head moth(Zo\'94l.), a very large European moth (Acherontia atropos), so called from a figure resembling a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also death's-head sphinx. 1913 Webster]
Deaths"man(?), n.An executioner; a headsman or hangman. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Death"ward(?), adv.Toward death. 1913 Webster]
Death"watch`(?; 224), n.1.(Zo\'94l.)(a)A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.(b)A small wingless insect, of the family Psocid\'91, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick. 1913 Webster]
She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches.Addison. 1913 Webster]
I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.The guard set over a criminal before his execution. 1913 Webster]
De*au"rate(?), a.[L. deauratus, p. p. of deaurare to gild; de- + aurum gold.]Gilded. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*au"rate(?), v. t.To gild. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De`au*ra"tion(?), n.Act of gilding. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Deave(?), v. t.[See Deafen.]To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
De*bac"chate(?), v. i.[L. debacchatus, p. p. of debacchari to rage; de- + bacchari to rage like a bacchant.]To rave as a bacchanal. [R.] Cockeram. 1913 Webster]
De`bac*cha"tion(?), n.[L. debacchatio.]Wild raving or debauchery. [R.] Prynne. 1913 Webster]
De*ba"cle(?), n.[F. d\'82b\'83cle, fr. d\'82b\'83cler to unbar, break loose; pref. d\'82- (prob. = L. dis) + b\'83cler to bolt, fr. L. baculum a stick.]1.(Geol.)A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other d\'82bris. 1913 Webster]
2.A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3.a complete and ludicrous failure; a rout, as of an army; a great disaster; a fiasco. PJC]
De*bar"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Debarred(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Debarring.][Pref. de- + bar.]To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of. 1913 Webster]
Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed debar us when we need Milton. 1913 Webster]
Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life.Buckle. 1913 Webster]
De*barb"(?), v. t.[Pref. de- + L. barba beard.]To deprive of the beard. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De"bark"(?), v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Debarked(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Debarking.][F. d\'82barquer; pref. d\'82- (L. dis-) + barque. See Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark.]To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore. 1913 Webster]
The debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers.U. S. Grant. 1913 Webster]
De*bar"ment(?), n.Hindrance from approach; exclusion. 1913 Webster]
De*bar"rass(?), v. t.[Cf. F. d\'82barrasser. See Embarrass.]To disembarrass; to relieve. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*base"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Debased(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Debasing.][Pref. de- + base. See Base, a., and cf. Abase.]To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words. 1913 Webster]
The coin which was adulterated and debased.Hale. 1913 Webster]
It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes.Hooker. 1913 Webster]
And to debase the sons, exalts the sires.Pope.
Syn. -- To abase; degrade. See Abase. 1913 Webster]
De*based"(?), a.(Her.)Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed. 1913 Webster]
De*base"ment(?), n.The act of debasing or the state of being debased.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*bas"er(?), n.One who, or that which, debases. 1913 Webster]
De*bas"ing*ly, adv.In a manner to debase. 1913 Webster]
De*bat"a*ble(?), a.[Cf. OF. debatable. See Debate.]Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. 1913 Webster]
The Debatable Landor
, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground. 1913 Webster]
De*bate"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Debated; p. pr. & vb. n.Debating.][OF. debatre, F. d\'82battre; L. de + batuere to beat. See Batter, v. t., and cf. Abate.]1.To engage in combat for; to strive for. 1913 Webster]
Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine.Prescott. 1913 Webster]
2.To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against. 1913 Webster]
A wise council . . . that did debate this business.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself.Prov. xxv. 9.
Syn. -- To argue; discuss; dispute; controvert. See Argue, and Discuss. 1913 Webster]
De*bate", v. i.1.To engage in strife or combat; to fight. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Well could he tourney and in lists debate.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon. 1913 Webster]
He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends.Tatler. 1913 Webster]
De*bate", n.[F. d\'82bat, fr. d\'82battre. See Debate, v. t.]1.A fight or fighting; contest; strife. [Archaic] 1913 Webster]
On the day of the Trinity next ensuing was a great debate . . . and in that murder there were slain . . . fourscore.R. of Gloucester. 1913 Webster]
But question fierce and proud reply debate.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
2.Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress. 1913 Webster]
Heard, noted, answer'd, as in full debate.Pope. 1913 Webster]
3.Subject of discussion. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Statutes and edicts concerning this debate.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*bate"ful(?), a.Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
A serious question and debatement with myself.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*bat"er(?), n.One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist. 1913 Webster]
Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters.Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*bat"ing, n.The act of discussing or arguing; discussion. 1913 Webster]
Debating societyor
Debating club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking. 1913 Webster]
De*bat"ing*ly, adv.In the manner of a debate. 1913 Webster]
De*bauch"(?), v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Debauched(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Debauching.][F. d\'82baucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d\'82- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. b\'belkr. See Balk, n.]To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. 1913 Webster]
Learning not debauched by ambition.Burke. 1913 Webster]
A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.South. 1913 Webster]
Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes.Cowley. 1913 Webster]
De*bauch", n.[Cf. F. d\'82bauche.]1.Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. 1913 Webster]
The first physicians by debauch were made.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.An act or occasion of debauchery. 1913 Webster]
Silenus, from his night's debauch, Cowley. 1913 Webster]
De*bauch"ed*ly(?), adv.In a profligate manner. 1913 Webster]
De*bauch"ed*ness, n.The state of being debauched; intemperance.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
Deb`au*chee"(?), n.[F. d\'82bauch\'82, n., properly p. p. of d\'82baucher. See Debauch, v. t.]One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine. 1913 Webster]
De*bauch"er(?), n.One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness. 1913 Webster]
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De*bauch"er*y(?), n.; pl.Debaucheries(/).1.Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. 1913 Webster]
The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army.Burke. 1913 Webster]
2.Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. 1913 Webster]
Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance.Sprat. 1913 Webster]
De*bauch"ment(?), n.The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. 1913 Webster]
De*beige"(?), n.[F. de of + beige the natural color of wool.]A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods.[Written also debage.] 1913 Webster]
De*bel"(?), v. t.[Cf. F. d\'82beller. See Debellate.]To conquer. [Obs.] Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*bel"late(?), v. t.[L. debellatus, p. p. of debellare to subdue; de- + bellum war.]To subdue; to conquer in war. [Obs.] Speed. 1913 Webster]
Deb`el*la"tion(?), n.[LL. debellatio.]The act of conquering or subduing. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8De be"ne es"se(?). [L.](Law)Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.Abbott. 1913 Webster]
De*ben"ture(?; 135), n.[L. debentur they are due, fr. debere to owe; cf. F. debentur. So called because these receipts began with the words Debentur mihi.]1.A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due. 1913 Webster]
2.A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
It is applied in England to deeds of mortgage given by railway companies for borrowed money; also to municipal and other bonds and securities for money loaned. 1913 Webster]
3.Any of various instruments issued, esp. by corporations, as evidences of debt. Such instruments (often called
debenture bonds) are generally, through not necessarily, under seal, and are usually secured by a mortgage or other charge upon property; they may be registered or unregistered. A debenture secured by a mortgage on specific property is called a
mortgage debenture; one secured by a floating charge (which see), a
floating debenture; one not secured by any charge
a naked debenture. In general the term debenture in British usage designates any security issued by companies other than their shares, including, therefore, what are in the United States commonly called bonds. When used in the United States debenture generally designates an instrument secured by a floating charge junior to other charges secured by fixed mortgages, or, specif., one of a series of securities secured by a group of securities held in trust for the benefit of the debenture holders. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*ben"tured(?; 135), a.Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods. 1913 Webster]
Debenture stock. (Finance)The debt or series of debts, collectively, represented by a series of debentures; a debt secured by a trust deed of property for the benefit of the holders of shares in the debt or of a series of debentures. By the terms of much debenture stock the holders are not entitled to demand payment until the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the case of railway debentures, they cannot demand payment of the principal, and the debtor company cannot redeem the stock, except by authority of an act of Parliament. [Eng.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Deb"ile(?), a.[L. debilis: cf. F. d\'82bile. See Debility.]Weak. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*bil"i*tant(?), a.[L. debilitants, p. pr.](Med.)Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug. 1913 Webster]
De*bil"i*tate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Debilitated; p. pr. & vb. n.Debilitating.][L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See Debility.]To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. 1913 Webster]
Various ails debilitate the mind.Jenyns. 1913 Webster]
The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
De*bil`i*ta"tion(?), n.[L. debilitatio: cf. F. d\'82bilitation.]The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness. 1913 Webster]
De*bil"i*ty(?), n.[L. debilitas, fr. debilis weak, prob. fr. de- + habilis able: cf. F. d\'82bilit\'82. See Able, a.]The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor. 1913 Webster]
The inconveniences of too strong a perspiration, which are debility, faintness, and sometimes sudden death.Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- Debility, Infirmity, Imbecility. An infirmity belongs, for the most part, to particular members, and is often temporary, as of the eyes, etc. Debility is more general, and while it lasts impairs the ordinary functions of nature. Imbecility attaches to the whole frame, and renders it more or less powerless. Debility may be constitutional or may be the result or superinduced causes; Imbecility is always constitutional; infirmity is accidental, and results from sickness or a decay of the frame. These words, in their figurative uses, have the same distinctions; we speak of infirmity of will, debility of body, and an Imbecility which affects the whole man; but Imbecility is often used with specific reference to feebleness of mind. 1913 Webster]
Deb"it(?), n.[L. debitum what is due, debt, from debere to owe: cf. F. d\'82bit. See Debt.]A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account. 1913 Webster]
Deb"it, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Debited; p. pr. & vb. n.Debiting.]1.To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bookkeeping)To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold. 1913 Webster]
Deb"it card`(?), n.[See debit.]a small usually plastic card with a magnetic coded number, similar to a credit card, which is used to pay for purchases by the electronic deduction of a sum of money (a debit) directly from the card-holder's bank account. Such cards do not require the establishment of a credit line, and such transactions do not incur any interest payments. 1913 Webster]
Deb"it*or(?), n.[L. See Debtor.]A debtor. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
De`bi*tu`mi*ni*za"tion(?), n.The act of depriving of bitumen. 1913 Webster]
De`bi*tu"mi*nize(?), v. t.To deprive of bitumen. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`blai"(?), n.[F.](Fort.)The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken. 1913 Webster]
Deb`o*nair"(?), a.[OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire, debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair, F. d\'82bonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L. bonus) + aire. See Air, and Bounty, and cf. Bonair.]Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant. 1913 Webster]
Was never prince so meek and debonair.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Deb`o*nair"i*ty(?), n.[OF. debonairet\'82, F. d\'82bonnairet\'82.]Debonairness. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
De*bouch"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Debouched(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Debouching.][F. d\'82boucher; pref. d\'82- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca the cheek. Cf. Disembogue.]To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. 1913 Webster]
Battalions debouching on the plain.Prescott. 1913 Webster]
2.(Geog.)To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into an open valley or a plain. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8D\'82`bou`ch\'82"(?), n.[F.]A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods. 1913 Webster]
The d\'82bouch\'82s were ordered widened to afford easy egress.The Century. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`bou`chure"(?), n.[F.]The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait. 1913 Webster]
De*brief"(?), v.to interrogate (a person) who has recently experienced an event, to obtain information about that experience; -- used especially of military pilots or diplomatic agents who have just returned from a mission. PJC]
De*bride"(?), v.to remove (e. g., dead tissue) surgically from a wound. PJC]
De*bride"ment(?), n.the surgical excision of dead, contaminated, or damaged tissue, and foreign matter, especially from a wound. PJC]
\'d8D\'82`bris"(?), n.[F., fr. pref. d\'82- (L. dis) + briser to break, shatter; perh. of Celtic origin.]1.(Geol.)Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base. 1913 Webster]
2.Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins. 1913 Webster]
De*bruised"(?), a.[Cf. OF. debruisier to shatter, break. Cf. Bruise.](Her.)Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut. 1913 Webster]
The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where debruised in token of his illegitimate birth.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Debt(?), n.[OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de- + habere to have. See Habit, and cf. Debit, Due.]1.That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability. 1913 Webster]
Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt.Shak. 1913 Webster]
When you run in debt, you give to another power over your liberty.Franklin. 1913 Webster]
2.A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass. \'bdForgive us our debts.\'b8 Matt. vi. 12. 1913 Webster]
3.(Law)An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
Bond debt,
Book debt, etc. See under Bond, Book, etc. --
Debt of nature, death. 1913 Webster]
Debt"ed, p. a.Indebted; obliged to. [R.] 1913 Webster]
I stand debted to this gentleman.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Debt*ee"(?), n.(Law)One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
Debt"less(?), a.Free from debt.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Debt"or(?), n.[OE. dettur, dettour, OF. detor, detur, detour, F. d\'82biteur, fr. L. debitor, fr. debere to owe. See Debt.]One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor. 1913 Webster]
[I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again, debtor for the first.Shak. 1913 Webster]
In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor.Mitford. 1913 Webster]
Debtors for our lives to you.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
De*bul"li*ate(?), v. i.[Pref. d\'82- + L. bullire to boil.]To boil over. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*burse"(?), v. t. & i.[Pref. de + L. bursa purse.]To disburse. [Obs.] Ludlow. 1913 Webster]
De"bu*scope(?), n.[From the inventor, Debus, a French optician + -scope.](Opt.)A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`but"(?), n.[F. d\'82but, prop., the first cast or throw at play, fr. but aim, mark. See Butt an end.]A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.
\'d8D\'82`bu`tant"(?), n.; fem. D\'82`bu`tante"(/). [F., p. pr. of d\'82buter to have the first throw, to make one's d\'82but. See D\'82but.]A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public. 1913 Webster]
D\'82`bu`tante"(?), fem. n.A young woman making her first appearance in society, especially one who is one of the honorees at a debutante cotillion. See cotillion{4}. PJC]
Dec"a-(?). pref.[Cf. Ten.]A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten;specifically(Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*cac`e*ra"ta(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + ke`ras a horn.](Zo\'94l.)The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.
{ Dec"a*chord(?), Dec`a*chor"don(?), }n.[Gr. deka`chordos tenstringed; de`ka ten + chordj` a string.]1.An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp. 1913 Webster]
2.Something consisting of ten parts.W. Watson. 1913 Webster]
Dec`a*cu"mi*na`ted(?), a.[L. decacuminare to cut off the top. See Cacuminate.]Having the point or top cut off. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
Dec"ad(?), n.A decade. 1913 Webster]
Averill was a decad and a half his elder.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*dal(?), a.Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens. 1913 Webster]
Dec"ade(?), n.[F. d\'82cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. /, fr. de`ka ten. See Ten.]A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy.[Written also decad.] 1913 Webster]
During this notable decade of years.Gladstone.
{ De*ca"dence(?), De*ca"den*cy(?), }n.[LL. decadentia; L. de- + cadere to fall: cf. F. d\'82cadence. See Decay.]A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. \'bdThe old castle, where the family lived in their decadence.\'b8Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
De*ca"dent(?), n.One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers.
The decadents and \'91sthetes, and certain types of realists.C. L. Dana.
The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by \'bddecadents\'b8.The Century. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dec"a*dist(?), n.A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*gon(?), n.[Pref. deca- + Gr. / a corner or angle: cf. F. d\'82cagone.](Geom.)A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal. 1913 Webster]
De*cag"o*nal(?), a.Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.
{ Dec"a*gram, Dec"a*gramme }(?), n.[F. d\'82cagramme; Gr. de`ka ten + F. gramme. See Gram.]A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dec`a*gyn"i*a(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + / a woman, a female.](Bot.)A Linn\'91an order of plants characterized by having ten styles.
{ Dec`a*gyn"i*an(?), Dec*cag"y*nous(?), }a.[Cf. F. d\'82cagyne.](Bot.)Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles. 1913 Webster]
Dec`a*he"dral(?), a.Having ten sides. 1913 Webster]
Dec`a*he"dron(?), n.; pl. E. Decahedrons(#), L. Decahedra(#).[Pref. deca- + Gr. 'e`dra a seat, a base, fr. 'e`zesthai to sit: cf. F. d\'82ca\'8adre.](Geom.)A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.[Written also, less correctly, decaedron.] 1913 Webster]
De*cal`ci*fi*ca"tion(?), n.The removal of calcareous matter. 1913 Webster]
De*cal"ci*fy(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decalcified(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decalcifying.]To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
{ De*cal`co*ma"ni*a(?), De*cal`co*ma"nie(?), }n.[F. d\'82calcomanie.]The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.
{ Dec"a*li`ter, Dec"a*li`tre }(?), n.[F. d\'82calitre; Gr. de`ka ten + F. litre. See Liter.]A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons. 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*log(?; 115), n.Decalogue. 1913 Webster]
De*cal"o*gist(?), n.One who explains the decalogue.J. Gregory. 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*logue(?; 115), n.[F. d\'82calogue, L. decalogus, fr. Gr. /; de`ka ten + / speech, / to speak, to say. See Ten.]The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone. 1913 Webster]
De*cam"e*ron(?), n.[It. decamerone, fr. Gr. de`ka ten + / part; though quite generally supposed to be derived from "hme`ra day: cf. F. d\'82cam\'82ron.]A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.
{ Dec"a*me`ter, Dec"a*me`tre }(?), n.[F. d\'82cam\'8atre; Gr. de`ka ten + m\'8atre. See Meter.]A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches. 1913 Webster]
De*camp"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Decamped(?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n.Decamping.][F. d\'82camper; pref. d\'82- (L. dis) + camp camp. See Camp.]1.To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
2.Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly. 1913 Webster]
The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
De*camp"ment(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82campement.]Departure from a camp; a marching off. 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*nal(?; 277), a.[Cf. F. d\'82canal. See Dean.]Pertaining to a dean or deanery. 1913 Webster]
His rectorial as well as decanal residence.Churton. 1913 Webster]
Decanal side, the side of the choir on which the dean's tall is placed. --
Decanal stall, the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel.Shipley. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*can"dri*a(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + /, /, a man.](Bot.)A Linn\'91an class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.
{ De*can"dri*an(?), De*can"drous(?), }a.[Cf. F. d\'82candre.](Bot.)Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens. 1913 Webster]
Dec"ane(?), n.[See Deca-.](Chem.)A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications. 1913 Webster]
Dec*an"gu*lar(?), a.[Pref. deca- + angular.]Having ten angles. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*ca"ni(?), a.[L., lit., of the dean.]Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side. 1913 Webster]
De*cant"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decanted; p. pr. & vb. n.Decanting.][F. d\'82canter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge.]To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. 1913 Webster]
De*can"tate(?), v. t.To decant. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De`can*ta"tion(?; 277), n.[Cf. F. d\'82cantation.]The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another. 1913 Webster]
De*cant"er(?), n.1.A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled. 1913 Webster]
2.One who decants liquors. 1913 Webster]
De*caph"yl*lous(?), a.[Pref. deca- + Gr. / leaf: cf. F. d\'82caphylle.](Bot.)Having ten leaves. 1913 Webster]
De*cap"i*tate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decapitated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decapitating.][LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]1.To cut off the head of; to behead. 1913 Webster]
2.To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.] 1913 Webster]
decapitatedadj.having had the head cut off. Syn. -- beheaded. WordNet 1.5]
De*cap`i*ta"tion(?), n.[LL. decapitatio: cf. F. d\'82capitation.]The act of beheading; beheading. 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*pod(d, n.[Cf. F. d\'82capode.](Zo\'94l.)A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively, as a decapod crustacean. 1913 Webster]
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\'d8De*cap"o*da(d, prop. n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + poy`s, podo`s, foot.]1.(Zo\'94l.)The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. 1913 Webster]
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2.(Zo\'94l.)A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
{ De*cap"o*dal(?), De*cap"o*dous(?), }a.(Zo\'94l.)Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. 1913 Webster]
De*car"bon*ate(?), v. t.To deprive of carbonic acid. 1913 Webster]
De*car`bon*i*za"tion(?), n.The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon. 1913 Webster]
De*car"bon*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decarbonized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decarbonizing.]To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. 1913 Webster]
Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. --
Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron. 1913 Webster]
De*car"bon*i`zer(?), n.He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance. 1913 Webster]
De*car`bu*ri*za"tion(?), n.The act, process, or result of decarburizing. 1913 Webster]
De*car"bu*rize(?), v. t.To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from. 1913 Webster]
De*card"(?), v. t.To discard. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
You have cast those by, decarded them.J. Fletcher. 1913 Webster]
De*car"di*nal*ize(?), v. t.To depose from the rank of cardinal. 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*stere(?), n.[L. d\'82cast\'8are; Gr. de`ka ten + F. st\'8are a stere.](Metric System)A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters. 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*stich(?), n.[Pref. deca- + Gr. sti`chos a row, a line of writing, a verse.]A poem consisting of ten lines. 1913 Webster]
Dec"a*style(?), a.[Gr. /; de`ka ten + sty`los a column.](Arch.)Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. -- n.A portico having ten pillars or columns in front. 1913 Webster]
Dec`a*syl*lab"ic(?), a.[Pref. deca- + syllabic: cf. F. d\'82casyllabique, d\'82casyllable.]Having, or consisting of, ten syllables. 1913 Webster]
de*cath"lon(?), n.[See Deca-; Pentathlon.]In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole vaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dec`a*to"ic(?), a.(Chem.)Pertaining to, or derived from, decane. 1913 Webster]
De*cay"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Decayed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decaying.][OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d\'82choir, to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See Chance.]To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. 1913 Webster]
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, decay.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
De*cay", v. t.1.To cause to decay; to impair. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Infirmity, that decays the wise.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To destroy. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*cay", n.1.Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay. 1913 Webster]
Perhaps my God, though he be far before, decays.Herbert. 1913 Webster]
His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual decay.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws.James Byrne. 1913 Webster]
He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age.Bacon.
Syn. -- Decline; consumption. See Decline. 1913 Webster]
decayableadj.susceptible to decay. Syn. -- putrescible, putrefiable, spoilable. WordNet 1.5]
De*cayed"(?), a.Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman. -- De*cay"ed*ness(#), n. 1913 Webster]
De*cay"er(?), n.A causer of decay. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*cease"(?), n.[OE. deses, deces, F. d\'82c\'8as, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede.]Departure, especially departure from this life; death. 1913 Webster]
His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.Luke ix. 31. 1913 Webster]
And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Spenser.
De*ceit"(?), n.[OF. deceit, des, decept (cf. deceite, de), fr. L. deceptus deception, fr. decipere. See Deceive.]1.An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud. 1913 Webster]
Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit.Amos viii. 5. 1913 Webster]
Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Yet still we hug the dear deceit.N. Cotton. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.
De*ceit"ful*ly, adv.With intent to deceive. 1913 Webster]
De*ceit"ful*ness, n.1.The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual. 1913 Webster]
2.The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices. 1913 Webster]
3.Tendency to mislead or deceive. \'bdThe deceitfulness of riches.\'b8 Matt. xiii. 22. 1913 Webster]
De*ceit"less, a.Free from deceit.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
De*ceiv"a*ble(?), a.[F. d\'82cevable.]1.Fitted to deceive; deceitful. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The fraud of deceivable traditions.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Subject to deceit; capable of being misled. 1913 Webster]
Blind, and thereby deceivable.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n.1.Capability of deceiving. 1913 Webster]
With all deceivableness of unrighteousness.2 Thess. ii. 10. 1913 Webster]
2.Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a child. 1913 Webster]
De*ceiv"a*bly, adv.In a deceivable manner. 1913 Webster]
De*ceive"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deceived(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deceiving.][OE. deceveir, F. d\'82cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de- + capere to take, catch. See Capable, and cf. Deceit, Deception.]1.To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare. 1913 Webster]
Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.2 Tim. iii. 13. 1913 Webster]
Nimble jugglers that deceive the eye.Shak. 1913 Webster]
What can 'scape the eye deceive his heart?Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception. 1913 Webster]
These occupations oftentimes deceived Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
3.To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Plant fruit trees in large borders, and set therein fine flowers, but thin and sparingly, lest they deceive the trees.Bacon.
Syn. -- Deceive, Delude, Mislead.Deceive is a general word applicable to any kind of misrepresentation affecting faith or life. To delude, primarily, is to make sport of, by deceiving, and is accomplished by playing upon one's imagination or credulity, as by exciting false hopes, causing him to undertake or expect what is impracticable, and making his failure ridiculous. It implies some infirmity of judgment in the victim, and intention to deceive in the deluder. But it is often used reflexively, indicating that a person's own weakness has made him the sport of others or of fortune; as, he deluded himself with a belief that luck would always favor him. To mislead is to lead, guide, or direct in a wrong way, either willfully or ignorantly. 1913 Webster]
De*ceiv"er(?), n.One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. 1913 Webster]
The deceived and the deceiver are his.Job xii. 16.
Syn. -- Deceiver, Impostor. A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the community at large. The one succeeds by artful falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers; the false prophet and the pretended prince are impostors. 1913 Webster]
deceleratev. i.1.1to reduce speed; as, The car decelerated. Opposite of accelerate. Syn. -- slow, slow down, slow up, retard. WordNet 1.5]
deceleratev. t.to cause to reduce speed. Opposite of accelerate. Syn. -- slow down. WordNet 1.5]
decelerationn.a decrease in velocity. Opposite of acceleration Syn. -- slowing, retardation. WordNet 1.5]
De*cem"ber(d, prop. n.[F. d\'82cembre, from L. December, fr. decem ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March. See Ten.]1.The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice. 1913 Webster]
2.Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life. 1913 Webster]
De*cem"brist(?), n.(Russian Hist.)One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also Dekabrist.
He recalls the history of the decembrists . . . that gallant band of revolutionists.G. Kennan. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De`cem*den"tate(?), a.[L. decem ten + E. dentate.]Having ten points or teeth. 1913 Webster]
De*cem"fid(d, a.[L. decem ten + root of findere to cleave.](Bot.)Cleft into ten parts. 1913 Webster]
De`cem*loc"u*lar(?), a.[L. decem ten + E. locular.](Bot.)Having ten cells for seeds. 1913 Webster]
De*cem"pe*dal(d, a.[L. decem ten + E. pedal.]1.Ten feet in length. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)Having ten feet; decapodal. [R.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De*cem"vir(d, n.; pl. E. Decemvirs(#), L. Decemviri(#).[L., fr. decem ten + vir a man.]1.One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome. 1913 Webster]
decemvirs was given to various bodies of Roman magistrates. The most celebrated decemvirs framed \'bdthe laws of the Twelve Tables,\'b8 about 450 B. C., and had absolute authority for three years. 1913 Webster]
2.A member of any body of ten men in authority. 1913 Webster]
De*cem"vi*ral(?), a.[L. decemviralis.]Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome. 1913 Webster]
De*cem"vi*rate(?), n.[L. decemviratus.]1.The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome. 1913 Webster]
2.A body of ten men in authority. 1913 Webster]
De*cem"vir*ship(?), n.The office of a decemvir.Holland. 1913 Webster]
De"cen*cy(?), n.; pl.Decencies(#).[L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. d\'82cence. See Decent.]1.The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty. 1913 Webster]
Observances of time, place, and of decency in general.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Immodest words admit of no defense, decency is want of sense.Roscommon. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is proper or becoming. 1913 Webster]
The external decencies of worship.Atterbury. 1913 Webster]
Those thousand decencies, that daily flow Milton. 1913 Webster]
De"cene(?), n.[L. decem ten.](Chem.)One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series. 1913 Webster]
De*cen"na*ry(?), n.; pl.Decennaries(#).[L. decennium a period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.]1.A period of ten years. 1913 Webster]
2.(O. Eng. Law)A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
De*cen"ni*al(?), a.[See Decennary.]Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
De*cen"ni*al, n.A tenth year or tenth anniversary. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*cen"ni*um(?), n.; pl.Decenniums(#), L. Decennia(#).[L.]A period of ten years. \'bdThe present decennium.\'b8 Hallam. \'bdThe last decennium of Chaucer's life.\'b8 A. W. Ward.
{ De*cen"no*val(?), De*cen"no*va*ry(?), }a.[L. decem ten + novem nine.]Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. [R.] Holder. 1913 Webster]
de"cent(d, a.[L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d\'82cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum, Deign.]1.Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Before his decent steps.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest. 1913 Webster]
A sable stole of cyprus lawn decent shoulders drawn.Milton. 1913 Webster]
By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed.Pope. 1913 Webster]
4.Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person. 1913 Webster]
A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.Burke.
-- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
decentralisationn.same as decentralization. Syn. -- decentralization. WordNet 1.5]
decentralisev.same as decentralize. Opposite of centralize and concentrate Syn. -- decentralize, deconcentrate. WordNet 1.5]
decentralizingadj. prenom.causing a dispersion or movement away from the center; -- used especially of power or administrative functions. Opposite of centralizing. WordNet 1.5]
de*cen`tral*i*za"tion(?), n.1.The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized. \'bdThe decentralization of France.\'b8 J. P. Peters. 1913 Webster]
2.the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments. WordNet 1.5]
De*cen"tral*ize(?), v. t.to make less central; to prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs. 1913 Webster]
De*cep"ti*ble(?), a.Capable of being deceived; deceivable.Sir T. Browne. -- De*cep`ti*bil"i*ty(/), n. 1913 Webster]
De*cep"tion(?), n.[F. d\'82ception, L. deceptio, fr. decipere, deceptum. See Deceive.]1.The act of deceiving or misleading.South. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being deceived or misled. 1913 Webster]
There is one thing relating either to the action or enjoyments of man in which he is not liable to deception.South. 1913 Webster]
3.That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud. 1913 Webster]
There was of course room for vast deception.Motley.
Syn. -- Deception, Deceit, Fraud, Imposition.Deception usually refers to the act, and deceit to the habit of the mind; hence we speak of a person as skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. The practice of deceit springs altogether from design, and that of the worst kind; but a deception does not always imply aim and intention. It may be undesigned or accidental. An imposition is an act of deception practiced upon some one to his annoyance or injury; a fraud implies the use of stratagem, with a view to some unlawful gain or advantage. 1913 Webster]
As if those organs had deceptious functions.Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*cep"tive(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82ceptif. See Deceive.]Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. 1913 Webster]
Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes.Trench. 1913 Webster]
Deceptive cadence(Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close. 1913 Webster]
De*cep"tive*ly, adv.In a manner to deceive. 1913 Webster]
De*cep"tive*ness, n.The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive. 1913 Webster]
De`cep*tiv"i*ty(?), n.Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham. [R.] Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
De*cep"to*ry(?), a.[L. deceptorius, from decipere.]Deceptive. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*cern"(?), v. t.[L. decernere. See Decree.]1.To perceive, discern, or decide. [Obs.] Granmer. 1913 Webster]
2.(Scots Law)To decree; to adjudge. 1913 Webster]
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De*cern"i*ture(?; 135), n.(Scots Law)A decree or sentence of a court.Stormonth. 1913 Webster]
De*cerp"(?), v. t.[L. decerpere; de- + carpere to pluck.]To pluck off; to crop; to gather. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*cerpt"(?), a.[L. decerptus, p. p. of decerpere.]Plucked off or away. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*cerp"ti*ble(?), a.That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De*cerp"tion(?), n.1.The act of plucking off; a cropping. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.Glanvill. 1913 Webster]
De`cer*ta"tion(?), n.[L. decertatio, fr. decertare, decertatum; de- + certare to contend.]Contest for mastery; contention; strife. [R.] Arnway. 1913 Webster]
De*ces"sion(?), n.[L. decessio, fr. decedere to depart. See Decease, n.]Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
De*charm"(?), v. t.[Cf. F. d\'82charmer. See Charm.]To free from a charm; to disenchant. 1913 Webster]
De*chris"tian*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dechristianized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dechristianizing.]To turn from, or divest of, Christianity. 1913 Webster]
De*cid"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being decided; determinable. 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*are`(?), n.[F. d\'82ciare; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + are. See 2d Are.](Metric System)A measure of area, the tenth part of an are; ten square meters. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*cide"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decided; p. pr. & vb. n.Deciding.][L. dec\'c6dere; de- + caedere to cut, cut off; prob. akin to E. shed, v.: cf. F. d\'82cider. Cf. Decision.]1.To cut off; to separate. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Our seat denies us traffic here; decides us from the rest.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
2.To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle. 1913 Webster]
So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.1 Kings xx. 40. 1913 Webster]
The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; decide it then.Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*cide", v. i.To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant. 1913 Webster]
Who shall decide, when doctors disagree?Pope. 1913 Webster]
De*cid"ed(?), a.1.Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. \'bdA more decided taste for science.\'b8 Prescott. 1913 Webster]
2.Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose.
Syn. -- Decided, Decisive. We call a thing decisive when it has the power or quality of deciding; as, a decisive battle; we speak of it as decided when it is so fully settled as to leave no room for doubt; as, a decided preference, a decided aversion. Hence, a decided victory is one about which there is no question; a decisive victory is one which ends the contest. Decisive is applied only to things; as, a decisive sentence, a decisive decree, a decisive judgment. Decided is applied equally to persons and things. Thus we speak of a man as decided in his whole of conduct; and as having a decided disgust, or a decided reluctance, to certain measures. \'bdA politic caution, a guarded circumspection, were among the ruling principles of our forefathers in their most decided conduct.\'b8 Burke. \'bdThe sentences of superior judges are final, decisive, and irrevocable. Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
De*cid"ed*ly, adv.In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly. 1913 Webster]
De*cide"ment(?), n.Means of forming a decision. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*dence(?), n.[L. decidens falling off.]A falling off. [R.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*cid"er(?), n.One who decides. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*cid"u*a(?; 135), n.[NL., fr. L. deciduus. See Deciduous.](Anat.)The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*cid`u*a"ta(?), n. pl.[NL.](Zo\'94l.)A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species. 1913 Webster]
De*cid"u*ate(?; 135), a.(Anat.)Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua. 1913 Webster]
De*cid"u*ous(?; 135), a.[L. deciduus, fr. dec/dere to fall off; de- + cadere to fall. See Chance.](Biol.)Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane. 1913 Webster]
De*cid"u*ous*ness, n.The quality or state of being deciduous.
{ Dec"i*gram, Dec"i*gramme }(?), n.[F. d\'82cigramme; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + gramme.]A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.
{ Dec"il, Dec"ile }(?), n.[F. d\'82cil, fr. L. decem ten/ cf. It. decile.](Astrol.)An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36
{ Dec"i*li`ter, Dec"i*li`tre }(?), n.[F. d\'82cilitre; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (L. decimus) + litre. See Liter.]A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces. 1913 Webster]
De*cil"lion(?), n.[L. decem ten + the ending of million.]According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.] 1913 Webster]
De*cil"lionth(?), a.Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion. 1913 Webster]
De*cil"lionth(?), n.(a)The quotient of unity divided by a decillion.(b)One of a decillion equal parts. 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*mal(?), a.[F. d\'82cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr. L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.]Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage. 1913 Webster]
Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds by tens. --
Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is some power of 10, as --
Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent units or whole numbers, as 1.05. 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*mal, n.A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. 1913 Webster]
Circulating decimal, or
Circulatory decimal, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend.<-- see also repetend --> 1913 Webster]
decimalisationn.same as decimalization. Syn. -- decimalization. WordNet 1.5]
decimalisev.1.same as decimalize. Syn. -- decimalize. WordNet 1.5]
decimalizationn.the act of changing to a decimal system; as, the decimalization of the British currency. Syn. -- decimalisation. WordNet 1.5]
dec"i*mal*ism(?), n.The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc. 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*mal*ize(?), v. t.to convert the dominant units of measure (e.g. of currency) to a decimal-based system; to reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency. -- Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion(#), n. 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*mal*ly, adv.By tens; by means of decimals. 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*mate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decimated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decimating(?).][L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See Decimal.]1.To take the tenth part of; to tithe.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
2.To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
3.To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. 1913 Webster]
Dec`i*ma"tion(?), n.[L. decimatio: cf. F. d\'82cimation.]1.A tithing. [Obs.] State Trials (1630). 1913 Webster]
2.A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.Milman. 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*ma`tor(?), n.[Cf. LL. decimator.]One who decimates.South. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`cime"(?), n.[F.]A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents.
{ Dec"i*me`ter, Dec"i*me`tre }(?), n.[F. d\'82cim\'8atre; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + m\'8atre. See Meter.]A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches. 1913 Webster]
Dec`i*mo*sex"to(?), n.[Prop., in sixteenth; fr. L. decimus tenth + sextus sixth.]A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16 1913 Webster]
Dec`i*mo*sex"to, a.Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size. 1913 Webster]
De"cine(?; 104), n.[From L. decem ten.](Chem.)One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene. 1913 Webster]
De*ci"pher(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deciphered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deciphering.][Pref. de- + cipher. Formed in imitation of F. d\'82chiffrer. See Cipher.]1.To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters. 1913 Webster]
2.To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold. 1913 Webster]
3.To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.] 1913 Webster]
You are both deciphered, . . . Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*ci"pher*a*ble(?), a.Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable. 1913 Webster]
De*ci"pher*er(?), n.One who deciphers. 1913 Webster]
De*ci"pher*ess(?), n.A woman who deciphers. 1913 Webster]
De*ci"pher*ment(?), n.The act of deciphering. 1913 Webster]
De*cip"i*en*cy(?), n.[L. decipiens, p. pr. of decipere. See Deceive.]State of being deceived; hallucination. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*cip"i*um(?), n.[NL., fr. L. decipere to deceive.](Chem.)A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium. 1913 Webster]
De*ci"sion(?), n.[L. decisio, fr. dec\'c6dere, decisum: cf. F. d\'82cision. See Decide.]1.Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion. 1913 Webster]
The decision of some dispute.Atterbury. 1913 Webster]
3.An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court. 1913 Webster]
4.The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.
Syn. -- Decision, Determination, Resolution. Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterized by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution. 1913 Webster]
De*ci*sive(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82cisif. See Decision.]1.Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. \'bdA decisive, irrevocable doom.\'b8 Bates. \'bdDecisive campaign.\'b8 Macaulay. \'bdDecisive proof.\'b8 Hallam. 1913 Webster]
2.Marked by promptness and decision. 1913 Webster]
A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character.J. Foster.
Syn. -- Decided; positive; conclusive. See Decided.
-- De*ci"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ci"sive*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
De*ci"so*ry(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82cisoire. See Decision.]Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dec"i*stere(?), n.[F. d\'82cist\'8are; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + st\'8are a stere.](Metric System)The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere. 1913 Webster]
De*cit"i*zen*ize(?), v. t.To deprive of the rights of citizenship. [R.] 1913 Webster]
We have no law -- as the French have -- to decitizenize a citizen.Edw. Bates. 1913 Webster]
De*civ"i*lize(?), v. t.To reduce from civilization to a savage state. [R.] Blackwood's Mag. 1913 Webster]
Deck(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decked(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Decking.][D. dekken to cover; akin to E. thatch. See Thatch.]1.To cover; to overspread. 1913 Webster]
To deck with clouds the uncolored sky.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish. Syn. -- adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, ornament, beautify. 1913 Webster]
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency.Job xl. 10. 1913 Webster]
And deck my body in gay ornaments.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The dew with spangles decked the ground.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.To furnish with a deck, as a vessel. 1913 Webster]
4.to knock down (a person) with a forceful blow; as, He decked his opponent with a single punch. Syn. -- coldcock, dump, knock down, floor. WordNet 1.5]
Deck, n.[D. dek. See Deck, v.]1.The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. 1913 Webster]
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Berth deck(Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. --
Boiler deck(River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. --
Flush deck, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. --
Gun deck(Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. --
Half-deck, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. --
Hurricane deck(River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. --
Orlop deck, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. --
Poop deck, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. --
Quarter-deck, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. --
Spar deck. (a)Same as the upper deck.(b)Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. --
Upper deck, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 1913 Webster]
2.(arch.)The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 1913 Webster]
3.(Railroad)The roof of a passenger car. 1913 Webster]
4.A pack or set of playing cards. 1913 Webster]
The king was slyly fingered from the deck.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.A heap or store. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Who . . . hath such trinkets deck.Massinger. 1913 Webster]
6.(A\'89ronautics)A main a\'89roplane surface, esp. of a biplane or multiplane. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7.the portion of a bridge which serves as the roadway. PJC]
8.a flat platform adjacent to a house, usually without a roof; -- it is typically used for relaxing out of doors, outdoor cooking, or entertaining guests. PJC]
Between decks. See under Between. --
Deck bridge(Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. --
Deck curb(Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. --
Deck floor(Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. --
Deck hand, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. --
Deck molding(Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. --
Deck roof(Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. --
Deck transom(Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. --
To clear the decks(Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. --
To sweep the deck(Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. 1913 Webster]
Deck"el(?), n.(Paper Making)Same as Deckle. 1913 Webster]
Deck" chair`(?), n.a folding chair, usually having arms and a full-length leg rest; -- used for relaxing on the deck of a ship, at poolside, etc. Also called steamer chair PJC]
deckedadj.clothed or adorned with finery. Syn. -- adorned(predicate), bedecked(predicate)(predicate), decked out(predicate). WordNet 1.5]
Deck"er(d, n.1.One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker. 1913 Webster]
2.A vessel or vehicle which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker; a double-decker bus. 1913 Webster +PJC]
dec"kle(d, n.[Cf. G. deckel cover, lid.](Paper Making)A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.[Spelt also deckel, and dekle.] 1913 Webster]
Dec"kle edge`. The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of this. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
dec"kle-edged`dec"kled(?), a.having a rough edge; having a deckle edge; -- used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade; as, deckle-edged paper; a deckle-edged book. Syn. -- featheredged. Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
De*claim"(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Declaimed(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Declaiming.][L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d\'82clamer. See Claim.]1.To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. 1913 Webster]
2.To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. 1913 Webster]
Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.Bancroft. 1913 Webster]
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De*claim"(?), v. t.1.To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner. 1913 Webster]
2.To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly. [Obs.] \'bdDeclaims his cause.\'b8 South. 1913 Webster]
De*claim"er(?), n.One who declaims; an haranguer. 1913 Webster]
Dec`la*ma"tion(?), n.[L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. d\'82clamation. See Declaim.]1.The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. 1913 Webster]
The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
2.A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. 1913 Webster]
3.Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation. 1913 Webster]
Dec"la*ma`tor(?), n.[L.]A declaimer. [R.] Sir T. Elyot. 1913 Webster]
De*clam"a*to*ry(?), a.[L. declamatorius: cf. F. d\'82clamatoire.]1.Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme. 1913 Webster]
2.Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style. 1913 Webster]
De*clar"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being declared.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*clar"ant(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82clarant, p. pr. of d\'82clarer.](Law)One who declares.Abbott. 1913 Webster]
Dec`la*ra"tion(?), n.[F. d\'82claration, fr. L. declaratio, fr. declarare. See Declare.]1.The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal. 1913 Webster]
Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel.Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
3.The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington). 1913 Webster]
In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace.Buckle. 1913 Webster]
4.(Law)That part of the process or pleadings in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3. 1913 Webster]
Declaration of Independence. (Amer. Hist.)See Declaration of Independence in the vocabulary. See also under Independence. --
Declaration of rights. (Eng. Hist)See Bill of rights, under Bill. --
Declaration of trust(Law), a paper subscribed by a grantee of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for the purposes and upon the terms set forth.Abbott. 1913 Webster]
Declaration of Independence(?), n.(Amer. Hist.)The document promugated, July 4, 1776, by the leaders of the thirteen British Colonies in America that they have formed an independent country. See note below. PJC]
The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America
De*clar"a*tive(?), a.[L. declarativus, fr. declarare: cf. F. d\'82claratif.]Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory. \'bdDeclarative laws.\'b8 Baker. 1913 Webster]
The \'bdvox populi,\'b8 so declarative on the same side.Swift. 1913 Webster]
De*clar"a*tive*ly, adv.By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration. 1913 Webster]
The priest shall expiate it, that is, declaratively.Bates. 1913 Webster]
Dec"la*ra`tor(?), n.[L., an announcer.](Scots Law)A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared. 1913 Webster]
De*clar"a*to*ri*ly(?), adv.In a declaratory manner. 1913 Webster]
De*clar"a*to*ry(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82claratoire.]Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature. 1913 Webster]
Declaratory act(Law), an act or statute which sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law. 1913 Webster]
De*clare"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Declared(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Declaring.][F. d\'82clarer, from L. declarare; de + clarare to make clear, clarus, clear, bright. See Clear.]1.To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] \'bdTo declare this a little.\'b8 Boyle. 1913 Webster]
2.To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. 1913 Webster]
This day I have begot whom I declare Milton. 1913 Webster]
The heavens declare the glory of God.Ps. xix. 1. 1913 Webster]
3.To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false. 1913 Webster]
I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.Isa. xlv. 19. 1913 Webster]
4.(Com.)To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc. 1913 Webster]
To declare off, to recede from an agreement, undertaking, contract, etc.; to renounce. --
To declare one's self, to avow one's opinion; to show openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses. 1913 Webster]
De*clare", v. i.1.To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies. 1913 Webster]
Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, declare for fate.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass. 1913 Webster]
declaredadj.1.made known or openly avowed; as, their declared and their covert objectives; a declared liberal. Opposite of undeclared. [Narrower terms: avowed(prenominal), professed(prenominal)] WordNet 1.5]
2.stated as fact; explicitly stated. Syn. -- stated. WordNet 1.5]
De*clar"er(?), n.One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits.Udall. 1913 Webster]
De*class"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Declassed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Declassing.][Cf. F. d\'82classer.]To remove from a class; to separate or degrade from one's class.North Am. Rev. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8d\'82class\'82(dadj.[F. Cf. F. d\'82classer.]1.reduced or fallen in status, social position, class or rank; fallen from a high status or rank to a lower one. PJC]
2.of inferior grade, rank, status, or prestige. PJC]
declassificationn.reduction by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon. WordNet 1.5]
declassifiedadj.having a security classification removed so as to be open to public inspection; -- of documents or information. WordNet 1.5]
declassifyv.to lift the restriction on publication [of documents] by reducing or eliminating the secrecy classification of.usually applied to government documents classified as secret Syn. -- make available again. WordNet 1.5]
declawv. t.to remove the claws from, -- used especially with a cat as an object. WordNet 1.5]
De*clen"sion(?), n.[Apparently corrupted fr. F. d\'82clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See Decline, and cf. Declination.]1.The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. 1913 Webster]
The declension of the land from that place to the sea.T. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
2.A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. 1913 Webster]
Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts declension.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination. 1913 Webster]
4.(Gram.)(a)Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.(b)The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.(c)Rehearsing a word as declined. 1913 Webster]
oblique cases, were regarded as fallings (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from the noun's upright form, was called a declension.Harris. 1913 Webster]
Declension of the needle, declination of the needle. 1913 Webster]
De*clen"sion*al(?), a.Belonging to declension. 1913 Webster]
Declensional and syntactical forms.M. Arnold. 1913 Webster]
De*clin"a*ble(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82clinable. See Decline.]Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech. 1913 Webster]
Dec"li*nate(?), a.[L. declinatus, p. p. of declinare. See Decline.]Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined. 1913 Webster]
Dec`li*na"tion(?), n.[L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d\'82clination a decadence. See Declension.]1.The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. 1913 Webster]
2.The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. \'bdThe declination of monarchy.\'b8 Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Summer . . . is not looked on as a time declination or decay.Waller. 1913 Webster]
3.The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal. 1913 Webster]
The declination of atoms in their descent.Bentley. 1913 Webster]
Every declination and violation of the rules.South. 1913 Webster]
4.The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness. 1913 Webster]
The queen's declination from marriage.Stow. 1913 Webster]
5.(Astron.)The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. 1913 Webster]
6.(Dialing)The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south. 1913 Webster]
7.(Gram.)The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4. 1913 Webster]
Angle of declination, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. --
Circle of declination, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. --
Declination compass(Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. --
Declination of the compassor
Declination of the needle, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line. 1913 Webster]
Dec"li*na`tor(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82clinateur. See Decline.]1.An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane. 1913 Webster]
2.A dissentient. [R.] Bp. Hacket. 1913 Webster]
De*clin"a*to*ry(?; 277), a.[LL. declinatorius, fr. L. declinare: cf. F. d\'82clinatoire.]Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
Declinatory plea(O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; -- now abolished. 1913 Webster]
De*clin"a*ture(?; 135), n.The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office. 1913 Webster]
De*cline"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Declined(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Declining.][OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d\'82cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. See Lean, v. i.]1.To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. \'bdWith declining head.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his family.Lady Hutchinson. 1913 Webster]
Disdaining to decline, Byron. 1913 Webster]
The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
2.To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines. 1913 Webster]
That empire must decline Waller. 1913 Webster]
And presume to know . . . declines.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals. 1913 Webster]
Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.Ps. cxix. 157. 1913 Webster]
4.To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle. 1913 Webster]
De*cline", v. t.1.To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall. 1913 Webster]
In melancholy deep, with head declined.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
And now fair Phoebus gan decline in haste Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.To cause to decrease or diminish. [Obs.] \'bdYou have declined his means.\'b8 Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
He knoweth his error, but will not seek to decline it.Burton. 1913 Webster]
3.To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them. 1913 Webster]
Could I Decline this dreadful hour?Massinger. 1913 Webster]
4.(Gram.)To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective. 1913 Webster]
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After the first declining of a noun and a verb.Ascham. 1913 Webster]
5.To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun. [R.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*cline"(?), n.[F. d\'82clin. See Decline, v. i.]1.A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion. 1913 Webster]
Their fathers lived in the decline of literature.Swift. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever. 1913 Webster]
3.A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline.Dunglison.
Syn. -- Decline, Decay, Consumption.Decline marks the first stage in a downward progress; decay indicates the second stage, and denotes a tendency to ultimate destruction; consumption marks a steady decay from an internal exhaustion of strength. The health may experience a decline from various causes at any period of life; it is naturally subject to decay with the advance of old age; consumption may take place at almost any period of life, from disease which wears out the constitution. In popular language decline is often used as synonymous with consumption. By a gradual decline, states and communities lose their strength and vigor; by progressive decay, they are stripped of their honor, stability, and greatness; by a consumption of their resources and vital energy, they are led rapidly on to a completion of their existence. 1913 Webster]
De*clined"(?), a.Declinate. 1913 Webster]
De*clin"er(?), n.He who declines or rejects. 1913 Webster]
A studious decliner of honors.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
De*cliv"i*ty(?), n.; pl.Declivities(#).[L. declivitas, fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill; akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. d\'82clivit\'82. See Decline.]1.Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity. 1913 Webster]
2.A descending surface; a sloping place. 1913 Webster]
Commodious declivities and channels for the passage of the waters.Derham. 1913 Webster]
declutchv. i. & t.to disengage the clutch of a car. WordNet 1.5]
De*coct"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decocted; p. pr. & vb. n.Decocting.][L. decoctus, p. p. of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct.]1.To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of. 1913 Webster]
2.To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct. 1913 Webster]
3.To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.] \'bdDecoct their cold blood.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*coct"i*ble(?), a.Capable of being boiled or digested. 1913 Webster]
De*coc"tion(?), n.[F. d\'82coction, L. decoctio.]1.The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues. 1913 Webster]
In decoction . . . it either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. 1913 Webster]
If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping.Latham. 1913 Webster]
decodev. t.to convert from a coded form into the original form; -- of communications. Inverse of encode. Syn. -- decrypt, decipher[WE1]. PJC]
De`co*her"er(d, n.[Pref. de- + coherer.](Elec.)A device for restoring a coherer to its normal condition after it has been affected by an electric wave, a process usually accomplished by some method of tapping or shaking, or by rotation of the coherer. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
de*col"late(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decollated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decollating.][L. decollatus, p. p. of decollare to behead; de- + collum neck.]To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate. 1913 Webster]
The decollated head of St. John the Baptist.Burke. 1913 Webster]
De*col"la*ted(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells. 1913 Webster]
De`col*la"tion(?), n.[L. decollatio: cf. F. d\'82collation.]1.The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist. 1913 Webster]
2.A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`col`le*tage"(d, n.[F. See D\'82collet\'82.](Costume)1.The upper border or part of a low-cut (i.e., d\'82collet\'82) dress. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
2.the exposed upper parts of the breasts of a woman wearing a low-cut dress. PJC]
\'d8D\'82`col`le*t\'82"(d, a.[F., p. p. of d\'82colleter to bare the neck and shoulders; d\'82- + collet collar, fr. L. collum neck.]1.Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress. 1913 Webster]
2.Wearing a d\'82collet\'82 gown. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*col"ling(?), n.Beheading. [R.] 1913 Webster]
By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king.Parliamentary History (1648). 1913 Webster]
decolonisationn.same as decolonization. [mostly British] WordNet 1.5]
decolonizationn.1.the action of changing from colonial to independent status. Syn. -- decolonisation. WordNet 1.5]
decolonizev. t.to grant independence to (a former colony).[Also spelled decolonise.] WordNet 1.5]
decolonizev. i.to release one's colonies and free them to become independednt nations; -- of nations.[Also spelled decolonise.] PJC]
De*col"or(?), v. t.[Cf. F. d\'82colorer, L. decolorare. Cf. Discolor.]To deprive of color; to bleach. 1913 Webster]
De*col"or*ant(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82colorant, p. pr.]A substance which removes color, or bleaches. 1913 Webster]
De*col"or*ate(?), a.[L. decoloratus, p. p. of decolorare.]Deprived of color. 1913 Webster]
De*col"or*ate(?), v. t.To decolor. 1913 Webster]
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De*col`or*a"tion(d, n.[L. decoloratio: cf. F. d\'82coloration.]The removal or absence of color.Ferrand. 1913 Webster]
De*col"or*ize(?), v. t.To deprive of color; to whiten.Turner. -- De*col`or*i*za"tion(#), n. 1913 Webster]
De"com*plex`(?), a.[Pref. de- (intens.) + complex.]Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents. 1913 Webster]
De`com*pos"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being resolved into constituent elements. 1913 Webster]
De`com*pose"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decomposed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decomposing.][Cf. F. d\'82composer. Cf. Discompose.]To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay. 1913 Webster]
De`com*pose", v. i.To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot. 1913 Webster]
De`com*posed"(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent. 1913 Webster]
De`com*pos"ite(?), a.[Pref. de- (intens.) + composite.]1.Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite. 1913 Webster]
Decomposites of three metals or more.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
De*com`po*si"tion(?), n.[Pref. de- (in sense 3 intensive) + composition: cf. F. d\'82composition. Cf. Decomposition.]1.The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being reduced into original elements. 1913 Webster]
3.Repeated composition; a combination of compounds. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Decomposition of forces. Same as Resolution of forces, under Resolution. --
Decomposition of light, the division of light into the prismatic colors. 1913 Webster]
De`com*pound"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n.Decompounding.][Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1) + compound, v. t.]1.To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time. 1913 Webster]
2.To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. 1913 Webster]
It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts.Hazlitt. 1913 Webster]
De`com*pound", a.[Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a.]1.Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite. 1913 Webster]
De`com*pound", n.A decomposite. 1913 Webster]
De`com*pound"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being decompounded. 1913 Webster]
decompressv. i.to undergo the process of decompression. PJC]
decompressv. t.to subject to the process of decompression. PJC]
decompressingn.1.the process of experiencing decompression; the act or process of relieving or reducing pressure. Syn. -- decompression. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
decompressionn.1.the process of experiencing decompression; the act or process of relieving or reducing pressure. Syn. -- decompressing. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2.the reduction of atmospheric pressure experienced by divers rising from deep water to the surface, thus reducing the concentration of dissolved atmospheric gases in the blood; -- especially applied to a gradual reduction of such pressure. PJC]
3.the process, analogous to sense 2, undergone by divers in a decompression chamber, in which an artificially high atmospheric pressure is gradually lowered to normal pressure. PJC]
4.a return to a normal, more relaxed state after a period of intense stress, psychological pressure, or urgent activity; -- of people. PJC]
5.(Computers)the process of converting digitally encoded data from a more compact (compressed) form to its original, larger size.The process of compression and decompression may completely recover all of the original data (called lossless compression), or may lose some of the original data in order to achieve higher degress of compression (lossy compression). The latter is used especially with images or video data, which may be of very large size relative to text, and for which small changes may be imperceptible to the human eye. The JPEG data compression format is a lossy format. PJC]
De`con*cen"trate(?), v. t.To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*con`cen*tra"tion(?), n.Act of deconcentrating. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De`con*coct"(d, v. t.To decompose. [R.] Fuller. 1913 Webster]
De*con"se*crate(d, v. t.To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- De*con`se*cra"tion(#), n. 1913 Webster]
de`con*struct"(d, v. t.To interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstruction. WordNet 1.5]
de`con*struc"tion(d, n.A philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning. This method questions the ability of language to represent a fixed reality, and proposes that a text has no stable meaning because words only refer to other words, that metaphysical or ethnocentric assumptions about the meaning of words must be questioned, and words may be redefined in new contexts and new, equally valid and even contradictory meanings may be found. Such new interpretations may be based on the philosophical, political, or social implications of the words of a text, rather than solely on attempts to determine the author's intentions.RHUDMW10 Syn. -- deconstructionism. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2.the process of criticising or interpreting a text by the method of deconstruction{1}. PJC]
de`con*struc"tion*ism(d, n.Same as decontruction{1}. Syn. -- deconstruction. WordNet 1.5]
de`con*struc"tion*ist(d, adj.Of or pertaining to deconstruction or deconstructionism; as, deconstructionist criticism. WordNet 1.5]
de`con*tam"i*nate(d, v. t.To remove contamination or contaminants from, by a cleansing process; -- usually used of radioactive, infectious, or toxic materials; as, to decontaminate clothing worn by persons with infective disease; decontaminate an area of PCB's after explosion of a transformer. PJC]
decontaminationn.The removal of contaminants; as, the decontamination of a room after a spill of radioactive materials. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
decor, d\'82corn.[Fr. d\'82cor, fr. d\'82corer to decorate, fr. L decorare. See decorate.]1.the layout, style, and furnishings of a livable interior. Syn. -- interior decoration. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2.decoration{2}. PJC]
3.(Theater)A stage setting.MW10 PJC]
Dec"o*ra*ment(d, n.[L. decoramentum. See Decorate, v. t.]Ornament. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
Dec"o*rate(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decorated(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Decorating(d.][L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming. See Decent.]To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. 1913 Webster]
Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms.Thackeray.
Syn. -- To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn. 1913 Webster]
Decorated style(Arch.), a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to a. d. 1375. 1913 Webster]
dec`o*ra"tion(d, n.[LL. decoratio: cf. F. d\'82coration.]1.The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. 1913 Webster]
2.That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. 1913 Webster]
The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration.Motley. 1913 Webster]
3.Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. 1913 Webster]
Decoration Day. a day, May 30, originally appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; -- now called Memorial Day, and established as the last Monday in May, and designated as a day for commemorating those who died in all wars of the United States. [U. S.] Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Dec"o*ra*tive(dor d, a.[Cf. F. d\'82coratif.]Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. -- Dec"o*ra*tive*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Decorative art, fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events. 1913 Webster]
Dec"o*ra`tor(d, n.[Cf. F. d\'82corateur.]One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration. 1913 Webster]
de*core"(d, v. t.[Cf. F. d\'82corer. See Decorate.]To decorate; to beautify. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To decore and beautify the house of God.E. Hall. 1913 Webster]
De*core"ment(?), n.Ornament. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dec"or*ous(dor d, a.[L. dec, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.]Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge. 1913 Webster]
A decorous pretext the war.Motley.
-- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
De*cor"ti*cate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decorticating.][L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.]To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. \'bdGreat barley dried and decorticated.\'b8 Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
De*cor`ti*ca"tion(?), n.[L. decorticatio: cf. F. d\'82cortication.]The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat. 1913 Webster]
De*cor"ti*ca`tor(?), n.A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees. 1913 Webster]
De*cor"um(?), n.[L. dec, fr. dec. See Decorous.]Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable. 1913 Webster]
Negligent of the duties and decorums of his station.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
If your master decorum, must Shak.
Syn. -- Decorum, Dignity.Decorum, in accordance with its etymology, is that which is becoming in outward act or appearance; as, the decorum of a public assembly. Dignity springs from an inward elevation of soul producing a corresponding effect on the manners; as, dignity of personal appearance. 1913 Webster]
De*coy"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decoyed(-koid"); p. pr. & vb. n.Decoying.][Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See Coy.]To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. 1913 Webster]
Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, Goldsmith.
Syn. -- To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See Allure. 1913 Webster]
De*coy", n.1.Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait. 1913 Webster]
2.A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot. 1913 Webster]
3.A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them. 1913 Webster]
4.A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection. 1913 Webster]
De*coy"-duck`(?), n.A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
De*coy"er(?), n.One who decoys another. 1913 Webster]
De*coy"-man`(?), n.; pl.Decoy-men(/).A man employed in decoying wild fowl. 1913 Webster]
De*crease"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Decreased(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decreasing.][OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. d\'82cro\'8ctre, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See Crescent, and cf. Increase.]To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. 1913 Webster]
He must increase, but I must decrease.John iii. 30.
Syn. -- To Decrease, Diminish. Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and from within, or through some cause which is imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold decreases; their affection has decreased. Things commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by disease; his property is diminishing through extravagance; their affection has diminished since their separation their separation. The turn of thought, however, is often such that these words may be interchanged. 1913 Webster]
The olive leaf, which certainly them told decreased.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye; Pope. 1913 Webster]
De*crease", v. t.To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means. 1913 Webster]
That might decrease their present store.Prior. 1913 Webster]
De*crease", n.[OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr. decreistre. See Decrease, v.]1.A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength. 1913 Webster]
2.The wane of the moon.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
decreasedadj.made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of increased. [Narrower terms: attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate; diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent; attenuated] Syn. -- reduced. WordNet 1.5]
De*crease"less, a.Suffering no decrease. [R.] 1913 Webster]
It [the river] flows and flows, and yet will flow, decreaseless to the final hour.A. Seward. 1913 Webster]
De*creas"ing, a.Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Decreasing series(Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term. 1913 Webster]
De`cre*a"tion(?), n.Destruction; -- opposed to creation. [R.] Cudworth. 1913 Webster]
De*cree"(?), n.[OE. decre, F. d\'82cret, fr. L. decretum, neut. decretus, p. p. of decernere to decide; de- + cernere to decide. See Certain, and cf. Decreet, Decretal.]1.An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision. \'bdThe decrees of Venice.\'b8 Sh///. 1913 Webster]
There went out a decree from C\'91sar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.Luke ii. 1. 1913 Webster]
Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)(a)A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.(b)A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.Brande. 1913 Webster]
3.(Eccl.)An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
Syn. -- Law; regulation; edict; ordinance. See Law. 1913 Webster]
De*cree"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decreed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decreeing.]1.To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property. 1913 Webster]
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.Job xxii. 28. 1913 Webster]
2.To ordain by fate. 1913 Webster]
De*cree", v. i.To make decrees; -- used absolutely. 1913 Webster]
Father eternal! thine is to decree; Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*cree"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being decreed. 1913 Webster]
De*cre"er(?), n.One who decrees.J. Goodwin. 1913 Webster]
De*creet"(?), n.[Cf. Decree.](Scots Law)The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided. 1913 Webster]
Dec"re*ment(?), n.[L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See Decrease.]1.The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss. 1913 Webster]
Twit me with the decrements of my pendants.Ford. 1913 Webster]
Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement.Woodward. 1913 Webster]
2.The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment. 1913 Webster]
3.(Crystallog.)A name given by Ha\'81y to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced. 1913 Webster]
4.(Math.)The quantity by which a variable is diminished. 1913 Webster]
Equal decrement of life. (a)The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that of a given large number of persons, all being now of the same age, an equal number shall die each consecutive year.(b)The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of those dying in a year to those living through the year is constant, being independent of the age of the persons. 1913 Webster]
De*crep"it(?), a.[L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F. d\'82cr\'82pit. See Crepitate.]Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. \'bdBeggary or decrepit age.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
Already decrepit with premature old age.Motley. 1913 Webster]
decrepid. 1913 Webster]
De*crep"i*tate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decrepitating.][Cf. F. d\'82cr\'82piter.]To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt. 1913 Webster]
De*crep"i*tate, v. i.To crackle, as salt in roasting. 1913 Webster]
De*crep`i*ta"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82cr\'82pitation.]The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting. 1913 Webster]
De*crep"i*tude(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82cr\'82pitude.]The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De`cres*cen"do(?), a. & adv.[It.](Mus.)With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign. 1913 Webster]
De*cres"cent(?), a.[L. decrescens, p. pr. of decrescere. See Decrease.]Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon. 1913 Webster]
De*cres"cent, n.(Her.)A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.Cussans. 1913 Webster]
De*cre"tal(?), a.[L. decretalis, fr. decretum. See Decree.]Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.Ayliffe. 1913 Webster]
De*cre"tal, n.[LL. decretale, neut. of L. decretalis. See Decretal, a.]1.(R. C. Ch.)An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law. 1913 Webster]
2.(Canon Law)The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort. 1913 Webster]
De*crete"(?), n.[L. decretum. See Decree.]A decree. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
De*cre"tion(?), n.[From L. decrescere, decretum. See Decrease.]A decrease. [Obs.] Pearson. 1913 Webster]
De*cre"tist(?), n.[LL. decretista, fr. decretum: cf. F. d\'82cr\'82tiste. See Decree, n.]One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals. 1913 Webster]
De*cre"tive(?), a.[From L. decretum. See Decree, n.]Having the force of a decree; determining. 1913 Webster]
The will of God is either decretive or perceptive.Bates. 1913 Webster]
Dec`re*to"ri*al(?), a.Decretory; authoritative.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Dec"re*to*ri*ly(?), adv.In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree. 1913 Webster]
Dec"re*to*ry(?), a.[L. decretorius, from decretum. See Decree.]1.Established by a decree; definitive; settled. 1913 Webster]
The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence.South. 1913 Webster]
2.Serving to determine; critical. \'bdThe critical or decretory days.\'b8 Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
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De*crew"(?), v. i.[F. d\'82crue, n., decrease, and d\'82cru, p. p. of d\'82cro\'8ctre. See Decrease, and cf. Accrue.]To decrease. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
De*cri"al(?), n.[See Decry.]A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure. 1913 Webster]
De*cri"er(?), n.One who decries. 1913 Webster]
De*crown"(?), v. t.To deprive of a crown; to discrown. [R.] Hakewill. 1913 Webster]
De`crus*ta"tion(?), n.[Cf. OF. d\'82crustation.]The removal of a crust. 1913 Webster]
De*cry"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decried(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decrying.][F. d\'82crier, OF. descrier; pref. des- (L. dis-) + crier to cry. See Cry, and cf. Descry.]To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage. 1913 Webster]
For small errors they whole plays decry.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturally decried by the other.Addison.
Syn. -- To Decry, Depreciate, Detract, Disparage.Decry and depreciate refer to the estimation of a thing, the former seeking to lower its value by clamorous censure, the latter by representing it as of little worth. Detract and disparage also refer to merit or value, which the former assails with caviling, insinuation, etc., while the latter willfully underrates and seeks to degrade it. Men decry their rivals and depreciate their measures. The envious detract from the merit of a good action, and disparage the motives of him who performs it. 1913 Webster]
decryptv.to convert from a coded form into the original; -- of communications. Inverse of encrypt. Syn. -- decode, decipher[WE1]. PJC]
Dec`u*ba"tion(?), n.[From L. decubare; de- + cubare. See Decumbent.]Act of lying down; decumbence. [Obs.] Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*cu"bi*tus(?), n.[NL., fr. L. de- + cubare, to lie down: cf. F. d\'82cubitus.](Med.)An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`cu`lasse`ment"(?), n.[F.] Also, sometimes, Anglicized Dec`u*lass"ment(/).(Ordnance)An accidental blowing off of, or other serious damage to, the breechblock of a gun; also, a removal of the breechblock for the purpose of disabling the gun. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dec"u*man(?), a.[L. decumanus of the tenth, and by metonymy, large, fr. decem ten.]Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively. \'bdSuch decuman billows.\'b8 Gauden. \'bdThe baffled decuman.\'b8 Lowell.
decumaryn.a woody climber of southeastern US (Decumaria barbara) having white flowers in compound terminal clusters. Syn. --Decumaria barbata, Decumaria barbara. WordNet 1.5]
{ De*cum"bence(?), De*cum"ben*cy(?), }n.The act or posture of lying down. 1913 Webster]
The ancient manner of decumbency.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*cum"bent(?), a.[L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie down.]1.Lying down; prostrate; recumbent. 1913 Webster]
The decumbent portraiture of a woman.Ashmole. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem.Gray. 1913 Webster]
De*cum"bent*ly, adv.In a decumbent posture. 1913 Webster]
De*cum"bi*ture(?; 135), n.1.Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
2.(Astrol.)Aspect of the heavens at the time of taking to one's sick bed, by which the prognostics of recovery or death were made. 1913 Webster]
Dec"u*ple(?), a.[F. d\'82cuple, L. decuplus, fr. decem ten.]Tenfold. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dec"u*ple, n.A number ten times repeated. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dec"u*ple, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decupled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decupling(?).]To make tenfold; to multiply by ten. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*cu"ri*on(?), n.[L. decurio, decurionis, fr. decuria a squad of ten, fr. decem ten.](Rom. Antiq.)A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers. 1913 Webster]
De*cu"ri*on*ate(?), n.[L. decurionatus, fr. decurio.]The office of a decurion. 1913 Webster]
De*cur"rence(?), n.The act of running down; a lapse. [R.] Gauden. 1913 Webster]
De*cur"rent(?), a.[L. decurrens, -entis, p. pr. of decurrere to run down; de- + currere to run: cf. F. d\'82current.](Bot.)Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem. -- De*cur"rent*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
De*cur"sion(?), n.[L. decursio, fr. decurrere. See Decurrent.]A flowing; also, a hostile incursion. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale. 1913 Webster]
De*cur"sive(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82cursif. See Decurrent.]Running down; decurrent. 1913 Webster]
De*cur"sive*ly, adv.In a decursive manner. 1913 Webster]
Decursively pinnate(Bot.), having the leaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole; -- said of a leaf. 1913 Webster]
De*curt"(?), v. t.[L. decurtare; de- + curtare.]To cut short; to curtail. [Obs.] Bale. 1913 Webster]
De`cur*ta"tion(?), n.[L. decurtatio.]Act of cutting short. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dec"u*ry(?), n.; pl.Decuries(#).[L. decuria, fr. decem ten.]A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.Sir W. Raleigh. 1913 Webster]
De*cus"sate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Decussated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decussating.][L. decussatus, p. p. of decussare to cross like an X, fr. decussis (orig. equiv. to decem asses) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X.]To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.
2.(Bot.)Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches. 1913 Webster]
3.(Rhet.)Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period. 1913 Webster]
De*cus"sate*ly(?), adv.In a decussate manner. 1913 Webster]
De`cus*sa"tion(?), n.[L. decussatio.]Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc. 1913 Webster]
De*cus"sa*tive(?), a.Intersecting at acute angles.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*cus"sa*tive*ly, adv.Crosswise; in the form of an X. \'bdAnointed decussatively.\'b8 Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De"cyl(?), n.[L. decem ten + -yl.](Chem.)A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21., never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series. 1913 Webster]
De*cyl"ic(?), a.(Chem.)Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl. 1913 Webster]
De*dal"ian(?), a.See D\'91dalian. 1913 Webster]
Ded"a*lous(?), a.See D\'91dalous. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*dans"(?), n.[F.](Court Tennis)A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators. 1913 Webster]
Dede(?), a.Dead. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
De*dec"o*rate(?), v. t.[L. dedecoratus, p. p. of dedecorare to disgrace. See Decorate.]To bring to shame; to disgrace. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De*dec"o*rous(?), a.[L. dedecorus. See Decorous.]Disgraceful; unbecoming. [R.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De`den*ti"tion(?), n.The shedding of teeth. [R.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Ded"i*cate(?), p. a.[L. dedicatus, p. p. of dedicare to affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin to dicere to say. See Diction.]Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. \'bdDedicate to nothing temporal.\'b8 Shak.
Ded"i*cate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dedicated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dedicating.]1.To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use. 1913 Webster]
Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord.2 Sam. viii. 10, 11. 1913 Webster]
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.A. Lincoln. 1913 Webster]
2.To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service. 1913 Webster]
The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
3.To inscribe or address, as to a patron. 1913 Webster]
He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley.Peacham.
Syn. -- See Addict. 1913 Webster]
dedicatedadj.1.wholly committed to a purpose or cause; as, a dedicated musician. Syn. -- devoted. WordNet 1.5]
2.zealous in loyalty or affection; as, dedicated nurses. Syn. -- devoted. WordNet 1.5]
3.set apart especially for a higher purpose; as, a life dedicated to science. [Narrower terms: consecrated (vs. desecrated), consecrate] Syn. -- dedicated to(predicate), devoted to(predicate). WordNet 1.5]
Ded`i*ca*tee"(?), n.One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator. 1913 Webster]
Ded`i*ca"tion(?), n.[L. dedicatio.]1.The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple. 1913 Webster]
2.A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use. 1913 Webster]
3.An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor. 1913 Webster]
Ded"i*ca`tor(?), n.[L.: cf. F. d\'82dicateur.]One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment. 1913 Webster]
Ded`i*ca*to"ri*al(?), a.Dedicatory. 1913 Webster]
Ded"i*ca*to*ry(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82dicatoire.]Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. \'bdAn epistle dedicatory.\'b8 Dryden. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ded"i*mus(?), n.[L. dedimus we have given, fr. dare to give. So called because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, etc.](Law)A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc.Bouvier. 1913 Webster]
De*di"tion(?), n.[L. deditio, fr. dedere to give away, surrender; de- + dare to give.]The act of yielding; surrender. [R.] Sir M. Hale. 1913 Webster]
Ded"o*lent(?), a.[L. dedolens, p. pr. of dedolere to give over grieving; de- + dolere to grieve.]Feeling no compunction; apathetic. [R.] Hallywell. 1913 Webster]
De*duce"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deduced(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deducing.][L. deducere; de- + ducere to lead, draw. See Duke, and cf. Deduct.]1.To lead forth. [A Latinism] 1913 Webster]
He should hither deduce a colony.Selden. 1913 Webster]
2.To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
3.To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of. 1913 Webster]
O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes Pope. 1913 Webster]
Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known.Locke. 1913 Webster]
See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
De*duct"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n.Deducting.][L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See Deduce.]1.To lead forth or out. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.Udall. 1913 Webster]
2.To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. 1913 Webster]
Deduct what is but vanity, or dress.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops.Bp. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.Norris. 1913 Webster]
3.To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] \'bdDo not deduct it to days.\'b8 Massinger. 1913 Webster]
deductedadj.taken away. Opposite of added. Syn. -- subtracted. WordNet 1.5]
De*duct"i*ble(?), a.1.Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn. 1913 Webster]
Not one found honestly deductible Mrs. Browning. 1913 Webster]
2.Deducible; consequential. 1913 Webster]
De*duc"tion(?), n.[L. deductio: cf. F. d\'82duction.]1.Act or process of deducing or inferring. 1913 Webster]
The deduction of one language from another.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction.J. R. Seely. 1913 Webster]
2.Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend. 1913 Webster]
3.That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion. 1913 Webster]
Make fair deductions; see to what they mount.Pope. 1913 Webster]
4.That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent in compensation for services; deductions from income in calculating income taxes.
Syn. -- See Induction. 1913 Webster]
De*duct"ive(?), a.[Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible. 1913 Webster]
All knowledge of causes is deductive.Glanvill. 1913 Webster]
Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.Whewell. 1913 Webster]
De*duct"ive*ly, adv.By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*duc"tor(?), n.[L., a guide. See Deduce.](Zo\'94l.)The pilot whale or blackfish. 1913 Webster]
De*du`pli*ca"tion(?), n.[Pref. de- + duplication.](Biol.)The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster. 1913 Webster]
Deed(d, a.Dead. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Deed, n.[AS. d; akin to OS. d\'bed, D. & Dan. daad, G. that, Sw. d\'86d, Goth. d; fr. the root of do. See Do, v. t.]1.That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small. 1913 Webster]
And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?Gen. xliv. 15. 1913 Webster]
We receive the due reward of our deeds.Luke xxiii. 41. 1913 Webster]
Would serve his kind in deed and word.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To be, both will and deed, created free.Milton. 1913 Webster]
4.Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed. 1913 Webster]
5.(Law)A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract. 1913 Webster]
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Blank deed, a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc. 1913 Webster]
6.Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
In deed, in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed. 1913 Webster]
Deed, v. t.To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Deed"ful(?), a.Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring. [R.] \'bdA deedful life.\'b8 Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Deed"less, a.Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive. 1913 Webster]
Deedless in his tongue.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Deed" poll`(?). (Law)A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
deedsn.(Religion)performance of moral or religious acts; salvation is not by deeds, but by faith; to do good deeds. Syn. -- works. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Deem(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deemed(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Deeming.][OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d, fr. d doom; akin to OFries. d, OS. ad, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. d\'91ma, Sw. d\'94mma, Dan. d\'94mme, Goth. d. See Doom, n., and cf. Doom, v.]1.To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard. 1913 Webster]
For never can I deem him less him less than god.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Deem, v. i.1.To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose. 1913 Webster]
And deemest thou as those who pore, Emerson. 1913 Webster]
Deem"ster(d, n.[Deem + -ster; i. e., doomster. Cf. Dempster.]A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.Cowell. 1913 Webster]
de-energizev. t.to deprive of energy, especially electrical energy; the door locks were de-energized and opened manually. WordNet 1.5]
Deep(d, a.[Compar.Deeper(d; superl.Deepest(d.][OE. dep, deop, AS. de\'a2p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj\'d4pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See Dip, Dive.]1.Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. 1913 Webster]
The water where the brook is deep.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. 1913 Webster]
Shadowing squadrons deep.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Safely in harbor deep nook.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley. 1913 Webster]
4.Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. 1913 Webster]
Speculations high or deep.Milton. 1913 Webster]
A question deep almost as the mystery of life.De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep.Ps. xcii. 5. 1913 Webster]
5.Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. 1913 Webster]
Deep clerks she dumbs.Shak. 1913 Webster]
6.Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. \'bdDeep despair.\'b8 Milton. \'bdDeep silence.\'b8 Milton. \'bdDeep sleep.\'b8 Gen. ii. 21. \'bdDeeper darkness.\'b8 Hoole. \'bdTheir deep poverty.\'b8 2 Cor. viii. 2. 1913 Webster]
An attitude of deep respect.Motley. 1913 Webster]
7.Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson. 1913 Webster]
8.Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. \'bdThe deep thunder.\'b8 Byron. 1913 Webster]
The bass of heaven's deep organ.Milton. 1913 Webster]
9.Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
The ways in that vale were very deep.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
A deep line of operations(Military), a long line. --
Deep mourning(Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments. 1913 Webster]
Deep, adv.To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply. 1913 Webster]
Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as, deep-chested, deep-cut, deep-seated, deep-toned, deep-voiced, \'bddeep-uddered kine.\'b8 1913 Webster]
Deep, n.1.That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth. 1913 Webster]
Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs.Cowley. 1913 Webster]
The hollow deep of hell resounded.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss. 1913 Webster]
Thy judgments are a great deep.Ps. xxxvi. 6. 1913 Webster]
Deep of night, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night. 1913 Webster]
The deep of night is crept upon our talk.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Deep"en(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deepened(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deepening.]1.To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel. 1913 Webster]
It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber.Addison. 1913 Webster]
2.To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. 1913 Webster]
You must deepen your colors.Peacham. 1913 Webster]
3.To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow. 1913 Webster]
4.To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ. 1913 Webster]
Deepens the murmur of the falling floods.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Deep"en, v. i.To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens. 1913 Webster]
His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun.Byron. 1913 Webster]
deep-eyedadj.having eyes set well behind the brow; characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver. Syn. -- hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
deep fatn.Hot liquified fat used to deep-fry food. See deep-fry. PJC]
Deep"-sea`(?), a.Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.at some distance from the shore; as, deep-sea fishing. Syn. -- offshore. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3.taking place in the deeper parts of the sea; as, deep-sea exploration. WordNet 1.5]
deep-setadj.having a sunken area. Syn. -- sunken, recessed. WordNet 1.5]
deep-sixv. t.1.to discard in a deep body of water; -- also used figuratively, to discard contemptuously. Syn. -- deep six, give it the deep six. WordNet 1.5]
2.to throw from a boat into the water. Syn. -- deep six, throw overboard. WordNet 1.5]
Deep"-waist`ed(?), a.(Naut.)Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck. 1913 Webster]
deep-wateradj.1.having waters of great depth; as, a deep-water port. WordNet 1.5]
2.carried on in waters of great depth. Syn. -- deep-sea. PJC]
Deer(d, n. sing. & pl.[OE. der, deor, animal, wild animal, AS. de\'a2r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G. thier, tier, Icel. d\'dfr, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of unknown origin. \'fb71.]1.Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Mice and rats, and such small deer.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The camel, that great deer.Lindisfarne MS. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervid\'91. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison. 1913 Webster]
Cervus elaphus, called also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is Cervus dama; the common American deer is Cervus Virginianus; the blacktailed deer of Western North America is Cervus Columbianus; and the mule deer of the same region is Cervus macrotis. See Axis, Fallow deer, Mule deer, Reindeer. 1913 Webster]
Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying, deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc. 1913 Webster]
Deer mouse(Zo\'94l.), the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) of America. --
Small deer, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the first definition, above.) \'bdMinor critics . . . can find leisure for the chase of such small deer.\'b8 G. P. Marsh. 1913 Webster]
Deer"ber`ry(?), n.(Bot.)A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry. 1913 Webster]
Deer"grass`(?), n.(Bot.)An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomace\'91 inhabiting a temperate clime. 1913 Webster]
Deer"hound`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound. 1913 Webster]
Deer"let(?), n.[Deer + - let.](Zo\'94l.)A chevrotain. See Kanchil, and Napu. 1913 Webster]
Deer"-neck`(?), n.A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse. 1913 Webster]
deer's-earn.any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; it is widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of the US Pacific states. Syn. -- columbo, American columbo, deer's-ears, pyramid plant, American gentian. WordNet 1.5]
Deer"skin`(?), n.The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it.Hakluyt. Longfellow. 1913 Webster]
Deer"stalk`er(?), n.1.One who practices deerstalking. 1913 Webster]
2.A close-fitting cap, usually woolen, such as is worn in deerstalking, having a low crown and visors both in front and back, and having earflaps which are usually worn tied together over the top; also called fore-and-after, deerstalker hat and deerstalker cap; a hunter's cap; formerly also used for any stiff, round hat. [Eng.] Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Deer"stalk`ing, n.The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares. 1913 Webster]
Deer's"-tongue`(?), n.(Bot.)A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.Wood. 1913 Webster]
dee(d, n.(Physics)an electrode with a large interior cavity, shaped like the letter "D", used in opposed pairs to accelerate particles in a cyclotron. PJC]
Dees(d, n. pl.Dice. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dees, n.A dais. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
de-escalatev. t.to reduce in intensity (a crisis or a war). WordNet 1.5]
de-escalationn.a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war). WordNet 1.5]
\'d8De*e"sis(d, n.[NL., fr. Gr. de`hsis supplication.](Rhet.)An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being. 1913 Webster]
De*face"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defaced(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Defacing.][OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See Face, and cf. Efface.]1.To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. \'bdThis high face defaced.\'b8 Emerson. 1913 Webster]
So by false learning is good sense defaced.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.[Cf. F. d\'82faire.]To destroy; to make null. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
[Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced].Spenser.
Syn. -- See Efface. 1913 Webster]
defacedadj.having the external appearance impaired, usually deliberately. Syn. -- marred. WordNet 1.5]
De*face"ment(?), n.1.The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration. 1913 Webster]
2.That which mars or disfigures.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
De*fa"cer(?), n.One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De` fac"to(?). [L.]Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right. 1913 Webster]
De*fail"(?), v. t.[F. d\'82faillir to fail; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + faillir. See Fail, and cf. Default.]To cause to fail. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*fal"cate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defalcated; p. pr. & vb. n.Defalcating.][LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion.]To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. 1913 Webster]
To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them [the estimates].Burke. 1913 Webster]
De*fal"cate, v. i.To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. \'bdSome partner defalcating, or the like.\'b8 Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
De`fal*ca"tion(?), n.[LL. defalcatio: cf. F. d\'82falcation.]1.A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.Abbott. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated. 1913 Webster]
3.An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement. 1913 Webster]
Def"al*ca`tor(?), n.A defaulter or embezzler. [Modern] 1913 Webster]
De*falk"(?), v. t.[F. d\'82falquer. See Defalcate.]To lop off; to abate. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
Def`a*ma"tion(?), n.[OE. diffamacioun, F. diffamation. See Defame.]Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion. 1913 Webster]
libel, and oral defamation that of slander.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
De*fame"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defamed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Defaming.][OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See Fame.]1.To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. 1913 Webster]
2.To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. 1913 Webster]
My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.To charge; to accuse. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight.Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See Asperse. 1913 Webster]
De*fam"er(?), n.One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator. 1913 Webster]
De*fam"ing*ly, adv.In a defamatory manner. 1913 Webster]
Def"a*mous(?), a.Defamatory. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*fat"i*ga*ble(?), a.[See Defatigate.]Capable of being wearied or tired out. [R.] Glanvill. 1913 Webster]
De*fat"i*gate(?), v. t.[L. defatigatus, p. p. of defatigare; de- + fatigare to weary. See Fatigue.]To weary or tire out; to fatigue. [R.] Sir T. Herbert. 1913 Webster]
De*fault"(?), n.[OE. defaute, OF. defaute, defalte, fem., F. d\'82faut, masc., LL. defalta, fr. a verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. de- + fallere to deceive. See Fault.]1.A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default. 1913 Webster]
2.Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. 1913 Webster]
And pardon craved for his so rash default.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Regardless of our merit or default.Pope. 1913 Webster]
3.(Law)A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc. 1913 Webster]
In default of, in case of failure or lack of. 1913 Webster]
Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the real ones.Arbuthnot.
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To suffer a default(Law), to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer. 1913 Webster]
De*fault", v. i.[imp. & p. p.Defaulted; p. pr. & vb. n.Defaulting.]1.To fail in duty; to offend. 1913 Webster]
That he gainst courtesy so foully did default.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty. 1913 Webster]
3.To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default. 1913 Webster]
De*fault", v. t.1.To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. 1913 Webster]
What they have defaulted towards him as no king.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against. 1913 Webster]
3.To leave out of account; to omit. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Defaulting unnecessary and partial discourses.Hales. 1913 Webster]
De*fault"er(?), n.1.One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called. 1913 Webster]
2.One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator. 1913 Webster]
De*fea"sance(?), n.[OF. defesance, fr. defesant, F. d\'82faisant, p. pr. of defaire, F. d\'82faire, to undo. See Defeat.]1.A defeat; an overthrow. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
After his foes' defeasance.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.A rendering null or void. 1913 Webster]
3.(Law)A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated. 1913 Webster]
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De*fea"sanced(?), a.(Law)Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited. 1913 Webster]
De*fea"si*ble(?), a.[See Defeasance.]Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title. -- De*fea"si*ble*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
De*feat"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n.Defeating.][From F. d\'82fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d\'82faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion.]1.To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
His unkindness may defeat my life.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. 1913 Webster]
He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
In one instance he defeated his own purpose.A. W. Ward. 1913 Webster]
3.To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. 1913 Webster]
4.To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. 1913 Webster]
Sharp reasons to defeat the law.Shak.
Syn. -- To baffle; disappoint; frustrate. 1913 Webster]
De*feat", n.[Cf. F. d\'82faite, fr. d\'82faire. See Defeat, v.]1.An undoing or annulling; destruction. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Upon whose property and most dear life defeat was made.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design. 1913 Webster]
3.An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory. 1913 Webster]
defeatismn.acceptance of the inevitability of defeat. WordNet 1.5]
De*fea"ture(?; 135), n.[OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See Defeat, and cf. Disfeature.]1.Overthrow; defeat. [Obs.] \'bdNothing but loss in their defeature.\'b8 Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
2.Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] \'bdStrange defeatures in my face.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*fea"tured(?; 135), p. p.Changed in features; deformed. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described.De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
Def"e*cate(?), a.[L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, lees.]Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified. 1913 Webster]
Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.Bates. 1913 Webster]
Def"e*cate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defecated; p. pr. & vb. n.Defecating.]1.To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine. 1913 Webster]
To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
2.To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes. 1913 Webster]
We defecate the notion from materiality.Glanvill. 1913 Webster]
Defecated from all the impurities of sense.Bp. Warburton. 1913 Webster]
Def"e*cate(?), v. i.1.To become clear, pure, or free.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
2.To void excrement. 1913 Webster]
Def`e*ca"tion(?), n.[L. defaecatio: cf. F. d\'82f\'82cation.]1.The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification. 1913 Webster]
2.(Physiol.)The act or process of voiding excrement. 1913 Webster]
Def"e*ca`tor(?), n.That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups.Knight. 1913 Webster]
De*fect"(?), n.[L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Deficit.]1.Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity. 1913 Webster]
Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied.Davies. 1913 Webster]
2.Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment. 1913 Webster]
Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Pope. 1913 Webster]
Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects.Macaulay.
Syn. -- Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault. 1913 Webster]
De*fect", v. i.To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] \'bdDefected honor.\'b8 Warner. 1913 Webster]
2.to abandon one country or faction, and join another. PJC]
De*fect", v. t.To injure; to damage. \'bdNone can my life defect.\'b8 [R.] Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639). 1913 Webster]
De*fec"tion(?), n.[L. defectio: cf. F. d\'82fection. See Defect.]Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. \'bdDefection and falling away from God.\'b8 Sir W. Raleigh. 1913 Webster]
The general defection of the whole realm.Sir J. Davies. 1913 Webster]
De*fec"tion*ist, n.One who advocates or encourages defection. 1913 Webster]
De*fec"tious(?), a.Having defects; imperfect. [Obs.] \'bdSome one defectious piece.\'b8 Sir P. Sidney. 1913 Webster]
De*fect"ive(?), a.[L. defectivus: cf. F. d\'82fectif. See Defect.]1.Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules. 1913 Webster]
2.(Gram.)Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
De*fect"ive(?), n.1.Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.(Med.)One who is lacking physically or mentally.
defectives are included deaf-mutes, the blind, the feeble-minded, the insane, and sometimes, esp. in criminology, criminals and paupers. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*fec`tu*os"i*ty(?; 135), n.[Cf. F. d\'82fectuosit\'82.]Great imperfection. [Obs.] W. Montagu. 1913 Webster]
De*fec"tu*ous(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82fectueux.]Full of defects; imperfect. [Obs.] Barrow. 1913 Webster]
Def`e*da"tion(?), n.[L. defoedare, defoedatum, to defile; de- + foedare to foul, foedus foul.]The act of making foul; pollution. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*fence"(d, n. & v. t.See Defense. 1913 Webster]
defencelessadj.same as defenseless; as, a defenceless child. Syn. -- defenseless, helpless. WordNet 1.5]
De*fend"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defended; p. pr. & vb. n.Defending.][F. d\'82fendre, L. defendere; de- + fendere (only in comp.) to strike; perh. akin to Gr. qei`nein to strike, and E. dint. Cf. Dint, Defense, Fend.]1.To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. [A Latinism & Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Th' other strove for to defend Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Which God defend that I should wring from him.Shak.
3.To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies. 1913 Webster]
The lord mayor craves aid . . . to defend the city.Shak. 1913 Webster]
God defend the right!Shak. 1913 Webster]
A village near it was defended by the river.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
4.(Law.)To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.Burrill.
Syn. -- To Defend, Protect. To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to cover so as to secure against approaching danger. We defend those who are attacked; we protect those who are liable to injury or invasion. A fortress is defended by its guns, and protected by its wall. 1913 Webster]
As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it.Is. xxxi. 5. 1913 Webster]
Leave not the faithful side protects.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*fend"a*ble(d, a.[Cf. F. d\'82fendable.]Capable of being defended; defensible. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*fend"ant(d, a.[F. d\'82fendant, p. pr. of d\'82fendre. See Defend.]1.Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
With men of courage and with means defendant.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Making defense. 1913 Webster]
De*fend"ant, n.1.One who defends; a defender. 1913 Webster]
The rampiers and ditches which the defendants had cast up.Spotswood. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.Abbott. 1913 Webster]
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De`fen*dee"(dor d, n.One who is defended. 1913 Webster]
De*fend"er(d, n.[Cf. Fender.]One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator. 1913 Webster]
Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders.Motley. 1913 Webster]
de*fen"es*trate(d, v. t.to throw (something or someone) out of a window. PJC]
de*fen`es*tra"tion(d, n.the act of throwing (something or someone) out of a window. PJC]
de*fen"sa*tive(?), n.[L. defensare, defensatum, to defend diligently, intens. of defendere. See Defend.]That which serves to protect or defend.
{ De*fense", De*fence" }(?), n.[F. d\'82fense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See Defend, and cf. Fence.]1.The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger. 1913 Webster]
In cases of defense 't is best to weigh Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection. 1913 Webster]
War would arise in defense of the right.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
God, the widow's champion and defense.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense.Acts xxii. 1. 1913 Webster]
4.(Law)The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. 1913 Webster]
5.Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc. 1913 Webster]
A man of great defense.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
By how much defense is better than no skill.Shak. 1913 Webster]
6.Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Severe defenses . . . against wearing any linen under a certain breadth.Sir W. Temple. 1913 Webster]
De*fense", v. t.To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written also defence.] 1913 Webster]
Better manned and more strongly defensed.Hales. 1913 Webster]
De*fense"less, a.Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.[Also spelled defenceless.]-- De*fense"less*ly, adv. -- De*fense"less*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
2.unarmed; used of persons or the military.armed WordNet 1.5]
De*fens"er(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82fenseur, L. defensor. Cf. Defensor.]Defender. [Obs.] Foxe. 1913 Webster]
De*fen`si*bil"i*ty(?), n.Capability of being defended. 1913 Webster]
De*fen"si*ble(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82fensable, LL. defensabilis, defensibilis. See Defense, and cf. Defendable.]1.Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause. 1913 Webster]
2.Capable of offering defense. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*fen"si*ble*ness(?), n.Capability of being defended; defensibility.Priestley. 1913 Webster]
De*fen"sive(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82fensif.]1.Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor. 1913 Webster]
A moat defensive to a house.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war. 1913 Webster]
3.In a state or posture of defense.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*fen"sive, n.That which defends; a safeguard. 1913 Webster]
Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensives.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
To be on the defensive,
To stand on the defensive, to be or stand in a state or posture of defense or resistance, in opposition to aggression or attack. 1913 Webster]
De*fen"sive*ly, adv.On the defensive. 1913 Webster]
De*fen"sor(?), n.[L. See Defenser.]1.A defender.Fabyan. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector. 1913 Webster]
3.(Eccl.)The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church. 1913 Webster]
De*fer"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deferred(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deferring.][OE. differren, F. diff\'82rer, fr. L. differre to delay, bear different ways; dis- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Differ, Defer to offer.]To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold. 1913 Webster]
Defer the spoil of the city until night.Shak. 1913 Webster]
God . . . will not long defer Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*fer", v. i.To put off; to delay to act; to wait. 1913 Webster]
Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure.J. A. Symonds. 1913 Webster]
De*fer", v. t.[F. d\'82f\'82rer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr. L. deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, Delate.]1.To render or offer. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Worship deferred to the Virgin.Brevint. 1913 Webster]
2.To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to. 1913 Webster]
Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
De*fer", v. i.To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to. 1913 Webster]
The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced.Bancroft. 1913 Webster]
Def"er*ence(?), n.[F. d\'82f\'82rence. See 3d Defer.]A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance. 1913 Webster]
Deference to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men.Whewell. 1913 Webster]
Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.Shenstone.
Syn. -- Deference, Reverence, Respect.Deference marks an inclination to yield one's opinion, and to acquiesce in the sentiments of another in preference to one's own. Respect marks the estimation that we have for another, which makes us look to him as worthy of high confidence for the qualities of his mind and heart. Reverence denotes a mingling of fear with a high degree of respect and esteem. Age, rank, dignity, and personal merit call for deference; respect should be paid to the wise and good; reverence is due to God, to the authors of our being, and to the sanctity of the laws. 1913 Webster]
Def"er*ent(?), a.[L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.]Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] \'bdBodies deferent.\'b8 Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Def"er*ent, n.1.That which carries or conveys. 1913 Webster]
Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.(Ptolemaic Astron.)An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round. 1913 Webster]
Def`er*en"tial(?), a.[See Deference.]Expressing deference; accustomed to defer. 1913 Webster]
My grief, joined with the instant business, deferment.Suckling. 1913 Webster]
De*fer"rer(?), n.One who defers or puts off.
{ De`fer*ves"cence(?), De`fer*ves"cency(?), }n.[L. defervescere to grow cool.]1.A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness. 1913 Webster]
A defervescency in holy actions.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia. 1913 Webster]
De*feu"dal*ize(?), v. t.To deprive of the feudal character or form. 1913 Webster]
De*fi"ance(?), n.[OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. d\'82fier. See Defy.]1.The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat. 1913 Webster]
A war without a just defiance made.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition. 1913 Webster]
He breathed defiance to my ears.Shak. 1913 Webster]
To set at defiance, to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously.Locke. 1913 Webster]
De*fi"ant(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82fiant, p. pr. of d\'82fier. See Defy.]Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act. 1913 Webster]
In attitude stern and defiant.Longfellow.
-- De*fi"ant*ly, adv. -- De*fi"ant*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
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De*fi"a*to*ry(?), a.[See Defy.]Bidding or manifesting defiance. [Obs.] Shelford. 1913 Webster]
De*fi"bri*nate(?), v. t.To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs. 1913 Webster]
De*fi`bri*na"tion(?), n.The act or process of depriving of fibrin. 1913 Webster]
De*fi"bri*nize(?), v. t.To defibrinate. 1913 Webster]
De*fi"cience(?), n.Same as Deficiency. 1913 Webster]
Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee deficience found.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*fi"cien*cy(?), n.; pl.Deficiencies(#).[See Deficient.]The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. \'bdA deficiency of blood.\'b8 Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries.Buckle. 1913 Webster]
Deficiency of a curve(Geom.), the amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree. 1913 Webster]
De*fi"cient(?), a.[L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of deficere to be wanting. See Defect.]Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment. 1913 Webster]
The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Deficient number. (Arith.)See under Abundant.
-- De*fi"cient-ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Def"i*cit(?), n.[Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres. indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. d\'82ficit. See Defect.]Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.Addison. 1913 Webster]
De*fi"er(?), n.[See Defy.]One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws. 1913 Webster]
These two stones as they are here defigured.Weever. 1913 Webster]
De`fi*lade"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defiladed; p. pr. & vb. n.Defilading.][Cf. F. d\'82filer to defile, and d\'82filade act of defiling. See 1st Defile.](Mil.)To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point. 1913 Webster]
De`fi*lad"ing, n.(Mil.)The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.Farrow. 1913 Webster]
De*file"(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Defiled(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Defiling.][F. d\'82filer; pref. d\'82-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row or line. See File a row.]To march off in a line, file by file; to file off. 1913 Webster]
De*file", v. t.(Mil.)Same as Defilade. 1913 Webster]
De*file"(dor d, n.[Cf. F. d\'82fil\'82, fr. d\'82filer to defile.]1.Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mil.)The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade. 1913 Webster]
De*file"(d, v. t.[OE. defoulen, -foilen, to tread down, OF. defouler; de- + fouler to trample (see Full, v. t.), and OE. defoulen to foul (influenced in form by the older verb defoilen). See File to defile, Foul, Defoul.]1.To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute. 1913 Webster]
They that touch pitch will be defiled.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint. 1913 Webster]
He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands.Swift. 1913 Webster]
3.To injure in purity of character; to corrupt. 1913 Webster]
Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt.Ezek. xx. 7. 1913 Webster]
4.To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate; to rape. 1913 Webster]
The husband murder'd and the wife defiled.Prior. 1913 Webster]
5.To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute. 1913 Webster]
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith.Lev. xxii. 8. 1913 Webster]
De*file"ment(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82filement. See Defile](Mil.)The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side. 1913 Webster]
De*file"ment, n.[From 3d Defile.]The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness. 1913 Webster]
Defilements of the flesh.Hopkins. 1913 Webster]
The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement.Addison. 1913 Webster]
De*fil"er(?), n.One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes. 1913 Webster]
De*fil`i*a"tion(?), n.[L. de- + filius son.]Abstraction of a child from its parents.Lamb. 1913 Webster]
De*fin"a*ble(?), a.[From Define.]Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words. -- De*fin"a*bly, adv. 1913 Webster]
De*fine"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defined(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Defining.][OE. definer, usually, to end, to finish, F. d\'82finir to define, L. definire to limit, define; de- + finire to limit, end, finis boundary, limit, end. See Final, Finish.]1.To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end. \'bdTo define controversies.\'b8 Barrow. 1913 Webster]
2.To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country. 1913 Webster]
3.To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument. 1913 Webster]
Rings . . . very distinct and well defined.Sir I. Newton. 1913 Webster]
4.To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term. 1913 Webster]
They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature.Robynson (More's Utopia). 1913 Webster]
De*fine"(?), v. i.To determine; to decide. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*fin"er(?), n.One who defines or explains. 1913 Webster]
Def"i*nite(?), a.[L. definitis, p. p. of definire: cf. F. d\'82fini. See Define.]1.Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. 1913 Webster]
Elements combine in definite proportions.Whewell. 1913 Webster]
2.Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression. 1913 Webster]
4.Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article. 1913 Webster]
Definite article(Gram.), the article the, which is used to designate a particular person or thing, or a particular class of persons or things; -- also called a definitive. See Definitive, n. - -
Definite inflorescence. (Bot.)See Determinate inflorescence, under Determinate. --
Law of definite proportions(Chem.), the essential law of chemical combination that every definite compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by weight; and, if two or more elements form more than one compound with each other, the relative proportions of each are fixed. Compare Law of multiple proportions, under Multiple. 1913 Webster]
Def"i*nite, n.A thing defined or determined. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Def"i*nite*ly, adv.In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately. 1913 Webster]
Def"i*nite*ness, n.The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty. 1913 Webster]
Def`i*ni"tion(?), n.[L. definitio: cf. F. d\'82finition.]1.The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition. 1913 Webster]
2.Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of \'bdcircle;\'b8 the definition of \'bdwit;\'b8 an exact definition; a loose definition. 1913 Webster]
Definition being nothing but making another understand by words what the term defined stands for.Locke. 1913 Webster]
3.Description; sort. [R.] \'bdA new creature of another definition.\'b8 Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
4.(Logic)An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence. 1913 Webster]
5.(Opt.)Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
Syn. -- Definition, Explanation, Description. A definition is designed to settle a thing in its compass and extent; an explanation is intended to remove some obscurity or misunderstanding, and is therefore more extended and minute; a description enters into striking particulars with a view to interest or impress by graphic effect. It is not therefore true, though often said, that description is only an extended definition. \'bdLogicians distinguish definitions into essential and accidental. An essential definition states what are regarded as the constituent parts of the essence of that which is to be defined; and an accidental definition lays down what are regarded as circumstances belonging to it, viz., properties or accidents, such as causes, effects, etc.\'b8Whately. 1913 Webster]
Def`i*ni"tion*al(?), a.Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining. 1913 Webster]
De*fin"i*tive, n.(Gram.)A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns. 1913 Webster]
Definitives . . . are commonly called by grammarians articles. . . . They are of two kinds, either those properly and strictly so called, or else pronominal articles, such as this, that, any, other, some, all, no, none, etc.Harris (Hermes). 1913 Webster]
De*fin"i*tive*ly, adv.In a definitive manner. 1913 Webster]
De*fin"i*tive*ness, n.The quality of being definitive. 1913 Webster]
Definitude . . . is a knowledge of minute differences.Sir W. Hamilton. 1913 Webster]
De*fix"(?), v. t.[L. defixus, p. p. of defigere to fix; de- + figere to fix.]To fix; to fasten; to establish. [Obs.] \'bdTo defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province.\'b8 Hakluyt. 1913 Webster]
Def`la*gra*bil"i*ty(?), n.(Chem.)The state or quality of being deflagrable. 1913 Webster]
The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
De*fla"gra*ble(?; 277), a.[See Deflagrate.](Chem.)Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt. 1913 Webster]
Def"la*grate(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Deflagrating.][L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn.](Chem.)To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt. 1913 Webster]
Def"la*grate, v. t.(Chem.)To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame. 1913 Webster]
Def`la*gra"tion(?), n.[L. deflagratio: cf. F. d\'82flagration.]1.A burning up; conflagration. \'bdInnumerable deluges and deflagrations.\'b8 Bp. Pearson. 1913 Webster]
2.(Chem.)The act or process of deflagrating. 1913 Webster]
Def"la*gra`tor(?), n.(Chem.)A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion. 1913 Webster]
de*flate"(?), v. t.[Pref. de- down + L. flare, flatus to blow.]To reduce from an inflated condition; used literally and metaphorically; as, to deflate a tire; to deflate expectations. 1913 Webster +PJC]
deflatedadj.1.brought low in spirit.left us fatigued and deflated spiritually Syn. -- chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen. WordNet 1.5]
deflationn.1.the act or process of deflating. PJC]
2.a fall in the average prices of goods and services; -- usually associated with contraction of economic activity. Opposite of inflation. Compare disinflation. PJC]
3.the reduction of available credit or a contraction of economic activity resulting from or associated with a decline of prices. WordNet 1.5]
4.the act of letting the air out of something. WordNet 1.5]
5.(Geol.)the erosion of land structures such as sand or soil due to the action of wind.RHUD PJC]
deflationaryadj.1.of or pertaining to deflation; as, deflationary signs. WordNet 1.5]
2.(Economics)associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; as, deflationary measures. Opposite of inflationary. WordNet 1.5]
deflatorn.a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars; as, the GNP deflator.. WordNet 1.5]
de*flect"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deflected; p. pr. & vb. n.Deflecting.][L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend or turn. See Flexible.]To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected; to deflect a punch; to deflect criticism by acknowledging a mistake. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Sitting with their knees deflected under them.Lord (1630). 1913 Webster]
De*flect", v. i.To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve. 1913 Webster]
At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
To deflect from the line of truth and reason.Warburton. 1913 Webster]
De*flect"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being deflected. 1913 Webster]
De*flect"ed, a.1.Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course. 1913 Webster]
2.Bent downward; deflexed. 1913 Webster]
De*flec"tion(?), n.[L. deflexio, fr. deflectere: cf. F. d\'82flexion.]1.The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation. 1913 Webster]
The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections.Lowth. 1913 Webster]
2.(Gunnery)The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course. 1913 Webster]
3.(Opt.)A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction. 1913 Webster]
4.(Engin.)The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load. 1913 Webster]
De*flec`tion*i*za"tion(?), n.The act of freeing from inflections.Earle. 1913 Webster]
De*flec"tion*ize(?), v. t.To free from inflections. 1913 Webster]
Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic.Earle. 1913 Webster]
Deflective forces, forces that cause a body to deviate from its course. 1913 Webster]
De*flect"or(?), n.(Mech.)That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion). 1913 Webster]
De*flow"(?), v. i.[Pref. de- + flow: cf. L. defluere.]To flow down. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
de*flow"er(?), v. t.[Previously also spelled deflour.][imp. & p. p.Deflowered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deflowering.][F. d\'82florer, LL. deflorare; L. de- + flos, floris, flower. See Flower, and cf. Deflorate.]1.To deprive of flowers. 1913 Webster]
An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens.W. Montagu. 1913 Webster]
2.To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament. 1913 Webster]
3.To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce. 1913 Webster]
If a man had deflowered a virgin.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*flow"er*er(?), n.One who deflowers; a ravisher.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Def"lu*ous(?), a.[L. defluus, fr. defluere to flow down; de- + fluere to flow.]Flowing down; falling off. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De*flux"ion(?), n.[L. defluxio.](Med.)A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
{ De*fo"li*ate(?), De*fo"li*a`ted(?). }a.Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall. 1913 Webster]
deformationaladj.1.of or pertaining to deformation (in all senses). WordNet 1.5]
de*fol"i*ate(?), v. t.[LL. defoliare, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d\'82foliation.]to cause (a plant) to shed its leaves. PJC]
de*fo`li*a"tion(?), n.[LL. defoliare, defoliatum, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d\'82foliation.]The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. 1913 Webster]
2.the act or process of causing plants to lose their leaves, especially by application of a chemical agent.The deliberate defoliation of plants has been used in war (as in Vietnam) to deprive an enemy of cover and allow attack from the air; also, to destroy narcotic-producing plants as a tactic against illegal drug production. The chemical defoliating agents are often sprayed over large areas from airplanes. PJC]
De*force"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deforced(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deforcing.][OF. deforcier; de- or des- (L. de or dis-) + forcier, F. forcer. See Force, v.](Law)(a)To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold.(b)(Scots Law)To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
De*force"ment(?), n.[OF.](Law)(a)A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.(b)(Scots Law)Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
De*force"or(?), n.Same as Deforciant. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*for"ciant(?), n.[OF. deforciant, p. pr. of deforcier. See Deforce.](Eng. Law)(a)One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.(b)One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought. [Obs.] Burrill. 1913 Webster]
De*for`ci*a"tion(?), n.(Law)Same as Deforcement, n. 1913 Webster]
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De*for"est(?), v. t.To clear of forests; to disforest.U. S. Agric. Reports. 1913 Webster]
De*form"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deformed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deforming.][L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. forma: cf. F. d\'82former. See Form.]1.To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure. 1913 Webster]
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor. 1913 Webster]
Above those passions that this world deform.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
De*form", a.[L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. deforme, F. difforme. Cf. Difform.]Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Milton. 1913 Webster]
Def`or*ma"tion(?), n.[L. deformatio: cf. F. d\'82formation.]1.The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
2.Transformation; change of shape. 1913 Webster]
De*formed"(?), a.Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head. -- De*form"ed*ly(#), adv. -- De*form"ed*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
De*form"er(?), n.One who deforms. 1913 Webster]
De*form"i*ty(?), n.; pl.Deformities(#).[L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformet\'82, deformit\'82, F. difformit\'82. See Deform, v. & a., and cf. Disformity.]1.The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness. 1913 Webster]
To make an envious mountain on my back, deformity to mock my body.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character. 1913 Webster]
Confounded, that her Maker's eyes deformities.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*fors"er(?), n.[From Deforce.][Written also deforsor.]A deforciant. [Obs.] Blount. 1913 Webster]
De*foul"(?), v. t.[See Defile, v. t.]1.To tread down. [Obs.] Wyclif. 1913 Webster]
2.To make foul; to defile. [Obs.] Wyclif. 1913 Webster]
De*fraud"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defrauded; p. pr. & vb. n.Defrauding.][L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See Fraud.]To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld. 1913 Webster]
We have defrauded no man.2 Cor. vii. 2. 1913 Webster]
Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights.Hooker. 1913 Webster]
De`frau*da"tion(?), n.[L. defraudatio: cf. F. d\'82fraudation.]The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [R.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*fraud"er(?), n.One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator. 1913 Webster]
De*fray"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defrayed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Defraying.][F. d\'82frayer; pref. d\'82- (L. de or dis-) + frais expense, fr. LL. fredum, fridum, expense, fine by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace, fr. OHG. fridu peace, G. friede. See Affray.]1.To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc. 1913 Webster]
For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much.Usher. 1913 Webster]
2.To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
De*fray"al(?), n.The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs. 1913 Webster]
De*fray"er(?), n.One who pays off expenses. 1913 Webster]
De*fray"ment(?), n.Payment of charges. 1913 Webster]
defrockv. t.To divest of the frock, i. e. to deprive (a priest, minister, etc.) of official ecclesiastical authority; -- of church officials. Syn. -- unfrock. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
defrostv. t.To remove the frost or ice from; as, to defrost the car window; to defrost a refrigerator. Syn. -- deice. WordNet 1.5]
defrostv. i.1.To become free of frost or ice; as, it took four hours for the refrigerator to defrost. Syn. -- deice. PJC]
2.To thaw; -- used especially of items removed from a freezer, such as frozen foods. PJC]
defrostern.A device that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane). Syn. -- deicer. WordNet 1.5]
deft(d, a.[OE. daft, deft, becoming, mild, gentle, stupid (cf. OE. daffe, deffe, fool, coward), AS. d\'91ft (in derivatives only) mild, gentle, fitting, seasonable; akin to dafen, gedafen, becoming, fit, Goth. gadaban to be fit. Cf. Daft, Daff, Dapper.]1.Apt; fit; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] \'bdThe deftest way.\'b8 Shak. \'bdDeftest feats.\'b8 Gay. 1913 Webster]
Let me be deft and debonair.Byron. 1913 Webster]
2.dexterous; clever; handy; as, a deft feat of legerdemain. PJC]
The limping god, so deft at his new ministry.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Thyself and office deftly show.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Deft"ness, n.The quality of being deft.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
De*funct"(d. a.[L. defunctus, p. p. of defungi to acquit one's self of, to perform, finish, depart, die; de + fungi to perform, discharge: cf. F. d\'82funt. See Function.]1.Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. \'bdDefunct organs.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
The boar, defunct, lay tripped up, near.Byron. 1913 Webster]
2.No longer in effect or use; no longer operating; as, a defunct business; a defunct law. PJC]
De*funct", n.A dead person; one deceased. 1913 Webster]
de*fuse"(d, v. t.[Cf. Diffuse.]1.To disorder; to make shapeless. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To remove the fuse from; to deactivate (a bomb or other explosive device) or make it ineffective. Syn. -- deactivate. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3.To make less dangerous; as, to defuse a tense confrontation between demonstrators and police. PJC]
defusing(d, n.1.The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb). Syn. -- deactivation. WordNet 1.5]
de*fy"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Defied(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Defying.][F. d\'82fier, OF. deffier, desfier, LL. disfidare to disown faith or fidelity, to dissolve the bond of allegiance, as between the vassal and his lord; hence, to challenge, defy; fr. L. dis- + fides faith. See Faith, and cf. Diffident, Affiance.]1.To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
I defy the surety and the bond.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
For thee I have defied my constant mistress.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
2.To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion. 1913 Webster]
I once again Defy thee to the trial of mortal fight.Milton. 1913 Webster]
I defy the enemies of our constitution to show the contrary.Burke. 1913 Webster]
\'d8d\'82`ga`g\'82"(?), a.[F., p. p. of d\'82gager to disengage. See De-, 1st Gage, and cf. Disgage.]Unconstrained; easy; free.Vanbrugh.
A graceful and d\'82gag\'82 manner.Poe. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
de*gar"nish(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.degarnished(?); p. pr. & vb. n.degarnishing.][F. d\'82garnir; pref. d\'82-, des- (L. dis-) + garnir to furnish. See Garnish, and cf. Disgarnish.]1.To strip or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish; as, to degarnish a house, etc. [R.] 1913 Webster]
2.To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort. [R.] Washington. 1913 Webster]
De*gar"nish*ment(?), n.The act of depriving, as of furniture, apparatus, or a garrison. [R.]
de*gauss"(d, n.1.To make a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by applying an opposing magnetic field. WordNet 1.5]
2.To remove irregular magnetization in (the electron gun of a cathode-ray tube); -- used to improve picture quality, especially in computer monitors. PJC]
degaussingn.the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field. WordNet 1.5]
He degenereth into beastliness.Joye. 1913 Webster]
De*gen"er*a*cy(?), n.[From Degenerate, a.]1.The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. 1913 Webster]
Willful degeneracy from goodness.Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. 1913 Webster]
Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery.Addison. 1913 Webster]
To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy.S. Clarke. 1913 Webster]
De*gen"er*ate(?), a.[L. degeneratus, p. p. of degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. degener base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- + genus race, kind. See Kin relationship.]Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low. 1913 Webster]
Faint-hearted and degenerate king.Shak. 1913 Webster]
A degenerate and degraded state.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Degenerate from their ancient blood.Swift. 1913 Webster]
These degenerate days.Pope. 1913 Webster]
I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?Jer. ii. 21. 1913 Webster]
De*gen"er*ate(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Degenerated; p. pr. & vb. n.Degenerating.]1.To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. 1913 Webster]
When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety.Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type. 1913 Webster]
de*gen"er*ate(?), n.1.a person who has declined from a high standard, especially a sexual deviate; -- usually used disparagingly or opprobriously of persons whose sexual behavior does not conform to the norms of accepted morals. PJC]
2.a person or thing that has fallen from a higher to a lower state, or reverted to an earlier type or stage of development or culture.RHUD PJC]
De*gen"er*ate*ly(?), adv.In a degenerate manner; unworthily. 1913 Webster]
De*gen"er*ate*ness, n.Degeneracy. 1913 Webster]
De*gen`er*a"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82g\'82n\'82ration.]1.The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. 1913 Webster]
Our degeneration and apostasy.Bates. 1913 Webster]
2.(Physiol.)That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver. 1913 Webster]
3.(Biol.)A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type. 1913 Webster]
4.The thing degenerated. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Amyloid degeneration,
Caseous degeneration, etc.See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc. 1913 Webster]
De*gen`er*a"tion*ist, n.(Biol.)A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state. 1913 Webster]
De*gen"er*a*tive(?), a.Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate. 1913 Webster]
De*germ"(?), v. t.(Milling)To extract the germs from, as from wheat grains. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*ger"mi*na`tor(?), n.(Milling)A machine for breaking open the kernels of wheat or other grain and removing the germs. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*glaze"(?), v. t.To remove the glaze from, as pottery or porcelain, so as to give a dull finish. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*glaz"ing(?), n.The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means.Knight. 1913 Webster]
De*glo"ried(?), a.Deprived of glory; dishonored. [Obs.] \'bdWith thorns degloried.\'b8 G. Fletcher. 1913 Webster]
De*glu"ti*nate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n.Deglutinating.][L. deglutinatus, p. p. of deglutinare to deglutinate; de- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.]To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue. 1913 Webster]
De*glu`ti*na"tion(?), n.The act of ungluing. 1913 Webster]
Deg`lu*ti"tion(?), n.[L. deglutire to swallow down; de- + glutire to swallow: cf. F. d\'82glutition. See Glut.]The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing. 1913 Webster]
The muscles employed in the act of deglutition.Paley. 1913 Webster]
Deg`lu*ti"tious(?), a.Pertaining to deglutition. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*glu"ti*to*ry(?), a.Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition. 1913 Webster]
Deg`ra*da"tion(?), n.[LL. degradatio, from degradare: cf. F. d\'82gradation. See Degrade.]1.The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop. 1913 Webster]
He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement. 1913 Webster]
The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Deplorable is the degradation of our nature.South. 1913 Webster]
Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state.Blair. 1913 Webster]
3.Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. 1913 Webster]
The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced.I. Taylor (The Alphabet). 1913 Webster]
4.(Geol.)A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc. 1913 Webster]
5.(Biol.)The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration. 1913 Webster]
The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties.Dana. 1913 Webster]
6.(Physiol.)Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. 1913 Webster]
Degradation of energy, or
Dissipation of energy(Physics), the transformation of energy into some form in which it is less available for doing work.
De*grade"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Degraded; p. pr. & vb. n.Degrading.][F. d\'82grader, LL. degradare, fr. L. de- + gradus step, degree. See Grade, and cf. Degree.]1.To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer. 1913 Webster]
Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.Palfrey. 1913 Webster]
2.To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man. 1913 Webster]
O miserable mankind, to what fall Degraded, to what wretched state reserved!Milton. 1913 Webster]
Yet time ennobles or degrades each line.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Her pride . . . struggled hard against this degrading passion.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
3.(Geol.)To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
Syn. -- To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See Abase. 1913 Webster]
De*grade", v. i.(Biol.)To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera. 1913 Webster]
De*grad"ed(?), a.1.Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base. 1913 Webster]
The Netherlands . . . were reduced practically to a very degraded condition.Motley. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts. 1913 Webster]
Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons.Dana. 1913 Webster]
3.[Cf. F. degr\'82 step.](Her.)Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees. 1913 Webster]
De*grade"ment(?), n.Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. [R.] Milton. 1913 Webster]
de*grad"ing, a.causing humiliation or degradation; as, a degrading surrender. PJC]
de*grad"ing*ly, adv.In a degrading manner. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`gras"(?), Deg"ras(/), n.[F.; cf. F. gras, a. & n., fat.]A semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly solely a by-product of chamois leather manufacture, but is now made for its own sake, being valuable as a dressing for hides. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Deg`ra*va"tion(?), n.[L. degravare, degravatum, to make heavy. See Grave, a.]The act of making heavy. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De*grease"(?), v. t.To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*gree"(?), n.[F. degr\'82, OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See Degrade.]1.A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
By ladders, or else by degree.Rom. of R. 1913 Webster]
2.One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison. 1913 Webster]
3.The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position. \'bdA dame of high degree.\'b8 Dryden. \'bdA knight is your degree.\'b8 Shak. \'bdLord or lady of high degree.\'b8 Lowell. 1913 Webster]
4.Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree. 1913 Webster]
The degree of excellence which proclaims genius, is different in different times and different places.Sir. J. Reynolds. 1913 Webster]
5.Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; also, (informal) the diploma provided by an educational institution attesting to the achievement of that rank; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.; to hang one's degrees on the office wall. 1913 Webster +PJC]
bachelor of arts (B. A. or A. B.); the second that of master of arts (M. A. or A. M.). The degree of bachelor (of arts, science, divinity, law, etc.) is conferred upon those who complete a prescribed course of undergraduate study. The first degree in medicine is that of doctor of medicine (M. D.). The degrees of master and doctor are also conferred, in course, upon those who have completed certain prescribed postgraduate studies, as doctor of philosophy (Ph. D.); the degree of doctor is also conferred as a complimentary recognition of eminent services in science or letters, or for public services or distinction (as doctor of laws (LL. D.) or doctor of divinity (D. D.), when they are called honorary degrees. <-- by 1960 the Ph. D. was more common than the honorary degree. --> 1913 Webster]
The youth attained his bachelor's degree, and left the university.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
6.(Genealogy)A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. 1913 Webster]
In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third cousins might marry, being in the seventh degree according to the civil law.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
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7.(Arith.)Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees. 1913 Webster]
8.(Algebra)State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree. 1913 Webster]
9.(Trig.)A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. 1913 Webster]
10.A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.11.(Mus.)A line or space of the staff. 1913 Webster]
added degrees. 1913 Webster]
Accumulation of degrees. (Eng. Univ.)See under Accumulation. --
By degrees, step by step; by little and little; by moderate advances. \'bdI'll leave it by degrees.\'b8 Shak. --
Degree of a curveor
Degree of a surface(Geom.), the number which expresses the degree of the equation of the curve or surface in rectilinear co\'94rdinates. A straight line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a number of points equal to the degree of the curve or surface and no more. --
Degree of latitude(Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles. --
Degree of longitude, the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16 statute miles. --
To a degree, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to a degree. 1913 Webster]
It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess.Prof. Wilson. 1913 Webster]
de*greed"(d,a.possessing a college degree or degrees. PJC]
degressiveadj.1.going down by steps. WordNet 1.5]
2.gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8De"gu(?), n.[Native name.](Zo\'94l.)A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontid\'91. 1913 Webster]
De*gum"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Degummed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Degumming.]To deprive of, or free from, gum; as, to degum ramie. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*gust"(?), v. t.[L. degustare: cf. F. d\'82guster. See Gust to taste.]To taste. [Obs.] Cockeram. 1913 Webster]
Deg`us*ta"tion(?), n.[L. degustatio: cf. F. d\'82gustation.](Physiol.)Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
De*hisce"(?), v. i.[L. dehiscere; de- + hiscere to gape.]To gape; to open by dehiscence. 1913 Webster]
De*his"cence(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82hiscence.]1.The act of gaping. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents. 1913 Webster]
De*his"cent(?), a.[L. dehiscens, -entis, p. pr. Cf. F. d\'82hiscent.]Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant. 1913 Webster]
De`ho*nes"tate(?), v. t.[L. dehonestatus, p. p. of dehonestare to dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see Honest.]To disparage. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*horn"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dehorned(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dehorning.]To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn. \'bdDehorning cattle.\'b8 Farm Journal (1886). 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*hors"(?), prep.[F., outside.](Law)Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*hors", n.(Mil.)All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.Farrow. 1913 Webster]
De*hort"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dehorted; p. pr. & vb. n.Dehorting.][L. dehortari; de- + hortari to urge, exhort.]To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief.Bp. Ward. 1913 Webster]
\'bdExhort\'b8 remains, but dehort, a word whose place neither \'bddissuade\'b8 nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us.Trench. 1913 Webster]
De`hor*ta"tion(?), n.[L. dehortatio.]Dissuasion; advice against something. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*hort"a*to*ry(?), a.[L. dehortatorius.]Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
De*hort"er(?), n.A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*hu"man*ize(?), v. t.To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences. 1913 Webster]
de*hu*mid"i*fyv. t.to remove the moisture from (air or another gas); to reduce the humidity of; as, The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer. Syn. -- make less humid. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
De*husk"(?), v. t.To remove the husk from. [Obs.] \'bdWheat dehusked upon the floor.\'b8 Drant. 1913 Webster]
de*hy"drate(?), v. t.To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol; to dehydrate food for preservation. 1913 Webster]
de*hy"drate(?), v. i.1.to lose water or moisture. PJC]
2.to lose sufficent water to cause physiological distress; -- of living organisms; as, victims trapped in the earthquake rubble may dehydrate if not found quickly. PJC]
2.suffering from fluid deprivation; as, to become deydrated from overexertion on a hot day. WordNet 1.5]
De`hy*dra"tion(?), n.(Chem.)The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed. 1913 Webster]
De*hy"dro*gen*ate(?), v. t.(Chem.)To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen. 1913 Webster]
De*hy`dro*gen*a"tion(?), n.(Chem.)The act or process of freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen. 1913 Webster]
deicern.a devie that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane). Syn. -- defroster. WordNet 1.5]
De"i*cide(?), n.[L. deicida a deicide (in sense 2); deus god + c\'91dere to cut, kill: cf. F. d\'82icide.]1.The act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Earth profaned, yet blessed, with deicide.Prior. 1913 Webster]
2.One concerned in putting Christ to death. 1913 Webster]
Deic"tic(d, a.[Gr. deiktiko`s serving to show or point out, fr. deikny`nai to show.]1.(Logic)Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative. 1913 Webster]
2.(Grammar)showing or pointing to directly; pertaining to deixis; -- used to designate words that specify identity, location, or time from the perspective of one of the participants in a discourse, using the surrounding context as reference; as, the words this, that, these, those, here, there, now, then, we, you, they, the former, and the latter serve a deictic function. PJC]
Deic"tic*al*ly(?), adv.In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely. 1913 Webster]
When Christ spake it deictically.Hammond.
{ De*if"ic(?), De*if"ic*al(?), }a.[L. deificus; deus god + facere to make: cf. F. d\'82ifique.]Making divine; producing a likeness to God; god-making. \'bdA deifical communion.\'b8 Homilies. 1913 Webster]
De`i*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[LL. deificare to deify: cf. F. d\'82ification. See Deify.]The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise. 1913 Webster]
De"i*fied(?), a.Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike. 1913 Webster]
De"i*fi`er(?), n.One who deifies. 1913 Webster]
De"i*form(?), a.[L. deus a god + -form.]1.Godlike, or of a godlike form.Dr. H. More. 1913 Webster]
2.Conformable to the will of God. [R.] Bp. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
De`i*for"mi*ty(?), n.Likeness to deity. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De"i*fy(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deified(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deifying.][F. d\'82ifier, LL. deificare, fr. L. deificus. See Deific, Deity, -fy.]1.To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius C\'91sar was deified. 1913 Webster]
2.To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money. 1913 Webster]
He did again so extol and deify the pope.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
3.To render godlike. 1913 Webster]
By our own spirits are we deified.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
Deign(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deigned(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Deigning.][OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner, daigner, F. daigner, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy, deign, fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere to be fitting. See Decent, and cf. Dainty, Dignity, Condign, Disdain.]1.To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
I fear my Julia would not deign my lines.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant. 1913 Webster]
Nor would we deign him burial of his men.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Deign, v. i.To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive. 1913 Webster]
O deign to visit our forsaken seats.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Round turned he, as not deigning Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
In early English deign was often used impersonally. 1913 Webster]
Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Deign"ous(?), a.[For disdeignous, OF. desdeignos, desdaigneus, F. d\'82daigneux. See Disdain.]Haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Deil(d, n.Devil; -- spelt also deel. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
de*i`on*i*za"tionn.(Chem.)the act or process of removing ions. WordNet 1.5]
de*i"on*ize`v. t.1.(Chem.)to remove ions from (a solution). WordNet 1.5]
2.to reassociate the ions of (an ionized gas).RHUD PJC]
de*i"on*ized`a.(Chem.)freed from ions by a process of deionization; as, deionized water.In chemistry and biochemistry, experiments often require water free from contaminating ions, and the ordinary distilled water may be subjected to a process of deionization in order to render the ion content sufficiently low so as not to interfere with the investigation. PJC]
de*i"on*iz`ern.(Chem.)an apparatus used to remove ions from a solution; a common variant contains a mixture of cation exchange resin in the acid form and anion exchange resin in the hydroxyl form inside a replaceable cartridge; ions in aqueous solution are exchanged for the elements of water by passing the solution through the mixed resin.In chemistry and biochemistry, experiments often require water free from contaminating ions, and ordinary distilled water may be further purified by passing through a deionizer in order to render the ion content sufficiently low so as not to interfere with the investigation. PJC]
de*ip"a*rous(d, a.[L. deus a god + parere to bring forth.]Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
Deip*nos"o*phist(d, n.[Gr. deipnosofisth`s; dei^pnon a meal + sofisth`s a wise man, sophist.]One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals. 1913 Webster]
De"is(d, n.See Dais. 1913 Webster]
De"ism(d, n.[L. deus god: cf. F. d\'82isme. See Deity.]The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation. 1913 Webster]
Deism is the belief in natural religion only, or those truths, in doctrine and practice, which man is to discover by the light of reason, independent of any revelation from God. Hence, deism implies infidelity, or a disbelief in the divine origin of the Scriptures. 1913 Webster]
De"ist(d, n.[L. deus god: cf. F. d\'82iste. See Deity.]One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker. 1913 Webster]
deist, as denying a revelation, is opposed to a Christian; as, opposed to the denier of a God, whether atheist or pantheist, a deist is generally denominated theist.Latham.
Syn. -- See Infidel.
{ De*is"tic(d, De*is"tic*al(?), }a.Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book. 1913 Webster]
The deistical or antichristian scheme.I. Watts. 1913 Webster]
De*is"tic*al*ly, adv.After the manner of deists. 1913 Webster]
De*is"tic*al*ness, n.State of being deistical. 1913 Webster]
De"i*ty(d, n.; pl.Deities(d.[OE. deite, F. d\'82it\'82, fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. di^os divine, Zey`s, gen. Dio`s, Zeus, Skr. d divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dy sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God, W. duw. Cf. Divine, Journey, Journal, Tuesday.]1.The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works. 1913 Webster]
They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood of Christ.Milman. 1913 Webster]
2.A god or goddess; a heathen god. 1913 Webster]
To worship calves, the deities Milton. 1913 Webster]
The Deity, God, the Supreme Being. 1913 Webster]
This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth.Addison. 1913 Webster]
deixis(d, n.(Grammar)the function or operation of a deictic word; the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs. WordNet 1.5]
De*ject"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n.Dejecting.][L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]1.To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] 1913 Webster]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.Udall. 1913 Webster]
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
2.To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. 1913 Webster]
Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind.Pope. 1913 Webster]
De*ject", a.[L. dejectus, p. p.]Dejected. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*jec"ta(?), n. pl.[NL., neut. pl. from L. dejectus, p. p.]Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick. 1913 Webster]
De*ject"ed, a.Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- De*ject"ed*ly, adv. -- De*ject"ed*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
De*ject"er(?), n.One who casts down, or dejects. 1913 Webster]
De*jec"tion(?), n.[L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. d\'82jection.]1.A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] Hallywell. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of humbling or abasing one's self. 1913 Webster]
Adoration implies submission and dejection.Bp. Pearson. 1913 Webster]
3.Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. 1913 Webster]
What besides, dejection, and despair, Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*jec"to*ry(?), a.[L. dejector a dejecter.]1.Having power, or tending, to cast down. 1913 Webster]
2.Promoting evacuations by stool.Ferrand. 1913 Webster]
De*jec"ture(?; 135), n.That which is voided; excrements.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
Dej"er*ate(?), v. i.[L. dejeratus, p. p. of dejerare to swear; de- + jurare to swear.]To swear solemnly; to take an oath. [Obs.] Cockeram. 1913 Webster]
Take a d\'82jeun\'82 of muskadel and eggs.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`jeu`ner"(?), n.[F. d\'82jeuner breakfast, as a verb, to breakfast. Cf. Dinner.]A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De` ju"re(?). [L.]By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto. 1913 Webster]
Dek"a-(?). (Metric System)A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-. 1913 Webster]
deln.(Math.)a differential operator which, operating on a function of several variables, gives the sum of the partial derivatives of the function with respect to the three orthogonal spatial coordinates; -- also called the gradient or grad. It is represented by an inverted Greek capital delta (nabla, meaning harp in Hebrew. PJC]
De*lac`er*a"tion(?), n.[L. delacerare, delaceratum, to tear in pieces. See Lacerate.]A tearing in pieces. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De*lac`ry*ma"tion(?), n.[L. delacrimatio, fr. delacrimare to weep. See Lachrymation.]An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De`lac*ta"tion(?), n.[Pref. de- + L. lactare to suck milk, from lac milk.]The act of weaning. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De*laine"(?), n.[See Muslin delaine, under Muslin.]A kind of fabric for women's dresses. 1913 Webster]
De*lam`i*na"tion(?), n.(Biol.)Formation and separation of lamin\'91 or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated. 1913 Webster]
De*lapse"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Delapsed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delapsing.][L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side.]To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, delapsed crown from Philip.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
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De*lap"sion(?), n.A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion. 1913 Webster]
De`las*sa"tion(?), n.[L. delassare, delassatum, to tire out; de- + lassare to tire.]Fatigue. 1913 Webster]
Able to continue without delassation.Ray. 1913 Webster]
De*late"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delated; p. pr. & vb. n.Delating.][L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See Tolerate, and cf. 3d Defer, Delay, v.] [Obs. or Archaic] 1.To carry; to convey. 1913 Webster]
Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. 1913 Webster]
When the crime is delated or notorious.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
3.To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. 1913 Webster]
As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine.Bp. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
4.To carry on; to conduct.Warner. 1913 Webster]
De*late", v. i.To dilate. [Obs.] Goodwin. 1913 Webster]
De*la"tion(?), n.[L. delatio accusation: cf. F. d\'82lation.]1.Conveyance. [Obs. or Archaic] 1913 Webster]
In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)Accusation by an informer.Milman. 1913 Webster]
De*la"tor(?), n.[L.]An accuser; an informer. [R.] Howell. 1913 Webster]
Del"a*ware(d, n.1.one of the thirteen original states of the United States of America. PJC]
2.(Bot.)An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor. 1913 Webster]
Delawareann.a resident of Delaware. Syn. -- Delawarian. WordNet 1.5]
Delawariann.a resident of Delaware. Syn. -- Delawarean. WordNet 1.5]
Del"a*wares(d, n. pl.; sing. Delaware.(Ethnol.)A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory. 1913 Webster]
De*lay"(?), n.; pl.Delays(#).[F. d\'82lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v.]A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. 1913 Webster]
Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat.Acts xxv. 17. 1913 Webster]
The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
De*lay", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delayed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delaying.][OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d\'82lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate.]1.To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. 1913 Webster]
My lord delayeth his coming.Matt. xxiv. 48. 1913 Webster]
2.To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. 1913 Webster]
Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.To allay; to temper. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The watery showers delay the raging wind.Surrey. 1913 Webster]
De*lay", v. i.To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. 1913 Webster]
There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.Locke. 1913 Webster]
De*lay"er(?), n.One who delays; one who lingers. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Del` cred"er*e(?). [It., of belief or trust.](Mercantile Law)An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due. 1913 Webster]
De"le(?), imperative sing.of L. delere to destroy. [Cf. Delete.](Print.)Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: 1913 Webster]
De"le, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deleing.][From the preceding word.](Print.)To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission. 1913 Webster]
Dele(?), v. t.[See Deal.]To deal; to divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Del"e*ble(?; 277), a.[L. delebilis. See 1st Dele.]Capable of being blotted out or erased. \'bdAn impression easily deleble.\'b8 Fuller. 1913 Webster]
De*lec"ta*ble(?), a.[OF. delitable, OF. delitable, F. d\'82lectable, fr. L. delectabilis, fr. delectare to delight. See Delight.]1.Highly pleasing; delightful. 1913 Webster]
Delectable both to behold and taste.Milton.
2.extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; same as luscious, 1. Syn. -- delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy. WordNet 1.5]
-- De*lec"ta*ble*ness, n. -- De*lec"ta*bly, adv. -- De*lec`ta*bil"i*ty, n. 1913 Webster]
De*lec"tate(?), v. t.[L. delectatus, p. p. of delectare. See Delight.]To delight; to charm. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De`lec*ta"tion(?), n.[L. delectatio: cf. F. d\'82lectation.]Great pleasure; delight. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*lec"tus(?), n.[L., selection, from deligere, delectum, to select.]A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
Del`e*ga*cy(?), n.[From Delegate, a.]1.The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
By way of delegacy or grand commission.Sir W. Raleigh. 1913 Webster]
2.A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation. [Obs.] Burton. 1913 Webster]
Del"e*gate(?), n.[L. delegatus, p. p. of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate.]1.Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar. 1913 Webster]
2.(a)One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.(b)One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution. [U.S.] 1913 Webster]
Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is the immediate court of appeal in such cases. [Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Del"e*gate(?), a.[L. delegatus, p. p.]Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. \'bdDelegate power.\'b8 Strype. 1913 Webster]
Del"e*gate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delegated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delegating(?).]1.To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize. 1913 Webster]
2.To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit. 1913 Webster]
The delegated administration of the law.Locke. 1913 Webster]
Delegated executive power.Bancroft. 1913 Webster]
The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative.J. B. Finch. 1913 Webster]
delegatingn.the act or process of authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions. Syn. -- delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation. WordNet 1.5]
Del`e*ga"tion(?), n.[L. delegatio: cf. F. d\'82l\'82gation.]1.The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates. 1913 Webster]
2.One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation. 1913 Webster]
3.(Rom. Law)A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.Pothier. 1913 Webster]
Del"e*ga*to*ry(?), a.[L. delegatorius pert. to an assignment.]Holding a delegated position.Nash. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*len"da(?), n. pl.[L., fr. delere to destroy.]Things to be erased or blotted out. 1913 Webster]
Del`e*nif"ic*al(?), a.[L. delenificus; delenire to soothe + facere to make. See Lenient.]Assuaging pain. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
De*lete"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n.Deleting.][L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele.]To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. 1913 Webster]
I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight.Aytoun. 1913 Webster]
Del`e*te"ri*ous(?), a.[LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy.]Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Del"e*ter*y, n.That which destroys. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
They [the Scriptures] are the only deletery of heresies.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
De*le"tion(?), n.[L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete.]Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
A total deletion of every person of the opposing party.Sir M. Hale. 1913 Webster]
Del`e*ti"tious(?), a.[L. deleticius.]Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper. 1913 Webster]
Del"e*tive(?), a.Adapted to destroy or obliterate. [R.] Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
Del"e*to*ry(?), n.[See Delete.]That which blots out. [Obs.] \'bdA deletory of sin.\'b8 Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
Delf(d, n.[AS. delf a delving, digging. See Delve.]A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.[Written also delft, and delve.] [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry.Ray. 1913 Webster]
delf, n.Same as Delftware. 1913 Webster]
delft(d, n.Same as Delftware. 1913 Webster]
Delft"ware`(?), n.(a)Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence:(b)Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*bate(?), v. t.[L. delibatus, p. p. of delibare to taste; de- + libare to taste.]To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Del`i*ba"tion(?), n.[L. delibatio: cf. F. d\'82libation.]Act of tasting; a slight trial. [Obs.] Berkeley. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*ber(?), v. t. & i.To deliberate. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*lib"er*ate(d, a.[L. deliberatus, p. p. of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare to weigh. See Librate.]1.Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. \'bdThese deliberate fools.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result. 1913 Webster]
Settled visage and deliberate word.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Not hasty or sudden; slow.Hooker. 1913 Webster]
His enunciation was so deliberate.W. Wirt.
4.having awareness of the likely consequences; intentional. PJC]
De*lib"er*ate(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deliberated; p. pr. & vb. n.Deliberating.]To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question. 1913 Webster]
De*lib"er*ate, v. i.To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning. 1913 Webster]
The woman that deliberates is lost.Addison. 1913 Webster]
De*lib"er*ate*ly(?), adv.With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed. 1913 Webster]
De*lib"er*ate*ness, n.The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection. 1913 Webster]
De*lib`er*a"tion(?), n.[L. deliberatio: cf. F. d\'82lib\'82ration.]1.The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. 1913 Webster]
Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation.W. Montagu. 1913 Webster]
2.Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council. 1913 Webster]
De*lib"er*a*tive(?), a.[L. deliberativus: cf. F. d\'82lib\'82ratif.]Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. 1913 Webster]
A consummate work of deliberative wisdom.Bancroft. 1913 Webster]
The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
De*lib"er*a*tive, n.1.A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it. 1913 Webster]
De*lib"er*a*tive*ly, adv.In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately. 1913 Webster]
De*lib"er*a`tor(?), n.One who deliberates. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*brate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delibrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Delibrating.][L. delibratus, p. p. of delibrare to delibrate; de from + liber bark.]To strip off the bark; to peel. [Obs.] Ash. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*bra"tion(?), n.The act of stripping off the bark. [Obs.] Ash. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*ca*cy(?), n.; pl.Delicacies(#).[From Delicate, a.]1.The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like. 1913 Webster]
What choice to choose for delicacy best.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame. 1913 Webster]
3.Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action. 1913 Webster]
You know your mother's delicacy in this point.Cowper. 1913 Webster]
4.Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment. 1913 Webster]
And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent delicacy?Milton. 1913 Webster]
5.Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy. 1913 Webster]
That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
6.The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance. 1913 Webster]
7.That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table. 1913 Webster]
The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.Rev. xviii. 3. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*cate(?), a.[L. delicatus pleasing the senses, voluptuous, soft and tender; akin to deliciae delight: cf. F. d\'82licat. See Delight.]1.Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dives, for his delicate life, to the devil went.Piers Plowman. 1913 Webster]
Haarlem is a very delicate town.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
2.Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor. 1913 Webster]
4.Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton. 1913 Webster]
5.Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk. 1913 Webster]
6.Soft and fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion. 1913 Webster]
7.Light, or softly tinted; -- said of a color; as, a delicate blue. 1913 Webster]
8.Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness. 1913 Webster]
9.Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health. 1913 Webster]
A delicate and tender prince.Shak. 1913 Webster]
10.Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question. 1913 Webster]
There are some things too delicate and too sacred to be handled rudely without injury to truth.F. W. Robertson. 1913 Webster]
11.Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious. 1913 Webster]
12.Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music. 1913 Webster]
13.Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*cate, n.1.A choice dainty; a delicacy. [R.] 1913 Webster]
With abstinence all delicates he sees.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
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2.A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person. 1913 Webster]
All the vessels, then, which our delicates have, -- those I mean that would seem to be more fine in their houses than their neighbors, -- are only of the Corinth metal.Holland. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*cate*ly(d, adv.In a delicate manner. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*cate*ness, n.The quality of being delicate. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*ca*tes"sen(?), n. pl.[G., fr. F. d\'82licatesse.]1.Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. \'bdA dealer in delicatessen\'b8. G. H. Putnam. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.ready-to-eat foods, such as cold cuts, cooked meats, and prepared salads. PJC]
3.sing.; pl.delicatessens.a store or section of a store where delicatessen{2} is sold. \'bdGet a sandwich for lunch at the delicatessen counter.\'b8 PJC]
Del"i*ces(?), n. pl.[F. d\'82lices, fr. L. deliciae.]Delicacies; delights. [Obs.] \'bdDainty delices.\'b8 Spenser. 1913 Webster]
De*li"ci*ate(?), v. t.To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*li"cious(?), a.[OF. delicieus, F. d\'82licieux, L. deliciosus, fr. deliciae delight, fr. delicere to allure. See Delight.]1.Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming. 1913 Webster]
Some delicious landscape.Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
One draught of spring's delicious air.Keble. 1913 Webster]
Were not his words delicious?Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Others, lastly, of a more delicious and airy spirit, retire themselves to the enjoyments of ease and luxury.Milton.
Syn. -- Delicious, Delightful.Delicious refers to the pleasure derived from certain of the senses, particularly the taste and smell; as, delicious food; a delicious fragrance. Delightful may also refer to most of the senses (as, delightful music; a delightful prospect; delightful sensations), but has a higher application to matters of taste, feeling, and sentiment; as, a delightful abode, conversation, employment; delightful scenes, etc. 1913 Webster]
Like the rich fruit he sings, delicious in decay.Smith. 1913 Webster]
No spring, nor summer, on the mountain seen, delightful green.Addison. 1913 Webster]
De*li"cious*ly, adv.Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained. 1913 Webster]
De*li"cious*ness, n.1.The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast. 1913 Webster]
2.Luxury. \'bdTo drive away all superfluity and deliciousness.\'b8 Sir T. North. 1913 Webster]
De*lict"(?), n.[L. delictum fault.](Law)An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor. 1913 Webster]
Every regulation of the civil code necessarily implies a delict in the event of its violation.Jeffrey. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*gate(?), v. t.[L. deligatus, p. p. of deligare to bind up; de- + ligare to bind.](Surg.)To bind up; to bandage. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*ga"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82ligation.](Surg.)A binding up; a bandaging.Wiseman. 1913 Webster]
De*light"(?), n.[OE. delit, OF. delit, deleit, fr. delitier, to delight. See Delight, v. t.]1.A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. 1913 Webster]
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.Shak. 1913 Webster]
A fool hath no delight in understanding.Prov. xviii. 2. 1913 Webster]
2.That which gives great pleasure or delight. 1913 Webster]
Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight.Milton. 1913 Webster]
De*light", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delighted; p. pr. & vb. n.Delighting.][OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier, F. d\'82lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus a snare. Cf. Delectate, Delicate, Delicious, Dilettante, Elicit, Lace.]To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear. 1913 Webster]
Inventions to delight the taste.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
De*light", v. i.To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in. 1913 Webster]
Love delights in praises.Shak. 1913 Webster]
I delight to do thy will, O my God.Ps. xl. 8. 1913 Webster]
De*light"a*ble(?), a.[See Delectable.]Capable of delighting; delightful. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Many a spice delightable.Rom. of R. 1913 Webster]
De*light"ed, a.Endowed with delight. 1913 Webster]
If virtue no delighted beauty lack.Shak.
Syn. -- Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad. 1913 Webster]
Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord.Mal. iii. 12.
-- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
De*lig"nate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delignated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delignating.][Pref. de- + L. lignum wood.]1.To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees). [R.] Fuller. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie, in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further working. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*li"lah(?), n.The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress. 1913 Webster]
Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfries sojourn.J. C. Shairp. 1913 Webster]
De*lim"it(?), v. t.[L. delimitare: cf. F. d\'82limiter.]To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound. 1913 Webster]
2.to set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something. Syn. -- demarcate, delimit. WordNet 1.5]
De*lim`i*ta"tion(?), n.[L. delimitatio: cf. F. d\'82limitation.]The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.Gladstone. 1913 Webster]
de*line"(d, v. t.1.To delineate. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.To mark out. [Obs.] R. North. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"e*a*ble(?), a.Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated.Feltham. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"e*a*ment(?), n.[See Delineate.]Delineation; sketch.Dr. H. More. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"e*ate(?), a.[L. delineatus, p. p. of delineare to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See Line.]Delineated; portrayed. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*lin"e*ate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delineated; p. pr. & vb. n.Delineating.]1.To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation. 1913 Webster]
Adventurous to delineate nature's form.Akenside. 1913 Webster]
2.To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. 1913 Webster]
Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy.Walpole. 1913 Webster]
2.described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid imagery. Opposite of undelineated. Syn. -- represented, delineate. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
De*lin`e*a"tion(?), n.[L. delineatio: cf. F. d\'82lin\'82ation.]1.The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively. 1913 Webster]
2.A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. 1913 Webster]
Their softest delineations of female beauty.W. Irving.
Syn. -- Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"e*a`tor(?), n.1.One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher. 1913 Webster]
2.(Surv.)A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"e*a*to*ry(?), a.That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*ni"tion(?), n.[L. delinere to smear. See Liniment.]A smearing. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"quen*cy(?), n.; pl.Delinquencies(#).[L. delinquentia, fr. delinquens.]Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime. 1913 Webster]
The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be represented in the most glaring colors.Motley. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"quent(?)a.[L. delinquens, -entis, p. pr. of delinquere to fail, be wanting in one's duty, do wrong; de- + linquere to leave. See Loan, n.]Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"quent, n.One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit. 1913 Webster]
A delinquent ought to be cited in the place or jurisdiction where the delinquency was committed.Ayliffe. 1913 Webster]
De*lin"quent*ly, adv.So as to fail in duty. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*quate(?), v. i.[L. deliquatus, p. p. of deliquare to clear off, de- + liquare to make liquid, melt, dissolve.]To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [Obs.] Boyle. 1913 Webster]
Del"i*quate, v. t.To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*quesce"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Deliquesced(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deliquescing.][L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See Liquid.](Chem.)To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
<-- Unexpected spelling of "alkalis", but not wrong. PCP -->
In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce.Black. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*ques"cence(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82liquescence.]The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*ques"cent(?), a.[L. deliquescens, -entis, p. pr. of deliquescere: cf. F. d\'82liquescent.]1.Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.Gray. 1913 Webster]
De*liq"ui*ate(?), v. i.[L. deliquia a flowing off, a gutter, deliquium a flowing down, fr. deliquare. See Deliquate.]To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.Fourcroy. 1913 Webster]
De*liq`ui*a"tion(?), n.The act of deliquiating. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*liq"ui*um(?), n.[L. See Deliquiate.]1.(Chem.)A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [R.]<-- the result of deliquescence --> 1913 Webster]
2.A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.] Bacon. 1913 Webster]
3.A melting or maudlin mood.Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
De*lir"ant(?), a.[L. delirans, - antis, p. pr. of delirare. See Delirium.]Delirious. [Obs.] Owen. 1913 Webster]
De*lir"ate(?), v. t. & i.[L. deliratus, p. p. of delirare. See Delirium.]To madden; to rave. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
An infatuating and delirating spirit in it.Holland. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*ra"tion(?), n.[L. deliratio.]Aberration of mind; delirium.J. Morley. 1913 Webster]
Deliration or alienation of the understanding.Mede. 1913 Webster]
De*lir"i*ant(?), n.[See Delirium.](Med.)A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna). 1913 Webster]
De*lir`i*fa"cient(?), a.[Delirium + L. faciens, -entis, p. pr. of facere to make.](Med.)Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. -- n.Any substance which tends to cause delirium. 1913 Webster]
De*lir"i*ous(?), a.[From Delirium.]Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- De*lir"i*ous*ly, adv. -- De*lir"i*ous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
De*lir"i*um(d, n.[L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure.]1.(Med.)A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness. 1913 Webster]
The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament).Morley. 1913 Webster]
Delirium tremens(/). [L., trembling delirium](Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors.<-- colloq. called DT's, d.t.'s or D&T--> --
Traumatic delirium(Med.), a variety of delirium following injury.
The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Del`i*tes"cent(?), a.[L. delitescens, -entis, p. pr. of delitescere to lie hid.]Lying hid; concealed. 1913 Webster]
De*lit"i*gate(?), v. i.[L. delitigare to rail. See Litigate.]To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*liv"er(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delivered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delivering.][F. d\'82livrer, LL. deliberare to liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See Liberate.]1.To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death. 1913 Webster]
He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.Ezek. xxxiii. 5. 1913 Webster]
Promise was that I deliver.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into. 1913 Webster]
Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.Gen. xl. 13. 1913 Webster]
The constables have delivered her over.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The exalted mind delivers to the wind.Pope. 1913 Webster]
3.To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart. 1913 Webster]
Till he these words to him deliver might.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
4.To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball. 1913 Webster]
Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears.Sidney. 1913 Webster]
An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
5.To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of. 1913 Webster]
She was delivered safe and soon.Gower. 1913 Webster]
Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.Peacham. 1913 Webster]
6.To discover; to show. [Poetic] 1913 Webster]
I 'll deliver Shak. 1913 Webster]
7.To deliberate. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
8.To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] Bacon.
Syn. -- To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter.Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth. 1913 Webster]
De*liv"er, a.[OF. delivre free, unfettered. See Deliver, v. t.]Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Wonderly deliver and great of strength.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
De*liv"er*a*ble(?), a.Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered.Hale. 1913 Webster]
De*liv"er*ance(?), n.[F. d\'82livrance, fr. d\'82livrer.]1.The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. 1913 Webster]
He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives.Luke iv. 18. 1913 Webster]
One death or one deliverance we will share.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] Shak. 1913 Webster]
delivery is the word more commonly used. 1913 Webster]
4.The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. 1913 Webster]
I do desire deliverance from these officers.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
6.(Metaph.)Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. 1913 Webster]
De*liv"er*er(?), n.1.One who delivers or rescues; a preserver. 1913 Webster]
De*liv"er*y, n.; pl.Deliveries(/).1.The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters. 1913 Webster]
3.The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery. 1913 Webster]
4.The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes. 1913 Webster]
5.The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. 1913 Webster]
Neater limbs and freer delivery.Sir H. Wotton. 1913 Webster]
6.The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery. 1913 Webster]
Dell(?), n.[AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del, low ground. See Dale.]1.A small, retired valley; a ravine. 1913 Webster]
In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.Tickell. 1913 Webster]
2.A young woman; a wench. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Sweet doxies and dells.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Del"la Crus"ca(?). A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian language. 1913 Webster]
academy of the bran or chaff) was so called in allusion to its chief object of bolting or purifying the national language. 1913 Webster]
Del`la*crus"can(?), a.Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence. 1913 Webster]
The Dellacruscan School, a name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a. d. 1785. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*loul"(d, n.[Prob. of Arabic or Bedouin origin.](Zo\'94l.)A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik. 1913 Webster]
Delph(?), n.Delftware. 1913 Webster]
Five nothings in five plates of delph.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Delph, n.(Hydraul. Engin.)The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Del"phi*an(?), a.Delphic. 1913 Webster]
Del"phic(?), a.[L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. Delfiko`s, fr. Delfoi`, L. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.](Gr. Antiq.)1.Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place. 1913 Webster]
2.Ambiguous; mysterious. \'bdIf he is silent or delphic.\'b8 New York Times.
{ Del"phin, Del"phine }(?), a.[See Dauphin.]Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini). 1913 Webster]
Del"phin, n.[L. delphinus a dolphin.](Chem.)A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin. 1913 Webster]
Del"phine(?), a.[L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr. delfi`s, delfi`n.]Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes. 1913 Webster]
Del*phin"ic(?), a.[See Delphin, n.](Chem.)Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. 1913 Webster]
Delphinic acid. (Chem.)See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Del*phin"ic, a.[From NL. Delphinium, the name of the genus.](Chem.)Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria). 1913 Webster]
Del"phi*nine(?; 104), n.[Cf. F. delphinine.](Chem.)A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder. 1913 Webster]
Del"phi*noid(?), a.[L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid.](Zo\'94l.)Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Del`phi*noi"de*a(?), n. pl.[NL.](Zo\'94l.)The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Del*phi"nus(?), n.[L., a dolphin, fr. Gr. delfi`s, delfi`n.]1.(Zo\'94l.)A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1. 1913 Webster]
2.(Astron.)The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila. 1913 Webster]
Del*sarte"(?), n., orDelsarte system. A system of calisthenics patterned on the theories of FranDelsarte (1811 -- 71), a French teacher of dramatic and musical expression. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Del"ta(?), n.; pl.Deltas(#).[Gr. de`lta, the name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (the capital form of which is Delta of the Nile.]1.The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (D.Hence,an object having the shape of the capital Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi. 1913 Webster]
3.(Elec.)The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; -- often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Delta connection. (Elec.)One of the usual forms or methods for connecting apparatus to a three-phase circuit, the three corners of the delta or triangle, as diagrammatically represented, being connected to the three wires of the supply circuit. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Delta current. (Elec.)The current flowing through a delta connection. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Del`ta*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[Delta + L. facere to make.]The formation of a delta or of deltas. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Del*ta"ic(?), a.Relating to, or like, a delta. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Del*thy"ris(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. de`lta the name of the letter thy`ra door.](Zo\'94l.)A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer. 1913 Webster]
Delthyris limestone(Geol.), one of the divisions of the Upper Silurian rocks in New York. 1913 Webster]
Del"tic(?), a.Deltaic. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Del*tid"i*um(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. de`lta, the letter (Zo\'94l.)The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells. 1913 Webster]
Del`to*he"dron(?), n.[Gr. de`lta, the letter 'e`dra seat, base.](Crystallog.)A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron. 1913 Webster]
Del"toid(?), a.[Gr. deltoeidh`s delta- shaped; de`lta the name of the letter e'i^dos form: cf. F. delto\'8bde. See Delta.]1.Shaped like the Greek 1913 Webster]
Deltoid leaf(Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base. --
Deltoid muscle(Anat.), a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, which serves to raise the arm directly upward. 1913 Webster]
delts(d, n. pl.(Anat.)The deltoid muscles; -- a contraction used by body-building and health enthusiasts. Used similarly to abs and pecs. See deltoid muscle. [abbrev.] PJC]
De*lud"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*lude"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deluded; p. pr. & vb. n.Deluding.][L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play, make sport of, mock. See Ludicrous.]1.To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of. 1913 Webster]
To delude the nation by an airy phantom.Burke. 1913 Webster]
2.To frustrate or disappoint. 1913 Webster]
It deludes thy search.Dryden.
Syn. -- To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See Deceive. 1913 Webster]
De*lud"er(?), n.One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor. 1913 Webster]
Del"uge(d, n.[F. d\'82luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium.]1.A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.). 1913 Webster]
2.Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. \'bdThe deluge of summer.\'b8 Lowell. 1913 Webster]
A fiery deluge fed Milton. 1913 Webster]
As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge.F. Harrison. 1913 Webster]
After me the deluge. Madame de Pompadour. 1913 Webster]
Del"uge, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deluged(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deluging.]1.To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. 1913 Webster]
The deluged earth would useless grow.Blackmore. 1913 Webster]
2.To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe. 1913 Webster]
At length corruption, like a general flood . . . deluge all.Pope. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*lun"dung(?), n.[Native name.](Zo\'94l.)An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted. 1913 Webster]
De*lu"sion(?)n.[L. delusio, fr. deludere. See Delude.]1.The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being deluded or misled. 1913 Webster]
3.That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief. 1913 Webster]
And fondly mourned the dear delusion gone.Prior.
Syn. -- Delusion, Illusion. These words both imply some deception practiced upon the mind. Delusion is deception from want of knowledge; illusion is deception from morbid imagination. An illusion is a false show, a mere cheat on the fancy or senses. It is, in other words, some idea or image presented to the bodily or mental vision which does not exist in reality. A delusion is a false judgment, usually affecting the real concerns of life. Or, in other words, it is an erroneous view of something which exists indeed, but has by no means the qualities or attributes ascribed to it. Thus we speak of the illusions of fancy, the illusions of hope, illusive prospects, illusive appearances, etc. In like manner, we speak of the delusions of stockjobbing, the delusions of honorable men, delusive appearances in trade, of being deluded by a seeming excellence.
\'bdA fanatic, either religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions; while the term illusion is applied solely to the visions of an uncontrolled imagination, the chimerical ideas of one blinded by hope, passion, or credulity, or lastly, to spectral and other ocular deceptions, to which the word delusion is never applied.\'b8 Whately. 1913 Webster]
De*lu"sion*al(?), a.Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania. 1913 Webster]
De*lu"sive(?), a.[See Delude.]Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. 1913 Webster]
Delusive and unsubstantial ideas.Whewell.
-- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
2.especially elegant and sumptuous; of the highest quality; as, a deluxe car; deluxe accommodations. Syn. -- gilded, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous, de luxe, luxe, luxury(prenominal). WordNet 1.5]
Delve(?)v. t.[imp. & p. p.Delved(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delving.][AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury, D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf. Delf a mine.]1.To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. 1913 Webster]
Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. 1913 Webster]
I can not delve him to the root.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Delve, v. i.To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge. 1913 Webster]
Delve may I not: I shame to beg.Wyclif (Luke xvi. 3). 1913 Webster]
Delve, n.[See Delve, v. t., and cf. Delf a mine.]A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. 1913 Webster]
Which to that shady delve him brought at last.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
The very tigers from their delves Moore. 1913 Webster]
Delv"er(?), n.One who digs, as with a spade. 1913 Webster]
demagnetizationn.the act or process of removing magnetization. WordNet 1.5]
De*mag"net*ize(?), v. t.1.To deprive of magnetic properties; to render nonmagnetic. See Magnetize. 1913 Webster]
If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized.Am. Cyc. 1913 Webster]
2.To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. [archaic] 1913 Webster +PJC]
-- De*mag`net*i*za"tion, n. -- De*mag"net*i`zer(#), n. 1913 Webster]
Dem"a*gog(?; 115), n.Demagogue.
{ Dem`a*gog"ic(?), Dem`a*gog"ic*al(?), }a.[Gr. dhmagwkiko`s: cf. F. d\'82magogique.]Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious. 1913 Webster]
Dem"a*gog*ism(?; 115), n.The practices of a demagogue. 1913 Webster]
Dem"a*gogue(?; 115), n.[Gr. dhmagwgo`s a popular leader; commonly in a bad sense, a leader of the mob; dh^mos the people + 'agwgo`s leading, fr. 'a`gein to lead; akin to E. act: cf. F. d\'82magogue.]A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader. 1913 Webster]
demagogueryn.1.impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace. Syn. -- demagogy, demagogism. WordNet 1.5]
Dem"a*gog`y(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82magogie, Gr. dhmagwgi`a leadership of the people.]Demagogism. Syn. -- demagoguery.
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De*mand"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n.Demanding.][F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. Mandate, Commend.]1.To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. 1913 Webster]
This, in our foresaid holy father's name, demand of thee.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. 1913 Webster]
I did demand what news from Shrewsbury.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. 1913 Webster]
4.(Law)To call into court; to summon.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
De*mand", v. i.To make a demand; to inquire. 1913 Webster]
The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do?Luke iii. 14. 1913 Webster]
De*mand", n.[F. demande, fr. demander. See Demand, v. t.]1.The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. 1913 Webster]
The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones.Dan. iv. 17. 1913 Webster]
He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them.Locke. 1913 Webster]
3.A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand. 1913 Webster]
In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and then the demand became immense.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
4.That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate. 1913 Webster]
5.(Law)(a)The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.(b)The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person.(c)A thing or amount claimed to be due. 1913 Webster]
In demand, in request; being much sought after. --
On demand, upon presentation and request of payment. 1913 Webster]
De*mand"a*ble(?), a.That may be demanded or claimed. \'bdAll sums demandable.\'b8 Bacon. 1913 Webster]
De*mand"ant(?)n.[F. demandant, p. pr. of demander.]One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. 1913 Webster]
De*mand"er(?), n.One who demands. 1913 Webster]
De*mand"ress(?), n.A woman who demands. 1913 Webster]
De*man"toid(?), n.[G. demant diamond + -oid.](Min.)A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name. 1913 Webster]
De*mar"cate(?), v. t.[See Demarcation.]To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.Wilkinson. 1913 Webster]
De`mar*ca"tion(?), n.[F. d\'82marcation; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + marquer to mark, of German origin. See Mark.]The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction. 1913 Webster]
The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.Burke. 1913 Webster]
De*march(d, n.[Gr. dh`marchos; dh^mos people + 'a`rchein to rule.]A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece. 1913 Webster]
De`mar*ka"tion, n.Same as Demarcation. 1913 Webster]
demasculinizationn.the act or process of demasculinizing; the removal of the testicles of a male animal. Syn. -- emasculation, castration. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
demasculinizev. t.to remove the testicles of a male animal. Syn. -- emasculate, castrate. WordNet 1.5]
De`ma*te"ri*al*ize(?), v. t.To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics. 1913 Webster]
Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything which . . . has distinguished matter.Milman. 1913 Webster]
Deme(d, n.[Gr. dh^mos.]1.(Gr. Antiq.)A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.Jowett (Thucyd.). 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids. 1913 Webster]
De*mean"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demeaned(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demeaning.][OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F. se d\'82mener to struggle; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + mener to lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See Menace.]1.To manage; to conduct; to treat. 1913 Webster]
[Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. 1913 Webster]
They have demeaned themselves Shak. 1913 Webster]
They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
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3.To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. 1913 Webster]
Her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
mean. 1913 Webster]
De*mean"(?), n.[OF. demene. See Demean, v. t.]1.Management; treatment. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De"men*cy(?), n.[L. dementia, fr. demens mad. See Dement.]Dementia; loss of mental powers. See Insanity. 1913 Webster]
De*ment"(?), v. t.[L. dementare, fr. demens, -mentis, out of one's mind, mad; de + mens mind. See Mental, and cf. Dementate.]To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] Bale. 1913 Webster]
De*ment", a.[L. demens, - mentis.]Demented; dementate. [R.] J. H. Newman. 1913 Webster]
De*men"tate(?), a.[L. dementatus, p. p. See Dement, v. t.]Deprived of reason. 1913 Webster]
De*men"tate(?)v. t.To deprive of reason; to dement. [R.] Burton. 1913 Webster]
De`men*ta"tion(?), n.The act of depriving of reason; madness.Whitlock. 1913 Webster]
De*ment"ed(?), a.[From Dement.]Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- De*ment"ed*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
de*ment"ed*nessn.mental deterioration of organic or functional origin. Syn. -- dementia. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8De*men"ti*a(?), n.[L., fr. demens. See Dement.]Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy. 1913 Webster]
De*meph"i*tize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demephitized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demephitizing.][Cf. F. m\'82phitiser to infect with mephitis.]To purify from mephitic or foul air. -- De*meph`i*ti*za"tion, n. 1913 Webster]
De*merge"(?), v. t.[L. demergere.]To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The water in which it was demerged.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
De*mer"it(?), n.[F. d\'82m\'82rite demerit (in sense 2), OF. demerite demerit (in sense 1), fr. L. demerere to deserve well, LL., to deserve well or ill; de- + merere to deserve. See De-, and Merit.]1.That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they] acquired this reputation.Holland. 1913 Webster]
2.That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit. 1913 Webster]
They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense.Sir W. Temple. 1913 Webster]
3.The state of one who deserves ill. 1913 Webster]
De*mer"it, v. t.[Cf. F. d\'82m\'82riter to deserve ill. See Demerit, n.]1.To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
If I have demerited any love or thanks.Udall. 1913 Webster]
Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited.State Trials (1645). 1913 Webster]
2.To depreciate or cry down. [R.] Bp. Woolton. 1913 Webster]
De*mer"it, v. i.To deserve praise or blame. 1913 Webster]
De*merse"(?), v. t.[L. demersus, p. p. of demergere. See Merge.]To immerse. [Obs.] Boyle. 1913 Webster]
De*mersed"(?), a.(Bot.)Situated or growing under water, as leaves; submersed. 1913 Webster]
De*mer"sion(?)n.[L. demersio.]1.The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water.Ray. 1913 Webster]
De*mes"mer*ize(?), v. t.To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize. 1913 Webster]
De*mesne"(?), n.[OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF. demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, proprietor, owner. See Dame, and cf. Demain, Domain, Danger, Dungeon.](Law)A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.[Written also demain.]Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. 1913 Webster]
Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law)See under Ancient. 1913 Webster]
De*mesn"i*al(?), a.Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i-(?). [F. demi-, fr. L. dimidius half; di- = dis- + medius middle. See Medium, and cf. Demy, Dimidiate.]A prefix, signifying half. 1913 Webster]
De*mi"(?), n.See Demy, n. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*bas"tion(?; 106), n.[Cf. F. demi- bastion.](Fort.)A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*bri*gade"(?), n.[Cf. F. demi- brigade.]A half brigade. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*ca`dence(?)n.(Mus.)An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*can"non(?), n.(Mil. Antiq.)A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*cir`cle(?), n.[Cf. F. demi-cercle.]An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*cul"ver*in(?), n.(Mil. Antiq.)A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*de"i*fy(?)v. t.To deify in part.Cowper. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*gorge`(?), n.[Cf. F. demi- gorge.](Fort.)Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*grate(?), v. i.[L. demigrare, demigratum, to emigrate. See De-, and Migrate.]To emigrate. [Obs.] Cockeram. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*john(?), n.[F. dame-jeanne, i.e., Lady Jane, a corruption of Ar. damaj\'bena, damj\'bena, prob. fr. Damaghan a town in the Persian province of Khorassan, once famous for its glass works.]A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*lance`(?), n.A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*lan`cer(?), n.A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*lune`(?), n.[F. demi- lune.]1.(Fort.)A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin. 1913 Webster]
2.(Physiol.)A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands. 1913 Webster]
Dem`i*monde"(?), n.[F.; demi + monde world, L. mundus.]Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps. 1913 Webster]
Literary demimonde, writers of the lowest kind. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*na"tured(?; 135), a.Having half the nature of another. [R.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*qua`ver(?), n.(Mus.)A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver. [R.]
{ Dem`i*re*lief"(?), Dem`i*re*lie"vo(?), }n.Half relief. See Demi-rilievo. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*rep`(?), n.[Contr. fr. demi-reputation.]A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. [Colloq.] De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dem"i-ri*lie"vo(?), n.[Pref. demi- + It. rilievo.](Fine Arts)(a)Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.(b)A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo. 1913 Webster]
De*mis`a*bil"i*ty(?), n.(Law)The state of being demisable. 1913 Webster]
De*mis"a*ble(?), a.[From Demise.](Law)Capable of being leased; as, a demisable estate. 1913 Webster]
De*mise"(?), n.[F. d\'82mettre, p. p. d\'82mis, d\'82mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d\'82- (L. de or dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Dismiss, Demit.]1.Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor. 1913 Webster]
2.The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person. 1913 Webster]
After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they [drawing- rooms] were held but twice a week.P. Cunningham. 1913 Webster]
3.(Law)The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.Bouvier. 1913 Webster]
demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown, royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as by that event the crown is transferred to a successor.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
Demise and redemise, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.
Syn. -- Death; decease; departure. See Death. 1913 Webster]
De*mise", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demised(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demising.]1.To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. \'bdPower to demise my lands.\'b8 Swift. 1913 Webster]
What honor demise to any child of mine?Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To convey; to give. [R.] 1913 Webster]
His soul is at his conception demised to him.Hammond. 1913 Webster]
3.(Law)To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease. 1913 Webster]
Dem`i*sem"i*qua`ver(?), n.(Mus.)A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note. 1913 Webster]
De*miss"(?), a.[L. demissus, p. p. of demittere.]Cast down; humble; submissive. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
He down descended like a most demiss Spenser. 1913 Webster]
De*mis"sion(?), n.[L. demissio, fr. demittere. See Demit.]1.The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection. \'bdDemission of mind.\'b8 Hammond. 1913 Webster]
Demission of sovereign authority.L'Estrange. 1913 Webster]
2.Resignation of an office. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
De*mis"sion*a*ry(?), a.1.Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary deed. 1913 Webster]
2.Tending to lower, depress, or degrade. 1913 Webster]
They pray with demissive eyelids.Lord (1630). 1913 Webster]
De*miss"ly, adv.In a humble manner. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*suit`(?), n.(Mil. Antiq.)A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like. 1913 Webster]
De*mit"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n.Demitting.][L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Cf. Demise.]1.To let fall; to depress. [R.] 1913 Webster]
They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train].Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
2.To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [R.] 1913 Webster]
3.To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
General Conway demitted his office.Hume. 1913 Webster]
De*mit"(?), v. i.[F. d\'82mettre to remove, se d\'82mettre to resign; d\'82- (L. dis-) + mettre to put, fr. L. mittere to send. Cf. Dismiss.]To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*mit", n.The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8De*mi"-tasse"(?), n.[F., half cup.]A small cup for, or of, black coffee. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dem"i*tint`(?), n.(Fine Arts)(a)That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light.(b)The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*urge(?), n.[Gr. dhmioyrgo`s a worker for the people, a workman, especially the maker of the world, the Creator; dh`mios belonging to the people (fr. dh^mos the people) + 'e`rgon a work.]1.(Gr. Antiq.)The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states. 1913 Webster]
2.God, as the Maker of the world. 1913 Webster]
3.According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man. 1913 Webster]
Dem`i*ur"gic(?), a.[Gr. dhmioyrgiko`s.]Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. \'bdDemiurgic power.\'b8 De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*vill`(?), n.(Old Law)A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*volt`(?), n.[Cf. F. demi- volte.](Man.)A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner. 1913 Webster]
Dem"i*wolf`(?), n.A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*mob`i*li*za"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82mobilisation. See Mobilization.](Mil.)The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing. 1913 Webster]
De*mob"i*lize(?), v. t.[Cf. F. d\'82mobiliser.](Mil.)To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized. 1913 Webster]
Demochelysprop. n.the type genus of the Dermochelyidae, consisting of leatherback turtles. Syn. -- genus Dermochelys. WordNet 1.5]
De*moc"ra*cy(d, n.; pl.Democracies(d.[F. d\'82mocratie, fr. Gr. dhmokrati`a; dh^mos the people + kratei^n to be strong, to rule, kra`tos strength.]1.Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people. 1913 Webster]
2.Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic. 1913 Webster]
3.Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.Milton. 1913 Webster]
4.The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. [U.S.] 1913 Webster]
Dem"o*crat(d, n.[Cf. F. d\'82mocrate.]1.One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people. 1913 Webster]
Whatever they call him, what care I, democrat, autocrat.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2. [capitalized] A member of the Democratic party. [U.S.] 1913 Webster]
3.A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats. [U. S.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dem`o*crat"ic(?), a.[Gr. /: cf. F. d\'82mocratique.]1.Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people. 1913 Webster]
2.belonging to or relating to the Democratic party, the political party so called. 1913 Webster]
3.Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic. 1913 Webster]
The Democratic party, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States.Presidents of the United States who belonged to the Democratic party in the twentieth century were Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Dem`o*crat"ic*al(?), a.Democratic. 1913 Webster]
The democratical embassy was democratically received.Algernon Sidney. 1913 Webster]
Dem`o*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.In a democratic manner. 1913 Webster]
De*moc"ra*tism(?), n.The principles or spirit of a democracy. [R.] 1913 Webster]
demodulatorn.(Electronics)An electronic device which extracts the modulation from a radio carrier wave, and outputs the original information-bearing signal. Syn. -- detector. WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 1913 Webster]
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De`mo*gor"gon(dor d, n.[First mentioned by Lutatius, or Lactantius Placidus, the scholiast on Statius, perh. fr. Gr. dai`mwn god, deity + gorgo`s fierce, terrible]A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.
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Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Demogorgon.Milton. 1913 Webster]
demographicadj.of or pertaining to demography; as, demographic surveys. WordNet 1.5]
de*mog"ra*phy(d, n.[Gr. dh^mos the people + -graphy.]The study of vital statistics, such as births, deaths, marriages, mortality, health, etc., in populations and subgroups of populations. -- Dem`o*graph"ic, a. 1913 Webster +PJC]
\'d8De`moi`selle"(?), n.[F. See Damsel.]1.A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion. 1913 Webster]
De*mol"ish(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demolished(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demolishing.][F. d\'82molir, fr. L. demoliri, p. p. demolitus; de- + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work, construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. See Mole a mound, and Finish.]To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall. 1913 Webster]
I expected the fabric of my book would long since have been demolished, and laid even with the ground.Tillotson.
Syn. -- To Demolish, Overturn, Destroy, Dismantle, Raze. That is overturned or overthrown which had stood upright; that is destroyed whose component parts are scattered; that is demolished which had formed a mass or structure; that is dismantled which is stripped of its covering, as a vessel of its sails, or a fortress of its bastions, etc.; that is razed which is brought down smooth, and level to the ground. An ancient pillar is overturned or overthrown as the result of decay; a city is destroyed by an invasion of its enemies; a monument, the walls of a castle, a church, or any structure, real or imaginary, may be demolished; a fortress may be dismantled from motives of prudence, in order to render it defenseless; a city may be razed by way of punishment, and its ruins become a memorial of vengeance. 1913 Webster]
De*mol"ish`er(?), n.One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns. 1913 Webster]
De*mol"ish*ment(?), n.Demolition. 1913 Webster]
Dem`o*li"tion(?; 277), n.[L. demolitio, fr. demoliri: cf. F. d\'82molition. See Demolish.]The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes. 1913 Webster]
De"mon(?), n.[F. d\'82mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin.]1.(Gr. Antiq.)A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. 1913 Webster]
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human.Sydenham. 1913 Webster]
2.One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.[Often written d\'91mon.] 1913 Webster]
3.An evil spirit; a devil. 1913 Webster]
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus.Shak. 1913 Webster]
De"mon*ess(?), n.A female demon. 1913 Webster]
demonetisationn.same as demonetization. WordNet 1.5]
de*mon`e*ti*za"tion(?), n.The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized;specificially,the declaration by a government that something (e.g. gold or silver) is no longer the legal tender of a country; as, the demonetization of gold. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
de*mon"e*tize(?; see Monetary), v. t.To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money. 1913 Webster]
They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company.R. Cobden.
{ De*mo"ni*ac(?), Dem`o*ni"a*cal(?; 277), }a.[L. daemoniacus, fr. daemon; cf. F. d\'82moniaque. See Demon.]1.Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices. 1913 Webster]
De*mo"nic(?), a.[L. daemonicus, Gr. daimoniko`s.]Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. \'bdDemonic ambushes.\'b8 Lowell. 1913 Webster]
De"mon*ism(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82monisme.]The belief in demons or false gods. 1913 Webster]
The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism.Farmer. 1913 Webster]
De"mon*ist, n.A believer in, or worshiper of, demons. 1913 Webster]
De"mon*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demonized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demonizing.][Cf. LL. daemonizare to be possessed by a demon, Gr. /.]1.To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into. 1913 Webster]
2.To control or possess by a demon. 1913 Webster]
De`mon*oc"ra*cy(?), n.[Gr. dai`mwn demon + kra`tos strength: cf. F. d\'82monocratie.]The power or government of demons. 1913 Webster]
A demonocracy of unclean spirits.H. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
De`mon*ol"a*try(?), n.[Gr. dai`mwn demon + latrei`a worship, / to serve, worship: cf. F. d\'82monol\'83trie.]The worship of demons. 1913 Webster]
De`mon*ol"o*ger(?), n.One versed in demonology.R. North.
{ De`mon*o*log"ic(?), De`mon*o*log"ic*al(?), }a.[Cf. F. d\'82monologique.]Of or pertaining to demonology. 1913 Webster]
De`mon*ol"o*gist(?), n.One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology. 1913 Webster]
De`mon*ol"o*gy(?; 277), n.[Demon + -logy: cf. F. d\'82monologie.]A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
De`mon*om"a*gy(?), n.[Gr. dai`mwn demon + magei`a magic.]Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic.Bp. Hurd. 1913 Webster]
De*mon`o*ma"ni*a(?), n.[Demon + mania.]A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"o*mist(?)n.One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"o*my(?), n.[Gr. dai`mwn demon + no`mos law.]The dominion of demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert. 1913 Webster]
De"mon*ry(?), n.Demoniacal influence or possession.J. Baillie. 1913 Webster]
De"mon*ship, n.The state of a demon.Mede. 1913 Webster]
De*mon`stra*bil"i*ty(?), n.The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"stra*ble(?), a.[L. demonstrabilis: cf. OF. demonstrable, F. d\'82montrable.]1.Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question. 1913 Webster]
The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable as geometry.Glanvill. 1913 Webster]
2.Proved; apparent. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"stra*ble*ness, n.The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"stra*bly, adv.In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly. 1913 Webster]
Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
Dem"on*strate(?; 277), v. t.[L. demonstratus, p. p. of demonstrare to demonstrate; de- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]1.To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial. 1913 Webster]
We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction.Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
3.(Anat.)To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation). 1913 Webster]
demonstratedadj.having been proved or verified beyond doubt; proved by demonstration. WordNet 1.5]
Dem`on*stra"tion(?), n.[L. demonstratio: cf. F. d\'82monstration.]1.The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason. 1913 Webster]
Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called \'bdproofs;\'b8 and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration.Locke. 1913 Webster]
2.An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show. See also sense 7 for a more specific related meaning. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief?Shak. 1913 Webster]
Loyal demonstrations toward the prince.Prescott. 1913 Webster]
3.(Anat.)The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation. 1913 Webster]
4.(Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack. 1913 Webster]
5.(Logic)The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself. 1913 Webster]
6.(Math.)A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions. 1913 Webster]
7.a public gathering of people to express some sentiment or feelings by explicit means, such as picketing, parading, carrying signs or shouting, usually in favor of or opposed to some action of government or of a business. PJC]
8.the act of showing how a certain device, machine or product operates, or how a procedure is performed; -- usually done for the purpose of inducing prospective customers to buy a product; as, a demonstration of the simple operation of a microwave oven. PJC]
Direct demonstration, or
Positive demonstration,(Logic & Math.), one in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; -- opposed to
Indirect demonstration, or
Negative demonstration(called also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"stra*tive(?), a.[F. d\'82monstratif, L. demonstrativus.]1.Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. \'bdDemonstrative figures.\'b8 Dryden. 1913 Webster]
An argument necessary and demonstrative.Hooker. 1913 Webster]
2.Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative. 1913 Webster]
3.Consisting of eulogy or of invective. \'bdDemonstrative eloquence.\'b8 Blair. 1913 Webster]
Demonstrative pronoun(Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"stra*tive, n.(Gram.)A demonstrative pronoun; as, \'bdthis\'b8 and \'bdthat\'b8 are demonstratives. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"stra*tive*ly(?), adv.In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly. 1913 Webster]
De*mon"stra*tive*ness, n.The state or quality of being demonstrative. 1913 Webster]
Dem"on*stra`tor(?; 277), n.[L.: cf. F. d\'82monstrateur.]1.One who demonstrates;specif.(a)one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.(b)one who shows how a certain device operates or a procedure is performed. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)A teacher of practical anatomy. 1913 Webster]
3.a person who participates in a demonstration{7}. PJC]
De*mon"stra*to*ry(?), a.Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
De*mor`al*i*za"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82moralisation.]The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy. 1913 Webster]
De*mor"al*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demoralized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demoralizing.][F. d\'82moraliser; pref. d\'82- (L. dis- or de) + moraliser. See Moralize.]To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency. 1913 Webster]
The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime.Walsh. 1913 Webster]
The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army.Bancroft. 1913 Webster]
demoralizedadj.made less hopeful or enthusiastic; rendered pessimistic; as, the demoralized Iraqi ground troops put up little resistance. Syn. -- discouraged, disheartened. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Demosthenesprop. n.a famous Grecian orator, born circa 385 BC, died circa 322 BC. WordNet 1.5]
Dem`os*then"ic(?), a.[L. Demosthenicus: cf. F. D\'82mosth\'82nique.]Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator. 1913 Webster]
De*mote"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Demoted(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demoting(?).][Pref. de- + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.]To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one's employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position. Syn. -- bump, relegate, kick downstairs, break one's rank. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJCWordNet 1.5]
De*mot"ic(?), a.[Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people: cf. F. d\'82motique.]Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. 1913 Webster]
Demotic alphabetor
Demotic character, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also epistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial. 1913 Webster]
De*mot"ics(?), n.The department of knowledge relative to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense; -- in library cataloguing. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*mount"(?), v. i.To dismount. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*mount"a*ble(?), [See De-; Mount.]Capable of being dismounted; -- said of a form of rim, for an automobile wheel, which can be removed with its tire from the wheel. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Demp"ne(dv. t.To damn; to condemn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2.(O. Scots Law)An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court. 1913 Webster]
De*mulce"(?), v. t.[L. demulcere; de- + mulcere to stroke, soothe.]To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften. [R.] Sir T. Elyot. 1913 Webster]
De*mul"cent(?), a.[L. demulcens, p. pr. of demulcere.]Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent. 1913 Webster]
De*mul"cent, n.(Med.)A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents. 1913 Webster]
De*mul"sion(?), n.The act of soothing; that which soothes.Feltham. 1913 Webster]
De*mur"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Demurred(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demurring.][OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See Memory.]1.To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.Nicols. 1913 Webster]
2.To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. 1913 Webster]
Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur.Hayward. 1913 Webster]
3.To scruple or object; to take exception, especailly on the basis of scruple or modesty; as, I demur to that statement; they wanted to make him president, but he demurred. 1913 Webster]
When introduced as the world's smartest man, he was not inclined to demur.Kip Thorne
4.(Law)To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2. 1913 Webster]
De*mur", v. t.1.To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The latter I demur, for in their looks Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
He demands a fee, demurs me with a vain delay.Quarles. 1913 Webster]
De*mur", n.[OF. demor, demore, stay, delay. See Demur, v. i.]Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple. 1913 Webster]
All my demurs but double his attacks; Pope. 1913 Webster]
De*mure"(?), a.[Perh. from OF. de murs (i. e., de bonnes murs of good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m/urs, fr. L. mores (sing. mos) manners, morals (see Moral); or more prob. fr. OF. me\'81r, F. m\'96r mature, ripe (see Mature) in a phrase preceded by de, as de m\'96re conduite of mature conduct.]1.Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave. 1913 Webster]
Sober, steadfast, and demure.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.W. Black. 1913 Webster]
2.Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity. 1913 Webster]
A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her.L'Estrange. 1913 Webster]
Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.Miss Mitford. 1913 Webster]
De*mure", v. i.To look demurely. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*mure"ly, adv.In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty. 1913 Webster]
They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
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De*mure"ness(d, n.The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty. 1913 Webster]
De*mur"i*ty(d, n.Demureness; also, one who is demure.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*mur"ra*ble(d, a.That may be demurred to.Stormonth. 1913 Webster]
De*mur"rage(?), n.[Cf. OF. demorage delay. See Demur.](Law)(a)The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing.(b)The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention. 1913 Webster]
The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing.M\'bfCulloch. 1913 Webster]
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De*mur"ral(?), n.Demur; delay in acting or deciding. 1913 Webster]
The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome.Southey. 1913 Webster]
De*mur"rer(?), n.1.One who demurs. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further. 1913 Webster]
Demurrer to evidence, an exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point.Bouvier. 1913 Webster]
De*my"(?), n.; pl.Demies(#).[See Demi-.]1.A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper. 1913 Webster]
2.A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.[Written also demi.] 1913 Webster]
He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called \'bdscholars,\'b8 young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
De*my", a.Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book. 1913 Webster]
demythologisationn.same as demythologization. WordNet 1.5]
demythologizationn.the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms. Syn. -- demythologisation. WordNet 1.5]
demythologizev. t.to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible. WordNet 1.5]
demythologizedadj.having mythical elements removed. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Den(d, n.[AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley.]1.A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers. 1913 Webster]
2.A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. \'bdThose squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals.\'b8 Addison. 1913 Webster]
3.Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
4.[AS. denu.]A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Den, v. i.To live in, or as in, a den. 1913 Webster]
The sluggish salvages that den below.G. Fletcher. 1913 Webster]
Denaliprop. n.1.The native name for Mount McKinley in Alaska, translated as the great one. Syn. -- Mount McKinley. PJC]
2. a national park in Alaska in which Mount McKinley is located. Syn. -- Denali national park. PJC]
De*nar"co*tize(?), v. t.To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion(#), n. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*na"ri*us(?), n.; pl.Denarii(#).[L. See 2d Denier.]A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the \'bdpenny\'b8 of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as. 1913 Webster]
Den"a*ry(?), a.[L. denarius. See 2d Denier.]Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale. 1913 Webster]
Den"a*ry, n.1.The number ten; a division into ten. 1913 Webster]
2.A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius.Udall. 1913 Webster]
de*na"tion*al*i*sa"tionn.same as denationalization. Syn. -- privatization. WordNet 1.5]
De*na`tion*al*i*za"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82nationalisation.]The act or process of denationalizing. 1913 Webster]
De*na"tion*al*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Denationalized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Denationalizing.][Cf. F. d\'82nationaliser.]1.To divest or deprive of national character or rights. 1913 Webster]
Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port.Cobbett. 1913 Webster]
An expatriated, denationalized race.G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
2.to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel. Syn. -- privatize, denationalise. WordNet 1.5]
De*nat"u*ral*ize(?; 135), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Denaturalized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Denaturalizing.][Cf. F. d\'82naturaliser.]1.To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. 1913 Webster]
2.To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.] 1913 Webster]
They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy.Prescott. 1913 Webster]
3.same as denature. PJC]
De*na"ture(?), v. t.[De- + nature.]To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.to render (ethyl alcohol) unfit to drink by adding in toxic or unpalatable substances (such as benzene or pyridine) which nevertherless permit alcohol to be used as a solvent. PJC]
3.modify the tertiary structure of (a protein or nucleic acid) so as to reduce or destroy its characteristic biological activity.Bioactive macromolecules such as enzymes or DNA may be denatured by heat, acid, alkali, or solvent treatment; the extent of such treatment required to denature a molecule varies with the specific compound. In some cases the denatured molecules may regain their original properties (renature) by other treatments. Denaturation may also cause a change in the physical properties of such molecules, e.g. proteins may become insoluble in water. PJC]
De*na"ture(?), v. i.To become denatured. PJC]
denaturizedadj.changed in nature or natural quality. Syn. -- denatured. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
De*nay"(?), v. t.[See Deny.]To deny. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
That with great rage he stoutly doth denay.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Den"dra*chate(?), n.[L. dendrachates; Gr. de`ndron a tree + / agate: cf. F. dendrachate, dendragate.](Min.)Arborescent or dendritic agate. 1913 Webster]
Dendrantheman.a genus comprising plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum. Syn. -- genus Dendranthema. WordNet 1.5]
Dendraspisprop. n.a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas. Syn. --Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis, genus Dendraspis. WordNet 1.5]
Den"dri*form(?), a.[Gr. de`ndron tree + -form.]Resembling in structure a tree or shrub; having a branching shape. Syn. -- arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Den"drite(?), n.[Gr. dendri`ths, fem. dendri^tis, of a tree, fr. de`ndron a tree: cf. F. dendrite.](Min.)A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization.
{ Den*drit"ic(?), Den*drit"ic*al(?), }a.Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent. 1913 Webster]
Dendroaspisprop. n.a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas. Syn. --Dendraspis, genus Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Den`dro*c(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. de`ndron tree + koi^los hollow.](Zo\'94l.)A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.
{ Den"droid(?), Den*droid"al(?), }a.[Gr. / treelike; de`ndron tree + e'i^dos form: cf. F. dendro\'8bde.]Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike; branching. Syn. -- arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, treelike, tree-shaped. 1913 Webster]
Dendrolagusprop. n.a genus comprising the tree wallabies. Syn. -- genus Dendrolagus. WordNet 1.5]
Den"dro*lite(?), n.[Gr. de`ndron tree + -lite: cf. F. dendrolithe.](Paleon.)A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. 1913 Webster]
Den*drol"o*gist(?), n.One versed in the natural history of trees. 1913 Webster]
Den*drol"o*gous(?), a.Relating to dendrology. 1913 Webster]
den*drol"o*gy(?), n.[Gr. de`ndron tree + -logy: cf. F. dendrologie.]1.the branch of botany studying trees and shrubs; the natural history of trees. PJC]
2.A discourse or treatise on trees. 1913 Webster]
-- den`dro*log"ic*al, a. -- den`dro*log"ic, a. -- den*drol"o*gist, a. PJC]
Dendromeconprop. n.a genus having only one species, the bush poppy. Syn. -- genus Dendromecon. WordNet 1.5]
Den*drom"e*ter(?), n.[Gr. de`ndron tree + -meter: cf. F. dendrom\'8atre.]An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees. 1913 Webster]
Den"e*gate(?), v. t.[L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See Deny.]To deny. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Den`e*ga"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82n\'82gation.]Denial. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Den"gue(d, n.[See Note, below.](Med.)A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal. 1913 Webster]
dandy fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word dengue, denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term dengue became, as last, the name of the disease. Tully. 1913 Webster]
De*ni"a*ble(?), a.[See Deny.]Capable of being, or liable to be, denied. 1913 Webster]
De*ni"al(?), n.[See Deny.]1.The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation. 1913 Webster]
You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.Bp. Stillingfleet. 1913 Webster]
2.A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction. 1913 Webster]
3.A refusal to grant; rejection of a request. 1913 Webster]
The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
4.A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. 1913 Webster]
Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial. 1913 Webster]
De*ni"ance(?), n.Denial. [Obs.] E. Hall. 1913 Webster]
De*ni"er(?), n.One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*nier"(?), n.[F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See Ten, and cf. Denary, Dinar.]A small copper coin of insignificant value. 1913 Webster]
My dukedom to a beggarly denier.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Den"i*grate(?), v. t.[L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.]1.To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
2.Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.] 1913 Webster]
To denigrate the memory of Voltaire.Morley. 1913 Webster]
denigratingadj.harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign; -- used of statements. Syn. -- calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous. WordNet 1.5]
Den`i*gra"tion(?), n.[L. denigratio.]1.The act of making black.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
2.Fig.: A blackening; defamation. 1913 Webster]
The vigorous denigration of science.Morley. 1913 Webster]
Den"i*gra`tor(?), n.One who, or that which, blackens. 1913 Webster]
denigratory(?), a.same as denigrating. PJC]
Den"im(d, n.[Of uncertain origin.]A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc. 1913 Webster]
Den`i*tra"tion(?), n.[Pref. de- + nitrate.]A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid. 1913 Webster]
De*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion(?), n.The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen. 1913 Webster]
De*ni"tri*fy(?), v. t.[Pref. de- + nitrogen + -fy.]To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen. 1913 Webster]
Den`i*za"tion(?), n.The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
De*nize"(d, v. t.To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills.Strype. 1913 Webster]
Den"i*zen(d, n.[OF. denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, and cf. Foreign.]1.A dweller; an inhabitant. \'bdDenizens of air.\'b8 Pope. 1913 Webster]
Denizens of their own free, independent state.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
2.One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen. 1913 Webster]
3.One admitted to residence in a foreign country. 1913 Webster]
Ye gods, denizens, of blest abodes.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Den"i*zen, v. t.1.To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges. 1913 Webster]
As soon as denizened, they domineer.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. 1913 Webster]
There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds.J. D. Hooker. 1913 Webster]
Den"i*zen*ize(?), v. t.To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen.Abbott. 1913 Webster]
Den"i*zen*ship, n.State of being a denizen. 1913 Webster]
Den"mark sat"in(?). See under Satin. 1913 Webster]
Den"net(?), n.A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. (\'bdThe term and vehicle common about 1825.\'b8 Latham.) 1913 Webster]
De*nom"i*na*ble(?), a.Capable of being denominated or named.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*nom"i*nate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Denominated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Denominating(?).][L. denominatus, p. p. of denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See Nominate.]To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate. 1913 Webster]
De*nom"i*nate(?), a.[L. denominatus, p. p.]Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound. 1913 Webster]
De*nom`i*na"tion(?), n.[L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. d\'82nomination a naming.]1.The act of naming or designating. 1913 Webster]
2.That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons. 1913 Webster]
Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime.Burke. 1913 Webster]
3.A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.
Syn. -- Name; appellation; title. See Name. 1913 Webster]
De*nom`i*na"tion*al(?), a.Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. \'bdDenominational differences.\'b8 Buckle. 1913 Webster]
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism(?), n.A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination. 1913 Webster]
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist, n.One imbued with a denominational spirit.The Century. 1913 Webster]
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly, adv.In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect. 1913 Webster]
De*nom`i*na"tive(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82nominatif.]1.Conferring a denomination or name. 1913 Webster]
2.(Logic)Connotative; as, a denominative name. 1913 Webster]
3.Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. 1913 Webster]
The least denominative part of time is a minute.Cocker. 1913 Webster]
4.(Gram.)Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb. 1913 Webster]
De*nom`i*na"tive, n.A denominative name or term; denominative verb.Jer. Taylor. Harkness. 1913 Webster]
De*nom"i*na`tor(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82nominateur.]1.One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name. 1913 Webster]
This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general.Sir W. Raleigh. 1913 Webster]
2.(Arith.)That number placed below the line in common fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided. 1913 Webster]
denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator, 3, shows how many parts are taken. 1913 Webster]
3.(Alg.)That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division. 1913 Webster]
denominator is not necessarily a number, but may be any expression, either positive or negative, real or imaginary.Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.) 1913 Webster]
common denominatora number which can divide either of two or more other numbers without leaving a remainder in any of the divisions; as, 2 and 4 are common denominators of 12 and 28.. --
greatest common denominatorthe largest common denominator of two or more numbers; as, 9 is the greatest common denominator of 18 and 27.. PJC]
De*not"a*ble(?), a.[From Denote.]Capable of being denoted or marked.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
denotatumn.the actual object referred to by a linguistic expression. WordNet 1.5]
De*no"tate(?), v. t.[L. denotatus, p. p. of denotare.]To mark off; to denote. [Archaic] 1913 Webster]
These terms denotate a longer time.Burton. 1913 Webster]
What things should be denotated and signified by the color.Urquhart. 1913 Webster]
De`no*ta"tion(?), n.[L. denotatio: cf. F. d\'82notation.]The marking off or separation of anything.Hammond. 1913 Webster]
De*not"a*tive(?), a.Having power to denote; designating or marking off. 1913 Webster]
Proper names are pre\'89minently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute.Latham. 1913 Webster]
De*note"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Denoted; p. pr. & vb. n.Denoting.][L. denotare; de- + notare to mark, nota mark, sign, note: cf. F. d\'82noter. See Note.]1.To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour. 1913 Webster]
The better to denote her to the doctor.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean. 1913 Webster]
A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort.Gilpin. 1913 Webster]
\'d8D\'82`noue`ment"(?), n.[F. d\'82nouement, fr. d\'82nouer to untie; pref. d\'82- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie, fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.]1.The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance. 1913 Webster]
2.The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome. 1913 Webster]
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De*nounce"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Denounced(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Denouncing.][F. d\'82noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L. denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio, and cf. Denunciate.]1.To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Denouncing wrath to come.Milton. 1913 Webster]
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish.Deut. xxx. 18. 1913 Webster]
2.To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression. 1913 Webster]
His look denounced desperate.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize. 1913 Webster]
Denounced for a heretic.Sir T. More. 1913 Webster]
To denounce the immoralities of Julius C\'91sar.Brougham. 1913 Webster]
False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*noun"cer(?)n.One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. 1913 Webster]
Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Dense(?), a.[L. densus; akin to Gr. / thick with hair or leaves: cf. F. dense.]1.Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. 1913 Webster]
All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare.Ray. 1913 Webster]
To replace the cloudy barrier dense.Cowper. 1913 Webster]
Dense"ly, adv.In a dense, compact manner. 1913 Webster]
Dense"ness, n.The quality of being dense; density. 1913 Webster]
densificationn.an increase in the density of something. Syn. -- compaction, compression, concretion. WordNet 1.5]
Den*sim"e*ter(?), n.[L. densus dense + -meter: cf. F. densim\'8atre.]An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance. 1913 Webster]
densitometern.1.an instrument for determining optical or photographic density. A variety capable of measuring optical density of a sample at a number of different wavelengths, is called a spectrophotometer. WordNet 1.5]
2.same as densimeter. PJC]
densitometryn.measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light through it and measuring the intensity of the transmitted light. WordNet 1.5]
Den"si*ty(d, n.[L. densitas; cf. F. densit\'82.]1.The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity. 1913 Webster]
2.(Physics)The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard. 1913 Webster]
specific gravity, and the same is true of gases when referred to air as a standard. 1913 Webster]
3.(Photog.)Depth of shade.Abney. 1913 Webster]
Dent(d, n.[A variant of Dint.]1.A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] \'bdThat dent of thunder.\'b8 Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. 1913 Webster]
A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter.De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
Dent, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dented; p. pr. & vb. n.Denting.]To make a dent upon; to indent. 1913 Webster]
The houses dented with bullets.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Dent, n.[F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.](Mach.)A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.Knight. 1913 Webster]
den"tal(d, a.[L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]1.Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery. 1913 Webster]
2.(Phon.)Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d and t are dental letters. 1913 Webster]
Dental formula(Zo\'94l.), a brief notation used by zo\'94logists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. --
Dental surgeon, a dentist. 1913 Webster]
Den"tal, n.[Cf. F. dentale. See Dental, a.]1.An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium. 1913 Webster]
Den"tal*ism(d, n.The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Den*ta"li*um(?), n.[NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth.](Zo\'94l.)A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell. 1913 Webster]
Dentarian.a genus usually included in genus Cardamine; in some classifications considered a separate genus. Syn. -- genus Dentaria. WordNet 1.5]
Den"ta*ry(?), a.(Anat.)Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth. -- n.The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.
{ Den"tate(d, Den"ta*ted(d, }a.[L. dentatus, fr. dens, dentis, tooth.]1.(Bot.)Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antenn\'91. 1913 Webster]
Den"tate-cil"i*ate(?), a.(Bot.)Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs. 1913 Webster]
Den"tate*ly(?), adv.In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc. 1913 Webster]
Den"tate-sin"u*ate(?), a.(Bot.)Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate. 1913 Webster]
Den*ta"tion(?), n.Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.] 1913 Webster]
How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation?Paley. 1913 Webster]
Dent"ed(?), a.[From Dent, v. t.]Indented; impressed with little hollows. 1913 Webster]
Dent"el(?), n.Same as Dentil. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Den*telle"(?), n.[F.](Bookbinding)An ornamental tooling like lace.Knight. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Den*tel"li(?), n. pl.[It., sing. dentello, prop., little tooth, dim. of dente tooth, L. dens, dentis. Cf. Dentil.]Modillions.Spectator. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Den"tex(?), n.[NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish.](Zo\'94l.)An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percid\'91. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Den`ti*ce"te(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + cetus, pl. cete, whale, Gr. /.](Zo\'94l.)The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc. 1913 Webster]
Den"ti*cle(?), n.[L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli.]A small tooth or projecting point.
{ Den*tic"u*late(?), Den*tic"u*la`ted(?), }a.[L. denticulatus, fr. denticulus. See Denticle.]Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx. -- Den*tic"u*late*ly(#), adv. 1913 Webster]
Den*tic`u*la"tion(?), n.1.The state of being set with small notches or teeth.Grew. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)A diminutive tooth; a denticle. 1913 Webster]
Den"ti*form(?), a.[L. dens, dentis, tooth + -form: cf. F. dentiforme.]Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped. 1913 Webster]
Den"ti*frice(?), n.[L. dentifricium; dens, dentis, tooth + fricare to rub: cf. F. dentifrice. See Tooth, and Friction.]A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder. 1913 Webster]
Den"til(?), n.[LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. Cf. Dentelli, Denticle, Dentile.](Arch.)A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders. 1913 Webster]
Den`ti*la"bi*al(?), a.Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed. -- n.A dentilabial sound or letter. 1913 Webster]
Den"ti*la`ted(?), a.Toothed. 1913 Webster]
Den`ti*la"tion(?), n.Dentition. 1913 Webster]
Den"ti*lave(?), n.[L. dens, dentis, tooth + lavare to wash.]A wash for cleaning the teeth. 1913 Webster]
Den"tile(?), n.[LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. See Dentil.](Zo\'94l.)A small tooth, like that of a saw. 1913 Webster]
Den`ti*lin"gual(?), a.[L. dens tooth + E. lingual.]Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed. -- n.A dentilingual sound or letter. 1913 Webster]
The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r.Am. Cyc. 1913 Webster]
Den*til"o*quist(?), n.One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed. 1913 Webster]
Den*til"o*quy(?), n.[L. dens, dentis, tooth + loqui to speak.]The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed. 1913 Webster]
Den"ti*nal(?), a.(Anat.)Of or pertaining to dentine. 1913 Webster]
Den"tine(d, n.[Cf. F. dentine.](Anat.)The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel. 1913 Webster]
Den"ti*phone(d, n.[L. dens, dentis, tooth + Gr. fwnh` sound.]An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.Knight. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Den`ti*ros"ter(?), n.; pl.Dentirostres(#).[NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F. dentirostre.](Zo\'94l.)A dentirostral bird. 1913 Webster]
Den`ti*ros"tral(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak. 1913 Webster]
Den"ti*scalp(?), n.[L. dens tooth + scalpere to scrape.]An instrument for scraping the teeth. 1913 Webster]
Den"tist(?), n.[From L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dentiste. See Tooth.]One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.
{ Den*tis"tic(?), Den*tis"ti*cal(?), }a.Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Den"tist*ry(?), n.The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery. 1913 Webster]
Den*ti"tion(?), n.[L. dentitio, fr. dentire to cut teeth, fr. dens, dentis, tooth. See Dentist.]1.The development and cutting of teeth; teething. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)The system of teeth peculiar to an animal. 1913 Webster]
Den"tize(?), v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Dentized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dentizing.][L. dens, dentis, tooth.]To breed or cut new teeth. [R.] 1913 Webster]
The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Den"toid(?), a.[L. dens, dentis, tooth + -oid.]Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped. 1913 Webster]
Den`to*lin"gual(?), a.Dentilingual. 1913 Webster]
Den"ture(?; 135), n.[L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. denture, OF. denteure.](Dentistry)An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth. 1913 Webster]
De*nud"ate(?), v. t.[L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude.]To denude. [Obs. or R.] 1913 Webster]
Den`u*da"tion(?; 277), n.[L. denudatio: cf. F. d\'82nudation.]1.The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. 1913 Webster]
2.(Geol.)The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water. 1913 Webster]
De*nude"(?), v. t.[L. denudare; de- + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See Nude.]To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands; the hurricane denuded the trees. 1913 Webster]
denumerableadj.that can be counted. Syn. -- countable, enumerable, numerable. WordNet 1.5]
De*nun"ci*ate(?), v. t.[L. denuntiatus, denunciatus, p. p. of denuntiare, -ciare. See Denounce.]To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. [R.] 1913 Webster]
To denunciate this new work.Burke. 1913 Webster]
De*nun`ci*a"tion(?), n.[L. denuntiatio, -ciatio.]1.Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Public . . . denunciation of banns before marriage.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment. 1913 Webster]
3.That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment. 1913 Webster]
Uttering bold denunciations of ecclesiastical error.Motley. 1913 Webster]
De*nun"ci*a*tive(?), a.[L. denuntiativus, -ciativus, monitory.]Same as Denunciatory.Farrar. 1913 Webster]
De*nun"ci*a`tor(?), n.[L. denuntiator, -ciator, a police officer.]One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses. 1913 Webster]
De*nun"ci*a*to*ry(?), a.Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language. 1913 Webster]
De`nu*tri"tion(?), n.(Physiol.)The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue. 1913 Webster]
De*ny"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Denied(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Denying.][OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d\'82nier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See Negation.]1.To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit. 1913 Webster]
deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself. 1913 Webster]
2.To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] \'bdIf you deny to dance.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request. 1913 Webster]
Who finds not Providence all good and wise, denies?Pope. 1913 Webster]
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.J. Edwards. 1913 Webster]
4.To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. 1913 Webster]
The falsehood of denying his opinion.Bancroft. 1913 Webster]
To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial. 1913 Webster]
Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.Matt. xvi. 24. 1913 Webster]
De*ny", v. i.To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true. 1913 Webster]
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.Gen. xviii. 15. 1913 Webster]
De*ny"ing*ly, adv.In the manner of one denies a request.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
De`ob*struct"(?), v. t.To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
De*ob"stru*ent(?), a.(Med.)Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient. -- n.(Med.)A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient. 1913 Webster]
De"o*dand`(?), n.[LL. deodandum, fr. L. Deo dandum to be given to God.](Old Eng. Law)A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand. 1913 Webster]
Deodands are unknown in American law, and in 1846 were abolished in England. 1913 Webster]
De`o*dar"(?), n.[Native name, fr. Skr. d, prop., timber of the gods.](Bot.)A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree. 1913 Webster]
De"o*date`(?), n.[L. Deo to God (Deus God) + datum thing given.]A gift or offering to God. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up.Hooker. 1913 Webster]
De*o"dor*ant(?), n.A deodorizer. 1913 Webster]
De*o`dor*i*za"tion(?), n.The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities. 1913 Webster]
De*o"dor*ize(?), v. t.To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities. 1913 Webster]
De*o"dor*i`zer(?), n.He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors. 1913 Webster]
De*on"er*ate(?), v. t.[L. deoneratus, p. p. of deonerare. See Onerate.]To unload; to disburden. [Obs.] Cockeram. 1913 Webster]
De*on`to*log"ic*al(?), a.Pertaining to deontology. 1913 Webster]
De`on*tol"o*gist(?), n.One versed in deontology. 1913 Webster]
De`on*tol"o*gy(?), n.[Gr. / gen. /, necessity, obligation (p. neut. of / it is necessary) + -logy.]The science which relates to duty or moral obligation.J. Bentham. 1913 Webster]
De`o*per"cu*late(?), a.(Bot.)Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses. 1913 Webster]
De*op"pi*late(?), v. t.To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle. 1913 Webster]
De*op`pi*la"tion(?), n.Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
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De*op"pi*la*tive(?), a. & n.(Med.)Deobstruent; aperient. [Obs.] Harvey. 1913 Webster]
De*ox"i*dize(?), v. t.(Chem.)To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide. 1913 Webster]
De*ox"i*di`zer(?), n.(Chem.)That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer. 1913 Webster]
De*ox"y*gen*ate(?), v. t.(Chem.)To deoxidize. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*ox`y*gen*a"tion(?), n.(Chem.)The act or operation of depriving of oxygen. 1913 Webster]
De*ox"y*gen*ize(?), v. t.(Chem.)To deoxidize. 1913 Webster]
deoxyribonucleic acidn.a nucleic acid, usually of very high molecular weight, consisting of a linear sequence of monomer units of deoxyribonucleotides, occurring in most organisms in pairs of strands, wound together in the form of a double helix; it is the main component of chromosomes and contains the genetic information which is the basis of heredity, transmitted from parent to progeny, and found in all living organisms except for certain viruses which have RNA as their basic genetic material; -- usually referred to by the acronym DNA. Syn. -- DNA, desoxyribonucleic acid. PJC]
PJC]
deoxyribonucleotiden.an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5 (abbreviated TMP), deoxyadenosine-5 (abbreviated dAMP), deoxyguanosine-5 (abbreviated dGMP), and deoxycytidine-5 (abbreviated dCMP). PJC]
deoxyribosen.a pentose (C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen. PJC]
deoxyribosenucleic acidn.same as deoxyribonucleic acid. [Rare] PJC]
De*paint"(?), p. p.[F. d\'82peint, p. p. of d\'82peindre to paint, fr. L. depingere. See Depict, p. p.]Painted. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
De*paint", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depainted; p. pr. & vb. n.Depainting.]1.To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
And do unwilling worship to the saint depainted he did see.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted.Holland. 1913 Webster]
2.To mark with, or as with, color; to color. 1913 Webster]
Silver drops her vermeil cheeks depaint.Fairfax. 1913 Webster]
De*paint"er(?)n.One who depaints. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*par"dieux`(?), interj.[OF., a corruption of de part Dieu, lit., on the part of God.]In God's name; certainly. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
De*part"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Departed; p. pr. & vb. n.Departing.][OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. d\'82partir to divide, distribute, se d\'82partir to separate one's self, depart; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + partir to part, depart, fr. L. partire, partiri, to divide, fr. pars part. See Part.]1.To part; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; -- opposed to arrive; -- often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination. 1913 Webster]
I will depart to mine own land.Num. x. 30. 1913 Webster]
Ere thou from hence depart.Milton. 1913 Webster]
He which hath no stomach to this fight, depart.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading. 1913 Webster]
If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles.Madison. 1913 Webster]
4.To pass away; to perish. 1913 Webster]
The glory is departed from Israel.1 Sam. iv. 21. 1913 Webster]
5.To quit this world; to die. 1913 Webster]
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.Luke ii. 29. 1913 Webster]
To depart with, to resign; to part with. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*part", v. t.1.To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Till death departed them, this life they lead.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.To divide in order to share; to apportion. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
And here is gold, and that full great plentee, departed been among us three.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
3.To leave; to depart from. \'bdHe departed this life.\'b8 Addison. \'bdEre I depart his house.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*part", n.[Cf. F. d\'82part, fr. d\'82partir.]1.Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The chymists have a liquor called water of depart.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
departedn. sing. & pl.someone who is no longer alive; as, let us pray for the departed. Syn. -- dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent. WordNet 1.5]
departedadj.1.past; -- used of time; as, departed summers. Syn. -- bygone, bypast, foregone, gone. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2.dead; as, our dear departed parents. [euphemistic] Syn. -- asleep(predicate), at peace(predicate), at rest(predicate), cold, deceased, gone. WordNet 1.5]
departingadj.leaving a starting or stopping point on a journey; as, Departing flights were delayed by the snowstorm. Opposite of arriving. [prenominal] Syn. -- outbound, outward, outward-bound. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
De*part"er(?), n.1.One who refines metals by separation. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.One who departs. 1913 Webster]
De*part"ment(?), n.[F. d\'82partement, fr. d\'82partir. See Depart, v. i.]1.Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Sudden departments from one extreme to another.Wotton. 1913 Webster]
2.A part, portion, or subdivision. 1913 Webster]
3.A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. 1913 Webster]
Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
4.Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics. 1913 Webster]
5.A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire. 1913 Webster]
6.A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac. 1913 Webster]
De`part*men"tal(?), a.Pertaining to a department or division.Burke. 1913 Webster]
De*part"ment store. A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
No other remedy . . . but absolute departure.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away. 1913 Webster]
Departure from this happy place.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.Removal from the present life; death; decease. 1913 Webster]
The time of my departure is at hand.2 Tim. iv. 6. 1913 Webster]
His timely departure . . . barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries.Sir P. Sidney. 1913 Webster]
4.Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose. 1913 Webster]
Any departure from a national standard.Prescott. 1913 Webster]
5.(Law)The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.Bouvier. 1913 Webster]
6.(Nav. & Surv.)The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line. 1913 Webster]
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To take a departure(Nav. & Surv.), to ascertain, usually by taking bearings from a landmark, the position of a vessel at the beginning of a voyage as a point from which to begin her dead reckoning; as, the ship took her departure from Sandy Hook.
Syn. -- Death; demise; release. See Death. 1913 Webster]
De*pas"cent(?), a.[L. depascens, p. pr. of depascere; de- + pascere to feed.]Feeding. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*pas"ture(?; 135), v. t. & i.To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
A right to cut wood upon or departure land.Washburn. 1913 Webster]
De*pa"tri*ate(?), v. t. & i.[L. de- + patria one's country.]To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
A subject born in any state depatriate.Mason. 1913 Webster]
De*pau"per*ate(?), v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Depauperated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depauperating(?).][LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.]To make poor; to impoverish. 1913 Webster]
Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain.Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
De*pau"per*ate(?), a.[L. depauperatus, p. p.](Bot.)Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.Gray. 1913 Webster]
De*pau"per*ize(?), v. t.To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De*peach"(?), v. t.[L. d\'82p\'88cher. See Dispatch.]To discharge. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached.Hakluyt. 1913 Webster]
De*pec"ti*ble(?), a.[L. depectere to comb off; de- + pectere to comb.]Tough; thick; capable of extension. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
De*pec`u*la"tion(?), n.[L. depeculari, p. p. depeculatus, to rob. See Peculate.]A robbing or embezzlement. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Depeculation of the public treasure.Hobbes. 1913 Webster]
De*peinct"(?), v. t.[See Depaint.]To paint. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
De*pend"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Depended; p. pr. & vb. n.Depending.][F. d\'82pendre, fr. L. depend/re; de- + pend/re to hang. See Pendant.]1.To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. 1913 Webster]
And ever-living lamps depend in rows.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court. 1913 Webster]
You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition.Burke. 1913 Webster]
3.To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of. 1913 Webster]
The truth of God's word dependeth not of the truth of the congregation.Tyndale. 1913 Webster]
The conclusion . . . that our happiness depends little on political institutions, and much on the temper and regulation of our own minds.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Heaven forming each on other to depend.Pope. 1913 Webster]
4.To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour. 1913 Webster]
But if you 're rough, and use him like a dog, Depend upon it -- he 'll remain incog.Addison. 1913 Webster]
5.To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
6.To impend. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
dependabilityn.the trait of being dependable or reliable. Syn. -- dependableness, reliability, reliableness. WordNet 1.5]
De*pend"a*ble(?), a.Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy. \'bdDependable friendships.\'b8 Pope.
dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent. 1913 Webster]
De*pend"ence(?), n.[LL. dependentia, fr. L. dependens. See Dependent, and cf. Dependance.]1.The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause). 1913 Webster]
The cause of effects, and the dependence of one thing upon another.Bp. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
3.Mutual connection and support; concatenation; systematic inter-relation. 1913 Webster]
So dark and so intricate of purpose, without any dependence or order.Sir T. More. 1913 Webster]
4.Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self; a lack of independence or self-sufficiency. Syn. -- dependance, dependency. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Reduced to a servile dependence on their mercy.Burke. 1913 Webster]
5.A resting with confidence; reliance; trust. 1913 Webster]
Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul.T. Erskine. 1913 Webster]
6.That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence. 1913 Webster]
7.That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else. 1913 Webster]
Like a large cluster of black grapes they show dependence from the bough.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
8.A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To go on now with my first dependence.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
De*pend"en*cy(?), n.; pl.Dependencies(/).1.State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust. 1913 Webster]
Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other.Sir J. Reynolds.
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So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.A thing hanging down; a dependence. 1913 Webster]
3.That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like. 1913 Webster]
This earth and its dependencies.T. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances.Locke. 1913 Webster]
4.A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America. 1913 Webster]
Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4. 1913 Webster]
De*pend"ent(?), a.[L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]1.Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. 1913 Webster]
2.Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent. [Narrower terms: interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage; myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree. 1913 Webster]
England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
3.conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional. Syn. -- qualified. WordNet 1.5]
Dependent contract(Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed. --
Dependent variable(Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable. 1913 Webster]
De*pend"ent, n.1.One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. 1913 Webster]
A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
2.That which depends; corollary; consequence. 1913 Webster]
With all its circumstances and dependents.Prynne. 1913 Webster]
Dependant. 1913 Webster]
De*pend"ent*ly, adv.In a dependent manner. 1913 Webster]
De*pend"er(?), n.One who depends; a dependent. 1913 Webster]
De*pend"ing*ly, adv.As having dependence.Hale. 1913 Webster]
De*peo"ple(?), v. t.To depopulate. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*per"dit(?), n.[LL. deperditum, fr. L. deperditus, p. p. of deperdere; de- + perdere to lose, destroy.]That which is lost or destroyed. [R.] Paley. 1913 Webster]
De*per"dite*ly(?), adv.Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked. [Archaic] 1913 Webster]
Dep`er*di"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82perdition.]Loss; destruction. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*phase"(?), v. t.(Elec.)To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternating current. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
De*phlegm"(?), v. t.[Pref. de- + phlegm water; cf. F. d\'82phlegmer, d\'82flegmer.](O. Chem.)To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. [Obs.] Boyle. 1913 Webster]
De*phleg"mate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dephlegmated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dephlegmating.][See Dephlegm.](Chem.)To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids. 1913 Webster]
De`phleg*ma"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82flegmation.](Chem.)The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
De*phleg"ma*tor(?), n.An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected. 1913 Webster]
De*phleg"ma*to*ry(?), a.Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation. 1913 Webster]
De*phlegm"ed*ness(?), n.A state of being freed from water. [Obs.] Boyle. 1913 Webster]
De`phlo*gis"tic*cate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dephlogisticated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dephlogisticating.][Pref. de- + phlosticate: cf. F. d\'82phlogistiguer.](O. Chem.)To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability.Priestley. 1913 Webster]
Dephlogisticated air, oxygen gas; -- so called by Dr. Priestly and others of his time.
-- De`phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion(#), n. 1913 Webster]
De*phos`phor*i*za"tion(?), n.The act of freeing from phosphorous. 1913 Webster]
De*pict"(d, p. p.[L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.]Depicted.Lydgate. 1913 Webster]
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De*pict"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depicted; p. pr. & vb. n.Depicting.]1.To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray. 1913 Webster]
His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
2.To represent in words; to describe vividly. 1913 Webster]
C\'91sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language.Motley. 1913 Webster]
depictedadj.represented graphically by sketch or design or lines. Syn. -- pictured, portrayed. WordNet 1.5]
De*pic"tion(?), n.[L. depictio.]A painting or depicting; a representation. 1913 Webster]
De*pic"ture(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depictured(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depicturing.]To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict. 1913 Webster]
Several persons were depictured in caricature.Fielding. 1913 Webster]
Dep"i*late(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depilated; p. pr. & vb. n.Depilating.][L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.]To strip of hair; to husk.Venner. 1913 Webster]
Dep`i*la"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82pilation.]Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
De*pil"a*to*ry(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82pilatoire.]Having the quality or power of removing hair. -- n.An application used to take off hair. 1913 Webster]
Dep"i*lous(?), a.[Pref. de- + pilous: cf. L. depilis.]Hairless.Sir t. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De*pla"nate(?), a.[L. deplanetus, p. p. of deplanare to make level. See Plane, v. t.](Bot.)Flattened; made level or even. 1913 Webster]
De*plant"(?), v. t.[Pref. de- + plan: cf. F. d\'82planter, L. deplantare to take off a twig. See Plant, v. t.]To take up (plants); to transplant. [R.] 1913 Webster]
De`plan*ta"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82plantation.]Act of taking up plants from beds. 1913 Webster]
De*plete"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depleted; p. pr. & vb. n.Depleting.][From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a.]1.(Med.)To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.Copland. 1913 Webster]
2.To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.Saturday Review. 1913 Webster]
De*ple"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82pl\'82tion.]1.The act of depleting or emptying. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea. 1913 Webster]
De*ple"tive(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82pl\'82tif.]Able or fitted to deplete. -- n.A substance used to deplete. 1913 Webster]
De*ple"to*ry(?), a.Serving to deplete. 1913 Webster]
Dep`li*ca"tion(?), n.[LL. deplicare to unfold; L. de- + plicare to fold.]An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. [Obs.] W. Montagu. 1913 Webster]
Dep`loi*ta"tion(?), n.[Cf. Exploitation, Deploy.]Same as Exploitation. 1913 Webster]
De*plor"a*ble(?), a.[Cf. F. d\'82plorable.]Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable. 1913 Webster]
Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others.Burke. 1913 Webster]
De*plor"a*ble*ness, n.State of being deplorable. 1913 Webster]
De*plor"a*bly, adv.In a deplorable manner. 1913 Webster]
De*plo"rate(?), a.[L. deploratus, p. p. of deplorare. See Deplore.]Deplorable. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
A more deplorate estate.Baker. 1913 Webster]
Dep`lo*ra"tion(?), n.[L. deploratio: cf. F. d\'82ploration.]The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.Speed. 1913 Webster]
De*plore"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deplored(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deploring.][L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. d\'82plorer. Cf. Flow.]1.To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. 1913 Webster]
To find her, or forever to deplore Milton. 1913 Webster]
As some sad turtle his lost love deplores.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.To complain of. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To regard as hopeless; to give up. [Obs.] Bacon.
Syn. -- To Deplore, Mourn, Lament, Bewail, Bemoan.Mourn is the generic term, denoting a state of grief or sadness. To lament is to express grief by outcries, and denotes an earnest and strong expression of sorrow. To deplore marks a deeper and more prolonged emotion. To bewail and to bemoan are appropriate only to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and sobs. A man laments his errors, and deplores the ruin they have brought on his family; mothers bewail or bemoan the loss of their children. 1913 Webster]
De*plore", v. i.To lament.Gray. 1913 Webster]
De*plor"ed*ly(?), adv.Lamentably. 1913 Webster]
De*plor"ed*ness, n.The state of being deplored or deplorable. [R.] Bp. Hail. 1913 Webster]
De*plor"ing*ly, adv.In a deploring manner. 1913 Webster]
De*ploy"(?), v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Deployed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deploying.][F. d\'82ployer; pref. d\'82/ = d\'82s (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Display.](Mil.)To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle. 1913 Webster]
de*ploy"(?), v. t.To place (people or other resources) into a position so as to be ready to for action or use. PJC]
{ De*ploy"(?), De*ploy"ment(?), }n.(Mil.)The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.Wilhelm. 1913 Webster]
Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.H. L. Scott. 1913 Webster]
deploymentn.the arrangement or distribution (of resources such as people or equipment), in preparation for battle or work. WordNet 1.5]
De*plu"mate(?), a.[LL. diplumatus, p. p. of deplumare. See Deplume.](Zo\'94l.)Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed. 1913 Webster]
Dep`lu*ma"tion(?), n.[See Deplumate.]1.The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.Bp. Stillingfleet 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes.Thomas. 1913 Webster]
De*plume"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deplumed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depluming.][LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. d\'82plumer.]1.To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. 1913 Webster]
On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
2.To lay bare; to expose. 1913 Webster]
The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age.De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
De*po`lar*i*za"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. d\'82polarisation.]The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. 1913 Webster]
Depolarization of light(Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to the unpolarized condition. 1913 Webster]
De*po"lar*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depolarized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depolarizing.][Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. d\'82polarizer.]1.(Opt.)To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition. 1913 Webster]
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2.(Elec.)To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery. 1913 Webster]
De*po"lar*i`zer(?), n.(Elec.)A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery. 1913 Webster]
De*pol"ish(d, v. t.To remove the polish or glaze from. 1913 Webster]
De*pol"ish*ing(d, n.(Ceramics)The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain.Knight. 1913 Webster]
De*pone"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deponed(-p; p. pr. & vb. n.Deponing.][L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.]1.To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] Hudibras. 1913 Webster]
2.To lay down. [R.] Southey. 1913 Webster]
3.To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] 1913 Webster]
Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference.State Trials(1606). 1913 Webster]
De*pone", v. i.To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism] 1913 Webster]
The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree.Dunlop. 1913 Webster]
De*po"nent(?), n.[L. deponenes, -entis, laying down. See Depone, v. t.]1.(Law)One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing. 1913 Webster]
2.(Gr. & Lat. Gram.)A deponent verb.
Syn. -- Deponent, Affiant. These are legal terms describing a person who makes a written declaration under oath, with a view to establish certain facts. An affiant is one who makes an affidavit, or declaration under oath, in order to establish the truth of what he says. A deponenet is one who makes a deposition, or gives written testimony under oath, to be used in the trial of some case before a court of justice. See under Deposition. 1913 Webster]
De*po"nent, a.[L. deponens, -entis, laying down (its proper passive meaning), p. pr. of deponere: cf. F. d\'82ponent. See Depone.](Gram.)Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs. 1913 Webster]
De*pop"u*la*cy(?), n.Depopulation; destruction of population. [R.] Chapman. 1913 Webster]
De*pop"u*late(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depopulated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depopulating(?).][L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. d\'82peupler. See People.]To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. 1913 Webster]
Where is this viper, depopulate the city?Shak. 1913 Webster]
laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. 1913 Webster]
De*pop"u*late, v. i.To become dispeopled. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Whether the country be depopulating or not.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
De*pop`u*la"tion(?), n.[L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. d\'82population depopulation.]The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. 1913 Webster]
The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete.Motley. 1913 Webster]
De*pop"u*la`tor(?), n.[L., pillager.]One who depopulates; a dispeopler. 1913 Webster]
De*port"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deported; p. pr. & vb. n.Deporting.][F. d\'82porter to transport for life, OF., to divert, amuse, from L. deportare to carry away; de- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor.]1.To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment; to expel (from a region or country). 1913 Webster]
He told us he had been deported to Spain.Walsh. 1913 Webster]
2.To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. 1913 Webster]
Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince.Pope. 1913 Webster]
De`por*ta"tion(?), n.[L. depotatio: cf. F. d\'82portation.]The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. 1913 Webster]
In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors.Atterbury. 1913 Webster]
deporteen.a person who was expelled from home or country by governmental authority; one who has been deported. Syn. -- exile. WordNet 1.5]
De*port"ment(?), n.[F. d\'82portement misconduct, OF., demeanor. See Deport.]Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing. 1913 Webster]
The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through many difficulties.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Stately port and majestical deporture.Speed. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being deposed or deprived of office.Howell. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"al(?), n.The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.Fox. 1913 Webster]
De*pose"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deposed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deposing.][FF. d\'82poser, in the sense of L. deponere to put down; but from pref. d\'82- (L. de) + poser to place. See Pose, Pause.]1.To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Thus when the state one Edward did depose, Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Additional mud deposed upon it.Woodward. 1913 Webster]
3.To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. 1913 Webster]
A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed.Prynne. 1913 Webster]
4.To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.Abbott. 1913 Webster]
To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
5.To put under oath. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Depose him in the justice of his cause.Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*pose", v. i.To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition. 1913 Webster]
Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose, Shak. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"er(?), n.1.One who deposes or degrades from office. 1913 Webster]
2.One who testifies or deposes; a deponent. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"it(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deposited; p. pr. & vb. n.Depositing.][L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See Depone, and cf. Deposit, n.]1.To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. 1913 Webster]
The fear is deposited in conscience.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
2.To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. 1913 Webster]
3.To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order. 1913 Webster]
If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error.Hammond. 1913 Webster]
deposite. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"it, n.[L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. d\'82p\'93t, OF. depost. See Deposit, v. t., and cf. Depot.]1.That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river). 1913 Webster]
The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.Kirwan. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mining)A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.Raymond. 1913 Webster]
3.That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security. 1913 Webster]
4.(Law)(a)A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.(b)Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing. 1913 Webster]
5.A place of deposit; a depository. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Bank of deposit. See under Bank. --
In deposit, or
On deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a deposit; as, coins were received on deposit. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"i*ta*ry(?), n.; pl.Depositaries(#).[L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.]1.One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. 1913 Webster]
I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.J. S. Mill. 1913 Webster]
2.A storehouse; a depository.Bp. Hurd. 1913 Webster]
3.(Law)One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.Kent. 1913 Webster]
Dep`o*si"tion(?), n.[L. depositio, fr. deponere: cf. F. d\'82position. See Deposit.]1.The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation. 1913 Webster]
The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles.H. Miller. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of bringing before the mind; presentation. 1913 Webster]
The influence of princes upon the dispositions of their courts needs not the deposition of their examples, since it hath the authority of a known principle.W. Montagu. 1913 Webster]
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3.The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal. 1913 Webster]
deposition differs from an abdication, an abdication being voluntary, and a deposition compulsory. 1913 Webster]
4.That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter. 1913 Webster]
5.An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration. 1913 Webster]
6.(Law)The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.
Syn. -- Deposition, Affidavit.Affidavit is the wider term. It denotes any authorized ex parte written statement of a person, sworn to or affirmed before some competent magistrate. It is made without cross-examination, and requires no notice to an opposing party. It is generally signed by the party making it, and may be drawn up by himself or any other person. A deposition is the written testimony of a witness, taken down in due form of law, and sworn to or affirmed by the deponent. It must be taken before some authorized magistrate, and upon a prescribed or reasonable notice to the opposing party, that may attend and cross-examine. It is generally written down from the mouth of the witness by the magistrate, or some person for him, and in his presence. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"i*tor(d, n.[L., fr. deponere. See Depone.]One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"i*to*ry(-t, n.; pl.Depositories(-r.1.A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records. 1913 Webster]
2.One with whom something is deposited; a depositary. 1913 Webster]
I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me.Junius. 1913 Webster]
\'d8De*pos"i*tum(-t, n.[L.]Deposit. 1913 Webster]
De*pos"i*ture(-t, n.The act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
De"pot(dFrench d, n.[F. d\'82p\'93t, OF. depost, fr. L. depositum a deposit. See Deposit, n.]1.A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. 1913 Webster]
The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom.Brit. Critic (1794). 1913 Webster]
2.(Mil.)(a)A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.(b)(Eng. & France)The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for. 1913 Webster]
3.A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight. [U. S.]
Dep`ra*va"tion(d, n.[L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. d\'82pravation. See Deprave.]1.Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, depravation.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting. 1913 Webster]
3.The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. 1913 Webster]
The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment.Sir G. C. Lewis. 1913 Webster]
4.(Med.)Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Syn. -- Depravity; corruption. See Depravity. 1913 Webster]
De*prave"(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depraved(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Depraving.][L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.]1.To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide deprave thy person with a proud heart.Piers Plowman. 1913 Webster]
2.To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt. 1913 Webster]
Whose pride depraves each other better part.Spenser.
Syn. -- To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute. 1913 Webster]
De*prav"ed*ly(?), adv.In a depraved manner. 1913 Webster]
De*prav"er(d, n.One who depraves or corrupts. 1913 Webster]
De*prav"ing*ly, adv.In a depraving manner. 1913 Webster]
De*prav"i*ty(?), n.[From Deprave: cf. L. pravitas crookedness, perverseness.]The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle. 1913 Webster]
Total depravity. See Original sin, and Calvinism.
Syn. -- Corruption; vitiation; wickedness; vice; contamination; degeneracy. -- Depravity, Depravation, Corruption. Depravilty is a vitiated state of mind or feeling; as, the depravity of the human heart; depravity of public morals. Depravation points to the act or process of making depraved, and hence to the end thus reached; as, a gradual depravation of principle; a depravation of manners, of the heart, etc. Corruption is the only one of these words which applies to physical substances, and in reference to these denotes the process by which their component parts are dissolved. Hence, when figuratively used, it denotes an utter vitiation of principle or feeling. Depravity applies only to the mind and heart: we can speak of a depraved taste, or a corrupt taste; in the first we introduce the notion that there has been the influence of bad training to pervert; in the second, that there is a want of true principle to pervert; in the second, that there is a want of true principles to decide. The other two words have a wider use: we can speak of the depravation or the corruption of taste and public sentiment. Depravity is more or less open; corruption is more or less disguised in its operations. What is depraved requires to be reformed; what is corrupt requires to be purified. 1913 Webster]
dep"re*ca*ble(?), a.[L. deprecabilis exorable.]That may or should be deprecated.Paley. 1913 Webster]
dep"re*cate(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deprecated(-k; p. pr. & vb. n.Deprecating(-k.][L. deprecatus, p. p. of deprecari to avert by prayer, to deprecate; de- + precari to pray. See Pray.]To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to desire the removal of. [archaic] 1913 Webster]
2.To protest against; to advance reasons against. PJC]
His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
3.To disapprove of strongly; to express a low opinion of. PJC]
Dep"re*ca`ting*ly(-k, adv.In a deprecating manner. 1913 Webster]
Dep`re*ca"tion(d, n.[L. deprecatio; cf. F. d\'82pr\'82cation.]1.The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented. [archaic] 1913 Webster]
Humble deprecation.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Entreaty for pardon; petitioning. 1913 Webster]
3.An imprecation or curse. [Obs.] Gilpin. 1913 Webster]
4.A strong expression of disapprobation; an expression of a low opinion. PJC]
Dep"re*ca*tive(d, a.[L. deprecativus: cf. F. d\'82pr\'82catif.]Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. 1913 Webster]
De*pre"ci*ate(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depreciated(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Depreciating(d.][L. depretiatus, depreciatus, p. p. of depretiare, -ciare, to depreciate; de- + pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price.]To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.Addison. 1913 Webster]
Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.Cudworth. 1913 Webster]
To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.Burke.
Syn. -- To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See Decry. 1913 Webster]
De*pre"ci*ate, v. i.To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie. 1913 Webster]
De*pre`ci*a"tion(d, n.[Cf. F. d\'82pr\'82ciation.]1.The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation. 1913 Webster]
2.The falling of value; reduction of worth.Burke. 1913 Webster]
3.the state of being depreciated. 1913 Webster]
De*pre"ci*a`tive(dor d, a.Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing. -- De*pre"ci*a`tive*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
De*pre"ci*a`tor(?), n.[L.]One who depreciates. 1913 Webster]
Dep"re*da*ble(?), a.Liable to depredation. [Obs.] \'bdMade less depredable.\'b8 Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Dep"re*date(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Depredated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depredating(?).][L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.]To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. 1913 Webster]
It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Dep"re*date, v. i.To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country. 1913 Webster]
Dep`re*da"tion(?), n.[L. depraedatio: cf. F. d\'82pr\'82dation.]The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land. 1913 Webster]
Dep"re*da`tor(?), n.[L. depraedator.]One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber. 1913 Webster]
Dep"re*da`to*ry(?), a.Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion. 1913 Webster]
De*pred"i*cate(?), v. t.[Pref. de- (intensive) + predicate.]To proclaim; to celebrate. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dep`re*hend"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deprehended; p. pr. & vb. n.Deprehending.][L. deprehendere, deprehensum; de- + prehendere to lay hold of, seize. See Prehensile.]1.To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend. 1913 Webster]