cles; a falling from a more exalted state to one of less | DEI-FIED (de'e-fide), pp. or a. Exalted or ranked among worth. 2. The thing degenerated. DE-GENER-OUS, a. 1. Degenerated; fallen from a state DE-GLUTIN-ATE, v. t. [L. deglutino.] To unglue; to DE-GRADEMENT, n. Deprivation of rank or office. DEG-RA-VATION, n. [L. degravo.) Act of making heavy. DE-GUSTING, ppr. Tasting. DE-HISCE' (de-hiss), v. i. To gape. In botany, to open, as the capsules of plants. Lindley. DE-HIS CENCE, n. [L. dehiscens.] A gaping.-In botany, the opening of capsules in plants, and of the cells of anthers for emitting pollen, &c.; the season when capsules open. DE-HIS'CENT, a. Opening, as the capsule of a plant. DE-HORTED, pp. Dissuaded. DE-HORT-ATION, n. Dissuasion; advice or counsel against DE-HORTA-TO-RY, a. Dissuading; belonging to dissuasion. DET-CIDE, n. [It. deicidio.] 1. The act of putting to death DE-IFIC, a. [L. deus and facio.] 1. Divine; pertaining to DE-IF-IC-A'TION, n. The act of deifying; the act of exalt- }n. One who deifies. the gods; regarded or praised as divine. DEI-FI-ER, DET-FY-ER, S" DE'I-FORM, a. [L. deus and forma.] Like a god; of a godlike form. + DE-I-FORMT-TY, n. Resemblance of deity. DEI-FY, v. t. [L. deus and facio.] 1. To make a god; to ex alt to the rank of a heathen deity; to enroll among the deities. 2. To exalt into an object of worship; to treat as an object of supreme regard. 3. To exalt to a deity in estimation; to reverence or praise as a deity. DEI-FY-ING, ppr. Exalting to the rank of a deity; treating as divine. DEIGN (dane), v. i. [Fr. daigner.) To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend. DEIGN (dane), v. t. To grant or allow; to condescend to give to.-Shak. DEIGNED (dand), pp. Granted; condescended. DEI-NO-THERI-UM, n. [Gr. δεινος, terrible, and θηριον, a DE-IP'A-ROUS, a. [L. deiparus.] Bearing or bringing forth DE-ISTIC, a. Pertaining to deism or to deists; em- discouraged. DE-JECTED-LY, adv. In a dejected manner; sadly; heavily.-Bacon. DE-JECTED-NESS, n. The state of being cast down; lowness of spirits. DE-JECTING, ppr. Casting down; depressing; dispiriting. DE-JEETLY, adv. In a down-cast manner. DE-JECTURE (de-jektyur), n. That which is ejected; excrements. - Arbuthnot. † DEJER-ATE, v. t. [L. dejero.] To swear deeply. DEJ-ER-A'TION, n. A taking of a solemn oath. DE-JEU-NER, (da-zhu-na), n. [Fr.] Breakfast. Also, DE-JEU-NE, used of late in the fashionable world for lunch. Gilbert. DE JU'RE. [L.) Of right. See DE FACTO. † DE-LAC-ER-ATION, n. [L. delacero.] A tearing in pieces. +DEL-AC-TATION, n. [L. delactatio.] A weaning. slide down. DE-LAPSED (de-lapst), pp. or a. Fallen down. tle used.] 2. To accuse, to inform against; that is, to bear a charge against-Ben Jonson. DE-LATION, . 1. Carriage; conveyance; [little used.] 2. Accusation; act of charging with a crime; [a term of the civil law.) DE-LATOR, n. [L.] An accuser; an informer. DE-LAY, .. [Fr. delai.] 1. To prolong the time of acting or proceeding; to put off. 2. To hinder for a time; to restrain motion, or render it slow. 3. To allay.-Spenser; [not in use.]-SYN. To defer; postpone; adjourn; procrastinate; protract; retard, withhold; detain; stop. DE-LAY, To linger; to move slow; or to stop for a time. DE-LAY, 2. 1. A lingering; stay; stop. 2. A putting off, or deferring; procrastination. 3. Hinderance for a time. DE-LAYED (de-lade'), pp. Deferred; detained; hindered for a time; retarded. DE-LAYER, 2. One who defers; one who lingers. DE-LAYING, ppr. Putting off; deferring; procrastinating; retarding; detaining. DE-LAYMENT, n. Hinderance. Gower. DEL CREDER-E, n. [lt.] A del credere commission is one under which an agent for selling goods binds himself, for an additional premium, to see that payment is punctually made.-Bouvier. DELE, n. 2. L. imperative of delco.] Blot out; erase. DELE-BLE, a. [L. delebilis.) That can be blotted out. More DE-LECTA-BLF, a. [L. delectabilis.] Delightful; highly pleasing; that gives great joy or pleasure. DE-LECTA-BLENESS, n. Delightfulness.-Barret. DE-LECTA-BLY, adv. Delightfully. DE-LEE-TATION, n. Great pleasure; delight.-More. DELE-GA-CY, n. A number of persons delegated.-Laud. DELE-GATE, v. t. [L. delego.] 1. To send away; appropriately, to send on an embassy; to send with power to transact business, as a representative. 2. To intrust; to commit: to deliver to another's care and exercise. DELE-GATE, n. 1. A person appointed and sent by another with powers to transact business in his stead.-2. In Great Britain, a commissioner appointed by the king, under the great seal, to hear and determine appeals from the ecclesiastical court. Hence, the court of delegates is the great court of appeal in all ecclesiastical causes. 3. A layman appointed to attend an ecclesiastical council.SYN. Deputy; representative; commissioner; vicar; substitute. DELE-GATE, a. Deputed sent to act for or represent another. Taylor. DELE-GA-TED, pp. or a. Deputed; sent with a trust or commission to act for another; appointed a judge; committed, as authority. DEL/E-GA-TING, ppr. Deputing; sending with a commission to act for another; appointing, committing; intrusting. DEL-E-GATION, n. L. A sending away; the act of putting in commission, or investing with authority to act for an. other; the appointment of a delegate.-Burke. 2. The persons deputed to act for another, or for others.-3. In the civil lase, the assignment of a debt to another, as when a debtor transfers to another person the obligation to pay, or a creditor makes over to a third person the right to receive payment. DE-LEN'DA EST CAR-THA'GO. [L.] Carthage must be annihilated-our rival must be destroyed. DEL-E-NIFIC-AL, a. Having the virtue to ease or assuage pain. DE-LETE, .t. [L. deleo.) To blot out. Fuller. DEL-E-TERI-OUS, a. [L. deleterius.] 1. Having the quality of destroying or extinguishing life; destructive; poison ous. 2. Injurious; pernicious. DELE-TER-Y, 4, Destructive; poisonous.-Hudibras. DELF, n. [Sax. delfan.] 1. A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; [rarely used.) 2. Earthen-ware, covered with enamel or white glazing, in imitation of China-ware or porcelain, made at Delft, in Holland; properly, Delft-ware. DELI-AC, n. [from Delos.) In the arts, a kind of sculptured vase; also, beautiful bronze and silver.-Elmes. DELT-BATE, v. t. [L. delibo.] To taste; to take a sip. [Little used.) DEL-I-BATION, π. A taste: an essay. [Little used.] DE-LIBER-ATE, v. i. [L. delibero.] To weigh the reasons for and against a measure; to estimate the weight or force of arguments, or the probable consequences of a measure, in order to a choice or decision; to pause.-SYN. To consider; ponder; counsel; judge; debate; hesitate; demur. DE-LIBER-ATE, v. 1. To balance in the mind; to weigh; to consider.-Laud. DE-LIBER-ATE. a. 1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining. 2. Formed with deliberation; well advised or considered; not sudden or rash. 3. Slow. Bacon.-SYN. Cautious; circumspect; cool; discreet; wary; advised; thoughtful; considerate. DE-LIBER-A-TED, pp. Balanced in the mind; considered. DE-LIBER-ATE-LY, adv. With careful consideration or deliberation; circumspectly; not hastily or rashly; slowly. DE-LIBER-A-TING, ppr. Balancing in the mind; weighing; considering. DE-LIBER-ATE-NESS, n. Calm consideration; circum. spection; due attention to the arguments for and against a measure; caution. DE-LIB-ER-ATION, n. [L. deliberatio.] 1. The act of deliberating; the act of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure, consideration. 2. Mutual discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure. - SYN. Thoughtfulness; circumspection; reflection; consideration; wariness; caution; coolness; prudence. DE-LIBER-A-TIVE, a. 1. Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by mutual discussion and examination. 2. Having a right or power to deliberate or discuss. 3. Apt or disposed to consider DE-LIBER-A-TIVE, n. A discourse, in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined. DE-LIBER-A-TIVE-LY, adv. By deliberation.-Burke. DELT-CA-CY, n. [Fr. delicatessc.] 1. Fineness of texture; smoothness; softness; tenderness. 2. Daintiness, pleasantness to the taste. 3. Elegant or feminine beauty. 4. Nicety; minute accuracy. 5. Neatness in dress; elegance proceeding from a nice selection and adjustment of the several parts of dress. 6. Softness of manners; civility or politeness proceeding from a nice observance of propriety and a desire to please. 7. Indulgence; gentle treatment. 8. Tenderness; scrupulousness; the quality manifested in nice attention to right, and care to avoid wrong or offense. 9. Acute or nice perception of what is pleasing to the sense of tasting; hence, figuratively, a nice perception of beauty and deformity, or the faculty of such nice perception. 10. That which delights the senses, particularly the taste. 11. Tenderness of constitution; weakness; that quality or state of the animal body which renders it very impressible to injury. 12. Smallness; fineness; slenderness; tenuity. 13. Tenderness, nice susceptibility of impression. DELI-CATE, a. [Fr. delicat.] I Of a fine texture; fine; soft; smooth; clear, or fair. 2. Nice; pleasing to the taste; of an agreeable flavor. 3. Nice in perception of what is agreeable; dainty. 4. Nice; accurate; fine; soft to the eye. 5. Nice in forms; regulated by minute observance of propriety, or by condescension. 6. Pleasing to the senses. 7. Fine; slender; minute. 8. That can not be handled without injury or danger; that must be touched with care. 9. Composed of tine threads, or nicely interwoven; soft and smooth to the touch. 10. Tender; effeminate; not able to endure hardship; very impressible to injury. 11. Feeble; not sound or robust. DELT-CATE, n. Any thing nice; a nicety.-Dryden. DELI-CATE-LY, adv. 1. In a delicate manner; with nice regard to propriety and the feelings of others. 2. Daintily; luxuriously. 3. With soft elegance. 4. Tenderly; with indulgence in ease, elegance, and luxury. DELT-CATE NESS, n. The state of being delicate; tenderness; softness; effeminacy. DELT-CATES, n. pl. Niceties; rarities. Jeremiah. DE-LICIOUS (de-lish'us), a. [Fr. delicieux.] 1. Highly pleasing to the taste; most sweet or grateful to the senses affording exquisite pleasure. 2. Most pleasing to the mind; yielding exquisite delight.-SYN. Charming; exquisite; delightful; grateful. DE-LICIOUS-LY, adv. In a delicious manner; in a manner to please the taste or gratify the mind; sweetly; pleasantly; delightfully. DE-LICIOUS-NESS, n. The quality of being delicious, or very grateful to the taste or mind. 2. Delight; great pleasure. DÉL-I-GATION, n. [L. deligatio.] In surgery, a binding up; a bandaging. DE-LIGHT (de-lite), n. [Fr. delice.] 1. A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind. 2. That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight-Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and not dependent on sudden excitement. - SYN. Rapture; joy; charm; gratification; satisfaction. DE-LIGHT (de-lite'), v. t. (Sp. deleytar; Port. deleitar; L. delector; Fr. delecter.] 1. To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy. 2. To receive great pleasure in. DE-LIGHT, v. i. To have or take great pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced. DE-LIGHTED, pp. 1. Greatly pleased; rejoiced. 2. a. Full of delight.-Shak. DE-LIGHTER, n. One who takes delight.-Barrow. DE-LIGHTING, ppr. Giving great pleasure; rejoicing. ful manner. DE-LIGHT SOME-NESS, n. Delightfulness; pleasantness in a high degree. DE-LINE-A-MENT, n. Representation by delineation. DE-LINE-ATE, v. t. L. delineo.] 1. To draw the lines which exhibit the form of a thing; to mark out with lines; to make a draught. 2. To paint; to represent in picture; to draw a likeness of.-3. Figuratively, to represent to the mind or understanding; to exhibit a likeness in words.SYN. To depict; design; sketch; paint; describe. DE-LINE-A-TED, pp. Drawn; marked with lines exhibiting the form or figure; sketched; designed; painted; described. DE-LINE-A-TING, ppr. Drawing the form, sketching; painting; describing. DE-LIN-E-ATION, n. [L.. delineatio.] 1. First draught of a thing; outline; representation of a form or figure by lines. 2. Representation in words; description.-SYN. Sketch; design; drawing. DE-LINE-A-TOR, n. One who delineates. † DE-LINE-A-TURE, n. Delineation. † DE-LINI-MENT, n. [L. delinimentum.) Mitigation. DE-LINQUEN-CY (de-link'wen-sy), n. [L. delinquo.] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; and, positively, an offense; a crime. DE-LINQUENT (de-link'went), a. Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. cause to pass from one state or place to another: as, to deliver goods, to deliver a message. Hence, 2. To free from danger, bondage, or restraint of any kind; as, to deliver the oppressed. 3. To disburden a woman of a child, with of. 4. To give forth in words; to pronounce; as, to deliver an address. 5. To give forth in action; as, the ship delivered a broad-side; the troops delivered their fire; to deliver a blow. Alison. To deliver up, to surrender; as, to deliver up a fortress or stolen goods. To deliver to the wind, or cast away, to reject.-To deliver over. 1. To transfer; to give or pass from one to another. 2. To surrender or resign; to put into another's power; to commit to the dis cretion of; to abandon to.-SYN. To release; set free; save; rescue; give; offer; present; surrender; resign; yield up; cede; pronounce. † DE-LIVER, a. [L. liber.) Free; nimble.-Chaucer. DE-LIVER-A-BLE, a. That may be or is to be delivered. -Amer. Rev. (Mercantile usage.] DE-LIVER-ANCE, n. [Fr. delivrance.] 1. Release from captivity, slavery, oppression, or any restraint. 2. Rescue from danger or any evil. 3. The act of bringing forth children. 4. The act of giving or transferring from one to another. 5. The act of speaking or pronouncing; utterance. 6. Acquittal of a prisoner by the verdict of a jury. DE-LIVERED, pp. Freed; released; transferred or transmitted; passed from one to another; committed; yielded; surrendered; rescued; uttered; pronounced. DE-LIVER-ER, n. 1. One who delivers; one who releases or rescues; a preserver. 2. One who relates or com municates. DE-LIVER-ING, ppr. Releasing; setting free; rescuing, saving; surrendering; giving over; yielding; resigning. DE-LIVER-LY, adv. Nimbly. † DE-LIVER-NESS, n. Agility. DE-LIVER-Y, n. 1. The act of delivering. 2. Release; rescue, as from slavery, restraint, oppression, or danger. 3. Surrender; a giving up. 4. A giving or passing from one to another. 5. Utterance; pronunciation; or manner of speaking. 6. Child-birth. 7. Free motion or use of the limbs. Sidney; [obs.] DELL, n. [qu. dale, or W. dell.) A hollow place; a small, narrow valley between two hills.-Gilbert. DE-LINQUENT, n. One who fails to perform his duty; particularly, a public officer who neglects his duty; one who commits a fault or crime.-SYN. Misdoer; offender; criminal. DELPH. See DELF, NO. 2. DE-LINQUENT-LY, adv. In a delinquent manner. DELI-QUATE, v. t. or i. [L.. deliquco.] To melt or be dis- DELPHI-AN, a. [from Delphi.) Relating to Delphi, and solved. See DELIQUESCE and DELIQUIATE. sagria, DELPHI-A, n. A bitter and acrid vegetable alkaloid, DELPHINE, discovered in the Delphinium staphyDEL-PHINI-A, DELPHIE, S to the celebrated oracle of that place. DELI-QUA-TED, pp. Melted; dissolved. DELPHIN, a. Pertaining to the Dauphin of France; applied particularly to an edition of the Latin classics, prepared under Louis XIV., in usum Delphini, for the dauphin's use.-Brande. DELPHINE, a. [L. delphinus. Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes. DEL-I-QUATION, n. A melting. See DELIQUESCENCE and DEL-I-QUESCE' (del-e-kwes), v. i. [L. deliquesco.] [See LIQ- Spontaneous liquefaction in the air; a gradual melting or becoming liquid by absorption of water from the atmosphere. DEL-I-QUES'CENT, a. Liquefying in the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid. DE-LIQUIATE (de-lik'we-ate), v. i. To melt and become liquid by imbibing water from the air. DE-LIQ-UI-ATION (de-lik-we-a'shun), n. A melting by attracting water from the air. DE-LIQUI-UM (de-lik'we-um), n. [L.] 1. In chemistry, a melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place. 2. A liquid state. 3. In medicine, a swooning or fainting; called, also, syncope. DE-LI'RA-CY, n. Delirium.-Sancroft. DE-LIR'A-MENT, n. A wandering of the mind; foolish fancy. [Little used.] DE LIRATE, v. i. [L. deliro.] To rave, as a madman. DEL-I-RATION, n. [L. deliratio.] A wandering of mind; delirium.-Ed. Rev. DE-LIRI-OUS, a. [L. delirus.) Roving in mind; disordered in intellect; having ideas that are wild, irregular, and unconnected. SYN. Crazy; light-headed; raving. DE-LIR'I-OUS-LY, adv. In a delirious manner. DE-LIRI-OUS-NESS, n. The state of being delirious; de lirium. DE-LIRI-UM, n. [L.] 1. A state in which the ideas of a person are wild, irregular, and unconnected, or do not correspond with the truth, or with external objects; a roving or wandering of the mind; disorder of the intellect. DE-LIRI-UM TRE'MENS, n. [L.] A disease of the brain, produced by excessive and prolonged use of spirituous liq uors. DEL-I-TESCENCE, n. [L. delitescentia.] Retirement; obscurity. Johnson. DE-LITI-GATE, v. t. [L. delitigo.] To scold; to chide vehemently.-Dict. DE-LIT-I-GATION, n. A striving; a chiding. DE-LIVER, v. t. [Fr. delivrer.] 1. The leading idea is, to DELPHIN-ITE, n. A mineral, called, also, pistacite and epidote. DEL SEGNO (del san'yo). [It.] In music, a direction to repeat from the sign. DELTA, n. The Greek letter A. A tract of alluvial or other land in a triangular form, as at the mouth of the Nile, in Egypt. DELTOID, n. [Gr. δελτα, the letter A, and ειδος.] 1. Resembling the Greek A (delta); triangular; an epithet applied to a muscle of the shoulder. Coze. 2. In botany, shaped somewhat like a delta or rhomb. DE-LUDA-BLE, a. That may be deluded or deceived; liable to be imposed on.-Brown. DE-LUDE, .. [L. deludo.] 1. To impose on; to lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment.SYN. To deceive; beguile; lead astray; cheat; impose upon; disappoint; frustrate. DE-LUDED, pp. or a. Deceived; misled; led into error. DE-LŪD'ER, n. One who deceives; a deceiver; an impostor; one who holds out false pretenses. DE-LUDING, ppr. Deceiving; leading astray; misleading the opinion or judgment. DE-LUDING, n. The act of deceiving; falsehood. DELUGE, v. i. To become a deluge. DE-LU'SION (de-lü'zhun), n. [L. delusio.] 1. The act of derepresentation; mistake proceeding from false views.SYN. Illusion; deceit; cheat; fraud; falsehood; fallacy; luding: deception; a misleading of the mind. 2. False | DE-MENTĀTE, v. t. [L. demento.] To make mad.-Burton guile; error; treachery. DE-LUSIVE,. Apt to deceive; tending to mislead the mind: deceptive; beguiling. DE-MENTĀ-TED, pp. Rendered mad. DE-MEPHT-TIZE, v. t. To free from foul, unwholesome air. ency to deceive. DE-LUSIVE-LY, ade. In a delusive manner. DE-LUSO-RY, 4. Apt to deceive; deceptive. DELVE (delv), t. t. [Sax. delfan.] 1. To dig; to open the ground with a spade. 2. To fathom; to sound; to penetrate: [not used.] DELVE (delv), . A place dug; a pit; a pit-fall; a ditch; a den; a cave.-Spenser; [obs.] -Delve of coals, a quantity of fossil coals dug. [Not used, or local.] DELVED (delvd), pp. Dug; fathomed. DELVER, . One who digs, as with a spade. DE-MAG-NET-I-ZATION. n. The act of taking away the magnetic power or influence. DE-MAGNET-IZE, e. t. To deprive of magnetic power or infuence. DEMA-GOG-ISM, n. The acts or conduct of a demagogue. DEM'A-GOGUE (dem'a-gog), n. [Gr. δημαγωγος.] 1. A leader of the people; an orator who pleases the populace, and influences them to adhere to him. 2. Any leader of the populace; any factious man who has great influence with the great body of people in a city or community. DE-MAIN, In. (Norm. demainer.] 1. A manorDE-MESNE (de-mene), house and the land adjacent or near, which a lord keeps in his own hands or immediate occupation. 2. Estate in lands.-Shak. DE-MAND, a. 1. [Fr. demander.] 1. To ask or call for, as one who has a claim or right to receive what is sought; to claim or seek as due by right. 2. To ask by authority; to require; to seek or claim an answer by virtue of a right in the interrogator; as, I demand an answer. 3. To require as necessary or useful; as, this demands attention. 4. To ask; to question; to interrogate; to inquire; [little used.) 5. To ask or require, as a seller of goods; as, what do you demand? 6. To sue for; to seek to obtain by legal process. DE-MAND, n. 1. An asking for or claim made by virtue of a right, or supposed right, to the thing sought; an ask ing with authority; a challenging as due. 2. The asking or requiring of a price for goods offered for sale. 3. That which is or may be claimed as due; debt; as, what are your demands? 4. The calling for in order to purchase; desire to possess; as, the book is in great demand. 5. A desire or a seeking to obtain; as, the lady was in great demand. 6. In law, the asking or seeking for what is due, or claimed as due, either expressly, by words, or by implication, as by seizure of goods, or entry into lands. DE-MANDA-BLE, a. That may be demanded, claimed, asked for, or required. DE-MANDANT, n. One who demands, the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. DE-MANDED, pp. Called for, claimed; challenged as due; requested; required; interrogated. DE-MINDER, 1. One who demands; one who requires with authority; one who claims as due; one who asks; one who seeks to obtain. DE-MANDING, ppr. Claiming or calling for as due, or by authority; requiring; asking; pursuing a claim by legal process; interrogating. DE-MANDRESS, 2. A female demandant. † DF-MARCH', n. [Fr. demarche.] March; walk; gait. DE-MEAN, n. 1. [Fr. demener.] 1. To behave; to carry; to conduct; [with the reciprocal pronoun.) 2. To treat.Spenser. DE MEAN,t. To debase, to undervalue.-Shak.-Swift. (Little used) DE-MEAN, 2. 1. Behavior, carriage, demeanor. - Spenser. 2. Mien.-Spenser. DE-MEAN. See DEMΑΙΝ. DE-MEAN'ED, pp. Behaved well; [in a good sense.] Less- DE ME-DI-E-TITE. [L.) A jury de medietate is one of half natives and half foreigners; used when a foreigner is a party, or half of common jurors and half of men of the class of one of the parties-Blackstone. FDE MEN-CY, n. [L. dementia.) Madness. Skelton. DE-MEPHT-TIZING, ppr. Purifying from foul air. DE-MERIT, n. [Fr. demerite.] 1. That which deserves punishment; the opposite of merit; an ill-deserving; that which is blamable or punishable in moral conduct; vice or crime.-2. Anciently, merit; desert.-Shak.; [in a good sense.] †DE-MERTT, v. 1. To deserve blame or punishment. DE-MERSED (de-merst), a. [L. demersus.) Plunged, situated or growing under water. DE-MER'SION (de-mer'shun), n. [L. demersio.] 1. A plunging into a fluid; a drowning. 2. The state of being overwhelmed in water or earth. 3. The putting of a medicine in a dissolving liquor. DE-MES MER-IZE, v. t. To bring out of the mesmeric state. Maunder. DEMI, a prefix, Fr. demi, from the Lat. dimidium, signifies half. It is used only in composition. See, also, DEMY. DEMI-BATH, n. A bath in which only the lower half of DEMI-BAIN, the body is immersed.-Gilbert. DEMI-BRI-GADE', n. A half-brigade. DEMI-CADENCE, n. In music, an imperfect cadence, or one that falls on any other than the key note. DEMI-CANΝΟΝ, η. The obsolete name of a kind of ordnance carrying a ball of from 30 to 36 pounds in weight. DEMI-CUL/VER-IN, n. The obsolete name of a kind of ordnance carrying a ball of nine or ten pounds in weight. DEMI-DET-FY, v. t. To deify in part.-Cowper. DEMT-DEVIL (-dev1), n. Half a devil.-Shak. DEMI-DISTANCE, n. In fortification, the distance between the outward polygons and the flank. DEMI-DITOΝΕ, π. In music, a minor third.-Busby. DEMI-GOD, n. Half a god; one partaking of the divine nature.-Pope. DEMI-GODDESS, n. A female demi-god.-Campbell. DEMI-GORGE, n. In fortification, that part of the polygon which remains after the flank is raised, and goes from the curtain to the angle of the polygon. DEMT-GROẠT (-grawt), n. A half-groat.-Shenstone. DEMT-OF-FICIAL, a. Partly official, or authorized. DEMY-RE-LIE'VO, n. In sculpture, half relief. DEMY-TINT, n. (demi and tint. In painting, a gradation of color between positive light and positive shade.-Elmes. DEΜΥ-ΤΟΝΕ, η. In music, an interval of half a tone; a semi-tone. DEMI-VILL, n. A half-vill, consisting of five freemen or frank pledges.-Blackstone. DEMT-VOLT, n. One of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner. DEMI-WOLF, n. Half a wolf; a mongrel dog between a dog and a wolf; lycisca.-Shak. DEMI-GRATE, v. i. [L. demigro. To migrate, which see. DEM-I-GRATION, n. Emigration, which see. DEMI-JOHN (-jon), n. [Fr. dame-jeanne.) A glass vessel or bottle, with a large body and small neck, in wicker-work. DEMI-REP, n. A woman of suspicious chastity. (Demireputation. DE-MIS'A-BLE, a. That may be leased. DE-MISE', v. t. 1. To transfer or convey; to lease. 2. Το DE-MISSION (de-mish'an), n. A lowering; degradation, depression. L'Estrange. DE-MISSIVE, a. Humble. Shenstone. [Rare.] † DE-MISSLY, adv. In an humble manner. Sherwood. DEMIS-SO-RY. See DIMISSORY. † DE-MIT", v. t. [L. demitto.] To let fall; to depress; to submit. DEMI-URGE, n. [Gr. δημιουγρος.] In the mythology of Eastern philosophers, a subordinate deity or Æon employed in the creation of the world. DEM-I-URGIC, a. Pertaining to a demiurge, or to creative power. DE-MOCRA-CY, n. [Gr. δημοκρατια.] Government by the DEM-O-CRATIC, -Sidney. DE-MOCRA-TIST, n. The same as democrat. DE-MO-GOR'GON, n. [Gr. δαιμων and γοργος.] Literally, * DE-MON'STRA-TED or DEMON-STRA-TED, pp. Proved DE-MON'STRA-TIVE-LY, adv. With certain evidence; DE-MOLISH, v. t. [Fr. demolir.) To throw or pull down, DE-MON'STRA-TIVE-NESS, n. Quality of being demon as a heap or structure; to separate any collected mass, or the connected parts of a thing.--SYN. To destroy; raze; dismantle; ruin. DE-MOLISHED (de-molisht), pp. or a. Pulled down, thrown down; razed; destroyed, as a fabric or structure. DE-MOLISH-ER, n. One who pulls or throws down; one who destroys or lays waste. DE-MOLISH-ING, ppr. Pulling or throwing down; destroying. DE-MOLISH-MENT, n. Ruin, overthrow.-Beaum. and Fl. DEM-O-LITION (dem-o-lish'un), n. The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; ruin; destruction. DEMON, n. [L. damon.] A spirit, or immaterial being, DE'MON-ESS, n. A female demon.-Mede. duced by demons or evil spirits. DÊ-MO'NI-ACS, n. pl. In Church history, a branch of the Anabaptists, whose distinguishing tenet was, that at the end of the world the devil will be saved. DE-MO'NI-AN-ISM, n. The state of being possessed by a demon.-Warburton. DE'MON-ISM, n. The belief in demons or false gods.-Jef ferson. DE MON-IZE, v. t. To fill with the spirit of a demon. DE-MON-OC'RA-CY, n. [Gr. δαιμων and κρατεω.] power or government of demons. DE-MON-OL'A-TRY, n. [Gr. δαιμων and λατρεια.] worship of demons, or of evil spirits.-Campbell. DE-MON-O-LOGIE, The The DE-MON-O-LOGIE-AL, a. Pertaining to demonology. DE'MON-RY, n. Demonical influence. Miss J. Baillie. DE-MON'STRA-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being de monstrable. DE-MON'STRA-BLY, adv. In a manner to preclude doubt; beyond the possibility of contradiction. *DE-MON'STRATE or DEMON-STRATE, v. 1. [L. demonstro.] 1. To show or prove to be certain; to prove beyond the possibility of doubt; to prove in such a manner as to reduce the contrary position to evident absurdity.2. In anatomy, to exhibit the parts when dissected. SYN. To prove; evince; manifest. strative. * DEMON-STRA-TOR, n. 1. One who demonstrates; one DE-MON'STRA-TO-RY, a. Tending to demonstrate; hav DEM-OS-THENTE, a. Pertaining to Demosthenes, the Gre DE-MOTIC, a. [Gr. δημοτικος.] Popular; common; pertaining to the people. Russell.-Demotic characters, among the ancient Egyptians, were a conversion of hieroglyphics into a kind of current hand for popular use, approaching very nearly to alphabetical writing. Brande. † DE-MULCE (de-muls), v. t. [L. demulcoo.] To soothe; to soften or pacify. DE-MUL'CENT, a. [L. demulcens.) Softening; mollifying; lenient. DE-MUL'CENT, n. Any medicine which lessens the effects of irritation on the solids; that which softens or mollities; as gums, roots of marsh-mallows, and other mucilaginous substances. DE-MUR', v. i. [Fr. demeurer.] 1. To suspend proceeding; DE-MUR', v. t. To doubt of.-Milton. [Not legitimate.] DE-MŪRENESS, n. Gravity of countenance; soberness; DE-MUR'RAGE, n. An allowance made to the owner of a trading vessel, for delay or detention in port beyond the appointed time of departure. DE-MUR'RED (de-murd), pp. Stopped; objected to. DE-MUR'RER, n. 1. One who demurs.-2. In law, a stop at some point in the pleadings, and a resting of the decision of the cause on that point; an issue on matter of law. DE-MURRING, ppr. Stopping; pausing; suspending proceedings or decision; resting or abiding on a point in law. DE-MY', n. [Fr. demi.] 1. A particular size of paper; a kind of paper of small size. 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford, DEN, n. [Sax. den, dene, denn.] 1. A cave or hollow place in the earth; usually applied to a cave, pit, or subterrane ous recess, used for concealment, shelter, protection, or security. 2. As a termination, in names of places, it denotes the place to be in a valley or near a wood. DEN, v. i. To dwell as in a den. |