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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
of excellence, or from the virtue and merit of ancestors.
2. Low; base; mean; unworthy. --Dryden.
DE-GENER-OUS-LY, adv. In a degenerous manner; base-
ly; meanly.

DE-GLUTIN-ATE, v. t. [L. deglutino.] To unglue; to
loosen or separate substances glued together.
DE-GLUTIN-A-TED, pp. Unglued; loosened or separated.
DEG-LU-TITION (deg-lu-tish'un), n. [L. deglutio.] 1. The
act of swallowing. 2. The power of swallowing.
DEG-RA-DATION, n. [Fr.] 1. A reducing in rank; the act
of depriving one of a degree of honor, of dignity, or of
rank; also, removal or dismission from office. 2. The
state of being reduced from an elevated or more honora-
ble station, to one that is low in fact or in estimation. 3.
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, excellence,
or value.-4. In painting, a lessening and obscuring of the
appearance of distant objects in a landscape, that they may
appear as they would do to an eye placed at a distance.-
5. In geology, diminution; reduction of altitude or magni-
tude; as, the gradual degradation of mountains. Journal
of Science. SYN. Debasement; abasement; depression;
disgrace; dishonor; degeneracy; baseness; deposition.
DE-GRADE, v. 1. [Fr. degrader.] 1. To reduce from a high-
er to a lower rank or degree; to deprive one of any ottice
or dignity, by which he loses rank in society; to strip of
honors. 2. To reduce in estimation; to lessen the value
of.-3. In geology, to reduce in altitude or magnitude.
Journal of Science.-SYN. To depress; humble; debase;
lower; sink; bring down; depose; dishonor; disgrace.
DE-GRADED, pp. or a. Reduced in rank; deprived of an
office or dignity; lowered; sunk; reduced in estimation
or value; reduced in height.

DE-GRADEMENT, n. Deprivation of rank or office.
DE-GRADING, ppr. 1. Reducing in rank; depriving of
honors or offices; reducing in value or estimation; lower-
ing. 2. a. Dishonoring; disgracing the character.
DE-GRADING-LY, adv. In a degrading manner, or in a way
to depreciate.

DEG-RA-VATION, n. [L. degravo.) Act of making heavy.
DE-GREE', n. [Fr. degré.] 1. A step; a distinct portion of
space of indefinite extent; a space in progression. 2. A
step or portion of progression, in elevation, quality, digni-
ty, or rank.-3. In genealogy, a certain distance or remove
in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood.
4. Measure; extent.-5. In geometry, a division of a circle,
including a three hundred and sixtieth part of its circum-
ference.-6. In algebra, a terin applied to equations to de-
note the highest power of the unknown quantity.-7. In
music, an interval of sound, marked by a line on the scale.
Busby.-8. In arithmetic, a degree consists of three figures;
thus, 270, 360, compose two degrees. 9. A division, space,
or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instru-
ment.-10. In colleges and universities, a mark of distinc-
tion conferred on students, as a testimony of their profi-
ciency in arts and sciences; giving them a kind of rank,
and entitling them to certain privileges.-Honorary degrees
are those of doctor of divinity, doctor of laws, &c. By de
grees, step by step; gradually; by little and little; by mod-
erate advances.-SYN. Step; stage; class; rank; order.
DE-GUST', v. t. [L. degusto.] To taste. (Not used.]
DEG-US-TATION, n. [L. degusto.] A tasting.-Bp. Hall.
DE-GUSTED, pp. Tasted.

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-HO-NESTĀTE, v. t. [L. dehonesto.] To disgrace.
DE-HON-EST-A'TION, n. A disgracing; dishonoring.
DE-HORS' (de-horz). (Fr.) Out of; without; foreign; ir-
relevant: used chiefly in law language.
DE-HORT, v. i. [L. dehortor.] To dissuade; to advise to
the contrary. Wilkins.

DE-HORTED, pp. Dissuaded.

DE-HORT-ATION, n. Dissuasion; advice or counsel against
something.

DE-HORTA-TO-RY, a. Dissuading; belonging to dissuasion.
DE-HORTER, n. A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary.
DE-HORTING, ppr. Dissuading.

DET-CIDE, n. [It. deicidio.] 1. The act of putting to death
Jesus Christ, our Savior. Prior. 2. One concerned in
putting Christ to death. [Not used.]

DE-IFIC, a. [L. deus and facio.] 1. Divine; pertaining to
the gods. 2. Making divine.
DE-IFIC-AL, a. Making divine. Homilies.

DE-IF-IC-A'TION, n. The act of deifying; the act of exalt-
ing to the rank of, or enrolling among, the heathen deities.

}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.
DEIGNING (dan'ing), ppr. Vouchsafing; thinking worthy.
DEI GRATI-A (dei gra'she-ä). (L.) By the grace of God:
words used in the ceremonial description of the title of a
sovereign.-Brande.

DEI-NO-THERI-UM, n. [Gr. δεινος, terrible, and θηριον, a
wild beast.) A name given to the fossil remains of cer
tain gigantic pachydermata, remarkable for enormous
tusks projecting from the lower jaw.
DE-INTE-GRATE, v. t. To disintegrate.

DE-IP'A-ROUS, a. [L. deiparus.] Bearing or bringing forth
a god; [an epithet applied to the Virgin Mary.)
DEIP-NOSO-PHIST (dipe-nos'o-fist), n. [Gr. δειπνον and
σοφιστης.] One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who
were famous for their learned conversation at meals.
DEISM, n. [Fr. deisme.] The doctrine or creed of a deist;
the belief or system of religious opinions of those who ве
knowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.
DEIST, n. [Fr. deiste; It. deista.] One who believes in the
existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; one who
professes no form of religion, but follows the light of na-
ture and reason, as his only guides în doctrine and prae-
tice: a freethinker.

DE-ISTIC, a. Pertaining to deism or to deists; em-
DE-ISTIC-AL, bracing deism.
DE-ISTIC-AL-LY, adv. After the manner of deists.
DEI-TATE, a. Made God.-Archbishop Cranmer.
DET-TY, n. [Fr. deité.] 1. Godhead; divinity; the nature
and essence of the Supreme Being. 2. God; the Su
preme Being, or infinite self-existing Spirit. 3. A fabulous
god or goddess; a superior being, supposed, by heathen
nations, to exist, and to preside over particular depart-
ments of nature. 4. The supposed divinity or divine qual-
ities of a pagan god.-Raleigh.
DE-JECT, v. 1. [L. dejicio.] 1. To cast down; usually, to
cast down the countenance; to cause to fall with grief;
to make to look sad or grieved, or to express discourage-
ment. 2. To depress the spirits; to sink. Pope.-SYN. Το
sadden; dispirit; discourage; dishearten; afflict; grieve;
discomfort; depress.
DE-JECT, a. [L. dejectus.] Cast down; low-spirited.
DE-JECTED, pp. or a. Cast down; depressed; grieved;

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-JECTION (de-jek'shun), n. 1. A casting down; depres
sion of mind; melancholy; lowness of spirits, occasioned
by grief or misfortune. --Milton. 2. Weakness; [unusual.]
3. The act of voiding the excrements; or the matter
ejected.-Ray.

DE-JEETLY, adv. In a down-cast manner.
DE-JECTO-RY, a. Having power or tending to cast down,
or to promote evacuations by stool.

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.
DE-LAC-RY-MATION, n. [L. delacrymatio.) A preternat
ural discharge of watery humors from the eyes; water-
ishness of the eyes.

+DEL-AC-TATION, n. [L. delactatio.] A weaning.
DEL-AP-SATION, n. A falling down.-Ray.
DE-LAPSE' (de-laps), v. i. [L. delabor, delapsus.] To fall or

slide down.

DE-LAPSED (de-lapst), pp. or a. Fallen down.
DE-LAP'SION, n. A falling down of the uterus, anus, &c.
DE-LATE', v. t. [L. delatus.] 1. To carry; to convey; (lit

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.

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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.
DE-LETION, . [L. deletio.] 1. The act of blotting out or
erasing. 2. Destruction. - Hale; [little used.]
DELE-TO-RY, n. That which blots out.-Taylor.

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-LIGHTFUL, a. Highly pleasing; affording great pleas-
ure and satisfaction. SYN. Charming; gratifying; grate-
ful; joyful; rapturous; beautiful; lovely.
DE-LIGHTFUL-LY, adv. 1. In a manner to receive great
pleasure; very agreeably. 2. In a delightful manner;
charmingly; in a manner to afford great pleasure.
DE-LIGHT FUL-NESS, n. 1. The quality of being delight-
ful, or of affording great pleasure. 2. Great pleasure;
delight.

DE-LIGHTING, ppr. Giving great pleasure; rejoicing.
DE-LIGHTLESS, a. Affording no pleasure or delight.
DE-LIGHT SOME (de-lite'sum). a. Very pleasing; delightful.
DE-LIGHT SOME-LY, adv. Very pleasantly; in a delight-

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
DELIQUIATION.

DEL-I-QUESCE' (del-e-kwes), v. i. [L. deliquesco.] [See LIQ-
UID.] To melt gradually and become liquid by attract
ing and absorbing moisture from the air.
DEL-I-QUESCENCE (del-e-kwcs'ense), п.

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 (dellüje), n. [Fr. deluge.) 1. Any overflowing of
water; a swell of water over the natural banks of a river
or shore of the ocean, spreading over the adjacent land.
But, appropriately, the great flood or overflowing of the
earth by water in the days of Noah. 2. A sweeping or
overwhelming calamity.-SYN. Flood: inundation.
DELUGE, v. t. 1. To overflow with water: to inundate,
to drown. 2. To overwhelm; to cover with any nowing
or moving, spreading body. 3. To overwhelm; to cause
to sink under the weight of a general or spreading calam-
ity.

DELUGE, v. i. To become a deluge.
DELUGED, pp. Overflowed; inundated: overwhelmed.
DEL'UG-ING, ppr. Overtlowing; inundating; overwhelm-
ing.

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-MEN-TATION, n. The act of making frantic.-Whitlock.
DE-MENTED, a. Crazy; infatuated.-Quart. Rev.
DE-MEPH-I-TI-ZATION, 2. The act of purifying from me-
phitic or foul air.

DE-MEPHT-TIZE, v. t. To free from foul, unwholesome air.

ency to deceive.

DE-LUSIVE-LY, ade. In a delusive manner.
DE-LUSIVE-NESS, . The quality of being delusive; tend- DE-MΕΡΗΊ-TIZED. pp. Purified; freed from foul air.

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.
DELVING, ppr. Digging.

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.
DE-MARE-ATION. See DEMARKATION.

† DF-MARCH', n. [Fr. demarche.] March; walk; gait.
DE-MARK-ATION, n. [Sp. demarcacion. 1. The act of
marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit. 2. A
limit or bound ascertained and fixed; line of separation
marked or determined-Burke.

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-
ened; debased; (in a bad sense.)
DE-MEANING, ppr. Behaving; also, debasing.
DE-MEANOR, R. Manner of conducting or behaving-
Srx. Behavior; carriage; deportment; conduct.
DE-MEANURE, n. Behavior.

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-MENTATE, a. Mad; infatuated. Hammond.

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.
DE-MESNE' (de-meen'). See DEMAIN.
DE-MESNT-AL (de-mene-al), a. Pertaining to a demesne.-

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.
DEMY-LÄNCE, n. A light lance; a half-pike.
DEMT-LUNE, n. A half-moon, or work constructed be
yond the ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain be-
tween two bastions, for the defense of the curtain.
DEMT-MAN, η. Half a man. [A term of reproach.]
DEMI-NATURED, a. Having half the nature of another
animal.-Shak.

DEMT-OF-FICIAL, a. Partly official, or authorized.
DEMT-PREMI-SES, n. pl. Half-premises.-Hooker.
DEMT-QUA-VER, n. A note in music, of half the length of
the quaver.

DEMY-RE-LIE'VO, n. In sculpture, half relief.
DEMI-SEMT-QUA-VER, n. A note in music, two of which
are equal to a semi-quaver.

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' n. [Fr. demis, demise.] 1. In England, a laying
down or removal, applied to the crown or royal authority,
and hence to the death of the reigning monarch, by which
the crown is demised to another. Hence, in later usage,
2. The death of any distinguished individual; as, the de-
mise of Mr. Pitt.-Trotter. 3. A conveyance or transfer of
an estate, by lease or will-Demise and redemise, a con-
veyance where there are mutual leases made from one to
another of the same land, or something out of it.

DE-MISE', v. t. 1. To transfer or convey; to lease. 2. Το
bequeath; to grant by will.-Swift.
DE-MISED', pp. Granted or left by will.
DE-MISING, ppr. Bequeathing; granting by will.

DE-MISSION (de-mish'an), n. A lowering; degradation, depression. L'Estrange.

DE-MISSIVE, a. Humble. Shenstone. [Rare.]

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† 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
people; a form of government in which the supreme
power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or
in which the people exercise the powers of legislation.
DEMO-CRAT, n. One who adheres to a government by
the people, or favors the extension of the right of suffrage
to all classes of men.

DEM-O-CRATIC,
4. Popular; pertaining to democra-
DEM-O-CRATIC AL, cy, or government by the people.
DEM-O-CRATIC-AL-LY, adv. In a democratical manner.

-Sidney.

DE-MOCRA-TIST, n. The same as democrat.
DE-MOCRA-TY, n. Democracy.-Burton.

DE-MO-GOR'GON, n. [Gr. δαιμων and γοργος.] Literally,
terrible deity. A mysterious divinity among the an-
cients, mentioned by Milton.-Brande.

* DE-MON'STRA-TED or DEMON-STRA-TED, pp. Proved
beyond the possibility of doubt; rendered certain.
*DE-MON'STRA-TING or DEMON-STRA-TING, ppr. Prov-
ing to be certain; evincing beyond the possibility of doubt.
DEM-ON-STRATION, n. 1. Literally, a showing forth or
exhibition; as, demonstrations of joy. Mitford. 2. The
act of demonstrating, or of exhibiting certain proof. 3.
The highest degree of evidence; certain proof exhibited,
or such proof as establishes a fact or proposition beyond
a possibility of doubt, or as shows the contrary position to
be absurd or impossible. 4. Indubitable evidence of the
senses, or of reason; evidence which satisfies the mind of
the certainty of a fact or proposition. 5. In logic, a series
of syllogisms, all whose premises are either definitions,
self-evident truths, or propositions already established. 5.
Show; exhibition.-6. In anatomy, the exhibition of parts
dissected.--7. In military affairs, a movement of troops
toward a given point, as if to attack. Hence, 8. Any
movement against, or attempt upon; as, "Napoleon made
his first demonstration on Holland." Alison's Europe.
DE-MON'STRA-TIVE, a. 1. Showing or proving by certain
evidence; having the power of demonstration; invincibly
conclusive. 2. Having the power of showing with clear-
ness and certainty.-3. Among the Latin rhetoricians, that
lays open or explains with clearness, force, and beauty;
as, demonstrative eloquence.-Blair.

DE-MON'STRA-TIVE-LY, adv. With certain evidence;
with proof which can not be questioned; certainly; clear-
ly; convincingly.

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,
holding a middle place between men and the celestial de-
itics of the pagans. An evil spirit or genius, which is sup-
posed to influence the conduct or direct the fortunes of
imankind.

DE'MON-ESS, n. A female demon.-Mede.
DE-MO'NI-AЄ, )a. 1. Pertaining to demons or evil spir-
DEM-O-NIAC-AL, its. 2. Influenced by demons; pro-
DE-MO'NI-AN,

duced by demons or evil spirits.
DE-MO'NI-AC, n. A human being possessed by a demon.
DEM-O-NI'AC-AL-LY, adv. In a demoniacal manner.
DE-MO-NI'A-CISM, n. A demoniacal state, or demoniacal
practices.

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-OLO-GIST, n. A writer on demonology.
DE-MON-OL'O-GY, n. [Gr. δαιμων and λόγος.] A discourse
on demons; a treatise on evil spirits.
DE-MONO-MIST, n. [Gr. δαιμων and νομος.] One who lives
in subjection to the devil, or to evil spirits.
DE-MONO-MY, n. The dominion of demons, or of evil
spirits.-Herbert.

DE'MON-RY, n. Demonical influence. Miss J. Baillie.
DE'MON-SHIP, n. The state of a demon.-Mede.
DE-MON'STRA-BLE, a. That may be demonstrated; that
may be proved beyond doubt or contradiction; capable
of being shown by certain evidence, or by evidence that
admits of no doubt.

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
who proves any thing with certainty, or with indubitable
evidence.-2. In anatomy, one who exhibits the parts
when dissected.

DE-MON'STRA-TO-RY, a. Tending to demonstrate; hav
ing a tendency to prove beyond a possibility of doubt.
DE-MOR-AL-I-ZATION, n. The act of subverting or cor
rupting morals; destruction of moral principles.
DE-MORAL-IZE, v. t. To corrupt or undermine the morals
of; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on;
to render corrupt in morals. Grattan.
DE-MOR'AL-IZED, pp. Corrupted in morals.
DE-MOR'AL-IZ-ING, ppr. 1. Corrupting or destroying mor-
als or moral principles. 2. a. Tending to destroy morals
or moral principles.

DEM-OS-THENTE, a. Pertaining to Demosthenes, the Gre
cian orator.

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;
to delay determination or conclusion.-2. In lase, to stop
at any point in the pleadings, and rest or abide on that
point in law for a decision of the cause.-SYN. To pause;
doubt; hesitate; object.

DE-MUR', v. t. To doubt of.-Milton. [Not legitimate.]
DE-MUR', n. Stop; pause; hesitation as to the propriety
of proceeding; suspense of proceeding or decision.
DE-MURE', a. Sober; grave; modest; downcast-Bacon.
+ DE-MURE', v. i. To look with a grave countenance. --Shak.
DE-MŪRE'LY, adv. With a grave, solemn countenance;
with a fixed look; with a solemn gravity.

DE-MŪRENESS, n. Gravity of countenance; soberness;
a modest look. Sidney.

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.

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