L'Estrange.
2. Resignation of an office. [Scot.]
De*mis"sion*a*ry (?), a. 1. Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary deed.
2. Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.
De*miss"ive (?), a. [See Demiss.] Downcast; submissive; humble. [R.]
They pray with demissive eyelids.
Lord (1630).
De*miss"ly, adv. In a humble manner. [Obs.]
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.
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.]
They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train].
Sir T. Browne.
2. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [R.]
3. To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.]
General Conway demitted his office.
Hume.
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.
Dem"i*tone` (?), n. (Mus.) Semitone. [R.]
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.
2. God, as the Maker of the world.
3. According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.
Dem`i*ur"gic (?), a. [Gr. dhmioyrgiko`s.] Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. "Demiurgic power." De Quincey.
Dem"i*vill` (?), n. (Old Law) A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges. Blackstone.
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.
Dem"i*wolf` (?), n. A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf. Shak.
De*mob`i*li*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. démobilisation. 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.
De*mob"i*lize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. démobiliser.] (Mil.) To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.
De*moc"ra*cy (d*mk"r*s), n.; pl. Democracies (- sz). [F. démocratie, 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.
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.
3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government. Milton.
4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. [U.S.]
Dem"o*crat (dm"*krt), n. [Cf. F. démocrate.] 1. One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
Whatever they call him, what care I,
Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat.
Tennyson.
2. A member of the Democratic party. [U.S.]
Dem`o*crat"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. démocratique.] 1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
2. Relating to a political party so called.
3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic.
The Democratic party, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States.
Dem`o*crat"ic*al (?), a. Democratic.
The democratical embassy was democratically received.
Algernon Sidney.
Dem`o*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. In a democratic manner.
De*moc"ra*tism (?), n. The principles or spirit of a democracy. [R.]
De*moc"ra*tist (?), n. A democrat. [R.] Burke.
De*moc"ra*tize (?) v. t. To render democratic.
De*moc"ra*ty (?), n. Democracy. [Obs.] Milton.
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De`mo*gor"gon (d"m*gôr*gn or dm"*gôr*gn), 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.
Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name
Of Demogorgon.
Milton.
De*mog"ra*phy (d*mg"rf), n. [Gr. dh^mos the people + - graphy.] The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc. -- Dem`o*graph"ic, a.
||De`moi`selle" (?), n. [F. See Damsel.] 1. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
2. (Zoöl.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
3. (Zoöl.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
De*mol"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demolished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demolishing.] [F. démolir, 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.
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.
De*mol"ish`er (?), n. One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.
De*mol"ish*ment (?), n. Demolition.
Dem`o*li"tion (?; 277), n. [L. demolitio, fr. demoliri: cf. F. démolition. 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.
Dem`o*li"tion*ist, n. A demolisher. [R.] Carlyle.
De"mon (?), n. [F. démon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil spirit, fr. Gr. &?; a divinity; of uncertain origin.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human.
Sydenham.
2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. [Often written dæmon.]
3. An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus.
Shak.
De"mon*ess (?), n. A female demon.
De*mon`e*ti*za"tion (?), n. The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized.
De*mon"e*tize (?; see Monetary), v. t. To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.
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. démoniaque. See Demon.] 1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter.
Thackeray.
2. Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power. "Demoniac frenzy." Milton.
De*mo"ni*ac (?), n. 1. A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon.
The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes cast into the fire.
Bates.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.
Dem`o*ni"a*cal*ly (?), adv. In a demoniacal manner.
Dem`o*ni"a*cism (?), n. The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs.
De*mo"ni*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a demon. [Obs.] Cudworth.
De*mo"ni*an (?), a. Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. "Demonian spirits." Milton.
De*mo"ni*an*ism (?), n. The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons.
De*mo"ni*asm (?), n. See Demonianism. [R.]
De*mo"nic (?), a. [L. daemonicus, Gr. daimoniko`s.] Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. "Demonic ambushes." Lowell.
De"mon*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. démonisme.] The belief in demons or false gods.
The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism.
Farmer.
De"mon*ist, n. A believer in, or worshiper of, demons.
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.
2. To control or possess by a demon.
De`mon*oc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + kra`tos strength: cf. F. démonocratie.] The power or government of demons.
A demonocracy of unclean spirits.
H. Taylor.
De`mon*og"ra*pher (?), n. [Demon + -graph + -er.] A demonologist. [R.] Am. Cyc.
De`mon*ol"a*try (?), n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + latrei`a worship, &?; to serve, worship: cf. F. démonolâtrie.] The worship of demons.
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. démonologique.] Of or pertaining to demonology.
De`mon*ol"o*gist (?), n. One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology.
De`mon*ol"o*gy (?; 277), n. [Demon + -logy: cf. F. démonologie.] A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott.
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.
De*mon`o*ma"ni*a (?), n. [Demon + mania.] A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.
De*mon"o*mist (?) n. One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
De*mon"o*my (?), n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + no`mos law.] The dominion of demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
De"mon*ry (?), n. Demoniacal influence or possession. J. Baillie.
De"mon*ship, n. The state of a demon. Mede.
De*mon`stra*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness.
De*mon"stra*ble (?), a. [L. demonstrabilis: cf. OF. demonstrable, F. démontrable.] 1. Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question.
The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable as geometry.
Glanvill.
2. Proved; apparent. [Obs.] Shak.
De*mon"stra*ble*ness, n. The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability.
De*mon"stra*bly, adv. In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly.
Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause.
Clarendon.
De*mon"strance (?), n. [OF. demonstrance.] Demonstration; proof. [Obs.] Holland.
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.
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.
We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction.
Tillotson.
3. (Anat.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation).
Dem"on*stra`ter, n. See Demonstrator.
Dem`on*stra"tion (?), n. [L. demonstratio: cf. F. démonstration.] 1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called "proofs;" and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration.
Locke.
2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show.
Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief?
Shak.
Loyal demonstrations toward the prince.
Prescott.
3. (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.
4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.
5. (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.
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.
Direct, 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, 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.
De*mon"stra*tive (?), a. [F. démonstratif, L. demonstrativus.] 1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." Dryden.
An argument necessary and demonstrative.
Hooker.
2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." Blair.
Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.
De*mon"stra*tive, n. (Gram.) A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.
De*mon"stra*tive*ly (?), adv. In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly.
De*mon"stra*tive*ness, n. The state or quality of being demonstrative.
Dem"on*stra`tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F. démonstrateur.] 1. One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.
2. (Anat.) A teacher of practical anatomy.
De*mon"stra*to*ry (?), a. Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative. Johnson.
De*mor"age (?; 48), n. Demurrage. [Obs.] Pepys (1663).
De*mor`al*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. démoralisation.] 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.
De*mor"al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demoralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demoralizing.] [F. démoraliser; pref. dé- (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.
The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime.
Walsh.
The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army.
Bancroft.
Dem`os*then"ic (?), a. [L. Demosthenicus: cf. F. Démosthénique.] Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.
De*mot"ic (?), a. [Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people: cf. F. démotique.] Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
Demotic alphabet or 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.
De*mount" (?), v. i. To dismount. [R.]
Demp"ne (?) v. t. To damn; to condemn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Demp"ster (?; 215), Dem"ster (?), } n. [See Deemster.] 1. A deemster.
2. (O. Scots Law) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.
De*mulce" (?), v. t. [L. demulcere; de- + mulcere to stroke, soothe.] To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.
De*mul"cent (?), a. [L. demulcens, p. pr. of demulcere.] Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent.
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.
De*mul"sion (?), n. The act of soothing; that which soothes. Feltham.
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.]
Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.
Nicols.
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.
Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur.
Hayward.
3. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
4. (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
De*mur", v. t. 1. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obs.]
The latter I demur, for in their looks
Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears.
Milton.
2. To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.]
He demands a fee,
And then demurs me with a vain delay.
Quarles.
De*mur", n. [OF. demor, demore, stay, delay. See Demur, v. i.] Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
All my demurs but double his attacks;
At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks."
Pope.
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. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe (see Mature) in a phrase preceded by de, as de mûre conduite of mature conduct.] 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Sober, steadfast, and demure.
Milton.
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.
2. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her.
L'Estrange.
Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.
Miss Mitford.
De*mure", v. i. To look demurely. [Obs.] Shak.
De*mure"ly, adv. In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty.
They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably.
Dryden.
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De*mure"ness (d*mr"ns), n. The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
De*mur"i*ty (d*mr"*t), n. Demureness; also, one who is demure. Sir T. Browne.
De*mur"ra*ble (d*mûr"r*b'l), a. That may be demurred to. Stormonth.
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.
The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing.
M‘Culloch.
The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc.
De*mur"ral (?), n. Demur; delay in acting or deciding.
The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome.
Southey.
De*mur"rer (?), n. 1. One who demurs.
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.
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.
De*my" (?), n.; pl. Demies (#). [See Demi-.] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.
2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.]
He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships.
Johnson.
De*my", a. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.
Den (?), 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.
2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. "Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals." Addison.
3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.]
4. [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Shak.
Den, v. i. To live in, or as in, a den.
The sluggish salvages that den below.
G. Fletcher.
De*nar"co*tize (?), v. t. To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion (#), n.
||De*na"ri*us (?), n.; pl. Denarii (#). [L. See 2d Denier.] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.
Den"a*ry (?), a. [L. denarius. See 2d Denier.] Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
Den"a*ry, n. 1. The number ten; a division into ten.
2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius. Udall.
De*na`tion*al*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dénationalisation.] The act or process of denationalizing.
De*na"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] [Cf. F. dénationaliser.] To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port.
Cobbett.
An expatriated, denationalized race.
G. Eliot.
De*nat"u*ral*ize (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denaturalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing.] [Cf. F. dénaturaliser.] 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.
2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]
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.
De*nay" (?), v. t. [See Deny.] To deny. [Obs.]
That with great rage he stoutly doth denay.
Spenser.
De*nay", n. Denial; refusal. [Obs.] Shak.
Den"dra*chate (?), n. [L. dendrachates; Gr. de`ndron a tree + &?; agate: cf. F. dendrachate, dendragate.] (Min.) Arborescent or dendritic agate.
Den"dri*form (?), a. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -form.] Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.
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.
||Den`dro*cœ"la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ndron tree + koi^los hollow.] (Zoöl.) 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 + &?; form: cf. F. dendroïde.] Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
Den"dro*lite (?), n. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -lite: cf. F. dendrolithe.] (Paleon.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
Den*drol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in the natural history of trees.
Den*drol"o*gous (?), a. Relating to dendrology.
Den*drol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -logy: cf. F. dendrologie.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Den*drom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -meter: cf. F. dendromètre.] An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.
Den"e*gate (?), v. t. [L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See Deny.] To deny. [Obs.]
Den`e*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dénégation.] Denial. [Obs.]
Den"gue (d"g), 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.
This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the 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.
De*ni"a*ble (?), a. [See Deny.] Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.
De*ni"al (?), n. [See Deny.] 1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
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.
3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
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.
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.
Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self- denial.
De*ni"ance (?), n. Denial. [Obs.] E. Hall.
De*ni"er (?), n. One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.
||De*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.
My dukedom to a beggarly denier.
Shak.
Den"i*grate (?), v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.] 1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle.
2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.]
To denigrate the memory of Voltaire.
Morley.
Den`i*gra"tion (?), n. [L. denigratio.] 1. The act of making black. Boyle.
2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation.
The vigorous denigration of science.
Morley.
Den"i*gra`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, blackens.
Den"im (dn"m), n. [Of uncertain origin.] A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
Den`i*tra"tion (?), n. [Pref. de- + nitrate.] A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.
De*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
De*ni"tri*fy (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + nitrogen + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.
Den`i*za"tion (?), n. The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. Hallam.
De*nize" (d*nz"), v. t. To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. [Obs.]
There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills.
Strype.
Den"i*zen (dn"*z'n), 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. "Denizens of air." Pope.
Denizens of their own free, independent state.
Sir W. Scott.
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.
3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country.
Ye gods,
Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes.
Dryden.
Den"i*zen, v. t. 1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
As soon as denizened, they domineer.
Dryden.
2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds.
J. D. Hooker.
Den`i*zen*a"tion (?), n. Denization; denizening. Abbott.
Den"i*zen*ize (?), v. t. To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen. Abbott.
Den"i*zen*ship, n. State of being a denizen.
Den"mark sat"in (?). See under Satin.
Den"net (?), n. A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ("The term and vehicle common about 1825." Latham.)
De*nom"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne.
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.
Passions commonly denominating selfish.
Hume.
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.
De*nom`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. dénomination a naming.] 1. The act of naming or designating.
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.
Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime.
Burke.
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.
De*nom`i*na"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. "Denominational differences." Buckle.
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism (?), n. A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist, n. One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century.
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly, adv. In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
De*nom`i*na"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dénominatif.] 1. Conferring a denomination or name.
2. (Logic) Connotative; as, a denominative name.
3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
The least denominative part of time is a minute.
Cocker.
4. (Gram.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.
De*nom`i*na"tive, n. A denominative name or term; denominative verb. Jer. Taylor. Harkness.
De*nom`i*na"tive*ly, adv. By denomination.
De*nom"i*na`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. dénominateur.] 1. One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.
This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general.
Sir W. Raleigh.
2. (Arith.) That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.
Thus, in , 5 is the denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator, 3, shows how many parts are taken.
3. (Alg.) That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.
In this sense, the denominator is not necessarily a number, but may be any expression, either positive or negative, real or imaginary. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )
De*not"a*ble (?), a. [From Denote.] Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.
De*no"tate (?), v. t. [L. denotatus, p. p. of denotare.] To mark off; to denote. [Archaic]
These terms denotate a longer time.
Burton.
What things should be denotated and signified by the color.
Urquhart.
De`no*ta"tion (?), n. [L. denotatio: cf. F. dénotation.] The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.
De*not"a*tive (?), a. Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
Proper names are preëminently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute.
Latham.
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. dénoter. 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.
The better to denote her to the doctor.
Shak.
2. To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.
A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort.
Gilpin.
De*note"ment (?), n. Sign; indication. [R.]
A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
De*not"ive (?), a. Serving to denote.
||Dé`noue`ment" (?), n. [F. dénouement, fr. dénouer to untie; pref. dé- (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.
2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.
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De*nounce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] [F. dénoncer, 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.]
Denouncing wrath to come.
Milton.
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish.
Deut. xxx. 18.
2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
His look denounced desperate.
Milton.
3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Denounced for a heretic.
Sir T. More.
To denounce the immoralities of Julius Cæsar.
Brougham.
De*nounce"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. denoncement.] Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation. [Archaic]
False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse.
Sir T. Browne.
De*noun"cer (?) n. One who denounces, or declares, as a menace.
Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate.
Dryden.
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.
All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare.
Ray.
To replace the cloudy barrier dense.
Cowper.
2. Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance.
Dense"ly, adv. In a dense, compact manner.
Dense"ness, n. The quality of being dense; density.
Den*sim"e*ter (?), n. [L. densus dense + -meter: cf. F. densimètre.] An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.
Den"si*ty (dn"s*t), n. [L. densitas; cf. F. densité.] 1. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.
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.
For gases the standard substance is hydrogen, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade and a pressure of 760 millimeters. For liquids and solids the standard is water at a temperature of 4° Centigrade. The density of solids and liquids is usually called specific gravity, and the same is true of gases when referred to air as a standard.
3. (Photog.) Depth of shade. Abney.
Dent (dnt), n. [A variant of Dint.] 1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer.
2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.
A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter.
De Quincey.
Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting.] To make a dent upon; to indent.
The houses dented with bullets.
Macaulay.
Dent, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight.
Den"tal (dn"tal), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.] 1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
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.
Dental formula (Zoöl.), a brief notation used by zoölogists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. -- Dental surgeon, a dentist.
Den"tal, n. [Cf. F. dentale. See Dental, a.] 1. An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
2. (Zoöl.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.
Den"tal*ism (-z'm), n. The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.
||Den*ta"li*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.
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 (dn"tt), Den"ta*ted (- t*td), } 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.
2. (Zoöl.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennæ.
Den"tate-cil"i*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.
Den"tate*ly (?), adv. In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.
Den"tate-sin"u*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.
Den*ta"tion (?), n. Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.]
How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation?
Paley.
Dent"ed (?), a. [From Dent, v. t.] Indented; impressed with little hollows.
Dent"el (?), n. Same as Dentil.
||Den*telle" (?), n. [F.] (Bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.
||Den*tel"li (?), n. pl. [It., sing. dentello, prop., little tooth, dim. of dente tooth, L. dens, dentis. Cf. Dentil.] Modillions. Spectator.
||Den"tex (?), n. [NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish.] (Zoöl.) An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidæ.
||Den`ti*ce"te (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + cetus, pl. cete, whale, Gr. &?;.] (Zoöl.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.
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.
Den*tic`u*la"tion (?), n. 1. The state of being set with small notches or teeth. Grew.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle.
Den*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -ferous.] Bearing teeth; dentigerous.
Den"ti*form (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -form: cf. F. dentiforme.] Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
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.
Den*tig"er*ous (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -gerous.] Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.
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.
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.
Den"ti*la`ted (?), a. Toothed.
Den`ti*la"tion (?), n. Dentition.
Den"ti*lave (?), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + lavare to wash.] A wash for cleaning the teeth.
Den"tile (?), n. [LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. See Dentil.] (Zoöl.) A small tooth, like that of a saw.
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.
The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r.
Am. Cyc.
Den*til"o*quist (?), n. One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.
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.
Den"ti*nal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to dentine.
Den"tine (-tn), 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.
Den"ti*phone (dn"t*fn), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + Gr. fwnh` sound.] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone. Knight.
||Den`ti*ros"ter (?), n.; pl. Dentirostres (#). [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F. dentirostre.] (Zoöl.) A dentirostral bird.
Den`ti*ros"tral (?), a. (Zoöl.) 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.
Den`ti*ros"trate (?), a. Dentirostral.
Den"ti*scalp (?), n. [L. dens tooth + scalpere to scrape.] An instrument for scraping the teeth.
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.]
Den"tist*ry (?), n. The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.
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.
2. (Zoöl.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.
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.]
The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice.
Bacon.
Den"toid (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -oid.] Shaped like a tooth; tooth- shaped.
Den`to*lin"gual (?), a. Dentilingual.
Den"ture (?; 135), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. denture, OF. denteure.] (Dentistry) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.
De*nud"ate (?), v. t. [L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude.] To denude. [Obs. or R.]
Den`u*da"tion (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F. dénudation.] 1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
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.