DEMYDe*my", n.; pl. Demies. Etym: [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.
DEMYDe*my", a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.
DEN Den, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [AS. denu.]
Defn: A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Shak.
DENDen, v. i.
Defn: To live in, or as in, a den.The sluggish salvages that den below. G. Fletcher.
DENARCOTIZEDe*nar"co*tize, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium.— De*nar`co*ti*za"tion, n.
DENARIUSDe*na"ri*us, n.; pl. Denarii. Etym: [L. See 2d Denier.]
Defn: 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.
DENARYDen"a*ry, a. Etym: [L. denarius. See 2d Denier.]
Defn: Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
DENARYDen"a*ry, n.
1. The number ten; a division into ten.
2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius. Udall.
DENATIONALIZATIONDe*na`tion*al*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dénationalisation.]
Defn: The or process of denationalizing.
DENATIONALIZE De*na"tion*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. dénationaliser.]
Defn: To divest or deprive of national character or rights.Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships thathave touched at a British port. Cobbett.An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot.
DENATURALIZEDe*nat"u*ral*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denaturalized; p. pr. & vb. n.Denaturalizing.] Etym: [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.
DENATUREDe*na"ture, v. t. [De- + nature.]
Defn: To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.
DENAYDe*nay", v. t. Etym: [See Deny.]
Defn: To deny. [Obs.]That with great rage he stoutly doth denay. Spenser.
DENAYDe*nay", n.
Defn: Denial; refusal. [Obs.] Shak.
DENDRACHATE Den"dra*chate, n. Etym: [L. dendrachates; Gr. dendrachate, dendragate.] (Min.)
Defn: Arborescent or dendritic agate.
DENDRIFORMDen"dri*form, a. Etym: [Gr. -form.]
Defn: Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.
DENDRITEDen"drite, n. Etym: [Gr. dendrite.] (Min.)
Defn: 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.
DENDRITIC; DENDRITICALDen*drit"ic, Den*drit"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.
DENDROCOELADen`dro*c, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.
DENDROID; DENDROIDALDen"droid, Den*droid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. dendroïde.]
Defn: Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
DENDROLITEDen"dro*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite: cf. F. dendrolithe.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
DENDROLOGISTDen*drol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in the natural history of trees.
DENDROLOGOUSDen*drol"o*gous, a.
Defn: Relating to dendrology.
DENDROLOGYDen*drol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. dendrologie.]
Defn: A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
DENDROMETERDen*drom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. dendromètre.]
Defn: An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.
DENEGATEDen"e*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See Deny.]
Defn: To deny. [Obs.]
DENEGATIONDen`e*ga"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dénégation.]
Defn: Denial. [Obs.]
DENGUEDen"gue, n. Etym: [See Note, below.] (Med.)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
DENIABLEDe*ni"a*ble, a. Etym: [See Deny.]
Defn: Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.
DENIALDe*ni"al, n. Etym: [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.
DENIANCEDe*ni"ance, n.
Defn: Denial. [Obs.] E. Hall.
DENIERDe*ni"er, n.
Defn: One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or ofChrist.
DENIER De*nier", n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: A small copper coin of insignificant value.My dukedom to a beggarly denier. Shak.
DENIGRATE Den"i*grate, v. t. Etym: [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.
DENIGRATIONDen`i*gra"tion, n. Etym: [L. denigratio.]
1. The act of making black. Boyle.
2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation. The vigorous denigration of science. Morley.
DENIGRATORDen"i*gra`tor, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, blackens.
DENIMDen"im, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin.]
Defn: A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
DENITRATIONDen`i*tra"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. de- + nitrate.]
Defn: A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.
DENITRIFICATIONDe*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
DENITRIFYDe*ni"tri*fy, v. t. Etym: [Pref. de- + nitrogen + -fy.]
Defn: To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.
DENIZATIONDen`i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. Hallam.
DENIZEDe*nize", v. t.
Defn: To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; tonaturalize. [Obs.]There was a private act made for denizing the children of RichardHillStrype.
DENIZEN Den"i*zen, n. Etym: [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.
DENIZENDen"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.
DENIZENATIONDen`i*zen*a"tion, n.
Defn: Denization; denizening. Abbott.
DENIZENIZEDen"i*zen*ize, v. t.
Defn: To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen. Abbott.
DENIZENSHIPDen"i*zen*ship, n.
Defn: State of being a denizen.
DENMARK SATINDen"mark sat"in.
Defn: See under Satin.
DENNETDen"net, n.
Defn: A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ("The term and vehicle common about 1825." Latham.)
DENOMINABLEDe*nom"i*na*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne.
DENOMINATEDe*nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denominated; p. pr. & vb. n.Denominating.] Etym: [L. denominatus, p. p. of denominare to name;de- + nominare to call by name. See Nominate.]
Defn: To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;to name; to designate.Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume.
DENOMINATEDe*nom"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. denominatus, p. p.]
Defn: 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.
DENOMINATION De*nom`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [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.
DENOMINATIONALDe*nom`i*na"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society."Denominational differences." Buckle.
DENOMINATIONALISMDe*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism, n.
Defn: A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.
DENOMINATIONALISTDe*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist, n.
Defn: One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century.
DENOMINATIONALLYDe*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
DENOMINATIVEDe*nom`i*na"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dénominatif.]
1. Conferring a denomination or name.
2. (Logic)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.
DENOMINATIVEDe*nom`i*na"tive, n.
Defn: A denominative name or term; denominative verb. Jer. Taylor.Harkness.
DENOMINATIVELYDe*nom`i*na"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: By denomination.
DENOMINATORDe*nom"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.
Note: Thus, in denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator, 3, shows how many parts are taken.
3. (Alg.)
Defn: That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.
Note: 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. )
DENOTABLEDe*not"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Denote.]
Defn: Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.
DENOTATEDe*no"tate, v. t. Etym: [L. denotatus, p. p. of denotare.]
Defn: To mark off; to denote. [Archaic]These terms denotate a longer time. Burton.What things should be denotated and signified by the color. Urquhart.
DENOTATIONDe`no*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. denotatio: cf. F. dénotation.]
Defn: The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.
DENOTATIVEDe*not"a*tive, a.
Defn: 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.
DENOTEDe*note", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Denoting.]Etym: [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.
DENOTEMENTDe*note"ment, n.
Defn: Sign; indication. [R.]
Note: A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
DENOTIVEDe*not"ive, a.
Defn: Serving to denote.
DENOUEMENT Dé`noue`ment", n. Etym: [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.
DENOUNCE De*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] Etym: [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.
DENOUNCEMENTDe*nounce"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. denoncement.]
Defn: Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.[Archaic]False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. SirT. Browne.
DENOUNCERDe*noun"cer n.
Defn: One who denounces, or declares, as a menace.Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.
DENSEDense, a. Etym: [L. densus; akin to Gr. 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.
DENSELYDense"ly, adv.
Defn: In a dense, compact manner.
DENSENESSDense"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being dense; density.
DENSIMETER Den*sim"e*ter, n. Etym: [L. densus dense + -meter: cf. F. densimètre.]
Defn: An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.
DENSITYDen"si*ty, n. Etym: [L. densitas; cf. F. densité.]
1. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; — opposed to rarity.
2. (Physics)
Defn: 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.
Note: For gases the standard substance is hydrogen, at a temperature of 0º Centigrade and a pressure of 760 millimeters. For liquids and solids the standard is water at a temperature of 4º 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.)
Defn: Depth of shade. Abney.
DENTDent, n. Etym: [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.
DENTDent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting.]
Defn: To make a dent upon; to indent.The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay.
DENTDent, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.] (Mach.)
Defn: A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight.
DENTALDen"tal, a. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]
1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
2. (Phon.)
Defn: Formed by the aid of the teeth; — said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d 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.
DENTALDen"tal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dentale. See Dental, a.]
1. An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.
DENTALISMDen"tal*ism, n.
Defn: The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.
DENTALIUMDen*ta"li*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.
DENTARYDen"ta*ry, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth.— n.
Defn: The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.
DENTATE; DENTATED Den"tate, Den"ta*ted, a. Etym: [L. dentatus, fr. dens, dentis, tooth.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennæ.
DENTATE-CILIATEDen"tate-cil"i*ate, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.
DENTATELYDen"tate*ly, adv.
Defn: In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.
DENTATE-SINUATEDen"tate-sin"u*ate, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.
DENTATIONDen*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.]How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation Paley.
DENTEDDent"ed, a. Etym: [From Dent, v. t.]
Defn: Indented; impressed with little hollows.
DENTELDent"el, n.
Defn: Same as Dentil.
DENTELLEDen*telle", n. Etym: [F.] (Bookbinding)
Defn: An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.
DENTELLI Den*tel"li, n. pl. Etym: [It., sing. dentello, prop., little tooth, dim. of dente tooth, L. dens, dentis. Cf. Dentil.]
Defn: Modillions. Spectator.
DENTEXDen"tex, n. Etym: [NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidæ.
DENTICETE Den`ti*ce"te, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + cetus, pl. cete, whale, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.
DENTICLE Den"ti*cle, n. Etym: [L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli.]
Defn: A small tooth or projecting point.
DENTICULATE; DENTICULATED Den*tic"u*late, Den*tic"u*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. denticulatus, fr. denticulus. See Denticle.]
Defn: Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx. — Den*tic"u*late*ly, adv.
DENTICULATIONDen*tic`u*la"tion, n.
1. The state of being set with small notches or teeth. Grew.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: A diminutive tooth; a denticle.
DENTIFEROUSDen*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -ferous.]
Defn: Bearing teeth; dentigerous.
DENTIFORM Den"ti*form, a. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -form: cf. F. dentiforme.]
Defn: Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
DENTIFRICE Den"ti*frice, n. Etym: [L. dentifricium; dens, dentis, tooth + fricare to rub: cf. F. dentifrice. See Tooth, and Friction.]
Defn: A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.
DENTIGEROUSDen*tig"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -gerous.]
Defn: Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.
DENTILDen"til, n. Etym: [LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. Cf. Dentelli,Denticle, Dentile.] (Arch.)
Defn: 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.
DENTILABIALDen`ti*la"bi*al, a.
Defn: Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed. — n.
Defn: A dentilabial sound or letter.
DENTILATEDDen"ti*la`ted, a.
Defn: Toothed.
DENTILATIONDen`ti*la"tion, n.
Defn: Dentition.
DENTILAVEDen"ti*lave, n. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth + lavare to wash.]
Defn: A wash for cleaning the teeth.
DENTILEDen"tile, n. Etym: [LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. See Dentil.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A small tooth, like that of a saw.
DENTILINGUALDen`ti*lin"gual, a. Etym: [L. dens tooth + E. lingual.]
Defn: Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed. — n.
Defn: A dentilingual sound or letter. The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. Am. Cyc.
DENTILOQUISTDen*til"o*quist, n.
Defn: One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.
DENTILOQUYDen*til"o*quy, n. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth + loqui to speak.]
Defn: The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.
DENTINALDen"ti*nal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to dentine.
DENTINEDen"tine, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dentine.] (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
DENTIPHONEDen"ti*phone, n. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth + Gr.
Defn: An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone. Knight.
DENTIROSTER Den`ti*ros"ter, n.; pl. Dentirostres. Etym: [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F. dentirostre.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A dentirostral bird.
DENTIROSTRALDen`ti*ros"tral, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
DENTIROSTRATEDen`ti*ros"trate, a.
Defn: Dentirostral.
DENTISCALPDen"ti*scalp, n. Etym: [L. dens tooth + scalpere to scrape.]
Defn: An instrument for scraping the teeth.
DENTISTDen"tist, n. Etym: [From L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dentiste. SeeTooth.]
Defn: One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.
DENTISTIC; DENTISTICALDen*tis"tic, Den*tis"ti*cal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists. [R.]
DENTISTRYDen"tist*ry, n.
Defn: The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.
DENTITION Den*ti"tion, n. Etym: [L. dentitio, fr. dentire to cut teeth, fr. dens, dentis, tooth. See Dentist.]
1. The development and cutting of teeth; teething.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.
DENTIZEDen"tize, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dentized; p. pr. & vb. n.Dentizing.] Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth.]
Defn: To breed or cut new teeth. [R.]The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice. Bacon.
DENTOIDDen"toid, a. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -oid.]
Defn: Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.
DENTOLINGUALDen`to*lin"gual, a.
Defn: Dentilingual.
DENTURE Den"ture, n. Etym: [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. denture, OF. denteure.] (Dentistry)
Defn: An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.
DENUDATEDe*nud"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. SeeDenude.]
Defn: To denude. [Obs. or R.]
DENUDATIONDen`u*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. denudatio: cf. F. dénudation.]
1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: 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.
DENUDE De*nude", v. t. Etym: [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See Nude.]
Defn: To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.
DENUNCIATE De*nun"ci*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. denuntiatus, denunciatus, p. p. of denuntiare, -ciare. See Denounce.]
Defn: To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. [R.]To denunciate this new work. Burke.
DENUNCIATIONDe*nun`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. denuntiatio, -ciatio.]
1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. [Obs.] Public . . . denunciation of banns before marriage. Bp. Hall.
2. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
3. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment. Uttering bold denunciations of ecclesiastical error. Motley.
DENUNCIATIVEDe*nun"ci*a*tive, a. Etym: [L. denuntiativus, -ciativus, monitory.]
Defn: Same as Denunciatory. Farrar.
DENUNCIATOR De*nun"ci*a`tor, n. Etym: [L. denuntiator, -ciator, a police officer.]
Defn: One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.
DENUNCIATORYDe*nun"ci*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language.
DENUTRITIONDe`nu*tri"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
DENYDe*ny", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denied; p. pr. & vb. n. Denying.] Etym:[OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. dénier, fr. L. denegare;de- + negare to say no, deny. See Negation.]
1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; — opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.
2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] "If you deny to dance." Shak.
3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request. Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies Pope. To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. J. Edwards.
4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. The falsehood of denying his opinion. Bancroft. Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. Keble. To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial. Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. Matt. xvi. 24.
DENYDe*ny", v. i.
Defn: To answer in Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. Gen. xviii. 15.
DENYINGLYDe*ny"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of one denies a request. Tennyson.
DEOBSTRUCTDe`ob*struct", v. t.
Defn: To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. Arbuthnot.
DEOBSTRUENTDe*ob"stru*ent, a. (Med.)
Defn: Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient. — n.
Defn: (Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.
DEODANDDe"o*dand`, n. Etym: [LL. deodandum, fr. L. Deo dandum to be given toGod.] (Old Eng. Law)
Defn: A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.
Note: Deodands are unknown in American law, and in 1846 were abolished in England.
DEODAR De`o*dar", n. Etym: [Native name, fr. Skr. d, prop., timber of the gods.] (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree.
DEODATEDe"o*date`, n. Etym: [L. Deo to God (Deus God) + datum thing given.]
Defn: A gift or offering to God. [Obs.]Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up. Hooker.
DEODORANTDe*o"dor*ant, n.
Defn: A deodorizer.
DEODORIZATIONDe*o`dor*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.
DEODORIZEDe*o"dor*ize, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.
DEODORIZERDe*o"dor*i`zer, n.
Defn: He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors.
DEONERATEDe*on"er*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. deoneratus, p. p. of deonerare. SeeOnerate.]
Defn: To unload; to disburden. [Obs.] Cockeram.
DEONTOLOGICALDe*on`to*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to deontology.
DEONTOLOGISTDe`on*tol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in deontology.
DEONTOLOGYDe`on*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science relat J. Bentham.
DEOPERCULATEDe`o*per"cu*late, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the lid removed; — said of the capsules of mosses.
DEOPPILATEDe*op"pi*late, v. t.
Defn: To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.]Boyle.
DEOPPILATIONDe*op`pi*la"tion, n.
Defn: Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne.
DEOPPILATIVEDe*op"pi*la*tive, a. & n. (Med.)
Defn: Deobstruent; aperient. [Obs.] Harvey.
DEORDINATIONDe*or`di*na"tion, n. Etym: [LL. deordinatio depraved morality.]
Defn: Disorder; dissoluteness. [Obs.]Excess of rideordination. Jer. Taylor.
DEOSCULATEDe*os"cu*late, v. t. Etym: [L. deosculatus, p. p. of deosculari. SeeOsculate.]
Defn: To kiss warmly. [Obs.] — De*os`cu*la"tion, n. [Obs.]
DEOXIDATEDe*ox"i*date, v. t. (Chem.)
Defn: To deoxidize.
DEOXIDATIONDe*ox`i*da"tion, n. (Chem.)
Defn: The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.
DEOXIDIZATIONDe*ox`i*di*za"tion, n. (Chem.)
Defn: Deoxidation.
DEOXIDIZEDe*ox"i*dize, v. t. (Chem.)
Defn: To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.
DEOXIDIZERDe*ox"i*di`zer, n. (Chem.)
Defn: That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.
DEOXYGENATEDe*ox"y*gen*ate, v. t. (Chem.)
Defn: To deoxidize. [Obs.]
DEOXYGENATIONDe*ox`y*gen*a"tion, n. (Chem.)
Defn: The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
DEOXYGENIZEDe*ox"y*gen*ize, v. t. (Chem.)
Defn: To deoxidize.
DEPAINTDe*paint", p. p. Etym: [F. dépeint, p. p. of dépeindre to paint, fr.L. depingere. See Depict, p. p.]
Defn: Painted. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DEPAINTDe*paint", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depainted; p. pr. & vb. n.Depainting.]
1. To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. [Obs.] And do unwilling worship to the saint That on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser. In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland.
2. To mark with, or as with, color; to color. Silver drops her vermeil cheeks depaint. Fairfax.
DEPAINTERDe*paint"er n.
Defn: One who depaints. [Obs.]
DEPARDIEUX De*par"dieux`, interj. Etym: [OF., a corruption of de part Dieu, lit., on the part of God.]
Defn: In God's name; certainly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DEPART De*part", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Departed; p. pr. & vb. n. Departing.] Etym: [OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. départir to divide, distribute, se départir to separate one's self, depart; pref. dé- (L. de) + partir to part, depart, fr. L. partire, partiri, to divide, fr. pars part. See Part.]
1. To part; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; — opposed to arrive; — often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination. I will depart to mine own land. Num. x. 30. Ere thou from hence depart. Milton. He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. Shak.
3. To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; — with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading. If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles. Madison.
4. To pass away; to perish. The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv. 21.
5. To quit this world; to die. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. Luke ii. 29. To depart with, to resign; to part with. [Obs.] Shak.
DEPARTDe*part", v. t.
1. To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Till death departed them, this life they lead. Chaucer.
2. To divide in order to share; to apportion. [Obs.] And here is gold, and that full great plentee, That shall departed been among us three. Chaucer.
3. To leave; to depart from. "He departed this life." Addison. "Ere I depart his house." Shak.
DEPARTDe*part", n. Etym: [Cf. F. départ, fr. départir.]
1. Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.] The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. Bacon.
2. A going away; departure; hence, death. [Obs.] At my depart for France. Shak. Your loss and his depart. Shak.
DEPARTABLEDe*part"a*ble, a.
Defn: Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon.
DEPARTERDe*part"er, n.
1. One who refines metals by separation. [Obs.]
2. One who departs.
DEPARTMENT De*part"ment, n. Etym: [F. département, fr. départir. See Depart, v. i.]
1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.
2. A part, portion, or subdivision.
3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointedsphere or walk; province.Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature.Macaulay.
4. Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
5. A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
DEPARTMENTALDe`part*men"tal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.
DEPARTMENT STOREDe*part"ment store.
Defn: A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.
DEPARTUREDe*par"ture, n. Etym: [From Depart.]
1. Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.] No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.
2. Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away. Departure from this happy place. Milton.
3. Removal from the present life; death; decease. The time of my departure is at hand. 2 Tim. iv. 6. His timely departure . . . barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries. Sir P. Sidney.
4. Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose. Any departure from a national standard. Prescott.
5. (Law)
Defn: The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier.
6. (Nav. & Surv.)
Defn: The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.
Note: Since the meridians sensibly converge, the departure in navigation is not measured from the beginning nor from the end of the ship's course, but is regarded as the total easting or westing made by the ship or person as he travels over the course. To take a departure (Nav. & Surv.), to ascertain, usually by taking bearings from a landmark, the position of a vessel at the beginning of a voyage as a point from which to begin her dead reckoning; as, the ship took her departure from Sandy Hook.
Syn.— Death; demise; release. See Death.
DEPASCENT De*pas"cent, a. Etym: [L. depascens, p. pr. of depascere; de- + pascere to feed.]
Defn: Feeding. [R.]
DEPASTUREDe*pas"ture, v. t. & i.
Defn: To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.]Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds. Blackstone.A right to cut wood upon or departure land. Washburn.
DEPATRIATEDe*pa"tri*ate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. de- + patria one's country.]
Defn: To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; tobanish. [Obs.]A subject born in any state May, if he please, depatriate. Mason.
DEPAUPERATE De*pau"per*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Depauperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depauperating.] Etym: [LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.]
Defn: To make poor; to impoverish.Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bearlarge grain. Mortimer.Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. Jer. Taylor.
DEPAUPERATEDe*pau"per*ate, a. Etym: [L. depauperatus, p. p.] (Bot.)
Defn: Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. Gray.
DEPAUPERIZEDe*pau"per*ize, v. t.
Defn: To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. [R.]
DEPEACHDe*peach", v. t. Etym: [L. dépêcher. See Dispatch.]
Defn: To discharge. [Obs.]As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached.Hakluyt.
DEPECTIBLE De*pec"ti*ble, a. Etym: [L. depectere to comb off; de- + pectere to comb.]
Defn: Tough; thick; capable of extension. [Obs.]Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. Bacon.
DEPECULATIONDe*pec`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. depeculari, p. p. depeculatus, to rob.See Peculate.]
Defn: A robbing or embezzlement. [Obs.]Depeculation of the public treasure. Hobbes.
DEPEINCTDe*peinct", v. t. Etym: [See Depaint.]
Defn: To paint. [Obs.] Spenser.
DEPENDDe*pend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Depended; p. pr. & vb. n. Depending.]Etym: [F. dépendre, fr. L. depend; de- + pend to hang. See Pendant.]
1. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. And ever-living lamps depend in rows. Pope.
2. To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court. You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition. Burke.
3. To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; — followed by on or upon, formerly by of. The truth of God's word dependeth not of the truth of the congregation. Tyndale. The conclusion . . . that our happiness depends little on political institutions, and much on the temper and regulation of our own minds. Macaulay. Heaven forming each on other to depend. Pope.
4. To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; — with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour. But if you 're rough, and use him like a dog, Depend upon it — he 'll remain incog. Addison.
5. To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer. [Obs.] Shak.
6. To impend. [Obs.] Shak.
DEPENDABLEDe*pend"a*ble, a.
Defn: Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy. "Dependable friendships." Pope.
DEPENDANT; DEPENDANCE; DEPENDANCYDe*pend"ant, De*pend"ance, n., De*pend"an*cy, n.
Defn: See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.
Note: The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent.
DEPENDENCEDe*pend"ence, n. Etym: [LL. dependentia, fr. L. dependens. SeeDependent, and cf. Dependance.]
1. The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
2. The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause). The cause of effects, and the dependence of one thing upon another. Bp. Burnet.
3. Mutu So dark adependence or order. Sir T. More.
4. Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self. Reduced to a servile dependence on their mercy. Burke.
5. A resting with confidence; reliance; trust. Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul. T. Erskine.
6. That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.
7. That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else. Like a large cluster of black grapes they show And make a large dependence from the bough. Dryden.
8. A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel. [Obs.] To go on now with my first dependence. Beau. & Fl.
DEPENDENCYDe*pend"en*cy, n.; pl. Dependencies (.
1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust. Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other. Sir J. Reynolds. So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. Bacon.
2. A thing hanging down; a dependence.
3. That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like. This earth and its dependencies. T. Burnet. Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances. Locke.
4. A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
Note: Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4.
DEPENDENTDe*pend"ent, a. Etym: [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. SeeDepend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; — often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. Macaulay. Dependent covenant or contract (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed. — Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable.
DEPENDENTDe*pend"ent, n.
1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. Hallam.
2. That which depends; corollary; consequence. With all its circumstances and dependents. Prynne.
Note: See the Note under Dependant.
DEPENDENTLYDe*pend"ent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a dependent manner.
DEPENDERDe*pend"er, n.
Defn: One who depends; a dependent.
DEPENDINGLYDe*pend"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: As having dependence. Hale.
DEPEOPLEDe*peo"ple, v. t.
Defn: To depopulate. [Obs.]
DEPERDIT De*per"dit, n. Etym: [LL. deperditum, fr. L. deperditus, p. p. of deperdere; de- + perdere to lose, destroy.]
Defn: That which is lost or destroyed. [R.] Paley.
DEPERDITELYDe*per"dite*ly
Defn: , adv. Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked. [Archaic]
DEPERDITIONDep`er*di"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déperdition.]
Defn: Loss; destruction. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
DEPERTIBLEDe*per"ti*ble, a. Etym: [See Depart.]
Defn: Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon.
DEPHASEDe*phase", v. t. (Elec.)
Defn: To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternating current.
DEPHLEGM De*phlegm", v. t. Etym: [Pref. de- + phlegm water; cf. F. déphlegmer, déflegmer.] (O. Chem.)
Defn: To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. [Obs.] Boyle.
DEPHLEGMATEDe*phleg"mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dephlegmated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dephlegmating.] Etym: [See Dephlegm.] (Chem.)
Defn: To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; — used of spirits and acids.
DEPHLEGMATIONDe`phleg*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déflegmation.] (Chem.)
Defn: The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; — called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it. [Obs.]
DEPHLEGMATORDe*phleg"ma*tor, n.
Defn: An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.
DEPHLEGMATORYDe*phleg"ma*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
DEPHLEGMEDNESSDe*phlegm"ed*ness, n.
Defn: A state of being freed from water. [Obs.] Boyle.
DEPHLOGISTICCATE De`phlo*gis"tic*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dephlogisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlogisticating.] Etym: [Pref. de- + phlosticate: cf. F. déphlogistiguer.] (O. Chem.)
Defn: To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability. Priestley. Dephlogisticated air, oxygen gas; — so called by Dr. Priestly and others of his time. — De`phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion, n.
DEPHOSPHORIZATIONDe*phos`phor*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of freeing from phosphorous.
DEPICT De*pict", p. p. Etym: [L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.]
Defn: Depicted. Lydgate.
DEPICT De*pict", p. p. Etym: [L. depictus, p. p. of depinger to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.]
Defn: Depicted. Lydgate.
DEPICTDe*pict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depicting.]
1. To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray. His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber. Fuller.
2. To represent in words; to describe vividly. Cæsar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. Motley.
DEPICTIONDe*pic"tion, n. Etym: [L. depictio.]
Defn: A painting or depicting; a representation.
DEPICTUREDe*pic"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depictured; p. pr. & vb. n.Depicturing.]