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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dēar'ly, adv. p. 337In a dear manner; with dearness; with affection; earnestly; as, to love one dearly. 2. At a high rate; grievously. He buys his mistress dearly with his throne. Dryden.Dēarn, a. p. 337Lonely; solitary; melancholy. [Obs.] Shak.Dēarn, v. t. p. 337Same as DARN. [Obs.] See DARN.Dēar'ness, n. p. 337The state or condition of being dear; scarcity; costliness; excess of price. “The dearness of corn.” Swift. 2. The state or condition of being dear, in the sense of fondness; preciousness…Dēarn'ly, adv. p. 337Secretly; privately; mournfully. [Obs.] See DERNLY. Spenser.Dēarth, n. p. 337Scarcity which renders dear; as, dearth of corn. 2. Want; famine. “The dearth is great.” Shak. 3. Barrenness; sterility. “Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination.” Dryden.Dē/är-tĭc'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 338To disjoint. [Obs.]Dēar'y, n. p. 338A dear; a darling;—used as a word of endearment.Dē'as, n. p. 338See DAIS.Death, n. p. 338That state of a being, animal or vegetable, but more particularly of an animal, in which there is total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions, when the organs have not only ceased to…Dēath'-bĕd, n. p. 338The bed on which a person dies, or is confined in his last sickness; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness. By many a death-bed have I been, And many a sinner's parting seen.…Dēath'-bēll, n. p. 338A bell that announces death.Dēath'-dāmp, n. p. 338A cold sweat at the coming on of death.Dēath'-dō'ing, a. p. 338Inflicting death.Dēath'ful, a. p. 338Full of death; murderous; destructive. These eyes behold The deathful scene. Pope. 2. Liable to undergo death; mortal. The deathless gods and deathful earth. Chapman.Dēath'ful-ness, n. p. 338Appearance of death. Taylor.Dēath'less, a. p. 338Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.Dēath'li-ness, n. p. 338The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.Dēath'ly, a. p. 338Deadly; fatal; destructive.Dĕath'-răt/tle, n. p. 338A rattling in the throat of a dying person.Dĕath's'-hĕad, n. p. 338An image or figure representing the head of a human skeleton. I'd rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth. Shak.Death's-head moth p. 338a large and beautiful moth, of the genus Acherontia, so called from the representation of a human skull or death's-head on the back of the thorax. Baird.Dēath’s’-man, n. p. 338An executioner; a hangman.Dēath'-strōke, n. p. 338The stroke of death.Dēath'-tō'ken, n. p. 338That which indicates approaching death. Shak.Dēath'ward, adv. p. 338Toward death.Dēath'-wār'rant, n. p. 338(Law.) An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal. 2. That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.Dēath'-watch, n. p. 338(Entom.) A small kind of beetle (Anobium tessellatum), whose ticking, which is really the call of the male for its mate, has been supposed, by superstitious and ignorant people, to prognosticate…De-au'rāte, v. t. p. 338To gild. [Obs.] Bailey.De-au'rate, a. p. 338Gilded. [Obs.]Dē'qu-rā'tion, n. p. 338Act of gilding. [Obs.] Bailey.Dēave, v. t. p. 338To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen. [Written also deve.]De-bāc'ehāte, v. i. p. 338To rave and bluster, as a bacchanal. [Obs.] Cockeram.Dē'ba-chā'tion, n. p. 338A raving. [Obs.] Prynne.De-bā'cle, n. p. 338A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush of waters, having great transporting power. 2. A confused rout; overthrow; breaking up.De-bär', v. t. p. 338To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse. Not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor…De-bārb’, v. t. p. 338To deprive of the beard. [Obs.] Bailey.De-bārk', v. t. p. 338To land from a ship or boat; to disembark; as, to de-bark artillery.De-bārk', v. i. p. 338To leave a ship or boat and pass to the land; to go on shore; as, the troops debarked at four o'clock.Dē'bar-kā'tion, n. p. 338The act of disembarking.De-bār'ment, n. p. 338Hinderance from approach; exclusion.De-bár'rass, v. t. p. 338To free from embarrassment; to disembarrass; to disengage. [Rare.]De-bāse′, v. t. p. 338To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, and the like; to degrade; to lower; to abase; as, to debase gold or silver by alloy; to debase the character by…De-bāsĕd', p. a. p. 338(Her.) Turned upside down from its proper position; reversed.De-bāse'ment, n. p. 338The act of debasing; degrading or reducing in purity, fineness, quality, or value; adulteration. 2. The state of being debased; degradation.De-bās'er, n. p. 338One who debases, degrades, or renders mean; that which debases.De-bās'ing-ly, adv. p. 338In a manner to debase.De-bāt'a-ble, a. p. 338Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; as, a debatable question.De-bāte', n. p. 338A fight, contention, or strife. [Rare.] In the day of Trinity next ensuing was a great debate, . . . and in that murder there were slain . . . fourscore. R. of Gl. But question fierce and proud reply…De-bāte', v. t. p. 338To engage in combat for; to fight for. Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. Prescott.…De-bāte', v. i. p. 338To engage in strife or combat; to contend; to struggle; to dispute; to deliberate; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; — often followed by upon.De-bāte'ful, a. p. 338Full of contention; contested. “Debateful strife.” Spencer. 2. Quarrelsome; contentious; as, a debateful person. [Obs.]De-bāte'ful-ly, adv. p. 338With contention. [Obs.]De-bāte'ment, n. p. 338Controversy; deliberation. [Rare.] “A serious question and debatement with myself.” Milton.De-bāt'er, n. p. 338One who debates; a disputant; a controvertist.De-bāt'ing-ly, adv. p. 338In the manner of a debate.De-bāt'ing So-ci'e-ty p. 338A society for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.De-bauch', v. t. p. 338To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to vitiate; to pollute; to lead astray; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to…De-bauch', n. p. 338Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; gluttony; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden. 2. An act or occasion of debauchery. Silēnus, from his…De-bauch'ed-ly, adv. p. 338In a profligate manner.