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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. De-gĕn'der or De-gĕn'er, v. i.p. 347To degenerate. [Obs.] “De-gendering to hate.” Spenser. “A degenerated seed.” Sterling.
  2. De-gĕn'er-a-cy, n.p. 347The act of becoming degenerate or inferior in kind; a growing worse. “Willful degeneracy from goodness.” Tillotson. 2. The state of having become degenerate; decay; loss of goodness; deterioration…
  3. De-gēn'er-āte, v. i.p. 347To be or grow worse than one's kind; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to be degraded; to deteriorate. When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and…
  4. De-gĕn'er-ate, a.p. 347Having become worse than one's kind; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; mean; base; low. “Faint-hearted and degenerate king.” Shak. “A degenerate and degraded…
  5. De-gĕn'er-ate-ly, adv.p. 347In a degenerate or base manner.
  6. De-gĕn'er-ate-ness, n.p. 347The state of being degenerate, corrupt, or base; degeneracy.
  7. De-gēn'er-ā'tion, n.p. 347The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. “Our degeneration and apostasy.” Bates. 2. The thing degenerated.…
  8. De-gēn'er-a-tīve, a.p. 347Tending to degenerate.
  9. De-gēn'er-ous, a.p. 347Fallen from a state of excellence; low; base; mean; unworthy. [Obs.] “Degenerous passions.” Dryden. “Degenerous practices.” South.
  10. De-gĕn'er-ōŭs-ly, adv.p. 347In a degenerous manner; basely; meanly. [Obs.]
  11. De-glō'ried, a.p. 347Deprived of glory; dishonored. [Obs.] “With thorns degloried.” G. Fletcher.
  12. De-glū'ti-nāte, v. t.p. 347To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unites; to unglue.
  13. Dĕg'/lu-tĭ'tion, n.p. 347The act of swallowing. “The muscles employed in the act of deglutition.” Paley. 2. The power of swallowing. “When the deglutition is totally abolished.” Arbuthnot.
  14. Dēg'lu-ti'tious, a.p. 347Pertaining to deglutition. [Rare.]
  15. De-glū'ti-to-ry, a.p. 347Serving for deglutition.
  16. Dēg'ra-dā'tion, n.p. 347The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; deposition; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, or a bishop. 2. The state of being reduced in rank, character…
  17. De-grāde', v. t.p. 348To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to deprive of any office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer. Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber…
  18. De-grāde', v. i.p. 348(Nat. Hist.) To present degraded forms; to exhibit a degradation of a type or structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera. Dana.
  19. De-grād'ed, p. a.p. 348Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; sunken; low; base. The Netherlands . . . were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. Motley. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Presenting the typical characters in…
  20. De-grāde'ment, n.p. 348Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. [Obs.] Milton.
  21. De-grād'ing-ly, adv.p. 348In a degrading manner, or in a way to depreciate.
  22. Dēg'ra-vā'tion, n.p. 348The act of making heavy. [Obs.] Bailey.
  23. De-grēe', n.p. 348A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] “By ladders, or else by degree.” Chaucer. 2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; grade…
  24. De-gŭst', v. t.p. 348To taste. [Obs.] Cockram.
  25. Dĕg'us-tā'tion, n.p. 348A tasting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  26. De-his'ce, v. i.p. 348To gape; to open, as the capsules of plants.
  27. De-his'cence, n.p. 348The act of gaping. 2. (Bot.) The opening of pods and of the cells of anthers at maturity, as to emit seeds, pollen, &c. Martyn.
  28. De-his'cent, a.p. 348(Bot.) Opening, as the capsule of a plant. Eaton.
  29. Dē'ho-nĕs'tāte, v. t.p. 348To disgrace; to dishonor. [Obs.]
  30. De-hŏn'es-tā'tion, n.p. 348A disgracing; dishonoring. [Obs.] Gauden.
  31. Dehorsp. 348(Law.) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.
  32. De-hôrt', v. t.p. 348To urge to abstain from; to dissuade. [Obs.] “Exhort” remains, but dehort, a word whose place neither “dissuade” nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us. Trench.
  33. Dē'hor-tā'tion, n.p. 348The act of dissuading; dissuasion. [Obs.]
  34. De-hôrt’a-tive, a.p. 348Tending to dissuade. [Rare.]
  35. De-hôrt'a-to-ry, a.p. 348Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. Bp. Hall.
  36. De-hôrt'er, n.p. 348A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. [Obs.]
  37. De-hū'man-ize, v. t.p. 348To put off or destroy the human qualities of; to put away or destroy tenderness or softness of feeling; as, dehumanizing influences.
  38. De-hŭsk', v. t.p. 348To remove the husk from. [Obs.] “Wheat dehusked upon the floor.” Drant.
  39. Dē'i-çīde, n.p. 348The act of putting to death a being possessing a divine nature; particularly, that of putting Jesus Christ to death. [Rare.] “Earth profaned, yet blessed with deicide.” Prior. 2. One concerned in…
  40. Deīc'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 348In a manner to show or point out; absolutely; definitely. [Obs.] “When Christ spake it deictically.” Hammond.
  41. De-ĭf'ic or De-ĭf'ic-al, a.p. 348Making divine; producing resemblance to God. “A deifical communion.” Homilies.
  42. De'i-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 348The act of deifying; the act of exalting to the rank of, or enrolling among, deities.
  43. Dé'i-fi'er, n.p. 348One who deifies.
  44. Dē'i-fōrm, a.p. 348Like a god; of a godlike form. Consider religion as a seed of deiform nature. Burnet.
  45. Dē'i-fôrm'i-ty, n.p. 348Resemblance of deity. [Obs.]
  46. Dē'i-fy, v. t.p. 348To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Cæsar was deified. 2. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme…
  47. Deign, v. i.p. 348To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend. O, deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope.
  48. Deign, v. t.p. 348To esteem worthy; to accept as worthy; to condescend to. [Obs.] I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. Shak. 2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow. Nor…
  49. Dēil, n.p. 348The devil. [Written also deel.]
  50. Dēī'no-thē'rĭ-ŭm, n.p. 348See DINOTHERIUM.
  51. De-ïn’te-grāte, v. t.p. 348To disintegrate. [Obs.]
  52. De-ip'a-rous, a.p. 348Bearing or bringing forth a god; — said of the Virgin Mary. [Obs.] Bailey.
  53. Deip-nŏs'o-phīst, n.p. 348One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who were famous for their learned conversation at meals.
  54. Dē'is, n.p. 348Same as DAIS.
  55. Dē'ism, n.p. 348The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of the religious opinions of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation. ☞ Deism is the belief in natural religion…
  56. Dē'ist, n.p. 348One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; one who professes no form of religion, but follows the light of nature and reason, as his only guides in doctrine and…
  57. De-ist'ic or De-ist'ic-al, a.p. 348Pertaining to deism or to deists; embracing deism; containing deism; as, a deistical writer; a deistical book.
  58. De-ist'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 348After the manner of deists.
  59. Dē'i-tate, a.p. 348Having the nature or power of a god; divine; deified. [Obs.] Crammer.
  60. Dē'i-ty, n.p. 348The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works. His glory on the Son Blazed with unclouded deity. Milton.…