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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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Del-tā'ic, a. p. 351Relating to, or like, a delta. Ogilvie.Dĕl'toid, a. p. 351Resembling the Greek Δ (delta); triangular. Deltoid leaf (Bot.), one in the form of a triangle.—Deltoid muscle (Anat.), a muscle in the shoulder which serves to move the arm directly upward.De-lūd'a-ble, a. p. 351Capable of being deluded or deceived; liable to be imposed on. “Him whose cognition is no way deludable.” Browne.De-lūde', v. t. p. 351To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on. “To delude the nation by an airy phantom.” Burke. 2. To frustrate or disappoint. “It deludes thy…De-lūd'er, n. p. 351One who deludes, or deceives; a deceiver; an impostor.Dĕl'ūge, n. p. 351A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; especially, the great flood or overflowing of the earth by water in the days of Noah. 2. Any thing which overwhelms, as a…Dĕl'ūge, v. t. p. 351To overflow, as with water; to inundate; to drown. The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore. 2. To overwhelm; to cover with any flowing or moving, spreading body; as, the northern nations…De-lu'sion, n. p. 351The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. “Laborious in delusion.” Pope. 2. The state of being deluded or misled. 3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false…De-lū'sive, a. p. 351Fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; delusive appearances. “Delusive and unsubstantial ideas.” Whewell.De-lū'sive-ly, adv. p. 351In a delusive manner.De-lū'sive-ness, n. p. 351The quality of being delusive; tendency to deceive.De-lū'so-ry, a. p. 351Apt to delude; delusive; fallacious. “A delusory prejudice.” Glanville.Dēlve, v. t. p. 351To dig; to open with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing-floor. Dryden. 2. To fathom; to penetrate; to trace out. I can not delve him to the root. Shak.Dĕlve, v. i. p. 351To labor with the spade; to labor as a drudge. Delve may I not, I shame to beg. Luke xvi. 3, Wycliffe's Trans.Dĕlve, n. p. 351A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. “To that shady delve him brought.” Spenser. The very tigers from their delves Look out. Moore. 2. A quantity of coals dug. [Prov. Eng.]Dĕl′ver, n. p. 351One who digs, as with a spade.De-măg'net-i-zā'tion, n. p. 351The act or process of depriving of magnetic polarity, or of mesmeric influence.De-măg'net-ize, v. t. p. 351To deprive of magnetic polarity; to restore from a sleep-waking state.Dēm'a-gōg'ic or Dēm'a-gōg'ic-al, a. p. 351Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.Dēm'a-gōg'ĭsm, n. p. 351The practices of a demagogue.Dēm'a-gōgue, n. p. 351A leader of the people, especially one who controls the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; a panderer to popular prejudices; an artful political orator.Dēm'a-gōg'y, n. p. 351Demagogism.De-māin', n. p. 351See DEMESNE.De-mānd', v. t. p. 351To ask or call for, as one who has a claim, right, or power to enforce the claim; to call for urgently or peremptorily; to press or sue a claim to; to make requisition of; as, to demand a debt, or…De-mănd', v. i. p. 351To make a demand; to ask; to inquire. The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? Luke iii. 14.De-mānd', n. p. 351The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a challenging as due; requisition; exaction; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. He that has…De-mānd'a-ble, a. p. 351Capable of being demanded, claimed, asked for, or required; as, payment is demandable at the expiration of the credit.De-mānd’ant, n. p. 351One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.De-mānd’er, n. p. 351One who demands, requires, or claims as due; one who asks; one who seeks to obtain.De-mānd'ress, n. p. 351A female demandant. Cotgrave.De-mär'ēāte, v. t. p. 351To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to divide. [Rare.] Wilkinson.Dē'mar-cā'tion, n. p. 351See DEMARKATION.De-märch’, n. p. 351March; walk; gait. [Obs.]Dē'march (-märk), n. p. 351A chief or ruler, as the mayor of a town among the modern Greeks.Dē'mar-kā'tion, n. p. 351The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; division; separation. 2. A limit or bound ascertained and fixed; quality of serving as a dividing limit. The speculative line of…Dē'ma-tē'ri-al-īze, v. t. p. 351To deprive of material qualities or characteristics. Dematerializing matter by stripping it of every thing which ... has distinguished matter. Milman.Dēme, n. p. 351(Gr. Antiq.) A territorial subdivision of Attica, corresponding to a township. “The eponymous hero of a deme in Attica.” Grote.De-mēan', v. t. p. 351To manage; to conduct; to treat. Our obdurate clergy have with violence demeaned the matter. Milton.De-mēan', v. t. p. 351To carry or conduct; to behave; — followed by the reflexive pronoun. They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. Clarendon. 2. [From de and mean, q. v.] To…De-mēan', n. p. 352Management; treatment. [Obs.] “Ville demean and usage bad.” Spenser. 2. Behavior; carriage; conduct; demeanor. [Obs.] “Grave demean and solemn vanity.” West.De-méan’, n. p. 352Property; means. [Obs.] You know How narrow our demeans are. Massinger.De-mēan'ance, n. p. 352Demeanor. [Obs.] “Royal demeanance.” Skelton.De-méaned', p. p. p. 352Behaved well;— in a good sense. Lessened; debased;— in a bad sense.De-mēan'or, n. p. 352Management; conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust ... wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton. 2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was…De-mēan'ūre, n. p. 352Behavior. [Obs.] Barret.Dē'men-cy, n. p. 352Dementia; temporary or permanent suspension of the exercise of the reason; insanity.De-mĕnt’, v. t. p. 352To deprive of reason; to make mad. [Rare.] Bale.De-mĕn'tate, a. p. 352Deprived of reason. Hammond.De-mĕn’tāte, v. t. p. 352[Lat. dementatus, p. p. of dementare. To deprive of reason. Barton.Dé′men-tā′tion, n. p. 352The act of depriving of reason, or the state of being so deprived. Whitlock.De-mĕn’ti-ā, n. p. 352Insanity. See INSANITY. 2. (Med.) A total loss of thought and reason; idiocy.De-mĕph′i-ti-zā′tion, n. p. 352(Med.) The act of purifying from mephitic or foul air.De-mēph'i-tīze, v. t. p. 352To purify from foul, unwholesome air.De-mĕrge', v. t. p. 352To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse. [Obs.] “The water in which it was demerged.” Boyle.De-mĕr'it, n. p. 352That which one deserves or merits, either of good or ill; desert. [Obs.] Hers be the blame for her demerit. Chaucer. By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they]…De-mĕr'it, v. t. p. 352To deserve;—said in reference to both praise and blame. [Obs.] “If I have demerited any love or thanks.” Udal. “Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited.” State Trials.De-mĕr'it, v. i. p. 352To deserve praise or blame.De-mĕrse', v. t. p. 352To cause to sink; to immerse. [Obs.] Boyle.De-mĕrsed’, a. p. 352Situated or growing under water, as leaves.De-mĕr'sion, n. p. 352The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning. 2. The state of being overwhelmed in water or earth. Ray.