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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-mīse', n.p. 352Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transferrence; making over; especially the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor. 2. The decease of…
  2. De-mīse', v. t.p. 352To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. “Power to demise my lands.” Swift. 2. To convey; to give. [Rare.] His soul is at his conception demised…
  3. Dēm'/i-sēm'/i-quā'/ver, n.p. 352(Mus.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.
  4. De-mis'sion, n.p. 352The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a lowering; degradation; depression; humiliation; “A demission of sovereign authority.” L'Estrange. “Demission of mind.” Hammond.
  5. De-mīs'sion-a-ry, a.p. 352Pertaining to transfer or conveyance. 2. Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.
  6. De-miss'ive or De-miss', a.p. 352Humble. [Obs.]
  7. De-miss'ly, adv.p. 352In a humble manner. [Obs.]
  8. Dēm'i-sūit, n.p. 352A half suit, as of armor.
  9. De-mit', v. i.p. 352To let fall; to depress; hence, to lay down formally, as an office. They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. Bacon. 2. To yield or submit; as, to demit one's self to humble…
  10. Dĕm′i-tĭnt′, n.p. 352(Paint.) A gradation of color between positive light and positive shade;—called also half-tint. Elmes.
  11. Dēm'i-tōne', n.p. 352(Mus.) An interval of half a tone; a semitone. [Rare.]
  12. Dēm'i-ŭrge, n.p. 352(Gr. Antiq.) The highest magistrate in several Grecian cities. 2. God as the creator and former of the world. 3. The creator of the world and of man from matter;—so called by the Gnostics, and…
  13. Dēm'i-ür'gie, a.p. 352Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; molding; creative. Far beyond all other political powers of Christianity is the demiurgic power of this religion over the kingdoms of human opinion. De Quincey.
  14. Dēm'i-vīll, n.p. 352(Law.) A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges. Blackstone.
  15. Dēm'i-vōlt, n.p. 352(Man.) One of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore-legs in a particular manner.
  16. Dēm'i-wolf, n.p. 352Half a wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf. Shak.
  17. De-mōc'ra-cy, n.p. 352Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is in the hands of the people, and directly exercised by them; hence, more usually, a form of government in which the power…
  18. Dēm'o-crat, n.p. 352One who is an adherent or promoter of democracy, or government by the people. 2. A member of the democratic party. [U. S.]
  19. Dēm'o-crāt'ic, a.p. 352[Gr. δημοκρατικός, Fr. démo-
  20. Dēm'o-crāt'ie-alp. 352Appertaining to democracy, or favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of popular government. The Democratic party, name of one of the political parties in the United States.
  21. Dēm'o-crāt'ĭc-al, n.p. 352A democrat. [Obs.] Hobbes.
  22. Dēm'o-crāt'īe-al-ly, adv.p. 352In a democratical manner. Sidney.
  23. De-mōc'ra-tĭsm, n.p. 352The principles or spirit of democracy. [Rare.]
  24. De-mōc'ra-tīst, n.p. 352A democrat. [Rare.] Burke.
  25. De-mōc'ra-tīze, v. t.p. 352To render democratic. [Rare.]
  26. De-mōc'ra-ty, n.p. 352Democracy. [Obs.] Milton.
  27. Dē'mo-gôr'gon, n.p. 352A mysterious divinity among the ancients, regarded as an object of terror.
  28. Dem-oi-selle', n.p. 352A young lady; a lady's maid. 2. (Ornith.) The Numidian crane, Anthropoides virgo;—so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form.
  29. De-mōl'ish, v. t.p. 352To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, a wall, or fortification. “Their demolished works to pieces rent.” Dryden. Syn.—To…
  30. De-mŏl'ish-er, n.p. 353One who demolishes, or pulls or throws down; one who destroys or lays waste; as, a demolisher of towns.
  31. De-mō'li'sh-ment, n.p. 353Ruin; overthrow; demolition. [Obs.] Beaumont.
  32. Dēm’o-li'tion, n.p. 353The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; ruin; destruction; as, the demolition of a house, or of military works.
  33. Dē'mon, n.p. 353(Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and the deities of the pagans; — hence, also, a departed soul. The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the…
  34. Dē'mon-ess, n.p. 353A female demon.
  35. De-mōn'e-ti-zā'tion, n.p. 353The act of demonetizing, or condition as demonetized.
  36. De-mōn'e-tīze, v. t.p. 353To deprive of value, or to withdraw from use, as currency. They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company. R. Cobden.
  37. De-mō'ni-ac or Dē'mo-ni'a-cal, a.p. 353Pertaining to, or resembling, demons or evil spirits; horrid. “Thy demoniac holds.” Milton. “Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter.” Thackeray. 2. Influenced by demons; produced by demons or evil spirits.…
  38. De-mō'ni-ae, n.p. 353A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are overpowered, restrained, or disturbed in their regular operation by an evil spirit. The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes…
  39. Dēm'o-nī'ae-al-ly, adv.p. 353In a demoniacal manner.
  40. Dē'mo-ni'a-çism, n.p. 353The state of being demoniac, or the practice of demoniacs.
  41. De-mō'ni-an, a.p. 353Having the nature of a demon. “Demonian spirits.” Milton.
  42. De-mō'ni-an-ism, n.p. 353The state of being possessed by a demon.
  43. Dē'mon-īsm, n.p. 353The belief in demons or false gods. The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism. Farmer.
  44. Dē'mon-ist, n.p. 353A believer in, or worshiper of, demons; one who believes in demons.
  45. Dē'mon-īze, v. t.p. 353To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into. 2. To control or possess by a demon.
  46. Dē'mon-oc'ra-cy, n.p. 353The power or government of demons. [Obs. and rare.] Bailey.
  47. Dē'mon-ŏl'a-try, n.p. 353The worship of demons or of evil spirits. Cudworth.
  48. Dē'mon-o-lōg'ic, a.p. 353
  49. Dē'mon-o-lōg'ic-al, a.p. 353Pertaining to demonology.
  50. Dē'mon-ŏl'o-gĭst, n.p. 353One who writes on demonology.
  51. Dē'mon-ōl'o-gy, n.p. 353A systematic discourse on demons; a treatise on evil spirits and their agency. W. Scott.
  52. De-mōn'o-mīst, n.p. 353One in subjection to a demon, or to evil spirits. [Obs.] Herbert.
  53. De-mŏn'o-my, n.p. 353The dominion of demons or evil spirits. [Obs.] Herbert.
  54. Dē'mon-ry, n.p. 353Demoniacal influence.
  55. Dē'mon-ship, n.p. 353The state of a demon. Mede.
  56. De-mōn'stra-bil'i-ty, n.p. 353Quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness.
  57. De-mōn'stra-ble, a.p. 353Capable of being demonstrated; easily found out or made evident; admitting of decisive proof. The articles of our belief are as demonstrable as geometry. Glanville.
  58. De-mŏn'stra-ble-ness, n.p. 353The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability.
  59. De-mōn'stra-bly, adv.p. 353In a manner to demonstrate.
  60. De-môn'strance, n.p. 353Demonstration. [Obs.] “Demonstrances of how many calamities obstinacy is the cause.” Holland.