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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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De-mŏn'o-my, n. p. 353The dominion of demons or evil spirits. [Obs.] Herbert.Dē'mon-ry, n. p. 353Demoniacal influence.Dē'mon-ship, n. p. 353The state of a demon. Mede.De-mōn'stra-bil'i-ty, n. p. 353Quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness.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.De-mŏn'stra-ble-ness, n. p. 353The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability.De-mōn'stra-bly, adv. p. 353In a manner to demonstrate.De-môn'strance, n. p. 353Demonstration. [Obs.] “Demonstrances of how many calamities obstinacy is the cause.” Holland.Dēm'on-strāte or De-mōn'strāte, v. t. p. 353To point out; to indicate; to make evident; to exhibit. 2. To show or make evident by reasoning; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude possibility of doubt or denial. To demonstrate…Dĕm'on-strā'tion, n. p. 353The act of demonstrating, showing, or making clear; an exhibition; indication; revelation; proof; evidence; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; the proof itself thus presented. Those…De-mŏn'stra-tĭve, a. p. 353Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly. “An argument necessary and demonstrative.” Hooker. “Demonstrative figures.” Dryden. 2. Expressing, or…De-mŏn'stra-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 353In a manner fitted to demonstrate; certainly; clearly; openly.De-mōn'stra-tive-ness, n. p. 353Quality of being demonstrative.Dĕm'on-strā'tor, n. p. 353One who demonstrates; one who proves any thing with certainty, or with indubitable evidence. 2. (Anat.) One who exhibits the parts when dissected.De-mŏn'stra-to-ry, a. p. 353Tending to demonstrate; having a tendency to prove beyond a possibility of doubt; demonstrative. Johnson.De-mōr'age, n. p. 353Demurrage. [Obs.] Pepys, 1663.De-mŏr'al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 353The act of subverting or corrupting morals; destruction of moral principles; especially, the act of corrupting discipline, courage, &c.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy.De-mŏr'al-īze, v. t. p. 353To corrupt or undermine the morals of; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt in morals, in discipline, in courage, &c. “The demoralizing example of profligate…Dēm'os-thĕn'ic, a. p. 353Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.De-mŏt'ic, a. p. 353(Gr. δημοτικός, from δῆμος, the people; Fr. démotique.) Pertaining to the people; popular; common. Demotic alphabet or character, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before…Dēm'p'ster, n. p. 353(O. Scots Law.) An officer of the court whose duty it was to pronounce the doom or sentence of the court. [Obs.] Burvill.De-mŭlçe', v. t. p. 353To soften; to soothe; to coax or wheedle. [Obs.] “Saturn was demulced or appeased.” Sir T. Elyot.De-mŭl'çent, a. p. 353Softening; mollifying; lenient; as, oil is demulcent.De-mŭl'cent, n. p. 353(Med.) A substance of a bland, mucilaginous nature, supposed to be capable of protecting the tissues from the action of irritant or acrid humors.De-mŭl’sion, n. p. 353The act of demulcing, soothing, or coaxing; flattery. “The soft demulsions of a present content.” Feltham.De-mur′, v. i. p. 353To linger; to stay; to abide. [Obs.] Yet durst they not demur nor abide upon the camp. Nicols. 2. To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings in view of a doubt or difficulty; to put off determination…De-mûr', v. t. p. 353To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of. [Obs.] The latter I demur; for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions oft appears. Milton. 2. To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.] He demands a…De-mūr', n. p. 353Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action. All my demurs but double his attacks. Pope.De-mūre', a. p. 353Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; grave. “With countenance demure, and modest grace.” Spenser. 2. Hiding immodesty, vivacity, or interested attention, under…De-müre', v. i. p. 353To look demurely. [Obs.] Shak.De-mūre'ly, adv. p. 353In a demure manner; with a mere show of gravity or modesty. They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for ’twas a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably. Dryden.De-mūre'ness, n. p. 353The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.De-mŭr'rage, n. p. 353(Com.) (a.) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed by her charter-party for loading, unloading, or sailing. (b.) The payment made for such delay or detention. Kent.…De-mûr'rer, n. p. 353One who demurs. 2. (Law.) A stop or pause by a party to an action for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is…De-mÿ', n. p. 353A size of paper next smaller than medium: that used for printing is about 22 by 18 inches; that used for writing is about 19 by 15 inches. 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also…De-mȳ', a. p. 353Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.Dĕn, n. p. 353A cave or hollow place in the earth, used for concealment, shelter, protection, or security; as, a lion’s den; a den of robbers. 2. A customary place of resort; a haunt; a retreat; as, a den of…Dĕn, v. i. p. 353To dwell as in a den. “Sluggish salvages that den below.” Fletcher. Black sea-calves den in my poor soil. Chapman.De-när'co-tīze, v. t. p. 354To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium.De-nā'rī-ūs, n. p. 354A Roman coin of the value of about sixteen or seventeen cents;—so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.Dēn'a-ry, a. p. 354Containing ten; tenfold.Dēn'a-ry, n. p. 354The number ten.De-nā'tion-al-īze, v. t. p. 354To divest of national character or rights, by transference to the service of another nation. A ship built and registered in the United States is denationalized by being employed in the service of…De-nāt'ū-ral-īze, v. t. p. 354To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. 2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to denationalize. [Rare.] They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves…De-nāy', n. p. 354Denial; refusal. [Obs.] “My love can give no place, bide no denay.” Shak.De-nā'y', v. t. p. 354To deny. [Obs.] Spenser.Dĕn'dra-chate, n. p. 354(Min.) Arborescent agate; agate containing the figures of shrubs or parts of plants.Dĕn'dri-fōrm, a. p. 354Having the appearance of a tree.Dĕn'drīte, n. p. 354(Min.) A stone or mineral, on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees. Dana.Den-drīt'ic or Den-drīt'ic-al, a. p. 354Containing delineations which branch like shrubs or trees.Dēn'dro-eo-lāp'tes, n. pl. p. 354(Ornith.) A genus of tenuirostral birds, of which several species are found in South America; tree creepers, or hook-billed creepers.Dĕn'droid, a. p. 354Resembling a shrub or tree in form.Dĕn'droit, n. p. 354(Palæon.) A fossil which has some resemblance in form to the branch of a tree.Den-drōl'a-gūs, n. p. 354(Zoöl.) The tree-kangaroo, a genus of marsupial animals found in New Guinea.Dĕn'dro-līte, n. p. 354(Palæon.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.Den-drōl'o-ǧist, n. p. 354One acquainted with the natural history of trees.Den-drŏl'o-gy, n. p. 354A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.Den-drōm'e-ter, n. p. 354An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.Dĕn'dro-mŷs, n. p. 354(Zoöl.) A genus of rodent animals of South Africa, resembling mice, and inhabiting the branches of trees.Dĕn'dro-phĭs, n. p. 354(Zoöl.) A sub-genus of harmless serpents, having a long and slender body, and classed under the genus Coluber.