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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-tē'rĭ-ŏr'i-ty, n. p. 364Worse state or quality; as, deteriority of diet. [Rare.] Hay.De-tĕr'ment, n. p. 364The act of deterring; also, that which deters. Boyle.De-těr'mi-na-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 364The quality of being determinable; determinableness.De-těr'mi-na-ble, a. p. 364Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion. Not wholly determinable from the bare grammatical use of the words. South.De-tĕr′mi-na-ble-ness, n. p. 364Capability of being determined; determinability.De-tér'mi-nant, a. p. 364Serving to determine; determinative.De-tĕr′mi-nant, n. p. 364That which serves to determine; that which causes determination. 2. (Math.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws; thus…De-tĕr’mi-nate, a. p. 364Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established. “Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.” Dryden. 2. Conclusive; decisive; positive. The determinate counsel and…De-tēr'mi-nāte, v. t. p. 364To bring to an end. [Obs.] See DETERMINE. The fly-slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile. Shak.De-tēr'mi-nate-ly, adv. p. 364In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably; distinctly; resolutely; unchangeably. “Being determinately . . . bent to marry.” Sidney. The principles of religion are already either…De-tēr'mi-nate-ness, n. p. 364The state of being determinate.De-tĕr′mi-nā′tion, n. p. 364The act of determining, or the state of being determined. 2. Bringing to an end; termination. “A speedy determination of that war.” Ludlow. 3. Direction or tendency to a certain end; guiding…De-tĕr'mi-na-tive, a. p. 364Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. “Incidents . . . determinative of their course.” J. Taylor. Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific…De-tĕr′mi-nā′tor, n. p. 364One who determines. [Rare.]De-têr'mine, v. t. p. 364To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate. Who . . . hath determined the times . . . appointed. Acts xvii. 26. 2. To set bounds to; to fix the termination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to…De-tér'mine, v. i. p. 364To come to an end; to terminate. [Obs.] It becomes a mischief, and determines in a curse. South. Some estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone. 2. To come to a decision; to conclude…De-tér'min-ed-ly, adv. p. 365In a determined manner.De-tér'min-er, n. p. 365One who determines or decides.Dē/ter-mis'sion, n. p. 365Determination; distinction. [Obs.]De-tér'min-ism, n. p. 365(Metaph.) The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives.Dē'ter-rā'tion, n. p. 365The uncovering of any thing which is buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth. Woodward.De-tér'rence, n. p. 365That which deters; a deterrent; a hinderance. [Rare.]De-tĕr'rent, n. p. 365That which deters or prevents by appealing to the principle of fear. [Rare.]De-tér'rent, a. p. 365Serving to deter. “The deterrent principle.” E. Davis.De-tēr'sion, n. p. 365The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.De-tēr′sive, a. p. 365Having power to free from offending matter; cleansing; detergent.De-tēr'sive-ly, adv. p. 365In a detersive manner; in a way to cleanse or purify.De-tēr'sive-ness, n. p. 365The quality of cleansing.De-tēst', v. t. p. 365To hate or dislike extremely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, to detest crimes or meanness. 2. To denounce as hateful; to condemn. [Obs.] The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the…De-těst'a-ble, a. p. 365Worthy of being detested; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things. Ezek. v. 11. Syn.—Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.De-tēst'a-ble-ness, n. p. 365Extreme hatefulness.De-tēst'a-bly, adv. p. 365Very hatefully; abominably; with detestation. “Detestably abhorring this . . . unnaturalness.” North.De-tĕs′tāte, v. t. p. 365To detest. [Obs.] “Which, as a mortal enemy, the doctrine of the gospel doth detestate and abhor.” Udal.Dĕt'es-tā'tion or Dē'tes-tā'tion, n. p. 365The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke.De-tĕst'er, n. p. 365One who detests or abhors.De-thrōne', v. t. p. 365To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. The Protector was dethroned. Hume.De-thrōne'ment, n. p. 365Removal from a throne; deposition of a king, emperor, prince, or any supreme ruler.De-thrōn'er, n. p. 365One who dethrones.De-thrōn/i-zā'tion, n. p. 365Dethronement. [Obs.]De-thrōn′ize, v. t. p. 365To unthrone. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Dē'ti-nūe, n. p. 365A person or thing detained. Writ of detinue (Law), one that lies against him who wrongfully detains goods or chattels delivered to him, or in his possession, to recover the thing itself, or its value…Dēt'o-nāte, v. i. p. 365(Chem.) To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur. Detonating powder (Chem.), any compound, which, when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. — Detonating tube, a…Dĕt'o-nāte, v. t. p. 365(Chem.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.Dĕt'o-nā'tion, n. p. 365(Chem.) An explosion or sudden report made by the inflammation of certain combustible bodies, as fulminating gold.Dĕt'o-ni-zā'tion, n. p. 365(Chem.) The act of detonizing; detonation.Dēt'o-nīze, v. t. p. 365(Chem.) To cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to calcine with detonation.Dĕt'o-nīze, v. i. p. 365(Chem.) To explode; to burn with a sudden report; to detonate. This precipitate . . . detonizes with a considerable noise. Fourcroy.De-tôr'sion, n. p. 365See DETORTION.De-tôrt', v. t. p. 365To turn from the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest. Hammond.De-tôr'tion, n. p. 365The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted.Détour, n. p. 365A turning; a circuitous route; as, the detours of the Mississippi.De-trăct', v. t. p. 365To take away. “Detract much from the view of the front without.” Wotton. 2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame. That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton.…De-trăct', v. i. p. 365To remove a part; to take away reputation; to depreciate worth. “Detract from a lady’s character.” Addison.De-trăct'ing-ly, adv. p. 365In a detracting manner.De-trăc'tion, n. p. 365The act of taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.] “The detraction of eggs of the said wild-fowl.” Bacon. 2. The act of taking away from the reputation or worth of another; a lessening of worth; the act…De-trăc'tious, a. p. 365Containing detraction. [Obs.] Johnson.De-trăct'ĭve, a. p. 365Tending to detract. [Obs.]De-trăct'ĭve-ness, n. p. 365The quality of being detractive.De-trăct'or, n. p. 365One who detracts or disparages. His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay. 2. (Anat.) A muscle which draws down the part to which it is attached. Wright. Syn.—Slanderer; calumniator…De-trăct'o-ry, a. p. 365Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory;—commonly with from. Browne.