stop. n. a defering; a hindrance.

n. a

De lec' ta ble, a. pleas ing; delightful. Del'e gate, v. to send a way; to intrust. deputy. Delf, n. a kind of counterfeit china ware. De lib' e rate, v. to think; to hesitate; to muse. a. circumspect; wary. De lib e ra' tion, n. circumspection; thought. Del'i ca cy, n. daintiness; nicety; politeness. Del' i cate, a. nice; dain

ty; polite; pure. De licious, a. sweet; grateful; agreeable. De light', n. joy; pleasure; satisfaction. v. to please; to satisfy. De light ful, a. pleasant; charming.

De lin' e ate, v. to design ; to sketch; to paint. De'lin' quent, n an offen

der ; a criminal. De lir' i ous, a. light-head

ed; raving; doting. De liv' er ance, n. free

dom from; utterance. De liv' e ry, n. release; rescue; utterance. De lude', v. to cheat; to deceive; to disappoint. Del' uge, n. a general inundation. v. to drown;

Dem' a gogue, n. the ringleader of a faction. De mand', v. to claim with authority. n. a claim ; a question.

De mean', v. to behave ; to undervalue.

De mean' our, n. carriage ; behaviour.

De mer' it, v. to deserve punishment. n. ill-deserving

De mesne, n. a patrimonial estate.

De moc' ra cỹ, n. a repub

lican government. De mo crat' ic al, a. pertaining to a popular government.

De mol' ish, v. to throw down buildings; to

raze.

Dem o li" tion, n. the act of demolishing; destruction.

De mo ni ac, n. one pos

sessed with a devil. De mon' stra ble, a. what may be clearly prov

ed.

Dem on stra' tion, n. an indubitable proof. De mure', a decent ;

est.

De mur' rer, n. a stop in a law suit.

De ni' al, n. a refusal ; negation; abjuration. Den' i zen, n. a freeman;

one enfranchised. De nom i na' tion, n. name given to a thing. De note, v. to betoken; to mark.

De nounce', v. to threaten

by proclamation. Den' si ty, n. closeness; compactness.

De nun ci a' tion, n. a

public menace. De ny, v. to disown; to

refuse; to contradict. De part', v. to go away; to die to apostatize. De part' ment, n. a separate office; duty. De pend' ance,

ance; trust.

n. reli

De pict', v. to paint; to portray; to describe. De plo' ra ble, a. sad; hopeless; lamentable. De plore', v. to lament; to

bewail to mourn. De po' nent, n. a witness. De pop' u late, v. to unpeople; to lay waste. De pose, v. to degrade;

to divest ; to attest. De posite, v. to lay up as a pledge. n. a pledge.

the

place where any thing is lodged.

De prav i ty, n. a vitiated

state.

Dep re ca' tion, n. a pray er against evil.

De pre' ci ate, v. to lessen in value.

Dep re da' tion, n. a rob.

bing; a spoiling; waste. De press' ion, n. the act of humbling; abasement. De pri va' tion, n. the act of depriving or taking away. De prive', v. to bereave one of a thing; to put out of an office. Depth, n. deepness; profundity; abstruseness, Dep u ta' tion, n. the act of deputing; vicege

rency.

De pute', v. to send with a special commission. Dep' u ty, n. he who does

business for another. De range', v. to disorder; to disarrange. De re lic' tion, n. an utter forsaking or leaving. De ride', v. to laugh at ;

to mock; to turn to ridicule. De rision, n. contempt; scorn; a laughing stock. Der i va tion, n. tracing from its original.

derived from another. De rive', v. to come from; to owe its origin to. Der' o gate, v. to disparage; to lessen ; to detract; to retract. Der o ga' tion, n. defamation; detraction. De rog a to ry, a. lessens the value of Des cant', v. to harangue; to discourse at large. De scend', V. to come down; to sink.

that

De scen' dant, n. the offspring of an ancestor. a. falling; coming down. De scribe, v. to represent by words, &c.

De scry, v. to spy out; to discover.

Desert, n. wilderness. a.

wild; waste; solitary. De 'sert', v. to forsake; to abandon. n. degree of merit or demerit. De 'ser' tion, n. the act of forsaking or abandoning a cause or post. De 'ser' ved ly, ad worthily; according to de

sert.

De sid e ra' tum, n. something much desired or sought after. De sign,, v. to purpose; to project; to mark out. n. a plan of action.

De sist', v. to cease from

any thing; to stop. Des' o late, a. uninhabit ed; solitary. v. to depopulate.

Des o la tion, n. destruction of inhabitants; gloominess

De spair, n. hopelessness; despondence. v. to be without hope; to despond

De spatch', v. to send away hastily. n. express; hasty execution Des' pe rate, a. without hope; rash; irretrievable.

De spite, n. malice; anger; defiance. De spite' ful lỹ, ad. mali

ciously; malignantly. De spoil', v. to rob; to deprive.

De spond', v. to despair; to lose hope. De spond' en cy, n. despair; hopelessness. Des' pot, n. an absolute prince.

Dessert, n. the last course of an entertainment.

pose

Des ti na'tion, n the purfor which any thing is appointed. Des' tine, v. to doom; to devote; to fix unalterably.

Des' ti ný, n. fate; doom;

invincible necessity. Des' ti tute, a. forsaken; abandoned; in want of. De stroy', v. to put an end to ; to bring to nought.

Des' ul to ry, a. unsettled; immethodical.

De tach', v. to separate; to disengage.

De tach' ment, n. a body of troops sent out from the main army. De tail, v. to relate particularly.

De tain', v. to withhold; to keep back.

De tect', v. to discover; to find out.

De ten' tion, n. confinement; restraint; keeping what belongs to another.

De ter', v. to discourage from any thing.

De ter' min ate, a. limit

ed; conclusive; fixed. De ter mi na' tion, n. the

result of deliberation. De ter' mine, v. to fix ; to

settle; to fix ultimately; to limit; to conclude.

De test', v. to hate; to abhor.

De test' a ble, a. hateful; abhorred.

De test a' tion, n. hatred; abhorrence; abomina

tion.

De throne', v. to divest of regality.

n. hurt;

tion; censure. Det' ri ment, damage. Det ri ment' al, a. causing loss; hurtful; injurious.

De trusion, n. the act of thrusting down.

De vas ta' tion, n. havoc;

waste; destruction. De vel' ope, v. to unfold;

to detect; to unravel. De vel' ope ment, n. an unfolding; a disclosure. De' vi ate, v. to wander ;

to go astray; to err. De vi a' tion, n. a swerving; error; offence. De vice', n. a contrivance. scheme; emblem; story; devise. De vi ous, tray; lonely. De vise, v. to contrive; to invent; to grant by will.

a. going as

De void', a. empty; vacant; without any thing either good or evil. De volve', v. to roll down; to fall by succession. De vote, v. to dedicate; to consecrate; to give up; to curse.

Dev o tee', n. a bigot; a

superstitious person.

ously; consume; waste. De vout', a. pious; religious. Dew' lap, n. the flesh hanging from an ox's

throat.

Dex ter′ i tỷ, n. activity; expertness.

Dex' ter ous, a. active;

expert; cunning. Di a dem, n. a crown; a mark of royalty. Di ag' o nal, n. a line drawn from angle to angle. Di' a gram, n. a mathematical scheme; figure; plan.

Di a lect, n. particular speech.

Di a lec' ti cal, a. logical; argumentative; proba

ble.

Di am' e ter, n. a line which divides a circle into two equal parts. Di a met' ri cal lỹ, ad. directly; over against; quite.

Dia mond, n. a most valuable gem.

ship; zeal.

riff, which separates