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 ; grave; affectedly mod- | De pos' i to rỹ, n. 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. De riv' a tive, a. taken or | Des ig na'tion, n. appoint 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. De traction, n. defama- | De vour', v. to eat raven 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. De vo' tion, n. piety; wor- | Di` a phragm, n. the mid ship; zeal. riff, which separates |