English Dictionary: Decumaria | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8Camara \[d8]Ca"ma*ra\, n. [Pg.] Chamber; house; -- used in | |
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Camara dos Pares \Ca"ma*ra dos Pa"res\, and Camara dos Deputados \Ca"ma*ra dos De`pu*ta"dos\ See {Legislature}. d8Camaraderie \[d8]Ca`ma`ra`de*rie"\, n. [F. See {Comrade}.] Comradeship and loyalty. The spirit of camaraderie is strong among these riders of the plains. --W. A. Fraser. | |
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d8Camarasaurus \[d8]Cam`a*ra*sau"rus\, n. [NL. fr. Gr. [?] a vaulted chamber + [?] lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebr[91]. | |
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d8Camarilla \[d8]Ca`ma*ril"la\, n. [Sp., a small room.] 1. The private audience chamber of a king. 2. A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique. | |
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d8Camera lucida \[d8]Cam"e*ra lu"ci*da\ [L. camera chamber + L. lucidus, lucida, lucid, light.] (Opt.) An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope. | |
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d8Camera obscura \[d8]Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra\ [LL. camera chamber + L. obscurus, obscura, dark.] (Opt.) 1. An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced. 2. (Photog.) An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply {the camera}. | |
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d8Camerlingo \[d8]Ca`mer*lin"go\, n. [It.] The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [Written also {camerlengo} and {camarlengo}.] | |
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d8Camorra \[d8]Ca*mor"ra\, n. [It.] A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc. -- {Ca*mor"rist}, n. | |
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d8Chim91ra \[d8]Chi*m[91]"ra\, n. [NL. See {Chimera}.] (Zo[94]l.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point. | |
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d8Cineraria \[d8]Cin`e*ra"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament. | |
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d8Cinura \[d8]Ci*nu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] To move + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See {Bristletail}, and {Lepisma}. | |
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d8Conarium \[d8]Co*na"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kwna`rion.] (Anat.) The pineal gland. | |
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d8Coniroster \[d8]Co`ni*ros"ter\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Conirostres. | |
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d8Conirostres \[d8]Co`ni*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre.] (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches. | |
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d8Coumarou \[d8]Cou"ma*rou\, n. [See {Coumarin}.] (Bot.) The tree ({Dipteryx odorata}) which bears the tonka bean; also, the bean itself. | |
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d8Cynorexia \[d8]Cyn`o*rex"i*a\ (s?n`?-r?ks"?-?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?], dog + [?][?][?][?][?] appetite. ] (Med.) A voracious appetite, like that of a starved dog. | |
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d8D82jeuner \[d8]D[82]`jeu`ner"\, n. [F. d[82]jeuner breakfast, as a verb, to breakfast. Cf. {Dinner}.] A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation. | |
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d8Generalia \[d8]Gen`e*ra"li*a\, n. pl. [Neut. pl., fr. L. generalis.] Generalities; general terms. --J. S. Mill. | |
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d8Genre \[d8]Gen"re\, n. Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp. in literature. French drama was lisping or still inarticulate; the great French genre of the fabliau was hardly born. --Saintsbury. A particular demand . . . that we shall pay special attention to the matter of genres -- that is, to the different forms or categories of literature. --W. P. Trent. | |
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d8Genre \[d8]Genre\ (zh[aum]N"r'), n. [F. See {Gender}.] (Fine Arts) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners. | |
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d8Oxymoron \[d8]Ox`y*mo"ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?], fr. [?][?][?] pointedly foolish; [?][?][?] sharp + [?][?][?] foolish.] (Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness. | |
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d8Saimir \[d8]Sai*mir"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The squirrel monkey. | |
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d8Samurai \[d8]Sa"mu*rai`\, n. pl. & sing. [Jap.] In the former feudal system of Japan, the class or a member of the class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting the gentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and death over the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark. Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall of feudalism in 1871. | |
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d8Scenario \[d8]Sce*na"ri*o\, n. [It.] A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera. | |
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d8Schnorrer \[d8]Schnor"rer\, n. [Yiddish, fr. G. schnurrer, fr. schnurren to hum, whir, hence, from the sound of the musical instrument used by strolling beggars, to beg.] Among the Jews, a beggar. | |
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d8Senhor \[d8]Se*nhor"\, n. [Pg. Cf. {Se[a4]or}, {Senior}.] A Portuguese title of courtesy corresponding to the Spanish se[a4]or or the English Mr. or sir; also, a gentleman. | |
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d8Senhora \[d8]Se*nho"ra\, n. [Pg. Cf. {Se[a4]ora}.] A Portuguese title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady. | |
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d8Simarre \[d8]Si`marre"\ [F.] See {Simar}. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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d8Smorzando \[d8]Smor*zan"do\, d8Smorsato \[d8]Smor*sa"to\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo. | |
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d8Smorzando \[d8]Smor*zan"do\, d8Smorsato \[d8]Smor*sa"to\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo. | |
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d8Synarthrodia \[d8]Syn`ar*thro"di*a\, n. [NL.] (Anat.) Synarthrosis. -- {Syn`ar*thro"di*al}, a. --Dunglison. | |
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d8Synarthrosis \[d8]Syn`ar*thro"sis\, n.; pl. {Synarthroses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a being jointed together, fr. [?] to link or joint together; sy`n with + [?] a joint.] (Anat.) Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under {Articulation}, n., 1. | |
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d8Synneorosis \[d8]Syn`neo*ro"sis\, n.; pl. {Synneuroses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; sy`n with + [?] a sinew, ligament.] (Anat.) Syndesmosis. | |
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d8Thysanura \[d8]Thys`a*nu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fringe + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also {Thysanoura}. See {Lepisma}, and {Podura}. | |
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d8Zehner \[d8]Zeh"ner\, n. [G.] An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents. | |
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d8Zonaria \[d8]Zo*na"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike. | |
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Deaconry \Dea"con*ry\, n. See {Deaconship}. | |
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Decameron \De*cam"e*ron\, n. [It. decamerone, fr. Gr. de`ka ten + [?] part; though quite generally supposed to be derived from [?] day: cf. F. d[82]cam[82]ron.] A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian. | |
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Decennary \De*cen"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Decennaries}. [L. decennium a period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.] 1. A period of ten years. 2. (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. --Burrill. | |
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Decennary \De*cen"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Decennaries}. [L. decennium a period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.] 1. A period of ten years. 2. (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. --Burrill. | |
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Degender \De*gen"der\, Degener \De*gen"er\, v. i. [See {Degenerate}.] To degenerate. [Obs.] [bd]Degendering to hate.[b8] --Spenser. He degenereth into beastliness. --Joye. | |
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Degeneracy \De*gen"er*a*cy\, n. [From {Degenerate}, a.] 1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson. 2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. --Addison. To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. --S. Clarke. | |
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Degenerate \De*gen"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Degenerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Degenerating}.] 1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. --Tillotson. 2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type. | |
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Degenerate \De*gen"er*ate\, a. [L. degeneratus, p. p. of degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. degener base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- + genus race, kind. See {Kin} relationship.] Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low. Faint-hearted and degenerate king. --Shak. A degenerate and degraded state. --Milton. Degenerate from their ancient blood. --Swift. These degenerate days. --Pope. I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? --Jer. ii. 21. | |
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Degenerate \De*gen"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Degenerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Degenerating}.] 1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. --Tillotson. 2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type. | |
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Degenerately \De*gen"er*ate*ly\, adv. In a degenerate manner; unworthily. | |
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Degenerateness \De*gen"er*ate*ness\, n. Degeneracy. | |
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Degenerate \De*gen"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Degenerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Degenerating}.] 1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. --Tillotson. 2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type. | |
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Degeneration \De*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]g[82]n[82]ration.] 1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. Our degeneration and apostasy. --Bates. 2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver. 3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type. 4. The thing degenerated. [R.] Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. --Sir T. Browne. {Amyloid degeneration}, {Caseous degeneration}, etc. See under {Amyloid}, {Caseous}, etc. | |
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Degenerationist \De*gen`er*a"tion*ist\, n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state. | |
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Degenerative \De*gen"er*a*tive\, a. Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate. | |
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Degenerous \De*gen"er*ous\, a. [L. degener. See {Degenerate}.] Degenerate; base. [Obs.] [bd]Degenerous passions.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Degenerous practices.[b8] --South. | |
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Degenerously \De*gen"er*ous*ly\, adv. Basely. [Obs.] | |
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Disenroll \Dis`en*roll"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disenrolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenrolling}.] To erase from a roll or list. [Written also {disenrol}.] --Donne. | |
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Disenroll \Dis`en*roll"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disenrolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenrolling}.] To erase from a roll or list. [Written also {disenrol}.] --Donne. | |
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Disenroll \Dis`en*roll"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disenrolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenrolling}.] To erase from a roll or list. [Written also {disenrol}.] --Donne. | |
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Disenroll \Dis`en*roll"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disenrolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenrolling}.] To erase from a roll or list. [Written also {disenrol}.] --Donne. | |
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Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\ (d[icr]s*[ocr]n"[etil]r or d[icr]z-), n. [OE. deshonour, dishonour, OF. deshonor, deshonur, F. d[82]shonneur; pref. des- (L. dis-) + honor, honur, F. honneur, fr. L. honor. See {Honor}.] [Written also {dishonour}.] 1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. --Ezra iv. 14. His honor rooted in dishonor stood. --Tennyson. 2. (Law) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn. Syn: Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium. | |
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Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dishonored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishonoring}.] [OE. deshonouren, F. d[82]shonorer; pref. d[82]s- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare. See {Honor}, v. t.] [Written also {dishonour}.] 1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. --Milton. 2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. --Dryden. 3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange. Syn: To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute. | |
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Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]shonorable.] 1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. 2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! --Ecclus. x. 31. To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak. -- {Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Dis*hon"or*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]shonorable.] 1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. 2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! --Ecclus. x. 31. To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak. -- {Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Dis*hon"or*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]shonorable.] 1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. 2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! --Ecclus. x. 31. To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak. -- {Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Dis*hon"or*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Dishonorary \Dis*hon"or*a*ry\, a. Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. --Holmes. | |
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Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dishonored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishonoring}.] [OE. deshonouren, F. d[82]shonorer; pref. d[82]s- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare. See {Honor}, v. t.] [Written also {dishonour}.] 1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. --Milton. 2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. --Dryden. 3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange. Syn: To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute. | |
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Dishonorer \Dis*hon"or*er\, n. One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. --Milton. | |
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Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dishonored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishonoring}.] [OE. deshonouren, F. d[82]shonorer; pref. d[82]s- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare. See {Honor}, v. t.] [Written also {dishonour}.] 1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. --Milton. 2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. --Dryden. 3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange. Syn: To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\ (d[icr]s*[ocr]n"[etil]r or d[icr]z-), n. [OE. deshonour, dishonour, OF. deshonor, deshonur, F. d[82]shonneur; pref. des- (L. dis-) + honor, honur, F. honneur, fr. L. honor. See {Honor}.] [Written also {dishonour}.] 1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. --Ezra iv. 14. His honor rooted in dishonor stood. --Tennyson. 2. (Law) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn. Syn: Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium. | |
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Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dishonored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishonoring}.] [OE. deshonouren, F. d[82]shonorer; pref. d[82]s- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare. See {Honor}, v. t.] [Written also {dishonour}.] 1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. --Milton. 2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. --Dryden. 3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange. Syn: To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute. | |
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Dishumor \Dis*hu"mor\, n. Ill humor. [Obs.] | |
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Dishumor \Dis*hu"mor\, v. t. To deprive of humor or desire; to put out of humor. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Disinherison \Dis`in*her"i*son\, n. [See {Disinherit}, v. t., and cf. {Disherison}.] Same as {Disherison}. --Bacon. | |
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Disinherit \Dis`in*her"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinherited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinheriting}.] [Cf. {Disherit}, {Disheir}.] 1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! --South. 2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess. And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. --Milton. | |
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Disinheritance \Dis`in*her"it*ance\, n. The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison. | |
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Disinherit \Dis`in*her"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinherited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinheriting}.] [Cf. {Disherit}, {Disheir}.] 1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! --South. 2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess. And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. --Milton. | |
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Disinherit \Dis`in*her"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinherited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinheriting}.] [Cf. {Disherit}, {Disheir}.] 1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! --South. 2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess. And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. --Milton. | |
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Disinure \Dis`in*ure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinuring}.] [Pref. dis- + inure.] To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar. We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. --Milton. | |
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Disinure \Dis`in*ure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinuring}.] [Pref. dis- + inure.] To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar. We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. --Milton. | |
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Disinure \Dis`in*ure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinuring}.] [Pref. dis- + inure.] To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar. We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. --Milton. | |
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Dismarch \Dis*march"\, v. i. To march away. [Obs.] | |
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Dismarry \Dis*mar"ry\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + marry: cf. OF. desmarier, F. d[82]marier.] To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners. | |
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Dismarshal \Dis*mar"shal\, v. t. To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] --Drummond. | |
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Dismortgage \Dis*mort"gage\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismortaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismortgaging}.] To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Dismortgage \Dis*mort"gage\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismortaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismortgaging}.] To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Dismortgage \Dis*mort"gage\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismortaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismortgaging}.] To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Mercury \Mer"cu*ry\, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence. 2. (Chem.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called {quicksilver}), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, [mercury]. Note: Mercury forms alloys, called amalgams, with many metals, and is thus used in applying tin foil to the backs of mirrors, and in extracting gold and silver from their ores. It is poisonous, and is used in medicine in the free state as in blue pill, and in its compounds as calomel, corrosive sublimate, etc. It is the only metal which is liquid at ordinary temperatures, and it solidifies at about -39[deg] Centigrade to a soft, malleable, ductile metal. 3. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles. 4. A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper. --Sir J. Stephen. [bd]The monthly Mercuries.[b8] --Macaulay. 5. Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness. [Obs.] He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long in any friendship, or to any design. --Bp. Burnet. 6. (Bot.) A plant ({Mercurialis annua}), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe. Note: The name is also applied, in the United States, to certain climbing plants, some of which are poisonous to the skin, esp. to the {Rhus Toxicodendron}, or poison ivy. {Dog's mercury} (Bot.), {Mercurialis perennis}, a perennial plant differing from {M. annua} by having the leaves sessile. {English mercury} (Bot.), a kind of goosefoot formerly used as a pot herb; -- called {Good King Henry}. {Horn mercury} (Min.), a mineral chloride of mercury, having a semitranslucent, hornlike appearance. | |
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Dagmar, MT Zip code(s): 59219 | |
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Dixmoor, IL (village, FIPS 20149) Location: 41.63190 N, 87.66803 W Population (1990): 3647 (1393 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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