English Dictionary: Dividendenvoraussage | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8D82butant \[d8]D[82]`bu`tant"\, n.; fem. D82butante \D[82]`bu`tante"\ [F., p. pr. of d[82]buter to have the first throw, to make one's d[82]but. See {D[82]but}.] A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public. | |
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d8Abdominales \[d8]Ab*dom`i*na"les\, n. pl. [NL., masc. pl.] (Zo[94]l.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. | |
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d8Abdominalia \[d8]Ab*dom`i*na"li*a\, n. pl. [NL., neut. pl.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. | |
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d8Apotome \[d8]A*pot"o*me\, n. [Gr. [?] a cutting off, fr. [?] to cut off; [?] from + [?] to cut.] 1. (Math.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between [root]2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square. 2. (Mus) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.] | |
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d8B82ton \[d8]B[82]`ton"\, n. [F. b[82]ton, fr. L. bitumen bitumen.] (Masonry) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion. | |
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d8B88te noire \[d8]B[88]te" noire"\ [Fr., lit. black beast.] Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear. | |
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d8Badian \[d8]Ba"di*an\, n. [F. badiane, fr. Per. b[be]di[be]n anise.] (Bot.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family ({Illicium anisatum}), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise. | |
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d8Badinage \[d8]Ba`di`nage"\, n. [F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly.] Playful raillery; banter. [bd]He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage.[b8] --Warburton. | |
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d8Batman \[d8]Bat"man\, n. [Turk. batman.] A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds. --Simmonds. | |
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d8Beden \[d8]Bed"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex ({Capra Nubiana}). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible. | |
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d8Bettong \[d8]Bet"tong\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus {Bettongia}; the jerboa kangaroo. | |
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d8Boutonni8are \[d8]Bou`ton`ni[8a]re"\, n. [F., buttonhole.] A bouquet worn in a buttonhole. | |
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d8D82butant \[d8]D[82]`bu`tant"\, n.; fem. D82butante \D[82]`bu`tante"\ [F., p. pr. of d[82]buter to have the first throw, to make one's d[82]but. See {D[82]but}.] A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public. | |
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d8Epithema \[d8]Ep`i*the"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + [?] a case, box, fr. [?] to place.] (Zo[94]l.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds. | |
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d8Fata Morgana \[d8]Fa"ta Mor*ga"na\ [It.; -- so called because this phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. fata) of the name of Morg[a0]na. See {Fairy}.] A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily. | |
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d8Heptandria \[d8]Hep*tan"dri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + [?], [?], man, male: cf. F. heptandrie.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants having seven stamens. | |
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d8Ibidem \[d8]I*bi"dem\, adv. [L.] In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib. | |
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d8O8bdium \[d8]O*[8b]d"i*um\, n. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. w,'o`n egg.] (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew ({O[8b]dium Tuckeri}), which has caused much injury to grapes. | |
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Oboe \O"boe\, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See {Hautboy}.] (Mus.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. {[d8]Oboe d'amore} [It., lit., oboe of love], and {[d8]Oboe di caccia} [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel. | |
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d8Ophidion \[d8]O*phid"i*on\, n.; pl. {Ophidia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] little snake, fr. 'o`fis a serpent.] (Zo[94]l.) The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also {Ophidium}.] See Illust. under {Ophidioid}. | |
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d8Optimates \[d8]Op`ti*ma"tes\, n. pl. [L. See {Optimate}.] The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares. | |
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d8Patena \[d8]Pat"e*na\, n. [LL.] (Eccl.) A paten. | |
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d8Patena \[d8]Pa*te"na\, n. [Cf. Pg. patena a paten.] A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon. | |
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d8Pedimana \[d8]Pe*dim"a*na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pes, pedis, foot + manus hand.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums. | |
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d8Pedunculata \[d8]Pe*dun`cu*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Peduncle}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles. | |
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d8Phd2nicopterus \[d8]Ph[d2]`ni*cop"te*rus\, n. [NL. See {Phenicopter}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes. | |
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d8Phd2nix \[d8]Ph[d2]"nix\, n. [L., a fabulous bird. See {Phenix}.] 1. Same as {Phenix}. --Shak. 2. (Bot.) A genus of palms including the date tree. | |
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d8Phyton \[d8]Phy"ton\, n.; pl. {Phytons}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] plant.] (Bot.) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer. | |
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d8Podium \[d8]Po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Podia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], dim. of [?], [?], foot. See {Pew}.] 1. (Arch.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. It is especially employed by arch[91]ologists in two senses: (a) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began. (b) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of {Column}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The foot. | |
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d8Potamospongi91 \[d8]Pot`a*mo*spon"gi*[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] river + [?] a sponge.] (Zo[94]l.) The fresh-water sponges. See {Spongilla}. | |
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d8Ptenoglossa \[d8]Pte`no*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.[?] feathered + [?] tongue.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather. | |
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d8Pudenda \[d8]Pu*den"da\, n. pl. [L., from pudendus that of which one ought to be ashamed, fr. pudere to be ashamed.] (Anat.) The external organs of generation. | |
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d8Pudendum \[d8]Pu*den"dum\, n. [NL. See {Pudenda}.] (Anat.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva. | |
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d8Putamen \[d8]Pu*ta"men\, n. [L.] (Bot.) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See {Endocarp}. | |
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d8Pythonomorpha \[d8]Pyth`o*no*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Python}, and {-morphous}.] (Paleon.) Same as {Mosasauria}. | |
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d8Tapetum \[d8]Ta*pe"tum\, n. [NL., from L. tapete a carpet, a tapestry.] (Anat.) An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid. | |
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d8Vadantes \[d8]Va*dan"tes\, n. pl. [NL., from L. vadans, p. pr. of vadare to wade, to ford.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds. | |
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d8Vadium \[d8]Va"di*um\, n. [LL., from L. vas, vadis, bail.] (Law) Pledge; security; bail. See {Mortgage}. {Vadium vivum} [LL.] (Law), a living pledge, which exists where an estate is granted until a debt is paid out of its proceeds. | |
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d8Vidame \[d8]Vi*dame"\, n. [F., fr. LL. vice-dominus, fr. L. vice instead of + dominus master, lord.] (Fr. Feud. Law) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles. | |
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Daffodil \Daf"fo*dil\ (d[acr]f"f[osl]*d[icr]l), n. [OE. affodylle, prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphod[8a]le), L. asphodelus, fr. Gr. 'asfo`delos. The initial d in English is not satisfactorily explained. See {Asphodel}.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Asphodelus}. (b) A plant of the genus {Narcissus} ({N. Pseudo-narcissus}). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also {daffodilly}, {daffadilly}, {daffadowndilly}, {daffydowndilly}, etc. With damask roses and daffadillies set. --Spenser. Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies, And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies. --Spenser. A college gown That clad her like an April daffodilly. --Tennyson And chance-sown daffodil. --Whittier. | |
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Daffodil \Daf"fo*dil\ (d[acr]f"f[osl]*d[icr]l), n. [OE. affodylle, prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphod[8a]le), L. asphodelus, fr. Gr. 'asfo`delos. The initial d in English is not satisfactorily explained. See {Asphodel}.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Asphodelus}. (b) A plant of the genus {Narcissus} ({N. Pseudo-narcissus}). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also {daffodilly}, {daffadilly}, {daffadowndilly}, {daffydowndilly}, etc. With damask roses and daffadillies set. --Spenser. Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies, And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies. --Spenser. A college gown That clad her like an April daffodilly. --Tennyson And chance-sown daffodil. --Whittier. | |
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Daftness \Daft"ness\, n. The quality of being daft. | |
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Cape \Cape\ (k[amac]p), n. [F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr. L. caput heat, end, point. See {Chief}.] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland. {Cape buffalo} (Zo[94]l.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa ({Bubalus Caffer}). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See {Buffalo}, 2. {Cape jasmine}, {Cape jassamine}. See {Jasmine}. {Cape pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a petrel ({Daptium Capense}) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon. {Cape wine}, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] {The Cape}, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod. | |
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Atonement \A*tone"ment\, n. {Day of Atonement} (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tisri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. d8Atrium \[d8]A"tri*um\, n. (Anat.) A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc. | |
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Debatement \De*bate"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. debatement a beating.] Controversy; deliberation; debate. [R.] A serious question and debatement with myself. --Milton. | |
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Debating \De*bat"ing\, n. The act of discussing or arguing; discussion. {Debating society} [or] {club}, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking. | |
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Debate \De*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debating}.] [OF. debatre, F. d[82]battre; L. de + batuere to beat. See {Batter}, v. t., and cf. {Abate}.] 1. To engage in combat for; to strive for. Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. --Prescott. 2. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against. A wise council . . . that did debate this business. --Shak. Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself. --Prov. xxv. 9. Syn: To argue; discuss; dispute; controvert. See {Argue}, and {Discuss}. | |
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Debating \De*bat"ing\, n. The act of discussing or arguing; discussion. {Debating society} [or] {club}, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking. | |
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Debatingly \De*bat"ing*ly\, adv. In the manner of a debate. | |
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Debit \Deb"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debiting}.] 1. To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold. 2. (Bookkeeping) To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold. | |
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Debituminization \De`bi*tu`mi*ni*za"tion\, n. The act of depriving of bitumen. | |
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Debituminize \De`bi*tu"mi*nize\, v. t. To deprive of bitumen. | |
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Defeat \De*feat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defeated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defeating}.] [From F. d[82]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d[82]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See {Feat}, {Fact}, and cf. {Disfashion}.] 1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.] His unkindness may defeat my life. --Shak. 2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. --Tillotson. The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. --Hallam. In one instance he defeated his own purpose. --A. W. Ward. 3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. 4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Sharp reasons to defeat the law. --Shak. Syn: To baffle; disappoint; frustrate. | |
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Deftness \Deft"ness\, n. The quality of being deft. --Drayton. | |
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Depthen \Depth"en\, v. t. To deepen. [Obs.] | |
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Depute \De*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deputing}.] [F. d[82]puter, fr. L. deputare to esteem, consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See {Pure}.] 1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate. There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. --2. Sam. xv. 3. Some persons, deputed by a meeting. --Macaulay. 2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.] The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. --Barrow. | |
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Deviate \De"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deviating}.] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See {Viaduct}.] To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. --Pope. Syn: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err. | |
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Deviation \De`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d[82]viation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. 2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. | |
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2. (Com.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. {Deviation of a falling body} (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. {Deviation of the compass}, the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship. {Deviation of the line of the vertical}, the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density. | |
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2. (Com.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. {Deviation of a falling body} (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. {Deviation of the compass}, the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship. {Deviation of the line of the vertical}, the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density. | |
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2. (Com.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. {Deviation of a falling body} (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. {Deviation of the compass}, the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship. {Deviation of the line of the vertical}, the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density. | |
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Devotement \De*vote"ment\, n. The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow. [R.] --Bp. Hurd. | |
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Devote \De*vote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devoting}.] [L. devotus, p. p. of devovere; de + vovere to vow. See {Vow}, and cf. {Devout}, {Devow}.] 1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames. No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. --Lev. xxvii. 28. 2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.] 3. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc. | |
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Devotion \De*vo"tion\, n. [F. d[82]votion, L. devotio.] 1. The act of devoting; consecration. 2. The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness. Genius animated by a fervent spirit of devotion. --Macaulay. 3. Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer. [bd]The love of public devotion.[b8] --Hooker. 4. Disposal; power of disposal. [Obs.] They are entirely at our devotion, and may be turned backward and forward, as we please. --Godwin. 5. A thing consecrated; an object of devotion. [R.] Churches and altars, priests and all devotions, Tumbled together into rude chaos. --Beau. & Fl. {Days of devotion}. See under {Day}. Syn: Consecration; devoutness; religiousness; piety; attachment; devotedness; ardor; earnestness. | |
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Devotional \De*vo"tion*al\, a. [L. devotionalis.] Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind. | |
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Devotionalist \De*vo"tion*al*ist\, Devotionist \De*vo"tion*ist\, n. One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion. | |
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Devotionality \De*vo`tion*al"i*ty\, n. The practice of a devotionalist. --A. H. Clough. | |
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Devotionally \De*vo"tion*al*ly\, adv. In a devotional manner; toward devotion. | |
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Devotionalist \De*vo"tion*al*ist\, Devotionist \De*vo"tion*ist\, n. One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion. | |
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Devoutness \De*vout"ness\, n. Quality or state of being devout. | |
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Diffidence \Dif"fi*dence\, n. [L. diffidentia.] 1. The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others. [Archaic] That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. --Donne. 2. Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness. It is good to speak on such questions with diffidence. --Macaulay. An Englishman's habitual diffidence and awkwardness of address. --W. Irving. Syn: Humility; bashfulness; distrust; suspicion; doubt; fear; timidity; apprehension; hesitation. See {Humility}, and {Bashfulness}. | |
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Diffidency \Dif"fi*den*cy\, n. See {Diffidence}. [Obs.] | |
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Diffident \Dif"fi*dent\, a. [L. diffidens, -entis, p. pr. of diffidere; dif- = dis + fidere to trust; akin to fides faith. See {Faith}, and cf. {Defy}.] 1. Wanting confidence in others; distrustful. [Archaic] You were always extremely diffident of their success. --Melmoth. 2. Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve. The diffident maidens, Folding their hands in prayer. --Longfellow. Syn: Distrustful; suspicious; hesitating; doubtful; modest; bashful; lowly; reserved. | |
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Diffidently \Dif"fi*dent*ly\, adv. In a diffident manner. To stand diffidently against each other with their thoughts in battle array. --Hobbes. | |
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Diphthong \Diph"thong\ (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr. [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?] voice, sound, fr. [?] to utter a sound: cf. F. diphthongue.] (Ortho[89]py) (a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a {proper diphthong}. (b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an {improper diphthong}. | |
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Diphthong \Diph"thong\, v. t. To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [R.] | |
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Diphthongal \Diph*thon"gal\ (?; 115), a. Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong. -- {Diph*thon"gal*ly}, adv. | |
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Diphthongalize \Diph*thon"gal*ize\ (?; 115), v. t. To make into a diphthong; to pronounce as a diphthong. | |
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Diphthongal \Diph*thon"gal\ (?; 115), a. Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong. -- {Diph*thon"gal*ly}, adv. | |
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Diphthongation \Diph`thon*ga"tion\, n. See {Diphthongization}. | |
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Diphthongic \Diph*thong"ic\ (?; 115), a. Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. --H. Sweet. | |
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Diphthongization \Diph`thong*i*za"tion\, n. The act of changing into a diphthong. --H. Sweet. | |
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Diphthongize \Diph"thong*ize\, v. t. & i. To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel. [bd]The diphthongized long vowels.[b8] --H. Sweet. | |
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Diphyodont \Diph"y*o*dont\, a. [Gr. [?] double (di- = di`s- twice + [?] to produce) + [?], [?], tooth.] (Anat.) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; -- opposed to {monophyodont}. -- n. An animal having two successive sets of teeth. | |
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Dividant \Di*vid"ant\, a. Different; distinct. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Dividend \Div"i*dend\, n. [L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.] 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate. 2. (Math.) A number or quantity which is to be divided. | |
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Divident \Div"i*dent\, n. Dividend; share. [Obs.] --Foxe. | |
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Divide \Di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dividing}.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. {Device}, {Devise}.] 1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. Divide the living child in two. --1 Kings iii. 25. 2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i. 6. 3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share. True justice unto people to divide. --Spenser. Ye shall divide the land by lot. --Num. xxxiii. 54. 4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. --Mark iii. 24. Every family became now divided within itself. --Prescott. 5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question. 6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division. 7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term. 8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant. 9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share. | |
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Dividing \Di*vid"ing\, a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. {Dividing engine}, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. {Dividing sinker}. (Knitting Mach.). See under {Sinker}. | |
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Dividing \Di*vid"ing\, a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. {Dividing engine}, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. {Dividing sinker}. (Knitting Mach.). See under {Sinker}. | |
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Sinker \Sink"er\, n. One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically: (a) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it. (b) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. {Dividing sinker}, in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers and acting alternately with them. {Jack sinker}. See under {Jack}, n. {Sinker bar}. (a) In knitting machines, a bar to which one set of the sinkers is attached. (b) In deep well boring, a heavy bar forming a connection between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above the jars. | |
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Dividing \Di*vid"ing\, a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. {Dividing engine}, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. {Dividing sinker}. (Knitting Mach.). See under {Sinker}. | |
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Dividingly \Di*vid"ing*ly\, adv. By division. | |
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Doubtance \Doubt"ance\, n. [OF. doutance. Cf. {Dubitancy}.] State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Doubt \Doubt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dou[?]ted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doubting}.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See {Dubious}.] 1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined. Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment. --Hooker. To try your love and make you doubt of mine. --Dryden. 2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.] Syn: To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question. | |
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Doubting \Doubt"ing\, a. That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts. -- {Doubt"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Doubting \Doubt"ing\, a. That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts. -- {Doubt"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Dubitancy \Du"bi*tan*cy\, n. [LL. dubitantia.] Doubt; uncertainty. [R.] --Hammond. |