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   dainty
         adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: {dainty}, {mincing},
                  {niminy-piminy}, {prim}, {twee}]
         2: delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"
            [syn: {dainty}, {exquisite}]
         3: especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set
            before a kind";
         4: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about
            his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would
            only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: {dainty},
            {nice}, {overnice}, {prissy}, {squeamish}]
         n 1: something considered choice to eat [syn: {dainty},
               {delicacy}, {goody}, {kickshaw}, {treat}]

English Dictionary: dainty	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damned adv in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!" Synonym(s): damned, damnably, cursedly adj expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonym(s): blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" Synonym(s): cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved n people who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
danaid n large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste Synonym(s): danaid, danaid butterfly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Danaidae n small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies Synonym(s): Danaidae, family Danaidae
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dandy adj very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" Synonym(s): bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing n a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance Synonym(s): dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost Synonym(s): yawl, dandy
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Dante n an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) Synonym(s): Dante, Dante Alighieri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daunt v cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
de-ionate v remove ions from; "ionate thyroxine" Antonym(s): ionate
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demode adj out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" Synonym(s): antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demote v assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" Synonym(s): demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs Antonym(s): advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade
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denote v be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed" have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " Synonym(s): denote, refer make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly" Synonym(s): announce, denote
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dent n an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account" a depression scratched or carved into a surface Synonym(s): incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) Synonym(s): dent, ding, gouge, nick v make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent, dent]
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denude v lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare, denudate, strip]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dimity n a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains
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dimmed adj made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" Synonym(s): dimmed, dim Antonym(s): bright, undimmed
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dimout n darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) Synonym(s): blackout, brownout, dimout
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dimwit n a stupid incompetent person [syn: dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dine out v eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home [syn: {eat out}, dine out] Antonym(s): dine in, eat in
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dinette n a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining
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dint n interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'
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DMD n a doctor's degree in dental medicine [syn: {Doctor of Dental Medicine}, DMD]
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domed adj having a hemispherical vault or dome [syn: domed, vaulted]
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donate v give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
done with adj having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking" Synonym(s): done with(p), through with(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
donut n a small ring-shaped friedcake [syn: doughnut, donut, sinker]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doomed adj marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed" in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" Synonym(s): cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott Synonym(s): doomed, ill-fated, ill- omened, ill-starred, unlucky (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" Synonym(s): doomed, fated n people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" Synonym(s): doomed, lost
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d890meute \[d8][90]`meute"\, n. [F.] A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amioidei \[d8]Am`ioi"dei\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Amia + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See {Bowfin} and {Ganoidei}.
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d8Amniota \[d8]Am`ni*o"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Amnion}.] (Zo[94]l.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amt \[d8]Amt\, n.; pl. {Amter}, {E}. {Amts}. [Dan. & Norw., fr. G.] An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway. Each of the provinces [of Denmark] is divided into several amts, answering . . . to the English hundreds. --Encyc. Brit.
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d8Anito \[d8]A*ni"to\, n.; pl. {-tos}. [Sp.] In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.
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d8Anta \[d8]An"ta\, n.; pl. {Ant[91]}. [L.] (Arch.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base. Note: Porches, when columns stand between two ant[91], are called in Latin in antis.
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d8Anti91 \[d8]An"ti*[91]\, n. pl. [L., forelock.] (Zo[94]l.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dandi \[d8]Dan"di\, n. [Hind. [dsdot][amac]n[dsdot]i, fr. [dsdot][amac]n[dsdot] an oar.] A boatman; an oarsman. [India]
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d8Diomedea \[d8]Diom`ede"a\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See {Albatross}.
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d8Emydea \[d8]Emyd"ea\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.
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d8M91nad \[d8]M[91]"nad\, n. [L. Maenas, -adis, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] to rave.] 1. A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus. 2. A frantic or frenzied woman.
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d8Madia \[d8]Ma"di*a\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species ({Madia sativa}) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.
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d8Mahout \[d8]Ma*hout"\, n. [Hind. mah[be]wat, Skr. mah[be]m[be]tra; mahat great + m[be]tr[be] measure.] The keeper and driver of an elephant. [East Indies]
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d8Mate \[d8]Ma"te\, n. [Sp.] The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly ({Ilex Paraguensis}). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Media \[d8]Me"di*a\, n.; pl. {Medi[91]} (-[emac]). [NL., fr. L. medius middle.] (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes [beta], [delta], [gamma] (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, [pi], [tau], [kappa] (p, t, k), and the aspirat[91] (aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also called {middle mute}, or {medial}, and sometimes {soft mute}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Media \[d8]Me"di*a\, n., pl. of {Medium}.
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d8Moto \[d8]Mo"to\, n. [It.] (Mus.) Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.
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d8Noyade \[d8]No`yade"\, n. [F., fr. noyer to drown, L. necare to kill.] A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.
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d8T91niada \[d8]T[91]ni"ada\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {T[91]nioidea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8T91niata \[d8]T[91]`ni*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. taenia a ribbon.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.
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d8T91nioidea \[d8]T[91]`nioi"dea\, n. pl. (Zo[94]l.) The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See {Tapeworm}.
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d8Tanate \[d8]Ta*na"te\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Asiatic wild dog ({Canis procyonoides}), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also {raccoon dog}.
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d8Tienda \[d8]Ti*en"da\, n. [Sp., prop., tent, awning.] In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daint \Daint\, n. [See {Dainty}, n.] Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [Obs.] -- a. Dainty. [Obs.] To cherish him with diets daint. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dainty \Dain"ty\, n.; pl. {Dainties}. [OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deinti[82] delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See {Deign}, and cf. {Dignity}.] 1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [Obs.] I ne told no deyntee of her love. --Chaucer. 2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. --Beau. & Fl. 3. A term of fondness. [Poetic] --B. Jonson. Syn: {Dainty}, {Delicacy}. Usage: These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties. These delicacies I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits, and flowers, Walks and the melody of birds. --Milton. [A table] furnished plenteously with bread, And dainties, remnants of the last regale. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dainty \Dain"ty\, a. [Compar. {Daintier}; superl. {Daintiest}.] 1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.] Full many a deynt[82] horse had he in stable. --Chaucer. Note: Hence the proverb [bd]dainty maketh dearth,[b8] i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious. 2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome. Dainty bits Make rich the ribs. --Shak. 3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender. Those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy. --Milton. I would be the girdle. About her dainty, dainty waist. --Tennyson. 4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. Thew were a fine and dainty people. --Bacon. And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, But shift away. --Shak. {To make dainty}, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.] Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, She, I'll swear, hath corns. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dam \Dam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damming}.] 1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. I'll have the current in this place dammed up. --Shak. A weight of earth that dams in the water. --Mortimer. 2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --Shak. {To dam out}, to keep out by means of a dam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damn \Damn\ (d[acr]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damned} (d[acr]md or d[acr]m"n[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Damning} (d[acr]m"[icr]ng or d[acr]m"n[icr]ng).] [OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. {Condemn}, {Damage}.] 1. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure. He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. --Shak. 2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse. 3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc. You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing. --Pope. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. --Pope. Note: Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damned \Damned\, a. 1. Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition. 2. Hateful; detestable; abominable. But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who doats, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves. --Shak.
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Danaide \Da"na*ide\, n. [From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.] (Mach.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
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Danaite \Da"na*ite\, n. [Named after J. Freeman Dana.] (Min.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.
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Dandie Dinmont \Dan"die Din"mont\, [or] Dandie \Dan"die\, n. 1. In Scott's [bd]Guy Mannering[b8], a Border farmer of eccentric but fine character, who owns two terriers claimed to be the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont terriers. 2. One of a breed of terriers with short legs, long body, and rough coat, originating in the country about the English and Scotch border.
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Dandie \Dan"die\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also {Dandie Dinmont}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dandy \Dan"dy\, n.; pl. {Dandies}. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.] 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also {jigger}, and {mizzen}. 3. A dandy roller. See below. {Dandy brush}, a yard whalebone brush. {Dandy fever}. See {Dengue}. {Dandy line}, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. {Dandy roller}, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
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Danewort \Dane"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A fetid European species of elder ({Sambucus Ebulus}); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also {Daneweed}, {Dane's weed}, and {Dane's-blood}. Note: [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.]
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Danite \Dan"ite\, n. 1. A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan. --Judges xiii. 2. 2. [So called in remembrance of the prophecy in Gen. xlix. 17, [bd]Dan shall be a serpent by the way,[b8] etc.] One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daunt \Daunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daunting}.] [OF. danter, F. dompter to tame, subdue, fr. L. domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See {Tame}.] 1. To overcome; to conquer. [Obs.] 2. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten. Some presences daunt and discourage us. --Glanvill. Syn: To dismay; appall. See {Dismay}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dawn \Dawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dawning}.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d[91]g day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See {Day}. [root]71.] 1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. --Matt. xxviii. 1. 2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. [bd]In dawning youth.[b8] --Dryden. When life awakes, and dawns at every line. --Pope. Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. --Heber,
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Daymaid \Day"maid`\ (-m[amc]d`), n. A dairymaid. [Obs.]
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Day-net \Day"-net`\ (-n[ecr]t`), n. A net for catching small birds.
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Deem \Deem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deeming}.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d[?]man, fr. d[?]m doom; akin to OFries. d[?]ma, OS. ad[?]mian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. d[91]ma, Sw. d[94]mma, Dan. d[94]mme, Goth. d[?]mjan. See {Doom}, n., and cf. {Doom}, v.] 1. To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.] Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree. --Chaucer. 2. To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard. For never can I deem him less him less than god. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demit \De*mit"\, v. i. [F. d[82]mettre to remove, se d[82]mettre to resign; d[82]- (L. dis-) + mettre to put, fr. L. mittere to send. Cf. {Dismiss}.] To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary.
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Demit \De*mit"\, n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demit \De*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demitting}.] [L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Cf. {Demise}.] 1. To let fall; to depress. [R.] They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [R.] 3. To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.] General Conway demitted his office. --Hume.
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Demote \De*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de- + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade, as in school.
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Deny \De*ny"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[82]nier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See {Negation}.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit. Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself. 2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] [bd]If you deny to dance.[b8] --Shak. 3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request. Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies? --Pope. To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. --J. Edwards. 4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. The falsehood of denying his opinion. --Bancroft. Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. --Keble. {To deny one's self}, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial. Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. --Matt. xvi. 24.
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Dennet \Den"net\, n. A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ([bd]The term and vehicle common about 1825.[b8] --Latham.)
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Denote \De*note"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denoting}.] [L. denotare; de- + notare to mark, nota mark, sign, note: cf. F. d[82]noter. See {Note}.] 1. To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour. The better to denote her to the doctor. --Shak. 2. To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean. A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort. --Gilpin.
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Dent \Dent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denting}.] To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. --Macaulay.
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Dent \Dent\, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See {Tooth}.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. --Knight.
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Dent \Dent\, n. [A variant of {Dint}.] 1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] [bd]That dent of thunder.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. --De Quincey.
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Denude \De*nude"\, v. t. [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See {Nude}.] To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.
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Deynte \Deyn"te\, Deyntee \Deyn"tee\, n. & a. See {Dainty}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Deynte \Deyn"te\, Deyntee \Deyn"tee\, n. & a. See {Dainty}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Diamide \Di*am"ide\ (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + amide.] (Chem.) Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under {Amido}, and Acid amide, under {Amide}.
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Hydrazine \Hy"dra*zine\, n. [Hydr- + azo- + -ine.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, {H2N.NH2}, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also {diamide}, {amidogen}, (or more properly {diamidogen}), etc.
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Diamide \Di*am"ide\ (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + amide.] (Chem.) Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under {Amido}, and Acid amide, under {Amide}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hydrazine \Hy"dra*zine\, n. [Hydr- + azo- + -ine.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, {H2N.NH2}, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also {diamide}, {amidogen}, (or more properly {diamidogen}), etc.
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Diamido- \Diam"ido-\, a. (Chem.) A prefix or combining form of {Diamine}. Note: [Also used adjectively.]
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Dimit \Di*mit"\, v. t. [L. dimittere to send away, le[?] go; di- = dis- + mittere to send. See {Dismiss}.] To dismiss, let go, or release. [Obs.]
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Dimity \Dim"i*ty\, n. [Prob. fr. Gr. [?] of double thread, dimity; di- = di`s- twice + [?] a thread of the warp; prob. through D. diemet, of F. dimite, d[82]mitte. Cf. {Samite}.] A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.
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Dim \Dim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dimming}.] 1. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse. A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. --Dryden. Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. --Cowper. 2. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of. Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. --C. Pitt.
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Dine \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dining}.] [F. d[8c]ner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See {Jejune}, and cf. {Dinner}, {D[?]jeuner}.] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner. Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak. {To dine with Duke Humphrey}, to go without dinner; -- a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.
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Din \Din\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinning}.] [AS. dynian. See {Din}, n.] 1. To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries. 2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding. This hath been often dinned in my ears. --Swift. {To din into}, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. --Sir W. Scott.
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Dint \Dint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinting}.] To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. --Donne. Tennyson.
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Dint \Dint\, n. [OE. dint, dent, dunt, a blow, AS. dynt; akin to Icel. dyntr a dint, dynta to dint, and perh. to L. fendere (in composition). Cf. 1st {Dent}, {Defend}.] 1. A blow; a stroke. [Obs.] [bd]Mortal dint.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Like thunder's dint.[b8] --Fairfax. 2. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. --Dryden. Every dint a sword had beaten in it [the shield]. --Tennyson. 3. Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of. Now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity. --Shak. It was by dint of passing strength That he moved the massy stone at length. --Sir W. Scott.
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Doand \Do"and\, p. pr. Doing. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
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Domed \Domed\, a. Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome.
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Domett \Dom"ett\, n. A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen. --Blakely.
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Domite \Do"mite\, n. (Min.) A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de-D[93]me in Auvergne, France, where it is found.
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Donat \Don"at\, n. [From Donatus, a famous grammarian.] A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also {donet}.]
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Donate \Do"nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Donating}.] [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d {Date}.] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.
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Donat \Don"at\, n. [From Donatus, a famous grammarian.] A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also {donet}.]
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Donet \Don"et\, n. Same as {Donat}. Piers Plowman.
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Donat \Don"at\, n. [From Donatus, a famous grammarian.] A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also {donet}.]
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Donet \Don"et\, n. Same as {Donat}. Piers Plowman.
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Donnat \Don"nat\, n. [Corrupted from do-naught.] See {Do-naught}. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Don \Don\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Donning}.] [Do + on; -- opposed to doff. See {Do}, v. t., 7.] To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with. Should I don this robe and trouble you. --Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson.
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Doom \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dooming}.] 1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death. Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. --Dryden. 3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak. 4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] --J. Pickering. 5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate. A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. --Macaulay.
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Down \Down\, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[?]n, ad[?]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up. 2. Hence, in many derived uses, as: (a) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion. It will be rain to-night. Let it come down. --Shak. I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Tennyson. And that drags down his life. --Tennyson. There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. --Addison. The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English. --Shak. (b) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet. I was down and out of breath. --Shak. The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. --Shak. He that is down needs fear no fall. --Bunyan. 3. From a remoter or higher antiquity. Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. --D. Webster. 4. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions. --Arbuthnot. Note: Down is sometimes used elliptically, standing for go down, come down, tear down, take down, put down, haul down, pay down, and the like, especially in command or exclamation. Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. --Shak. If he be hungry more than wanton, bread alone will down. --Locke. Down is also used intensively; as, to be loaded down; to fall down; to hang down; to drop down; to pay down. The temple of Her[8a] at Argos was burnt down. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Down, as well as up, is sometimes used in a conventional sense; as, down East. Persons in London say down to Scotland, etc., and those in the provinces, up to London. --Stormonth. {Down helm} (Naut.), an order to the helmsman to put the helm to leeward. {Down on} [or] {upon} (joined with a verb indicating motion, as go, come, pounce), to attack, implying the idea of threatening power. Come down upon us with a mighty power. --Shak. {Down with}, take down, throw down, put down; -- used in energetic command. [bd]Down with the palace; fire it.[b8] --Dryden. {To be down on}, to dislike and treat harshly. [Slang, U.S.] {To cry down}. See under {Cry}, v. t. {To cut down}. See under {Cut}, v. t. {Up and down}, with rising and falling motion; to and fro; hither and thither; everywhere. [bd]Let them wander up and down.[b8] --Ps. lix. 15.
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Down \Down\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Downed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Downing}.] To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down. [Archaic or Colloq.] [bd]To down proud hearts.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the wits, once at our house. --Madame D'Arblay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Downweed \Down"weed`\, n. (Bot.) Cudweed, a species of {Gnaphalium}.
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Dun \Dun\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunning}.] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. [?][?][?]. See {Din}.] To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. Hath she sent so soon to dun? --Swift.
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Dunt \Dunt\, n. [{Dint}.] A blow. [Obs.] --R. of Glouc.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
day mode n. See {phase} (sense 1). Used of people only.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DANTE A company established by the national research networks in Europe to provide international network services.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
day mode See {phase} (sense 1). Used of people only. [{Jargon File}]
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DIMATE Depot Installed Maintenance Automatic Test Equipment. A language for programming {automatic test equipment}. It Runs on the {RCA 301}. ["A Simple User-Oriented Source Language for Programming Automatic Test Equipment", B.H. Scheff, CACM 9(4) (Apr 1966)]. [Sammet 1969, p. 647]. (1996-01-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DMAD Diagnostic Machine Aid-Digital. A system for functional testing of digital devices. ["DMAD M/MM Manual", BR-8392, Raytheon Co. (Oct 1973)] (1994-11-02)