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   daftness
         n 1: informal terms for insanity [syn: {craziness}, {daftness},
               {flakiness}]

English Dictionary: deviation by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
David Hume
n
  1. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
    Synonym(s): Hume, David Hume
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
David Mamet
n
  1. United States playwright (born in 1947) [syn: Mamet, David Mamet]
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Day of Atonement
n
  1. (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law
    Synonym(s): Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
day of the month
n
  1. the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"
    Synonym(s): date, day of the month
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debit entry
n
  1. an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing [syn: debit, debit entry]
    Antonym(s): credit, credit entry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debt instrument
n
  1. a written promise to repay a debt [syn: debt instrument, obligation, certificate of indebtedness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debutante
n
  1. a young woman making her debut into society [syn: debutante, deb]
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deep down
adv
  1. in reality; "she is very kind at heart" [syn: at heart, at bottom, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deep temporal vein
n
  1. temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus
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deftness
n
  1. skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
    Synonym(s): adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deviation
n
  1. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
    Synonym(s): deviation, divergence, departure, difference
  2. the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
  3. the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
  4. deviate behavior
    Synonym(s): deviation, deviance
  5. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
    Synonym(s): diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deviationism
n
  1. ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deviationist
n
  1. an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
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devotion
n
  1. feelings of ardent love; "their devotion to each other was beautiful"
    Synonym(s): devotion, devotedness
  2. commitment to some purpose; "the devotion of his time and wealth to science"
  3. religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
    Synonym(s): idolatry, devotion, veneration, cultism
  4. (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently); "he returned to his devotions"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devotional
adj
  1. relating to worship; "a devotional exercise"
n
  1. a short religious service
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devoutness
n
  1. piety by virtue of being devout [syn: devoutness, religiousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diffidence
n
  1. lack of self-confidence [syn: diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust]
    Antonym(s): confidence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diffident
adj
  1. showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"
  2. lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
    Synonym(s): diffident, shy, timid, unsure
    Antonym(s): confident
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diffidently
adv
  1. in a diffident manner; "`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diphthong
n
  1. a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diphthongise
v
  1. change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic"
    Synonym(s): diphthongize, diphthongise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diphthongize
v
  1. change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic"
    Synonym(s): diphthongize, diphthongise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dipodomys
n
  1. kangaroo rats
    Synonym(s): Dipodomys, genus Dipodomys
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dipodomys ordi
n
  1. most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
    Synonym(s): Ord kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dipodomys phillipsii
n
  1. any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
    Synonym(s): kangaroo rat, desert rat, Dipodomys phillipsii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dividend
n
  1. that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
  2. a number to be divided by another number
  3. a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dividend warrant
n
  1. an order of payment (such as a check payable to a shareholder) in which a dividend is paid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dividing line
n
  1. a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
    Synonym(s): line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doubting
adj
  1. marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
    Synonym(s): doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doubting Thomas
n
  1. the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes
    Synonym(s): Thomas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, doubting Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle
  2. someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Abdominalia \[d8]Ab*dom`i*na"li*a\, n. pl. [NL., neut. pl.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8B88te noire \[d8]B[88]te" noire"\ [Fr., lit. black beast.]
      Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Beden \[d8]Bed"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex ({Capra Nubiana}). It is
      probably the wild goat of the Bible.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Bettong \[d8]Bet"tong\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus
      {Bettongia}; the jerboa kangaroo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Boutonni8are \[d8]Bou`ton`ni[8a]re"\, n. [F., buttonhole.]
      A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ibidem \[d8]I*bi"dem\, adv. [L.]
      In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Optimates \[d8]Op`ti*ma"tes\, n. pl. [L. See {Optimate}.]
      The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to
      the populares.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Patena \[d8]Pat"e*na\, n. [LL.] (Eccl.)
      A paten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Patena \[d8]Pa*te"na\, n. [Cf. Pg. patena a paten.]
      A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Phd2nicopterus \[d8]Ph[d2]`ni*cop"te*rus\, n. [NL. See
      {Phenicopter}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pudendum \[d8]Pu*den"dum\, n. [NL. See {Pudenda}.] (Anat.)
      The external organs of generation, especially of the female;
      the vulva.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Putamen \[d8]Pu*ta"men\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
      The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See
      {Endocarp}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pythonomorpha \[d8]Pyth`o*no*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See
      {Python}, and {-morphous}.] (Paleon.)
      Same as {Mosasauria}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Daftness \Daft"ness\, n.
      The quality of being daft.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Debatement \De*bate"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. debatement a beating.]
      Controversy; deliberation; debate. [R.]
  
               A serious question and debatement with myself.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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