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English Dictionary: dictatorial	by the DICT Development Group
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decided adj recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage" Synonym(s): distinct, decided
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decidedly adv without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win" Synonym(s): decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds
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destitute adj poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken] completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" Synonym(s): barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
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destitution n a state without friends or money or prospects
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desuetude n a state of inactivity or disuse
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dictate n an authoritative rule a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason" v issue commands or orders for [syn: order, prescribe, dictate] say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary" rule as a dictator
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dictated adj determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" Synonym(s): determined, dictated, set
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dictation n an authoritative direction or instruction to do something Synonym(s): command, bid, bidding, dictation speech intended for reproduction in writing matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"
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dictator n a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine a ruler who is unconstrained by law Synonym(s): dictator, potentate a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime" Synonym(s): authoritarian, dictator
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dictatorial adj of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers" expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" Synonym(s): authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" Synonym(s): authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
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dictatorially adv in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator; "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues" Synonym(s): dictatorially, autocratically, magisterially
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dictatorship n a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) Synonym(s): dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
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dighted adj dressed or adorned (as for battle)
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digitate adj resembling a finger; "digitate leaves of the horse chestnut" Synonym(s): digitate, fingerlike
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digitately adv in a digitate manner
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dish the dirt v wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" Synonym(s): dish the dirt, gossip
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disquieted adj afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" Synonym(s): disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried
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disquietude n feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable [syn: edginess, uneasiness, inquietude, disquietude]
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dog's-tooth check n textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks Synonym(s): houndstooth check, hound's-tooth check, dogstooth check, dogs-tooth check, dog's-tooth check
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dog's-tooth violet n perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated Synonym(s): dogtooth violet, dogtooth, dog's-tooth violet
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dogs-tooth check n textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks Synonym(s): houndstooth check, hound's-tooth check, dogstooth check, dogs-tooth check, dog's-tooth check
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dogstooth check n textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks Synonym(s): houndstooth check, hound's-tooth check, dogstooth check, dogs-tooth check, dog's-tooth check
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dogtooth n perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated Synonym(s): dogtooth violet, dogtooth, dog's-tooth violet one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars Synonym(s): canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England
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dogtooth violet n perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated Synonym(s): dogtooth violet, dogtooth, dog's-tooth violet
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d8Agitato \[d8]A`gi*ta"to\, a. [It., agitated.] (Mus.) Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.
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d8Ascidioidea \[d8]Ascid`ioid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. ascidium + -oid. See {Ascidium}.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.
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d8Cathedra \[d8]Cath"e*dra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] seat. See {Chair}.] The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority. {Ex cathedra} [L., from the chair], in the exercise of one's office; with authority. The Vatican Council declares that the Pope, is infallible [bd]when he speaks ex cathedra.[b8] --Addis & Arnold's Cath. Dict.
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d8Cathetus \[d8]Cath"e*tus\, n.; pl. {catheti}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a perpendicular line, fr. [?] let down, fr. [?]. See {Catheter}.] (Geom.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle. --Barlow.
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d8Caudata \[d8]Cau*da"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. cauda tail.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Urodela}.
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d8Ch91tetes \[d8]Ch[91]*te"tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] hair.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.
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d8Codetta \[d8]Co*det"ta\, n. [It., dim. of coda tail.] (Mus.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.
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d8Deciduata \[d8]Decid`ua"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.
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d8Osteitis \[d8]Os`te*i"tis\, n. [NL. See {Osteo-}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of bone.
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d8Ostitis \[d8]Os*ti"tis\, n. [NL.] (Med.) See {Osteitis}.
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d8Scytodermata \[d8]Scy`toder"mata\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a hide + [?] a skin.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Holothurioidea}.
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d8Stadium \[d8]Sta"di*um\, n.; pl. {Stadia}. [L., a stadium (in sense 1), from Gr. [?].] 1. A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the {Olympic stadium}, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia. --Dr. W. Smith. 2. Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races. 3. A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; -- also called {stadia}, and {stadia rod}.
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d8Stater \[d8]Sta"ter\, n. [L. stater, Gr. [?].] (Gr. Antiq.) The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about [9c]1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.
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d8Status \[d8]Sta"tus\, n. [L.] State; condition; position of affairs.
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d8Status in quo \[d8]Sta"tus in` quo"\, d8Status quo \[d8]Sta"tus quo"\ . [L., state in which.] The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war.
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d8Status in quo \[d8]Sta"tus in` quo"\, d8Status quo \[d8]Sta"tus quo"\ . [L., state in which.] The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war.
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d8Steatoma \[d8]Ste`a*to"ma\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to turn into tallow or suet, fr. [?], [?], fat, suet.] (Med.) A cyst containing matter like suet.
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d8Steatopyga \[d8]Ste`atop"yga\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], fat + [?] the buttocks.] A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot women.
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d8Sudatorium \[d8]Su`dato"rium\, n.; pl. {Sudatoria}. [L.] A sudatory. --Dunglison.
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d8Testudinata \[d8]Testu`dina"ta\, n. pl. [Nl. See {Testudo}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.
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d8Testudo \[d8]Tes*tu"do\, n.; pl. {Testudines}. [L., from testa the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise ({Testudo Gr[91]ca}) and the gopher of the Southern United States. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels. 3. (Mus.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
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Decided \De*cid"ed\, a. 1. Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. [bd]A more decided taste for science.[b8] --Prescott. 2. Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose. Syn: {Decided}, {Decisive}. Usage: We call a thing decisive when it has the power or quality of deciding; as, a decisive battle; we speak of it as decided when it is so fully settled as to leave no room for doubt; as, a decided preference, a decided aversion. Hence, a decided victory is one about which there is no question; a decisive victory is one which ends the contest. Decisive is applied only to things; as, a decisive sentence, a decisive decree, a decisive judgment. Decided is applied equally to persons and things. Thus we speak of a man as decided in his whole of conduct; and as having a decided disgust, or a decided reluctance, to certain measures. [bd]A politic caution, a guarded circumspection, were among the ruling principles of our forefathers in their most decided conduct.[b8] --Burke. [bd]The sentences of superior judges are final, decisive, and irrevocable. --Blackstone.
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Decide \De*cide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deciding}.] [L. dec[c6]dere; de- + caedere to cut, cut off; prob. akin to E. shed, v.: cf. F. d[82]cider. Cf. {Decision}.] 1. To cut off; to separate. [Obs.] Our seat denies us traffic here; The sea, too near, decides us from the rest. --Fuller. 2. To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle. So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. --1 Kings xx. 40. The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then. --Shak.
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Decidedly \Decid"edly\, adv. In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
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Deciduate \Decid"uate\ (?; 135), a. (Anat.) Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua.
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Deciduity \Dec`idu"ity\, n. Deciduousness. [R.]
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Deoxidate \Deox"idate\, v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize.
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Deoxidation \Deox`ida"tion\, n. (Chem.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.
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Destituent \Destit"uent\ (?; 135), a. [L. destituens, p. pr. of destituere.] Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Destitute \Des"ti*tute\, v. t. 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs.] To forsake or destitute a plantation. --Bacon. 2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of. [Obs.] Destituted of all honor and livings. --Holinshed. 3. To disappoint. [Obs.] When his expectation is destituted. --Fotherby.
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Destitute \Des"ti*tute\, a. [L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See {Statute}.] 1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. --Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. --Burke. 2. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented. --Heb. xi. 37.
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Destitutely \Des"titutely\, adv. In destitution.
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Destituteness \Des"tituteness\, n. Destitution. [R.] --Ash.
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Destitution \Des`ti*tu"tion\, n. [L. destitutio a forsaking.] The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.
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Desudation \Des`u*da"tion\, n. [L. desudatio, fr. desudare to sweat greatly; de + sudare to sweat.] (Med.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.
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Desuetude \Des"ue*tude\, n. [L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. d[82]su[82]tude. See {Custom}.] The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. --Jer. Taylor.
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Diastatic \Di`a*stat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] separative. See {Diastase}.] (Physiol. Chem.) Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar. The influence of acids and alkalies on the diastatic action of saliva. --Lauder Brunton.
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Dictate \Dic"tate\, v. i. 1. To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on). Who presumed to dictate to the sovereign. --Macaulay. 2. To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another. Sylla could not skill of letters, and therefore knew not how to dictate. --Bacon.
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Dictate \Dic"tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dictated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dictating}.] [L. dictatus, p. p. of dictare, freq. of dicere to say. See {Diction}, and cf. {Dight}.] 1. To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. The mind which dictated the Iliad. --Wayland. Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. --Macaulay. 2. To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. --Watts. Syn: To suggest; prescribe; enjoin; command; point out; urge; admonish.
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Dictate \Dic"tate\, n. [L. dictatum. See {Dictate}, v. t.] A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel. I credit what the Grecian dictates say. --Prior. Syn: Command; injunction; direction suggestion; impulse; admonition.
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Dictate \Dic"tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dictated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dictating}.] [L. dictatus, p. p. of dictare, freq. of dicere to say. See {Diction}, and cf. {Dight}.] 1. To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. The mind which dictated the Iliad. --Wayland. Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. --Macaulay. 2. To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. --Watts. Syn: To suggest; prescribe; enjoin; command; point out; urge; admonish.
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Dictate \Dic"tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dictated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dictating}.] [L. dictatus, p. p. of dictare, freq. of dicere to say. See {Diction}, and cf. {Dight}.] 1. To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. The mind which dictated the Iliad. --Wayland. Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. --Macaulay. 2. To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. --Watts. Syn: To suggest; prescribe; enjoin; command; point out; urge; admonish.
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Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.] 1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. It affords security against the dictation of laws. --Paley. 2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
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Dictator \Dic*ta"tor\, n. [L.] 1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. --Locke. 2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. --Macaulay.
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Dictatorial \Dic`tato"rial\, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.] 1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving. 2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. -- {Dic`tato"rially}, adv. -- {Dic`tato"rialness}, n.
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Dictatorial \Dic`tato"rial\, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.] 1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving. 2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. -- {Dic`tato"rially}, adv. -- {Dic`tato"rialness}, n.
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Dictatorial \Dic`tato"rial\, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.] 1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving. 2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. -- {Dic`tato"rially}, adv. -- {Dic`tato"rialness}, n.
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Dictatorian \Dic`tato"rian\, a. Dictatorial. [Obs.]
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Dictatorship \Dicta"torship\, n. The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.
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Dictatory \Dic"tatory\, a. [L. dictatorius.] Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial. --Milton.
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Dictatress \Dic*ta"tress\, n. A woman who dictates or commands. Earth's chief dictatress, ocean's mighty queen. --Byron.
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Dictatrix \Dic*ta"trix\, n. [L.] A dictatress.
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Dictature \Dic*ta"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. dictatura: cf. F. dictature.] Office of a dictator; dictatorship. [R.] --Bacon.
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Dight \Dight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dight} [or] {Dighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dighting}.] [OF. dihten, AS. dihtan to dictate, command, dispose, arrange, fr. L. dictare to say often, dictate, order; cf. G. dichten to write poetry, fr. L. dictare. See {Dictate}.] 1. To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Archaic] [bd]She gan the house to --dight.[b8] --Chaucer. Two harmless turtles, dight for sacrifice. --Fairfax. The clouds in thousand liveries dight. --Milton. 2. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Digitate \Dig"i*tate\, v. t. [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare, fr. L. digitus. See {Digit}.] To point out as with the finger. [R.] --Robinson (Eudoxa).
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Digitate \Dig"itate\, Digitated \Dig"ita`ted\, a. [L. digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation. -- {Dig"itately}, adv.
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Digitate \Dig"itate\, Digitated \Dig"ita`ted\, a. [L. digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation. -- {Dig"itately}, adv.
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Digitate \Dig"itate\, Digitated \Dig"ita`ted\, a. [L. digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation. -- {Dig"itately}, adv.
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Digitation \Dig`i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. digitation.] A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.
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Disquiet \Dis*qui"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disquieted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disquieting}.] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? --Ps. xlii. 11. As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
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Disquiettude \Disqui"ettude\, n. Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. --Abp. Sharp.
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Dissuade \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissuaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissuading}.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See {Suasion}.] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent] Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. --Milton. 2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. --Mad. D' Arblay.
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Distad \Dis"tad\, adv. [Distal + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.
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Distitle \Dis*ti"tle\, v. t. To deprive of title or right. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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Diswitted \Dis*wit"ted\, a. Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Docket \Dock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Docketing}.] 1. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers. --Chesterfield. 2. (Law) (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial. 3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
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Dog-headed \Dog"-head`ed\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.
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Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. {Dogteeth}. 1. See {Canine tooth}, under {Canine}. 2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. {Dogtooth spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See {Calcite}. {Dogtooth violet} (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus {Erythronium}). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also {dog's-tooth violet}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. {Dogteeth}. 1. See {Canine tooth}, under {Canine}. 2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. {Dogtooth spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See {Calcite}. {Dogtooth violet} (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus {Erythronium}). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also {dog's-tooth violet}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. {Dogteeth}. 1. See {Canine tooth}, under {Canine}. 2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. {Dogtooth spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See {Calcite}. {Dogtooth violet} (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus {Erythronium}). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also {dog's-tooth violet}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. {Dogteeth}. 1. See {Canine tooth}, under {Canine}. 2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. {Dogtooth spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See {Calcite}. {Dogtooth violet} (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus {Erythronium}). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also {dog's-tooth violet}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Corn violet}. See under {Corn}. {Dame's violet}. (Bot.) See {Damewort}. {Dogtooth violet}. (Bot.) See under {Dogtooth}. {Water violet} (Bot.), an aquatic European herb ({Hottonia palustris}) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. {Dogteeth}. 1. See {Canine tooth}, under {Canine}. 2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. {Dogtooth spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See {Calcite}. {Dogtooth violet} (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus {Erythronium}). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also {dog's-tooth violet}.]
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Dust \Dust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dusting}.] 1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor. 2. To sprinkle with dust. 3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. --Sprat. {To dyst one's jacket}, to give one a flogging. [Slang.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dakota Dunes, SD Zip code(s): 57049
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dusty deck n. Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain ({DP} types call this `legacy code', a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent). The term implies that the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used esp. when referring to old scientific and {number-crunching} software, much of which was written in FORTRAN and very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See {fossil}; compare {crawling horror}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DECstation A range of {RISC} based {workstations} manufactured by {DEC}. [Details?] (1997-04-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dusty deck Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain. {DP} types call this "legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent. The term implies that the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used especially when referring to old scientific and {number crunching} software, much of which was written in Fortran and very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See {fossil}; compare {crawling horror}. [{Jargon File}]