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   debonair
         adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
                  [syn: {debonair}, {debonaire}, {debonnaire}, {suave}]
         2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
            chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
            Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
            H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
            optimist" [syn: {chipper}, {debonair}, {debonaire}, {jaunty}]

English Dictionary: divine revelation	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debonaire adj having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" Synonym(s): debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" Synonym(s): chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debonnaire adj having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" Synonym(s): debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defamer n one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel Synonym(s): defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divine revelation n communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency Synonym(s): revelation, divine revelation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divine right n the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes; "the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century" Synonym(s): divine right, divine right of kings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divine right of kings n the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes; "the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century" Synonym(s): divine right, divine right of kings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diviner n someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Apomorphia \[d8]Ap`omor"phia\, Apomorphine \Ap`o*mor"phine\, n. [Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine.] (Chem.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Aponeurosis \[d8]Ap`oneuro"sis\, n.; pl. {Aponeuroses}. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to pass into a tendon; [?] from + [?] to strain the sinews, [?] sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci[91] which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See {Fascia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ave Maria \[d8]A"ve Ma*ri"a\, Ave Mary \A"ve Ma"ry\ [From the first words of the Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary; L. ave hail, Maria Mary.] 1. A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church. To number Ave Maries on his beads. --Shak. 2. A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria. Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bain-marie \[d8]Bain`-ma`rie"\, n. [F.] A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Boanerges \[d8]Bo`a*ner"ges\ [Gr. [?], fr. Heb. bn[?] hargem sons of thunder. -- an appellation given by Christ to two of his disciples (James and John). See Mark iii. 17.] Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bona roba \[d8]Bo"na ro"ba\ [It., prop. [bd]good stuff.[b8]] A showy wanton; a courtesan. --Shak
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Boomorah \[d8]Boo"mo*rah\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small West African chevrotain ({Hy[91]moschus aquaticus}), resembling the musk deer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epanorthosis \[d8]Ep`anortho"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; 'epi` + [?] to set right again; [?] again + [?] to set straight.] A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ephemera \[d8]Ephem"era\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a day fly, fr. [?] daily, lasting but a day; [?] over + [?] day.] 1. (Med.) A fever of one day's continuance only. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See {Ephemeral fly}, under {Ephemeral}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ephemeron \[d8]Ephem"eron\, n.; pl. {Ephemera}. [NL. See {Ephemera}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the ephemeral flies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epimera \[d8]Epim"era\, n. pl. See {Epimeron}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epimeron \[d8]Epim"eron\, n.; pl. {Epimera}. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + [?] a part.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under {Crustacea}. (b) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum. [Written also {epimerum}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epineurium \[d8]Ep`ineu"rium\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + [?] a nerve.] (Anat.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Femur \[d8]Fe"mur\, n.; pl. {Femora}. [L. thigh.] (Anat.) (a) The thigh bone. (b) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See {Coxa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ophiomorpha \[d8]O`phiomor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ophiomorphous}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the c[91]cilians. Called also {Gymnophiona} and {Ophidobatrachia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Phanerocarp91 \[d8]Phan`erocar"p[91]\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] evident + [?] fruit (but taken to mean, ovary).] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Acraspeda}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Phanerodactyla \[d8]Phan`erodac"ty*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] evident + [?] finger.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Saurur[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Phanerogamia \[d8]Phan`eroga"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] visible (fr. [?] to bring to light) + [?] marriage.] (Bot.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Veneracea \[d8]Ven`era"cea\, n. pl. [NL. See {Venus}.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus {Venus} is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See {Venus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Venire facias \[d8]Veni"re fa"cias\ [L., make, or cause, to come.] (Law) (a) A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time, to serve as jurors in said court. (b) A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also {venire}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vin ordinaire \[d8]Vin` or`di`naire"\ [F., lit., common wine.] A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vomer \[d8]Vo"mer\, n. [L., a plowshare.] (Anat.) (a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals. (b) The pygostyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debonair \Deb`o*nair"\, a. [OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire, debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair, F. d[82]bonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L. bonus) + aire. See {Air}, and {Bounty}, and cf. {Bonair}.] Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant. Was never prince so meek and debonair. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debonairity \Deb`onair"ity\, n. [OF. debonairet[82], F. d[82]bonnairet[82].] Debonairness. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debonairly \Deb`o*nair"ly\, adv. Courteously; elegantly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debonairness \Deb`o*nair"ness\, n. The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy. --Sterne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deep \Deep\ (d[emac]p), a. [Compar. {Deeper}; superl. {Deepest}.] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de[a2]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[d4]pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See {Dip}, {Dive}.] 1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. The water where the brook is deep. --Shak. 2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. --Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. --Shak. 3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley. 4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. Speculations high or deep. --Milton. A question deep almost as the mystery of life. --De Quincey. O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. --Ps. xcii. 5. 5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. --Shak. 6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. [bd]Deep despair.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep silence.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep sleep.[b8] --Gen. ii. 21. [bd]Deeper darkness.[b8] -->Hoole. [bd]Their deep poverty.[b8] --2 Cor. viii. 2. An attitude of deep respect. --Motley. 7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson. 8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. [bd]The deep thunder.[b8] --Byron. The bass of heaven's deep organ. --Milton. 9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. --Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. --Clarendon. {A deep line of operations} (Military), a long line. {Deep mourning} (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mourning \Mourn"ing\, n. [AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. 2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. --Dryden. {Deep mourning}. See under {Deep}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defamer \De*fam"er\, n. One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Definer \De*fin"er\, n. One who defines or explains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Right \Right\, n. [AS. right. See {Right}, a.] 1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact. Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always in the right. --Prior. (c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right. --Dryden. 2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically: (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact. There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties. --Coleridge. (b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership. Born free, he sought his right. --Dryden. Hast thou not right to all created things? --Milton. Men have no right to what is not reasonable. --Burke. (d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority. 3. The right side; the side opposite to the left. Led her to the Souldan's right. --Spenser. 4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See {Center}, 5. 5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. {At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under {Bill}. {By right}, {By rights}, [or] {By good rights}, rightly; properly; correctly. He should himself use it by right. --Chaucer. I should have been a woman by right. --Shak. {Divine right}, [or] {Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. {To rights}. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] --Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift. {To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order. {Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Right \Right\, n. [AS. right. See {Right}, a.] 1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact. Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always in the right. --Prior. (c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right. --Dryden. 2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically: (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact. There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties. --Coleridge. (b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership. Born free, he sought his right. --Dryden. Hast thou not right to all created things? --Milton. Men have no right to what is not reasonable. --Burke. (d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority. 3. The right side; the side opposite to the left. Led her to the Souldan's right. --Spenser. 4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See {Center}, 5. 5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. {At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under {Bill}. {By right}, {By rights}, [or] {By good rights}, rightly; properly; correctly. He should himself use it by right. --Chaucer. I should have been a woman by right. --Shak. {Divine right}, [or] {Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. {To rights}. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] --Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift. {To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order. {Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diviner \Di*vin"er\, n. 1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means. The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. --Zech. x. 2. 2. A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divineress \Divin"eress\, n. A woman who divines. --Dryden.