DISTHRONIZE
DISTHRONIZE, verb transitive To dethrone. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DISTICH
DISTICH, noun [Latin, Gr., a verse.] A couplet; a couple of verses or poetic lines, making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
DISTICHOUS
DISTICHOUS, DISTICH, adjective Having two rows, or disposed in two rows. A distichous spike has all the flowers pointing two ways.
DISTILL
DISTILL, verb intransitive [Latin, to drop; a drop. Gr.]1. To drop; to fall in drops.Soft showers distilld, and suns grew warm in vain.2. To flow gently, or in a small stream.Th...
DISTILLABLE
DISTILLABLE, adjective That may be distilled; fit for distillation.
DISTILLATION
DISTILLATION, noun1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring or throwing down in drops.2. The vaporization and subsequent condensation of a liquid by means of an alem...
DISTILLATORY
DISTILLATORY, adjective Belonging to distillation; used for distilling; as distillatory vessels.
DISTILLED
DISTILLED, participle passive Let fall or thrown down inn drops; subjected to the process of distillation; extracted by evaporation.
DISTILLER
DISTILLER, noun One who distills; one whose occupation is to extract spirit by evaporation and condensation.
DISTILLERY
DISTILLERY, noun1. The act or art of distilling.2. The building and works where distilling is carried on.
DISTILLING
DISTILLING, participle present tense Dropping; letting fall in drops; extracting by distillation.
DISTILLMENT
DISTILLMENT, noun That which is drawn by distillation.
DISTINCT
DISTINCT, adjective [Latin See Distinguish.]1. Literally, having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign, or by a note or mark; as a place distinct by name.2. Differe...
DISTINCTION
DISTINCTION, noun [Latin]1. The act of separating or distinguishing.2. A note or mark of difference. [Seldom used.]3. Difference made; a separation or disagreement in kind or qu...
DISTINCTIVE
DISTINCTIVE, adjective1. That marks distinction or difference; as distinctive names or titles.2. Having the power to distinguish and discern. [Less proper.]
DISTINCTIVELY
DISTINCTIVELY, adverb With distinction; plainly.
DISTINCTLY
DISTINCTLY, adverb1. Separately; with distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing with another; as a proposition distinctly understood; a figure dist...
DISTINCTNESS
DISTINCTNESS, noun1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things; as the distinctness of two ideas, or of dista...
DISTINGUISH
DISTINGUISH, verb transitive [Latin Gr. The primary sense is, to prick, to pierce with a sharp point, to thrust in or on; and we retain the precise word in the verb, to stick, w...
DISTINGUISHABLE
DISTINGUISHABLE, adjective1. Capable of being distinguished; that may be separated, known or made known, by notes of diversity, or by any difference. A tree at a distance is dis...
DISTINGUISHED
DISTINGUISHED, participle passive1. Separated or known by a mark of difference, or by different qualities.2.adjective Separated from others by superior or extraordinary qualitie...
DISTINGUISHER
DISTINGUISHER, noun1. He or that which distinguishes, or that separates one thing from another by marks of diversity.2. One who discerns accurately the difference of thins; a ni...
DISTINGUISHING
DISTINGUISHING, participle present tense1. Separating from others by a note of diversity; ascertaining difference by a mark.2. Ascertaining, knowing or perceiving a difference.3...
DISTINGUISHINGLY
DISTINGUISHINGLY, adverb With distinction; with some mark of preference.
DISTINGUISHMENT
DISTINGUISHMENT, noun Distinction; observation of difference.
DISTITLE
DISTITLE, verb transitive To deprive of right.
DISTORT
DISTORT, verb transitive [Latin, to twist.]1. To twist out of natural or regular shape; as, to distort the neck, the limbs or the body; to distort the features.2. To force or pu...