Webster's Dictionary 1913

1513

Deluge (2)

Del″uge, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deluged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deluging.] 1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore.2. To ove...

1514

Delundung

‖De‐lun″dung (?), n.(Zoöl.) An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.

1515

Delusion

De‐lu″sion (?) n. [L. delusio, fr. deludere. See Delude.] 1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. Pope.2. The state of being deluded or misled.3. That which...

1516

Delusional

De‐lu″sion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

1517

Delusive

De‐lu″sive (?), a. [See Delude.] Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.Delusive and unsubstan...

1518

Delusory

De‐lu″so‐ry (?) a. Delusive; fallacious. Glanvill.

1519

Delve

Delve (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p.Delved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delving.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury, D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf. D...

1520

Delve (2)

Delve, v. i. To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.Delve may I not: I shame to beg. Wyclif (Luke xvi. 3).

1521

Delve (3)

Delve, n. [See Delve, v. t., and cf. Delf a mine.] A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.Which to that shady delve him brought at last. Spenser.The very tigers from their d...

1522

Delver

Delv″er (?), n. One who digs, as with a spade.

1523

Demagnetize

De‐mag″net‐ize (?), v. t. 1. To deprive of magnetic properties. See Magnetize.If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized. Am. Cyc.2. To free from mesmeric influence; to d...

1524

Demagog

Dem″a‐gog (?; 115), n. Demagogue.

1525

Demagogic

{ Dem′a‐gog″ic (?), Dem′a‐gog″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. δημαγωκικόσ: cf. F. démagogique.] Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.

1526

Demagogism

Dem″a‐gog‐ism (?; 115), n. The practices of a demagogue.

1527

Demagogue

Dem″a‐gogue (?; 115), n. [Gr. δημαγωγόσ a popular leader; commonly in a bad sense, a leader of the mob; δη̑μοσ the people + αγωγὄσ leading, fr. ἄγειν to lead; akin to E. act: cf...

1528

Demagogy

Dem″a‐gog′y (?), n. [Cf. F. démagogie, Gr. δημαγωγία leadership of the people.] Demagogism.

1529

Demain

De‐main″ (?), n. [See Demesne.] 1. Rule; management. Chaucer.2. (Law) See Demesne.

1530

Demand

De‐mand″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n.Demanding.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- ...

1531

Demand (2)

De‐mand″, v. i. To make a demand; to inquire.The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? Luke iii. 14.

1532

Demand (3)

De‐mand″, n. [F. demande, fr. demander. See Demand, v. t.] 1. The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; r...

1533

Demandable

De‐mand″a‐ble (?), a. That may be demanded or claimed. “All sums demandable.” Bacon.

1534

Demandant

De‐mand″ant (?) n. [F. demandant, p. pr. of demander.] One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.

1535

Demander

De‐mand″er (?), n. One who demands.

1536

Demandress

De‐mand″ress (?), n. A woman who demands.

1537

Demantoid

De‐man″toid (?), n. [G. demant diamond + -oid.] (Min.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luste...

1538

Demarcate

De‐mar″cate (?), v. t. [See Demarcation.] To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. Wilkinson.

1539

Demarcation

De′mar‐ca″tion (?), n. [F. démarcation; pref. dé- (L. de) + marquer to mark, of German origin. See Mark.] The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation;...