DONATION
DONATION, noun [Latin, to give.]1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.That right we hold by his donation2. In law, the act or contract by which a thing or the use of it is ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DONATISM
DONATISM, noun The doctrines of the Donatists.
DONATIST
DONATIST, noun One of the sect founded by Donatus. They held that theirs was the only pure church, and that baptism and ordination, unless by their church, were invalid.
DONATISTIC
DONATISTIC, adjective Pertaining to Donatism.
DONATIVE
DONATIVE, noun [Latin, to give.]1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present; a dole.The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives.2. In the canon law, a benefice given an...
DONE
DONE, participle passive Dun. [See Do.]1. Performed; executed; finished.2. A word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed; as in laying a wager, an offer being made, the p...
DONEE
DONEE, noun [Latin, to give.]1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made.2. The person to whom lands or tenements are given or granted; as a donee in fee-simple or fee-tail.
DONJON
DONJON or DONGEON. [See Dungeon.]
DONNAT
DONNAT, noun [do and naught.] An idle fellow. [Not in use.]
DONOR
DONOR, noun [Latin, to give.]1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers any thing gratuitously; a benefactor.2. One who grants an estate; as, a conditional fee may revert to t...
DONSHIP
DONSHIP, noun [See Don.] The quality or rank of a gentleman or knight.
DONZEL
DONZEL, noun A young attendant; a page.
DOODLE
DOODLE, noun A trifler; a simple fellow.
DOOLE
DOOLE, [See Dole.]
DOOM
DOOM, verb transitive [Latin, to esteem, and perhaps with the root of condemn. See Deem.]1. To judge. [Unusual.]Thou didst not doom so strictly.2. To condemn to any punishment; ...
DOOMAGE
DOOMAGE, noun A penalty or fine for neglect.
DOOMED
DOOMED, participle passive Adjudged; sentenced; condemned; destined; fated.
DOOMFUL
DOOMFUL, adjective Full of destruction.
DOOMING
DOOMING, participle present tense Judging; sentencing; condemning; destining.
DOOMSDAY
DOOMSDAY, noun [doom and day.]1. The day of the final judgment; the great day when all men are to be judged and consigned to endless happiness or misery.2. The day of sentence o...
DOOMSDAY-BOOK
DOOMSDAY-BOOK, DOMESDAY-BOOK, noun A book compiled by order of William the Conqueror, containing a survey of all the lands in England. It consists of two volumes; a large folio,...
DOOR
DOOR, noun [G., Gr.]1. An opening or passage into a house, or other building, or into any room, apartment or closet, by which persons enter. Such a passage is seldom or never ca...
DOOR-CASE
DOOR-CASE, noun The frame which incloses a door.
DOOR-KEEPER
DOOR-KEEPER, noun A porter; one who guards the entrance of a house or apartment.
DOOR-NAIL
DOOR-NAIL, noun The nail on which the knocker formerly struck.
DOOR-POST
DOOR-POST, noun The post of a door.
DOOR-STEAD
DOOR-STEAD, noun Entrance or place of a door.