Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DELINIMENT

DELINIMENT, noun Mitigation.

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DELINQUENCY

DELINQUENCY, noun [Latin To fail or omit duty; to leave.] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; and positively, an offense; a crime. It is particularly, but not exclu...

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DELINQUENT

DELINQUENT, adjective Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.DELINQUENT, noun One who fails to perform his duty, particularly a public officer who neglects his duty; an o...

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DELIQUATE

DELIQUATE, verb transitive or I. [Latin To melt.] To melt or be dissolved.

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DELIQUATION

DELIQUATION, noun A melting.

870

DELIQUESCE

DELIQUESCE, verb intransitive [Latin To melt; to melt or become soft.] To melt gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air; as certain salts, a...

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DELIQUESCENCE

DELIQUESCENCE, noun Spontaneous liquefaction in the air; a gradual melting or becoming liquid by absorption of water from the atmosphere.

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DELIQUESCENT

DELIQUESCENT, adjective Liquefying in the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as deliquescent salts.

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DELIQUIATE

DELIQUIATE, verb intransitive To melt and become liquid by imbibing water from the air.

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DELIQUIATION

DELIQUIATION, noun A melting by attracting water from the air.

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DELIQUIUM

DELIQUIUM, noun1. In chimistry, a melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place.2. A liquid state; as, a salt falls into a deliquium3. In medicine, a swooning or fainti...

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DELIRAMENT

DELIRAMENT, noun A wandering of the mind; foolish fancy.

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DELIRIOUS

DELIRIOUS, adjective Roving in mind; light-headed; disordered in intellect; having ideas that are wild, irregular and unconnected.

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DELIRIOUSNESS

DELIRIOUSNESS, noun The state of being delirious; delirium.

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DELIRIUM

DELIRIUM, noun [Latin To wander in mind, to rave; to make balks in plowing, that is, to err, wander, miss.]A state in which the ideas of a person are wild, irregular and unconne...

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DELITESCENCE

DELITESCENCE, noun Retirement; obscurity.

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DELIVER

DELIVER, verb transitive [Latin Free, disengaged; to free, to peel.]1. To free; to release, as from restraint; to set at liberty; as, to deliver one from captivity.2. To rescue,...

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DELIVERABLE

DELIVERABLE, adjective That may be or is to be delivered.A bill of lading may state that the goods are deliverable to a particular person therein named.

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DELIVERANCE

DELIVERANCE, noun1. Release from captivity, slavery, oppression, or any restraint.He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke 4:18.2....

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DELIVERED

DELIVERED, participle passive Freed; released; transferred or transmitted; passed from one to another; committed; yielded; surrendered; rescued; uttered; pronounced.

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DELIVERER

DELIVERER, noun1. One who delivers; one who releases or rescues; a preserver.The Lord raised up a deliverer to Israel. Judges 3:9.2. One who relates, or communicates.

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DELIVERING

DELIVERING, participle present tense Releasing; setting free; rescuing; saving; surrendering; giving over; yielding; resigning.

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DELIVERY

DELIVERY, noun1. The act of delivering.2. Release; rescue; as from slavery, restraint, oppression or danger.3. Surrender; a giving up.4. A giving or passing from one to another;...

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DELL

DELL, noun A pit, or a hollow place; a cavity or narrow opening.

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DELPH

DELPH, [See Delf. No. 2.]

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DELPHIA

DELPHIA or DELPHINIA, noun A vegetable alkali lately discovered in the Delphinium staphysagria. It is crystaline when wet, but it becomes opake when exposed to air. Its taste is...

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DELPHIAN

DELPHIAN or DELPHIC, adjective Relating to Delphi, and to the celebrated oracle of that place.