Webster's Dictionary 1913

973

Dedicate (2)

Ded″i‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dedicated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dedicating.] 1. To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; ...

974

Dedicatee

Ded′i‐ca‐tee″ (?), n. One to whom a thing is dedicated; — correlative to dedicator.

975

Dedication

Ded′i‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. dedicatio.] 1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; ...

976

Dedicator

Ded″i‐ca′tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. dédicateur.] One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment.

977

Dedicatorial

Ded′i‐ca‐to″ri‐al (?), a. Dedicatory.

978

Dedicatory

Ded″i‐ca‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. dédicatoire.] Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. “An epistle dedicatory.” Dryden.

979

Dedicatory (2)

Ded″i‐ca‐to‐ry, n. Dedication. Milton.

980

Dedimus

‖Ded″i‐mus (?), n. [L. dedimus we have given, fr. dare to give. So called because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, etc.] (Law) A writ to commission private persons to do some...

981

Dedition

De‐di″tion (?), n. [L. deditio, fr. dedere to give away, surrender; de- + dare to give.] The act of yielding; surrender. Sir M. Hale.

982

Dedolent

Ded″o‐lent (?), a. [L. dedolens, p. pr. of dedolere to give over grieving; de- + dolere to grieve.] Feeling no compunction; apathetic. Hallywell.

983

Deduce

De‐duce″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deducing.] [L. deducere; de- + ducere to lead, draw. See Duke, and cf. Deduct.] 1. To lead forth.He should hither de...

984

Deducement

De‐duce″ment (?), n. Inference; deduction; thing deduced. Dryden.

985

Deducibility

De‐du′ci‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Deducibleness.

986

Deducible

De‐du″ci‐ble (?), a. 1. Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence.All properties of a triangle depend on, and are deducible from, ...

987

Deducibleness

De‐du″ci‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being deducible; deducibility.

988

Deducibly

De‐du″ci‐bly (?), adv. By deduction.

989

Deducive

De‐du″cive (?), a. That deduces; inferential.

990

Deduct

De‐duct″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n.Deducting.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See Deduce.] 1. To lead forth or out.A people deducted out of th...

991

Deductible

De‐duct″i‐ble (?), a. 1. Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.Not one found honestly deductibleFrom any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning.2. Deducible; conseque...

992

Deduction

De‐duc″tion (?), n. [L. deductio: cf. F. déduction.] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring.The deduction of one language from another. Johnson.This process, by which from t...

993

Deductive

De‐duct″ive (?), a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.] Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvi...

994

Deductively

De‐duct″ive‐ly, adv. By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne.

995

Deductor

‖De‐duc″tor (?), n. [L., a guide. See Deduce.] (Zoöl.) The pilot whale or blackfish.

996

Deduit

De‐duit″ (?), n. [F. déduit. Cf. Deduct.] Delight; pleasure. Chaucer.

997

Deduplication

De‐du′pli‐ca″tion (?), n. [Pref. de- + duplication.] (Biol.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant int...

998

Deed

Deed (?), a. Dead. Chaucer.

999

Deed (2)

Deed, n. [AS. d�d; akin to OS. dād, D. & Dan. daad, G. thai, Sw. dåd, Goth. d�ds; fr. the root of do. See Do, v. t.] 1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an...