Decursively De·cur"sive·ly adverb In a decursive manner.

Decursively pinnate (Botany) , having the leaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole; -- said of a leaf.

Decurt De·curt" transitive verb [ Latin decurtare ; de- + curtare .] To cut short; to curtail. [ Obsolete] Bale.

Decurtation De`cur·ta"tion noun [ Latin decurtatio .] Act of cutting short. [ Obsolete]

Decury Dec"u·ry noun ; plural Decuries . [ Latin decuria , from decem ten.] A set or squad of ten men under a decurion. Sir W. Raleigh.

Decussate De·cus"sate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Decussated ; present participle & verbal noun Decussating .] [ Latin decussatus , past participle of decussare to cross like an X, from decussis (orig. equiv. to decem asses ) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X.] To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.

Decussate, Decussated De·cus"sate, De·cus"sa·ted adjective 1. Crossed; intersected.

2. (Botany) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.

3. (Rhet.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.

Decussately De·cus"sate·ly adverb In a decussate manner.

Decussation De`cus·sa"tion noun [ Latin decussatio .] Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

Decussative De·cus"sa·tive adjective Intersecting at acute angles. Sir T. Browne.

Decussatively De·cus"sa·tive·ly adverb Crosswise; in the form of an X. "Anointed decussatively ." Sir T. Browne.

Decyl De"cyl noun [ Latin decem ten + -yl .] (Chemistry) A hydrocarbon radical, C ₁₀ H ₂₁ , never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.

Decylic De·cyl"ic adjective (Chemistry) Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl.

Dedalian De·dal"ian adjective See Dædalian .

Dedalous Ded"a·lous adjective See Dædalous .

Dedans De·dans" noun [ French] (Court Tennis) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.

Dede Dede adjective Dead. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Dedecorate De·dec"o·rate transitive verb [ Latin dedecoratus , past participle of dedecorare to disgrace. See Decorate .] To bring to shame; to disgrace. [ Obsolete] Bailey.

Dedecoration De·dec`o·ra"tion noun [ Latin dedecoratio .] Disgrace; dishonor. [ Obsolete] Bailey.

Dedecorous De·dec"o·rous adjective [ Latin dedecorus . See Decorous .] Disgraceful; unbecoming. [ R.] Bailey.

Dedentition De`den·ti"tion noun The shedding of teeth. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Dedicate Ded"i·cate p. adjective [ Latin dedicatus , past participle of dedicare to affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin to dicere to say. See Diction .] Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. " Dedicate to nothing temporal." Shak.

Syn. -- Devoted; consecrated; addicted.

Dedicate Ded"i·cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dedicated ; present participle & verbal noun Dedicating .] 1. To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.

Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord.

2 Sam. viii. 10, 11.

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a larger sense we can not dedicate , we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.

A. Lincoln.

2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.

The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself.

Clarendon.

3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.

He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley.

Peacham.

Syn. -- See Addict .

Dedicatee Ded`i·ca·tee" noun One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator .

Dedication Ded`i·ca"tion noun [ Latin dedicatio .] 1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.

2. A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.

3. An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.

Dedicator Ded"i·ca`tor noun [ Latin : confer French 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.

Dedicatorial Ded`i·ca·to"ri·al adjective Dedicatory.

Dedicatory Ded"i·ca·to·ry adjective [ Confer French dédicatoire .] Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. "An epistle dedicatory ." Dryden.

Dedicatory Ded"i·ca·to·ry noun Dedication. [ R.] Milton.

Dedimus Ded"i·mus noun [ Latin dedimus we have given, from dare to give. So called because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem , etc.] (Law) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. Bouvier.

Dedition De·di"tion noun [ Latin deditio , from dedere to give away, surrender; de- + dare to give.] The act of yielding; surrender. [ R.] Sir M. Hale.

Dedolent Ded"o·lent adjective [ Latin dedolens , present participle of dedolere to give over grieving; de- + dolere to grieve.] Feeling no compunction; apathetic. [ R.] Hallywell.

Deduce De·duce" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Deduced ; present participle & verbal noun Deducing .] [ Latin deducere ; de- + ducere to lead, draw. See Duke , and confer Deduct .] 1. To lead forth. [ A Latinism]

He should hither deduce a colony.

Selden.

2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

3. To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of .

O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes
From the dire nation in its early times?

Pope.

Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known.

Locke.

See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors.

Sir W. Scott.

Deducement De·duce"ment noun Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [ R.] Dryden.

Deducibility De·du`ci·bil"i·ty noun Deducibleness.

Deducible De·du"ci·ble adjective 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, the complex idea of three lines including a space.

Locke.

2. Capable of being brought down. [ Obsolete]

As if God [ were] deducible to human imbecility.

State Trials (1649).

Deducibleness De·du"ci·ble·ness noun The quality of being deducible; deducibility.

Deducibly De·du"ci·bly adverb By deduction.

Deducive De·du"cive adjective That deduces; inferential.

Deduct De·duct" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Deducted ; present participle & verbal noun Deducting .] [ Latin deductus , past participle of deducere to deduct. See Deduce .] 1. To lead forth or out. [ Obsolete]

A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.

Udall.

2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of .

Deduct what is but vanity, or dress.

Pope.

Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops.

Bp. Burnet.

We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.

Norris.

3. To reduce; to diminish. [ Obsolete] "Do not deduct it to days." Massinger.

Deductible De·duct"i·ble adjective 1. Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.

Not one found honestly deductible
From any use that pleased him.

Mrs. Browning.

2. Deducible; consequential.

Deduction De·duc"tion noun [ Latin deductio : confer French déduction .] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring.

The deduction of one language from another.

Johnson.

This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction .

J. R. Seely.

2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.

3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.

Make fair deductions ; see to what they mount.

Pope.

4. That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.

Syn. -- See Induction .

Deductive De·duct"ive adjective [ Confer Latin deductivus derivative.] Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

All knowledge of causes is deductive .

Glanvill.

Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.

Whewell.

Deductively De·duct"ive·ly adverb By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne.

Deductor De·duc"tor noun [ Latin , a guide. See Deduce .] (Zoology) The pilot whale or blackfish.

Deduit De·duit" noun [ French déduit . Confer Deduct .] Delight; pleasure. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Deduplication De·du`pli·ca"tion noun [ Prefix 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 into a pair or cluster.

Deed Deed adjective Dead. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Deed Deed noun [ Anglo-Saxon d...d ; akin to Old Saxon dād , D. & Danish daad , German thai , Swedish dåd , Goth. d...ds ; from the root of do . See Do , transitive verb ] 1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?

Gen. xliv. 15.

We receive the due reward of our deeds .

Luke xxiii. 41.

Would serve his kind in deed and word.

Tennyson.

2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds ." Spenser.

Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn.

Dryden.

3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [ Obsolete]

To be, both will and deed , created free.

Milton.

4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed .

5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.

» The term is generally applied to conveyances of real estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law signing was formerly not necessary.

Blank deed , a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.

6. Performance; -- followed by of . [ Obsolete] Shak.

In deed , in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed .

Deed Deed transitive verb To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [ Colloq. U. S.]

Deed poll Deed" poll` (Law) A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented. Burrill.

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