Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter D > Page 28 of 135. « Previous ¦20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ¦ Next » Delay De·lay" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Delayed ; present participle & verbal noun Delaying .] [ Old French deleer , delaier , from the noun délai , or directly from Latin dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in Late Latin , to put off. See Delay , noun , and confer Delate , 1st Defer , Dilate .] My lord delayeth his coming.Matt. xxiv. 48. Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayedMilton. The watery showers delay the raging wind.Surrey. Delay De·lay" intransitive verb To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.Locke. Delayer De·lay"er noun One who delays; one who lingers.
Delayingly De·lay"ing·ly adverb By delays. [ R.] Tennyson.
Delayment De·lay"ment noun Hindrance. [ Obsolete] Gower.
Dele De"le imperative sing. of Latin delere to destroy. [ Confer Delete .] (Print.) Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d , thus: &dele;.
Dele De"le transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Deled ; present participle & verbal noun Deleing .] [ From the preceding word.] (Print.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.
Dele Dele transitive verb [ See Deal .] To deal; to divide; to distribute. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Deleble Del"e·ble adjective [ Latin delebilis . See 1st Dele .] Capable of being blotted out or erased. "An impression easily deleble ." Fuller.
Delectable De·lec"ta·ble adjective [ Old French delitable , Old French delitable , French délectable , from Latin delectabilis , from delectare to delight. See Delight .] Highly pleasing; delightful. Delectable both to behold and taste.Milton. -- Delectate De·lec"tate transitive verb [ Latin delectatus , past participle of delectare . See Delight .] To delight; to charm. [ R.]
Delectation De`lec·ta"tion noun [ Latin delectatio : confer French délectation .] Great pleasure; delight.
Delectus De·lec"tus noun [ Latin , selection, from deligere , delectum , to select.] A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek. G. Eliot.
Delegacy Del`e·ga·cy noun [ From Delegate , adjective ] By way of delegacy or grand commission.Sir W. Raleigh. Delegate Del"e·gate noun [ Latin delegatus , past participle of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate .] Delegate Del"e·gate adjective [ Latin delegatus , past participle ] Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. " Delegate power." Strype.
Delegate Del"e·gate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Delegated ; present participle & verbal noun Delegating .] The delegated administration of the law.Locke. Delegated executive power.Bancroft. The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative.J. B. Finch. Delegation Del`e·ga"tion noun [ Latin delegatio : confer French délégation .] Delegatory Del"e·ga·to·ry adjective [ Latin delegatorius pert. to an assignment.] Holding a delegated position. Nash.
Delenda De·len"da noun plural [ Latin , from delere to destroy.] Things to be erased or blotted out.
Delenifical Del`e·nif"ic·al adjective [ Latin delenificus ; delenire to soothe + facere to make. See Lenient .] Assuaging pain. [ Obsolete] Bailey.
Delete De·lete" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Deleted ; present participle & verbal noun Deleting .] [ Latin deletus , past participle of delere to destroy. Confer 1st Dele .] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight.Aytoun. Deleterious Del`e·te"ri·ous adjective [ Late Latin deleterius noxious, Greek Deletery Del"e·ter·y adjective [ Late Latin deleterius : confer French délétère .] Destructive; poisonous. [ Obsolete] " Deletery medicines." Hudibras.
Deletery Del"e·ter·y noun That which destroys. [ Obsolete] They [ the Scriptures] are the only deletery of heresies.Jer. Taylor. Deletion De·le"tion noun [ Latin deletio , from delere . See Delete .] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [ Obsolete] Jer. Taylor. A total deletion of every person of the opposing party.Sir M. Hale. Deletitious Del`e·ti"tious adjective [ Latin deleticius .] Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.
Deletive Del"e·tive adjective Adapted to destroy or obliterate. [ R.] Evelyn.
Deletory Del"e·to·ry noun [ See Delete .] That which blots out. [ Obsolete] "A deletory of sin." Jer. Taylor.
Delf Delf noun [ Anglo-Saxon delf a delving, digging. See Delve .] A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [ Written also delft , and delve .] [ Obsolete] The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry.Ray. Delf Delf noun Same as Delftware .
Delft Delft noun Same as Delftware .
Delftware Delft"ware` noun Delibate Del"i·bate transitive verb [ Latin delibatus , past participle of delibare to taste; de- + libare to taste.] To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in. [ Obsolete]
Delibation Del`i·ba"tion noun [ Latin delibatio : confer French délibation .] Act of tasting; a slight trial. [ Obsolete] Berkeley.
Deliber Del"i·ber transitive verb & i. To deliberate. [ Obsolete]
Deliberate De·lib"er·ate adjective [ Latin deliberatus , past participle of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare to weigh. See Librate .] Settled visage and deliberate word.Shak. His enunciation was so deliberate .W. Wirt. Deliberate De·lib"er·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Deliberated ; present participle & verbal noun Deliberating .] To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.
Deliberate De·lib"er·ate intransitive verb To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on , upon , about , concerning . The woman that deliberates is lost.Addison. Deliberately De·lib"er·ate·ly adverb With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.
Deliberateness De·lib"er·ate·ness noun The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.
Deliberation De·lib`er·a"tion noun [ Latin deliberatio : confer French délibération .] Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation .W. Montagu. Deliberative De·lib"er·a·tive adjective [ Latin deliberativus : confer French délibératif .] Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. A consummate work of deliberative wisdom.Bancroft. The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.Hallam. Deliberative De·lib"er·a·tive noun Deliberatively De·lib"er·a·tive·ly adverb In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately.
Deliberator De·lib"er·a`tor noun One who deliberates.
Delibrate Del"i·brate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Delibrated ; present participle & verbal noun Delibrating .] [ Latin delibratus , past participle of delibrare to delibrate; de from + liber bark.] To strip off the bark; to peel. [ Obsolete] Ash.
Delibration Del`i·bra"tion noun The act of stripping off the bark. [ Obsolete] Ash.
Delicacy Del"i·ca·cy noun ; plural What choice to choose for delicacy best.Milton. You know your mother's delicacy in this point.Cowper. And to those dainty limbs which Nature lentMilton. That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England.Macaulay. The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies .Rev. xviii. 3. He Rome brent for his delicacie .Chaucer. Syn. -- See Dainty . Delicate Del"i·cate adjective [ Latin delicatus pleasing the senses, voluptuous, soft and tender; akin to deliciae delight: confer French délicat . See Delight .] Dives, for his delicate life, to the devil went.Piers Plowman. Haarlem is a very delicate town.Evelyn. A delicate and tender prince.Shak. There are some things too delicate and too sacred to be handled rudely without injury to truth.F. W. Robertson.
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