Demure De·mure" intransitive verb To look demurely. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Demurely De·mure"ly adverb In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty. They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably.
Dryden.
Demureness De·mure"ness (de*mūr"nĕs)
noun The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
Demurity De·mur"i·ty (de*mūr"ĭ*tȳ)
noun Demureness; also, one who is demure. Sir T. Browne.
Demurrable De·mur"ra·ble (de*mûr"rȧ*b'l)
adjective That may be demurred to. Stormonth.
Demurrage De·mur"rage noun [ Confer Old French
demorage delay. See
Demur .]
(Law) (a) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing. (b) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention. The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing.
M‘Culloch. » The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc.
Demurral De·mur"ral noun Demur; delay in acting or deciding. The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome.
Southey.
Demurrer De·mur"rer noun 1. One who demurs. 2. (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further. Demurrer to evidence ,
an exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point. Bouvier.
Demy De·my" noun ;
plural Demies . [ See
Demi- .]
1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper . 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [ Written also
demi .]
He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy ; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships.
Johnson.
Demy De·my" adjective Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy ; as, a demy book.
Den Den noun [ Anglo-Saxon
denn ; perhaps akin to German
tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to Anglo-Saxon
denu valley.]
1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den ; a den of robbers. 2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. "Those squalid
dens , which are the reproach of great capitals."
Addison. 3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [ Colloq.]
4. [ Anglo-Saxon
denu .]
A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [ Old Eng. & Scotch]
Shak.
Den Den intransitive verb To live in, or as in, a den. The sluggish salvages that den below.
G. Fletcher.
Denarcotize De·nar"co·tize transitive verb To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. --
De*nar`co*ti*za"tion noun
Denarius De·na"ri·us noun ;
plural Denarii . [ Latin See 2d
Denier .]
A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as .
Denary Den"a·ry adjective [ Latin
denarius . See 2d
Denier .]
Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary , or decimal, scale.
Denary Den"a·ry noun 1. The number ten; a division into ten. 2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius . Udall.
Denationalization De·na`tion·al·i·za"tion noun [ Confer French
dénationalisation .]
The act or process of denationalizing.
Denationalize De·na"tion·al·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Denationalized ;
present participle & verbal noun Denationalizing .] [ Confer French
dénationaliser .]
To divest or deprive of national character or rights. Bonaparte's decree denationalizes , as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port.
Cobbett. An expatriated, denationalized race.
G. Eliot.
Denaturalize De·nat"u·ral·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Denaturalized ;
present participle & verbal noun Denaturalizing .] [ Confer French
dénaturaliser .]
1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. 2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [ R.]
They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy.
Prescott.
Denature De·na"ture transitive verb [
De- +
nature .]
To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.
Denay De·nay" transitive verb [ See
Deny .]
To deny. [ Obsolete]
That with great rage he stoutly doth denay .
Spenser.
Denay De·nay" noun Denial; refusal. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Dendrachate Den"dra·chate noun [ Latin
dendrachates ; Greek
de`ndron a tree + ... agate: confer French
dendrachate ,
dendragate .]
(Min.) Arborescent or dendritic agate.
Dendriform Den"dri·form adjective [ Greek
de`ndron tree +
-form .]
Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.
Dendrite Den"drite noun [ Greek
dendri`ths , fem.
dendri^tis , of a tree, from
de`ndron a tree: confer French
dendrite .]
(Min.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g. , gold or silver; an arborization.
Dendritic, Dendritical Den·drit"ic, Den·drit"ic·al adjective Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.
Dendrocœla Den`dro·cœ"la noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
de`ndron tree +
koi^los hollow.]
(Zoology) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.
Dendroid, Dendroidal Den"droid, Den·droid"al adjective [ Greek ... treelike;
de`ndron tree + ... form: confer French
dendroïde .]
Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
Dendrolite Den"dro·lite noun [ Greek
de`ndron tree +
-lite : confer French
dendrolithe .]
(Paleon.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
Dendrologist Den·drol"o·gist noun One versed in the natural history of trees.
Dendrologous Den·drol"o·gous adjective Relating to dendrology.
Dendrology Den·drol"o·gy noun [ Greek
de`ndron tree +
-logy : confer French
dendrologie .]
A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Dendrometer Den·drom"e·ter noun [ Greek
de`ndron tree +
-meter : confer French
dendromètre .]
An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.
Denegate Den"e·gate transitive verb [ Latin
denegatus , past participle of
denegare . See
Deny .]
To deny. [ Obsolete]
Denegation Den`e·ga"tion noun [ Confer French
dénégation .]
Denial. [ Obsolete]
Dengue Den"gue (dĕn"ga)
noun [ See Note, below.]
(Medicine) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever . It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal. » This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the
dandy fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word
dengue , denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term
dengue became, as last, the name of the disease.
Tully.
Deniable De·ni"a·ble adjective [ See
Deny .]
Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.
Denial De·ni"al noun [ See
Deny .]
1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation . You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.
Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction. 3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request. The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials .
Hallam. 4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession ; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. Denial of one's self ,
a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self- denial.
Deniance De·ni"ance noun Denial. [ Obsolete]
E. Hall.
Denier De·ni"er noun One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.
Denier De·nier" noun [ French
denier , from Latin
denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, from
deni ten by ten, from the root of
decem ten; akin to English
ten . See
Ten , and confer
Denary ,
Dinar .]
A small copper coin of insignificant value. My dukedom to a beggarly denier .
Shak.
Denigrate Den"i·grate transitive verb [ Latin
denigrare ;
de- +
nigrare to blacken,
niger black.]
1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle. 2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [ R.]
To denigrate the memory of Voltaire.
Morley.
Denigration Den`i·gra"tion noun [ Latin
denigratio .]
1. The act of making black. Boyle. 2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation. The vigorous denigration of science.
Morley.
Denigrator Den"i·gra`tor noun One who, or that which, blackens.
Denim Den"im (dĕn"ĭm)
noun [ Of uncertain origin.]
A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
Denitration Den`i·tra"tion noun [ Prefix
de- +
nitrate .]
A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.
Denitrification De·ni`tri·fi·ca"tion noun The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
Denitrify De·ni"tri·fy transitive verb [ Prefix
de- +
nitr ogen +
-fy .]
To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.
Denization Den`i·za"tion noun The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. Hallam.
Denize De·nize" (de*nīz")
transitive verb To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. [ Obsolete]
There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills.
Strype.
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