Emily Dickinson Lexicon

deck (-s), v. [Du. dekken, cover.] (webplay: close, dew, may, more, put).

1. Dress; ornate; decorate; clothe in rich garments; (see Isaiah 61:10).
2. Furnish; embellish; garnish; declare.
3. Exhibit; manifest; carry; demonstrate.

declaim, v. [L. dēclāmāre, cry out.]

Recite; speak loudly; harangue; speak a set oration in public.

declaiming, verbal adj. [see declaim, v.]

Denouncing; decrying.

declare, v. [Fr. déclare-r < L. dēclārā-re, clear up, evident.] (webplay: come, known, tell, than, will).

Manifest; state; make known or visible; (see Numbers 1:18); tell explicitly; free from obscurity.

decline (-d, -s), v. [Fr décline-r < L. dēclīnāre, turn or bend away from the straight course.] (webplay: any, day, do, earth, goods, lean, part, shun, sink, yet).

1. Refuse; deny; dismiss; turn down; (see Psalms 44:18).
2. [Astron. & Geog.] Descend; set; fall away from the equator; when the sun or other heavenly body sinks; (see Psalms 102:11).
3. Decrease; deviate; (see Deuteronomy 17:11).

declivity, n. [L. dēclīvitāt-em < dēclīvis, sloping downward.]

Descent; downturn; decline.

decomposition, n. [Fr. décompose-r; see compose, v.]

Death; decay; disintegration; the decaying life form.

decorate, v. [L. decorāt-, beautify, grace, honor.] (webplay: grace).

Adorn; beautify; embellish; depict.

decoy, n. [see coy, n.]

Surprise; lure; snare; bait; anything that leads into an evil place.

decoy (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [see coy, n.] (webplay: may, reach, snare).

Catch; entrap; lure by artifice into a snare.