Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: decoy – deep
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decoy (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [see coy, n.] (webplay: may, reach, snare).
- Enchant; [with “spring” as subject] capture attention with bird song; [with “Bird” as subject] break forth into song; [word play on “coy”] abandon shyness; stop being coy.
- Ensnare; [fig.] allure; captivate; [word order inversion] “In the afternoons, her teazing purples decoy the credulous.”
- Catch; entrap; lure by artifice into a trap; [fig.] delay; detour; distract.
decrease (-s), v. [OFr < L. 'grow down'.] (webplay: less).
Lessen; diminish gradually; reduce in value, amount, quality, or excellence; (see Genesis 8:5); [word play on “decree”] declare.
decree, n. [OFr decré < L. dēcernere, decide, distinguish.] (webplay: all, law, made, world).
Ruling; edict; proclamation; decision of a court; [fig.] commandment; eternal principle; law of the universe; Being who is wise, merciful and just; (see 2 Chronicles 30:5).
decree, v. [see decree, n.] (webplay: thing).
Order; appoint; assign; to determine judicially; ordain as by Divine appointment or fate; (see Job 22:28).
decrepit, adj. [Fr. décrépit, < crepāre, crack, creak, rattle.] (webplay: old).
Feeble; dated; aged; wasted; broken down with age; warn by the infirmities of old age.
dedicated, verbal adj. [L. dēdicāt-, declare, proclaim, devote (to a deity) in a set form of words, consecrate.] (webplay: King).
Devoted; committed; consecrated [fig.] reserved for Deity; (see 2 Kings 12:4).
deducting, v. [L. dēduct-, lead, bring down or away, withdraw.] (webplay: two).
Subtracting; taken from; leading forth or away from.
deed (-s), n. [OE dæd; see do, v. and dead, adj.] (webplay: act, called, do, have, our, small, them, very, will, whose).
- Title; contract; plan.
- Charity; kind action.
deem (deemed, deeming, -s), v. [OE déman < Goth dôm-s, judgement; see doom, v.] (webplay: believe, can, estimate, god, judge, never, opinion, reckon, shipmen, some, than, think, thought).
- Think; judge to be.
- Evaluate; assess; ascertain.
- Label; brand; pronounce; denounce.
- Opine; believe; conclude.
- Mistakenly reckon that; suppose wrongly that.
- Realize; recognize; understand; discern; know.
- Feel; guess; imagine; think it possible that.
- Suspect; surmise; fear.
- Decide; determine; (see Acts 27:27).
- Count; rule; measure.
- Fantasize; hope.
- Consider; regard.
- Name; grant; tell; call.
- Find; perceive.
- Reward; bless; [fig.] shine upon.
- Dream; expect.
deep (deeper, deepest), adj. [OE díop.] (webplay: artful, divine, downward, easily, far, friend, God, good, grave, hidden, into, land, Lord, low, man, outer, piercing, power, root, secreted, sight, silence, sound, spider, still, takes, thick, thoughts, tree, valley, very, water, way, well).
- Dark; strongly colored; intensely hued.
- Profound, complete, intense; (see Genesis 2:21).
- Unknown; remote from comprehension; not easily understood; (see Job 12:22).
- Thick; luxuriant.