Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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 infermities 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).

1. Title; contract; plan.
2. Charity; kind action.

deem (-ed, -ing, -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).

1. Think; dream; seem; regard.
2. Name; grant; tell; call.
3. State; award; indicate; give heed.
4. Judge; assess; decide; conclude; (see Acts 27:27).

deep (-er, -est), 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).

1. Abysmal; extending; being far from some surface or area; (see Job 11:8).
2. Unknown; remote from comprehension; not easily understood; (see Job 12:22).
3. Darker; strongly colored; intense hue.
4. Profound, complete, intense; (see Genesis 2:21).
5. Thick; luxuriant.

deep, adv. [OE díope.]

1. Abysmally; profoundly; extending far from some surface or area; (see Isaiah 29:15).
2. Grave; solemn; intense; (see Ecclesiastes 7:24).