Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: deform – deified
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deform (deforming), v. [OFr deformer < L. forma, shape.] (webplay: long).
Distort; disfigure; contort; corrupt.
deformed, adj. [see deform, v.] (webplay: esteemed, face).
Misshapen; malformed; disfigured; [fig.] condemned; guilty; damned; unredeemed.
defraud (defrauded), v. [OFr < L. fraudāre, cheat.]
Swindle; beguile; cheat; rob; unjustly deprive; unfairly dispossess; (see Leviticus 19:13).
defray (-s), v. [Fr. défraye-r < fraier, spend, incur expense.]
Redeem; settle; bear; cover financially.
deft, adj. [OE gedæfte, mild, gentle, meek.]
Elegant; lithesome; pretty; neat.
defy (defied, defies, -ing), v. [ME < dis-, in twain + fīdāre, trust, give faith to.] (webplay: above, any, do, impotent, law, me, own, phrase, thing, Were, word, would, you).
- Withstand; oppose; resist attempts; (see Numbers 23:8).
- Dare; brave; challenge to battle; (see 1 Samuel 17:10).
degrade (-s), v. [ME < L. dēgradāre, lowering by degree.] (webplay: has, itself).
Cheapen; profane; corrupt; defile.
degree (-s), n. [ME degre < OFr < L. grad-us, step.] (webplay: arts, circumference, rank).
- Wisdom; advanced learning; higher education.
- Accomplishment; achievement; victory.
- Happiness; capacity for joy; [fig.] enlightenment; celestial glory.
- Small increment; little distinction; tiny measurement; gradual unit of change; [fig.] drop in temperature; loss of body heat.
- Qualification; merit; worthiness; proof of value.
- Radius; proportion; division of a circle; measurement of the angle of a circle's segment; [fig.] one of the fifteen temple steps on which priests sang Psalms 120-134 before ascending into the holy court of the temple in Jerusalem.
- Crescendo; gradual increase.
- Diploma; credential; certificate of achievement.
- Reputation; social class; socioeconomic status.
- Augmentation of light; additional amount of reflection from the sun.
- Longitude; [metonymy] climate zone; geographic area.
- Marital status; domestic dignity; privilege of becoming a wife; the honor of having a household.
- Surge of energy; [fig.] anticipation; thrill; excitement; exhilaration; elevation of emotion.
- Honor; distinction; prestige; commendation; (see 1 Chronicles 17:17).
- Orientation; direction on a compass; (see 2 Kings 20:9).
- Gradation; distinction; separation; difference in level; [fig.] veil.
- Token; symbol; [fig.] endowment; investiture; [metaphor] coronation.
degreeless, adj. [see degree, n.] (webplay: figures).
Absolute; infinite; without measure; [fig.] freezing; temperature of zero degrees.
deified, v. [Fr. déifier < L. de-us, god.] (webplay: covetous, make, man).
Exalt; revere; make holy.