Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: DEAL – DEAR'LY
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DEAL, v.t. [pret. and pp. dealt, pron. delt. Sax. dælan, bedælan, gedælan; Goth. dailyan; Sw. dela; Dan. deeler; G. theilen; D. deelen; bedeelen; Russ. delyu; W. dydoli, to separate; dy and tawl, separation, a throwing off, tawlu, to throw off, to separate; Ir. and Gael. dailim, to give; dail, a part, Eng. dole; Heb. and Ch. בדל to separate or divide; Ar. بَدَلَ badala, to exchange, or give in exchange; بَذَلَ badhala, to give, to yield. Qu. W. gozoli, to endow. There is a remarkable coincidence between the Shemitic word and the Sax. and Dutch, bedælan, bedeelen. The Welsh tawlu gives the true original sense.]
- To divide; to part; to separate: hence, to divide in portions; to distribute; often followed by out. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry. – Is. lviii. And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. – Tickel.
- To scatter; to throw about; as, to deal out feathered deaths. – Dryden.
- To throw out in succession; to give one after another; as, to deal out blows.
- To distribute the cards of a pack to the players.
DE-AL'BATE, v.t. [L. dealbo; de and albus, white.]
To whiten. [Little used.]
DE-AL-BA'TION, n.
The act of bleaching; a whitening.
DEAL'ED, pp.
Divided; thrown out.
DEAL'ER, n.
- One who deals; one who has to do with any thing, or has concern with; as, a dealer in wit and learning. – Swift.
- A trader; a trafficker; a shopkeeper; a broker; a merchant; a word of very extensive use; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in hardware; a dealer in stocks; a dealer in leather; a dealer in lumber; a dealer in linens or woolens; a small dealer in groceries; a money-dealer.
- One who distributes cards to the players.
DEAL'ING, n.
- Practice; action; conduct; behavior; as, observe the dealings of the men who administer the government. But it is now more generally used of the actions of men in private life.
- Conduct in relation to others; treatment; as, the dealings of a father with his children. God's dealings with men are the dispensations of his providence, or moral government.
- Intercourse in buying and selling; traffick; business; negotiation. American merchants have extensive dealings with the merchants of Liverpool.
- Intercourse of business or friendship; concern. The Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. – John iv.
DEAL'ING, ppr.
- Dividing; distributing; throwing out.
- Trading; trafficking; negotiating.
- Treating; behaving.
DE-AM'BU-LATE, v.i. [L. deambulo.]
To walk abroad. [Not used.]
DE-AM-BU-LA'TION, n.
The act of walking abroad. – Elyot.
Pertaining to walks.
A place to walk in.
DEAN, n. [Fr. doyen, the eldest of a corporation; Arm. dean; Sp. dean, decano; Port. deam, decano; It. decano; from L. decanus, the leader of a file ten deep, the head of a college, from decem, Gr. δεκα, W. deg, ten; so named because originally he was set over ten canons or prebendaries. – Ayliffe.]
- In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary in cathedral and collegiate churches, and the head of a chapter; the second dignitary of a diocese. Ancient deans are elected by the chapter in virtue of a conge d'elire from the king and letters missive of recommendation; but in the chapters founded by Henry VIII, out of the spoils of dissolved monasteries, the deanery is donative, and the installation merely by the king's letters patent. – Encyc.
- An officer in each college of the universities in England. – Warton.
- In the United States, a registrar in a medical school. Rural dean, or arch-presbyter, had originally jurisdiction over ten churches; but afterward he became only the bishop's substitute, to grant letters of administration, probate of wills, &c. His office is now lost in that of the archdeacon and chancellor. – Encyc. Dean of a monastery, a superior established under the abbot, to ease him in taking care of ten monks. Hence his name. – Encyc. Dean and Chapter, are the bishop's council, to aid him with their advice in affairs of religion, and in the temporal concerns of his see. – Encyc.
DEAN'ER-Y, n.
- The office or the revenue of a dean. – Clarendon. Swift.
- The house of a dean. – Shak.
- The jurisdiction of a dean. Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes. – Blackstone.
DEAN'SHIP, n.
The office of a dean.
DEAR, a.1 [Sax. deor; G. theuer, dear, rare; theure or theurung, dearness, scarcity, dearth; D. duur, dear; duurte, dearth; Sw. dyr, dear; dyrhet, dearth; Dan. dyre, dyrtid, id. It seems that the primary sense is scarce, rare, or close, narrow; this is obvious from dearth. So in L. carus, caritas. Class Dr, No. 7, 8, 19, and Class Sr, No. 4, 34, 47.]
- Scarce; not plentiful. [Obs.] – Shak.
- Bearing a high price in comparison of the usual price; more costly than usual; of a higher price than the customary one. Wheat is dear at a dollar a bushel, when the usual price is seventy-five cents. This sense results from the former, as dearness is the effect of scarcity and demand.
- Of a high value in estimation; greatly valued; beloved; precious. And the last joy was dearer than the rest. – Pope. Be ye followers of God, as dear children. – Eph. v.
DEAR, a.2 [Sax. derian, to hurt; Scot. dere or deir, to annoy, and dere, to fear.]
Hurtful; grievous; hateful. [Obs.] – Shak.
DEAR, n.
A darling; a word denoting tender affection or endearment; as, my dear.
DEAR, v.t.
To make dear. [Not used.] – Shelton.
DEAR'BORN, n.
A light four-wheel carriage.
DEAR'BOUGHT, a. [See Bought.]
Purchased at a high price; as, dearbought experience; dearbought blessings.
DEAR'EST, a. [superl.]
Bearing the highest price; of the greatest value.
DEAR'EST, n.
Darling; a term denoting the tenderest affection.
DEAR'LING, n. [See DARLING.]
DEAR'-LOV-ED, a.
Greatly beloved. – Shak.
DEAR'LY, adv.
- At a high price; as, he pays dearly for his rashness.
- With great fondness; as, we love our children dearly; dearly beloved.