Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-CERN'ING, ppr.

Judging; estimating.

DE-CERPT', a. [L. decerptus.]

Cropped. [Not used.]

DE-CERP'TION, n. [L. decerpo, to pluck off; de and carpo.]

A pulling or plucking off; a cropping. Glanville.

DE-CER-TA'TION, n. [L. decertatio; de and certo, to strive.]

Strife; contest for mastery. [Little used.] Brown.

DE-CES'SION, n. [L. decessio; de and cedo, to pass.]

Departure. [Little used.]

DE-CHARM', v.t. [Fr. decharmer. See Charm.]

To remove a spell or enchantment; to disenchant. Harvey.

DE-CHARM'ED, pp.

Disenchanted.

DE-CHARM'ING, ppr.

Removing a spell.

DE-CHRIS'TIAN-IZE, v.t. [de and christianize.]

To turn from Christianity; to banish Christian belief and principles from. J.P. Smith.

DE-CHRIS'TIAN-IZ-ED, pp.

Turned from Christianity.

DE-CHRIS'TIAN-IZ-ING, pp.

Turning from Christianity.

DE-CID'A-BLE, a.

That may be decided. Jones.

DE-CIDE', v.i.

To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion. We can not decide how far resistance is lawful or practicable. The court decided in favor of the defendant.

DE-CIDE', v.t. [L. decido; de and cædo, to strike, to cut.]

1. Literally, to cut off, and thus to end. Hence,
2. To end; to determine, as a controversy, by verdict of a jury, or by a judgment of court. We say, the court or the jury decided the cause in favor of the plaintif, or of the defendant.
3. To end or determine, as a dispute or quarrel.
4. To end or determine a combat or battle; as, a body of reserve, brought to the charge, decided the contest.
5. To determine; to fix the event of. The fate of the bill is decided.
6. In general, to end; to terminate.

DE-CID'ED, a.

That implies decision; clear; unequivocal; that puts an end to doubt. I find much cause to reproach myself that I have lived so long, and have given no decided and public proofs of my being a Christian. P. Henry, Wirt's Sketches.

DE-CID'ED, pp.

Determined; ended; concluded.

DE-CID'ED-LY, adv.

In a decided or determined manner; clearly; indisputably; in a manner to preclude doubt.

DE-CI'DENCE, n. [L. decidens.]

A falling off. [Not in use.] Brown.

DE-CID'ER, n.

One who determines a cause or contest.

DE-CID'ING, ppr.

Determining; ending; concluding.

DE-CID'U-OUS, a. [L. deciduus; decido; de and cado, to fall.]

Falling; not perennial or permanent. In botany, a deciduous leaf is one which falls in autumn; a deciduous calyx is that which falls along with the corol and stamens; distinguished from permanent. Martyn.

DE-CID'U-OUS-NESS, n.

The quality of falling once a year.

DEC'I-GRAM, n.

A French weight of one tenth of a gram.

DE'CIL, a.

An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac. Encyc.

DEC'IL-IT-ER, n.

A French measure of capacity equal to one tenth of a liter.