Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-HIS'CENT, a.

Opening, as the capsule of a plant. Eaton.

DE-HON'EST-ATE, v.t. [L. dehonesto.]

To disgrace.

DE-HON-EST-A'TION, n.

A disgracing; dishonoring.

DEHORS, adv. [dehore; Fr.]

Without.

DEHORS-DU-COMBAT, a. [dehore du comba; Fr.]

Put out of battle; killed or disabled.

DE-HORT', v.t. [L. dehortor, to dissuade; de and hortor, to advise.]

To dissuade; to advise to the contrary; to counsel not to do nor to undertake. Wilkins. Ward.

DE-HORT-A'TION, n.

Dissuasion; advice or counsel against something.

DE-HORT'A-TO-RY, a.

Dissuading; belonging to dissuasion.

DE-HORT'ED, pp.

Dissuaded.

DE-HORT'ER, n.

A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary.

DE-HORT'ING, ppr.

Dissuading.

DE'I-CIDE, n. [It. deicidio; L. Deus, God, and cædo, to slay.]

1. The act of putting to death Jesus Christ, our Savior. Prior.
2. One concerned in putting Christ to death.

DE-IF'IC, a. [L. deus, a god, and facio, to make.]

1. Divine; pertaining to the gods. Trans. of Pausanias.
2. Making divine.

DE-IF-IC-A'TION, n. [See Deify.]

The act of deifying; the act of exalting to the rank of, or enrolling among the heathen deities.

DE'I-FI-ED, pp.

Exalted or ranked among the gods; regarded or praised as divine.

DE'I-FI-ER, or DE'I-FY-ER, n.

One that deifies.

DE'I-FORM, a. [L. deus, a god, and forma, form.]

Like a god; of a godlike form. These souls exhibit a deiform power. Trans. of Pausanias.

DE'I-FY, v.t. [L. deus, a god, and facio, to make.]

1. To make a god; to exalt to the rank of a heathen deity; to enroll among the deities; as, Julius Cesar was deified.
2. To exalt into an object of worship; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, a covetous man deifies his treasures. Prior.
3. To exalt to a deity in estimation; to reverence or praise as a deity. The Pope was formerly extolled and deified by his votaries.

DE'I-FY-ING, ppr.

Exalting to the rank of a deity; treating as divine.

DEIGN, v.i. [dane; Fr. daigner; It. degnare; Sp. dignarse; Port. Id.; L. dignor, from dignus, worthy.]

To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend. O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope.

DEIGN, v.t. [dane.]

To grant or allow; to condescend to give to. Nor would we deign him burial of his men. Shak.

DEIGN'ED, pp.

Granted; condescended.

DEIGN'ING, ppr. [da'ning.]

Vouchsafing; thinking worthy.

DEI-NO-THE'RI-UM, n. [Gr. δεινος, terrible, and θηριον a wild beast.]

The fossil remains of gigantic Pachyderms, remarkable for enormous tusks projecting from the lower jaw.

DE-IN'TE-GRATE, v.t.

To disintegrate. [Not used. See Disintegrate.]