Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-NOM'IN-A-TIVE-LY, adv.

By denomination. Baxter.

DE-NOM'IN-A-TOR, n.

1. He that gives a name.
2. In arithmetic, that number placed below the line in vulgar fractions, which shows into how many parts the integer is divided. Thus in 3/5, 5 is the denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator 3 shows how many parts are taken, that is, three fifths.

DE-NOT'A-BLE, a.

That may be denoted, or marked. Brown.

DE-NO-TA'TION, n. [L. denotatio. See Denote.]

The act of denoting. Hammond.

DE-NOT'A-TIVE, a.

Having power to denote.

DE-NOTE', v.t. [L. denoto; de and noto, to note or mark; Fr. denoter; Sp. denotar; It. denotare.]

1. To mark; to signify by a visible sign; to indicate; to express. The character X denotes multiplication. Day's Algebra.
2. To show; to betoken, to indicate, as, a quick pulse denotes fever..

DE-NOT'ED, pp.

Marked; signified; indicated.

DE-NOTE'MENT, n.

Sign, indication. Shak.

DE-NOT'ING, ppr.

Marking; expressing; indicating.

DE-NOUE'MENT, n. [denou'mong; Fr. from denouer, to untie; de and nouer to tie; L. nodo.]

The unraveling or discovery of a plot. [Not Eng.] Warton.

DE-NOUNCE', v.t. [denouns'; Fr. denoncer; Sp. denunciar; It. denunziare; L. denuncio; de and nuncio, to tell, or declare, from nomen or its root.]

1. To declare solemnly; to proclaim in a threatening manner; to announce or declare, as a threat. I denounce to you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. So we say, to denounce war; to denounce wrath.
2. To threaten by some outward sign, or expression. His look denounced revenge. Milton.
3. To inform against; to accuse; as, to denounce one for neglect of duty.

DE-NOUNC'ED, pp.

1. Threatened by open declaration; as, punishment is denounced against the ungodly.
2. Accused; proclaimed; as, he was denounced as an enemy.

DE-NOUNCE'MENT, n. [denouns'ment.]

The declaration of a menace or of evil; denunciation. Brown.

DE-NOUNC'ER, n.

One who denounces, or declares a menace. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.

DE-NOUNC'ING, ppr.

Declaring, as a threat; threatening; accusing.

DE-NOVO, adv. [L.]

Anew; again.

DENSE, a. [dens; L. densus; Fr. dense; Sp. and It. denso. Qu. Gr. δασυς, n being casual.]

1. Close; compact; having its constituent parts closely united; applied to solids or fluids; as, a dense body; dense air.
2. Thick; as, a dense cloud or fog.

DENSE'LY, adv.

In a close, compact manner. Lever.

DENSE'NESS, n. [dens'ness.]

The same as Density.

DENS'I-TY, n. [L. densitas.]

1. Closeness of constituent parts; compactness. Density is opposed to rarity; and in philosophy, the density of a body indicates the quantity of matter contained in it, under a given bulk. If a body of equal bulk with another is of double the density, it contains double the quantity of matter.
2. Thickness; as, the density of fog.

DENT, n. [Arm. danta, to gap or notch. It seems to be from dant, a tooth; Fr. dent; L. dens; Gr. οδους; W. dant; It. dente; Sp. diente, whence dentar, endentar, to tooth; Port. dente; Pers. دندان dandan; Gypsy and Hindoo, dant, danda. Hence, Fr. denteler, to dent or indent, to jag or notch.]

1. Literally, a tooth or projecting point. But it is used to express a gap or notch, or rather a depression or small hollow in a solid body; a hollow made by the pressure of a harder body on a softer; indentation. In this sense it is in customary use in the United States.
2. A stroke. Spenser.

DENT, v.t.

To make a dent or small hollow. [See Indent.]

DENT'AL, a. [L. dentalis.]

Pertaining to the teeth. In grammar, formed or pronounced by the teeth, with the aid of the tongue; as, D and T are dental letters.

DENT'AL, n.

1. An articulation or letter formed by placing the end of the tongue against the upper teeth, or against the gum that covers the root of the upper teeth, as D, T, and Th.
2. A genus of shell-fish, Dentalium, of several species. The shell consists of one tubulous straight valve, open at both ends. Encyc.

DENT'AL-ITE, n.

A fossil shell of the genus Dentalium.