Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: DE-FA'CING-LY – DE-FAULT'ER
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DE-FA'CING-LY, adv.
In a defacing manner.
DE-FACTO, a. [L.]
Actually; in fact; in reality; existing; as, a king de facto, distinguished from a king de jure or by right.
DE-FAIL'ANCE, n. [Fr. See Fail.]
Failure; miscarriage. [Obs.] – Taylor.
DE-FAL'CATE, v.t. [Fr. defalquer; It. defalcare; Sp. desfalcar; Port. desfalcar; from L. defalco; de and falco, from falx, a sickle.]
To cut off; to take away or deduct a part; used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, &c.
DE-FAL'CA-TED, pp.
Taken away; deducted, as a part.
DE-FAL'CA-TING, ppr.
Deducting from a money account, rents, &c.
DE-FAL-CA'TION, n.
- The act of cutting off, or deducting a part; deduction; diminution; abatement; as, let him have the amount of his rent without defalcation.
- That which is cut off; as, this loss is a defalcation from the revenue.
DE-FALK, v.t.
To defalcate. [Not in use.] – Bp. Hall.
DEF-A-MA'TION, n. [See Defame.]
The uttering of slanderous words with a view to injure another's reputation; the malicious uttering of falsehood respecting another which tends to destroy or impair his good name, character or occupation; slander; calumny. To constitute defamation in law, the words must be false and spoken maliciously. Defamatory words written and published are called a libel – Blackstone.
DE-FAM'A-TO-RY, a.
Calumnious; slanderous; containing defamation; false and injurious to reputation; as, defamatory words; defamatory reports or writings.
DE-FAME', v.t. [Fr. diffamer; It. diffamare; Sp. disfamar; from L. diffamo; de or dis and fama, fame.]
- To slander; falsely and maliciously to utter words respecting another which tend to injure his reputation or occupation; as to say, a judge is corrupt; a man is perjured; a trader is a knave.
- To speak evil of; to dishonor by false reports; to calumniate; to libel; to impair reputation by acts or words. Being defamed, we entreat. – 1 Cor. iv.
DE-FAM'ED, pp.
Slandered; dishonored or injured by evil reports.
DE-FAM'ER, n.
A slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.
DE-FAM'ING, n.
Defamation; slander. – Jeremiah.
DE-FAM'ING, ppr.
Slandering; injuring the character by false reports.
DE-FAM'ING-LY, adv.
In a defaming manner.
DE-FAT'I-GA-BLE, a.
Liable to be wearied. [Not much used.] – Glanville.
DE-FAT'I-GATE, v.t. [L. defatigo; de and fatigo, to tire, See Fatigue.]
To weary or tire. [Little used.] – Herbert.
DE-FAT-I-GA'TION, n.
Weariness. [Little used.] – Bacon.
DE-FAULT', n. [Fr. defaut, for default, from defaillir, to fail; de and faillir, to fail. See Fail and Fault.]
- A failing, or failure; an omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default. A default or fault, may be a crime, a vice, or a mere defect, according to the nature of the duty omitted.
- Defect; want; failure. Cooks could make artificial birds, in default of real ones. – Arbuthnot.
- In law, a failure of appearance in court at a day assigned, particularly of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer. It may be applied to jurors, witnesses, &c.; but a plaintif's failing to appear by himself or attorney, is usually called a non-appearance. To suffer a default, is to permit an action to be called without appearing or answering; applied to a defendant.
DE-FAULT', v.i.
To fail in performing a contract or agreement. – Johnson.
DE-FAULT', v.t.
- In law, to call out a defendant [according to the common expression]. To call a defendant officially, to appear and answer in court, and on his failing to answer, to declare him in default, and enter judgment against him; as, let the defendant be defaulted. No costs are to be awarded for such town, if defaulted. – Mass. Laws.
- To call out a cause, in which the defendant does not appear, and enter judgment on the default; as, the cause was defaulted.
- To fail in performance. – Milton.
DE-FAULT', v.t.
To offend. [Obs.]
DE-FAULT'ED, pp.
- Called out of court, as a defendant or his cause.
- adj. Having defect.
DE-FAULT'ER, n.
- One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when called.
- One who fails to perform a public duty; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a delinquent.