Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: DE-MOT'IC – DE-NA'TION-AL-IZ-ING
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DE-MOT'IC, a. [Gr. δημοτικος, from δημος, people.]
Popular; common; pertaining to the people. – Russell.
DE-MULCE', v.t. [demuls'; L. demulceo.]
To soothe; to soften or pacify. [Not used.]
DE-MUL'CENT, a. [L. demulcens, demulceo; de and mulceo, to stroke, to soften; allied perhaps to mollis, mellow.]
Softening; mollifying; lenient; as, oil is demulcent.
DE-MUL'CENT, n.
Any medicine which lessens the effect of irritation on the solids; that which softens or mollifies; as gums, roots of marsh-mallows, and other mucilaginous substances.
DE-MUR', n.
Stop; pause; hesitation as to the propriety of proceeding; suspense of proceeding or decision. All my demurs but double his attacks. – Pope.
DE-MUR', v.i. [Fr. demeurer; Sp. demorar; Port. demorar; It. dimorare; L. demoror; de and moror, to stay or delay, mora, delay; Arm. miret, to hold; Sax. merran, myrran, to hinder; allied to L. miror, and Eng. to moor, Sp. amarrar.]
- To stop; to pause; to hesitate; to suspend proceeding; to delay determination or conclusion. On receiving this information, the minister demurred, till he could obtain further instructions.
- In law, to stop at any point in the pleadings, and rest or abide on that point in law for a decision of the cause. Thus the defendant may demur to the plaintif's declaration, alledging it to be insufficient in law; the plaintif may demur to the defendant's plea, for a like reason.
DE-MUR', v.t.
To doubt of. [Not legitimate.] – Milton.
DE-MURE', a. [perhaps from demur, that is, set, fixed, stayed, silent.]
Sober; grave; modest; downcast; as, a demure countenance; a demure abasing of the eye. – Bacon.
DE-MURE', v.i.
To look with a grave countenance. [Not used.] – Shak.
DE-MURE'LY, adv.
With a grave, solemn countenance; with a fixed look; with a solemn gravity. Esop's damsel sat demurely at the board's end. – Bacon.
DE-MURE'NESS, n.
Gravity of countenance; soberness; a modest look. – Sidney.
DE-MUR'RAGE, n. [See Demur.]
An allowance made to the master of a trading vessel, for delay or detention in port beyond the appointed time of departure. This expense is paid by the merchant who causes the detention.
DE-MUR'RED, pp.
Stopped; objected to.
DE-MUR'RER, n.
- One who demurs.
- In law, a stop at some point in the pleadings, and a resting of the decision of the cause on that point; an issue on matter of law. A demurrer confesses the fact or facts to be true, but denies the sufficiency of the facts in point of law to support the claim or defense. A demurrer may be tendered to the declaration, to the plea, to the replication, to the rejoinder, &c. – Blackstone.
DE-MUR'RING, ppr.
Stopping; pausing; suspending proceedings or decision; resting or abiding on a point in law.
DE-MY', n. [Fr. demi, half.]
- A particular size of paper; a kind of paper of small size.
- A half fellow at Magdalen college, Oxford.
DEN, n. [Sax. den, dene, denn, a valley; It. tana; Fr. taniere; Ir. tuinnedhe.]
- A cave or hollow place in the earth; usually applied to a cave, pit, or subterraneous recess, used for concealment, shelter, protection, or security; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers or thieves. The beasts go into dens. – Job xxxvii. The children of Israel made themselves dens. – Judges vi.
- As a termination, in names of places, it denotes the place to be in a valley or near a wood.
DEN, v.i.
To dwell as in a den.
DE-NAR'COT-IZE, v.t. [de and narcotic.]
To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium – Journ. of Science.
DE-NA'RI-US, n. [L. from deni, ten.]
A Roman coin of the value of about sixteen or seventeen cents; so called from the letter X upon it. In law-books, it is used for an English penny.
DEN'A-RY, a. [L. denarius.]
Containing ten.
DEN'A-RY, n.
The number ten. – Digby.
DE-NA'TION-AL-IZE, v.t. [de and nation.]
To divest of national character or rights, by transference to the service of another nation. A ship built and registered in the United States, is denationalized by being employed in the service of another nation and bearing its flag. – French Decrees. Dec. of the Prince Regent.
DE-NA'TION-AL-IZ-ED, pp.
Deprived of national rights.
DE-NA'TION-AL-IZ-ING, ppr.
Depriving of national rights.