344 GLOSSARY, 
Declination, sb. Decline: p.143, 1.25. ‘And the one of them said, That 
to be a secretary, in the declination of a monarchy, was a ticklish me 
and that he did not affect it.’ Essay xxii. p. 94. 
Deducement, sb. Deduction: p. 225, 1. 6; p. 260, 1. 30. 
Defeat, v.¢. To ruin, undo: p. 207,1. 11. ‘ Desfaire. To yndoe; breake, 
defeat, discomfit, ouercome; ruine, destroy, ouerthrow.’ Cotgrave, Fr. 
Dict. 
Deficience, sb. Deficiency: p. 84, ll. 6, 22; p. 118, 1. 33+ 
Define of. To define: p, He. 1. 28; p. 257, ve 
Defunct, sb. A dead man: p. 149, 1. 26. 
Degenerate, bp. Degenerated: p. 81,1. 32. ‘ Reduce things, to the 
first institution, and observe, wherein, and how, they have degenerate.’ 
Essay Xi. p. 41. 
Degrees, sb. Ranks in society: p. 96, |. 17. 
Delectable, adj. Delightful: p es 1.17; p. 89, 1. 24. 
‘Making the hard way sweet and delectable.’ 
Shakespeare, Rich. II. ii. 3. 7. 
Delectation, sb. Delight: p. 102, 1. 7. ‘Delectation: f. Delectation, 
delight, pleasure, oblectation.’ Cotgrave, Fr. Dict. 
Delicacy, sb. Effeminacy: p. 19,1. 14. ‘ Delicatesse: f, Delicacie, dainti- 
nesse, tendernesse, nicenesse, wantonnesse, effeminacie; sensualite.’ Cot- 
grave, Fr. Dict, 
Delicate, adj. Affected, effeminate: p. 28,1. 10. 
Deliver, v.¢. To pronounce, communicate, as a message: p. 7, I. 21. 
‘The former delivers the precepts of the art; and the latter the perfection,’ 
Essay xlv. p, 181. 
Demand, v.¢. To ask, simply; not as now, to ask with authority or as 
aright: p. 85,1. 7. See 2 Sam. xi. 7. 
Demonstrate, p.p. Demonstrated: p. 39, ll. 10, II. 
Demonstrative, adj. Capable of demonstration, demonstrable: p. 14, 
1. 29. 
*He sends you this most memorable line, 
In every branch truly demonstrative.’ 
Shakespeare, Hen. V, ii. 4. 89. 
Dependences, sb. Dependents: p. 229, l. 7; p. 231, 1. 9; p. 235, 
1, 14. 
Depeciiae, p.p. Impending: p. 218, 1. 11. 
Deplored, p.~. Despaired of: p. 140, 1. 20. 
‘Your love, sir, like strong water 
To a deplor’d sick man, quicks your feeble limbs 
For a poor moment.’ 
Albumazar, i. 2, (Dodsley’s Old Plays, vii. 115, ed. 1825.) 
Depravation, sb. Depreciation, defamation, slander: p. 17, 1. 2 
‘Apt, without a theme, 
For depravation,’ Shakespeare, ‘Tr, and Cr, v, 2. 132. 
Deprave, v.t. To defame, depreciate, disparage: p. 27, 1.25; p. 37,1. 15. 
‘If affection lead a man, to favour the lesse worthy in desert, let him 
doe it without depraving or disabling the better deserver.’ Essay xlix. 
p. 202. 
Depredation, sb. A robbing, plundering: p. 106, |. 6, 
