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Derivation, sb. Originally, the turning of a stream into another channel: 

 p. 36, 1. 12. See ijote. 



Derived, p.p. Drawn off, as in channels: p. 259, 11. 9, 17. 



Descry, v. /. To observe, discern : p. 71, 1. 33 ; p. 115, 1. 29. 



4 Moreover, to descry 

 The strength o the enemy. Shakespeare, Lear, iv. 5. 13. 



Designation, sb. Appointment: p. 78, 11. i, 3 ; p. 83, I. 12; p. 84, 1. 4. 



Designment, sb. Design: p. 16, 1. i. 



Served his designmenfs 

 In mine own person. Shakespeare, Coriolanus, v. 6. 35. 



Desolate, v. t. To render desolate: p. 231, 1. 8. Desoler. Todelola e; 

 make lonelie, solitary, deavelie, or desart ; to deuast, waste extreamely, 

 mine vtterly. Cotgrave, Fr. Diet. 



Despite, sb. Spite: p. 61, 1. 27. 



1 Full of despite, bloody as the hunter. 



Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, iii. 4. 243. 



Destituted, p.p. Left destitute, abandoned: p. 129,1.31. Bacon uses 

 destitute as a verb in Essay xxxiii. p. 143 : It is the sinfullest thing in 

 the world, to forsake or destitute a plantation, once in forwardnesse. 



Determinate, adj. Definite : p. 209, 1. 35. 



Determination, sb. The solution or decision of a question : p. 173, 1. 7. 

 It is now used rather in the sense of resolution which itself once was 

 equivalent to solution. 



Devote, adj. Devoted: p. 42, 1. 8. 



Dexterioxisly, adv. Dexterously: p. 214, 1. 32. This is the form of the 

 word in the editions of 1605, 1629, 1633, and in Shakespeare, Twelfth 

 Night, i. 5. 66 : Ztattrtbttf/jr, good madonna. In p. 240, 1. 15, the word 

 is spelt as usual. 



Diascordium, sb. P. 140, 1. 33. See note. 



Dictature, sb. Office of dictator, dictatorship: p. 65, 1. 33. 



Difference, sb. A distinguishing mark, a badge: p. 4, 1. 14; p. 47, 1. 4. 

 In heraldry a difference is a figure added to a coat of arms to distinguish 

 the persons or families who bear the same arms, and to indicate their 

 nearness to the original bearer/ (Webster, Diet.) Hence, in Shakespeare, 

 Haml. iv. 5. 183; O you must wear your rue with a difference ; and, 

 Much Ado, i. i, 69; Let him bear it for a difference between himself 

 and his horse. 



Differing, adj. Different: p. 10, 1. 25; p. 28, 1. 33, &c. 



Difficile, adj. Difficult: p. 217, 1. 10. Difficile: com. Difficile, difficult; 

 hard, vneasie, troublesome, intricate, painefull, almost impossible. Cot- 

 grave, Fr. Diet. 



Digested, p.p. Arranged: p. 154, 1. 28. We have cause to be glad 

 that matters are so well digested. Shakespeare, Ant. and Cl. ii. 2. 179. 



Digladiation, sb. Literally, a combat with swords ; hence, a quarrel or 

 controversy: p. 33, 1. 20. 



Dilatation, sb. Dilation, expanded description: p. 117, 1. 32. 



Dilute, adj. Diluted; and so, feeble: p. 260, 1. 16. 



Disable, v. t. Literally, to disqualify; then, to pronounce disqualified, to 

 disparage: p. 13, 1. 7 ; p. 153, 1. 32; p. 176, I. 32. Comp. Shakespeare, 

 As You Like It, v. 4. 80; He disabled my judgement. 



