

II IK STANDARD DICTIONARY oF FACTS 



felons; when we consider them as already under the 

 sentence of the law. w 



nploved 



only in matters of judgment; the standard is used in 

 the ordinary concerns of life 



determining the characters and qualities of things; the 

 : or defining quair 



. Intnim.in. Barbarous. Urn 

 A person is cruel who neglect 



protect and take care of; he is inhuman if he withhold 



from him the common marks < M or kindness 



:ire to be human being to 



another; he is barbarous if he find amusement in 



or savage according to 



mces of aggravation which accompany the 



;ng arises from an impatience 

 in suffering corporeal pains; weeping is occasioned by 



I * i ' ' ' , * ; I . k! ' ' . t ' ! - 



in, ( ultiire. ( i\ ili/atiori. Ketineiiieiit. 



Cultiva- ipplied to the thing 



that grows; culture to that in which it grow>. I DC 



era will not repay the labor unless the 



soil be prepared by proper cujture. t'ivili/ation is the 



first stage of cultivation; refinement is the last; we 



savages by divesting them of their rudeness, 



and giving them a knowledge of such arts as are requisite 



::i by the introduction of 



in. Mr.il. Kemcd\ . I'o c-ure is employed for 



what is out of order; to heal for that which is broken; 



dipoancm are cured, wounds are healed; the former is a 



a simple pro.-ex. Whatever 



requires to be cured is wrong in the system; whatever 



requires to be heal ed externally by violence, 



and requires external applications. To remedy, in the 



sense of applying remedies, has a moral application; 



cieney, or a mischief, requires to be 



lied. 



( ure. Keinedy. A cure is performed by the appli- 



:" a remedy. 



( uriou-. liu|iii.iti\i>. Trying. Curiosity is directed 



to all objects that can gratify the inclination, taste, or 



indmg; inquisitivt'iiess to such things only as 



mding; a prying temper is unceasing 



adeavors to get acquainted with the secrets of 



others. 



<ry, Hasty, Slight, Desultory. An author 

 will take a cursory view of those points which are not 

 necessarily connected with his subject ; an author who 

 takes a hasty view of a subject will mislead by his errors; 

 he who takes a slight view will disappoint by the shal- 

 lowness of his information. Between cursory and 

 desultory there is the same difference as between run- 

 ning and leaping; we run in a line, but we leap from 

 one part to another; so remarks that are cursory have 

 still n< connection, but remarks that are 



desultory are without any coherence. 



( u-torii. Ha hit. <'ii-tom is a frequent repetition of 



the same act; habit the effect of such repetition. Cus- 



!>pO8es an act of the will; habit implies an invol- 



iiiovement; a custom is followed; a habit is ac- 



< u-toiii. Tachion. .Manner, Practice. Custom 

 i authoritative; it stands in the place of law, and 

 regulates the conduct of men in the most important 

 itrary and capricious, it 

 - of trifling import; manner.-* are 

 . are the of moral feelings; 



practice signifies actual doing or the thing done; it may 

 !i to do acts of charity, as the 

 but. when he uniformly does a par- 

 ticular act of charity at any given period of the year, 



: n.perly denominated his custom. 



D.iil.\. Diurnal. I >a;ly i.- the colloquial term which 

 i< applicable to wl. in the daytime; diurnal 



'.fie term, which applies to what pMMfl 

 within or belongs to the astronomical day. 



Dinner. Peril, lla/ard. Danger signifies the 

 chance of a low: peril signifies either to go over or to 

 perish; a critical situation, a rude trial, which may ter- 

 minate in one'- ruin. In all walks of life we are in dan- 

 ger; the explorer undergoes perils. Ha/ard respects 

 ability of either good or evil. When we run the 

 hazard of a battle, we may either win or lo-e. 

 Daring. Hold. He who is daring provoke- 



iger; but t lie bold man is contented 



to overcome- -red to him; a man 



may be bold in the use of words only, he must be daring 

 in actions; he is bold in the defense of truth; he is 

 daring in military enter] 



Dark, Obscure. Dim, Mysterious. Dark is 

 opposed to light; obscure to bright; what is dark is 



.T hidden; what is obscure is not to be seen 

 distinctly, or without an effort. Dim expresses a de- 

 in it is employed more in relation 

 than to the object seen; any intri- 

 cate affair, which involves the characters and conduct 

 of men, may be mysterious. 



Deadly. Mortal. Fatal. Deadly is applied to what 



is productive of death; mortal to what terminates in 



l.able to death; fatal applies not only to death, but 



inng which may be of great mischief. 



To Debate. Deliberate. These terms equally mark 



the acts of pausing or withholding the decision, whether 



applicable to one or many. To debate (v. to argue, 



dispute) supposes always a contrariety of opinion: to 



deliberate (v. to consult, deliberate) supposes simply 



ning or estimating the value of the opinion that 



Debility, Intirmity, Imbecility. Debility is con- 

 stitutional, or otherwise; imbecility is always constitu- 

 tional; infirmity is accidental, and results from sickness 

 or a decay of the frame. Debility may be either general 

 or local; infirmity is always local; imbecility always 

 general. 



Debt, Due. Debt is commonly applied to that 

 which is owing from the person spoken of; due is always 

 applied to that which is owing to the person: to pay 

 one's debts, and receive one's due. 



Decay, Decline, Consumption. What is decayed 

 is fallen or gone; what declines leads toward a fall, or 

 is going; consumption (v. to consume) implies a rapid 

 decay. 



Deceit, Deception. A pers9n is said to be guilty of 

 deceit who has sought to deceive another for his own 

 purposes; but deceptions may be practiced in a diver- 

 sity of ways, and from a diversity of motives. Deceitful 

 and deceptive are employed with this distinction: a 

 person is said to be deceitful, and a thing deceptive. 



Deceit, Fraud, Guile. Deceit is practiced only in 

 private transactions; fraud is practiced toward bodies 

 as well as individuals, in public as well as private. A 

 child practices deceit toward its parents; frauds are 

 practiced upon government; guile marks a strong de- 

 gree of moral turpitude in the individual; guileless is 

 applied to characters which are the most diametrically 

 opposed to, and at the greatest possible distance from, 

 that which is false. 



Deceiver, Impostor. A deceiver is any one who 

 practices any sort of deception; but an impostor is a 

 deceiver who studiously deceives by putting on a false 

 appearance. 



Decency, Decorum. Decency respects a man's 

 conduct; decorum, his behavior. 



Decided, Determined, Resolute. A man who is 

 decided (v. to decide) remains in no doubt; he who is 

 determined is uninfluenced by the doubts or questions 

 of others; he who is resolute (v. to determine, resolve) 

 is uninfluenced by the consequences of his actions. 



Decided, Decisive. Decided marks that which is 

 actually decided; decisive that which appertains to 

 decision. A person's aversion or attachment is decided; 

 a sentence, a judgment, or a victory, is decisive. 



Decision, Judgment, Sentence. A decision has no 

 respect to the agent; it may be said of one or many; 

 it may be the decision of the court, of the nation, of the 

 public, of a particular body of men, or of a private 

 individual; but a judgment is given in a public court, 

 or among private individuals; a sentence is passed in 

 a court of law, or at the bar of the public. 



Declaim, Inveigh. Declaim signifies literally to 

 cry aloud in a set form of words; inveigh (v. abuse, 

 invective). Public men and public, measures are sub- 

 jects for the declaimer; private individuals afford .sub- 

 jects for inveighing against. 



To Declare, Publish, Proclaim. In declaring, the 

 leading idea is that of speaking out that which passes 

 in the mind; in publishing, the leading idea is that of 

 making public or common; in proclaiming, the leading 

 idea is that of crying aloud. Facts and opinions are 

 declared; events and circumstances are published; the 

 measures of government are proclaimed. . 



Decree, lOdiet, Proclamation. A decree is a more 

 solemn and deliberative act than an edict ; on the other 

 hand, an edict is more authoritative than a decree. 

 A decree is the decision of one or many; an edict speaks 

 the will of an individual: councils and senates, as well 

 as princes, make decrees; despotic rulers issue edicts. 

 An edictis peculiar to a despotic government; a procla- 

 mation is common to a monarchical and aristocratic 

 form of government. 



To Dedicate, Devote, Consecrate, Hallow. There 

 is something more solemn in the act of dedicating than 

 in that of devoting; but less so than in that of conse- 

 crating. To dedicate and devote may be employed in 



