defibrinize 
cully used "I removing lilirin fiom fiv-li liloml 
li\ whipping it with rods. 
deficience (de-lish'ensl, . |See ilefieit nci/. | 
'I'lie Shite of lieing delicicllt ; n delicieue , . 
[Uat'e or obsolete. | 
In I his third part ot learn iim. which is poesy, I can n 
port nit ,1, in-,, ,,<,. 
I:,,,,,,,, \.l\aneeinent of Learning, ii. I III. 
It would aryue iloiilitl-- -^ in the other party ^reat /. 
Mrl .Ir-IMIM ..I thencelvo, not to meet theforce 
ot his reason in any Held whatsoever, 
Mill, ,11. lakonoklastes, I'ref. 
deficiency (do -fish 'on -si), .; pi. ticficiene/i.- 
i si/). I Also ili'ficicnce ; = Sp. I'g. ilefieit iiein = 
It. deficient!!, < ML. as if "tleficicntin. < L. tlefi- 
i 'n ii( i-)x, delicieut : sei' tlfficii nl.] 1. The state 
of being deficient; a lack or failing; a falling 
short; incompleteness, as of intelligence, nl- 
tainmenls. or performance. 
\laillioroirjh u:i. a man not only of the most idle ami 
frivolous pursuits, hut was so mi*iTal>l> imiorant, that his 
,1. lieifucifx made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. 
Stickle, civili/ation. 
The tlciiriciic,! in administration (of the V. S. govern- 
ment |, aside from bad lawgivers, eons Ms niainh in the lark 
of business outer in public attaint. -V. A. JfaD.,CXL. 811. 
2. That in which a person or thing is deficient ; 
an imperfection. 
The ilciicii'iicft w Inch causes colour-blindness cannot lie 
.supplied by any conceivable process. T,iit. l.i^'ht, 16. 
3. Lack of the necessary quantity, number, 
etc.; inadet|uacy; insufficiency: us. a deficient';/ 
of troops; a tleficit <// of lilood. 4. Absence; 
loss. [Bare.] 
Tho' thou wert icattenil to the wind, 
Yet is there plenty of the kind. . . . 
Who'll weep for thy ,lcjici>'itc,i ' 
Tennitxim, Two Voices. 
Deficiency bill, see (,;//:;. Deficiency of an algebrai- 
cal curve, see.iim General Deficiency Bill. Sec 
liiU'-t. = Syn. Insufficiency, scantiness, meagerness, scarci- 
ty, dearth, r'or comparison with defectivtni'**, see tlcfcc- 
lirf. 
deficient (de-fish'ent), . [= F. deficient = Sp. 
I'g. It. deficiente, < L. dcficieH(t-)n, ppr. of tle- 
ficri'c, luck, fail, be wanting: see defect.] 1. 
Lacking; wanting; incomplete. 
Just as much as the love of God's law is deficient, must 
tin- fear of man's law be called in to supply its place. 
//. Spe.iicer, Social Statics, p. 222. 
2. Defective; imperfect; inadequate: as, de- 
ficient strength. 
For- nature so preposterously to err, 
lleinu not ilf/ii'ii'iit, blind, or lame of sense. 
Sans witchcraft could not .S'Anfr., Othello, i. 3. 
3. Not having a full or adequate supply: as, the 
country is deficient in the means of carrying 011 
war. Deficient hyperbola, in ninth., a curve which 
meets the line at inllnity at only one real point ; a curve 
which has one and but tine real asymptote, and which does 
not run off to infinity elsewhere. It is so called (first by 
New ton) as having but one infinite branch instead of two. 
See InifH'rhitltt. ANo called tlft'et'th'c liifjierbola. Deficient 
number, iu m-itl,., a number the sum of whose aliquot 
parts is less than the number itself: thus, 8 is a detiricnt 
iiiimlier, as the sum of iu aliquot parts, 1, 2, 4, is only 7. 
-Syn. 11,-rieii'iil. lleh-ette,' (see ilefeetiee), insufficient, in- 
adequate. 
deficiently (de-fi.sh'eut-li), ndr. Ill a deficient 
manner; insufficiently; inadequately. 
deflcientness (de-fish'ent-nes), n. The state of 
lieing deficient. [Rare.] 
deficit (def'i-sit ). n. [= V. deficit = Sp. Pg. It. 
D. G. Dan. Sw. deficit, < L. deficit, it is wanting, 
3d'pers. sing. pros. ind. of deficere, be want- 
ing: see deficient.] A failure or falling off in 
amount ; specifically, a financial deficiency: as, 
a deficit in the taxes or revenue. 
Squandering, and payment by loan, is no way to check 
nde.fii'it. t'lifhil'-. r'rench Kev., I. iii. 2. 
Profuse expend! I lire, demanding more than could he got 
from crippled industry, had cause.] a chronic ,1, 'licit. 
H. N,.../i,.,.,-. study of Sociol., p. If,;.. 
defidet, <'. '. See difflde. 
de fide (de fi'de). [L., of faith: de, of; tide. 
abl. of fide*, faith: see ftiitli.] Of the faith; 
authoritative ; authentic. 
The poorer classes are not, for the most part, even ac- 
quainted with the distill. -tii-n between what is to lie lie- 
lieved to be ./*. ii,lc and what is popularly taught them as 
truth. I'lia-ii. Kirenieon. p. Hi 
defter (do-fi'er), ii. [ Formerlv also tlefi/er : < 
tlefif + -('/-I. Cf. OK. tlcfieiti:] "One who 'defies 
or dares. (,f) ,\ challenger : one who eliaUm--.* another 
t" i bal or encounter, (hi I who acts in opposition 
or contempt : as. a ./,//./ of tin. laws. 
lie was ever 
A IOOM ami sirom; ././.., of all order. 
t'leli'licr. Wildu-oose Chase, i. 1. 
defigurationt (lUi-fig-u-ra'shiin), . [< rf< 
+ -iitiiin : cqiiiv. to dixjii/iii'iititni.] A dii 
ing: disfiguration. 
L503 
/'. fffunttom .MM! ileformalion-. "i rln 1-1 
/>. II, ill. Kcman. 
defiguret (dc-lig'ur), '. '. |< I-'. '/<//</'"'". for- 
merly dexfujnri / ( Ml,, delii/nriire), disfigure : see 
tlixfnjiire. ] 1. To disfigure. 2. To figure; de- 
linciilc; represent lignrntively. 
On the ]ia\ement ot till saiil I happel be tin ~e t^'i -I ..... 
I I II. \ are heli- ,l<-ln,,,,, ,1. 
l!'..'.i, \iniint Knncral Monuments, p. stt. 
I'.y this |l.ab\rintll| ,l.-li.inri;l lhe> (he prrpliAcd life of 
ma i ...... u In ...I a n' I inl angled with manifold mischiefs, one 
Kiicceedin another. XifiuliiH, Tnuail'^, ]>. W. 
defilade (def-i-lad'), r. /. ; prct. and \>\i. dili- 
linlid. ]ipr. ill liliidimi. [< V. di'lilndi , u., < di- 
lilir. prolect from enfilade (u. V.), defile: see 
defile'-. \ In fart., to arrange the plan mid pro- 
file of (a fortification) so us to protect its lines 
from enfilading fire, and its interior from plung- 
ing or reverse fire. Also di tile. 
defilading (def-i-la'ding), n. That branch of 
fortification the object of which is to deter- 
mine the directions or heights of the lines of 
rampart or parapet, so that the interior of the 
work may not be incommoded by a fire directed 
to it from neighboring eminences. Also defile- 
ment. 
defile 1 (de-fil'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. drfiltdj ppr. 
difiliiiij. [Altered, in imitation of the simple 
verb./!//' 2 , of same meaning, from ME. dcfonleii, 
mod. obs. ilefiml, defile, < L. de- + ME. //'. 
make foul (whence mod. foul, v.), with parallel 
form fijlen, whence mod. fk^: see defoul 1 , de- 
find-.] 1. To make unclean, dirty, or impure ; 
soil ; befoul. 
They that touch pitch will he deliled. 
SkaJc., Much Ado, ill. 3. 
2. Figuratively, to sully or tarnish, as reputa- 
tion, etc. 
They shall drjilr thy brightness. Ezck. xxviii. 7. 
Hi is among the greatest prelates of the age, however 
his character may be elejtlfd by dirty hands. 
thrift, Letter on the Sacramental Test. 
3. To make ceremonially unclean. 
That which dieth of iUelf, or is torn with Itcasts, he 
shall not eat, to dfjile himself therewith. lv. xxii. 8. 
He bath ilejiirtt the sanctuary of the Lord. Num. xix. tio. 
4. To overcome the chastity of; debauch ; vio- 
late; deflower. 
Shcchem ... lay with her, and dejiled her. 
lien. XXXiV. ". 
6. To taint, in a moral sense ; corrupt ; vitiate ; 
debauch; pollute. 
Dcjilc not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. 
E>k. xx. 7. 
God requires rather that we should die than il'tit? our- 
selves with impieties. Stillitvjjtret, 
= Svn. To com animate, foul, stain, dirty. See taint, r. t. 
defile'-' (de-fil'), . ; pret. and pp. dejiled, ppr. 
tlejilinf/, [= I), defiteren = G. defiliren = Dan. 
dcflere = Sw. defikra. < OF. defiler, F. defiler (= 
Sp. Pg. <leJiliir = It. difilare), file off, defile, un- 
ravel, unstring, < de- priv. + filer, spin threads, 
< Jil, a thread, a file, rank, order: see flc a .] I. 
intniHu. To march off in a line, or by files; file 
off. 
The Turks defiled before the enemy. Uibbm. 
The army did not dfjile into the plains around Malaga 
before the following morning. 
Preaxlt, Ferd. and Isa., i. 13. 
II. triniK. In fort. , same as defi ladf. 
defile'- 3 (de-fil' or de'fil), . [Formerly also 
dffilee; < F. defile, a pass, defile, prop. pp. of 
defiler, defile: see defile 2 , p.] 1. A narrow pas- 
sage in a mountain region; a gorge through 
which a body of troops or other persons can 
pass in a file or narrow line. 
He sent the guides in the advance, and putting spurs 
to his horse, dashed through a dejile of the mountain. 
Irving, Granada, p. 94. 
2. A march by files. 
It was a proud sight for Siena as she w .itched the drftf 
through her narrow and embattled streets of hand after 
hand of the envoys of the towns that acknowledged her 
sway. 
C. K. Xiirlini. church-building in Middle Ages, p. 100. 
= Syn. 1. WiirjK. ll'irliif, etc. See rnllcn. 
defilement 1 (de-fil'ment), . [< dejilel + -meat.] 
1. The ad of defiling, or the state of being de- 
filed; foulness; uucleauness; impurity. 
dennita 
defilement- ide-tii'mcni). . [< F. <i>. /// ut. 
, di lili i\ defile : see dijil, -, /. | I n furl., same 
:is ill lilildiinf. 
defiler (df-fl'lte), </. <>,. who or that which 
detiles; one who corrupts or debauches; one 
who or that which polliit. .-.. 
'I hon bii-hl 
(If II.MIMiis puivnl iK-il! ftlini.. T. ..t ^ , IV. I 
defiliation (de-lil-i-a'slion), ii. [< L. de- priv. 
+ Jilni.i, ;i sou, Jilin, u dinightcr. + K. -nlim: . 
see filiuiiiiH.] The iilisli'iictioii of a child from 
its parents; the act of rendering childless. 
[Rare.] 
The tales of fairy-spiriting may shadow a lamentable 
\erit\. and tin- i><M\er> of the \..ine_- Montagu lie hut a 
solitary instance of good fortune out of man> n lepamlile 
and hopeless tt>riiintiini&. Lnuih, chimney -Sweepers. 
definable (ile-fi'na-bl), . [< define + -Hbte.} 
Capable of teing'defined. (n) .susceptihlc of defi- 
nition : as, >i. nil" 1 '!'- words. 
That Supreme Nature, which we cannot otherwise ih tin. 
than by saying it is infinite; as if infinite were drnnniitf, 
or inllnity a subject for our narrow understanding. 
Drydm, J-ref. to Religio Laid. 
(')) I ictei niinalile ; ascertainahle : as, definable limits ; a 
definable period. 
Concerning the time of the end of the world, the ques- 
tion is whether that time be drfnalile or no. 
T. Riinvt, Theory of the Earth. 
definably (de-fi'na-bli), adv. In a definable 
manner. 
define (de-fiu'), r. ; pret. and pp. defined, ppr. 
defining. ' [< ME. defiiien, diffinen, < OF. defimr. 
deffiner, dcfenir, dvffinir, diffiner, define, limit, 
finish, end, etc., F. definir = Pr. definir, difflnir 
= Sp. Pg. definir= It. definire, diffinire = D. defi- 
ntf'ren = G. definiren = Dan. definere = Sw. de- 
finicra, < L. definire, limit, settle, define, < de- + 
finire, set a limit, bound, end : see finish, and cf . 
definixli.] I. trims. 1. To determine, declare, 
or mark the limit of; circumscribe ; determine 
or indicate the bounds or outlines of with pre- 
cision; mark or set out clearly: as, to define 
the extent of a kingdom or country. 
More and yet more defined the trunks appear 
Till the wild prospect stands distinct and clear. 
Crabke, Works, IV. 122. 
The images of objects at different distances from the eye 
cannot lie defined at the same time upon the retina. 
Ti/iutalt, Light and Elect. , p. 48. 
2. To fix, establish, or prescribe authorita- 
tively : as, to define the duties of an officer. 
Even had there been only one state, ami not thirteen, it 
would probably have been found convenient to dfline the 
range of each of the powers of the commonwealth in a 
written document. K. A. Freeman, Alner. Lects., p. 190. 
3. To state the signification of; explain what is 
expressed by (a word, a phrase, etc.; ; state the 
nature or essential properties of: as, to define 
virtue ; define your meaning more clearly. 
Hard it is, through the had expression of these Writers, 
to define this flght, whether by Sea or Land. 
MUtuu, Hist. Eng., v. 
Like wit, much talked of, not to he defined. Olicai/. 
He (Canon Kingsley] defines superstition to lie an unrea- 
soning fear of the unknown. 
Datmoii, Nature and the Bible, p. 21(1. 
4f. To determine ; settle ; decide. 
These warlike Champions, all in armour shine, 
Assembled were in Held the chalenge to deliur. 
.s'/'wr, K. 1}., "IV. iii. 3. 
II. intrans. If. To determine; decide; give 
judgment. 
The unjust judge ... Is the capital remover of land- 
marks, when he definelh amiss of lands and pro|ierties. 
Bacon, Judicature. 
2. To state a definition. 
defined (de-find'), p. a. Having the extent as- 
certained; having the precise limit marked, or 
having a determinate limit-; definite. 
Xo one had a dejhud portion of land or any certain 
bounds to his possessions. t;r-'>,' : ifini_ 
They are here, as at Mindanao, very superstitions in 
ashiiii; and cleansing themselves from' dejilementt : and 
for that reason they delight to live near the Rivera or 
Streams ,it water. J>aiii]iifr. Voyages, II. i. 1:(T. 
2. Corruption of morals, principles, or con- 
duct; impurity; pollution by vice or sin. 
Tbr chaste cannot fake into such tilth without danger 
rnl. .\ildifim. .spectator, Ko. 888 
definementt (de-fin'ment), n. [< OF. 
miiit, definition, finishing, accomplishment, < 
drfiner, difenir. define : see define.] The act of 
defining or describing ; definition. 
Sir, his defiiwme.nl suffers no perdition in you. 
.SAo*., Hamlet, v. 2. 
definer (de-fi'ner), 11. One who defines, in any 
sense of that word. 
Let your imperfect Definition show 
Tbat nothing you, the weak /' nn, r. know. 
Prii.r. (in K\ iii. 14. 
definisht, r. t. [ME. definislien, < OF. dtfiniss-, 
stem of certain parts of definir. define : see rfe- 
fim; and cf. finixli.] To define. Chaucer. 
definita, . Plural of definitum. 
