deisticalness 
deisticalness (de-is'ti-kal-nes), . The char- 
acter of being deistical ; deism. [Rare.] 
deitatet (de'i-tat), a. [Irreg. < L. deita(t-)s, de- 
ity, + -ate 1 .'] Possessing the nature of God; 
divine; deified. 
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In the midst of all my endeavours, there is but one 
delactation 
. . 
One person and one Christ who is God incarnate, and dejectt (de-jekf), n. [< OF. deje . 
man deitate, as Gregory Nazianzen saitli, without muta- _ j t nc ifH o < L. dcjectus, pp. : Bee the verb.] 
tion. Cmnmer, To Bp. Gardiner. Downc / gt . 1 w . S irited wretc 
Take a ilejemif of muskadel and eggs. 
B. Jonson, New Inn. 
S "sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, ii. 3. (Jgj eun er (da-zhe-iia'), [F., prop. inf. dejeu- 
Nor think to die dejects my lofty mind. wr< OF. dtsjrmirr, desjuner, break fast, < L. dis- 
Pope, K. of theL.,v. 99. iy _ + LL ' j e j ul>nre (> F.jeuner), fast: see je- 
Cf. ifiwe.] Breakfast; the morning jneal. 
Syn. 3. To sadden, make despondent, afflict, grieve. 
[< OF. deject = Sp. deyecto 
Deiters's cells. See cell. 
deity (de'i-ti), w. ; pi. <?'< (-tiz). [< ME. rfc- 
ite, dcyte, ( OF. <7e(/e, F. deite = Pr. deitat = Sp. 
deidad = Pg. deidade = It. rfrifrf, < LL. deita(t-) 
(for classical L. dwinita(t-)x, divinity), the di- 
vine nature, < L. de,,* (> F. dicu == Pr. rf.w, dejecta (de-jek to , ; ^ 
<fes = Sp. *os = Pg. <feos = It. dio), a god, ^c"^, PP- 01 ae .re, a sre, 
God. The L. dews (whence also E. dcifc, deify, 
Downcast; low-spirited; wretched; dejected. 
And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, 
That snck'd the honey of his music vows, 
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, 
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. 
Shak., Hamlet, lii. 1. 
nent. pi. of de- 
thrown down: 
see deject.] Excrements. 
In France it is a midday meal, breakfast in the English 
and American sense not being eaten, instead of which it 
is usual to take, upon awaking in the morning, merely a 
cup of coffee or chocolate and a roll. Dejeuner a la 
fourchette (literally, breakfast with the fork), a set meal 
in the middle of the day, with meat and wine ; a luncheon. 
A form of entertainment much in favour with society 
was the dejeuner <l la .fourchette. The " breakfast," al- 
ways of the most recherche' description, including the 
choicest wines and every delicacy proem-able, usually be- 
gan between 4.30 and 6 o'clock, and lasted for a couple of 
hours, after which dancing was generally kept up until one 
or two o'clock in the morning. 
First Year of a Silken Reign, p. 118. 
(de-jek'tant), a. 
In lier., same as despectant. 
' 
logical and mythological relations are some- 
what involved. The principal L. words of the In lier., sumeasdegpectant 
group are: (1) L. deus, earlier dius (pi. di, dii, dej.ectedUde-jek tedXp-jz. 
dat. and abl. pi. dis, diis, in inscriptions also 
dibits. 
deject 
'thus, diibus, gen. pi. divom, dwum ; later nom. 
pi. del, gen. pi. deortim), orig. *dius, *divus, a 
god; cf . Skt. deva, heavenly, as n. a god, = Zend 
daei-a, an evil spirit, => Lith. deva, a god ; Gael, 
and Ir. dia, God, = OW. Diu, W. rfww, God, = 
Icel. tivi, a god; prob. not connected with Gr. 
fc6c, a god (whence E. theism, tlteist, atheism, 
atheist, thearclnj, theodicy, tlieology, etc.). (2) L. 
dints, often dins (= Gr. Sioc, or *6i p6(, divine), adj. 
to deus; hence L. divinus, divine (see dit'ine); cf. 
Skt. ddiva, divine, divya, heavenly; L. dints, 
dius, adj., as n. a god. (3) OL. Dwvis, later 
Jovis (uom. 
ter (see Jove, 
f or *Ar/i>s (gen 
= Skt. dyam (gen. diras, stein div-), the sky. 
heaven, day, personified Heaven ; the same in 
combination, OL. Joujriter, L. Jupiter, Juppiter, a e j ec tedness (de-jek'ted-nes), n. 1. The state 
in another form Diespiter, = Gr. voc. Zev T,arep of temg cast down; depression of spirits. 2. 
O.I *mn TtitfTltoJl Hl//fl> lit TTaatmn hQ-tnOt 1 * - ... .. 
Long, with dejected look and whine, 
To leave the hearth his dogs repine. 
Scott, Marmion, iv., Int. 
Dejected embowed, in her., embowed with the head 
downward : said of a serpent use_d as a bearing. Also 
cinbmved dejected. = Syn. 2. Sad, disheartened, dispirited, 
lownhearted. 
a dejected 
= Skt. voc. Dyausli pltar, lit. Heaven Father; 
= OTeut. *Hi, in OHG. Zio = AS. Tiw = Icel. 
Tjr, the Teutonic god of battle ; the AS. Tiw 
is still preserved in E. Tuesday, AS. Times dwg 
(see Tiw and Tuesday). (4) L. Hies, a day, orig. 
*dids, "divas; cf. Skt. dyaus (stem div-), day 
names from the same root, see Diana, Janus, 
Juno, and Dis. Cf. also demon.] 1. Godhead; 
divinity ; the attributes of a god ; especially, the 
nature and essence of the one Supreme Being. 
For what reason could the same deity be denied unto 
Laureutia and Flora which was given to Venus? Raleigh. 
So spake the Father ; and, unfolding bright 
Toward the right hand his glory, on the Son 
Blazed forth unclouded deity. Milton, P. L., x. 65. 
2. [cap.] God; the Supreme Being, or infinite 
self -existing Spirit: regularly with the definite 
article. 
An Atheist's laugh's a poor exchange 
For Deity offended 1 
Burns, Epistle to a Young Friend. 
I seem ... to see the benevolence of the Deity more 
clearly in the pleasures of my young children than in any- 
thing else in the world. Paley, Moral Philos., ii. 5. 
3. A god ; a divinity ; a being to whom a divine 
or godlike nature is attributed ; an object or a 
person worshiped as a god. 
Even Buddha himself is not worshipped as a deity, or as 
a still existent agent of benevolence and power. He is 
merely reverenced as a glorified remembrance. 
Sir J. E. Tennent, Ceylon, iv. 11. 
deject (de-jekf), v. t. [= OF. dejeter, degeter, 
Thrown down ; D e k a bristt, " [< Russ - DekaW, December, + 
lying prostrate. [Rare.] 2. Low-spirited; _ igf -, game as Decembrist. 
downcast ; forlorn ; depressed ; melancholy d e k a( Jrachjn (dek'a-dram), n. [< Gr. <fe, 
from failure, apprehension, or the like. ^ worth 10 drachmas, < MKU, = E. 
'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, . . . cW^jUi^adrach- 
Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, . . . ,7, Y ,/,;,_ 
That can denote me truly. Shale. , Hamlet, I. 2. J ! . se f C'nc'l 
He was much dejected, and made account we would have "' , .y 1 
killed him. Winthnp, Hist. New England, I. 319. An ancient 811- 
ver coin of the 
value of 10 
drachms, oc- 
casionally is- 
sued at Syra- 
cuse and in 
other parts of 
the Hellenic 
world. The 
specimen illus- 
trated weighs 
660.9 grains. 
dekagram, . 
See decagram. 
dekass '(dek'- 
iis), n. [G., < 
Gr. Seta, = E. 
ten, + L. as 
(ass-), as: see 
(ts^, ace.] A 
unit of mass ; 
, . . ten asses: in 
deyeecion = Pg. dejec^So = It. dejezione, the grand 
,.-..... ,1 *::.. .j.,.- duchy of Ba- 
den equal to 5 
Dejectedly, and low, he bowed. 
Scott, L. of L. M., i., Epil. 
Abjectness ; meanness of spirit ; lowliness. 
The text gives it to the publican's dejectedneis, rather 
than to the Pharisee's boasting. Feltham, Resolves, ii. 2. 
The dejectedness of a slave is likewise given him [Caliban], 
and the ignorance of one bred up in a desert island. 
Drydea, Grounds of Orlt. in Tragedy. 
(the same as <fyas, the sky, etc., above), Anne- dejecter (de-jek'ter), n. One who dejects or 
niau tiv, Ir. dia = W. dyw, day: see dial, diurnal, casts down.' 
journal, journey. (5), etc. : For other L. deity- dejection (de-jek'shon), n. [= F. dejection = 
L. dejectio(n-), < dejeciun', pp. of dcjieere, dei- 
' 1. The act of casting 
cere, deject: see deject.] 
down; a casting down ; prostration. [Rare.] 
Such full-blown vanity he doth more loathe 
Than base dejection. B. Jonson, Poetaster, Ind. 
Adoration implies submission and dejection. Pearson. 
2. Depression; diminution. [Rare.] 
The effects of an alkalescent state, in any great degree, 
are thirst and a dejection of appetite, which putrid things 
occasion more than any other. Arbuthnot, Aliments. 
3. In med. : (a) Fecal discharge; evacuation. 
The matter discharged or voided ; dejecta : 
Reverse. 
Dekadrachtn of Syracuse, by Erainetos, 
4th century B. c. British Museum. (Size 
of the original.) 
decigrams, or 
1.1 grains troy. 
dekastere, . 
See decastere. 
dekingt (de-king'), v. t. 
To dethrone ; depose. 
Edward being thus dekingcd, the embassie rode ioyf ully 
backe to London to the parliament. 
Speed, Edward III., IX. xii. 75. 
w. See deckle. 
[< de- priv. + 
watery dejections. 
cast ; depression or lowness of spirits ; melan- 
choly. 
What besides 
Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair, 
Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. 
Milton, P. L., 
A vague dejection 
Weighs down my soul. 
- M. Arnold, Consolation. 
5. In astral., the house furthest removed from 
the exaltation of a planet. =syn. 4. sadness, de- 
ipondency, gloom. 
or throw down ; direct downward. 
dejectory (de-jek'to-ri), a. [< deject + -on/.] In 
^., having power or tending to promote evacu- 
atlons b y st o1 : as > dejectory medicines. 
dejecture (de-jek'tur), . [< deject -ure.] 
In med., that which is ejected; excrement; de- 
Palladim, Hnsboudrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 59. 
The Austrian colours he doth here deject 
With too much scorn. 
B. Jonson, Prince Henry's Barriers, jecta. 
Sometimes she dejects her eyes In a seeming civility ; dejeratet (dej'e-rat), V. i. 
and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. 
Fuller, Profane State, i. 
2f. To abate; lower; diminish in force or 
amount. 
Ere long she was able, though in strength exceedingly 
dejected., to call home her wandering senses. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
, . . [< L. dejerare, take 
an oath, orig. dejurarc, a form restored in LL., 
< de + jurare, swear: see jurat, jury.] 
swear solemnly. 
.lei. An abbreviation of the Latin 
(he) drew it, placed after an artist's name on a 
picture. 
Delabechea (del-a-besh'e-ii), . [NL., named 
xi - * after the English geologist Sir H. T. De la 
Beche (1796-1855).] A genus of trees, formed 
for the bottle-tree, now included under Ster- 
citlia. See cut under bottle-tree. 
delabialize (de-la' bi-al-Iz ), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
delabialized, ppr. delabiali:iiit/. [< de- priv. + 
labialize.] To deprive of or change from a la- 
bial character. H. Sweet. 
delaceratet (de-las'e-rat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
delacerated, ppr. delacerating. [< L. delacera- 
tits, pp. of delacerare, tear to pieces (but found 
only in fig. sense 'frustrate'); cf. dilacerare, to 
tear to pieces (> E. dilacerate), < de-, from, or di-, 
away, apart, + lacerare, tear: see lacerate.] To 
tear to pieces ; lacerate. 
delacerationt (de-las-e-ra'shon), n. [< L. *de- 
laccrutio(n-), < delacerare, tear in pieces: see 
; delacerate.] A tearing in pieces. 
To delacrimationt (de-lak-ri-ma'shon), 11. [Also 
written delacri/ntafioii ; < L. ilcl(icriniatii>(n-), < 
delaerimarc, shed tears, < de, down, + lacri- 
lejerationt (oiej-e-ra' snon), . i<. LI. atjera- lunuurmtuie, BUBU usars, \ , uunu. i .^..- 
?/"(-), LL. dejiiratio(n-)',' < dejerare, take an mare, laerumare, weep, shed tears, <. toorima, 
3. To depress the spirits of ; dispirit; discou- 
rage ; dishearten : now chiefly in the past parti- 
ciple used adjectively. See dejected. 
oath: seedejerate.] Thetakingof asolemnoath. 
Doubtless with many vows and tears and dejerationn lie 
labours to clear his intentions to her person. 
Bp. Hall, Hainan Hanged. 
dejeunet, Same as dejeuner. 
laeriinia, a tear: see lacnjmal.] Wateriness of 
the eyes ; excessive secretion of tears ; lacrima- 
tion; epiphora. 
delactationt (de-lak-ta'shon), n. [< de- priv. 
+ lactation.] The act of weaning. 
