not fi-.i irbani thU eonn 
Ps. xl. . 
delight 
II. iiilnins. To linvo or tnki- groat .pleasure: delightingly (de-li'ting-10, adv 
be. greatly pli'iisod or rejoii-ed: followed by an 
infinitive or by in. 
Hi., siiuycr dfliti-'l untiling- t\u-r-inmr whan that he 
I,, bis inaister, buthewisU; 
to ll.\lll ri.lur. 
I il.'li.iht t.. ilo thy 111,0 
in my heart. 
The labour we ili-Ii'ilit in physics pain. 
Slink., Maclicth, li. . 
delight (de-lit'), n. [A wrong spelling (see the delightsome (de-lU's"um),rt. [< delight + -some.] 
verb); earlierooKtoX M K. tottte, uHt, aelyt.<Oi . j535htfnl ; imparting delight. 
,Hi-it, Mil = I 'r. iHicg, Mict = Sp. Pg. deMte = Tm . n (U . ( . k thee w|th tny , ooge ddinhtMme ro bes, 
It. dilctlo, delight; from the verb.] 1. A high And on thy wings bring delicate perfumes, 
degree of pleasure or satisfaction; joy; rapture. 
His deliiiht is in the law of th.- l.oi-d. Ps. I. 2. ^^{"^"{^d^Te'wV*^^^^^ 
Tliiiseaincl int< i i:ni.'land with great Joy and hearts d- ' ' Dampitr Voyages, II. I. 31. 
liiiht, both to my sclfe and all my acquaintance. ,,-,-*/ ,-\ j T l i;,l,i 
Wfbbe, Travels (ed. Arlier), p. 81. delightsomely(de-ht'sum-h), adv. Inane 
The ancients and our own Kli/alx-thans, ere spiritual me- ful manner ; in a way to give or receive delight. 
deliquate 
To delineate eharn. I. T h:i '' " liis |irlni-ipal aim. 
(Joldniiith, Good-natured Man, Pn f. 
Mr. [0. P. R.1 James is r,.nMil<il l>\ many In be a 
greater man than Mr. Dickens, because he delineate* kinu~ 
and nobles. H liijipte, EM. and Rev., I. 130. 
affords 
meiit. 
high degree of 
And show the best of olll ~ 
Shak., Macbeth, Iv. 1. 
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, . . . 
To scorn delights, and live laborious days. 
Milton, Lycidas, 1. 72. 
3t. Licentious pleasure ; lust. Chaucer. =Syn. 1. 
Joy, Pleasure, etc. (see gladness), gratification, rapture, 
transport, ecstasy, delectation. 
delighted (de-li'ted), p. a. [Pp. of delight, v.] 
1. Greatly pleased; joyous; joyful. 
About the keel delighted dolphins play. 
Wall,-,-, His Majesty's Escape. 
Ay. but to die, and go we know not where, 
To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; 
This sensible warm motion to become 
A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit 
To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside 
In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice. 
Shak., M. for M., III. 1. 
But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair 
What was thy delighted measure t 
Collins, The Passions. 
I In the quotation from Shakspere the meaning of the 
word is doubtful.] 
2t. Delightful ; delighted-in. 
If virtue no delighted beauty lack, 
Your son-in-law is far more white than black. 
Shak., Othello, i. 3. 
Whom best I love I cross ; to make my gift, 
The more delay'd, delighted. Shak. , Cymbellne, v. 4. 
delightedly (de-ll'ted-li), adv. In a delighted 
manner; with delight. 
Delightedly dwells he 'mong fays and talismans, 
And spirits ; and delightedly believes 
Divinities, being himself divine. 
Coleridge, tr. of Schiller's Death of Wallenstein. 
delighter (de-ll'ter), n. One who takes delight. 
[Bare.] 
Ill-humoured, or a delighter In telling bad stories. 
Barrow, Sermons, I. 250. 
delightful (de-lit'ful), a. [<_delight + -ful, 1.] 
1. In a de- 
lighting manner; so as to give delight. 2t. 
With delight ; cheerfully ; cordially. 
He did not consent clearly and drlightin ..;(.'/ t" Srqiilri's 
death. Jtr. Taylor, Ductor Dnbitantluiu. 
../, rtti (I'.. K. T. s.), iii. 4:;4. de li g htless (de-lit'les), a. [< delight + Jess.] delineation (. i.-lm-e-a shon), [= 
, y God : yea, thy law is with- u SSngM pk-asun- or delight ; cheerless. at '. n = . h l>' < /' j'''''',^',',, ",,,,'f;, <"]'";,' i',,^,,,,' 
^l*2?K&tt3Ul sleeu mark I" t!'^ define, *&]' 1 TkeMt 
Deform the day delightlets. Thomson, spring, process of delineating j the act of represent- 
ing, portraying, or depicting. 
If It please the eare well, the same represented by de- 
lineation to the view pleaseth the eye well. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesle, p. 70. 
2. Representation, whether pictorially or in 
words ; sketch ; description. 
The softest delineations of female beauty. Irving. 
= Syn. 2. Sketch,vtc.(teeoutline,n.); drawing, draft, por- 
trait ; account, description. 
delineator (de-lin'e-a-tor), n. [= F. delineateur 
= Sp. Pg. de'lineador = It. delineatore, < L. as 
if "delineator, < delineare, delineate : see deline- 
ate.] 1 . One who delineates or sketches, either 
pietorially or verbally. 
A modern delineator of characters. V. Knox, Essays, HI. 
Specifically 2. A tailors' pattern, made so as 
to expand in certain directions to correspond to 
the varying sizes of the garments. 3. A sur- 
veying instrument on wheels, which, on being 
moved over the ground, records the distance 
traversed and delineates the slopes or profile 
of the country ; a perambulator. 
grlms had become fashionable, perhaps made more out of 
life by taking a frank delight in its action and passion. 
I have not lived my life delight sumely. 
Tmnyson, Balin and Halan. 
The 
I'.iit. man. what doste thou with alb- this? 
Thowe doest the delytys of the devylle. 
The delightsoineness of our dwellings shall not be envied. 
Wheatly, Schools of the Prophets, Sermon at Oxford, p. 88. 
delignatet (de-lig'nat), v. t. [< L. de-,Pv- + 
_lClltJllcttt?T ^uc-llg ua^j, v. *. |_x *J. vw j... . 
'pMtieai"Pi>eiii, i : tc. (.(l. Fiirnivail), p. 172. lignum, wood, + -ate* ([suggested by delajndtttc, 
Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprites, 
+ -ory.] Delineating; 'describing; drawing 
the outline. 
The delineatory part of his work affords the best speci- 
men of his peculiar manner. Scott, Critical Essays, p. ML 
dilapidate).] To deprive or strip of wood. Da- 
vies. [Rare.] 
It moves me much, his accusation of covctousness di- 
lapidating, or rather delignating, his bishoprick, cutting 
down the wood thereof, for which he fell into the Queens 
displeasure. Fuller, Ch. Hist., IX. ill. 34. 
delimit (de-lim'it), v. t. [< F. delimiter, < LL. 
delimitare,'ma,Tk out the limits, < de- + limitare, 
limit, bound: see limit.] To mark or fix the 
limits or boundaries of ; bound. 
The sporangium is a large club-shaped cell delimited by 
a transverse wall from the unicellular tubular sporangio- delmeatUTCt (de-hn e-a-tur), n. [= It. deltnea- 
timi, < L. as if 'deltneatura, < delineare, mark 
out: see delineate.] Delineation. 
[= OF. delini- 
delenimentum, < 
limitation,~< iiL.' delimitare : see delimit.] The ^"je'+'lenir^, soften, '< "lenis, 'soft : see lenient, 
marking; fixing, or prescribing of limits or aelenifical.} 1. Mitigation. 2. A liniment, 
boundaries. Bailey. 
ime for ascertaining all the facts, delinltiont (del-i-nish'on), n. [Irreg. < L. de- 
ict system otMtoAo(tatoB ^^ ^smew, < de + linerc ^ 8mear: see lini- 
ment, letter.] The act of smearing. 
The delinition of the infant's ears and nostrils with the 
spittle. Dr. II. More, Mystery of Iniquity, II. x. f 3. 
phore. De Bary, Fungi (trans.), p. 74. 
The present system of delimiting the towns andjpreserv- 
fo 
de 
ng the memory of their bounds is an Inheritance from delinimentt (de-lin'i-ment), . [ 
ormer ages. - Science, v. -.46. ^ < L jfoHJfr^,,^ pl . op . del 
elimitation (de-hm-i-ta shon), n. [< t. de- falinire, prop . delenire, soothe, soft 
imitation, < LL. delimitare: see delimit.] The < de + i^ifg so ften, < lenis soft 
They had had ample ti 
a " 
Volumes of minute antiquarian investigation would be 
needed to trace . . . the progress of nomenclature and 
delimitation of the various dioceses of Britain from the 
first establishment of them to the present day. 
Eneyc. Brit., xii. 244. delinquency (de-ling^'kwen-si), n 
If the delimilatum of orders Is difficult, that of genera 
is often Impossible, so that they are reduced to assem- 
blages depending on the tact or taste of the author. 
Eneyc. Brit., XXII. 421. 
delinet (df-liu'), v. t. [= F. delineer = Sp. Pg. 
(lelinear =' It. delineare, < L. delineare, mark out, 
sketch, delineate : see delineate.] To mark out ; 
delineate. Otway. 
A certain plan had been delined out for a farther pro- 
ceeding, to retrieve all with help of the Parliament. 
_ ... pi. delin- 
quencies (-siz). [= OF. detinquance = Sp. de- 
Unetiencia = It. delinquenza, < LL. delinquentia, 
a fault, delinquency, < L. delinquents, delin- 
quent : see delinquent.] Failure or omission 
of duty or obligation ; a dereliction ; a fault; a 
shortcoming ; an offense. 
Neither moral delinquencies nor virtuous actions are 
declared to be the products of an inevitable necessity. 
Sir J. E. Tennent, Ceylon, v. 2. 
= Syn. Wrong, Sin, etc. See crimt. 
Roger Xorth, Examen, p. 523. d e lijliqnent'(de-ling ; kwent), . and n . [= D. de- 
^n /, ret. =o if *H f n f . ' 
[le-lin'e-a-bl), a. [< L. as if "deline- 
abilis, < delineare, mark out : see deline, deline- 
ate.] Capable of delineation ; liable to be de- 
lineated. 
Highly pleasing ; affording great pleasure am 
satisfaction: as, a delightful thought; a delight- 
ful prospect. 
The house is delightful the very perfection of the old 
Elizabethan style. Macaulay 's Life and Letters, I. 191. delineament (de-lin'e-a-ment), n. [= Sp. dc- 
Afterall, \.u\te delightj'uHi tobeclassic, and the chaotic Uiieamicnto Pg. deliiiiamento = It. delincn- 
In either vision there is something not deliiwabU. 
Feltham, Letters, xvii. (Ord MS.). 
never pleases long. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 204. 
Syn. Delicious, Delight ful (sue delicious) ; charming, ex- 
quisite, enchanting, rapturous, ravishing, 
delightfully (de-lit'ful-i), adi'. 1. In a delight- 
ful manner : iii a manner to afford great plea- 
sure: charmingly. 
lion can you more profitably or more delightfully em- 
Sloy your Sunday leisure than In the performance of such 
uties as these? Bp. Porteoui, Works, I. ix. 
2t. With delight; delightedly. 
O voice once heard 
Delightfully, Increase and multiply; 
Now death to hear ! Milton, P. L, x. 730. 
delightfulness (de-lit' f ul-ues), n. 1 . The qual- 
ity of being delightful, or of affording great 
pleasure: as, the wtfoMArfMM of a prospect or 
of scenery; the deliijli1fiiliit-x* of leisure. 
Q.'Sw. delinquent = Dan. delinkrent 
= F. delinquant = Sp. delinvuente = Pg. It. de- 
linqvente, < L. delinquen(t-')s, ppr. of delinquere, 
fail, be wanting, commit a fault (see delict), < 
de, away, + linqurre, leave. Cf. relinquent, re- 
linquish.] I. a. Failing in duty; offending by 
neglect of duty or obligation: as, a delinquent 
tenant ; a delinquent subscriber. 
K. 
mento, < L. as if 'deliiteameiitum, < delineare, 
mark out: see deline, delineate.] Representa- 
tion by delineation ; picture ; graphic sketch. 
The sunne's a type of that eternal! light 
Which we call God, a fair delineament 
Of that which Good In Plato's school ts bight 
Dr. H. More, Psychathanasla, III. iii. 11. 
lelineate (de-lin'e-at), r. t. ; pret. and pp. de- 
lineated, ppr.' delineating. [< L. delineates, pp. 
of delineare, also deliniare, mark out, sketch, < 
de + lineare, mark out, < linea, a line : see Kne 2 . 
Cf. deline.] 1. To exhibit or mark out in lines ; 
sketch or represent in outline : as, to delineate 
the form of the earth or a diagram. 2. To rep- 
resent pictorially ; draw a likeness of ; portray ; 
depict. __ g_ o/etuler. Delinquent (see ofender) ; wrong-doer. 
They may delineate Nestor like Adonis^or Time with delinquency (de-ling'kwent-li), adv. So as to 
fail in duty or obligation. 
He that practiseth either fur his own pront, or any other 
sinister ends, may be well termed a delinquent person. 
State Trials (1640), Earl Strafford. 
II. . One who fails to perform a duty or 
discharge an obligation ; one guilty of a de- 
linquency ; an offender ; a culprit. 
Nor do I think his sentence cruel (for 
'Gainst such delinifuents what can lie too bloody?) 
But that it is abhorring from our state. 
B. Jonson, Catiline, v. 6. 
A delinquent ought to be cited in the place of jurisdic- 
tion where the delinquency was committed. Ayli/e. 
Delinquents who confess, 
And pray forgiveness, merit anger less. 
Couyer, Elegies, iv. 
Absalom's head. 
, 
"" 
Because it [deportment] is a nurse of peace and greatly , *" "* ^j v* vwig*/iw. 
,.ontrihut,-stothe<;,".,;.r/in f society, [it] hath been 3. To describe ; represent to the mind or under- deliquate (del'i-kwat), r. ; pret. and pp. deli- 
aiwayi much commended. itarruu; Sermons, I. xxix. standing ; exhibit a likeness of m words : as, to gua 7erf, ppr. del/quoting. [< L. deliqttatus, pp. 
2f. The state of being delighted ; great plea- delineate character. o f d c liq uar e, clarify a liquid by straining it ; 
SUIT ; delight. The i ancients have with^great exactness delineated uni- ^ j;_ taken in a lit. sense (after deliquesce, q. 
Hut our desires' tyrannical extortion 
Doth force us there to set our chief delightfulness 
Where but a baiting place is all our portion. 
Sir P. Sidney. 
versal nature, under the person of Pan. 
llncun. Fable of Pan. 
Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. 
Walpvte, Anecdotes of Painting. I. U. 
v.), melt down, < de, down, + liqiiare, liquefy, 
melt: see liquate and delay?.] I. in trans. To 
melt or be dissolved. 
