demand 
sell nnil that to liny, or IK-IH, . u tho-c thiu-s i.t evhancr- 
llble value which are for sale allil those \\ hirli ran he pur 
duiftcd : uscit most commonly in the expression 
,1,1, mi til run! XN/'/'/I/, the law that as the ili-lnaiHl for a 
Kiven ciimmoility increases. m 1 while thf ilemanil remains 
the satin till' supply falls nit. thr price <>f that i niiim.'.liM 
rises; ali'l as the liemanil falls olt, or the supply increases 
without a corresponding increase of demand, the price 
falls. 
Jti'iinrnil iltnf xii/iff,/ ".overn the Value of all things 
which i-aiin.it be Indcn'iilU'ly Increased. 
J. S. MM, I'ol. Econ., III. 111. f 2. 
Demand note, a note payable on ilemanil that is, on 
presentation ; specifically, ill the tlimiieial history of the 
I'nited States, one of the Mutes v. liieh composed tlie is>ue 
of S.MI.IMNI.IMNI of pa pel- money authorized hy a law enacted 
liy Congress in July, 1801, fur that purpose. Effectual 
demand, in ///'. - <". See !*. In demand, In request ; 
miieh sought after or courted : as, these goods are in de- 
IIII'IK/ ; his company is in great dt.ina.nd. On demand, 
mi heinK claimed ; on presentation : as, a hill payable on 
iti'iniiii'l ; all cheeks are payable on demand. 
demandable (de-man'da-bl), a. [< demand + 
-able.] That may be demanded, claimed, ask- 
ed for, or required: as, payment is demandable 
at the expiration of the credit. 
demandant (de-man'dant), n. [< F. deman- 
dant (= Sp. P'g. It. demandante}, ppr. of de- 
mander, demand: see demand.'] In law, one 
who demands ; the plaintiff in a real action (so 
called because he demands something); any 
plaintiff. 
demander (de-man'der), . [< demand + -/rl. 
Cf. F. deman'deur = Pr. demamJatn, demanda- 
ilur = Sp. Pg. demandador = It. dimandatore.] 
One who demands. 
Vet, to so fair and courteous a dtmandcr, 
That promises compassion, at worst pity, 
1 will relate a little of my story. 
Beau, ini.i Ft., Captain, ii. 1. 
demandress (de-man'dres), . [< demander + 
-cxs.] In law, a female demandant. 
demantoid (de-inan'toid), n. [< G. demant, 
diamant, diamond, + -oid.] A light-green to 
emerald-green variety of garnet, found in the 
Ural mountains. It is transparent and of bril- 
liant luster, and is classed as a gem. 
demarcate (de-mar'kiit), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
demarcated, ppr. demarcating. [< NL. "demar- 
catits, pp. of "demarcare, mark off, set the 
bounds of: see demark.] 1. To mark off from 
adjoining land or territory; set the limits or 
boundaries of. 
The thoughtful critics argue that it was a mistake for 
us to demarcate the frontier of Afghanistan, for by so do- 
ing we have defined and increased our res|mnsibilities. 
Nineteenth Century, XXII. 477. 
2. To determine the relative limits of; sepa- 
rate or clearly discriminate. 
Matter and motion, force and cause, have also their 
transcendental elements, and it is the province of meta- 
physics to demarcate these from the known anil Icnowable 
elements. 0. II. Leuvi, Probs. of Life and Mind, 1. 1 43. 
demarcation (de-miir-ka'shon), n. [Also writ- 
ten demarcation; < F. demarcation = Sp. de- 
mnrcaeioH = Pp. donarcacfto = It. demarcazione, 
< NL. *demarcatio(n-), < *demarrare, set the 
bounds of: see demarcate, demark.'] 1. The act 
of marking off limits or boundaries; determi- 
nation by survey of the line of separation 
between adjoining lands or territories ; delimi- 
tation: as, the demarcation of the frontiers. 
The Kussian ministers proposed that, before proceeding 
to actual <li -111111 1 'at ion, we should settle with them the gen- 
eral principles and cardinal points upon which the joint 
commission should work. Edinburgh Rev., CLXIII. 6. 
2. In general, the act of determining the rela- 
tive limits or extent of anything; separation; 
discrimination. 
The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience 
ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, 
and not easily definable. Burke, Kev. In France. 
demarchM (de-march/), n. [< F. demarche, 
gait, walk, step, a step taken with the object 
of securing anything, < OF. demarcher, march, 
walk, advance, < de- + marcher, march: see 
march 8 .] March; excursion; manner of pro- 
ceeding. 
Imagination enlivens reason in its most extravagant 
.//,'.-. London Journal. 17-21. 
demarch 2 (de'mark), n. [< L. demarches, < Gr. 
Huafrof, < 6f//iaf, a district, deme, + op*" 1 ', 
rule. ] 1 . The ruler or magistrate of an ancient 
Attic deme. 2. The mayor of a modern Greek 
town. 
demark (dO-miirk'), r. t. [< F. demarqiter = 
Sp. ly. ih iiuirciir = It. demarcare, < NL. *de- 
iiinrcare, mark off, set the bounds of, bound, < 
L. de, off, + ML. wmi/-< . mark, < mnrca, bound, 
mark, march: see mark 1 , march 1 .] To mark 
i'IT: tix the limits or boundaries of ; demarcate. 
demarkation, . See 
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dematerialization (de-ma-te'ri-al-i-za'shon), 
a. [< ilt iitalrriiilizi' + -tttioH.] 1. The act of de- 
materiali/.ing, or divesting of material qualities. 
Miss .lemima's dowry . . . would snttice to prevent that 
U'laililal process of il?ii\<lti riali*"! inn w Inch the lengthened 
itiet upon minnows anil sticklebacks had already made 
apparent In the line and slow-evanishlng form of the 
philosopher. 
Rulicrr, My Novel, iii. 17. 
2. In mod. s/iiritHii/ixm, the alleged act or pro- 
cess of dissolving and vanishing after materi- 
alization (which see). 
Also spelled dematcrialisation. 
dematerialize (de-ma-te'ri-al-iz), v. ; pret. and 
pj). (lemateriatizcd, ppr. denwterializing. [= F. 
dematcnaliser ; as dc- priv. + materialize.] I. 
tranx. To divest of material qualities or char- 
acteristics. 
Dematerialaing matter by stripping it of everything 
which . . . has distinguished matter. Mtlman. 
II. intrans. In mod. s]>iritualism, to dissolve 
and disappear, as alleged, after materializa- 
tion. 
If he (the ghost] ever " materialized," he was careful to 
dematerialize again before any one could get a sample of 
his beautiful work. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIIL 410. 
Also spelled dematerialise. 
Dematieae, Dematiei (dera-a-tl'e-e, -i), . ]>l. 
[NL.,< Dematium + -fa;, -ei.] The largestfamily 
of hyphomycetous fungi. The mycelium Is usually 
abundant, fuscous or black, and somewhat rigid. The 
fertile hyphee and eonldia are typically colored like the 
mycelium, though either, but not both, may be hyaline. 
Conidia are borne at the top or sides of the fertile hyphie, 
and are septate In a majority of the species. Many spe- 
cies grow on dead wood and other organic matter ; but 
many also grow on living plants, in some cases causing 
serious injury to crops. Some are known to be conidial 
forms of ascomycetous fungi. These fungi are popularly 
railed black moldtt. 
Dematium (de-mat'i-um), n. [NL., < Gr. 
icpuTiw, dim. of 6t/ta(T-), a bundle, a bend, < 
Metv, tie, bind.] A small genus of Dematiece, 
in which the conidia are borne in chains on 
the sides of the fertile hyphse. 
demayt (de-ma'), . i. [ME. demayen, var. of 
desmayen, 'dismay: see dismay.] To be dis- 
mayed; fear. 
Dere dame, to day demay yow neuer. 
Sir Gawayne and the. Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), L 470. 
demayneM, See demain, demesne. 
demayne' 2 t, Same as demean 1 . 
deme't (dem), v. An obsolete (Middle Eng- 
lish) form of deem 1 . Chaucer. 
deme 2 (dem), n. [< Gr. 6i/uoc., a district, the 
people.] 1. A subdivision of ancient Attica 
and of modern Greece ; a township. 
The eponymous hero of a deme in Attica. Grote. 
Eleusis was the only Attic deme which (perhaps on ac- 
count of its sacred character) was allowed by Athens to 
coin money. B. \ T . Head, Hlstoria Numorum, p. 328. 
2. Ill sool.i (a) The tertiary or higher indi- 
vidual resulting from the aggregate integra- 
tion of merides (see merix) ; a zo8id. (6) Any 
uudifferentiated aggregate of plastids or mo- 
nads. See extract. 
The term colony, corm, or deme may Indifferently le ap- 
plied to these aggregates of primary, secondary, tertiary, 
or quaternary order which are not, however, integrated 
into a whole. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 843. 
demean 1 (de-men'), v. t. [< ME. demenen, de- 
meyncn, demaynen, demaneu, < OF. demener, 
deminer, demaner, demoner, drive, push, lead, 
guide, conduct, manage, employ, direct, do, F. 
ilcnicner, refl., throw one's self about, stir, 
struggle, = Pr. demenar = It. dimcnare, < ML. 
as if 'deminare, conduct, < de, down, away, + 
miiiare, lead, L. drive, deponent minari, threat- 
en: see menace, mine*.] If. To lead; guide; 
conduct. 
After that the swyniming oil doo gete 
Into sum thing with fetheres faire and clene, 
And in sum goodly vessel it detnene. 
Palladium, Uusboudrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 59. 
And what ye think that I shall do trewly, 
In this mater demeane me as ye list. 
Generydrt (E. E. T. S.), 1. 788. 
2f. To conduct ; manage ; control ; exercise ; do. 
Is it not a grete mischaunce, 
To let a foole hav governaunce 
I if thing that he cannot demeyne? 
Chaucer, Rouse of Fame, L 959. 
How doth the youthful general demean 
His actions in these fortunes? 
Ford, Broken Heart, i. 2. 
Our obdurat clergy have with violence demean'd the 
matter. Milton, Arcopagitica, p. 45. 
3. Reflexively, to behave; carry; conduct. 
And loke ye demrne ytne so, that noon knowc what wey 
we ahull ride. Mrrlin (E. E. T. .*.), iii. SHI. 
The king could not he induced to patronize the design, 
ami promised only a connivance in it so long as they de- 
meantd themelve peaceably. Everett, Orations, I. 220. 
dement 
demean 1 1 (de-men'), n. [Also archaically il< - 
mill/in < ill niiiin 1 . i.; cf. mini.] 1. Dealing; 
management; treatment. 
AH the vile demesne, and usage bail 
With which he had those two no ill Ix-stad. 
Spenar, V. K., \ I. vl. 18. 
Seckc . . . to wlnne fauour and liking of the people, by 
Bift.1 ami friendly demraur. towards them. 
llakhtyt'H Voyage*, I. 434. 
2. Mien; demeanor; behavior; conduct. 
Then, turning to the rainier, he gan spy 
Where at his feet, with sorrowful! demaync 
And deadly hew, an armed corse did lye. 
Spetaer, F. Q., II. vill. 23. 
You sewers, carvers, ushers of the court, 
Sirnanied gentle for your fair demean. 
Here I do take of you my last farewell. 
Beau, and /'(., Woman Hater, 111. 3. 
With grave demean and solemn vanity. 
Wttt, On Travelling. 
demean 2 (de-men'), v. t. [Improp. < de- + 
mean 1 , base; orig. a misuse of demean 1 .] To 
debase; lower; lower the dignity or standing 
of; bemean. [This is in origin a misuse of demean^ by 
association with the adjective mean-. Being thus illegiti- 
mate in origin and Inconvenient in use, from its tendency 
to be confused with demrani in its proper sense, the word 
is avoided by scrupulous writers. See bemean-.] 
You base, scurrilous old but I won't demean myself by 
naming what you are. Sheridan, The Duenna, 1. 3. 
It was of course Mrs. Sedley's opinion that her son 
would i/. i/i.-im himself by a marriage with an artist's daugh- 
ter. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, vl. 
demean :1 t, n. [Var. of demain, demesne, q. v.] 
Same as demain. 
demeanancet (de-me'nans), n. [< demean 1 + 
-ance.] Demeanor; belavior. 
demeanantt, a. [ME. demenaunt, < OF. deme- 
nant, ppr. of demener, manage, conduct, de- 
mean: see demean 1 and -ant 1 .] Carrying on 
business; trading; dealing. 
That no citezen resident withyn the cite and demenaunt, 
havynge eny proteceyon, or beynge outlawed or acursed, 
bere non office w 'vn this cite. 
English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 393. 
demeaningt (de-me'ning), n. [< ME. demening ; 
verbal n. of demean 1 , v. ] Demeanor ; behavior. 
He was wild in all his demeniny, 
Vnto the tyme he drew to more sadnesse ; 
Thannc afterward he was withoute feynlng 
A nobyll knyght. Generydei (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 1345. 
demeanor, demeanour (de-me'nor), n. [Prop., 
as in early mod. E., demeanure, < ME. demenure, 
< demenen, E. demean 1 , + -ure, E. -our, -or.] If. 
Conduct; management; treatment. 
Ood commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly 
to the demeanour of every grown man. Milton. 
2. Behavior; carriage; bearing; deportment: 
as, decent demeanor; sad demeanor. 
This King Athore was a goodly personage, higher by a 
foot and a halfe then any of the French, representing a 
kinde of Maiestie and grauitle in his demeanure. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 771. 
The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple, 
refined demeanour. Thackeray, Vanity Fair. 
A lad who has, to a degree that excites wonder and ail- 
miration, the character and demeanour of an intelligent 
man of mature age, will probably be that, and nothing 
more, all his life. 
Whateiy, Bacon's Essay, "Youth and Age." 
= Syn. 2. Conduct, Deportment, etc. (see behavior), man- 
ner, mien, l>caring, air. 
demeanuret, n. See demeanor. 
demembert (de-mem'ber), r. t. [< ME. demem- 
bren, < ML. demcmbrare, deprive of a limb or 
of the limbs (equiv. to disntembrarc, > OF. des- 
membrer, F. demembrer : see dismember), < L. de- 
priv. + membrum, member.] To dismember. 
demembered (de-mem'berd), a. [< demembcr 
+ -erf 2 . Cf . F. demembre, pp. of demembrer, dis- 
member: see dismember.] In her., same as de- 
chauxse. 
demembration (de-mem-bra'shon), n. [< ML. 
demcmbratio(n-), < demembrare, deprive of a 
limb : see demember.] In Scots law, the offense 
of maliciously cutting off or otherwise separat- 
ing any limb or member from the body of an- 
other. 
d6membr6 (da-mon'bra), a. [F., pp. of demem- 
brer, dismember: see dismember, and cf. demem- 
bration.] In her., same as dismembered. 
demenauntt, a. Same as demeanant. 
demency (de'men-si), n. [< F. demence = Sp. 
Pg. demencia = ft. demenzia, < L. dementia, q. v.] 
Same as dementia. [Rare.] 
dement (de-menf), a. and . [= F. dement = 
Sp. Pg. It.'demeute, < L. demen(t-)s, out of one's 
mind, mad, demented, < de- priv. -I- men(t-)s, 
mind: see mental.] L n. Out of one's mind; 
insane; demented. J. H. Xetcman. 
