democrat 
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demon 
3. A light wagon witln.ui ;i i"p. 
i-ral seats, anil usually drawn 
Originally called ili-iiincrnlic irni/i 
and Middle U. S.]- Social democrat, see 
democratic (dem-o-krat'ik), a. [= F. demo- Democritean (de-mok-n-te an), n 
i = Sp. Pg.'lt. dciiiiM-niHco <rf. D. demo- tws + -can.] Of or pertaining to Democritus, 
*,-. < f~ , \ * i_%___. _ _i i. A an m. f, A_ *!*. 
demolera, < L. (lemoliri, throw down, pull down, 
demolish, < de, down, + moliri, build, con- 
(>/ = Sp. I'g. II. itciiiiM-nitico el. v. aemo- tun -t- -can.] ui or pertaining w j .">, ,^.. .!* , 
toft - ( dnniilralixck = Dan. Sw. rferno- a Greek philosopher born about 460 B. c., or to struct, set m motion exert oneself 
fc . <NL. 'L!:,,-,-,,,,,-,,,, !r. ,!,_*, tto atomic theory associated with his name, deavpr, < motes, a pUe huge mass whence E. 
1,-i-iilixl;), < NL. 'ilfniiicralicii.i, < (ir. . 
/a, democracy: see democrat.] 1. Per- See nlnmic. 
turning to or characteristic of democracy as a 
prineiple of government. 
The democratic theory is that those constitutions are 
likely to prove steadiest which liavu the broadest base, 
that the right to vote makes a safety-valve of every voter, - t /-i,\ 
andthat the best way of teaching a man how to vote to to DemOCritlC (dem-O-KTlt IK), a. 
: .'i\e liim tin- . hanee of practice. Loirntl, Democracy, mncrileiiH. 
2 I </.. or /.c.l In U.S. politics, of, pertaining Democritical (dem-o-krit'i-kal), a. .In the style 
* ^ I . . J. . _ .f _^ '*. , " ^m TA,. **.*..*. . nY.l.nrl * l\ 11w.f-l>, 1 1 Itllt \t"mlr*J (\V 
He [Xenocrates] seems to have identified the Platonic 
ideas with number*, and the Democritean atoms with the 
uniU of which the latter were composed, and to have re- 
garded the soul as a certain tl&ot or nunil r. 
J. U. Rigg, Mind, XL 89. 
, 
deavor, < moles, a pile, huge mass, whence I '.. 
mole*, q. v. Cf. amolish.'] 1. To throw or pull 
down ; destroy the structural character of, as 
a building or a wall ; reduce to ruins. 
The men who demolithed the images in cathedrals have 
not always been able to demoluh those which were en- 
shrined In their mlndB. Macaulay, Milton. 
Same as De- g_ f> destroy in general; put an end to; ruin 
to, or characteristic of the Democratic party ; 
being a supporter of the Democratic party: as, 
a Democratic newspaper; the Democratic plat- 
form ; a Democratic convention. 
He was democratic, not in the modern sense of the term, 
as never bolting a caucus nomination, and never thinking 
differently from the actual administration ; but on prin- 
of Democritus : applied to incredible works or 
fables on natural nistory, on account of his 
writings on the language of birds, etc. Dories. 
Not to mention democrilical stories, do we not flnd by 
experience that there 1 a mighty disagreement between 
an oak and an olive tree? 
Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, p. 394. 
e'i'p'i,-. as'fnunded'in a strict, in contradistinction to a'lati- Demodex (dem'o-deks), n. [NL., appar. < Gr. 
tudiniirian, construction of the constitution. tjjy/^of, the people, 4~ Ayi; (ov*'), a worm in wood, 
T. U. Bentm, Thirty Years, II. 188. 
The typical genus of f ollicular 
utterly ; lay waste. 
Our family had now made several attempts to be flne; 
but some unforeseen disaster demolithed each as soon u 
projected. Gatdnaitk, Vicar, xili. 
=8yn. Raze, DfmoHnh. Raze, to level with the ground ; 
demoliik, to destroy by complete separation of part*. A 
huii-e is ritznl win n it i- level! d. evi n if it hugely I. ..Ms 
together ; It Is demolished If torn to pieces, even if some 
parts of it stand In place. 
He ... 
Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns, 
And in a moment makes them desolate. 
SAot.,1 Hen. VI., it S. 
In demolithing the temples at Alexandria, the Chris- 
tians found hollow statues fixed to the walls, into which 
the priests used to enter and thence deliver oracles. 
Jortin, Remarks on Eccles. Hist. 
One who pulls 
destroys or lays 
construction of the Constitution with respect to the pow 
era delegated to the general government and those re- 
served to the States, and the least possible interference 
of government with individual and local liberty of action. 
Hence it has opposed national centralization, supported 
arest account, 
how the plucking down of churches conducetb to the set- 
ting up of religion. Fuller, Worthies, Exeter 
dex. These minute parasitic arachnids have an elongated 
worm-like body, most of the length of which Is a circular- 
ly ringed abdomen ; four pairs of short, two-jointed foot- 
stumps- styliform jaws; and a suctorial proboscis. Also demolishmentt (de-mori8n.-me.nt), 11. [< ' 
demolissement, desmolimiement, < demolir (demo- 
llberal extensions of the electoral franchise,' advocated Demogorgon (de-mo-gdr'gon), n. [LL. Demo- Jigj.), demolish : see demolish'&nA -ment.] The 
low tariff duties with a view to revenue rather than pro- gorgoln-), first mentioned by Luctatms (or ac t of demolishing or shattering; demolition, 
tection, .and contended for close .limitation of tlwobjecta f^tantiusl Placidus. a Scholiast on Statius Look on his honour, sister; 
That bears no stamp of time, no wrinkles on it ; 
No sad demolithment nor death can reach It. 
of nubile expenditure. It was at nrst known as the Anti- Lactantius) Placidus, a scholiast on i 
Federal party, then took the name of Republican, and (about A. D. 450); prop. < Gr. oaifujv, a ^dernon, 
, - 
finally (about 1795) that of Democratic-Republican, which 
is still its formal designation ; but it was many years be 
Fletcher, Mad Lover, v. 4. 
1810. See /iV;mWiI>l. 
democratical (dem-o-krat'i-kal), a. and n. I. 
a. Characterized by democracy; of a demo- 
cratic nature or tendency ; democratic. 
Although their condition and fortunes may place them 
many spheres above the multitude, yet are they still 
M ii hin the line of vulgaritie, and tin 
mies of truth. Sir T. Browne, Pseud, 
in a democratical direction. Louxll, Democracy. 
II. n. Same as democrat, 1. Hobbes. 
democratically (dem-o-krat'i-kal-i), adv. In 
a democratic manner. 
The democratical embassy was democratically received. 
Algernon Sidney. 
democratiet, n. See dcmocraty. 
democratiflable (dem*o-krat-i-fi'a-bl), a. [< 
'dcmwratifij (< democrat + -i-fy) + -able.'] 
That may be made democratic. [Rare.] 
The remnant of United Irishmen, whose wrongs make 
them hate England, I have more hopes of. I have met 
with no determined Republicans, but I have found some 
who are democratijiaMe. Shelley, in Dowden, I. 245. 
democratisation, democratise. See democrati- 
:ntioH, democratize. 
democratism (de-mok'ra-tizm), n. [= Sp. 
dcmocrtitixmo; as democrat + -ism.'] The prin- 
ciples or spirit of democracy. [Bare.] 
democratist (de-inok'ra-tist), n. [< ilcnun-rnt 
+ -int.] A believer in or supporter of democ- 
racy ; a democrat. [Kare.] 
He endeavours to crush the aristocratick party, and to 
nourish one in avowed connexion with the most furious 
<i, ,<i', t ',-iitixt,< in France. 
Burke, Thoughts on French AlFairs. 
democratization (dem'o-krat-i-za'shon), . [< 
democratize + -tition.] ' The act of rendering 
or the process of becoming democratic : as, the 
ili'iiincrnti'iit'im of European institutions. Also 
spelled di niocriitisation. 
democratize (de-mok'ra-tiz),t'. t. ; pret. and pp. 
tit iiiiH-mtLi-il. mr* democratizing. [= F. demo- 
cratiser = Pg. (It -morratizar; < democrat + -i;r. 
Cf. Grr. fy/ioKimTi&iv, be on the democratic side.] 
To render democratic; make popular or com- 
mon; bring to a common level. Also spelled 
urt. of furnishing innu- 
The Atlantic, l.\. !<;>. 
+ yopyof, grim, terrible, whence topyu, Gorgon : 
see Gorgon.'] A mysterious divinity, viewed as 
an object of terror rather than of worship, by demolition (dem-o-lish'on), n. [< OF. demoli- 
some regarded as the author of creation, and tion, F. demolition = Pr. "demolition = Sp. demo- 
by others as a famous magician, to whose spell //,, = Pg. demolic/to = It. demolizione = D. de- 
molitie, < L. dcmolitiotn-), < demoliri, pull down : 
see demolish.] 1. The act of overthrowing, 
pulling down, or destroying, as a structure; 
hence, destruction or ruin in general : as, the 
demolition of a house or of military works; the 
demolition of a theory. 
Even God's dftnolitiom are super-edifications, his anato- 
mies, his dissections are so many recompactings, so many 
resurrections. Donne, Sermons, xi. 
Their one great object was the demolition of the Idols 
and the purification of the sanctuary. 
Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. 
After scattering all arguments forapolltical institution, 
he often opposes its demolition, from expediency 
all the inhabitants of Hades were subjected. 
And by them stood 
Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name 
Of Detnogorgon. Milton, V. L., it 966. 
le bemocraticall ene- demographer (de-mog'ra-fer), n. One who is 
L E P id. (1646), I. Iv. 13. Ver8e d in demography. 
Every expansion of the scheme of government they [the demographic (dem-o-graf 'ik), a. Of or pertain- 
f miners of the American Constitution] elaborated has been j j demography. 
The high value of vaccination and re-vaccination was 
clearly shown in the Demographic Section of the Congress. 
Nature, XXXVL 618. 
demography (de-mog'ra-fl), n. [= F. demogra- 
phie, < Gr. otfudr, people, + -yw'a, < ypoAcm, 
write.] That department of anthropology 
which relates to vital and social statistics and 
their application to the comparative study of 
races and of nations. 
, 
Whipfle, Ess. and Rev., I. 28. 
2. In French law, abatement; annulment: as, 
an action in demolition of a servitude or a 
demoiselle (dem-wo-zel'), n. [F.: seedamsefl.] nuisance. 
1. A young lady; a damsel.-2. A bird, tho demolltionist (dem-o-lish'ou-ist), . [< dem- 
olition + -ist.] One who favors demolition or 
It is a means of ilriiitn-i'ittiiin 
meraMe impressions of a plate. 
There \vas a ureat impetus iriven liy politics tn the ,1, - 
mocrati:in;n>t the nation, and. in the rapid social changes 
of the day, the educated elass found it>elf well shaken up 
with the i ...... hanie. //. i:. Hfwliirr. Noah Webster, p. 151. 
virgv). 
Numidian crane, Anthropoides rirgo: so called 
from its gracefulness and symmetry of form. 
The gall-bladder . . . [was) wanting in two out of six 
demoisMet. Owen, Anat.. wii. 
3. In entom., a damsel-fly; a dragon-fly. 4. 
A shark, (f<ilci>crr<l<> tii/rinus, about 12 feet long. 
riiii/fdir. 5. Afishof the genus Pomacattrux ; 
one of the family I'inacfiitri<ln: 
De Moivre's property of the circle, De Moi- 
vre'S theorem. See circle, theorem. 
ist.] 
destruction, as of institutions ; a radical revo- 
lutionist. Carlyle. 
demon(de'mon),n. [Also,inL. spelling, dtemon; 
= D. demon = G. Sw. damon = Dan. da'mon = 
OF. demon, F. demon (cf. Pr. demoni= Sp. Pg. It. 
demonio, < LL. damonium, < Or. dai/j6viov, dim.), 
< L. daemon, a spirit, genius, lar. eccles. an evil 
spirit, < Gr. Saijtuv (iat^ov-), a god or goddess, 
deity, a tutelary deity, a genius, lar, a god of 
lower rank, later also a departed soul, a ghost, 
in N. T. and eccles. an evil spirit ; of uncertain 
origin : (1) by some identified with iat/fiuv, 
knowing (which is also found, perhaps by error, 
in the form daiuuv). < daf/vai, learn, teach, akin 
to SiidoKeiv, teach, L. docere, teach (see diilm-ti/- 
and docile, doctrine) : (2) by some derived, with 
formative -puv, as 'the distributer of destinies,' 
< iaifiv, divide, distribute; (3) by some re- 
garded as for orig. *6aiF/iuv, < 'OCUF-, tiF-, as in 
*d(fof, o7of, heavenly. L. divits, dirinufi, di\-ine, 
deus, god, deita(t-)s, deity, etc.: see deity.] 1. 
In Gr. myth., a supernatural agent or intelli- 
gence, lower in rank than a god; a spirit hold- 
ing a middle place between gods and men ; one 
of a class of ministering spirits, sometimes re- 
garded as including the souls of deceased per- 
sons; a genius: as, the demon or good genius of 
Socrates. Sometimes written daimon. 
Thy damon (that's thy spirit w hli-h keeps thee) Is 
Noble, courageous, high, unmatchahle. 
Shall., A. andC., II. S. 
