denotation 
designation to an object; that function of a 
name or other designation by which it mils n\< 
to the mind addressed the idea of an object for 
whii-li it mity stand. 
\ [.mi iwd as ;i term "I" :l.-n,,iiiiinii is used "without 
prejudice,' as English lawyers sometimes say, to the real 
mMotagartnuc lUdoo tt term. irSWh to taft to 
l,e ,i -ill. .1 afu-rwards. //i(//i, Hbd, IX. 58. 
2 That which a word denotes, names, or marks, 
in distinction from that which it means or sig- 
nifies. See eoHiioiiiiniii. 
We may either analyse Its (a general term's] connota- 
tion or muster its denotation, as the context or the cast 
of our minds may determine. 
J. Ward, Encyo. Brit., XX. 77. 
When a name 1ms fallen Into this state, lit) can only be 
nirule HI IA i.-eaiile hy stripping It of some part of its mill- 
dial-inns ,l,;iiiliilii:u. J. S. Will, Ixjgic, I. Hi. 7. 
denotative (de-no'ta-tiv), a. [= Sp. It. deno- 
toliro ; us ili-n'otate -r- -ire.] Having power to 
denote. 
What are the effects of sickness? The alteration It pro- 
duces Is so denotative, that a person is known to be sick 
by those who never saw him in health. 
Letters upon Physiognomy, p. J21. 
denotatively (de-no'ta-tiv-li), adv. In a deno- 
tative manner; \>y way of denotation. 
The classes, whether plural or individual, are all alike 
153B 
The great Matter of the Prussians sent an Herault to 
,lf,i<niiu-e wiirri- lint, i the King, llakluiit'* I'. '//".,. I.14. 
To the wicked, Ood hath dnwuuc'd ill success ill all 
that they take in hand. Milton, Elkonoklastes, xxviii. 
Ih.y impose their wild conjectures for laws upon others, 
and drummer war against all that receive them not. 
Decay of Christian l'i-t,,. 
Tlie laws of the United States have denounced heavy 
penalties against the traffic in slave*. 
D. Webster, in Lodge, p. 276. 
3. To proclaim censure or condemnation of; 
brand publicly ; stigmatize; arraign: as.tocfc- 
iiiiinicc one as a swindler, or as a coward. 
To denounce the Immoralities of Julius Ctesar. 
llrougham, Kox. (iMtham.) 
No man is denounced for acting or thinking in the 
sixteenth century what the sixteenth century acted and 
thought. W hippie, Ess. and Rev., I. 26. 
In terrible earnest he denounced the public crime, and 
rnetcd out to every official, high and low, his due portion. 
Kmrrton, Theodore Parker, p. 272. 
I ... think they (the Puritans] were right in denouncing 
the Court of High Commission and all its works. 
Stubbt, Medieval and Modem Hist., p. 326. 
4. To make formal or public accusation against; 
inform against ; accuse : used especially where 
knowledge of wrongful acts has oeen acquired 
confidentially or stealthily: as, to denounce a 
confederate in crime; to denounce one to the 
represented denotatively by literal symbols, w, x, y, z. Minritii 
Venn, Symbolic Logic, p. 36. autnori 168. 
He soon found that it was necessary for him openly to 
denounce the Jacobins to the Legislative Assembly and 
the nation, as the enemies of the country. 
density 
The boundless ether back to roll, 
And to replace the cloudy barrier detue. 
Carper, Iliad, T. 
The decks were dense with stately forms. 
"ii, MorU' d' Arthur. 
2. In roo/., closely set; separated by very small 
intervals: as, denne punctures, hairs, etc. 3. 
In iilmtiMj., more or less opaque; strong in the 
contrast of lights and shades: said of a nega- 
tive exhibiting these characteristics, and ca- 
pable of giving a brilliant print, or even, if 
it be too dense, a harsh one, as distinguished 
from a iceak or thin negative, the picture on 
which presents small contrasts, while its film 
is inclined to be more or less transparent, even 
in the lights, and the resulting print is flat. 
Also expressed by strong and intense. 
With good dente negatives the printing may be conduct- 
ed In direct sunshine. Workthop Receipt, 1st ser. , p. 267. 
4. Figuratively, without break or interruption ; 
difficult to penetrate; solid and heavy: as, 
dense ignorance ; dense wit ; dense stupidity. 
B. Thick-headed; obtuse; stolid; stupid; dull. 
I must needs conclude the present generation of play- 
goers more virtuous than myself, or more denu. 
Lamb, Artificial Comedy. 
-8yn. 1. Condensed, compressed. 
Il.t n. A thicket. 
Ctcon",ote\ 1 To mark off sufficiently worked ; hence, to claim the nght 
to work (such a mine) by laying an informa- 
tion against it. (6) To announce and register 
I use the word given denotatively, to designate what I 
mean, abstracting from that part of its connotation which 
involves a giver and receiver. Uodgnon, Mind, IX. 63. 
denote (de-nof), v. t.; pret. and pp. denoted, 
ppr. denoting. [< OF. denoter, F. denoter = Sp. 
Pg. denotar = It. denotare, < L. denotare, mark 
out, denote, < de- + notare, mark, < nota, a 
mark : see note. 
from others; identify by a mark; designate; 
name; signify by a sign, especially a visible 
sign : as, the character X denotes multiplica- 
tion. See connote. 
Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, . . . 
That can denvtf me truly. Shak., Hamlet, i. 2. 
The serpent with the tail In its mouth denote* the eter- 
nity of Ood, that he is without beginning and without end. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 415. 
On several Imperial coins we meet with the figure of a 
funeral pile, without anything to denote the burning of it, 
though indeed there is on some of them a flambeau stick- 
ing out on each side, to let ns know it was to be consumed 
to ashes. Addieon, Ancient Medals, ii. 
The word man denote* Peter, James, John, and an in- 
definite number of other individuals, of whom, taken as 
a class, it is the name. J. S. Mill, Logic, I. ii. I 6. 
2. To be the sign or symptom of ; show; indi- 
cate : as, a quick pulse denotes fever. 
Thy wild acts denote 
The unreasonable fury of a beast. 
Shak., R. and J., ill. 3. 
= Syn 1. .Vote, Denote, Connote. See the definitions of 
.hese words. 2. To betoken, imply. 
The hog- ward who drove swine to the dente In the wood- 
land paid his lord fifteen pigs at the slaughter-time, and 
was himself paid by the Increase of the herd. 
J. Jt. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 330. 
!," Orations, I. 497. densely (dens'li), adv. In a dense manner; 
5 In Mexican and Spanish mining-law : (a) To compactly, 
lay an information against (a mine) as forfeit densen (den'sn), r. f. I 
because of abandonment, or through being in- 
< dense 
make dense or more dense. 
In 1800 there is some dautniny of population within the 
old lines and .western movement along the Mohawk In 
" r ir Uiyginton, Harper's Mag., June, 1884. 
to on the ground of discovery and registry. 
Opals are frequent, principally in the vicinity of Tan- 
densher (den'sher), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. denshired, denshcred, ppr. denshiring, den- 
from Denshire, contr. of Devonshire.'} To im- 
K P 
denouncement (de-nouns'ment), n. [< OF. de- 
curse My iniquity is greater than I can bear. 
Sir T. Browne. 
He receiv'd his due denouncement from God. 
Milton, Civil Power. 
2. In Mexican and Spanish mining-law, applica- 
tion to the authorities for the grant of the right 
to work a mine, either on the ground of new 
discovery, or on the ground of forfeiture of the 
rights of a former owner, through abandonment 
or contravention of the mining-law. See de- 
nounce, 5. 
these . . , . 
denotement (de-nof ment), n. [< denote -t 
-men i.] Sign; indication. [Bare.] 
denouement (da-no'moii), n. [F., also denou- 
ii/i at, < ili'iHiucr, untie, < de- priv. T nouer, tie, 
knot, < L. nodare, tie, knot, < nodus = E. knot : 
see node and knot.'} The solution of a mystery ; 
the winding up or catastrophe of a plot, as of n denouncer (de-noun'ser), n. 
novel, drama,"eto.; the issue, as of any course 
of conduct ; the event. 
The end, the climax, the culmination, the surprise, the 
discovery, are all slightly different in meaning from that 
Ingenious loosening ol the knot of intrigue which the word 
... lit implies. flMaraay Ret., No. 1474. 
The title to these deposits is a denouncement as discov- 
erer of four pertenencias twenty-four Mexican feet in 
length, with an appropriate width, depending on the incli- 
nation of the vein. Howry, Arizona and Sonora, p. 112. 
1. One who de- 
nounces ; one who threatens or menaces. 
Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden. 
2. One who endeavors to obtain possession of 
or right to a mine or other land by denounce- 
ment. 
I grieve not to be able to [mint my tale with the ex- de UOVO (de no'vo). [L. : de, of; noi'O, abl. of 
pected moral, though perhaps the true denouement may 
lead to one as valuable. 
denounce (de-nouns' )> v. t. ; pret. and pp. de- 
nounced, ppr! denouncing. [< ME. denouncen, < 
OF. denonn-r, dcniincer, F. den oncer = Sp. Pg. 
druHiiciar = It. deni(ii:iarc, < L. deniinciare, de- 
iiiiHtiitrr (\>\>. di'iiitncidtits, whence the other E. 
form denunriate), declare, announce, threaten, 
denounce, < de- + num-nire, nuiitiare, announce, 
< iiiinciiis, more correctly nuntiits, a messenger: 
nwus = E . <,*.} 
_. process ._. 
under denshire. Also called burn-beating (which 
see). 
Burning of land, or burn-bating, is commonly called 
denihiring, that is Devonshiring or Denbighshiring, be- 
cause most used, or first invented there. 
Mortimer, Husbandry. 
Mr. Beshop of Merton first brought into the south of 
Wiltshire the improvement by burn-beking, Denthering, 
about 1639. 
Aubrey, Wilts. Royal Soc. MS., p. 287. (Hattimtt.) 
densimeter (den-sim'e-ter), n. [= Sp. densi- 
metro, < L. densus, dense, + metriim, a mea- 
sure.] An apparatus for ascertaining the spe- 
cific gravity or comparative density of a solid 
or liquid, as metals, gunpowder, or sea-water. 
That used for testing the density of gunpowder consists 
essentially of a vessel in which the gunpowder is weighed 
in connection with mercury. The vessel is first partially 
filled with mercury by creating a vacuum; It is then 
emptied and a known weight of powder is placed in It, 
ana the mercury again added under the Influence of the 
same vacuum, less being admitted, however, In conse- 
quence of the space occupied by the powder. A compari- 
son of the amount of mercury admitted with the weight 
of the powder gives the specific gravity of the powder. 
The optical densimeter of ililgard consists of a glass prism 
for holding salt water, and a collimating telescope for 
examining a ray of light passing through the water in 
the prism, the refraction of the light giving the density of 
the water by comparison with the known angle of re- 
fraction of distilled water or sea-water of a known density. 
lluch't derutimrter is used for ascertaining the density of 
syrups while boiling. See talometer. 
see nuncio. Cf. announce, enounce, jironouin'c. dense (dens), a. and n. {= F. dense = Sp. Pg. 
,] If. To make known in a formal 
manner; proclaim; announce; declare. 
It. denso, < L. densus, thick, close, set close, 
, r , , _ dense (opposed to rarvs, thin, rare), = Gr. oa- 
\ml ther the Aungell denmencyd to Zacharie the Na- aif, thick, dense, shaggy, hairy, rough : see 
t i vile of seynt John the Baptyst. Dasya.} I. a. 1. Having great or unusual 
consistency of elements or closeness of parts; 
closely compacted or conglomerated ; compact : 
close ; thick : as, a dense body ; a dense cloud 
or fog ; a dense panicle of flowers. 
The cause of cold is the density of the body, for all dense 
bodies are colder than most other bodies. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
This surrounding chaos . . . was far from lieing solid: 
. 
, Diarie of Eng. Travel!, p. 71. 
I i!,'iK:iinci- ami ile, 'hire, by the authority of Coil's word 
and doctrine of t'hrist. that ye lie truly baptized within. 
/'.I/IN'"'.'. ftOfctoMrT. More. el.. (i'arkerSoc.,1860),p.71. 
2. To proclaim or declare as impending or 
tluriiteneil ; formally or publicly threaten to do 
or effect; make a menace of: as, to daiomn'i- 
war: to tlt'Honncf punishment. 
I ,1,, <,: unto \ou this day, that ye shall surely per- 
ish. I lent XXX. 18. 
Anew ; from the beginning. 
Rentes (den'tez). [L. den(t-)s 
In anat. and dentistry, a tooth. 
2. In anat. and zool., a tooth-like or dentate 
part or organ. See tooth. Dens blcuspls, a bi- 
cuspid tooth; a premolar. Dens canlnus, a canine 
tootb.-Dens incislvus, an incisor tooth. -Dens mo- , 
larls. (<i) A molar tooth ; a grinder whether molar proper fl en8 j t y (Jen'si-ti), n. [= F. densitf = Sp. den- 
orpremolar. (d) The incus or anvil, one of the little bones uouoiujr v '^ . //> 
of the ear, so called from iU shape in man. -Dens Bapl- *>*'<* = Pg- denstdadf '- It. densita, < L,. del 
entise a wisdom-tooth; a last molar. Dens sectortus, ta(t-)s, thickness, < densus, thick: see dense.] 
1. The quality of being dense, close, or com- 
pact; closeness of constituent parts; compact- 
ness, actual or relative. 
The dennty of the ether is greater in liquids and solids 
than in gases, and greater In gases than in vacuo. 
Tyndall, Light and Elect., p. 62. 
2. The mass or amount of matter per unit of 
bulk. The mass is the ratio of the living force or double 
the energy of motion to the square of the velocity. Ex- 
periments made by Newton upon the effect of attaching 
masses of different materials to pendulums have shown 
, 
a scctorial tooth. Oiwn. 
he resembles it to a dense though fluid atmosphere. 
Ooldimith, Animated Nature, I. 29. 
that the weights of bodies are precisely proportionate to 
their masses ; consequently, the density is measured by 
the specific gravity, or the weight of a unit bulk. The 
unit of density is generally taken as that of water at its 
temperature of maximum density (4 C., 39 F.) and under 
ordinary pressure. Inasmuch as the gram was intended 
