deny 
Sarah </;<'', wiyiiiK. I laiiKlii-d nut ; for she wu afraid. 
On. xviii. 16. 
If proudly he itrny, 
Let ln-tti-r counsels lie Ills guides. Chapman. 
denyt, . [< OF. deal, denie, denoi, F. deni, de- 
nial, refusal ; -from the noun. Cf. denay, n.] 
Denial. [Rare.] 
Yd vse no threats, nor nine them flat Denies. 
s,il i ./,-. tr. of l>u Kartas's Weeks, II., The Schisme. 
denyingly (de-ui'iug-li), aeto. In a manner in- 
dioftting ilcnial. 
How hard you look, and how demjingly I 
Tennyion, Merlin ami Vivien. 
deobstmct (de-ob-strukf), v. t. [< de- priv. + 
obstruct.] To remove obstructions or impedi- 
menta to (a passage) ; in med., to clear from any- 
thing that hinders passage : as, to deobstruct the 
pores or lacteals. 
It Is a singular good wound-herb, useful for deobttnict- 
ing the pores of the body. 
Dr. II. Mart, Antidote against Atheiam. 
deobstruent (de-ob'stro-eut), a. and n. [< de- 
priv. + obstruent] I. a. In med., removing ob- 
structions. See II. 
All sopes are attenuating and deobstruent, resolving vis- 
cid substances. Arbuthnot, Aliments. 
II. n. A medicine which removes obstruc- 
tions and opens the natural passages of the 
fluids of the body ; an aperient : as, calomel is 
a powerful deobstruent. 
It [ tar-water) Is . . . a powerful and safe dtobttruent in 
cachvctick ami hysterlck cases. Bp. Berkeley, Stris, f 6. 
deoculate (de-ok'u-lat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. de- 
oculatcd, ppr. deoculating. [< L. de, from, + 
ocultts, eye : see ocular.] To deprive of eyes or 
eyesight; blind. [Ludicrous.] 
Dorothy, I hear, has mounted spectacles ; so you have 
deofulated two of your dearest relations In life. 
Lamb, To Wordsworth, April 9, 1816. 
deodand (de'6-dand), n. [< ML. deodandum, 
i. e., Deo dandum, a thing to be given to God : 
Deo, dat. of Deus, God (see deity); dandum, 
neut. of dandus, to be given, ger. of dare, give 
(see date 1 ).] Formerly, in Eng. law, from the 
earliest times, a personal chattel which had 
been the immediate occasion of the death of a 
rational creature, and for that reason given to 
God that is, forfeited to the king to be applied 
to pious uses and distributed in alms by his 
hign almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and 
killed him, the cart was by law forfeited as a deodand, 
and the coroner's jury was required to nx the value of the 
forfeited property. The pious object of the forfeiture was 
early lost sight of, and the king might and often did cede 
his right to ill-inlands within certain limits as a private 
perquisite. Deodamls were not abolished till 1846. 
For love should, like a deodand, 
Still fall to i If owner of the land. 
S. Butler, The Lady's Answer to the Knight, 1. 103. 
deodar (de-o-diir' ), n. [< NL. deodara, < Skt. de- 
vaddru, divine tree. < deca, divine, a god (see 
deva), + ddru, wood, a species of pine, related 
to dru, a tree, and to E. tree.] In India, a name 
given to different trees, principally of the natu- 
ral order Ctiuifera, when growing at some place 
held sacred by the Hindus. The tree more com- 
monly known by this name, and often mentioned by the 
Indian poets, is the Cednts Deodara, nearly related to the 
cedar of Lebanon, a large tree widely distributed in the 
Himalayas from Nepal to Afghanistan. The wood U very 
extensively used on account of its extreme durability. At 
Simla in India the name is given to the Cuprcmu tomtota. 
We set out for a walk through a magnificent forest of 
deodar, yew, flr, and oak. 
r. //. Riuuell, Diary In India, II. 166. 
deodatet (de'o-dat), . [< L. Deo datus, given 
to (or by) Go'd: Deo, dat. of Deus, God: datus, 
pp. of dare, give: see deodand and date l .\ 1. 
A gift or offering to God ; a thing offered in the 
name of God. 
Long It were to reckon up particularly what God was 
owner of under the Law : ... of this sort (was] whatso- 
ever their Uorban contained, wherein that blessed widow's 
deodale was laid p. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vli. 22. 
2. A gift from God. Davies. 
Be observed that the Dr. was born of New- Year's Day, 
and that it was then presaged he would be a deodate, a lit 
new-year's gift for God to bestow on the world. 
U. Paman (1653), In D'Oyly's Bancroft, II. 
deodorant (de-6'dor-ant), n. [< L. de- priv. + 
odoran(t-)s, ppr. of odorare, smell, < odor, a 
smell: see odor."] A deodorizer. 
deodorization (de-6'dor-i-za'shon), n. [< deo- 
tli>ri:r + -iition.] The act or process of cor- 
recting or removing any foul or noxious efflu- 
via through chemical or other agency, as by 
quicklime, chlorid of lime, etc. Also spelled 
i/( niliiri.ititioH. 
deodorize (de-6'dor-iz). c. t. ; pret. and pp. de- 
i><liiri:nl. JIJPI-. dwoorMny, [< de- priv. + odor 
+ -tee.] To deprive of odor or smell, espe- 
cially of the fetid odor resulting from imjmri- 
t ics :" as, charcoal or quicklime deodorizes night- 
soil. Also spelled deodorise. 
A rery minute proportion uf perchlorld of Iron added 
to fresh sewage In a tank preserved tin- liquid from putre- 
faction for nliiu days during very hot weather in July. 
Such deodorized sewage soon becomes putrid when It Is 
allowed to mingle with river water. 
K. Fraulrland, Exper. in (.'hem., p. 684. 
deodorizer (de-6'dor-i-zer), n. That which de- 
prives of odor; specifically, a substance which 
has the power of destroying fetid effluvia, as 
chlorin, chlorid of zinc, nitrate of lead, etc. 
Deo favente (de'6 fa-ven'te). [L., God favor- 
ing: Deo, abl. of Deus, God; favente, abl. of 
faven(t-)s, ppr. of favcre, favor: see favor.] 
With God's favor; with the help of God. 
Deo gratias (de'6 gra'shi-as). [L., thanks to 
God : Deo, dat. of Deus, God ; gratias, ace. pi. 
of gratia, grace, favor, thanks : see grace.] In 
the Rom. Cath. Ch., the response at the end of 
the epistle, and after the last gospel, in the Mo- 
zarabic rite it follows the announcement of the epistle. 
It Is also the response to the lie, mista ett or Benedicamui 
Domino at the end of the mass. 
deoneratet (de-on'er-at), v. t. [< L. deoneratus, 
pp. of deonerare, unload, < de- priv. + onerare, 
load, < onus (oner-), a load, burden: see oner- 
ous. Cf. exonerate.] To unload. 
deontological (de-on-to-loj'i-kal), a. Relating 
to deontology. 
deontologist (de-on-tol'6-jist), n. [< deontology 
+ -ist.] One versed in 'deontology. 
deontology (de-on-tol'o-ji), . [=F. deoittolo- 
gie; < Gr. 6eov (itovr-)', that which is binding, 
needful, right, proper (neut. ppr. of ici, it is 
necessary, it behooves), + -Aoyi'o,? Myeiv, speak : 
see -ology.] The science of duty ; ethics. The 
word was invented by Bentham to express the utilitarian 
conception of ethics, but has been accepted as a suitable 
name for the science, Irrespective of philosophical theory. 
Medical deontology treats of the duties and rights of phy- 
sicians, including medical etiquette. Thomat, Med. Diet. 
deoperculate (de-o-per'ku-lat), v. i. ; pret. and 
pp. deoperculated, ppr. deoperculating. K NL. 
"deoperculatus, pp. of "deoperculare, < L. de- 
priv. + operculum, lid (operculum): see oper- 
culum.] To cast the operculum ; dehisce: said 
of some liverworts. 
Capsule deoperculating above the middle. 
Bulletin of III. State laboratory, II. 36. 
deoperculate (de-o-per'ku-lat), a. [< NL. "deo- 
pirculatus: see th'e verb.] In bot., having lost 
the operculum : applied to the capsule of a moss 
or liverwort after the operculum has fallen off. 
deoppilatet (de-op'i-lat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
deoppilated, ppr. deoppilating. [< de- priv. + 
oppilate, q. v.] To free from obstruction; de- 
obstruct ; clear a passage through. 
deoppilationt (de-op-i-la'shou), . [< deoppi- 
late + -ion.] The removal of obstructions. 
Though the grosser parts be excluded again, yet are the 
dissoluble parts extracted, whereby It becomes effectual 
In deoppilationt. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., III. 22. 
deoppilatiyet (de-op'i-la-tiv), a. and n. [< F. 
deoppilatif; as deoppilate + -ive.] I. a. Deob- 
struent; aperient. 
Indeed I have found them generally to agree In divers 
of them, as In their being somewhat diaphoretick and 
very deoppilatioe. Boylt, Sceptical Chymlst, iii. 
II. n. A medicine to clear obstructions. 
A physician prescribed him a deoppilative and purgative 
apozem. Harvey. 
deordinationt (de-6r-di-na'shgn), n. [< ML. de- 
ordinatio(n~), <.li.de- priv. +'ordinatio(n-), or- 
dination.] 1. Violation of or departure from 
the fixed or natural order of things. 
Miraculous events to us are deordinationt, and the in- 
tervention of them, had man been more perfect than he 
ii, would have been unnecessary : they are no compliment 
to the powers of human intellect. 
Berington, Hist Abeillard, p. 186. 
8. Lack of order; disorder. 
Excess of riot and deurdination. 
Jer. Taylor, Diss. from Popery, I. 1. 
Such a general deordination gives a taste and relish to 
the succeeding government. 
Abp. Bancroft (?), Modern Policies, 1 10. 
deorganization (de-dr'gan-i-za'shon), n. [< de- 
organize + -ation.] Loss or deprivation of or- 
ganic or original character. Proc. Amer. Philol. 
. I. <.-. 
deorganize (de-6r'gan-iz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
deorganized, ppr. deorganizing. [< de- priv. + 
organize.] To deprive of organic or original 
character. Proc. Amer. Philol. Ass. 
deorsum (de-6r'sum), adv. [L., also deorsus, 
downward, c-ontr. of derorsum. dernrsus, orig. 
pp. of derortcrr, dci'crtcrc, turn down, turn away, 
depalnt 
< de, down, away, + vortere, cerlere, turn.] 
Down; downward; hence, below; beneath: op- 
posed to sursum. [Rare.] 
deosculatet (de-os'ku-lat), r. t. [< L. deoscula- 
tux, pp. of deosculari,'kisa, < de- + itsculari, kiss: 
. \ '\'nk\*>. I'nrl.ifiini. 
deosculation (de-os-ka-la'shon), . [< dconcu- 
late + -ion.] A kissing. 
The several acts of worship required to be perfonm ! 
to images, viz., processions, geuuHectloiis, thurincatlous 
and deoKulatiunt. 
deossification (de-os'i-fi-kA'shon), n. [< deos- 
sify + -ation. Cf. osittficatiun.] Progressive 
diminution or reduction of ossification; disap- 
pearance of ossification from parts normally 
ossified. 
The branchial apparatus has undergone, as In the eeli, 
successive deouifcatian (by retardation). 
R D. Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 8S8. 
deossify (de-os'i-E), r. t. ; pret. and pp. deot- 
ifed, ppr. deossifying. [< de- priv. -f ossify.] 
To deprive of bones; hence, to destroy the 
strength of ; weaken. 
Deo volente (de'6 vo-len'te). [L. : Deo, abl. 
of Detis, God ; rolente, abl. of volen(t-)s, ppr. of 
velle = E. icill: see voluntary, etc.] God will- 
ing; with God's permission : as, I start for Eu- 
rope to-morrow, Deo rolente. Generally abbre- 
viated!). V. 
deoxidate (d-ok'si-dat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
deoxidated, ppr. deoxidating. [< de- priv. + oxi- 
date.] To deprive of oxygen, or reduce from 
the state of an oxid, as by heating a substance 
with carbon or in a stream of hydrogen gas: 
as, toHeoxidate iron or copper. Also deoxyaate, 
disoxidate. 
deoxidation(de-ok-si-da'shgn), n. [(.deoxidate 
+ -ion.] The act or process of reducing from 
the state of an oxid. Also spelled deoxydation. 
Chemically considered, vegetal life Is chiefly a process of 
de-uxiilaiion, and animal life chiefly a process of oxidation : 
. . . animals, in some of their minor processes, are prob- 
ably de-oxldizers. II. Spencer. 
deoxidization (de-ok'si-di-za'shon), n. [< de- 
oxidize + -ation.] Deoxidation. Also spelled 
deoxidisatiim. 
deoxidize (de-ok'si-diz), c. t. ; pret. and pp. de- 
oxidized, ppr. deoxidizing. [< de- priv. + oxid 
+ -ize.] To deoxidate. Also spelled deoxidise, 
deoxydize. 
Those metals which differ more widely from oxygen in 
their atomic weights can lie de-oxidized by carbon at high 
temperatures. //. Spencer, Prln. of Biol., 1 13. 
deoxidizer (de-ok'si-di-zer), n. A substance 
that deoxidizes. 
The addition of oxidizers and deoxidizen. 
Science, XI. 155. 
deoxygenate (de-ok'si-jen-at), t'. t. ; pret. and 
pp. deoxygenated, ppr. deoxygenating, [< de- 
priv. + oxygen + -nte 2 .] To deprive of oxygen. 
deoxygenation (de-ok'si-je-na'shon), n. [< de- 
oxygenate + -ion.] The act or operation of de- 
priving of oxygen. 
deoxygenize (de-ok'si-jen-iz), r. /. ; pret. and 
ppTdcoxygenized, ppr. deoxygenizing. [< de- prir. 
+ oxygen + -ize.] To deprive of oxygen ; de- 
oxygenate. 
The air is so much deoxygenized as to render a renewal 
of it necessary. Kncye. Brit., XII. 687. 
deozonize (de-6'zon-iz), r. t.; pret. and pp. de- 
ozonized, ppr. deozonizing. [< de- priv. + ozone 
+ -ize.] To free from or deprive of ozone. 
Ozonized air Is also ifcnzonunf by transmission over cold 
peroxide of manganese, peroxide of silver, or peroxide of 
lead. W. A. Miller, Elem. of Chem., I 338. 
dep. An abbreviation of dejtuty : as, Dep. Q. 
M. G., Deputy Quartermaster-General. 
depaint (de-panf), v. t. [< ME. depeynten (pp. 
depeynt, depeint, depeynted), < OF. dejieint, ae- 
pint, later depeinct, pp. of dej>eindre, F. de- 
peindre = Pr. aepenher, despenher = It. dipignere, 
dipingere, < L. depingere, pp. depictus, paint, 
depict, < de- + pingere, paint: see depict and 
paint.] 1. To paint; depict; represent in 
colors, as by painting the resemblance of. 
In the Chirche, behynde the highe Awtere, In the Walle, 
is a Table of black Wode, on the whlche somtyme was de- 
peyntedvA VmageofoureLadv, that turnetheinto Fleache. 
HanderilU, Travels, p. 124. 
And doe unwilling worship to the Saint, 
That on his shield depainled he did see. 
Spetaer, F. <J., II. v. 11. 
Or should, by the excellencie of that nature, depainled 
in due colours, be carryed to worshipping of Angela. 
Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 7. 
2. To describe or depict in words. 
In few words you shall there see the nature of many 
memorable persons . . . depainled. 
ifoUand, tr. of 1'lutarch, p. 331. 
