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ling; for every degree of detention of it, beyond the 
time, is injuftice and.uncharitablenefs. Taylor. —To with¬ 
hold ; to keep back.—He has defcribed the paflion of 
Calypfo, and the indecent advances the made to detain 
him from his country. Broome. —To re ft rain from depart¬ 
ure.—Let us detain thee until we fhall have made ready 
a kid. Judges, xiii. 15.— To hold in cuftody. 
DETA'IN,yi Detainment: 
And gan enquire of him with milder mood 
The certain caufe of Arthegal’s detain. Spcnfer. 
DETAIN'DER, f. A corruption of the word 
DETAIN'ER, f. 1 -Ie that holds back any one’s right; 
he that detains any thing.—judge of the obligation that 
lies upon all forts of injurious perfons ; the facrilegious, 
the detainers of tythes, and cheaters of men’s inheritances. 
Taylor .—In law, The act of keeping unlawful polfeftion 
of any property belonging to another.—Deprivation of 
polTeflion may alfo be by an unjuft detainer of another’s 
goods. Blackjlone. —A forcible entry with ftrong hand on 
lands or tenements, or a forcible detainer after peaceable 
entry. Ibid. 
DETAIN'MENT,yj The aft of detaining.—Though 
the original taking was lawful, my fubfequent detainment 
of them, after tender of amends, is wrongful. Blackjlone. 
To DETECT, v.a. [deteElus, I-at.] To difeover; to 
find out any crime or artifice.—There’s no true lover in 
the foreft ; elfe fighing every minute, and groaning every 
hour, would detcEl the lazy foot of time as well as a clock. 
Shakefpcare. —To difeover in general.—The utmoft infi¬ 
nite ramifications and inofculations of all the feveral forts 
of veffels may eaftly be dcteEled by glares. Ray .—['For¬ 
merly.] To fuftpeft—I never heard the abfent duke 
much dcteEled for women. Shakefpcare. 
DETE'CTER, f. Adifcoverer; one that finds out 
what another defires to hide.—Oh, heavens! that this 
treafon were not; or not I the detecler. Shakefpeare. —Hy- 
pocrify has a fecret hatred of its deteEler; that which will 
bring it to a tell which it cannot pafs. Decay of Piety. 
DETECTION,/] Difcovery of guilt or fraud, or any 
other fault.— DeteElion of the incoherence of loofe dif- 
courfes was wholly owing to the fyllogiftical form. Locke. 
—Difcovery of any thing hidden.—Not only the fea, but 
rivers and rains alfo, are inftrumental to the deteElion of 
amber, and other foftils, by walking away the earth and 
dirt that concealed them. Woodward. 
DETEN'EBRATE, v.a. [from the Lat. de, from; 
and tenebra.-, darknefs.] To difpel darknefs. Not xifed. 
DETENT,/] In a clock, a Hop which, by being lifted 
up or let fall down, locks and unlocks the clock in Unk¬ 
ing. See the article Horology. 
DE'TENT-WHEEL, or Hoop-Wheel, f. In a clock, 
that wheel which has a hoop almoft round it, wherein 
there is a vacancy, at which the clock locks. 
DETENTION,/] The aft of keeping what belongs 
to another: 
How goes the world, that I am thus encount’red 
With clam’rous claims of debt, of broken bonds. 
And the detention of long fince due debts, 
Againft my honour > Shakefpcare. 
Confinement; reflraint.-—This worketh by detention of the 
fpirits, and conftipation of the tangible parts. Bacon. 
To DETER', v. a. \_deterreo, I.at.] To difeourage by 
terror ; to fright from any thing.—Many and potent ene¬ 
mies tempt and deter us from our duty ; yet our cafe is 
not hard, fo long as we have a greater Itrength on our 
fide. TillotJ'on. 
I never yet the tragic (train aftay’d, 
Deterr'd by thy inimitable maid. Waller. 
To DETF-R'GE, v. a. \_detergo , Lat.] To cleanfe a 
fore; to purge any part from feculence or obftruftions. 
—Sea fait preferves bodies, through which it palfeth, 
from corruption; and it detergetk the velfels, and keeps 
the fluids from putrefaftion. Arbuthnot , 
BET 
DETERMENT, ad]. That which cleanfes.—The 
food ought to be nourifhing and detergent. Arbuthnot .—. 
Detergents differ only in degree of efficacy from vulhera- 
ries. They have more fubtil parts ; and are hence more 
fit to mix with, attenuate, and wear away, the contents 
of abfcelfes and ulcerations, and fuch vifcid humours as 
adhere to and obftruft the velfels. 
DETEP-IORA'TION, f. [from deterior, I.at.] The 
aft of making any thing worfe ; the Hate of growing 
worfe. 
DETER'MENT, f. Caufe of difeouragement; that 
by which one is deterred.—This will not be thought a 
difeouragement unto fpirits, which endeavour to advan¬ 
tage nature by art; nor will the ill fuccefs of fome be 
made a fufficient determent unto others. Brown. 
DETER'MIN ABLE, adj. That which may be cer¬ 
tainly decided.—About this matter, which feerns fo ealilv 
determinable by fenfe, accurate and fober men widely dif- 
agree. Boyle. 
To DETER'MINATE, v. a. ^determiner, Fr.] To li¬ 
mit ; to fix ; to determine ; to terminate : not in ufe: 
The fly-flow hours (hall not determinate 
The datelefs limit of thy dear exile. Shakefpcare. 
DETER'MINATE, ad], \_determinatus, Lat.] Settled; 
definite; determined.—Demonftrations in purnbers, if they 
are not more evident and exaft titan in exrenfion, yet they 
are more general in their ufe, and determinate in their ap¬ 
plication. Locke. —Eftablifhed ; fettled by rule ; politive. 
—Scriptures are read before the time of divine fervice, 
and without either choice or flint appointed by any deter¬ 
minate order. Hooker. —Decilive; conclufive.—Fixed; re- 
folute.—Like men difufed in a long peace, more determi¬ 
nate to do, than fkilful how to do. Sidney. —Refolved.— 
My determinate voyage is mere extravagancy. Shakefpeare . 
DETER'MINATELY, adv. Refoiutely ; with fixed 
refolve.—-In thofe errors they are fo determinately fettled, 
that they pay unto faifity the whole fum of whatfoever 
love is owing unto God’s truth. Hooker. —Certainly ; un¬ 
changeably.—Think thus with yourfelves, that you have 
not the making of things true or falfe ; but that the 
truth and exiltence of things is already fixed and fettled, 
and that the principles of religion are already either de - 
terminately true or falfe, before you think of them. Tillotf. 
DETERMINATION,/] Abfolute direction to a cer¬ 
tain end.—When we voluntarily wafte much of our lives, 
that rcmilfnefs can by no means confift with a conftant 
determination of will or defire to the greateft apparent good. 
Locke. —The refult of deliberation ; conclufion formed ; 
refolution taken.—The proper afts of the intellect are 
intelleftion, deliberation, and determination or decifion. 
Hale .-—-Confult thy judgment, affeftions, and inclina¬ 
tions, and make thy determination upon every particular ; 
and be always as fufpicious of thyfelfas poffible. Calamy . 
Judicial decifion.—He confined the knowledge of go¬ 
verning to juftice and lenity, and to the fpeedy determina¬ 
tion of civil and criminal caufes. Gulliver's Travels. 
DETER'MINATIVE, adj. That which uncontroul- 
ably directs to a certain end.—That individual aftion, 
which is juftly punilhed as finful in us, cannot proceed 
from the lpecial influence and determinative power of a juft 
caufe. Bramhall. —That which makes a limitation.—If 
the term added to make up the complex fubjecl does not 
neceflarily or conftantly belong to it, then it \s determina¬ 
tive, and limits the fubjeft to a particular part of its ex- 
tenfion ; as, every pious man (hall be happy. Watts. 
DETERMINA'TOR,/] One who determines.—They 
have recourfe unto the great determinator of virginity, con¬ 
ceptions, fertility, and the infcrutable infirmities of the 
whole body. Brown. 
To DETER'MINE, v. a. [determiner , Fr. determino„ 
Lat.] To fix ; to fettle : 
Is it concluded he (hall be proteftor ? 
—It is determin'd, not concluded yet; 
But fo it mult be, if the king mifearry, Shakefpeare. 
