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Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] "The deftest way." Shak. "Deftest feats." Gay. The limping god, do deft at his new ministry. Dryden. Let me be deft and debonair. Byron.

rship calves, the deities Of Egypt. Milton. The Deity, God, the Supreme Being. This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. Addison.

To discover; to show. [Poetic] I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant. Shak.

To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic] [He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended. Milton.

plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year. Nor poets enough to understand That life develops from within. Mrs. Browning.

result of developing, or a developed state. A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. Channing.

, Diana. [Poetic]

sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. The dim magnificence of poetry. Whewell. How is the gold become dim! Lam. iv. 1. I never saw The heavens so dim by day. Shak. Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. Wordsworth.…

Having two poetical measures or meters. -- n.

To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic] A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. Milton.

Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [Poetic] Bryant.

To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic] Milton.

To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland." Drummond.

To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic] Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson.

To come down; to descend. [Poetic] But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. Spenser.

To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also dispunge.] O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. Shak.

Consisting of two syllabas, a dissyllabic foot in poetry. B. Jons

or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." Spenser. [She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser. The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.

Distended. [Poetic] Thomson.

A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.