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kable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott.

worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To base declension. Shak.

A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott.

Fig.: A blackening; defamation. The vigorous denigration of science. Morley.

The science relat J. Bentham.

s her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. Jer. Taylor.

To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.] And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. Piers Plowman.

eputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency. The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. South.

The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.

The science which treats of the ligaments. [R.]

ly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc.

Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.

The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.

Same as Dialectics. Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. Liddell & Scott.

nd modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.

The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials. [Written also dialling.]

The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies.

The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations. Sir W. Hamilton.

ritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel. I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior.

The art or science of teaching.