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se, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty. Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. Burke. Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. Roscommon.

Capable of being decreed.

One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified. Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. Bates.

The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.

The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak.

A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

To breed or cut new teeth. [R.] The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice. Bacon.

A state of being freed from water. [Obs.] Boyle.

prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself. Burke.

Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle.

preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for. We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. Milton. Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. Tennyson. Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way. Longfellow.

The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke.

One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen.

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. Some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 20.

Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [R.]

To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. Ford.

The art and manner of speaking and conversing. Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.

A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will. At discretion, without conditions or stipulations.