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The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.

The act of devouring. [Obs.] Holinshed.

By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation.

A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produce…

Pertaining to a diorama.

The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.

s on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; - - said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

To discolor. [R.] Fuller.

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.

A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous, a.

Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.] Jas. II.

Unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow.

Unpropitiously. [Obs.]

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.

To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.

Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton.

To enervate; to weaken. [R.] Sydney Smith.

Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood.

In the manner of a doctor.[R.]