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Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.

An act or occasion of debauchery. Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick. Cowley.

Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly. The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. Goldsmith.

es. Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And then come smiling, and declare for fate. Dryden.

, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion. Their fathers lived in the decline of literature. Swift.

th flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. Thackeray.

To ordain by fate.

That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss. Thy judgments are a great. Ps. xxxvi. 6. Deep of night, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night. The deep of night is crept upon our talk. Shak.

Protecting plea; vindication; justification. Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense. Acts xxii. 1.

er diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver.

To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk.

Fatigue. Able to continue without delassation. Ray.

To madden; to rave. [Obs.] An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland.

A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. I can not delve him to the root. Shak.

ly or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. Shak.

fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.

hat which, gives a name; origin or source of a name. This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general. Sir W. Raleigh.

One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.

Of measureless depth; unfathomable. In clouds of depthless night. Francis.