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To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate. The decollated head of St. John the Baptist. Burke.

The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.

hey days decrease in length from June to December. He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 30.

Act or process of deducing or inferring. The deduction of one language from another. Johnson. This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. J. R. Seely.

The act of deflouring; as, the defloration if a virgin. Johnson.

Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative. Johnson.

o partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.

Pertaining to descension. Johnson.

alue deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. Burke.

ng; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous. Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. John xvi. 19. Be not desirous of his dainties. Prov. xxiii. 3.

To betroth. [Obs.] Johnson.

Containing detraction; detractory. [R.] Johnson.

." "The devil drunkenness." Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil John vi. 70.

lved upon (or on) the next officer in rank. His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville. Johnson.

strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic. The ephemeral diatribe of a faction. John Morley.

A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. Johnston.

tain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. Johnson.

Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression. Johnson.

to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. Johnson.

the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men. A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. Sir W. Scott.