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Weariness; fatigue. [R.] Bacon.

That which defends; a safeguard. Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensive. Bacon. To be on the defensive, To stand on the defensive, to be or stand in a state or posture of defense or resistance, in opposition to aggression or attack.

h to. Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. Bacon.

Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.

Downward flow. [Obs.] Bacon.

n object of supreme regard; as, to deify money. He did again to extol and deify the pope. Bacon.

To carry; to convey. Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. Bacon.

nveyance. [Obs. or Archaic] In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them. Bacon.

A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined. Bacon.

A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.] Bacon.

nser. Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. Bacon.

That may be demanded or claimed. "All sums demandable." Bacon.

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

stances into their ingredients. [Obs.] The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. Bacon.

Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon.

thick; capable of extension. [Obs.] Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. Bacon.

. Sir J. Reynolds. So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. Bacon.

Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon.

To regard as hopeless; to give up. [Obs.] Bacon.

lly written down for future use. Abbott. To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon.