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chsafe; to condescend; -- followed by an infinitive. O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope. Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott. Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. Macaulay.

s of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. Pope.

es have delivered her over. Shak. The exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind. Pope.

armies; the land is deluged with woe. At length corruption, like a general fldeluge all. Pope.

The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. Pope.

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

ruple. All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Pope.

A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.

uest. Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies Pope. To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. J. Edwards.

urse of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. Macaulay.

d by being fastened or attached to something above. And ever-living lamps depend in rows. Pope.

Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy. "Dependable friendships." Pope.

d her, or forever to deplore Her loss. Milton. As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. Pope.

To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.

ive pronoun. Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince. Pope.

Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. "Derisive taunts." Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n.

suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon. And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. Pope.

om an ancestor or source. More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. Pope.

ains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation. A dreary desert and a gloomy waste. Pope.

er. "An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant." Pope. Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. -- Dessert-spoonful, n., pl. Dessert-spoonfuls, as much as a dessert spoon will hold, usually reckoned at abou…