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ter or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.

a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. Channing.

To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument. To devise curious works. Ex. CCTV. 32. Dev…

A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.

An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.

hat shall be written or said by another. Sylla could not skill of letters, and therefore knew not how to dictate. Bacon.

nd in size or proportion; difform leaves. The unequal refractions of difform rays. Sir I. Newton.

se colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. Sir I. Newton.

ing or clanging sound; clamor; roar. Think you a little din can daunt mine ears Shak. He knew the battle's din afar. Sir W. Scott. The dust and din and steam of town. Tennyson.

A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa. [Written also Deinornis.]

A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York.

Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ness, n.

of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton.

who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh.

rive away; -- said especially of tumors. Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. Rambler.

atterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay. Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J. Morley.

ies. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.

of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property. A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler.

us person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.

The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution. Bacon.