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Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.

A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek. G. Eliot.

Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.

Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).

Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).

Relating to, or like, a delta.

Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.

Relating to a political party so called.

Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. "Demonian spirits." Milton.

Relating to dendrology.

Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs.

To become dispeopled. [R.] Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith.

The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete. Motley.

Relating to derivation. Earle.

Relating to the derm or skin.

A proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion. [Obs.] I. Watts.

Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.

; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. Sparks.

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26.

Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.