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To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly. [Obs.] "Declaims his cause." South.

ination of atoms in their descent. Bentley. Every declination and violation of the rules. South.

ablished by a decree; definitive; settled. The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence. South.

Degenerate; base. [Obs.] "Degenerous passions." Dryden. "Degenerous practices." South.

adation of a needy man of letters. Macaulay. Deplorable is the degradation of our nature. South. Moments there frequently must be, when a sidegradation of his state. Blair.

A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontidæ.

d which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey.

To lay down. [R.] Southey.

The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. South.

rom a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources. All honor derivable upon me. South. The exquisite pleasure derivable from the true and beautiful relations of domestic life. H. G. Bell. The argument derivable from the doxologies. J. H. Newman.

To move toward the south, or to the southward.

ing constellations or signs (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. -- Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. -- Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one;…

andonment by God; spiritual despondency. The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion. South.

of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well. One man may merit or deserve of another. South.

A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.

A despising; contempt. [R.] A despisal of religion. South.

air; as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey.

r brought to a conclusion. Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South.

nicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South. Estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone.

lue. -- Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian. -- Devil bird (Zoöl.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and E. remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. -- Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. Longfellow. -- Devil's apron (Bot.), t…