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lth; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth. Time's destructive power. Wordsworth. Destructive distillation. See Distillation. -- Destructive sorties ( (Logic), a process of reasoning which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last;…

Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11.

Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] Cudworth.

A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.

The act of thinking worthy; honor. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Worthy; honorable; deserving. [Obs.] Chaucer.

y or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor. Your worth will dignity our feast. B. Jonson.

The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

ss nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. Wordsworth.

Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent. Milton.

surface. The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. Wordsworth.

To deprive of life. [R.] Cudworth.

yptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope.

To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.

Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

ve of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. Milton.…

Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.