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That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.

A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set-off. Abbott.

To lop off; to bate. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified. Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. Bates.

The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat. A war without a just defiance made. Dryden. Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down. Tennyson.

A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.

To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion. I once again Defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. Milton. I defy t…

cline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. Our degeneration and apostasy. Bates.

d by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.

ectly controlled by a demon. The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes cast into the fire. Bates.

ont and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.

To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.

A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery.

ainst evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation. Humble deprecation. Milton.

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

of a bad quality. A desperate offendress against nature. Shak. The most desperate of reprobates. Macaulay.

To refuse; to decline. [Obs.] "To detrect the battle." Holinshed.

In a diffident manner. To stand diffidently against each other with their thoughts in battle array. Hobbes.

To quiet or abate, as anger or grief.