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Of or pertaining to distribution. Huxley.

a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. Bentley.

A wandering about or going astray; digression. Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. Thackeray.

See Devest. Mozley & W.

Professing, or relating to, divination. "A natural divinatory instinct." Cowley.

to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." Paley.

. Done to death by slanderous tongues. Shak. The ground of the difficulty is done away. Paley. Suspicions regarding his loyalty were entirely done away. Thackeray. To do on our own harness, that we may not; but we must do on the armor of God. Latimer. Then Jason rose and did on him a fair Blue woolen tunic. W. Morris (…

rection, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label. Bailey.

collected them from such documents and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic. Paley.

on or family. The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen scrupulously guarded. Motley. Domiciliary visit (Law), a visit to a private dwelling, particularly for searching it, under authority.

is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley.

e, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. Shipley.

g old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation. Motley.

n. Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place. Motley.

it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. C. Kingsley.

. But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry. Motley.

t, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. Berkeley. The drama and contrivances of God's providence. Sharp.

ma; theatrical; vivid. The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley.

tize a novel, or an historical episode. They dramatized tyranny for public execration. Motley.

A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] Kersey.