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Management; treatment. [Obs.] Vile demean and usage bad. Spenser.

Behavior. [Obs.] Spenser.

down; humble; submissive. [Obs.] He down descended like a most demiss And abject thrall. Spenser.

Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple. All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Pope.

To deny. [Obs.] That with great rage he stoutly doth denay. Spenser.

nial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.

t. [Obs.] And do unwilling worship to the saint That on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser. In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland.

To paint. [Obs.] Spenser.

To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court. You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition. Burke.

The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent.

make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt. Whose pride depraves each other better part. Spenser.

Doing daring or chivalrous deeds. [Obs.] "In derdoing arms." Spenser.

n] derive it by other drains. Holland. Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. Spenser. Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. Jer. Taylor.

Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful. [Obs.] "Dernful noise." Spenser.

Secretly; grievously; mournfully. [Obs.] Spenser.

Daring or warlike. [Obs.] Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed. Spenser.

Dearth; scarcity. [Obs.] Spenser.

To describe. [Obs.] Spenser.

That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit. According to their deserts will I judge them. Ezek. vii. 27. Andronicus, surnamed Pius For many good and great deserts to Rome. Shak. His reputation falls far below his desert. A. Hamil…