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

To require; to demand; to claim. [Obs.] A doleful case desires a doleful song. Spenser.

Hopeless. [Obs.] Spenser.

e future, whether in general or of an individual. But who can turn the stream of destiny Spenser. Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Longfellow. The Destinies (Anc. Myth.), the three Parcæ, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine it…

The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.

Detention. [Obs.] Spenser.

n. For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore They are which fortunes do by vows devise. Spenser.

Void; empty; vacant. [Obs.] Spenser.

e and pestilence shall devour him. Ezek. vii. 15. I waste my life and do my days devour. Spenser.

Same as Due, or Duty. [Obs.] Spenser.

ild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.

Same as Diapason. [Obs.] A tuneful diapase of pleasures. Spenser.

r similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. Much use has been made of it for overhearing, or for recording, conversations for the purpose of obtaining evidence for use in litigation.

or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance. Such is the die of war. Spenser.

cribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. She diets him with fasting every day. Spenser.

. [Obs.] That now be chooseth with vile difference To be a beast, and lack intelligence. Spenser.

To darken. [Obs.] Spenser.

lthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser.

To refuse to assent. [Obs.] Spenser.

To draw back, or cause to draw back. [Obs.] Spenser.