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Passed away; dead; gone. The deceased, the dead person.

The roof of a passenger car.

the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

-- Circle of declination, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. -- Declination compass (Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. -- Declination of the compass or needle, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line.…

A descending surface; a sloping place. Commodious declivities and channels for the passage of the waters. Derham.

To pass judgment. [Obs.] Spenser.

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.

der displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor. Above those passions that this world deform. Thomson.

Degenerate; base. [Obs.] "Degenerous passions." Dryden. "Degenerous practices." South.

hat wretched state reserved! Milton. He pride . . . struggled hard against this degrading passion. Macaulay.

To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.] Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.

t must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott.

To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] Bacon.

To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate. Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume.

Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. Arbuthnot.

To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle.

Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To pass away; to perish. The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv. 21.