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o disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest. Akenside.

the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.

debt for wages paid in advance. [Law] -- Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. -- Dead letter. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed,…

us dealing; duplicity. -- Plain dealing, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion.

Same as Deary. Dickens.

-- Death stroke, a stroke causing death. -- Death throe, the spasm of death. -- Death token, the signal of approaching death. -- Death warrant. (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal. (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy. -- Death wound. (a) A fatal wound or…

Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden.

To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. Various ails debilitate the mind. Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. Sir W. Scott.

The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.

Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where debruised in token of his illegitimate birth. Macaulay.

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.

decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. Byron. The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. Sir W. Scott.

Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.

Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. "Beggary or decrepit age." Milton. Already decrepit with premature old age. Motley.

The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.

Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn. Not one found honestly deductible From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning.

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

To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. You must deepen your colors. Peacham.