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. [Obs.] If I have demerited any love or thanks. Udall. Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited. State Trials (1645).

Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. "Demonic ambushes." Lowell.

A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. "Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals." Addison.

A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.

ind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree.

Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell.

To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me. Massinger.

r name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of the days of the week. Whewell.

To spend; to squander. See Dispend. [Obs.] Some noble men in Spain can despend Howell.

and destruction. Esth. ix. 5. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. Shak. Destruction of venerable establishment. Hallam.

A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

y of mind reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness. He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. Emerson.

Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] Cudworth.

a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year. Nor poets enough to understand That life develops from within. Mrs. Browning.

A calling off or away. [R.] Hallywell.

A dibble. Halliwell.

"[The moon] was dichotomized." Whewell.

imaldi (1665), and referred by him to a property of light which he called diffraction. Whewell. Diffraction grating. (Optics) See under Grating. -- Diffraction spectrum. (Optics) See under Spectrum.

nd ages infinite. Milton. We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell.

To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.