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State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b2c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown…

Godlike, or of a godlike form. Dr. H. More.

lton. The Deity, God, the Supreme Being. This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. Addison.

One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

n. All the vessels, then, which our delicates have, -- those I mean that would seem to be more fine in their houses than their neighbors, -- are only of the Corinth metal. Holland.

dicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate. [Obs.] Others, lastly, of a more delicious and airy spirit, retire themselves to the enjoyments of ease and luxury. Milton.

Delineation; sketch. Dr. H. More.

A smearing. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

verflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore.

trange. Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head. Miss Mitford.

hreatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize. Denounced for a heretic. Sir T. More. To denounce the immoralities of Julius Cæsar. Brougham.

dence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies Pope. To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. J. Edwards.

Tough; thick; capable of extension. [Obs.] Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. Bacon.

Mutu So dark adependence or order. Sir T. More.

; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable. Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others. Burke.

Deplorable. [Obs.] A more deplorate estate. Baker.

nd cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God. Sir T. More.

Solitary; sad. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

[R.] Anything . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name. Sir T. More.

To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.