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nown in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.] Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. 18.

Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation. [Archaic] False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. Sir T. Browne.

One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.

her; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray. To replace the cloudy barrier dense. Cowper.

In a dense, compact manner.

The quality of being dense; density.

An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.

The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.

A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.

A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.

Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth. -- n.

Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.

ly, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.

In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.

Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.] How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation Paley.

Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Same as Dentil.