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Holding a delegated position. Nash.

That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief. And fondly mourned the dear delusion gone. Prior.

ned by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.

ent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce. By deputation, or In deputation, by delegated authority; as substitute; through the medium of a deputy. [Obs.] Say to great Cæsar this: In deputation I kiss his conquering hand. Shak.

y several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated. Sir M. Hale.

ssation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor.

Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.

Marked; variegated. [Obs.] The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. Spenser.

things, and which is such that the result of the total operation is the same as the aggregated result of the two or more partial operations. Ordinary multiplication is distributive, since a × (b + c) = ab + ac, and (a + b) × c = ac + bc. -- Distributive proportion. (Math.) See Fellowship.

Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.

ole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.

A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.

Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. Dryden. -- Duc"tile*ly, adv. -- Duc"tile*ness, n.

An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.

Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. Addison. A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. J. A. Symonds.

hich is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]

entury. Eulerian integrals, certain definite integrals whose properties were first investigated by Euler.

s jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc. At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. De Quincey.