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One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. Pothier.

That which gives great pleasure or delight. Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight. Milton.

One who gives or takes delight.

A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.

One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name. This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general. Sir W. Raleigh.

d to; as, to deny a request. Who finds not Providence 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.

One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.

One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee.

To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. [Obs.] "He disabled my judgment." Shak.

reet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope. The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. Longfellow.

pugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness. God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond. The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More. We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. His d…

am the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book.]

One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

ses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. --Do`si*met"ric (#), a. --Do*sim"e*trist (#), n.

That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as:

ct glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power.

That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation. In need of every kind of relief and easement. Burke.

Readily; without reluctance; willingly. Not soon provoked, she easily forgives. Prior.

Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.