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The thing degenerated. [R.] Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. Sir T. Browne. Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.

excellence which proclaims genius, is different in different times and different places. Sir. J. Reynolds.

ive. O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope. Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott. Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. Macaulay.

r state of being delegated; deputed power. [Obs.] By way of delegacy or grand commission. Sir W. Raleigh.

to dele; to omit. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun.

destruction. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale.

Luxury. "To drive away all superfluity and deliciousness." Sir T. North.

Concealment; seclusion; retirement. The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton.

o speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott.

instructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward. Sir W. Scott.

The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton.

Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on gullible. Sir T. Browne.

erit in any man or any action. Burke. Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense. Sir W. Temple.

fall; to depress. [R.] They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. Sir T. Browne.

tise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott.

One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

The dominion of demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.

Demureness; also, one who is demure. Sir T. Browne.

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