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That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. "A descendant estate." Sir W. Jones.

Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck.

To cause to despair. [Obs.] Sir W. Williams.

To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

To select; to borrow. [Obs.] Sir. M. Hale.

ccuse. [Obs.] He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. Sir T. More.

Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.] More determinate to do than skillful how to do. Sir P. Sidney. Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal inflorescence. -- Determinate problem (Math.), a p…

Resolutely; unchangeably. Being determinately . . . bent to marry. Sir P. Sidney.

One who determines. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

To take away; to withdraw. Detract much from the view of the without. Sir H. Wotton.

One who detracts; a detractor. Other detracters and malicious writers. Sir T. North.

Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T. Browne.

To turn away. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

d seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott.

d women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. Sir W. Scott.

f, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. "Devilish wickedness." Sir P. Sidney. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. James iii. 15.

Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry. Stark lies and devilry. Sir T. More.

A devotee. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness. Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid. Dextronic acid, a sirupy substance obtained by the partial oxidation of various carbohydrates, as dextrose, etc.