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Sexually reproductive. Digenous reproduction. (Biol.) Same as Digenesis.

To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. Johnson.

To represent the half of; to halve.

In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.

To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding. This hath been often dinned in my ears. Swift. To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. Sir W. Scott.

To cause to sound or ring. To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.

The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others wer…

A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produce…

. [Obs.] Live on the use and never dip thy lands. Dryden. Dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow. -- To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] -- To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salut…

popular vote rather than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates. The term is applied both to the nomination of candidates without any nominating convention, and, loosely, to the nomination effected, as in the case of candidates for president or senator of the Unite…

director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory, 3. Whoever goes to the directorial presence under this passport. Burke.

management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.

To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.

Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree. Wollaston.

To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials (1608).

To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey. Cussans.

Blame; censure; reproach. [R.] Ayliffe.

Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things. It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.