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aw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. Clarendon.

a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works. They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood of Christ. Milman.

. They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. Clarendon.

le manner; incontrovertibly; clearly. Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause. Clarendon.

To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.] Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. 18.

One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

A written pledge of marriage. Clarendon.

; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. Watts.

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

d unfriendliness. They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon.

discerner of truth, of right and wrong. A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon.

dination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill. Ill armed, and worse disciplined. Clarendon. His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. Macaulay.

scourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.

truth from error. Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.

An unkindness; a disobliging act. He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon.

th, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.

alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper.

Disingenuousness. [Obs.] Clarendon.

A disobliging act; an offense. [Obs.] Clarendon.