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One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.

Second sight. I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott.

One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.

special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate. For whom he produced differential favors. Motley.

lomacy; a diplomat. In ability, Avaux had no superior among the numerous able diplomatics whom his country then possessed. Macaulay.

To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.

or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. 1 Pet. ii. 4. That the edicts of Cæsar we may at all times disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we may reject. Milton.…

The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.

none when they shall most need them. South. My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. Addison.

The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.

To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom. One whom they disposed. Tennyson.

To levy a distress. Upon whom I can distrain for debt. Camden.

rroughs. Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. South.

A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over.

The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.

offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay.

Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter.

Serious; important. [Obs.] They whom earnest lets do often hinder. Hooker.