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urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. [Obs.] The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief. Bp. Ward. "Exhort" remains, but dehort, a word whose place neither "dissuade" nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us. Trench.

The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.

One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.

That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief. And fondly mourned the dear delusion gone. Prior.

The belief in demons or false gods. The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism. Farmer.

A believer in, or worshiper of, demons.

eing demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question. The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable as geometry. Glanvill.

A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.

A believer in destiny; a fatalist. [R.]

One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley.

One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.

oöl.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and E. remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. -- Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. Longfellow. -- Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp (Laminaria saccharina, and L. longicruris) of the…

aty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. Watts.

instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples, or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called…

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.

diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc. The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland.

Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation. "Doctrinal clauses." Macaulay.

The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

ily (Eudromias, or Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler. In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. Bacon.