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ve and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.

Capable of being declared. Sir T. Browne.

One who declares. Abbott.

That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal. Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. Tillotson.

A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.

gislature. Declaratory act (Law), an act or statute which sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.

f, to a duty or service. The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. Clarendon.

Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. Clarendon. A deep line of operations (Military), a long line. -- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as…

the city. Shak. God defend the right! Shak. A village near it was defended by the river. Clarendon.

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

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.

e 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.

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