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Deified

Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike.

Deiform

Godlike, or of a godlike form.

Deify

To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius C/sar was deified.

Deign

To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive.

Deil

Devil; -- spelt also deel.

deionize

to remove ions from (a solution).

deionized

freed from ions by a process of deionization; as, deionized water.

deionizer

an apparatus used to remove ions from a solution; a common variant contains a mixture of cation exchange resin in the acid form and anion exchange resin in the hydroxyl form inside a replaceable cartridge; ions in aqueous solution are exchanged for the elements of water by passing the solution through the mixed resin.

deiparous

Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary.

Deipnosophist

One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.

Deism

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

Deist

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

Deistical Deistic

Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book.

Deity

The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.

deixis

the function or operation of a deictic word; the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs.

Dejecta

Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.

Dejected

Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance.

Dejectory

Having power, or tending, to cast down.

Dejerate

To swear solemnly; to take an oath.

Dejeuner

A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation.

Del

Share; portion; part.

del

a differential operator which, operating on a function of several variables, gives the sum of the partial derivatives of the function with respect to the three orthogonal spatial coordinates; -- also called the gradient or grad. It is represented by an inverted Greek capital delta (/), and is thus because of its shape also called nabla, meaning harp in Hebrew.

Delacrymation

An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.

Delaine

A kind of fabric for women's dresses.

Delamination

Formation and separation of lamin/ or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.

Delapse

To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

Delapsion

A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion.

Delaware

one of the thirteen original states of the United States of America.

Delawares

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.

Delay

To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

Delayer

One who delays; one who lingers.

Dele

To deal; to divide; to distribute.

Deleble

Capable of being blotted out or erased.

Delectus

A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.

Delegacy

The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.

Delegate

To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

delegating

the act or process of authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.

Delegation

The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

Delenda

Things to be erased or blotted out.

Delete

To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

Deleterious

Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example.

Deletion

Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

Deletitious

Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.

Deletive

Adapted to destroy or obliterate.

Delf

A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.

delf

Same as Delftware.

Delftware

Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence: Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like.

Delibate

To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in.

Deliberate

To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning.

Deliberately

With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.

Deliberateness

The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.

Deliberation

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

Deliberative

A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.

Delicacy

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

Deliciate

To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel.

Delicious

Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

Deliciously

Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.

Deliciousness

The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast.

Delict

An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.

Delight

To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.

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