Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 13
Decider (n.) One who decides.
Decidua (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.
Deciduata (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.
Deciduate (a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua.
Deciduity (n.) Deciduousness.
Deciduous (a.) (Biol.) 脫落性的；落葉性的 Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.
Deciduous (a.) (Of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season [ant: evergreen].
Deciduous (a.) (Of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth."
Deciduous (a.) (Specialized) （樹木）落葉的 A deciduous tree loses its leaves in autumn and grows new ones in the spring.
Deciduousness (n.) 落葉 The quality or state of being deciduous.
Deciduousness (n.) (Uncountable) The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
Decigram (n.) Alt. of Decigramme.
Decigramme (n.) A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.
Decil (n.) Alt. of Decile.
Decile (n.) An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36¡.
Deciliter (n.) Alt. of Decilitre.
Decilitre (n.) A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.
Decillion (n.) According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.]
Decillionth (a.) Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion.
Decillionth (n.) The quotient of unity divided by a decillion.
Decillionth (n.) One of a decillion equal parts.
Decimal (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.
Decimal (n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
Decimalism (n.) The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.
Decimalize (v. t.) To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.
Decimally (adv.) By tens; by means of decimals.
Decimated (imp. & p. p.) of Decimate.
Decimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decimate.
Decimate (v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
Decimate (v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
Decimate (v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
Decimation (n.) A tithing.
Decimation (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
Decimation (n.) The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.
Decimator (n.) One who decimates.
Decime (n.) A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents.
Decimeter (n.) Alt. of Decimetre
Decimetre (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.
Decimosexto (n.) A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16¡.
Decimosexto (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size.
Decine (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene.
Deciphered (imp. & p. p.) of Decipher.
Deciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decipher.
Decipher (v. t.) 破解（密碼等）；解釋（古代文字等）；辨認（潦草的字跡等） To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
Decipher (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.
Decipher (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.]
You are both deciphered, . . . For villains. -- Shak.
Decipher (v.) Convert code into ordinary language [syn: decode, decrypt, decipher] [ant: encode].
Decipher (v.) Read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" [syn: decipher, trace].
Decipherable (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.
Decipherable (a.) Easily deciphered [syn: clear, decipherable, readable].
Decipherer (n.) One who deciphers.
Decipherer (n.) The kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text [syn: decoder, decipherer].
Decipherer (n.) A reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text.
Decipheress (n.) A woman who deciphers.
Decipherment (n.) 解密 The act of deciphering.
Decipherment (n.) 翻譯；解讀；辨讀 The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption" [syn: {decoding}, {decryption}, {decipherment}]
Decipiency (n.) State of being deceived; hallucination. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Decipium (n.) (Chem.) A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.
Decision (n.) 決定，決心；判斷；結論 [C] [U] [+to-v]；果斷，決心 [U]；（法庭的）判決；（會議的）決議 [C] Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. [Obs.] -- Bp. Pearson.
Decision (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
The decision of some dispute. -- Atterbury.
Decision (n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.
Decision (n.) The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.
Syn: {Decision}, {Determination}, {Resolution}.
Usage: Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterized by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution.
Decision (n.) The act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: {decision}, {determination}, {conclusion}].
Decision (n.) A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [syn: {decision}, {determination}, {conclusion}].
Decision (n.) (Boxing) A victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent."
Decision (n.) The outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row."
Decision (n.) The trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness" [syn: {decisiveness}, {decision}] [ant: {indecision}, {indecisiveness}].
Decision (n.), Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions. Vide Inst. 1, 2, 8 Dig. 1, 2, 2.
Decisive (a.) 決定性的，決定的；確定的；堅決的，果斷的 Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." -- Bates. "Decisive campaign." -- Macaulay. "Decisive proof." -- Hallam.
Decisive (a.) Marked by promptness and decision.
A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -- J. Foster.
Syn: Decided; positive; conclusive. See {Decided}. -- {De*ci"sive*ly}, adv. -- {De*ci"sive*ness}, n.
Decisive (a.) Determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence" [ant: {indecisive}].
Decisive (a.) Unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls."
Decisive (a.) Characterized by decision and firmness; "an able and decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer" [ant: {indecisive}].
Decisive (a.) Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test" [syn: {critical}, {decisive}].
Decisively (adv.) 決然地；果斷地 With firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively" [syn: {decisively}, {resolutely}] [ant: {indecisively}].
Decisively (adv.) With finality; conclusively; "the voted settled the argument decisively" [ant: {indecisively}].
Decisively (adv.) In an indisputable degree; "the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay".
Decisory (a.) Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide.
Decistere (n.) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere.
Decitizenize (v. t.) To deprive of the rights of citizenship.
Decivilize (v. t.) To reduce from civilization to a savage state.
Decked (imp. & p. p.) of Deck.
Decking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deck.
Deck (v. t.) To cover; to overspread.
Deck (v. t.) To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.
Deck (v. t.) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
Deck (v.) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
Deck (v.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
Deck (v.) The roof of a passenger car.
Deck (v.) A pack or set of playing cards.
Deck (v.) A heap or store.
Deckel (n.) Same as Deckle.
Decker (n.) One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.
Decker (n.) A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.
Deckle (n.) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.
Declaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Declaim.
Declaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Declaim.
Declaim (v. i.) To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.
Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
Declaim (v. t.) To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.
Declaim (v. t.) To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.
Declaimant (n.) A declaimer.
Declaimer (n.) One who declaims; an haranguer.
Declamation (n.) 雄辯；朗讀 The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. -- Macaulay.
Declamation (n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
Declamation (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
Declamation (n.) Vehement oratory.
Declamation (n.) Recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric.
Declamation (n.) [ C or U ] (Formal) 朗誦；大聲宣佈；慷慨激昂的演講 A strong statement or an occasion when you express something with a lot of feeling.
// He subjected us to half an hour of impassioned declamation against the new airport runway.
// Declamations against the press are common enough.
Declamator (n.) A declaimer.
Declamatory (a.) 雄辯家式的；朗讀式的；演說口吻的 Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.
Declamatory (a.) Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.
Declamatory (a.) Ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid].
Declarable (a.) Capable of being declared.
Declarant (n.) One who declares.
Declaration (n.) [ C or U ] 宣布，宣告；宣言，聲明；【律】（原告的）申訴；（證人的）陳訴，證言 The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
Declaration (n.) That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. -- Tillotson.
Declaration (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. -- Buckle.
Declaration (n.) (Law) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See {Count}, n., 3.
{Declaration of Independence}. (Amer. Hist.) See Declaration of Independence in the vocabulary. See also under {Independence}.
{Declaration of rights}. (Eng. Hist) See {Bill of rights}, under {Bill}.
{Declaration of trust} (Law) A paper subscribed by a grantee of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for the purposes and upon the terms set forth. -- Abbott.
Declaration (n.) A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written).
Declaration (n.) (Law) Unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence."
Declaration (n.) A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties.
Declaration (n.) (Contract bridge) The highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make [syn: {contract}, {declaration}].
Declaration (n.) A formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" [syn: {announcement}, {proclamation}, {annunciation}, {declaration}].
Declaration (n.) A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote [syn: {resolution}, {declaration}, {resolve}].
Declaration (n.) Pleading. A declaration is a specification, in a methodical and logical form, of the circumstances which constitute the plaintiff's cause of action. 1 Chit. Pl. 248; Co. Litt. 17, a, 303, a; Bac. Abr. Pleas, B; Com. Dig. Pleader, C 7; Lawes on Pl. 35; Steph Pl. 36; 6 Serg. & Rawle, 28. In real actions, it is most properly called the count; in a personal one, the declaration. Steph. Pl. 36 Doct. Pl. 83; Lawes, Plead. 33; see P. N. B. 16, a, 60, d. The latter, however, is now the general term; being that commonly used when referring to real and personal actions without distinction. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2815.
Declaration (n.) The declaration in an action at law answers to the bill in chancery, the libel of the civilians, and the allegation of the ecclesiastical courts.
Declaration (n.) It may be considered with reference, 1st. To those general requisites or qualities which govern the whole declaration; and 2d. To its form, particular parts, and requisites.
Declaration (n.) The general requisites or qualities of a declaration are first, that it correspond with the process. But, according to the present practice of the courts, oyer of the writ cannot be craved; and a variance between the writ and declaration cannot be pleaded in abatement. 1 Saund. 318; a.
Declaration (n.) Secondly. The second general requisite of a declaration is, that it contain a statement of all the facts necessary in point of law, to sustain the action, and no more. Co. Litt. 303, a; Plowd. 84, 122. See 2 Mass. 863; Cowp. 682; 6 East, R. 422 5 T. R. 623; Vin. Ab. Declarations.
Declaration (n.) Thirdly. These circumstances must be stated with certainty and truth. The certainty necessary in a declaration is, to a certain intent in general, which should pervade the whole declaration, and is particularly required in setting forth, 1st. The parties; it must be stated with certainty who are the parties to the suit, and therefore a declaration by or against "C D and Company," not being a corporation, is insufficient. See Com. Dig. Pleader, C I 8 1 Camp. R. 446 I T. R. 508; 3 Caines, R. 170. 2d. The time; in personal actions the declaration must, in general, state a time when every material or traversable fact happened; and when a venue is necessary, time must also, be mentioned. 5 T. R. 620; Com. Dig. Plead. C 19; Plowd. 24; 14 East, R. 390.; The precise time, however, is not material; 2 Dall. 346; 3 Johns. R. 43; 13 Johns. R. 253; unless it constitutes a material part of the contract declared upon, or where the date, &c., of a written contract or record, is averred; 4 T. R. 590 10 Mod. 313 2 Camp. R. 307, 8, n.; or, in ejectment, in which the demise must be stated to have made after the title of the lessor of the plaintiff, and his right of entry, accrued. 2 East, R. 257; 1 Johns. Cas. 283. 3d. The Place. See Venue. 4th. Other circumstances necessary to maintain the action.
Declaration (n.) The parts and particular requisites of a declaration are, first, the title of the court and term. See 1 Chit. Pl. 261, et seq.
Declaration (n.) Secondly. The venue. Immediately after the title of the declaration follows the statement in the margin of the venue, or county in which the facts are alleged to have occurred, and in which the cause is tried. See Venue.
Declaration (n.) Thirdly. The commencement. What is termed the commencement of the declaration follows the venue in the margin, and precedes the more circumstantial statement of the cause of action. It contains a statement, 1st. Of the names of the parties to the suit, and if they sue or be sued in another right, or in a political capacity, (as executors, assignees, qui lam, &c.) of the character or right in respect of which they are parties to the suit. 2d. Of the mode in which the defendant has been brought into court; and, 3d. A brief recital of the form of action to be proceeded in. 1 Saund. 318, Id. 111, 112; 6 T. R. 130.
Declaration (n.) Fourthly. The statement of the cause (if action, in which all the requisites of certainty before mentioned must be observed, necessarily varies, according to the circumstances of each particular case, and the form of action, whether in assumpsit, debt, covenant, detinue, case, trover, replevin or trespass.
Declaration (n.) Fifthly. The several counts. A declaration may consist of as many counts as the case requires, and the jury may assess entire or distinct damages on. all the counts; 3 Wils. R. 185; 2 Bay, R. 206; and it is usual, particularly in actions of assumpsit, debt on simple contract, and actions on the case, to set forth the plaintiff's cause of action in various shapes in different counts, so that if the plaintiff fail in proof of one count, he may succeed in another. 3 Bl. Com. 295.
Declaration (n.) Sixthly. The conclusion. In personal and mixed actions the declaration should conclude to the damage of the plaintiff; Com. Dig. Pleader, C 84; 10 Co. 116, b. 117, a.; unless in scire facias and in penal actions at the suit of a common informer.
Declaration (n.) Seventhly. The profert and pledges. In an action at the suit of an executor or administrator, immediately after the conclusion to the damages, &c., and before the pledges, a profert of the letters testamentary or letters of administration should be made. Bac. Abr. Executor, C; Dougl. 6, in notes. At the end of the declaration, it is usual to add the plaintiff is common pledges to prosecute, John Doe and Richard Roe.
Declaration (n.) A declaration may be general or special; for example, in debt or bond, a declaration counting on the penal part only, is general; when it sets out both the penalty and the condition, and assigns the breach, it is special. Gould on Pl. c. 4, Sec. 50. See, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t. 1 Chit. Pl. 248 to 402; Lawes, Pl. Index) h.t.; Arch. Civ. Pl. index, h.t.; Steph. Pl. h.t.; Grab. Pr. h.t.; Com. Dig. Pleader, h.t.; Dane's Ab. h.t.; United States Dig. Pleadings ii.
Declarative (a.) Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.
Declaratively (adv.) By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.
Declarator (n.) A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.
Declaratorily (adv.) In a declaratory manner.
Declaratory (a.) Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature.
Declared (imp. & p. p.) of Declare.
Declaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Declare.
Declare (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurity.