Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 16
Decurion (n.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.
Decurionate (n.) The office of a decurion.
Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.
Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.
Decursion (n.) A flowing; also, a hostile incursion.
Decursive (a.) Running down; decurrent.
Decursively (adv.) In a decursive manner.
Decurt (v. t.) To cut short; to curtail.
Decurtation (n.) Act of cutting short.
Decuries (n. pl. ) of Decury.
Decury (n.) A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.
Decussated (imp. & p. p.) of Decussate.
Decussating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decussate.
Decussate (v. t.) (v. t.) (v. i.) (使) 交叉成X形，(使) 交叉成十字形 To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.
Decussate (a.) 交叉的，直角交叉的，X形的 Alt. of Decussated
Decussated (a.) Crossed; intersected.
Decussated (a.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.
Decussated (a.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.
Decussate (a.) Crossed or intersected in the form of an X [syn: {decussate}, {intersectant}, {intersecting}].
Decussate (v.) Cross or intersect so as to form a cross; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate".
Decussately (adv.) 交叉著地 In a decussate manner.
Decussation (n.) X形交叉；中央神經系統的交叉神經纖維 Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.
Decussation (n.) An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X [syn: {chiasma}, {chiasm}, {decussation}].
Decussative (a.) Intersecting at acute angles.
Decussatively (adv.) Crosswise; in the form of an X.
Decyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.
Decylic (a.) Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl.
Dedalian (a.) See Daedalian.
Dedalous (a.) See Daedalous.
Dedans (n.) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
Dede (a.) Dead.
Dedecorate (v. t.) To bring to shame; to disgrace.
Dedecoration (n.) Disgrace; dishonor.
Dedecorous (a.) Disgraceful; unbecoming.
Dedentition (n.) The shedding of teeth.
Dedicate (p. a.) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Dedicated (imp. & p. p.) of Dedicate.
Dedicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dedicate.
Dedicate (v. t.) 以……奉獻，以……供奉 [（+to）]；為（建築物等）舉行落成典禮；獻（身）；把（時間，精力等）用於 [（+to）] To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.
Dedicate (v. t.) To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
Dedicate (v. t.) To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
Dedicated (a.) 專注的；獻身的；【電腦】專用的；Dedicate的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Devoted to a task or purpose.
‘A team of dedicated doctors.’
Dedicated (a.) Exclusively allocated to or intended for a particular purpose.
‘A dedicated high-speed rail link from the Channel Tunnel.’
Dedicatee (n.) 受奉獻者 One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator.
Dedication (n.) 奉獻，供奉 [U]；獻堂典禮；揭幕儀式 [C]；專心致力，獻身 [U] [（+to）] The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.
Dedication (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.
Dedication (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.
Dedicator (n.) 奉獻者；獻身者；題獻者 [C] One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment.
Dedicatorial (a.) Dedicatory.
Dedicatorial (a.) (In British) Relating to or acting as a dedication.
Dedicatory (a.) Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental.
Dedicatory (a.) (In American) Of or as a dedication.
Dedicatory (n.) Dedication.
Compare: Complimental
Complimental (a.) (In British) (Archaic) Complimentary.
Compare: Complimentary
Complimentary (a.) 贊賞的；恭維的；表示敬意的；問候的 Expressing a compliment; praising or approving.
‘Jennie was very complimentary about Kath's riding.’
‘Complimentary remarks.’
Complimentary (a.) 【美】贈送的 [Z] Given or supplied free of charge.
‘A complimentary bottle of wine.’
Compare: Compliment
Compliment (n.) [C] 讚美的話；恭維；敬意 [（+on）]；問候；致意；道賀 [P] A polite expression of praise or admiration.
‘She paid me an enormous compliment.’
Compliment (n.) An act or circumstance that implies praise or respect.
‘It's a compliment to the bride to dress up on her special day.’
Compliment (n.) (Compliments) Congratulations or praise expressed to someone.
‘My compliments on your cooking.’
Compliment (n.) (Compliments) Formal greetings, especially when sent as a message.
‘Carry my compliments to your kinsmen.’
Compliment (v.) [With object] 讚美；恭維；祝賀 [（+on）]；向……贈送（某物）以表示敬意（或祝賀）[（+with）] Politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something.
‘He complimented Erika on her appearance.’
Compliment (v.) [With object] Praise (something) politely.
‘The manager was heard to compliment the other team's good play.’
Compliment (v.) [With object] (Compliment someone with) (Archaic) Present someone with (something) as a mark of courtesy.
‘Prince George expected to be complimented with a seat in the royal coach.’
Compliment (together with complimentary) Is quite different in meaning from complement (and complementary). See Complement
Compliments of the season (ph.) Used as a seasonal greeting at Christmas or the New Year.
Pay one's compliments (ph.) Send or express formal greetings.
‘A gentleman stopped, eager to pay his compliments.’
Return the compliment (ph.) Give a compliment in return for another.
Return the compliment (ph.) Retaliate or respond in kind.
‘She eyed me warily, and I returned the compliment.’
With one's compliments (ph.) Used to express the fact that what one is giving is free.
‘All drinks will be supplied with our compliments.’
Compare: Fulfilment
Fulfilment (n.) = (US) Fulfillment.
Fulfillment (n.) [Mass noun] [U] 完成，履行；實現 [（+of）]；滿足（感），成就（感） The achievement of something desired, promised, or predicted.
‘Winning the championship was the fulfilment of a childhood dream.’
Fulfillment (n.) [Mass noun] Satisfaction or happiness as a result of fully developing one's potential.
‘She did not believe that marriage was the key to happiness and fulfilment.’
Fulfillment (n.) [Mass noun] The meeting of a requirement, condition, or need.
‘The fulfilment of statutory requirements.’
Fulfillment (n.) [Mass noun] The performance of a duty or role as required, pledged, or expected.
‘The need to eliminate excess by the security forces in fulfilment of their duties.’
Fulfillment (n.) [Mass noun] The packing and dispatch of a customer's order by a retailer.
‘Technology solutions for e-commerce order fulfilment.’
[As modifier] ‘The online store will distribute orders from eight UK fulfilment centres.’
Dedimus (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc.
Dedition (n.) The act of yielding; surrender.
Dedolent (a.) Feeling no compunction; apathetic.
Deduced (imp. & p. p.) of Deduce.
Deducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deduce.
Deduce (v. t.) To lead forth. [A Latinism]
He should hither deduce a colony. -- Selden.
Deduce (v. t.) To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Deduce (v. t.) To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of.
O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times? -- Pope.
Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known. -- Locke.
See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. -- Sir W. Scott.
Deduce (v.) Reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive].
Deduce (v.) Conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: deduce, infer].
Deducement (n.) Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [R.] -- Dryden.
Deducibility (n.) Deducibleness.
Deducible (a.) Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence.
All properties of a triangle depend on, and are deducible from, the complex idea of three lines including a space. -- Locke.
Deducible (a.) Capable of being brought down. [Obs.]
As if God [were] deducible to human imbecility. -- State Trials (1649).
Deducible (a.) Capable of being deduced.
Deducibleness (n.) The quality of being deducible; deducibility.
Deducibly (adv.) By deduction.
Deducive (a.) That deduces; inferential.
Deducted (imp. & p. p.) of Deduct.
Deducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deduct.
Deduct (v. t.) 扣除，演繹 To lead forth or out. [Obs.]
A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. -- Udall.
Deduct (v. t.) To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of.
Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. -- Pope.
Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. -- Bp. Burnet.
We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. -- Norris.
Deduct (v. t.) To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days." -- Massinger.
Deduct (v.) Make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" [syn: subtract, deduct, take off] [ant: add, add together].
Deduct (v.) Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" [syn: withhold, deduct, recoup].
Deduct (v.) Reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive].
Deductible (a.) Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.
Not one found honestly deductible From any use that pleased him. -- Mrs. Browning.
Deductible (a.) Deducible; consequential.
Deductible (a.)Acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction) [ant: nondeductible].
Deductible (n.) (Taxes) An amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax).
Deductible (n.) A clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount.
Deduction (n.) 扣除，減除 [U]；扣除額，減除額 [C]；推論；演繹（法）[U] [C] [+that] Act or process of deducing or inferring.
The deduction of one language from another. -- Johnson.
This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. -- J. R. Seely.
Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
Deduction (n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. -- Pope.
Deduction (n.) That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent in compensation for services; deductions from income in calculating income taxes.
Syn: See {Induction}.
Deduction (n.) A reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket [syn: {tax write-off}, {tax deduction}, {deduction}].
Deduction (n.) An amount or percentage deducted [syn: {deduction}, {discount}].
Deduction (n.) Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" [syn: {deduction}, {entailment}, {implication}].
Deduction (n.) Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) [syn: {deduction}, {deductive reasoning}, {synthesis}].
Deduction (n.) The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks" [syn: {subtraction}, {deduction}] [ant: {addition}].
Deduction (n.) The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise [syn: {discount}, {price reduction}, {deduction}].
Deductive (a.) 推論的；演繹的 Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
All knowledge of causes is deductive. -- Glanvill.
Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. -- Whewell.
Deductive (a.) Relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning."
Deductive (a.) Involving inferences from general principles [ant: {inductive}].
Deductively (adv.) 推論地；演繹地 By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. -- Sir T. Browne.
Deductor (n.) (Zool.) The pilot whale or blackfish.
Deduit (n.) Delight; pleasure. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Deduplication (n.) (Biol.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.
Deed (a.) Dead. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Deed (v. t.) That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? -- Gen. xliv. 15.
We receive the due reward of our deeds. -- Luke xxiii. 41.
Would serve his kind in deed and word. -- Tennyson.
Deed (v. t.) Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds." -- Spenser.
Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. -- Dryden.
Deed (v. t.) Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]
To be, both will and deed, created free. -- Milton.
Deed (v. t.) Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
Deed (v. t.) (Law) A sealed
instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered,
containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
Note: The term is generally applied to conveyances of real estate, and it is
the prevailing doctrine that a deed must be signed as well as sealed, though at
common law signing was formerly not necessary.
Blank deed, A printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.
Deed (v. t.) Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] -- Shak.
In deed, in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.
Deed (v. t.) To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]
Deed (n.) A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment" [syn: deed, deed of conveyance, title].
Deed (n.) Something that people do or cause to happen [syn: act, deed, human action, human activity].
Deedful (a.) Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring. [R.] "A deedful life." -- Tennyson.
Deedless (a.) Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.
Deedless in his tongue. -- Shak.
Deed poll () (Law) A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented. -- Burrill.
Deed poll (n.) A deed made and executed by only one party.
DEED POLL, () contracts. A deed made by one party only is not indented, but polled or shaved quite even, and is, for this reason, called a deed poll, or single deed. Co. Litt. 299, a.
DEED POLL, () A deed poll is not, strictly speaking, an agreement between two persons; but a declaration of some one particular person, respecting an agreement made by him with some other person. For example, a feoffment from A to B by deed poll, is not an agreement between A and B, but rather a declaration by A addressed to all mankind, informing them that he thereby gives and enfeoffs B of certain land therein described.
DEED POLL, () It was formerly called charta de una parte, and, usually began with these words, Sciant praesentes et futuri quod ego A, &c.; and now begins, "Know all men by these presents, that I, A B, have given, granted, and enfeoffed, and by these presents do give, grant and enfeoff," &c. Cruise, Real Prop. tit. 32, c. 1, s. 23.
Deedy (a.) Industrious; active. [R.] -- Cowper.
Deem (v. i.) To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
And deemest thou as those who pore, With aged eyes, short way before? -- Emerson.
Deem (v. i.) To pass judgment. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Deemed (imp. & p. p.) of Deem.
Deeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deem.
Deem (v. t.) To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.]
Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree. -- Chaucer.
Deem (v. t.) To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
For never can I deem him less him less than god. -- Dryden.
Deem (n.) Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Deem (v.) Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" [syn: deem, hold, view as, take for].
Deem (v. t.) To come to think or judge : Consider.
// Deemed it wise to go slow.
// Those whom she deemed worthy.
// A movie deemed appropriate for all ages.
Deem (v. i.) To have an opinion : Believe.
Deemster (n.) A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process. -- Cowell.
Deep (a.) 深的；縱深的；位於深處的；（用於數字以後）有……深的 Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.
The water where the brook is deep. -- Shak.
Deep (a.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.
Shadowing squadrons deep. -- Milton.
Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. -- Shak.
Deep (a.) Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.