Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 25
Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The deluged earth would useless grow. -- Blackmore.
Deluge (v. t.) To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.
At length corruption, like a general flood . . . Shall deluge all. -- Pope.
Deluge (n.) An overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent].
Deluge (n.) A heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker].
Deluge (n.) The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion].
Deluge (v.) Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, flood, inundate, swamp].
Deluge (v.) Charge someone with too many tasks [syn: overwhelm, deluge, flood out].
Deluge (v.) Fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn: inundate, deluge, submerge].
Deluge, () The name given to Noah's flood, the history of which is recorded in Gen. 7 and 8.
It began in the year 2516 B.C., and continued twelve lunar months and ten days, or exactly one solar year.
The cause of this judgment was the corruption and violence that filled the earth in the ninth generation from Adam. God in righteous indignation determined to purge the earth of the ungodly race. Amid a world of crime and guilt there was one household that continued faithful and true to God, the household of Noah. "Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations."
At the command of God, Noah made an ark 300 cubits long, 50 broad, and 30 high. He slowly proceeded with this work during a period of one hundred and twenty years (Gen. 6:3). At length the purpose of God began to be carried into effect. The following table exhibits the order of events as they occurred:
In the six hundredth year of his life Noah is commanded by God to enter the ark, taking with him his wife, and his three sons with their wives (Gen. 7:1-10).
The rain begins on the seventeenth day of the second month (Gen. 7:11-17).
The rain ceases, the waters prevail, fifteen cubits upward (Gen. 7:18-24).
The ark grounds on one of the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month, or one hundred and fifty days after the Deluge began (Gen. 8:1-4).
Tops of the mountains visible on the first day of the tenth month (Gen. 8:5).
Raven and dove sent out forty days after this (Gen. 8:6-9).
Dove again sent out seven days afterwards; and in the evening she returns with an olive leaf in her mouth (Gen. 8:10, 11).
Dove sent out the third time after an interval of other seven days, and returns no more (Gen. 8:12).
The ground becomes dry on the first day of the first month of the new year (Gen. 8:13).
Noah leaves the ark on the twenty-seventh day of the second month (Gen. 8:14-19).
The historical truth of the narrative of the Flood is established by the references made to it by our Lord (Matt. 24:37; comp. Luke 17:26). Peter speaks of it also (1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet. 2:5). In Isa. 54:9 the Flood is referred to as "the waters of Noah." The Biblical narrative clearly shows that so far as the human race was concerned the Deluge was universal; that it swept away all men living except Noah and his family, who were preserved in the ark; and that the present human race is descended from those who were thus preserved.
Traditions of the Deluge are found among all the great divisions of the human family; and these traditions, taken as a whole, wonderfully agree with the Biblical narrative, and agree with it in such a way as to lead to the conclusion that the Biblical is the authentic narrative, of which all these traditions are more or less corrupted versions. The most remarkable of these traditions is that recorded on tablets prepared by order of Assur-bani-pal, the king of Assyria. These were, however, copies of older records which belonged to somewhere about B.C. 2000, and which formed part of the priestly library at Erech (q.v.), "the ineradicable remembrance of a real and terrible event." (See NOAH; CHALDEA.)
Deluge (n.) A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.
Delundung (n.) An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.
Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Delusion (n.) The state of being deluded or misled.
Delusion (n.) That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
Delusion (n.) [ C or U ] 幻想；錯覺 Belief in something that is not true.
// [ + that ] He's under the delusion that he will be promoted this year.
Delusional (a.) Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.
Delusive (a.) Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.
Delusory (a.) Delusive; fallacious.
Delved (imp. & p. p.) of Delve.
Delving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delve.
Delve (v. t.) To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
Delve (v. t.) To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
Delve (v. i.) To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.
Delve (v. t.) A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
Delver (n.) One who digs, as with a spade.
Demagnetize (v. t.) To deprive of magnetic properties. See Magnetize.
Demagnetize (v. t.) To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize.
Demagog (n.) Demagogue.
Demagogic (a.) Alt. of Demagogical.
Demagogical (a.) Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.
Demagogism (n.) The practices of a demagogue.
Demagogue (n.) A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.
Demagogy (n.) Demagogism.
Demain (n.) Rule; management.
Demain (n.) See Demesne.
Demanded (imp. & p. p.) of Demand.
Demanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demand.
Demand (v. t.) To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.
Demand (v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
Demand (v. t.) To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
Demand (v. t.) To call into court; to summon.
Demand (v. i.) To make a demand; to inquire.
Demand (v. t.) The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.
Demand (v. t.) Earnest inquiry; question; query.
Demand (v. t.) A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.
Demand (v. t.) That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
Demand (v. t.) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
Demand (v. t.) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person.
Demand (v. t.) A thing or amount claimed to be due.
Demand (v.) [ T ] (Request) (B1) 堅決請求，強烈要求；強要 To ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that you do not expect to be refused.
// I demanded an explanation.
// The union is demanding a seven percent pay rise this year.
// He has always demanded the highest standards of behaviour from his children.
// [ + speech ] "And where do you think you're going?" demanded the police officer.
// [ + to infinitive ] I demand to see the manager.
// [ + that ] She demanded that he return the books he borrowed from her.
Demand (v.) [ T ] (Need) (B2) 需要，要求 To need something such as time, effort, or a particular quality.
// This is a very difficult piece of music to play - it demands a lot of concentration.
// He seems to lack many of the qualities demanded of (= needed by) a successful politician.
Demand (n.) (Request) (B1) [ C ] 強烈的要求，堅決的請求 A strong request.
// You can't give in to children's demands all the time.
// The government is unlikely to agree to the rebels' demands for independence.
// (UK) They received a final demand (= a last request) for payment.
Demand (n.) (Need) (B2) [ C or U ] 需求 A need for something to be sold or supplied.
// There was little demand for tickets.
// Good teachers are always in (great) demand (= are always needed).
Demands (n. pl.) （困難的）要求 The difficult things that you have to do.
// The demands of nursing are too great for a lot of people.
// His new job makes a lot of demands on him (= he has to work very hard).
Demandable (a.) That may be demanded or claimed.
Demandant (n.) One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.
Demander (n.) One who demands.
Demandress (n.) A woman who demands.
Demantoid (n.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.
Demarcate (v. t.) To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.
Demarcation (n.) The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.
Demarch (n.) March; walk; gait.
Demarch (n.) A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.
Démarche (n.) 【法】手段；（外交）新方針 A political step or initiative.
‘Foreign policy démarche.’
Demarkation (n.) Same as Demarcation.
Dematerialize (v. t.) To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.
Deme (n.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.
Deme (n.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.
Demeaned (imp. & p. p.) of Demean.
Demeaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demean.
Demean (v. t.) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
[Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter. -- Milton.
Demean (v. t.) To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
They have demeaned themselves Like men born to renown by life or death. -- Shak.
They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. -- Clarendon.
Demean (v. t.) To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter. -- Thackeray.
Note: This sense is probably due to a false etymology which regarded the word as connected with the adjective mean.
Demean (n.) Management; treatment. [Obs.]
Vile demean and usage bad. -- Spenser.
Demean (n.) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. [Obs.]
With grave demean and solemn vanity. -- West.
Demean (n.) Demesne. [Obs.]
Demean (n.) Resources; means. [Obs.]
You know How narrow our demeans are. -- Massinger.
Demean (v.) Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" [syn: take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down].
Demean (v.) [ T ] 羞辱，貶低 To cause someone to become less respected.
// The entire family was demeaned by his behaviour.
// I wouldn't demean myself by asking my parents for money.
Demeanance (n.) Demeanor. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Demeanor (n.) Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.]
God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. -- Milton.
Demeanor (n.) Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
His demeanor was singularly pleasing. -- Macaulay.
The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. -- Thackeray.
Demeanor (n.) (Behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people [syn: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment].
Demeanure (n.) Behavior. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Demency (n.) Dementia; loss of mental powers. See Insanity.
Demency, () dementia, med. jur. A defect, hebetude, or imbecility of the under standing, general or partial, but confined to individual faculties of the mind, particularly those concerned in associating and comparing ideas, whence proceeds great, confusion and incapacity in arranging the thoughts. 1 Chit. Med. Jur. 351; Cyclop. Practical Med. tit. Insanity; Ray, Med. Jur. ch. 9; 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 547.
Demency (n.) Demency is attended with a general enfeeblement of the moral and intellectual faculties, consequence of age or disease, which were originally well developed and sound. It is characterised by forgetfulness of the past; indifference to the present and future, and a childish disposition. It differs from idiocy and imbecility. In these latter, the powers of the mind were never possessed, while in demency, they have been lost.
Demency (n.) Demency may also be distinguished from mania, with which it is sometimes confounded. In the former, the mind has lost its strength, and thereby the reasoning faculty is impaired; while in the latter, the madness arises from an exaltation of vital power, or from a morbid excess of activity.
Demency (n.) Demency is divided into acute and chronic. The former is a consequence of temporary errors of regimen, fevers, hemorrhages, &c., and is susceptible of cure the latter, or chronic demency, may succeed mania, apoplexy, epilepsy, masturbation, and drunkenness, but is generally that incurable decay of the mind which occurs in old age.
Demency (n.) When demency has been fully established in its last stages, the acts of the individual of a civil nature will be void, because the party had no consenting mind. Vide Contracts; Wills; 2 Phillim. R. 449. Having no legal will or intention, he cannot of course commit a crime. Vide Insanity; Mania.
Dement (v. t.) To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] -- Bale.
Dement (a.) Demented; dementate. [R.] -- J. H. Newman.
Dementate (a.) Deprived of reason.
Arise, thou dementate sinner! -- Hammond.
Dementate (v. t.) To deprive of reason; to dement. [R.] -- Burton.
Dementation (n.) The act of depriving of reason; madness. -- Whitlock.
Demented (a.) Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- De*ment"ed*ness, n.
Demented (a.) Affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged].
Dementia (n.) Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.
Demephitized (imp. & p. p.) of Demephitize.
Demephitizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demephitize.
Demephitize (v. t.) To purify from mephitic or foul air.
Demerge (v. t.) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. [Obs.]
By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they] acquired this reputation. -- Holland.
Demerit (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action. -- Burke.
Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense. -- Sir W. Temple.
Demerit (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
Demerit (v. t.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame. [Obs.]
If I have demerited any love or thanks. -- Udall.
Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited. -- State Trials (1645).
Demerit (v. t.) To depreciate or cry down. [R.] -- Bp. Woolton.
Demerit (v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.
Demerit (n.) A mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces; "ten demerits and he loses his privileges."
Demerit (n.) The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did" [syn: demerit, fault] [ant: merit, virtue].
Demerse (v. t.) To immerse. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Demersed (a.) (Bot.) Situated or growing under water, as leaves; submersed.
Demersion (n.) The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water. -- Ray.
Demesmerize (v. t.) To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize.
Demesne (n.) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [Written also demain.] --Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.
Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient.
Demesne (n.) Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne].
Demesne (n.) Territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" [syn: domain, demesne, land].
Demesne (n.) [ C ] (Old use) An area of land owned and controlled by someone.
// The Forest of Dean was the king's demesne.
Demesne (n.) [ C ] (Old use) The land belonging to a manor (= a large country house).
// The enclosed fields of the manorial lord were known as the demesne.
Demesne (n.) (Literary) Part of a place or activity over which a person has control.
// The garden is Alice's little demesne.
Demesnial (a.) Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne.
Demi- () A prefix, signifying half.
Demi (n.) See Demy, n.
Compare: Demy
Demy (n.; pl. Demies.) A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.
Demy (n.; pl. Demies.) A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.]
He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. -- Johnson.
Demibastion (n.) (Fort.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
Demibrigade (n.) A half brigade.
Demicadence (n.) (Mus.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note.
Demicannon (n.) (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds. -- Shak.
Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass.
Demiculverin (n.) (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.
Demideify (v. t.) To deify in part. -- Cowper.