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Show Hisdate®t vitories ftill thickeft came As, near the centre, motion doth increafe ‘Till he, prefs'd down by his own weighty name Did, like the veftal, under fpoils deceafe Dryden DECEIT. n. £ [deceptio, Latin. Fraud a cheat a fallacy any prac tice by which falfehood is made to paf for truth M lips fhall not fpeak wickednefs, nor m Foby xxvils 4 tongue utter deceit 2. Stratagem ; artifice His deman Springs not from Edward's well-meant honeft love But from deceir, bred by neceflity 3. [Inlaw. Shakefpeare fubtile wily fhift or de vice ; all manner of craft, {ubtilty, guile fraud, wilinefs, {leightnefs, cunning covin, collufion, pratice, and offence ufed to deceive another man by an means, which hath no other proper o Cowell particular name but offence Dzece'1TrUL. adj. [deceit and full.] Fraudulent ; full of deceit I grant him bloody Luxurious, avaricious, falfe, deceitful. Shakefpeare The lovely young Lavinia once had friends And fortune fmil'd, deceitful, on herbirth. Thomfon Drce'itruLLy. adv. [fro Fraudulently ; with deceit deceitful. Exercife of form may be deceitfully difpatched o Wotton courfe Dece1TFULNESs. 7. f. [from deceizful. The quality of being fraudulent ; tendency to deceive DecE 1vABLE. adj. [from deceive. 1. Subjeét to fraud ; expofed to impofture was no only deceivable in his integrity but the angels of light in all their clarity Brown's Vulgar Errours How would thou ufe me now, blind, and thereb Deceivable, in moft things as a chil Hejplefs? hence eafily contemn'd and fcorn'd Milton And laft negleted 2. Subjedt to produce errour ; deceitful « It is good to confider of deformity, not as fign, which is more deceivable, but as a caufe whic Bacon feldom faileth of the effect He received nothing but fair promifes, whic Hayward proved deceivable O everfailing truf Tn mortal firength ! and oh, what not in ma Milton Deceivable and vain Dece'tvasLENESS. 7 [ [ from deceivable.] Liablenefs to be decgived, or t deceive He that has a great patron, has the advantag of his negligence and deceivablenefs Government of the Tongue 7o DECETVE. 2. a. [decipio, Latin. 1. T cauf t miftake ; to brin errour; to impofe upon int Some have been deceived into an opinion, tha there was 2 divine right of primogeniture to bot eftate and power They rais'd a feeble cry wich trembling notes s oa th pi ga i th ' ei de c vo a w th Bu Dryden 5. To deprive by fraud or ftealth fo is to be forborne in confumptions Locke 2. To delude by ftratagem 3. To cut off from expe@ation, with o before the thing The Turkith generaly deceived of his expeftation, withdrew his fleet twelve miles off. Knolles 1 now believ' 'Fhe happy day approach'd; nor aje my hopes deDryden 2 A ft words admit of nono def; def nce For want of decency is want of fenfe.n cel'! j;-m,,,,,, Drcr'wniavr, adj. [fro decennium, 1 t n. Wha that the fpirits of the wine prey on the vifcid juice 'vaL th o ri fp th wi o om er in of the body Win body, and fo deceive and rob them of their nou Bacon rifhment Plant fruit-trees in large borders, and fet therein fine flowers, but thin and fparingly, left the Bacon deceive the trees Dece'1VER z. / ing, fo as to denominate the perfon ufing them South liar or deceiver It is to be admired how any deceiwer can be f weak to foretel things near at hand, when a ver few months muft of neceflity difcover the imSavift pofture Adieu the heart-expanding bowl Pope And all the kind deceivers of the foul DecE'MBER. #. /. [december, Latin.] Th laft month of the year; but named Zecember o tenth month th th whe year began in March Whe we are old as you ? When we fhall hea The rain and wind beat dark December Shakefp Dece'MPEDAL. adj. [from decempeda, LaDia "tin.] Ten feet in length n /. [decemviratus DEcCE'MVIRATE La tin.] The dignity and office of the te governours of Rome, who were appointed to rule the commonwealth inftead of confuls : their authority fubfifte only two years. Any body of ten men DE'CENCE. ) #. /. [decence, French; deDE'CENCY. cet, Latin. 1. Propriety of form ; proper formality becoming ceremony : decence is feldo ufed Thofe thoufand decencies, that daily flo From all her words and actions Milton In good works there may be goodnefs in the generals but decence and gracefulnefs can be only i Sprat the particulars in doing the good Were the offices of religion ftript of all th external decencies of worfhip, they would not mak a due impreflion on the minds of thofe who affif Aterbury at them She fpeaks, behaves, and a&s juft as the ought But never, never reach'd one gen'rous thought Virtue the finds too painful an endeavour Pope Content to dwell in decencies for ever 2. Suitablenefs to charadter ; propriety And muft I own, fhe faid, my fecret fmart ‘What with more decence were in filence kept Dryden [ decem and awem, Lat.] Relati Meton, of old,¢ in the time of the Pe"el| op nne fian war, conftituted a decenmoal cirqle,porn: nineteen years; the fame which we now call t golden number Holde Seven months are retrenched in this w ole de cennovary progrefs of the epals, to reduce the ac counts of her motion and place to thofe of the fun Holder DEe‘cENT. adj. [decens, Latin 1. Becoming ; fit; fuitable, Since there muft be ornaments both in paintin 2 and poetry, if they are not neceffary, they leaft be decent5 that is, in their duey;lacef :::flb: moderately ufed Dryden Grave ; not gaudy ; not oftentatioys Come, penfive nun, devout and pure Sober, ftedfaft, and demure All in a robe of darkeft grai Flowing with majeftick train And fable ftole of Cyprus law O'er the decent thoulders drawn Mi[lW 3. Not wanton ; not-immodeft De'cenTLY. adv. [from decent. 1. In a proper manner ; with fuitable be h‘avmur; without meannefs or oftentation The Men are April when they woo, and Decembe Shakefpeare's As you like it when they wed adi to the number nineteen that leads anothor into errour; a cheat Sigh no more, ladies, figh no more Men were deceivers ever One foot in fea, and one on fhore To one thing conftant never. Shakefpeare As for Perkin's difmifiion out of France, the interpreted it not as if he were detetted for Bacon counterfeit decciver Thofe voices, ations, or geftures, which me have not by any compact agreed to make the inftruments of conveying their thoughts one to another, are not the proper inftruments of deceiv continues for the fpace o Decexxo'vary. On [from deceive. ‘What thould we {peak o The care of this world, and the deceitfulnefs o riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitMat. xiil. 22 ful Ma to fail 4. To mack 3. Modefty; not ri aldry; ng t obfceniey Immod could notdecently refufe affiftance to perfon, who had punifhed thofe who had infulte Broome their relation Perform'd what friendfhip, juftice, truth require Wha't could he more, but decently retire Swift 2, Without immodefty Paft hope of fafety, *twas his lateft care Dryden Like falling Caefar, decently to die decit. DeceprierviTY. 2. f. [fro Liablenefs to be deceived errour are fo flethed in us, that the decayed natures Glanville Som maintain their intereft upon the decepribility of su DEecCE'PTIBLE. adj. [from deceit.] Liabl to impofture to be deceived ; ope {ubje&t to fraud Th firft and father caufe of common errour is the commo infirmity of human nature ; whofe deceptible condition, perhaps, there thoul not need any other eviion, than the frequen Brown errours we fhall ourfelves commit DEcE'PTION. 7. /. [deceptio, Latin. 1. The a& or means of deceiving; cheat fraund ; fallacy Being thus divided from truth in t!xemfe!ves they are yet farther removed by advenient decep Brown tion figns thof o mifapplyi i deceptio Al th mad wer inftitutio o compaé b which mean of men' thoughts fignifying or conveying thei Soutb z. The ftate of being deceived Reafon, not impofiibly, may mee Some fpecious object by the foe fuborn'd And fall into deception unaware Miltor De deceit. [fro adj Drcr' TI0US t fubfequen The confideration immediatel the being of a thing is wha agrees or difagree with that thing ; what is fuitable or unfuitable t it; and from this fprings the notion of decency o indecency, that which becomes or mifbecomes South Sentiments which raife laughter, can very fel dom be admittgd with any decency int Poim You thall di Twice now, where others, that mortalit In her fair arms holds, fhall but.gnce deceafe Chapman 1 DE DE DE ceitful ; apt to deceive Yet there is a credence in my heart That doth invert th' atteft of eyes and ears As if thofe organs had deseptions functions Created only to calumniate Sbakefpeart Ha&z} deceit. [fro adj DEece' TIVE an heroic in ei de p h Y TO s' vin w Di dec o p Addifen |