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Show . o [defeenfio, Latin. Drree'Ns10N o 1. The a& of going downwards, falling finking; defcent 2. A declenfion ; a degradation Froma god to a bull It was Jove's cafe a heavy defcenfion From a prince to a 'pren tice ! a low transformation 5. [In aftronomy. that fhall be mine Shakefpeare Right defcenfion 1s th arch of the equator, which defcends wit the fign or ftar below the horizon of direct {phere Oblique defeenfion is the #rch of the equator which defcends with the fignt below the horizon o Ozanant an oblique fphere DrscE'NSIONAL. adj. [from defeenfion. Relating to defcent Desce'NT. n. [o [defeenfis, Latin; de Jeente, French. 1. The a& of pafling from a higher to lower place. Why do fragments, from a mountain rent Tend to the carth with fuch a {wift defeent Blackmere 2. Progrefs downwards Obferving fuch gradual and gentle defcent wards, in thofe parts of the creation tha neath men, the rule of analogy may mak bable, thatit is {o alfoin things above 3. Obliguity ; inclination downare beit proLocke The heads and fources of rivers flow upon a deJeent, or ‘an inclining plane, without which the Woodw. Nat. Hift gould not flow at all 4. Loweft place From th' extremeft upward of thy hea To the defeent and duft below thy feet. Shakefpeare . Fall from a higher ftate ; degradation O foul defeent, that I, who erft contende With gods to fit the higheft, am now conftrain' Into a beaft, and mix with beftial flim Milton __ This effence to incarpate and imbrute &. Invafion; hoftile entrance into a king dom : in allufion to the height of fhips At the firft defcent on fhore, he was not immured with a wooden veflel, but he did countenanc Wotton the landing in his long-boat The duke was general himfelf, and made tha unfortunate defcent upon the Ifle of Rhee, which wa attended wit a miferabl retreat in whic th Clarendon flower of the army was loft Atife, true judges, in your own defence Controul thofe foplings, and declare for fenfe For, fhould the fools prevail, they ftop not there But make their next defcent upon the fair. Dryden 7. Tranfmiffion of any thing by fucceflio and inheritance If the agreement and confent of men firft gave fceptre into any one's hand, that alfo muft direc Locke its defcent and conveyance $. The fate of proceeding from an original or progenitor All of them, even without fuch a particula claim, had great reafon to glory in their commo defcent from Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, to who the promife of the bleffed feed was feverally made Atterbury 9. Birth extration DE D'E D EX procefs of lineage I give my voice on Richard's fide Tobar my mafter's heirs in true defient God knows, I will not do it Shakefpeare Turnus, for high defcent and graceful mien Was firft, and favour'd by the Latian queen 10. Offspring ; inheritors ; thof ceeding in the line of generation Dryden pro The care of our defcent perplexes us moft Milton Which muft be born to certain woe From hi His whole defent, who thys fhall Canaan win Alilron 11. A fingle ftep in the fcale of genealogy ; 4 generation No man living is a thoufand defcents remove Hooker from Adam him{elf Then all the fons of thefe five brethren reign'd By due fuccefs, and all their nephews late Even thrice eleven defcents the crown retain'd 12. A rank in the f{cale of fubordination to hold converfe Save with the creatures which I made, and thof To me inferior; infinite defeent Beneath what other creatures are to thee ? Milton wv. a 7o DESCRI'BE [defcribo, Latin. 1. To delineate ; to mark out; to trace as a torch waved about the head deferibe a circle 2. To mark out any thing by the mentio of its properties I pray thee, overname them ; and as thou nam'f them, I will deferibe them;5 and according to m Shakefpeare defcription, level at my affection H that writes well in verfe will often fend hi thoughts in fearch, through all the treafure o words that exprefs any one idea in the fame language, that {o he may comport with the meafures of the rhyme, or with his own moft beautiful an Watts. vivid fentiments of the thing he defcribes 3. To diftribute into proper heads or divifions Men paffed through the land, and defcribed it b cities into feven partsina book The &rength o' th' enemy Shakefpeare Our merchants, to their great charges, fet fort Abbot fleets to defcry the feas 3. Todetect cealed to find out any thing con Of the king they got a fight after dinner in Till aged Heli by due heritage it gain'd. F.Queen How have I then with who Edmund; I think, is' gone to defer Fofs xviii. g gallery, and of the queem mother at her own table in neither place defcried, no, not by Cadinet, wh Wotton had been lately ambaffador in England 4. To difcover ; to perceive by the eye to fee any thing diftant or obfcure Thus dight, into the court he took his way Both through the guard, which never him defzried And through the watchmen, who him never fpied Hubberd's Tale The fpirit of deep prophecy fhe hath What's paft and what's to come fhe can defery Shake[pear That planet would, unto our eyes, defcryirg onl that part whereon the light falls,. appear to b Raligh horned, as the moon feems And now their way to earth they had deferied Milton To Paradife firft tending Although the motion of light be not defcried, n argument can be made from thence to prove tha Dighy light is not a body A tow'r fo high, it feem'd to reach the fky Stood on the roof, from whence we could defcr All Ilium Denbam Once more at leaft look back, faid 1 Prior Thyfelf in that large glafs defery Descry'. = /. [from the verb. Difco very ; thing difcovered manner by the pro arm othe th ' nea Ho of qualities general ~~Near, and on fpeedy foot, the main defcr DEscripTION Stands in the hourly thought Shake[peare [from deferibe.] He 70 DE'SECRATE. w.'a. [defacro, Lat. whic t purpof th fro diver T From a plantation and colony, an ifland nea any thing is confecrated Spain was by the Greek defcribers named Erythra 4. To define in a Ja mifcuous mentio Se and peculiar Descri'BER. #./ that defcribes The founders of monafteries imprecated evil o thofe who fhould defecrate their donations Crafhaw Desecra'rion. n /. [from defecrare. The abolition of confecration Brown Descri'er #. / [from the verb. difcoverer; a deteéter The glad defcrier fhall not mif To tafte the nectarof a kifs Descri‘prioN. #./. {defcriptio, Latin. 1. The a& of delineating or exprefling an perfon or thing by perceptible properties 2. The fentence or paffage i which an thing is defcrabed A poet muft refuf all tedious and unneceffar defcriptions : ® robe which is too heavy is lefs a Dryden ornament than a burthen Sometimes, mifguided by the tuneful throng, I look for ftreams immortaliz''d in fong That loft in filence and oblivion lie Dumb are their fountains, and their ¢hannels dry That run for ever by the mufe's fkill And in the fmooth defcription murmur &ill. Addif 3. A lax definition i is compofe of the effential difference Watts added to general nature or genus 4. The qualities exprefled in a defeription P'll pay fix thoufand, and deface the bond Before a friend of this deferiptio Shakefp. Merchant of Venice Shall lofe a hair 7o DESCRY'. @, a. [deferier, French. 1. To give notice of any thing fuddenl difcovered : as, the fcout deferied th enemy, or gave notice of their approach Thi fenf i De'sErT now obfolete bu gav occafion to thofe which are now in ufe 2, To {py out; to examine at a diftance And the houfe of Jofiph fept to defery Bethel Judges, iy 2 ~2 A wil [defertum, Latin. 7. dernefs; folitude inhabited place un walte country Be alive again And dare me to the defers with thy fword If trembling I inhibit, then proteft m Shake[peare The baby ofa girl He, looking round on every fide, bebel A pathlefs defert, dufk with horrid thades Milton Dx'serT adj. [defertus, Latin. Wild wafte folitary ; uninhabited uncul tivated ; untilled I have word That would be howl'd out in the defert air Sbakefp Where hearing thould not atch them He found him in a defert land, ar The fort of definition, which is made up of mere colletion of the mo#t remarkable parts o properties, is called an imperfe¢t definition, or defeription5 whereas the definition is called perfect whe Salmon's Survey in the watt 16 Deuteronomy, xxxii howling wildernefs The promifes and bargains between two men i a defert ifland are binding to them, though they ar perfe@ly in a fate of nature, in reference to on Locke another 7o DESE'RT defero «@. a [deferter French Latin. 1. To forfake; to fall away from; t leave meanly or treacheroufly ; to aban don 1 dp not remember one man, who heartily wifh ed the pafling of that bill, that ever deferted the Dryden till the kingdom was in a flame 2. To leave ; to quit What is it that holds and keeps the orbs in dxe tations and intervals, againft an inceflent and inBertlcy herent tendency to defert them 3. To quit the army, or regiment, 10 whic ene is enlifted Desse'zr |