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Show With men thefe confiderations are ufually th caufes of defpite, difdain, or averfion from others ~ but with God they pafs for reafons of our greate tendernefs towards others \i 2. Defiance ; unfubdued oppofition .. M l't;g;‘: ‘QFL&: Sprat The life, thou gav'ft me firft, was loft and done Till with thy warlike fword, defpite of fate To my determin'd time thou gav'ftnew date. Shak My life thou fhalt command, but net my thame The one my duty owes ; but my fair name Defpite of death, that lives upon my grave To-dark dithonour'sufethou fhalt not have. Shak Know I will ferve the fair in thy defpite. Dryd . 1 have not quitted yet a victor's right T'll make you happy ia your own defpite Say, would the tender creature, in defpit Dryden Of heat:by day, and chilling dews by night Its life maintain Blackmore Thou, with rebel infolence, didft dar To own and to prote& that hoary ruffian And, in defpite ev'n of thy father's juftice . To ftir the factious rabble up to arms Rowe 3. A& of malice ; act of oppofition It would be all his folace and revenge As a defpite done againft the Mot High Thee once to gain companion of his wos Milton 9o Desp1'TE. v. a. [from the noun.] T to offend ; to difappoint ; to giv uneafinefs to Saturn, with his wife Rhea, fled by night ; fet ting the town on fire, to defpite Bacchus Despi'TErUL adj Raleigh [defpite and full. Malicious ; full of {fpleen ; full of hate malignant ; mifchievous: ufed both o perfons and things I, his defpiteful Juno, fent him fort From courtly friends with camping foes to live Where death and danger dog the heels of worth Shakefpeare Preferve us from the hands of our defpiteful an deadly enemies King Charles Mean while the heinous and defpiteful a& Of Satan, done in Paradife, was know In heav'n A groom gan de[poi Of puiffant arms, and laid in cafy bed Spenfer Desrovria'rion. » /. [from de/polin, Lat. The at of defpoiling or ftripping 79 DESPO'ND. w. a. [defpondeo, Lat. to lofe hope to becom we have done our own parts, to commit all chear with truft and refignation L'Eflrange Phyfick is their bane The learned leaches in defpair depart And fhake their heads, defponding of their art. Dryd Others deprefs their own minds, defpond at th firft difficulty5 and conclude, that making an progrefs in knowledge, farther than ferves their ordinary bufinefs, is above their capacities Locke 2. [In theology. divine mercy To lofe hope of th He confiders what is the natural tendency o fuch a virtue, or fuch a vice: he is well apprize that the reprefentation of fome of thefe things ma convince the underftanding, fome may terrify th confcience, fome may allure the {lothful, and fom encourage the digfponding mind Watts Desro'~npENCY. 7. /0 [from defpondent. Defpair; hopeleflnefs; defperation Desro'NDENT. adj. [defpondens, Latin. Defpairing'; hopelefs; without hope It is well known both fro ancient and mo Pray for them that defpitefully ufe you and perMatthewv, v. 4 Let us examine him with defpitefulnefs and torture, that we know his meeknefs, and prove hi patience Drsei'TEoUs Wifd. ii. 19 adj. [from defpirze. licious ; furious Ma A word now out of ufe The knight of the red-crofs, when him he fpie Spurring o hot with rage defpiteous ' *Gan fairly couch his fpear Fairy Queen Turning defpiteous torture out of door "Shakefp Deser'teoussy. adv. [from defpiteons. In a furious manner : not in ufe The mortal fteel defpiteonfly entail' Deep in their fleth, quite thro' the iron walls That a large purple ftream adown their giambeu falls Spenfer o DESPOIL 1. Torob . a to deprive [defpolio, Lat. with of Defpoil'd of warlike arms, and knowen fhield Spenfer You are nobly born Defpoiled of your honour in your life. Shake[peare He waits, with hellifh rancour imminent Lo intercept thy way, or fend thee bac Defpoild of innocence, of faith, of blifs He, pale as death, defpoil'd of his array Into the queen's apartment takes his way Ev'n now thy aid Milton Dryd Eugene, with regiments unequal preft Awaits: this day ofall his honours gain' Defpoils him, if thy (uccour opportun - Deiends not the fad hour Phillips in a2 muc better fituation Addifort Patriots were forced to give way to the madnef of the people, who were now wholly bent upon fingle and defpatick flavery Sawift DEsrO'TICALNESS. #. [, [from defpeti cal.] Abfolute authority De‘sporism. n. [ [defpotifine, Fr. fro defpot.] Abfolute power 7o DESPUMATE. v. n. [defpumo, {,a1. To throw off parts in foam; to froth work t hopelefs or defperate It is every man's duty to labour in his calling, Despuma'rioN. » [ [from defpumare. The actof throwing off excrementitiou and not to defpond for any mifcarriages or difappointments that were not in his own power to pre- parts in {fcum or foam vent L' Efrange Desqu ma'ri #n n [fro fyuama There is no furer remedy for fuperflitious an Lat.] The at of fcaling foul bones defponding weaknefs, than firft to govern ourfelve A term of chirurgery by the beft improvement of that rcafon which providence has given us for a guide; and then, whe Desse'rT. n /. [defferte, French.] Th of their debauches and company, when they chanc to be furprifed with folitude or ficknefs, are th moft fufpicious, timorous, and defpondent wretche in the world Bentley Congregated thruthes, linnets, fi Dzser'TEFULNESS. n. /. [from defpireJul. Malice ; hate; malignity 3. Simply to firip : not in ufe dern experience, that the very boldeft atheifts, ou fecute you Thefe formed ftones, defpoiled of their fhells, an expofed upon the furface of the ground, in tim moulder away Waoodward. Milton Desri'TeruLLY. adv. [from defpiteful. Malicioufly; malignantly 2. To diveft by any accident 1. To defpair Gtifons, the common people among the latter ar fully, for the reft, to the good pleafure of heaven His punifhment, eternal mifery vex D On the dead tree, a dull defpondent flock. Thomfon 7o DESPO''NSATE. «.a. [de/ponfo, Lat. T betroth to affiance to unite b reciprocal promifes of marriage Desronsa'rion. # /. [from defponfate. The aét of betrothing perfons to eac other DE'SPOT. n. f. [&omorns.] An ablolut prince ; one that governs with unlimite authority., This word is not in ufe, except as applied to fome Dactan prince as, the de/pot of Servia Desro'ricat. ) adj. [from defpor.] AbDesro'rick folute in power ; unlimite in authority arbitrary unac countable God's univerfal la Gave to the man defpotick powe Over his female in due awe Nor from that right to part an hour Smile fhe or lowre laf courf a a entertainment th fruit or fweetmeats fet on the table afte the meat To give thee all thy due, thou haft the ar To make a fupper with a fine deffert Dryden At your dejfert bright pewter comes too late When your firft courfe was well ferv'd up in plate King T/DE'STINATE. v. 2. [deffino, Lat.] T defign for any particular end or purpofe Birds are deffinated to fly among the brancheso trees and bufhes Ray on the Creation Destina'tion. # [, [from deffinate. The purpofe for which any thing is appointed ; the ultimate defign The paffages through which fpirits are conveye to the members, being almoft infinite, and each o them drawn through fo many meanders, it is wonderful that they thould perform their regular defiGlanwille nations without lofing their way There is a great variety of apprehenfions an fancies of men, in the deffination and application o Hale. things to feveral ends and ufes 7o DE'sTINE w. a [deffino, Latin. 1. To doom ; to devote ; to appoint unalterably to any ftate or condition Wherefore ceafe we then Say they who counfel war: we are decreed Referv'd, and deftin'd to eternal woe ‘Whatever doing, what can we fuffer more ? Ailr All altars flame; before cach altar lies Dryd Drench'd in his gore, the defin'd facrifice 2. T'o appoint to any ufe or purpofe Too thinblood ftrays into the immediately fubor- dinate veflels, which are deffined to carry humour fecreted from the blood. - Arbuthnot on Aliments 3. To devote ; to doom to punifhment o mifery : ufed abfolutely May heav'n around this deffin'd hea The choiceft of its curfes fhed Prior 4. To fix unalterably The infernal judge's dreadful pow' From the dark urn fhall throw thy deffin'd hour Prior De'stiny n / [deftinte, Fr. 1. The power that {pins the life, and determines the fate, of living beings Milton In all its direftions of the inferior faculties reafon conveyed its fuggeftions with clearnefs, an enjoined them with power: it had the paflions i perfect fubjetion ; though its command over the ~ was but perfuafive and political, yetithad the forc of coaétive and defpotical South We may fee in a neighbouring government th ill confequences of having a defpotick prince; fo notwithftanding there is vaft extent of lands, an many of them better than thofe of the Swifs an Thou art neither like thy fire or dam But, like a foul mif-thapen ftigmaticlk Mark'd by the deffinies to be avoided. Sbakefpears 2. Fate ; invincible neceflity He faid, dear daughter, rightly may I ru The fali of famous children born of me But who can turn the ftream of deffiny Or break the chain of ftrong neceflity Which faft is tied to Jove's eternal feat ? Fairy Q How can hearts, not free, be tried whether the ferv Willing or no, who will but what they muf By deftiny, and can no other chufe L Miltos Ha |