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Show DE v. "a. [debello, La7% DEBE'L 9o DEBE'LLATE. § tin.] To conquer in qfe no : no in wa {0 overcom It doth notably fet forth the confent of ‘all nations and ages, in the approbation of the extirpating and debellating of giants, monfters, and foreig but as meritoriou Bacon's Holy War tyrants, not only:as lawful even of divine honour Hi long of ol Thou didft debel, and down from heaven caf With all his army Deserva'tion z. Milton debellatio [ fro DEBE'NTURE debeo. 7 f. {debentur, Lat. fro wri debt is claimed or note whic b You modern wits, fhould eac ma bring hi claim Have defperate debentures on your fame And little would be left you, I'm afraid If all your debts to Greece and Rome were paid DEe'B1LE. adj. [debilis, Lat. Weak Savift fee ble ; languid ; faint; without ftrength imbecile ; impotent I have not wafh'd my nofe that bled Or foil'd fome debile wretch, which without not Shake[peare There 's many elfe have done 7o DEBI'LITATE. @. a. [debilito, Latin. To weaken ; to mak ble; to emafculate faint Swift, a thoufand pounds in debe Takes horfe, and in a mighty fre Rides day and night DecanNTa'TioN Swift 2. That which any one is obliged to do o {uffer Your fon, my lord, has paid a foldier's debt . He only liv'd but till he was a man But like a man he died Shakefpeare's Macbeth D:'BTED. part. [from debt. ToDeBrT i not found.] Indebted ; obliged to Which do amount to three odd ducats mor ThanT ftand debted to this gentleman Shakefp De'BTOR. 7. /. [debitor, Latin. 1. He that owes fomething to another The a& of conquering in war Lat. DE DE to enfee I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wife and to the unwife Rom. is 14 2. One that owes money T'll bring your latter hazard back again And thankfully reft debtor for the firlk Shakefp If he his ample pal Should haply on ill-fated thoulder la Of debtor, ftrait his body, to the touc Obfequious, as whilom knights were wont To fome enchanted caftle is convey'd Philips There died my father, no man's debtor And there I'll die, nor worfe, nor better Pope The cafe of debtors in Rome, for the firft fou centuries, was, after the fet time for payment, n choice but either to pay, or be the creditor's flave Swift 3. One fide of an account book In the luft of the eye, the luft of the fleth, an When I look upon the debror fide, I find fuc the pride of life, they feemed as weakly to fail a their debilitated pofterity ever after Brown's Vulgar Erroyrs innumerable articles, that I want arithmetick t caft them up; but when I look upon the credito The fpirits being rendered languid, are incapabl of purifying the blocd, and debilitated in attrain nutriment Harwey on Confumptions Derivita'rioN. = /i [from debilitatio Latin.] The aét of weakening Theweaknefs cannot return any thing of ftrength honour, or fafety to the head, but a debilitation an ruin King Charles DeBi'LI1TY. 2. /. [debilitas, Lat.] Weaknefs; feeblenefs ; languor imbecility faintnefs Methinks I am partaker of thy paffion And in thy caf¢ do glafs mine own debiliry. Sidncy Aliment too vaporous or perfpirable will fubjec it to the inconveniencies of too ftrong a perfpiration, which are debility, faintnefs, and fometime fudden death Arbutbnot DEBONA'IR Elegant adj. [debonnaire, French. civil well-bred complaifant : an obfolete word Crying gentle let be that lady debonair fide, I find little more than blank paper Addifon Desvrri'rion. a. /. [debullitio, Lat.] bubbling or feething over Dig Decacu'MINATED. adj. [decacuminatus Latin.] Having the top cutoff Dig Deca'pi. . [0 [dua, Gr. decas, Latin. The fum of ten; a number containin ten Men were not only out in the number of fom days, the latitude of a few years, but might b wide by whole olympiads, and divers decades o years Brown's Vulgar Errours We make cycles and periods of years; as decades centuries, and chiliads, chiefly for the ufe of camputations in hiftory, chronology, and aftronomy Holder on Time All rank'd by ten; whole decades, when the dine Muft want a Trojan {lave to pour the wine. Pope Dse'cavency . fi {decadence, French. Decay ; fall Diza Fill'd her with thee, a daughter fair So buxom, blithe, and debonair Milton The nature of the one is debonair and accoftable of the other, retired and fupercilious3 the on De'cagoN. #. /. [from e, ten, an ywne, a corner.] A plain figure in geometry, having ten fides and angles Dr'caLoGUE. n. [, [dxaroy®-, Greek. The ten commandments given by Go to Mofes Howel's Vocal Foreft The commands of God are clearly revealed bot in the decalogue and other parts of facred writ ‘Thou recreant knight, and foon thyfelf prepar To battle, if thou mean her love to gain. Spenfer Zephyr met her once a-maying quick and fprightful, the other flow and faturnine _And fhe that was not only paffing fair Byt was withal difereet and debonair . Refolv'd the paflive do&rine to fulfil Hammond Dryden DeroNA'tRLY. adv. [ from debonair. Elegantly ; with a genteel air DEBT. ». /. [debitum, Latin ; dette, Fr. 1. That which one man owes to another There was one that died greatly in debr : Well fays one, if he be gone, then he ‘hath carried fiv hundred ducats of mine with him into the othe world Bacon's Apophthegms The debt of ten thoufand talents, which the fervantowed the king, was no {light ordinary fum Duppa's Dewotions To this great lofs a fea of tears is duc But the whole debr not to be paid by you. Waller 7o DECA'MP. @. #. [decamper, French. To fhift the camp ; to move off Deca'mpMENT. 2 /. [from decamp.] Th act of fhifting the camp 7o DECA'NT ter, Fr. nation «. a. [decanto, Lat. decan To pour off gently by incli Take agua fortis and diffolve in it ordinar coined filver, and pour the coloure twelve times as muc folution int fair water, and then decan or filtrate the mixture, that it may be very clear Boyle They attend him daily as their chief Decant his wine, and carve his beef Saift n / [decq;ziétz'm,‘ F;".']- The a& of decanting or pouring of clear Deca'NTER. 7. /. [from decant.] A glaf veflel made for pouring off liquor clea from the lees To DECA'PITATE w. a. [deca//ilo, Latin.] To behead To DECA'Y. . n. [decheoir, Fr. from d and cadere, Latin.] To lofe excellence ‘to decline from the ftate of perfettion to be gradually impaired The monarch oak Three centuries he grows, and threc he ftay Supreme in ftate, and in three more decays. Dryd The garlands fade, the vows are worn away So dies her love, and fo my hopes decay. ~ Pope 7o Deca'y to decay w. a. T impair to brin Infirmity, that decays the wife, doth ever mak better the fool Shakefpeare Cut off a flock of a tree, and lay that which you cut oft to putrefy, to fee whether it will deca the reft of the ftock Bacon He was of a very fmall and decayed fortune and of no good education Clarendon Decay'd by time and wars, they only prov Their former beauty by your former love. Dryden In Spain our fprings, like old men's children, b Decay'd and wither'd from their infancy. Dryder It is fo ordered, that almoft every thing whic corrupts the foul decays the body Deca'y. n Addifon [from the verb. 1. Decliné from the ftate of perfection ftate of depravation or diminution What comfort to this great decay may come, Shall be applied, Shakefpeares She has been a fine lady, and paints and hide Her decays very well Ben Fonfon And thofe decays, to fpeak the naked truth Through the defeéts of age, were crimes of youth Denbam By reafon of the tenacity of fluids, and attritio of their parts, and the weaknefs of elafticity i folids, motio is muc mor apt to be loft tha got, and is always upon the decay Newton Each may feel increafes and decays And fee now clearer and now darker days. Pope Taught, half by reafon, half by mere decay, To welcome death, and calmly pafs away 2. The effe@s of diminuation of decay The think Pope the mar that whatever is called old muf have the decay of time upon it, and truth too wer Locke liable to mould and rottennefs 3. Declenfion from profperity And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen i decay with thee, then thou fhalt relieve him Levit. xXVe 35 I am the very ma That, from your firft of difference and decay Have follow'd your fad fteps. Sbakefp. King Lear 4. The caufe of decline He that feeketh to be eminent amongft abl men, hath a great tafk; but that is ever good fo the publick: but he that plots to be the only figur among cyphers, is the decay of a whole age. Bacon Deca'ver. 2,fi [ fro which caufes decay decay. Tha Your water is a fore decayer of your whorfo dead body Shakefpeare's Hamlei Death DECE'ASE. #. /. [deceffus, Lat. departure from life Lands are by human law, in fome places, afte the owner's deceafe, divided unto all his ch:ldrt‘.n Hooker in fome, all defcendeth to the eldeit fon die w. n. [decedo, Latin. T to depart from life He ¢ells us Arthur is deceas'd to-night Shakefpeare 3 Yo |