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Show DE DE DecoMP0'sITE. adj. [decompofitus, Lat. Compounded a fecond time; compounded with things already compofite o b e r a f m b t e d j e t Whateve e i c d o u r p u w e t l a difagre Atterb ai r t o r v b r w f d m 3. T tions ; to inflect ftate of tendency to the lefs or the worfe i t r r n C y c d o t n m d creafe, improvement, or -¢levation Woodward I found myfelf within my depth; and the dec/iwity was fo-fmall, thatIwalked neara mile before Gulliver's Trawels got to the thore remaining yellow, orange Dzcvri'vous. adj. [livis, Lat.] Gradually defcending ;.i.0t precipitous; no perpendicularly finking ; the contrar to acclivous ; moderately fteep To DECO'CT. w. a. [decoguo, deco&Gum Latin. . 3. To prepare by boiling for any ufe ; t digeft in hot water There fhe.decoéts, and doth the food prepare There'the diftributes it to ey'ry vein "There fhe expels what the mayfitly fpare. Dawies 7 Bacon 4. Toboil up toa confiftence ; to ftrengthen or invigorate by boiling: this is n proper ufe Deco'ypuck Prco'criBLE. adj. [from deco.] Tha which may be boiled, or prepared b 70 DECRE'ASE. . #. [decrefco, Latin. To grow lefs ; to be diminifhed From the moon is the fign of feafts, a light tha the grammarians, decompound bodies, made up o the whole metal and the menftruum, or other addi increafeth the weight of one drachm ; after which in the fame proportion, it decreafeth 2 / [ fro creafe an . Bacon The lineaments of a white lily will remain afte decreaf bu aver while together decorate. 70 DECRE ASE. diminifh D:é& little for grea Neawton 'To-make lefs; t He did difhonourable fin Thofe articles, which did our ftate decreafe Nor cherifh'd they relations poor Dan nament; embellithment; added beauty. That might decreafe their prefent ftore Prior Heat increafes the fluidity of tenacious liquids as of oil, balfam, and honey; and thereby decreafe liberal arts, and to war their refiftance Dryden n / Newton DEecrE™AsE. . /. [from the verb. 1. The ftate of growing lefs ; decay By weak'ning toil and hoary age o'ercome Prior See thy decreafe, and haften to thy tomb [from decorate.] = A adorner ; an embellifher D& 2. The wain ; the time when the vifibl face of the moon grows lefs Deco'rovus. adj. [decorus, Lat.] Decent {uitable to a charafter ; becoming proper ; befitting; feemly but in decofion, though more goeth forth, yetit either purgeth at the top, or fettleth at the bottom. Broawn's Vulgar Errours the fun comes to his tropicks, days in Whe DE'CORATE. «@. a. [decoro, Lat. To adorn ; to embellifh ; to beautify Decora'ror In infufion the longer it is, the greater is th . part of the grofs body that goeth into the liquor Eccluse xliii. 7 Unto fifty years, as they faid, the heart annuall So Mars is arm'd for glory, not for need. Dryden that lure Mortimer This helm and heavy buckler I can fpare As only decorations of the war boiling saelDi -Deco'crion. . [ [decofum, Lat. 1, The att of boiling any thing, to extra A duc There is a fort of ducks, called decoyducks, tha will bring whole fights of fowl to their retirements where are conveniencies made for catching them The enfigns of virtues contribute to the ornamen of figures; fuch as the decorations belonging to th z / others DEecora'rion. n /. [from decorate.] Or- Decof? their cold blood to fuch valiant heat ? ‘Shak a continual decoy and fnare » they only excited an fomented lufts Woodward Anold dramdrinker is the Devil's decoy. Berkley decreafeth in her perfection Ornament ; embellithment The longer malt or herbs are decocfed in liquor if the inupon thi it, decomNeawton being elementary parts extracted out of the body o mercuyy, that they are rather, to borrow a term o De'coramenT " ftrength-or virtue of any thing _1ts virtues Government of the Tongue Thefe exuberantproduétions of the earth becam taments employed to difguife it Boyle No bedy fhould ufe any compound or decompoun of the fubftantial verbs « Arbutbnot and Pope {fo as :to draw th had fuch numbers had he not ufed fome as Z2ceys to enfnare others The pretended falts and fulphur are fo far fro 2. To digeft by the heat of the ftomach Allure to mifchiefs ; temptation The Devil could never hav 2. To refolve a compound into fimpl parts. This is a {fenfe that has of lat crept irregularly into chymical books Decomro'unp: adj. [from the verb. Compofed of things or words alread compounded ; compounded a {econ time Sena lofeth its windinefs by decofing5 and fubtil or windy fpirits are taken off by incenfion or evaBacon poration Can fodden water, their barley broth men and red will compoun upon the paper an orange; and then tercepted colours be let pafs, they will fal compounded orange, and, together wit pound a white Thomfort Deco'y. #. /. [from the verb. Locke men to form and retain that idea exaétly If the violet, blue, and green be intercepted, the Rider and horfe is-compounded and decompounded, it is not eafy fo + furface, fo that they may runupon a defcent Now loft, and now renew'd, he finks abforpt cinnabar, and even in fulphur itfelf Boyle ‘When a word ftands for a very complex idea, tha Rivers will not flow unlefs upon declivity, an their fources be raifed above the earth's ordinar the clearer it is Swift A fowler had taken a partridge, who offered decoy her companions into the fnare. L' Effrange Decoy'd by the fantaftic blaze Nature herfelf doth in the bowels of the eart make decompaunded bodies, as we fee in vitriol vity 2 Yet never ftood in awe before 'em to form by a fecond compofition wards ; -gradual defcent, not precipitou or perpendicular; the contrary to accli 3 He kept with princes due decorum pounded ; to compound a fecond time clination or obliquity reckoned down water Saif 7o DECOMPO'UND. «. a. [decompono, 7o DECO'Y. @. 4. [from koey, Dutch, cage.] To lure into a cage ; toentrap Lat. t dra int fnare 1. To compofe of things already com- DECLI'VITY. a. /. [declivis, Latin.] In To ‘boil i Prior Gentlemen of the army fhould be, at leaft obliged to external decorum: a profligate life and charaéter thould not be a means of advancement ~We confider what happens in the compofition Boyle and deconzpofitions of {aline particles Thy rife of fortune did I only wed Prior From its decline determin'd to recede Thofe fathers lived inthe decline of literature Savift Wotton Beyond the fix'd and fettled rule Of vice and virtue in the fchools The better fort fhall fet before *eé A grace, a manner, a decorum Drcomrosi TION. . /. [decompofitus, Latin.] The act of compounding thing already compounded Th far from fufpeing fimplicity, which bold to trefpafs in points of decorum long to inquire of, except there be fome compofiBacon tions of them already obferved s t W n i a f a t i g E m f t w o ‘of a tutor DecLi'NE Ia Decompofites of ‘three metals, or more, are to l h t n b t L u t n c a f m i c d Y o 2. /. [from the verb. P See in what time the feeds; fet in the increafe o the moon, come to a certain height, and how the differ from thofe that are fet in the decreafe of th It is not fo decorous, in refpe@ of God, tha he fhould immediately do all the meaneft an triflingeft things himfels, without any inferiour o {ubordinate minifter Ray moon Bacon 7o DECRE'E. w. n. [decretum, Latin. the frongeft decoction Arbuthnot T mak a edi t appoin b edi ‘7 DECO'RTICATE. @. a. [decortico 2. Apreparation made by boiling in water t eftablit b la t determine t Lat.] To diveft of the bark or hufk ; They diftil their hufbands lan refolve In decoftions ; and are mann' "to hutk; to peel ; to ftrip They fhall fee the end of the wife, and fhall no With ten emp'rics, in their chambe Lying for the fpirit of amber Ben Fonfon If the plant be boiled in water, the ftrained liquor 'is called the decacFion of the plant. Arbutpnor Take great barley, dried and decorticated, after it is well wathed, and boil it in water. Arbuthpot Decorrica'rion.z /. [from decorticate. The act of ftripping the bark or hufk DECO'RUM. 2. /. [Latin.] Decency; be- haviour contrary to licentioufueis, contrary to levity ; feemlinefs Drco'crurg. n /i [from decos.] A fubftance drawn by deco&ion BPecorra'Tion 7. J~ [ decollatio, Lat. The act of beheading He, by a decollation of all hope annihilated hi mercy: this, by an immoderancy thereof, deftroy- &d is juftice, clean.sh data import.tsv out README Brown If your mafte Wauld have a.queen his beggar, you muft tell hi That majefty, to keep decorum, mud No lefs beg than a kingdom, Shake[peare underftand what God in his counfel hath decreed o him. Wi iv Father eternal ! thine is to decree Mine; both in heav'n and earth, to do thy will MMilton Had heav'n decreed tha{ I fhould life enjoy Heav'n. had decreed to fave unhappy Troy To DecrEE Dryd. @, a. Todcom or aflign b a decree Thou dhalt alfo decree a thing, and it fhall b eftablithed Fob The |