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Show DE DE of th It may be a ufeful trial of the patienc Dcath Then due by fentence when thou didft tranfarefs ~defamed, yet the defamer has not the lefs crime Gowernnient of the Tongue 7% DEFA'TIGATE. . a. [defarigo, Lat. To weary; to tire The power of thefe men's induftries, never de Deratica'rioN. z [ [defatigatio, LaDi& tin.] Wearinefs ; fatigue DEFAULT. . /. [defaut, French. 1. Omiffion of that which we ought to do neglect 2. Crime failure Défeated of his feizure, many days Giv'n thee of grace Difcover'd, and defeated of your pr " You fl(ulk'd. fault 3 Grief hath chang'd me And careful hours, with time's deformed hand Hath written ftrange defeatures in my face. Shak 702 DE'FECATE I praétifed a way to defecate the dark and mudd oil of amber Boyle The blood is not fufficiently defecated or clarified, but remains muddy Harwey Provide a brazen tub Inflext; felf-taught and voluntary flie The defecated liquor, through the ven Afcending; then, by downward tract convey'd Spouts into fubjeét veflels lovely clear Pailips Defe& ; want _In default of the king's pay, the forces wer laid upon the fubjeét Dawvies default of the real ones i Arbuthnot on Coins 4. [In law.] Non-appearance in court a a day affigned CGoavell 90 Dera'vrT. @. # [from the noun. To fail in performing any contrat o ftipulation; to forfeit by breaking contract Dera'vrTER, 2. /. [from the verb.] On that makes default DEFE'ASANCE. . /. [defaifance, Fr. 1. The a of annulling or abrogating an contract or ftipulation 2. Defeafance is a condition annexed to a alt ; as to an obligation, a recognizance, or ftatute, which performed b the obligee, or the cognizee, the a& i difabled and made void, as if it had ne ver been done Cowell . 'To purify from any extraneous or noxious mixture ; to clear ; to brighten We defecate the notion from materiality, an abftra¢t quantity, place, and all kind of corporeit from it Glanwille Dr'recaTE ). [from the verb.] Purge from lees or foulnefs We are puzzled with contradi@ions, which ar no abfurdities to defecate faculties Glanville This liquor was very defecate, and of a pleafin golden colour Boyle Dereca'rion. u [/ [defeecatio, Latin. Purification ; the at of clearing or purifying That hoary king, with all his train Being arrived where that champion ftout After his foe's defeafance, did remain Him goodly greets, and fair does entertain Spenfer DEFE'ASIBLE. adj. [from defaire, Fr. t make void.] That which may be annulled or abrogated He came to the crown by a defeafible title, f was never well fettled Dawies DEFE'AT. n. /. [from defaire, French. 1. The overthrow of an army The fpleen and liver are obftruéte offices of defecation, whence vicious an in thei dreggit blood Harvey DEFE'CT. #. /. [defectus, Latin. 1. Want; abfence of fomething neceflary infufficiency; the fault oppofe perfluity 3. The writing in which a defeafance i contained 4. A defeat; conqueft; the a& of conquering ; the ftate of being conquered Obfolete «. a. [defzco, Latin. 1. To purge liquors from lees or foulnefs to purify; to cleanfe Saift Cooks could make artificial birds and fithes and difapTillotfon The perfection and fufficiency of Seripture ha been fhewn, as alfo the defectibility of: that parti cular tradition Lord Dighy to Sir Ken. Digby The corruption of things corruptible depend upon the intrinfical defeZibility of the conneétio or union of the parts of things corporeal Hale's Origin of Mankind Dere'cTIBLE. adj. [from defest. 1. Imperfect; deficient; wanting 3. Toabolifth ; to undo; to change The extraordinary perfons, thus highly favourDers'ATURE. n. /. [from de and fearure. ed, were for a great part of their lives in a defeétiHale ble condition Change of feature ; alteration of countenance: not in ufe | Dere'cTioN, . f. [defetio, Latin. Had been fulfill'd, but thro' mine own default, . Whom have I to complain of but myfelf? Milton Partial judges we are of our own excellencies and other men's defaults Dryden Being, that can defeat all his defigns point all his hopes Sedition tumbled into England more by the de fault of governors than the people's Haywood We, that know what 'tis to faft and pray Are penitent for your default to-day. Shakefpeare Let me not rafhly call in doub Divine predi€tion: ahat if all foretol Milton He finds himfelf naturally to dread a fuperio Maine Dr fatigated, hath been great BE to {u Errors have been corrected, and defeé?s fupplied Dawies Had this ftrange energy been lefs Defect had been as fatal as excefs Blackmore 2. Failing; imperfe&tion Our mean fecures us, and our mere defef? 3 A fault; miftake ‘Shake[peare errour We had rather follow the perfe@ions of the whom we like not, than in defié?s refemble the whom we love Hooker You praife yourfelf By laying defefs of judgment to me failure z. A falling away ; apoftacy This defeffion and falling away fro God wa firft found in angels, and afterwards in men Raleigh If we fall away after tafting of the good wor of God, how criminal muft fuch a defection be Atterbury There is more evil owing to our original defecFis from God, and the foolifh and evil difpofitions tha are found in fallen man Watts 3. An abandenin revolt of a king o ftate He was diverted and drawn from hence by th Dawies general defection of the whole realm Neither can this be meant of evil governours o tyrants, but of fome perverfenefs and defection i the very nation itfelf Bacor Dere'cT1VE. adj. [from defeltivus, Lat 1. Wanting the juft quantity Nor will polithed amber, although it fend fort a grofs and corporeal exhalement, be found a lon time defective upon the exacleft fcales Brown's Vulgar Errours 2. Full of defe@s; imperfe& not fuffi cient ; not adequate to the purpofe It fubje@s them to all the difeafes dependin upon a defective projectile motion of the blood Arbutbnot on -Aliments It will very little help to cure my ignorance that this is the beft of four or five hypothefes pro. pofed, which are all defeftive Locke If it renders us perfeét in one accomplifhment it generally leaves us defeFive in another. Addifox 3. Faulty vitions Our tragedy writer blameable hav bee notorioufl de Sective in giving proper fentiments to the perfon Addifon they introduce DerecTivEe or deficient Nouns. [In grammar.] Indeclinable nouns, or fuch a want a number, or fome particular cafe Oft 'tis fee Prove our commodities 1. Want Shakefpeare Truft not yourfelf; but, your defects to know Make ufe of ev'ry friend--and ev'ry foe Pope DerrcTIVE Perd. [in grammar.] A ver which wants fome of its tenfes DEere'cTIVENESS. #. /. [from defefzive. Want ; th imperfect ftate of bein faultinefs The lownefs often opens the building in breadth or the defectiwencfs of fome other particular make any fingle part appear in perfe€tion Addifon DEFE'NCE. 2. /: [defenfis, Lat. 4. Any natural imperfetion ; a blemith; 1. Guard ; protetion ; fecurity End Marlb'rough's work, and finifh the defeat Rehoboam dwelt in Jerufalem, and built citie failu with dire impl o e u cati for deferce in Judah 2 Chroniclesy i1, § Addifin any thing too little The Lotd is your prote&ion and ftrong ftay, 2. A& of deftruétion; deprivation Men, through fome defef? in the organs, wan A king, upon whofe lif A damn'd defeat was made Shakefpeare 70 DEre'aT. @. 2. [from the noun. 1. Tooverthrow ; to undo Defeat thy favour with ufurped beard. Shakefp Ye gods, ye make the weak moft ftrong Therein, ye gods, ye tyrants do defeat Shakefp P They invaded Ireland, and were deféared by th lord Mountjoy Bacon 2. To fruftrate To his accufation He pleaded ftill not guilty, and alleg' Many fharp reafons to defeat the law, Sbake[peare words, yet fail not to exprefs their univerfal idea by figns Locke 7o DEFE'ct, w. 7 [from the noun. be deficient; t fall fhor of T to fail Obfolete Some loft themfelves in attempts above humanity; yet the enquiries of moft defefed by th way, and tired within the fober circumference o knowledge Brown's Vulgar Errours DerFecTIBI'LITY. 2,/. [from defectible. The flate of failing; deficiency; im perfetion defence from heat, and a cover from the {un Ecclef. xxxiv 16 B sthou my ftrong yock for an houfe of definc to fave me Pfalm xxxie 2 Againtt all this there feems to be no defence, bu that of fupporting one eftablifhed form ot dotrin and difcipline Savift z. Vindication ; juftification ; apology Alexande beckone wit his hand, and woul have made his defence unto the people Adsy XiXe 33 The youthful princ With feorn replied, and made this bold defence Dr):deir 5 Q 3. 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