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Show D RA 7o DELUDE . a. [deludo, Lat. I. To beguile ; to cheat ; to deceive; t impofe on ; QO, give me leave, T have deluded you *Twas neither Charles, nor yet the duke Shakefpeare's Henry V1 Let not the Trojans, with a feign'd pretenc Of proffer'd peace, de/ude the Latian prince. Dryd 2. To difappoint ; to fruftrate Derv'per. #. /. [from delude. guiler a deceiver; .a A be Anfwer me this, ere yet my heart does break Granvill And thus the fweet de/uders tune their fong Pope 7o DELVE. @. a. [oelpan, Sax. delven Dutch ; perhaps from &agef, a hog Junius. the ground with Shakefpeare Delve of convenient depth your thrathing floor ‘With temper'd clay then fill and face it o'er The filthy fwine with delving fnou The rooted foreft undermine 2. T fathom opinion to fift ; t Figuratively Dryden Philips foun one' ‘What 's his name and birth =1 cannot de/ve him to the root: his fathe Shakefpeare Was call'd Sicilius Drrve. 2 /. [from the verb. a pit a pitfal aden A ditch a cave He by and b His feeble feet dire€ted to the cry ‘Which to that {hady de/ve him brought at laft Where Mammon erft did fun his treafury. Spenfer Such a light and mettled danc Saw you never yet in France And by leadmen, for the nonce That turn round like grindle-ftones For their bairns bread, wives, and felves Ben Fonfon DevLve of Coals. A certain quantity o coals dug in the mine or pit Dis De'LVER. 7. [ [from delve.] A digger one that opens the ground with a fpade DE'LUGE. #. [, [deluge, Fr. from diluwium, Lat. 1. A general inundation ; laying entirel under water The apoftle doth plainly intimate, that the ol world was fubject to perith by a deluge, as this i fubje€t to perith by conflagration. Burnet's Theory 2. An overflowing of the natural bounds o a river But if with bays and dams they ftrive to forc No longer then within his banks he dwells Firft to a torrent, then a defuge, {wells Denbam 3. Anyfudden and refiftlefs calamity %o DE'LUGE, w. a. [from the noun. to lay totally under water The reftlefs flood the land would overflow By which the de/ug'd earth would ufelefs grow Blackmore Still the battering waves ruth i Amplacable, till defug'd by the foam The thip finks, found'ring in the vaft abyfs Philips 2. To overwhelm; to caufe to fink unde the weight of any calamity falf er illufion reprefentation therefore feeks in thef True wifdom, finds her not, or by delzfion. Milton 1, waking, view'd with grief the rifing fun And fondly mourn'd the dear delufion gone. Prior Devv'sivE. adj. [from delufus, Lat.] Ap to deceive ; beguiling ; impofing on When, fir'd with paffion, we attack the fair Prior Delufive fighs and brittle vows we bear The happy whimfey you purfue Till you at length believe it true Caught by your own de/ufive art You fancy firft, and then affert Prior While the bafe and groveling multitude wer liftening to the delufiwe deities, thofe of a mor ereét afpect and exalted fpirit feparated themfelve Tatlery No 81 Phanomena fo delufive, that it is very hard t efcape impofition and miftake Woodward Devrv'sory. adj. [from delufus, Latin. Apt to deceive This confidence is founded on no better foundation than a delufory prejudice Glanwille De'macoGUE. 7. [0 [ Mpaywy®. ringleader of the rabble; a popular an fadtious orator Who were the chief demagogues and patrons o tumults, to fend for them, to flatte them A plaufible, infignificant word, i an expert demagogue, is a dangerou weapon At length corruption; like a general flood Pope Shall de/uge all and embolde King Charles the mouth of and dreadfu South Demofthenes and Cicero, though each of the a leader, or, as the Greeks called it, a demagogue in a popula practice ftate, yet fee t diffe i thei Savift [domaine, French. DEME'sNE 1. That land which a man holds originally of himfelf, called dominium by th civilians, and oppofed to feodum, or fee which fignifies thofe that are held of fuperior lord It is fometimes ufed alf for a diftin&ion between thofe lands tha the lord of the manor has in his ow hands, or in the hands of his leflee demifed or let upon a rent for a term o year or life, and fuc other lands ap pertaining to the faid manor as belon to free or copyholders Phillips 2. Eftate in land Of fair demefnes, youthful, and nobly allied. Shak indee ha a royal jurifditio and feigniory, though the lands of that county i demefne were poflefled for the moft part by the ancient inheritors Dawies 3. Land adjoining to the manfion kep in the lord's own hand Thofe aéts for planting foreft trees have hitherto been wholly ineffe¢tual, except about the demefnes of a few gentlemen; and even there, i general, very unfkilfully made Saift 70 DEMA'ND. . a. [demander, Fr. 1. To claim ; to afk for with authority The pound of fleth, which I demand of him Is dearly bought; 'tis mine, and I will have it Shakefpeare 2, To queftion ; to interrogate And when Uriah was some wato him, Davi Peop; f hofst‘l:: If any friend of Cefar's demand why B::; rofe againft Cefar, this is my anfier I loved Caefar lofs, but that Tloved R'o;,,?;';ofiga Young one ) Sb"l".@wr t Inform us of thy fortunes;; for, it feem They crave to be demanded Sb:zkg[ 8 The oracle of Apollo being demanded, whfnat'; war and mifery of Greece fhould have g ende replied Whe they ,woul doubl Delos, which was ofa cubicl form the altar Peacham on Geometyy 3. [In law.] To profecute in a real 2oy DemMA'ND n f [demande, French. 1. A claim; a challenging ; the afkin of any thing with authority Thi matter is by the decree of ‘the watc! hers and the demand by the word of the holy one \ Dan iV., 17. Giving vent, gives life and ftrength, to our a petites; and he that has the confidence to tur his wifhes into demands, will be but a little wa from thinking he ought to obtain them Lo 2. A queftion; an interrogation 3. The calling for a thing in order t purchafe it My bookfeller tells me, the demand for thofe m papers increafes daily Addifon 4. [Inlaw. The afking of whatis due It hath alfo a proper fignification difti guifhed from plaint; for all civil ac tions are purfued either by demands o plaints an the purfuer is called de mandant or plaintiff. There are tw manners of demands, the one of deed the other in law : i deed, as in every preecipe, there is exprefs demand; i law, as every entry in land-diftrefs fo rent, takin or feifing of goods, an {uch like aéts, which may be done without any words, are demands in law Blount DemMA'NDABLE. adj. [ from demand. |That may be demanded; requefted afked for. All fums demandable, for licence of alienation to be made of lands holden in chief, have bee Bacon ftayed in the way to the hanaper Deva'NpaNT. 2. /. [from demand. 1. He who is ator or plaintiff in a rea acion, becaufe he demandeth lands. Coke 2. A plaintiff; one that demands redrefs One of the. witnefie depofed that diningon Sunday with the demandant, whofe wife had fa below the fquire's lady at church, fhe the faid wif as if fhe thought he hufband ought to be knightzd A gentleman of noble parentage earldo did, and how the war profpere'd dropped fome expreflions Having now provide Tha His channel to a new or narrow coutfe 3. To drown 3. guile collufion deceit ; treachery; fraud falfehood 2. The ftate of one deluded Dema'rn DeME'AN. g / ‘Which they dig out fro' the defwves 1. The a& of deluding ; a cheat from the reft It fhall go hard But I will delve one yard below the mines n. /i [delufio, Lat. demianded of him how Joab did, and rour ; a chimerical thought Say, flatterer, fay, all fair de/uder fpeak And blow them at the moon Drrv'sion Wh impoftor cheat ; a falfe pretender 1. To dig; to ope {fpade DE DE DeMa'~NDER 1. On 2. / Spectator [dfmandeur,‘Fr. that requires a thing with autho rity 2. One that afks a queftion 3. One that afks for a thing i order t purchafe it They grow very faft and fat, which alfo better their tafte, and delivereth them to the demander Carew ready ufe at all feafons 4. A dunner ; one that demands a debt . F r n m d r [ Deme'an. #. mien prefence carriage demean our ; deportment At his feet, with forrowful demean And deadly hue, an armed corfe did lie. Spenfer r r m d r [ a 7o DEME'A 1, To behave; to carry one's felf, |