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Show DE DR DoE Drese'rT, n. /. [properly deffert: the wor Vet well,y if here would en The mifery : 1deferw'd it, and would bea 1s originally French.] The laft courfe the fruit or fweetmeats with which feaft is concluded See DEsSERT ilton My own defervings A mother cannot give him death ¢ though h Dryden Deferwes it, he deferwes it not from me Since my Orazia's death I have not fee Dryden A beauty fo deferving to be queen Dese'rT. 2. /. [from deferve. 1. Qualities or conduét confidered wit refpe& to rewards or punifhments ; degree of merit or demerit Being of neceffity a thing common, it is, throug the manifold perfuafions, difpofitions, and occa flons of men, with equal deferz both of praife an difpraife, fhunned by fome, by others defired Hooker The bafe o' th'> moun Is rank'd with all deferts, all kind of natures "That labour on the bofom of this fpher Shakefpeare To propagate their ftates Ufe every man after his defert, and who fhal Shakefpeare >fcape whipping 2. Proportional merit; claim to reward All defert imports an equality between the goo conferred, and the good deferved, or made due South 3. Excellence; right to reward; virtue More to move you Take my deferts to his, and join them both. Shak DEse'RTER. 7 /. [from defert. 1. He that bhas forfaken his caufe or hi poft: commonly in an ill fenfe The members of both houfes, who at firft withdrew, were counted deferters, and outed of thei King Charles places in parliament Streight to their ancient cells, recall'd from air Dryden The reconcil'd deferters will repair Hofts of deferters, who your honour fold And bafely broke your faith for bribes of gold Dryden 2. He thatleaves the army in which he i enlifted 7 DEse'RVE reward To be worth w. z o According to the rule of natural juftice, one ma Courts are the places where beft manners flourifh Otway Where the deferwing ought to rife He had been a perfon of great defervings fro the republick, was an admirable fpeaker, and ver Sawift popular DEse'RVEDLY. adv. [fromdeferve.] Worthily ; according to defert, whether o good or evil For him I was not fent, nor yet to fre That people victor once, now vile and bafe Milton Defervedly made vafial A man defervedly cuts himfelf oft from the affe&ions of that community which he endeavour Addifon to fubvert Dese'rVER. 7. [ [from deferve. A ma Itisufed, I think only in a good fenfe Their love is never link'd to th Till his deferts are pafs'd chance, grow intolerable prefumers Wotton Emulation will never be wanting amongft poets when particular rewards and prizes are propofed t Dryden the beft defervers Ap z. /. [from deficcate. plications that dry up the flow of fores driers "This, in the beginning, may be prevented b Wifeman deficcants, and wafted They are the fame deferters, whether they fta in our own camp, or run-over to the enemy's Decay of Piety To DE'SICCATE. @. a. [deficco, Latin. A deferter, whocame out of the citadel, fays th In bodies deficcated by heat or age, when the na garrifon is brought to the utmoft neceflity Tatler, N° 59 4. He that forfakesanother; an abandoner The fair fex, if they had the deferter in thei power, would certainly have fhewn him more merc Dryden than the Bacchanals did Orpheus Thou, falfe guardian of a charge too good Pope Thou mean deferter of thy brother's blood 1. To dry up to exhauft of moiftare tive fpirit goeth forth, an the moifture with it the air with time getteth into the pores Bacon Seminal ferments were elevated from the fea, o fome deficcated places thereof by the heat of th Hale fun 2. To exhale moifture Where there is moifture enough, or fuperfluous there wine helpeth to digeft and deficcate the moifBacon's Natural Hiftory ture DEese'rTi10N. 2./. [from defert. 1. The a& of forfaking or abandoning a |Desicca'rion. 7 [ [from deficcate. The aét of making dry ; the ftate of be* caufe or poft Every compliance that we are perfuaded to b ing dried one is 2 contradictio to th command of th other; and our adherence to one, will neceffaril Rogers involve us in a dgfertion of the other If the fpirits iffue out of the body, there followeth deficcation, induration, and confumption Bacon 2. [In theology.] Spiritual defpondency; | Desi'ccaTive [from deficcate. adj a fenfe of the dereli&tion of God ; a That which has the power of drying opinion that grace is withdrawn 7o DESI"DERATE. w. a. {defidero, Latin. Chrift hears and fympathizes with the fpiritua To want ; to mifs; to defire in abfence agonies of a foul under defertion, or the preflures o ' fome ftinging affli&ion Dese'rTLESS adj. [from defert. Soutbh With out merit ; without claim tofavour o reward She faid fhe lov'd Lov'd me defertlefs 5 who with thame confeft Another flame had feiz'd upon my breaft. Dryd A word fcarcely ufed Eclipfes are of wonderful affiftance toward th folution of this fo defirable and fo much defiderate problem Cheyne DESIDERATUM. [Latin. Somewha which enquiry has not yet been able t fettle or difcover ; as, the longitude i th defideratu o navigation Th tri70 DESE'RVE. w. a. [ dsferwir, French. quadratur th an angle a o fettio To be worthy of either good or ill of a circle, are the defiderata of geoThofe they honoured, as having power to wor metry or ceafe, as men deferved of them Hooker Some of us love you well 5 and even thofe fome Dest'viose. adj. [defidiofus, Lat.] Idle Envy your greatdeferwings, and good name. Shak lazy; heavy (7 All friends fhall taft The wages of their virtue, and all foe 70 DESI'GN v.a Signed for the acl«mowledgmen,tp :({'C?BP;'N{?I}' the moft excellent creatures are } ound tong, Who gdop a5a.: ador Stll well 1 asas we.w You are not for obfeurity defigng But, like the fun, muft cheer 251 ht;ma kin 3. To devote intentionally : with toDW'" One of thofe places was defigned by the t;ld B to his fon He was born to the inheritance of afplen‘zi,i:i";l_:: tune; hewas defigned to the ftudy of the Loy 4. To plan ; to proje&; to form iy f ¢ We are to obferve whether the pifture o o out lines }ae well drawn, or, as more elegan arti term it, well defigned 5 then, whether it be wel o loured5 which be the two general heads Wmc Thus whilethey fpecd their pace, the princed,fi The new eletted feat, and draws the lines, D'y'g 5. 'To mark out by particular tokens: Jj; tle ufed >Tis not enough to make a man convince hi fiub that there is regal pov{:-bjief 'tl: world5 but there muft be ways of defigning an knowing the perfon to whom this regal power o right belongs Locke 7 / [ r t v r . deferver I. An intention; a purpofe Shake[peare an overweight 2. A {cheme; a plan of a&ion Heavy, with fome high minds, i of obligation ; or otherwife great deferwers do, per Desi'ccanTts 2 Panticolar puy, The aéts of religious worfh South may merit and deferwe of another who merits rewards. 2. To form or order wit pofe : with for [defigno, Latin; de/ Jiner, French. Shekefpeare "The cap of their deferwings What he deferves of yowand me I knows Skak. | 1o "T0 purpofe ; to intend any thing Is he a prudent man, as to his temporal eftate that lays defigns only for a day, without'any pro fpect to the remaining part of his life Ti"glfim 3. A {cheme formed to the detriment o another A fedate fettled defign upon another man's life put him in a ftate of war with him againft who Lucke he has declared fuch an intention 4. The idea which an artift endeavours t execute or exprefs I doubt not but in the defigns of feveral Gree medals one may often fee the hand of an Apelles o Protogenes Addifon Thy hand ftrikes out fome new defign Where life awakes and dawns at every line, Pope adj. [ defigno, Latin, DEst'GNABLE Diftinguifhable ; capable to be particularly marked out The pgwer of all natural agents is limited: th mover muft be confined to obferve thefe proportions, and cannot pafs over all thefe infinite defignDigly able degrees in an inftant DEsiGNA'TION. 7. /. [defignatio, Latin. 1. The a& of pointing or marking out b fome particular token This is a plain defignation of the duke of Matlborough : one kind of ftuff' ufed to fatten land 1 called marle, and every body knows that boroug is a name for a town Swift 2. Appointment ; direétion William the Conqueror forbore to-ufe that clai in the beginning, but mixed it with a titulary pretence, grounded upon the will and defignatin o Bacon Edward the Confeffor 3. Import; intention Finiteand infinite feem to be looked upon by th attrib t an quant ty o mode th a min thof t defign tionon firf thei i prima il bute things which have parts, and are capable of increaf Lucke or diminution DEsrcNEDLY. adv. [from defign.] Purpofely ; intentionally; by defign or purinad ertentno ign ran l no pof ly 5 not fortuitoudly in th ei fo fa t i a t yI;fes made thing fi: u r f e o r p o a were made defignedly Cre th y R to ufe as they ferv xi .} t: [ fl fi d m t m f The next thing i k t b f m r c b children in pair out.T LflL 0 k(! b don "he 0 th tg hl d 1S5l1 g Oo5 hu |
