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Show DE' B E' Desi'ener, 7z /. [from defign. 1. One that defigns, intends, or purpofes . a purpofer 2. A plotter; a contriver; one that lay - {chemes It has therefore always been both the rule an practice for fuch defigners to fuborn the publick interelt, to countenance and cover their private Decay of Picty Drink provokes, and unprovokes; it provoke the defire, but it takes away the performance Shakefpeare Defire's the vaft extent of human mind It mounts above, and leaves poor hope behind Dryden It is in a man's power only to obferve what th ideas are that take their turns in his underftanding, or elfe to diret the fort, and call in fuch a he hath a defire or ufe of Locke 3. One that forms the idea of any thing i 7o Desi"rRE There is a great affinity between defigning an poetry; for the Latin poets, and the defigners of th Roman medals, lived very near one another, an were bred up to the fame relifh for wit and fancy 1. To wifh ainting or {culpture Addifon Desi'eNING. participial adj. [from delnfidious ; treacherous ; deceit- fign. ful ; fraudulently artfu >Twould fhew me poor, indebted, and compell'd Defigning, mercenary5 and I kno You would not with to think I could be bought Southern Desi"cnLEss. adj. [from defign.] Without intention ; without defign ; unknowing ; inadvertent Tell her in the dcf? That s cover'd o'er with Turkifh tapeftry There is a purfe of ducats Shakefpeare He is drawn leaning on a defk, with his bible before him Waltor's Angler I have been obliged to leave unfinithed in m . a. [defiver, French 5 defi derare, Latin.] to long for defk the heads of two eflays Not the de/ with filver nails Nor bureau of expence Nor ftandifh well japann'd, avail To writing of good fenfe De'soLATE 2. To exprefs withes 5 to appear to long = Dryden 3. Toafk; to intreat Sir, I intreat you home with me to dinner =1 humbly do defire your grace of pardon Shakefpeare I muft away this night But fince you take fuch int'ref in our woe And Troy's difaft'rous end defire to know 1 will reftrain my tears, and briefly tel What in our laft and fatal night befell Diyden 2. Deprived of inhabitants ; laid wafte This city will be defolate, without an inhabitant o DE'SOLATE. . a. [defolo, Latin. To deprive of inhabitants ; to lay wafte to make defert The ifland of Atlantis was not fwallowed by a earthquake, but was defolated by a particular deBacor luge Thick aroun Thunders the fport of thofe, who with the gun And dog impatient bounding at the fhot Worfe than the {eafon defo/ate the fields. Thomfon Spenfer Des1'GNLEsSLY. adwv. [from defignle/s.] DEst'RER. #. fi [from defire. One tha Without intention ; ignerantly ; inadis eager of any thing; a wifher vertently I will counterfeit the bewitchment of fome po In this great concert of his whole creation, th defignlefsly confpiring voices are as differing as fh Boyle. conditions of the refpettive fingers Dest'cNMENT. 7. /. [from defign. 1. A purpofe and intent The fanctity of the Chriftian religion exclude fraud and falfehood from the defignments and aim Decay of Piety of its firlt promulgators >Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating nature, and making her fubferve our purpofes and defigrments, than to have learned all th intrigues of policy Glanwille 2. A {cheme of hoftility News, lords! our wars ate done The defperate tempeft hath fo bang'd the Turks Shakefpeare That their defignment halts She received advice both of the king's defperat eftate, and of the duke's defignments againft her Hayward 4. The idea, or fketch, of a work The fcenes which reprefent cities and countrie dre not really fuch, but only painted on boards an ‘canvafs5 but fhall that excufe the ill painture o defignment of them Dryden When abfent, yet we conquer'd in his right For though that fome mean artift's {kill were thow In mingling colours, or in placing light Yet ftill the fair defignment was his own Dryden DEsI'RaBLE. adj. [from defire. 4. That which is to be wifthed with earneftnefs Adjudged cafes, colleéted by men of great faga¢ity, will improve his mind toward acquiring thi defirable amplitude and extent of thought. Warts He cannot but confefs, that itis a thing the mof defirable to man, and moft agreeable to the goodnefs of God, that he fhould fend forth his light an his truth by a fpecial revelation of this will. Rogers 2, Pleafing ; delightful She then let drop fome expreflions about an agat fnuff-box : I immediately took the hint, an bought one ; being unwilling to omit any thing tha might make me defirable in her eyes Addifon Our own fex, our kindred, our houfes, and ou very names, feem to have fomething good and deSfrrable in them Watts DESI'RE #. / defiderium, Lat. "obtain or enjoy [defir Fr With defeo Ital eagernefs t Defire is the uneafinefs a man finds in himfel upon the abfence of any thing, whofe prefent en Joyment carries the idea of delight with it. Locke Wor. I Fere xxvi 3. Solitary; without {ociety Notin ufe A daleful cafe defires a doleful fong Without vain art or curious compliments [defolatus, Latin. Let us feek fome defo/ate fhade, and ther Weep our fad bofoms empty Shakefpeare This hero appears at firft in a defolate ifland fitting upon the fide of the fea Broone Thou fhalt not defire the filver or gold Deyt. vii. 2.5 4. To require ; to demand adj Saift 1. Without inhabitants ; uninhabited to covet Jove beheld it with a defiring look Pope pular man, and give it bountifully to the defirers De"soLaTELY. adv. [from defolate.] I a defolate manner Desilrovus. adj, [from defire.] Full o defire ; eager ; longing after ; withing Desova'rion. n. /. [from defolate. for 1. Deftruétion of inhabitants ; redutio Shakefpeare The fame piety which maketh them that are i authority defirous to pleafe and refemble God b juftice, inflamet zeal to do good to folitude What with your praifes of the country, wha with your difcourfe of the lamentable defolatio thereof made by thofe Scots, you have filled m with a great compaflion. Spenfer's Statécf Ireland every way men of aétion with Hooker Be not defirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat Proy. xxiii. 3 Men are drowfy and defirous to fleep before th fit of an ague, and yawn and firetch Bacon Ada the while ‘Waiting defirous her return, had wov Of choiceft flow'rs a gatland Conjugal affetion Prevailing over fear and timorous doubt Hath led me on, dgfirous to behol Once more thy face 2 Milton JSrom Defift, thou art difcern'd And toil'ft in vain ; nor me\in vain moleft. AMi/z There are many who will not quit a projeét though they find it pernicious or abfurd; but wil readily defift from ity when they are convinced it i impracticable Addifon Th Men ufually give freelieft where they have no given before: and make it both the motive an excufe of their defiffance from giving any more, tha Boyle they have given already ing adj [defitus, Latin, concludent End final Inceptive and defitiwe propofitions are of thi fort : the fogs vanith as the fun rifes ; but the fog have not yet begun to vanith, therefore the fun i Watts not yet rifen Desk n. [difch, a table Dutch, fadnefs melancholy deftitution and then the terriblenefs of the continual motion Dxysi'rousNEss. #. /o [from defirous. Fulnefs of defire ; eagernefs Dis& Desi'rous Y. adv. [from dzfirous.] Eagerly 5 with defire; with ardent wifhes Di& 7o DESI'ST. «. n. [defifpo, Latin.] T ceafe from any thing; to ftop: wit Dest'T1vE Gloominefs That dwelling place is unnatural to mankind Milton Desi'stance. » /. [from defif. att of defifting ; ceflation Without her follows to myfelf and thee Herfelf, the land, and many a Chriftian foul Shakefpeare Death, defolation, ruin, and decay An inclining table for the ufe of writers o readers, made commonly with a box o repofitory under it the defolation of the far being from comfort, the ey and the ear having ugly images before it, doth fil vex the mind it even whe it is beft armed againf Sidney Then your hofe fhall be ungartered, and ever thing about you demonftrate a carelefsdzfo/ation Shake[peare My defolation does begin to mak A better life To complet Shakefpeare The fcene of defolation, ftretch'd aroun The grim guards ftand Thomform 3. A place waited and forfaken How is Babylon become a defolation among th nations Ferelo23 DESPA'IR. n. f. [dzfe/poir, French. 1. Hopeleflnefs ; defpondence 5 lof hope o Defpair is the thought of the unattainablenefs o any good, which works differently in men's minds fometimes producing uneafinefs or pain, fometime reft and indolency Locke You had cither never attempted this change, fe on with hope; or never difcovered ity ftopt wit Befpair Sidney We are troubled on every fide, yet not diftreffed we are perplexed, but not in defpair 2 Core ive Wearied, forfaken, and purfued at laf All fafety in defpair of fafety plac'd Courage he thence refumes, refolv'd to bea All their aflaults, fince 'tis in vain to fear. Dend Equal their flame, unequal was their care One Jov'd with hope, one languifh'd with defpair Dyryden 2. Tha |
