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Show D DE He has defcribed the paffion of Calypfo, and th indecent advances fhe made to detain him from hi country 3. To reftrain from departure Broome Let us detain thee until we fhall have made read Fudges, xiil, 15 akid Had Orpheus fung it in the nether fphere So much the hymn had pleas'd the tyrant's ear The wife had been detain'd to keep her hufban there Dryden 4. 'To hold in cuftody DeTA INDER. #. /. [from detain.] Th name of a writ for holding one in cuftody DeTAINER. 7. /. [from detain.] He tha holds back any one's right ; he that detains any thing Judge of the obligation that lies upon all forts o injurious perfons; the facrilegious, the detainers o tithes, and cheaters of men's inheritances. Taylor 90 DETE'CT w. a [deteftus, Lat. 1. To difcover; to find out any crime o artifice There's no true lover in the foreft; elfe fighin every minute; and groaning every hour, would de2ec the lazy foot of time as well as a clock. Shak Though fhould I hold my peace, yet tho Wouldft eafily dezoé? what I conceal 2. To difcover in general Milton The utmoft infinite ramifications and inofculations of all the feveral forts of veflels may eafily b detelied by glafies Ray DerecTER. 2. [0 [from dereiz A difcoverer; one that finds out what anothe defires to hide Oh, heavens! that this treafon were not; o not I the detecter Shake[peare Hypocrify has a fecret hatred of its deteze that which will bring it to a teft which it canno pafs Decay of Piety Dere'crion. z f. [from deted. 1. Difcovery of guilt or fraud, or any othe fault Should I come to her with any deteion in m hand, I could drive her then from the ward of he purity Shakefpeare That is a fign of the true evangelical zeal, an "note for the detecion of its contrary: it fhoul abound mor in the m¥d and good-natured affec tions, than in the vehement »nd wrathful paffions Spratt BE The ladies may not be deterred from correfponding with me by this method Addifon My own face deters me from my glafs And Kneller only fhews what Celia was Prior Againft my honour Shakefpeare 2. Confinement ; reftraint This worketh by detention of the fpirits, an conftipation of the tangible parts %o DETER difcourag any thing Bacon @. a. [deterreo, Lat T by terrour ; to fright fro I never yet the tragick ftrain affay'd Deterr'd by thy inimitable maid Waller Many and potent enemies tempt and deter u from our duty; yet our cafe is not hard, fo long a we have a greater ftrength on our fide Tillotfon Beauty or unbecomingnefs are of more force t draw or detey imitation, than any difcourfes whic can.be made to them Locke DETERMINA'TION 1. Abfolute diretion to a certain end When we voluntarily wafte much of ou that remifinefs can by no means confif conftant determination of will or defire to th eft apparent good Tha The food ought to be nourifhing and detergent Arbuthnot DeTertorA'TION formed; refolution taken They have acquainted me with their determina Lat.] The aét of making any thin worfe ; the ftate of growing worfe DeTE'RMENT. 7. /. [from deter.] Cauf of difcouragement ; that by which on is deterred. A good word, but not no tion, whic deliberation DETE'RMINABLE. adj. [from determine. That which may be certainly decided tice and lenity, and to the fpeedy determination o DeTe'rMINATIVE certain end as finful in us, cannot proceed from the:fpecial in fluence and determinative power of a.juft caufe Bramball againft Hobbes 2. That which makes a limitation DETE RMINATE. adj. [determinatus, Latin. If the term added to make up the complex fubJjeck does not neceflarily or conftantly belong to it then it is determinative, and limits the fubjeét to 1. Settled ; definite ; determined. particular part of its extenfion man fhall be happy Demonftrations in numbers, if they are not more evident and exa¢t than in extenfion, ye DeTrerMINA"TOR in their ufe, and determi nate. Locke To make all the planets move about the fun i of velocity which they now have, in proportion t Is it concluded he fhall be prote&tor -It is determin'd, not concluded yet But fo it muft be, if the king mifcarry Shake More particularly to determine the proper feafon for grammar, I do not fee how it can be made ftudy, but as an introduion to rhetorick, Locke Scriptures are read before the time of divin fervice, and without either choice or ftint appointed by any determinate order Hooker 3. Decifive ; conclufive I' th' progrefs of this bufinefs ,2. To conclude ; to fix ultimately Probability, in the nature of it, fuppofes tha a thing may or may not be fo, for any thing that et appears, or is certainly determined, on the othe fide South 4. Fixed; refolute Like men difufed 'in a long peace, more deter- Sidney 5. Refolved Milton's fubjeét was ftill greater than Homer' or Virgil's : it does not determine the fate of fingl perfons or nations, but ofa whole fpecies My determinate voyage is mere extravagancy DETE'RMINATELY adv [from determi Addifor Deftruétion hangs on every word we fpeak nate 1. Refolutely w..a. [determiner, Fr . Boifixsttoettle 2. Eftablithed; fettfed by rule ; pofitive S}A:/{'g‘}/eflre . /. [from. determi One who determines 7o DETE'RMINE etermino, Lat. their diftances frem the fun, and to the quantit . of the folar matter Bentley than fkilful how to do as, every piou Wattsa They have recourfe unto the great determinato of virginity, conceptions, fertility, and the infcrutable infirmities of the whole body Browwn terminate impulfe, thofe prefent particular degree minate to do That individual acion, which is juftly punifhe Shakefpeare Shakefp [from determi 1. That which uncontroulably direts to w. a. [determiner to fix; to deternot in ufe I mean the bifhop, did require a refpite. adj nate. Boyle he Gulliver's Travels civil and criminal caufes The fly-flow hours thall not determinat Ere a determinate refolution and inclina He confined the knowledge of governing to juf- About this matter, which feems fo eafily dererminable by fenfe, accurate and fober men widel nate in their application affe&tions 3. Judicial decifion. Whether all plants have feeds, were more eafil determinable, if we could conclude concerning hartstongue, ferne, and fome others Brown's Vulgar Errours The datelefs limit of thy dear exile n trouble yo tions, and make thy determination upon every particular; and be always as fufpicious of thyfclf a pofiible Calamy Boyle 7o DETE'RMINATE French.] To limit mine; to terminate an and determination or decifion Confult thy judgment Thefe are not all the determents that oppofed m difagree home Hale's Origin of Mankind It is much difputed by divines, concerning th power of man's will to good and evil in the ftat of innocence; and upon very nice and dangerou precipices ftand their dererminations on either fide Southe This will not be thought a difcouragement unt fpirits, which endeavour to advantage nature b art; nor will the ill fuccefs of fome be made {ufficient determent untoothers. Brown's Vulg. Err obeying you is to g Shakefpeare's Merchant of Venicz more The proper aéts of the intelleét are intelle€tion ufed lives with greatLocke 2, The refult of deliberation ; conclufion [from deterior #. / 7 /. [from determi nate. Arbutbnot Not only the fea, but rivers and rains alfo, ar inftrumental to the detecZion of amber, and othe foffils, by wathing away the earth and dirt tha concealed them Woodward With clam'rous claims of debt) of broken bonds And the detention of long fince due debts Think thus with yourfelves, that you have no the making of things true or falfe ; but that th truth and exiftence of things is already fixed an fettled, and that the principles of religion are al-ready either determinately true or falfe, before yo think of them Tillotfon {els, and keeps the fluids from putrefaction DeTE'RGENT. adj. [from deterge. which cleanfes Hooker 2. Certainly ; unchangeably pafleth, from corruption; and it detergeth the vef circular orbs, there muft be given to each, by a de How goes the world, that I am thus encount're foever love is owing unto God's truth Confider the part and habit of body, and add o diminifh your fimples as you defign to deterge o incarn Wifeman Sea falt preferves bodies, through which i Detection of the incoherence of loofe difcourfe was wholly owing to the {yllogiftical form. Laocke DeTe'NTION, 2. /0 [from detain. 3. The a& of keeping what belongs t another that they pay unto falfity the whole fum of what 70 DETE'RGE. . a. [detergo, Lat.] T cleanfe a fore ; to purge any part fro feculence or obftruétions they are more genera ‘2. Difcovery of any thing hidden In thofe errors they are {6 determinately fettled On every thought, till the concluding ftrok Determines all, and clofes our defign. Addifon with fixed refolve The queen obeyed- the king's commandment full of raging agonies, and deteruninately bent tha fhe weuld feck all loving means to win Zclmane 3. To bound ; to confine The knowledge of men hitherto hath been dete mined by the view or fight; fo that whatfoever i invifible, cither in. refpe@ of the finenefs of th Sidney bod |