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Show DI DI Dilatory fortune plays the jil With the brave, noble, honeft, gallant man Lo throw herfelf away on fools and knaves. Otavay A dilatory temper commits innumerable crueltie without defign. Addifon's Spetiator Dive'crion. n. /. [dileftio, Latin. Th act of loving ; kindnefs So free is Chrift's diletion, that the grand condition of our felicity is our belief Boyle's Seraphic Love Dive'mma. n £ [danppa. I. Anargument equally conclufive by contrary fuppofitions. A young rhetorieia applied to an old fophift to be tangh the art of pleading, and bargained fo a certai rewar to b fhould gain a caufe for his reward an paid whe h The mafter fue th {cholar endea 7o D1M. . a. [from tficadf 1. To cloud; to darken;'tgfi?gé' -~ Dill is raifed of feed, which is ripe in Auguft Mortimer DILU'CID. adj. [dilucidus, Latin. 1. Clear; not opaque full perceptioonf light ercife of vifion and free ey A 2. Clear; plain ; not obfcure 7o DiLv CIDATE. v. a. [from dilucidare if I lof I fhall not extenuate, but explain and dilucidate hold it, becaufe I fhall not yet hav gained a caufe. On the contrary, fay the maiter, if you gain your caufe, yo muft pay me, becaufe you are to pay m dim fighted [from dilucidatio when you gain a caufe you muft pa will award it me if you lofe it becauf the judg A dilemma, that Morton ufed to raife benevolence, {fome called his fork, and fome his crotch Baco's Henry VII Hope, whofe weak being ruin'd i Alike if it fucceed, and if it mifs ‘Whom good or ill does equally confound 4And both the horns of fate's dilemma wound Cowley 2. A difficult or doubtful choice a vexa tious alternative A ftrong dilemma in a defp'rate cafe To aét with infamy, or quit the place A dire dilemma; either way I''m fped Swift If foes they write, if friends they read, me dead Pope D1'L1GENCE. n. /. [diligentia, Latin.] In duftry; afliduity; conftancy in bufinefs continuance of endeavour ; unintermit ted application; the contrary to idlenefs Do thy diligence to come fhortly unto me 2 Tim. iv. g Brethren, give diligence to-make your calling an election fure 2. Pet.iis 10 DVLIGENT 1. Conftant i endeavour negligent Seeft tho adj. [diligens, Latin. application; perfevering i afliduous ; not idle; no not lazy a ma diligent in his bufinefs h And the judges fthall make diligent inquifition Deut. xix DILicENTLY. adv. [from diligenr.] Wit afliduity ; with heed and perfeverance not carelefsly gently. no idly not negli If you inquire not attentively and diligently, yo fhall never be able to difcern a number of mechanical motions Bacon The ancients have diligently examined in wha confifts the beauty of good poftures Divvr. . f {oile, Saxon. Dryd. Dufref It hath a flen der, fibrofe, annual root; the leaves ar like thofe of fennel ; the feeds are oval plain, fireaked, and bordered ?‘.h ‘i'fi' Shakefpeare's Richard 1 3 { Milro DIME'NSION Spac #. / Het Nor Dryden J [dimenfio, Latin contained in any thing 5 bulk extent ; capacity in the plural Itisfeldom ufed bu The three dimenfins ~ are length, breadth, and depth He trie The tomb, and found the firait dimenfions wide Diyden My gentleman was meafuring my walls, an taking the dimenfions of the room Swift Water is the only diluter, and the beft diffolven of moft of the ingredients of our aliment Arbuthnot on Aliments In they pafs' Dimenfionlefs through heav'nly doors Milto DiME'Ns1VE. adj. [dimenfus, Lat.] Tha which marks the boundaries or outlines Divv'riow. n. f [dilutio, Latin.] Th a¢t of making any thing thin or weak j WL A Dime''~Ns1ONLESS. adj. [from dimenf Without any definite bulk But who can draw the foul's dimenfive lines Dimica'riow n Daq;ies [dimicatio, Lat] Dig That we call good which is apt to caufe or in creafe pleafure, or diminifb pain in us "Loches Impioufly they though Thee to diminifh, and from thee withdra 3. To take any thing from that to whic it belongs : the contrary to add The underftanding is dim, and cannot by its natural light difcover fpiritual truths Rogers Nothing was diminifbed from the fafety of the 3. Not clearly feen ; obfcure; imperfeétl difcovered Mil.lo The number of thy worfhippers 2. Dull of apprehenfion I king by the imprifonment of the duke. _Ha}rwmf- com Ve fhall not add unto the word whiIc ‘We might be able to aim at fome din and feeming conception, how matter might begin to exift b the power of that eternal firft Being Locke 2. To impair; to leflen; to degrade clearly 1 a tion of any part : the oppofite to iacreafe 4y, Welfh mand you, neither fhall you diminifp aught from it ZoDimi'NisH as dim to aur internal view @. 7 Deut- s To grow lefs; to be impaired Pope What%udgment I had, increafes rather than di the a& of vifion ; not lu Her face right wond'rous fair did feem to be minifbes5 and thoughts, fuch as they are, gqg crowding in fo faft upon me, that my onlg :Idl } Tyach culty is to chufe or to reje¢t ‘Through the din fhade, that all men might it fee Before the Boreal blafts the veflels flzy; i ngftfi minous ; fomewhat dark Thather broad beauty's beam great brightnefs thre Crete's ample fields diminiff> to our eye The aét of halving ; divifion into tw equal parts Di& 7o DIMI'NISH. . a. [dimino, Lat 1. To make lefs by abifciffion or deftruc mountain tops in one place, and not diffufe itfel equally into all countries about Buruet's Theory Dimipra'rion. #. f. [dimidiatis, Latin. Suppofe that this difuvian lake fhould rife to th battle ; the act of fighting; contef Divv'viaw. adj. [from diluvium, Latin. Relating to the deluge All bodies have their meafure, and their fpace Oppofite to dilution is coagulation, or thickening which is performed by diffipating the moft liqui parts by heat, or by infinuating fome fubftances which make the parts of the fluid cohere mor firongly Arbuthnot on Aliments among his courtiers, who dis all his attendants Tha Spenfer o The principal figure in a piGure is like 2 ki an inch; and if they were more intenfe and full that diftance would be greater Neawion 4. Obftrutin Pope's Dun Thrice chang'd Thin ; attenuated Is thus perhaps the caufe of all we do Thus while he fpake, each pa!gondimm‘dh{sfagle If the red and blue colours were more dilute an weak, the diftance of the images would be lefs tha Something The chamber was dark, left thefe colours fthoul be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light Newton For her true form how can my fpark difcern Which, dim by nature, art did never clear ? Dawies T J To wail the dimming of our thining ftar Arbuthnot on Aliments 2. Conftantly applied ; profecuted wit activity and perfeverance ; afliduous With all fuch reading as w;s never read.ls ke All of us have cauf cent to temper, or acid to fubdue Prov. xxii, 29 thall ftand before kings Out of her courfe doth wander far aftray, S?‘"fr Drinking a large dofe of diluted tea, as fhe wa ordered by a phyfician, the got to bed Locke The aliment oughtfo be thin to dilyte; demul 1. Not having a quick fight; not feein ;, b!,;hfi as a ftorm hath dimm'd her trufty gu'id 1. To make thin ; to attenuate by the admixture of other parts Saxon 4'02 n? verthdgs‘df By conduét of fome ftar, doth make he wa Whe . a. [diluo, Latin. DIM. adj. [ormme dow, Brfe. TR 2. To make lefs bright ; to ob[cure.mw A fhip that through the ocean wide Arbutbnot on Aliments Dirv'rEr. #. /. [ from dilute. which makes any thing elfe thin For thee 1 dim thefe eyes, and fuff thig eLock other matter DirLvu'TE. adj DI'LUENT. adj. [diluens, Latin.] Having the power to thin and attenuat 2, To make weak Every one declares againft blindnef fi almoft is not fond of that which dim'g?sdg;fi:‘,h Latin.] The a& of making clear; explanation ; expofition 70 DILUTE I u{}':,. o}t; Venus %(I:t.h dim the fight; and yet e:nl::; which are unable to genera according to the cuftom of the ancients Brown's Vulgar Errours it, I may with [ightn It hath been obferved by the ancie;cg at'l? t'fi'.‘".fl Di' vew / [fro th adje ive. voured to elude his claim by a dilemma That which thins other matter If I gain my caufe, I fhall withhold you There is no real diluent but water: every flui pay, becaufe the judge's award will b is diluent, as it contains water in it againft you - light Hghtaing brang doe It dims the dazed eyen, and da;;::fz}:‘e f;n,:es i plain ; to free from obfcurity n where the Almighty' Latin.] To make clear or plain; to ex Dirvcipa'rion Dimi'NisH |