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See deviling, 3. develop (de-vel'up), v. [Also develope; E. disveloped ), unfold, unwrap, set forth, reveal, explain, bring out, develop (= Pr. desvolupar, devolupar = It. sviluppare ), The character of Tiberius is extremely difficult to de velope . Cumber land . From the day of his first appearance, [Pitt was] always heard with attention; and exercise soon developed the great powers which he po e ed. Macaulay , William Pitt. Would you learn at full How pa ion rose thro' circumstantial grades Beyond all grades develop'd ? Tennyson, Gardener's Daughter. In him [Keats] a vigorous understanding developed itself in equal measure with the divine faculty. Lowell , Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 326. 2. In photog., to induce the chemical changes in (the film of a plate which has been exposed in the camera or of a gelati no-bromide print) nece ary to cause a latent image or picture to become visible, and, in the case of a negative, to a ume proper density to admit of reproduction by a proce of printing.-3. In biol., to cause to go through the proce of natural evolution from a previous and lower stage, or from an embryonic state to a later and more complex or perfect one. Where eyes are so little developed that approaching objects are recognized only as intercepting the sunshine, it is obvious that contrasts of light and shade which seem marked to animals with developed eyes are quite imperceptible. H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol., § 92, 4. In math.: (a) To expre in an extended form, as in a series, which lends itself more readily to computation or other treatment. (b) To bend, as a surface; especially, to unbend into a plane. = Syn. 1. To uncover, unfold, disentangle, exhibit, unravel. II. in trans. 1. To advance from one stage to another by a proce of natural or inherent evolution; specifically, in biol ., to pa from the lowest stage through others of greater maturity toward the perfect or finished state: as, the fetus develops in the womb; the seed develops into the plant. Because not poets enough to understand That life develops from within. Mrs. Browning, Aurora Leigh, ii. The peripheral cells of the developing wood become those which have their liquid contents squeezed out longitudinally and laterally with the greatest force. H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., § 282. 2. To become apparent; show itself: as, his schemes developed at length; specifically, in photog., to become visible, as a picture under the proce of development. See development, 5.-3. In biol., to evolve; accomplish an evolutionary proce or result. developable (de-vel'up-a-bl), a. and n. [ Music at this time bounds forward in the joy of an inf i nitely developable principle. S. Lanier, The English Novel, p. 143. IMG:content-2509.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2510.png:[blocks in formation] for its developmental operations, the animal has this al ready provided for it. W. B. Carpenter , in Grove's Corr. of Forces, p. 421. developmentally (de-vel'up-men-tal-i), adv. In a developmental manner; by means of or in accordance with the principles of the de- velopment theory; as regards development. I conceive then that the base of the skull may be demon- strated developmentally to be its relatively fixed part, the roof and sides being relatively moveable. deviate (dē'vi-at), v.; pret. and pp. deviated , ppr. deviating . [ deviatus , pp. of deviare (>It. deviare = Sp. desviar = Pg. deviar , desviar =OF. devier , desvier ), go out of the way, de- vius , out of the way: see devious .] I. in trans . 1. To turn aside or wander from the way or course; err; swerve: as, to deviate from the common track or path, or from a true course. What makes all physical or moral ill? There deviates nature and here wanders will. 2. To take a different course; diverge; differ. He writes of times with respect to which almost every other writer has been in the wrong; and, therefore, by resolutely deviating from his predece ors, he is often in the right. Macaulay , Mitford's Hist. Greece. Deviating force. See force . =Syn. To stray, digre , de- devenustatet, v. t. [ devenustatus , pp. of devenustare, devenustare , disfigure, deform, L. de- priv. + LL. venustare , beautiful, pristus, beautiful, Venus , the godde of love and beauty: see Venus .] To deprive of beauty or IMG:content-2511.png:[blocks in formation] devert, n. [Early mod. E. also devour , dever , dever , OF. deveir , devoir , F. devoir , debt, debt, duty, duty, hom homage, deveir , devoir , F. devoir = Pr. dever = Sp. Pg. deber = It. devere , owe, debere , owe: see debt , debit , and cf. devoir , a mod. form of dever . Hence endeavor , q. v.] Duty; obligation. development (de-vel'up-ment), n. [Also de- velopement ; développement , développer , de- velop: see develop and -ment .] 1. A gradual Than seide the kynge Carados, "I wote not what eche unfolding; a full disclosure or working out of of yow will do; but as for me, I will go hym a-geyns, and the details of something, as the plot of a novel yef I haue nede of socour and helpe, so do ye youre dever ." or a drama, an architectural or a military plan, Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 162. a financial scheme, etc.; the act of evolving or devergence, devergency (de-ver'jens, -jen-si), unraveling.-2. The internal or subjective pron. Same as divergence , divergency . [Rare.] ce of unfolding or expanding; the coming deversoir (de-ver's wor), n. [F. déversoir , forth or into existence of additional elements, principles, or substances; gradual advancement through progre ive changes; a growing out or up; growth in general: as, the development of the mind or body, or of a form of government; the development of the principles of art or of civilization. A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. Channing. déverser , lean, bend, dévers , bent, curved, deversus , pp. of devertere , turn away, de , away, + vertere , turn: see verse .] In hydraul. eng in., the fall of a dike. E. H. Knight . devest (de-vest'), v. [=OF. devestir , F. dévétir = Pr. devestir , desvestir = It. dives tire , vestire (ML. also dives tire ), undre , de- (or dis- ) priv. + vestire , dre , vest is , dre , gar- ment: see vest . Cf. divest , the more common form.] I. trans. 11. To remove vesture from; undre . Then of his arms Androgeus he devests , His sword, his shield he takes, and plumed crests. Sir J. Denham . Come on, thou little inmate of this breast, Which for thy sake from pa ions I devest . Prior, 3. In law , to alienate; annul, as title or right; deprive of title. nation to government? The rescinding act of 1796... could not devest the rights acquired under [previous] contract. Chief - Justice Marshall , quoted in H. Adams's Randolph, [p. 105. II. in trans. In law , to be lost or alienated, as a title or an estate. IMG:content-2512.png:[ocr errors] of devehere , carry down; pa ive in middle sense, go down, descend; de , down, + vehere , carry: see vehicle , vex .] I. a . Bending down. IMG:content-2513.png:[blocks in formation] Thai love lande devexe and incl in ate. deviator (dē'vi-ā-tor), n. [F. déviateur , adj., Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 94. producing deviation; deviator , one who II. n. Same as devexity . Following the world's devez , he meant to tread, To compa both the poles, and drink Nile's head. May, tr. of Lucan's Pharsalia, x. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary lectual life of their fellow-men, with an antecedent as well as contemporary separation, but are each the outcome of circumstances. W. Sharp , D. G. Ro etti, p. 39. deviatory (dev i-a-tō-ri), a. [ deviate + -ory.] Deviating. Latham . [Rare.] device (de-vis'), n. [Early mod. E. also devise ; devise , devyse, dev is, devys = D. devies = G. Dan. Sw. devise , devise , divise , devize , f., dev is , divis , m., division, difference, disposi- tion, will, opinion, plan, contrivance, device, F. devise , f., device, motto, dev is , m., estimate, also (obs.) chat, talk, = Pr. devisa , f., dev is , m., = Sp. Pg. It. divis a , f., a division, device, divis a , f., a division, limit, difference, judgment, mark, device, divis us , fem. divis a , pp. of di- videre, divide: see devise and divide .] 1t. Dis- position; desire; will; pleasure. IMG:content-2515.png:[blocks in formation] Overreaching device. See overreach . - Point device. See point . =Syn. 5. Contrivance , Shift , etc. (see expedient , n .; see also artifice ), wile, ruse, manœuver, trick. 7. De ul (de-vis'ful), a. [ device + -ful , 1.] Full of devices; ingenious; cunning; curious or curiously contrived. [Rare.] To tell the glorie of the feast that day, The goodly service, the device full sights, The bridegromes state, the brides most rich aray. Spenser, F. Q., V. iii. 3. device fully (de-vis'ful-i), adv . [Early mod. E. also devise fully ; deviceful +-ly2.] So as to form a design or device; with skilful or cu- rio us arrangement; with artistic skill. IMG:content-2516.jpg:[blocks in formation] devil (dev'l), n. [Also formerly devel ( devell , etc.), also and still dial. or colloq. divel ( divell , etc.), and contr. deil , deel , deal , deale , dule , etc.; devil , devel, devell, divell , deovel, contr. deul, dule , del , etc., deófol , deóful , oldest form dióbal = OS. diubal = OFries. diovel , divel , = D. duivel = MLG. duvel , LG. dävel = OHG. tiufal , tiuval , tiefal , MHG. tiuvel , tiufel , tiefel , tuvel , G. teufel = Icel. djöfull = Sw. djefvul = Dan. djævel = Goth. diabula , diabaulus , diabu- lus = OF. diable , deable , F. diable = Pr. diable , diabol = Sp. diablo = Pg. diabo = It. diavolo , diabolus , a devil, the devil, = OBulg. diya- volŭ , diyavolŭ , Bulg. diyavol = Serv. dyavo = Bo- hem. d'abel = Pol. djabel , dyabel (barred 1 ) = Sorbian dyabol = Ru . diyavolů , diavolů , devil, (Gr. διάβολος , a slanderer, in New Testament and eccl. use the devil, διά , through, acro , + βάλλειν , throw. Cf. diabolic , etc.] 1. A false accuser; a traducer or slanderer. Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil ? He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon; for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. John vi. 70, 71. 5. A scheme or plan; something devised or studied out for promoting an end; specifically, [This use of the original term διάβολος occurs several times something contrived for an evil or a selfish pur- pose; a wrongful project, stratagem, or trick. Some witty deuise and fiction made for a purpose. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 22. He disappoint eth the devices of the crafty. Job v. 12. His device is against Babylon, to destroy it. Jer. li. 11. His [the Attorney-General's] Head is full of Proclama- tions and Devices how to bring Money into the Exchequer. Howell , Letters, I. vi. 11. 6. Something fancifully designed, as a picture, a pattern, a piece of embroidery, the cut or ornament of a garment, etc. And, lo, behold these talents of their hair, With twisted metal amorously impleach'd, I have received from many a several fair, Their kind acceptance weepingly beseech'd. Lo, this device was sent me from a nun, Or sister sanctified, of holiest note. differs from the badge and the cognizance in not being nece arily public and used for recognition, although the device, or a part of it, was often used as a cognizance. Book-plates formerly often bore a device, and still occasionally display See emblem , im- one. pre . in the New Testament (1 Tim. iii. 11; 2 Tim. iii. 3; Tit. ii. 3), but this is the only instance in which, when so used, it is rendered devil in the English versions.] 2. In Christian theology, a powerful spirit of evil, otherwise called Satan (the adversary or opposer): with the definite article, and always in the singular. He is frequently referred to as the Evil One, the prince of the powers of the air, the prince of darkne , Beelzebub, Belial, the tempter, the old serpent, the dragon, etc. He is represented in the New Testament as a person, the enemy of God and of holine , and bent on the ruin of man, but po e ing only limited power, subordinate to God, able to operate only in such ways as God permits, and capable of being made subservient to God's will. In this respect he differs from Ahriman, the evil principle in the dualistic system of the Persians, who was coeval and coördinate with Ormuzd, the spirit of light and goodne , and from the devil of the Gnostic and Mani- che an systems. The medieval conception of the devil was largely derived from pagan mythology. Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderne to be tempted of the devil. Mat. iv. 1. Dost thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all his works? Book of Common Prayer , Public Baptism of Infants. Lady M. Are you a man? Mac. Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil . Shak ., Macbeth, iii. 4. Note, that the climax and the crown of things Invariably is, the devil appears himself, 3. [Used in the English versions of the New Testament to translate the Greek δαιμόνιον and δαίμων , a spirit or demon: see demon .] A sub or- dinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and hav- ing power to afflict man both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption; one of the ma- lignant spirits employed by Satan as his agents in his work of evil; a demon. See demoniacal . zif the Devylle that is with inne answere that he schalle lyve, the i kepen him wel. Mandeville , Travels, p. 201. He [Jesus] appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils . Mark xvi. 9. A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device , Excelsior! 91. A spectacle; a show. Masques and devices , welcome! in one instance (see extract) rendered "devil," in the sense of an object of gentile worship, an idol, a false god.] The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils , and not to God. 1 Cor. x. 20. 5. A person resembling a devil or demon in character; a malignantly wicked or cruel per- son; a fierce or fiendish person: often used with merely expletive or exaggerative force: as, he's the very devil for reckle dash. IMG:content-2517.png:[blocks in formation] Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 32. Why, sure, you are not the poor devil of a lover, are you? Sheridan, The Duenna, iii. 2. 7. As an expletive: ( a ) The deuce: now always with the article the , but formerly sometimes with the article a , or used absolutely, preceding a sentence or phrase, and serving, like deuce and other words of related import, as an ejacu- lati on expre ing sudden emotion, as surprise, wonder, vexation, or disgust. [Low.] IMG:content-2518.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2519.png:[graphic] wood turned in the form of an hour-gla . It is first placed upon a cord loosely hanging from two sticks held in the hands, and up- on being made to rotate by the movement of the sticks what similar to those of a top.-Devil's advocate. See advocate. Devil's apron. See devil's - apron . - Devil's claw. See claw . - Devil's coach-horse, the popular English name of a large rove-beetle, Ocypus or Goërius olens , belonging to the family Staphylinidæ and tribe Brach elytra of the pentamerous Coleoptera ; it is com- mon in Great Britain, where it is also called cocktail , from its habit of cock- ing up the long jointed abdomen when alarmed or irritated. When it a umes this attitude, standing its ground de- fiantly with open jaws, it presents a diabolical appearance, which has sug- gested the popular name. Also called devil's-cow. IMG:content-2520.png:[blocks in formation] devil name in the United States of the dragon-flies of the families Libellulidæ, Agrionida, and Æschnide: so call ed from their long, slender, needle-like bodies. (b) The Venus's-comb, Scandix Pecten, from the long tapering beaks of the fruit. - Devil's dozen. Same as bakers ' dozen (which see, under baker ). - Devil's ear. See devil's -ear. -Devil's finger. See devil's-finger. - Devil's snuffbox, the puffball, a species of the fungus Lycoperdon, from its supposed deleterious qualities, and from the clouds of snuff-like spores that come from it.-Forest devil, the name given in some localities to a stump extractor. Go to the devil! clear out! be off! an objurgation expre ing impatience and contempt.-Like the devil looking over Lincoln, or as the devil looks over Lincoln, a proverbial expre ion the origin of which is unknown. "Some refer this to Lincoln Min ster [England], over which, when first finished, the devil is supposed to have looked with a fierce and terrific countenance, as incensed and alarmed at this costly instance of devotion. Ray thinks it more probable that it took its rise from a small image of the devil placed on the top of Lincoln College, Oxford, over which he looks, seemingly with much fury." (Grose, Local Proverbs.) Than wold ye looke ouer me with stomoke swolne Like as the diuel lookt ouer Lincolne . Heywood, Dialogues, ii. 9 (Spenser Soc., p. 75). Lord Sp . Has your ladyship seen the dutche since your falling out? Lady Sm . Never, my lord, but once at a visit; and she looked at me as the Devil look'd over Lincoln. Swift , Polite Conversation, i. Printer's devil, an errand-boy in a printing-office; originally, the boy who took the printed sheets from the tympan of the pre . They do commonly so black and dedaub themselves that the workmen do jocosely call them devils . Moxon. Tasmanian or native devil, the ursine dasyure, Dasy urus or Sarcophilus ursinus , a carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania. See dasyure. Tasmanian devil . That very fierce animal, called from its evil temper the J. G. Wood, Out of Doors, p. 22. The devil on his neck. See the extract. Certain strait irons called the divel on his neck being after an horrible sort devised, straitening and winching the neck of a man with his legs together in such sort as the more he stirreth in it the straiter it pre eth him, so that within three or four hours it breaketh and crusheth a man's back and body in pieces. Foxe. IMG:content-2521.png:[blocks in formation] The devil's books. See book. The Devil's Own, a name jocosely given to the 88th regiment of foot in the British army on account of its bravery in the Peninsular war (1808-14), and also to the volunteer regiment of the Inns of Court, London, the members of which are IMG:content-2522.png:[blocks in formation] These devil - dodgers happened to be so very powerful devilismt (dev'l-izm), n. [ Life of J. Lacking ton , Lerutabolism; devilishne .