dicruridæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. dicrur ( us ), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. ida.] Pa eres, which family founder GTR. Gray, was (King-crows, or Drongo-shrikes) resemble the Fly Ornith.: A family of Dentirostral birds, order cla ed with the Ampelide. The Dicruride catchers (Muscicapide), to which they are allied, brill in gentil sat i rely bristles. They have, however, only ten tail-feathers. The feet are e entially constructed for grasping, which, with the lengthened tail, renders walking difficult. All the species feed on insects, which they capture on the wing, returning again immedi ately to the perch they have just quitted or some adjoining place of rest. The members of this family range through the Ethiopian and Indian regions and the Austro-Papuan, including the Moluccas. . -tion, -tion, . -tious, -cio us, -sious shus. -ble, -dle, , del Dictamnus, Root, Leaf and Blo om. Hot To utter words to be written or repeated Sylla could not IMG:content-2447.png:[blocks in formation] implies an entire subserviency in the person dic- tated to: to prescribe carries its own weight with it in the nature of the thing prescribed." (Crabb: Eng . Synon. ) dic-tāte, s. [Lat. dictatum , neut. sing. of dicta- tus , pa. par. of dicto = to dictate; Sp. & Port. dicta do; Ital. dittato , dettato .] a bad sense. It is the part of a Christian at all times to listen to the dictates of conscience: it is the characteristic of a weak mind to follow the sug- gestions of envy. A man renounces the character of a rational being who yields to the dictates of pas- sion: whoever does not resist the suggestions of his own evil mind is very far gone in corruption, and never will be able to bear up long against tempt a- tion. Dictate is employed only for what pa es inwardly; suggestion may be used for any action on the mind by external objects. No man will err e entially in the ordinary affairs of life who is guided by the dictates of plain sense. It is the lot of sinful mortals to be drawn to evil by the sugges- tions of Satan, as well as their own evil inclina- tions." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) dic-tāt-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [DICTATE, v.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of ordering, commanding, or suggesting; dictation. 1. The act of dictating, ordering, or enjoining. "A nature on which dictation and contradiction acted as philtres." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xv. 2. The act of giving out verbally words to be writ- ten or repeated by another. IMG:content-2448.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2449.png:[graphic] clegancies, the peculiarities and the beauties of composition, which mark the genius and talent of the writer, are what is comprehended under the name of style . import, it is of course mostly confined to ordinary subjects, and style to the production in his private correspondence, but of his style in his literary IMG:content-2450.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2451.png:[ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small] dictionarian †dic-tion-a-ri-an, s. [Eng. dictionary; -an.] A compiler of a dictionary, a lexicographer.