Decoy-duck, de-koy'-duk, s

a duck employed to draw others into a snare; one who decoys others. ] ing fowls gradual gradually diminution: v.a. to le en or decay;; to diminish wane of the gradually: moon (L. s. de, and cresco, to grow). manner. order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others; established law or rule; the predetermined purpose of God according to which all things happen [Theol.]; v.a. to determine judicially; to fix or appoint: v.n. to make an edict; to resolve or determine (L. de, and cerno cretum, to judge)., tity lost by decrease; the wane of the moon [Her.] Equal decrement of life signifies that of a given number of lives there should be an equal annual decrease, Decrepit, within a de-krep'-it, given period a. of broken years. down and wasted by the infirmities osage (L. decrepit us, noisele , from de, and crepitus, noise) a strong heat, with a continual crackling: v.n. to crackle, as salt, when roasting (L. de, and crepo, to make a noise). parts with a crackling noise, occasioned by heat. duced by the infirmities of age. of the sound [Mus.] (It. ) decree, especially of the Pope; a collection of decrees, especially of the popes. determining. Decretorily, de'-kre-to-re-le, ad. in a definitive manner. censure. ciate, or blame (Fr. de, and cry). (L. de, and cubo, to lie down). [Med.] (L. decuman us, tenth, the tenth wave being surmised to be the largest in a series). prostrate; declined or bending down [Bot.] (L. de, and cumbo to lie down.) Recumbently, de-kum'- bent-le, ad., in a decumbent posture. takes to or keeps his bed [Med.]; an aspect of the heavens, as prognosticating the recovery of a patient or his death [Astrol.] repeated: v.a. to increase tenfold (L. decem, and plico, to fold). diers; an overseer of ten families (L.) the point of insertion, [Bot.] ( L. de, and curro, cursum, to run.) Recurrently, de-kur'-rent-le, ad. in a decurrent manner. in the form of an a. decu ate X). (L. decu is, the number 10, represented by Decu ately, de-kus'- sate-ly ad. in a decu ate manner. ranged in pairs, which alternately and regularly cro each other, as the leaves of many plants [Bot.] (L. de, and dens a tooth). solemnly to a sacred purpose; to devote; to inscribe teem: a. consecrated; devoted (L. de, and dico, to devote) inscription in dedicating abook.