direptitious

[From Lat. direptus, pa. par. of diripio =to plunder.] Having the character of direption; plundering, pillaging. di-rěp-ti-tious-ly, adv . [Formed from Lat. direptus , pa. par. of diripio = to plunder; on the analogy of surreptitiously (q. v.).] By way of direption or plunder. "And so the grants surreptitiously and direptitiously obtained."- Strype : Memorials (an. 1532). di-rět-ta al-la, s. [Ital.] Mus.: In direct motion. ( Stainer & Barrett.) dirge, *dirige, s. [Lat. dirige = direct thou, imper. of dirigo to direct. From the first word of the antiphon in the office for the dead, which begins with the words (Ps. v. 8), " Dirige , Domine meus, in conspectu tuo vitam me am."] I. Ord. Lang.: A funeral song or hymn; a lament; a song or tune expre ive of grief and mourning. "She comes, and in the vale hath heard The funeral dirge ." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone , vi. II. Mus .: A solemn piece of music, of a funereal or memorial character, so called from the first word of the Antiphon. The office of burial of the dead was called in the Primer (cir. 1400) Placebo (from the words of the antiphon, " Placebo Domino, in regione vivorum"), and Dirige , and in the Primer of Henry VIII. (1545) is called The Dirige. ( Stainer & Barrett.) *dirge-ale, s. A funeral feast. [ALE.] "Church-ales, helpe-ales, and soule-ales, called also dirge-ales, with the heathenish rioting at bride-ales."Holinshed: Descrip. Brit ., bk. ii., ch. I. dirge-like, a . Sad, mournful, sorrowful. "A dirge - like voice that mourns the dead." Hemans: Tale of the Secret Tribunal. dirge-note, s. The note of a funeral hymn or IMG:content-2581.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2582.png:[blocks in formation] dīrge-fül, a. [Eng. dirge; -ful ( l ).] Moaning, lamenting. "Soothed sadly by the dirgeful wind." Cole ridge: Monody on Chatter ton. dir-I-gě, s. [DIRGE.) The office for the dead. "Matins, and ma , and evensong, and placebo, and dirige, and commendation, and mattins of our Lady, were ordained of sinful men, to be sung with high crying." Wycliffe: Of Prelates , ch. xi.