dern1 (dern)

[ He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox earth. H. Miller . II. in trans. To hide one's self; skulk. But look how soon they heard of Holoferne Their courage quail'd, and they began to derne. T. Hudson , tr. of Du Bartas, in England's Parna us. dern2 (dėrn), n . Same as dearn2 . dern3 (dėrn), v . t . Same as darn2 , a minced form of damn. Also written durn . (Vulgar, U. S.] dernfult (dern'fül), a. [Irreg. dern1 + -ful.] Solitary; hence, sad; mournful. The birds of ill presage this luckle e chance foretold By dern full noise. L. Bryskett (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 268). dernier (der'ni-èr or, as F., der-nyā'), a. [F. dernier , deretranarius (cf. OF. der rain , > E. darre in , q. v.), deretranus , de , down, + retro , back: see rear2 , retro-.] Last; final; ultimate: now used only as French, as in the phrase dernier re ort , last resort, final resource. After the dernier proof of him in this manner... he Roger North, Examen, p. 620. was dismi ed. dernlyt (dern'li), adv. [Also written dearnly; Hit watz the lad i, loflyest to be-holde, That drog the dor after hir ful dernly & stylle. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. É. T. S.), L. 1188. 2. Solitarily; hence, sadly; mournfully. They heard a ruefull voice, that dearnly cride. Spenser, F. Q., II. 1. 35. derodontid (der-o-don'tid), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to or having the characters of the Dero dontida. II. n. One of the Derodontida. IMG:content-2434.jpg:[blocks in formation] Derogate , live for the low tastes alone, Mean creeping cares about the animal life? Browning , Ring and Book, II. 80. =Syn. 1. Depreciate , Derogate from , etc. See decry. derogate (der'ō-gāt), a . [ derogatus , pp. of derogare : see the verb.] Le ened in extent, estimation, character, etc.; invalidated; degenerate; degraded; damaged. [Rare.] The chief ruler beyng in presence, the author i tie of the substitute was clerely derogate . Hall , Hen. VI., an. 10. IMG:content-2435.jpg:[blocks in formation] Once name you derogately , when to sound your name It not concern'd me. Shak ., A. and C., ii. 2. derogation (der-o-ga's hon), n. [= F. déroga- tion = Sp. derogacion = Pg. derogação = It. derogazione , derogatio (n-), a partial abro- gation of a law, derogare , repeal a part of a law, derogate: see derogate , v .] 1. The act of impairing effect in whole or in part; limitation as to extent, or restraint as to operation: as, a statute in derogation of the common law must not be enlarged by construction. Such a demand may not, in strictne , be in derogation of public law. Lincoln , in Raymond, p. 420. 2. The act of impairing or seeking to impair merit, reputation, or honor; a le ening of value or estimation; detraction; disparagement. What dishonor is this to God? Or what derogation is this to heaven? Latimer , Sermon of the Plough. The derogations therefore, which grow to learning from the fortune or condition of learned men, are either in re- spect of scarcity of means, or in respect of privatenes Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 25. He counted it no derogation of his manhood to be seen to weep. Robertson . Derodontidæ (der-o-don'ti-dē), n . pl . [NL., Dero dont us + -ida.] A family of clavicorn beetles. The dorsal segments of the abdomen are partly Le ening; belittling; derogatory.