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[Eng. despise; -ment.] Contempt, Cospising, scorn. "The contempt and despisement of worldly wealth."Holland: Plutarch , p. 128. dě-spiş-er, *de-spys-er, *de-speys-ere, 8. [Eng. despis(e); -er.] One who despises, contemns, scorns, or slights any person or thing. "Art thou thus boldened, man, by thy distre : Or else a rude despiser of good manners?" Shakesp.: As You Like It, il. 7. , pit Syrian IMG:content-2279.png:[blocks in formation] "His banner Scottish winds shall blow, Despite each mean or mighty foe." IMG:content-2280.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2281.png:[blocks in formation] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of treating with despite. *děs-pi-tion, s. [DESPICION.] de-spoil, *de-spoil-en, de-spuil-en, *de- spule, *dis-poyl-en, *dis-puyl, *dys-poyle, v. t. [O. Fr. despoiller , despuiller ; Fr. dépouiller ; Sp. & Port. despojar , from Lat. despolio to plunder: de (intens.), and spolio =to plunder; spolium =plunder, spoil.] 1. To strip, to rob, to plunder, to deprive, to take anything away from by force. "If mine the glory to despoil the foe, On Phœbus' temple I'll his arms bestow." Followed by of before the thing taken away. "Having despoil'd me of my sword, mine honor." Beaum, & Flet.: Love's Cure, v. i. O'er Rylstone's fair domain have blown." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, vii. "You, madam-for you are more nobly born-- Despoiled of your honor in your life, Shall, after three days' open penance done, Live in your country here in banishment." Shakesp . dě-spoiler, s. [Eng. despoil; -er.] One who despoils, robs, strips, or plunders; a plunderer. "The despoilers and the despoiled had, for the most part, been rebels alike." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. ii. dě-spoil-ing, *de-spoyl-ynge, pr . par ., a. & s. [DESPOIL, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) "He rafte the despoylynge fro the cruel lyoun."- Chaucer: Boethius , p. 147. dě-spoil-měnt, s. [Eng. despoil; -ment.] The act of despoiling or plundering; despoliation. †dě-spō-li-ā-tion, s. [Lat. despoliatio, from des pol i at us , pa. par. of despolio =to despoil (q. v.).] The act of despoiling or plundering; spoliation, plunder, robbery. dě-spond', v . i. [Lat. despondeo =(1) to promise fully, (2) to give up, to lose: de away, from, and spondeo =to promise.] des-pot-Ic, *děs-pot-ick, děs-pot-ic-al, a. [Fr. despot i que ; Gr. despot i kos , from despotēs =a Iord.] 1. Absolute, irresponsible, uncontrolled by men, laws, or constitution; as, a despotic government. "What kings decree, the soldier must obey, Waged against foes; and, when the wars are o'er, Fit only to maintain despotic power." "Others depre their own minds, despond at first difficulty."- Locke . 2. Theol.: To lose hope of Divine mercy. "Some may terrify the conscience, some may allure the slothful, and some encourage the desponding mind." -Watts. *dě-spond, s . [DESPOND, v .] Despondency. "Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in the Slough of Despond alone." -Bunyan: Pilg. Prog ., pt. i. IMG:content-2282.png:[blocks in formation] "Amends from Deloraine to crave, For foul despiteous scathe and scorn." sunk in despondency."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xiv. "The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be For the difference between despondency and despair , see DESPAIR. despondeo .] Ina dě-spondent, a. [Lat. despond ens , pr. par. of a state of despondency; dejected in spirit; desponding; losing heart and resolution. a dull despondent flock, With not a brightne waving o'er their plumes, And nought save chattering discord in their note." Thomson: Autumn, 979-81. In a despondent or desponding manner; despon "He thus despondently concludes."-Barrow: Serm., IMG:content-2283.png:[blocks in formation] "At your de ert bright pewter comes too late, When your first course was well serv'd up in plate." King: Art of Cookery. which a thing is sent; the intended end of a jour- ney, voyage, . One poor hour lost, nor rescue a small fly By a fool's finger destinate to die." IMG:content-2284.png:[blocks in formation] děs-tine, v . t . [Fr. destiner ; Prov., Sp., & Port. destinar; Ital. des tin are , from Lat. destino =to des- tine.] 1. To fate; to predetermine, appoint, a ign, or devote to any use, purpose, position, or place. "The greatne which she [Britain] was destined to attain."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. i. 2. To appoint or set aside to any use. 3. To fix or determine unalterably. "The infernal judge's dreadful power From the dark urn shall throw thy destined hour." Prior: To the Memory of Col. Villiers , *4. To devote, to doom to punishment or misery. "May heaven around this destined head The choicest of its curses spread." Prior: To a Young Gentleman in Love. děs'-tined, pa . par . or a. [DESTINE, υ.]. des-tin-ing, *des-ten-yng, pr . par., a. & s. [DESTINE, v .] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) beforehand. 2. Destiny, fate. "Of God hit was thy destenyng ." A lisa under , 6,866. †děs-tin-işm, s. [Eng. destin(y); -ism.] A be- lief in destiny or fate; fatalism. IMG:content-2285.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To forsake, to abandon, to desert. "Suppose God do thus destitute us, yet our anxiety or solicitude can never be able to relieve or secure us."-Hammond. Pract. Catechism, iii., § 5. 2. To disappoint. "Perhaps great Hector then had found his fate; But Jove and Destiny prolonged his date." (1) Crabb thus discriminates between destiny , fate , lot , and doom : "All these terms are employed with regard to human events which are not under one's control. Destiny is used in regard to one's station and walk in life; fate in regard to what one suffers; lot in regard to what one gets or po e es; and doom is that portion of one's destiny or fate which depends upon the will of another: destiny is marked out; fate is fixed; the lot is a igned; the doom is pa ed. It was the destiny of Julius Cæsar to act a great part in the world, and to establish a new form of government at Rome; it was his fate at last to die by the hands of a a ins, the chief of whom had been his avowed friends; had he been contented with a humbler lot than that of an empire, he might have enjoyed honors, riches, and IMG:content-2286.png:[blocks in formation] a long life; his doom was sealed by the last step tus , pa. *de-stric-tion, s. [Lat. destrictio, from destric which he took in making himself emperor: it is not pa. par. of destringo -to bind down.] The act permitted for us to inquire into our future destiny : of binding. (Ash.) it is our duty to submit to our fate , to be contented *de-strig-ment, s. [Lat. destringo=to strip or with our lot , and prepared for our doom : a parent rub off.] A scraping; that which is scraped off. may have great influence over the destiny of his ( Ash .) The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia 2. The act of laying waste, ruining, or ravaging. "Destruction he makes of rentes and fees." Langtoft , p. 202. 3. A destroying, overthrowing, or making of none effect. 1. To bring to ruin by pulling or throwing down, city." -1 Sam. v. 11. razing, or demolishing; to pull to pieces. "He hath destruyed the auter of Baal."-Wycliffe: Judges vi. 30. 4. To kill, to extirpate, to sweep away. "And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh,."-Gen. vi. 17. 5. To spoil, to render usele , to ruin, to make away with. 5. The state of being destroyed; ruin, death. "When that which we immortal thought We saw so near destruction brought." 6. That which destroys; the cause of destruction. "The destruction that wasteth at noonday." Ps . xci. 6. II. Scripture and Theology : "The mother too hath her title, which destroys the sov- ereignty of one supreme monarch."-Locke. 2. To make of none effect, to do away with. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy , but to fulfill."- Matt . IMG:content-2288.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2289.png:[blocks in formation] lence; ruin is a gradual proce : a thing is de stroyed by some external action upon it; a thing ever war or the adverse elements rage; we witne ruin whenever the works'of man are exposed to the effects of time: neverthele , if destruction be the more forcible and rapid, ruin is, on the other hand, more sure and complete; what is destroyed may be rebuilt or replaced, but what is ruined is lost for ever, it is past recovery. When houses or towns are destroyed, fresh ones rise up in their places; but when commerce is ruined , it seldom returns to its old course. Destruction admits of various degrees; ruin is something positive and general. The The prop- erty of a man may be destroyed to a greater or le extent, without nece arily involving his ruin . The ruin of a family is oftentimes the consequence of destruction by fire. The health is destroyed by vio- lent exercises, or some other active cause; it is happine of a family is destroyed by broils and dis- ruined by a course of imprudent conduct. The cord; the morals of a young man are ruined by a continued intercourse with vicious companions. Destruction may be used either in the proper or the improper sense; ruin has mostly a moral applica- tion. The destruction of both body and soul is the consequence of sin; the ruin of a man, whether in his temporal or spiritual concerns, is inevitable, if he follow the dictates of misguided pa ion." ( Crabb : Eng . Synon.) *dě-struc-tion-a-ble, a. [English destruction ; -able.] Destroying, destructive. *dě-struc-tion-ful, a. [English destruction ; -ful(1).] Destructive, wasteful. de-struc-tion-ist, s. [Eng. destruction; -ist.] 1. Ord . Lang .: One who is given to destruction; a IMG:content-2290.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2291.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2292.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2293.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2294.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] IMG:content-2295.png:[blocks in formation] PHURATE. A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or proce of depriving of sulphur; desulphuration. de-sul-phu-rā-tion, s . [Pref. de away, from, and Eng. sulphuration (q. v.).] The act or proce of freeing from, or depriving of, sulphur. de-sŭl-phu-rize, v . t . [Pref. de away, from, and Eng, sulphurize (q. v.).] To free from or deprive of sulphur; to desulphurate. PHURIZE.] de-sul-phu-riz-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DESULA. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The same as DESULPHURATION. desulphurizing furnace, s. Metall.: A roasting-furnace for driving off the sulphur from pyritic ores. There are many forms adapted to the requirements of different ores, facilities of building, kind of fuel, and the more or le perfect result demanded by the value of the metal and other commercial and economical incidents. Ores are desulphurized by roasting in heaps: In reverberatory furnaces of the usual kind [COPPER FURNACE]; in rotary inclined cylinders exposed to the heat of a fire beneath; in a flue or stack, where they fall through a column of flame [DECARBONIZING-FURNACE]; on a rotary-table furnace, where the desulphurizing-chamber is surrounded with flues, through which the caloric currents from the furnace are compelled to pa on their way to the chimney. ( Knight .) děs-ŭl-tor-i-lỹ, adv. [Eng. desultory; -ly.] In a desultory, loose, or disconnected manner.