denounce (denouns)

t.; pret. and pp. de nounced, ppr. denouncing. [ And ther the Aungell denowncyd to Zacharie the Na tivite of Seynt John the Baptyst. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 71. I denounce and declare, by the authority of God's word and doctrine of Christ, that ye be truly baptized within. Tyndale , Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 71. 2. To proclaim or declare as impending or threatened; formally or publicly threaten to do or effect; make a menace of: as, to denounce war; to denounce punishment. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. 18. brand publicly; stigmatize; arraign: as, to de nounce one as a swindler, or as a coward. To denounce the immoralities of Julius Cæsar. Brougham, Fox. (Latham.) No man is denounced for acting or thinking in the sixteenth century what the sixteenth century acted and thought. Whipple , E . and Rev., I. 26. In terrible earnest he denounced the public crime, and meted out to every official, high and low, his due portion. Emerson , Theodore Parker, p. 272. I... think they [the Puritans] were right in denouncing the Court of High Commi ion and all its works. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 325. 4. To make formal or public accusation against; inform against; accuse: used especially where knowledge of wrongful acts has been acquired confidentially or stealthily: as, to denounce a confederate in crime; to denounce one to the authorities. He soon found that it was nece ary for him openly to denounce the Jacobins to the Legislative A embly and the nation, as the enemies of the country. Everett , Orations, I. 497. 5. In Mexican and Spanish mining -law: (a) To lay an information against (a mine) as forfeit because of abandonment, or through being insufficiently worked; hence, to claim the right to work (such a mine) by laying an information against it. (b) To announce and register the discovery of (a new mine or mineral deposit), and thus preempt; hence, to lay claim to on the ground of discovery and registry. Opals are frequent, principally in the vicinity of Eran dique (Honduras), where as many as sixteen mines have been denounced in a single year. Encyc . Brit ., XII. 132. denouncement (de-nouns'ment), n. [OF. de non cement, den unce ment , denoncer , denounce: see denounce and -ment .] 1. The act of denouncing; the declaration of a menace, or of evil; denunciation. [Rare.] False is the reply of Cain upon the denouncement of his curse, My iniquity is greater than I can bear. density The boundle ether back to roll, And to replace the cloudy barrier dense . Cowper, İliad, v. The decks were dense with stately forms. Tennyson, Morte d'Arthur. 2. In zoöl., closely set; separated by very small intervals: as, dense punctures, hairs, etc.-3. In photog., more or le opaque; strong in the contrast of lights and shades: said of a neg a exhibiting these characteristics, and ca pable of giving a brilliant print, or even, if it be too dense, a harsh one, as distinguished from a weak or thin negative, the picture on which presents small contrasts, while its film is inclined to be more or le transparent, even in the lights, and the resulting print is flat. Also expre ed by strong and intense. With good dense negatives the printing may be conducted in direct sunshine. Workshop Receipts, 1st ser., p. 257. 4. Figuratively, without break or interruption; difficult to penetrate; solid and heavy: as, dense ignorance; dense wit; dense stupidity.5. Thick-headed; obtuse; stolid; stupid; dull. I must needs conclude the present generation of playgoers more virtuous than myself, or more dense. Lamb, Artificial Comedy. =Syn. 1. Condensed, compre ed. II. n. A thicket. The hog-ward who drove swine to the dense in the woodland paid his lord fifteen pigs at the slaughter-time, and was himself paid by the increase of the herd. J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 330. densely (dens'li), adv. In a dense manner; compactly. densen (den'sn), v. t. [ In 1800 there is some densening of population within the old lines and a western movement along the Mohawk in New York State. T. W. Higginson, Harper's Mag., June, 1884.