daunce

& v. [DANCE.] Upon this daunce , amonges othere men, Daunced a squier before Dorigen." Chaucer: C. T., 11,237, 11,238. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. daunt daunt, dant, dadauntenduntendantem Lat. domito =to subdue, to tame, a freq. form from domo to tame.] A. Transitive: *1. To tame, to break in. "Sum began to dant beystis."- Compl . Scotland , p. 145. 2. To intimidate, to frighten, to subdue, to deprive of spirit or courage. *3. To conquer, to overcome. "That which of hem that other daunteth In armes, hym she shulde take." Gower: Confe io A mantis , bk. iv. *4. To fondle, to cherish. "Vpon the knes men shul daunte you."- Wycliffe : Is. lvi. 12. *B. In trans.: To be afraid. For the difference between to daunt and to dis may, see DISMAY. *dâunt, s. [DAUNT, v .] A fright, an alarm. dâunt'-ěd, pa. par.ora. [DAUNT.] 1278 Da-vid, [Heb. Davad David . (See def.) The meaning of the name is, one who loves or one who is beloved.] The second king of Israel, known and venerated by Christians, Jews and Mohammedans. David's harp, s . (Sam. xvi. 16-23.) Polygonatum multiflorum. (Britten & Holland .) Da-vid-ist, s. [From the name of the founder.] Ch. Hist .: One of a sect in the sixteenth century founded by David George, a native of Delft, who gave out that he was the Me iah, denied the resurrection, and interdicted marriage. Also called David-Georgian. da-vid-son-īte, s . [Named after the discoverer, Prof. Davidson, of Marischal College, Aberdeen, and Eng. suff. -ite ( Min . ) (q. v.).] Min .: A variety of Beryl, found at Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, Scotland. It is of a greenish-yellow color. da-vil-la, 8. [Named after Henry Catherine Davila, a celebrated Italian historian.] Bot .: A genus of plants, order Dilleniacem. Da villa rugosa is astringent. A decoction of it is used in Brazil in swellings of the legs and other parts. vulnerary called Sambaibinha.