diligencel (dilijens)

[Formerly also dili gency; ME. diligence, OF. diligence, F. dili gence = Pr. Sp. Pg. diligencia = It. diligenzia, diligenza, IMG:content-2648.png:[blocks in formation] 1619 2. Steadily applied; prosecuted with care and constant effort; careful; painstaking: as, make diligent search. The judges shall make diligent inquisition. Deut. xix. 18. Diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Pre scott. =Syn. Active, sedulous, laborious, persevering, in defat i gable, unremitting, untiring, painstaking. diligentt, adv . [ diligent , a.] Diligently. They may the better, sewrer, and more diligenter , execute, obserue, and ministre their said Officez. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 413. diligently (dil'i-jent-li), adv. With diligence, or steady application and care; with industry or a iduity; not carele ly; not negligently. Being by this Means in the King's Eye, he so diligently carried himself that he soon got into the King's Heart. Baker , Chronicles, p. 261. Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 17. For all Paul's miracles, the Jews studied the scripture the diligenterly, to see whether it were as he said or no. Tyndale , Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), р. 98. diligent ne (dil'i-jent-nes), n. Diligence. Bailey , 1727. dilucidation leniaceæ, consisting of lofty forest-trees, natives of tropical Asia. They have large leaves and showy white or yellow flowers. D. pentagyna is a handsome tree, common in the forests of India and Burma. D. spe ciosa is also a fine tree, frequently planted in India for ornament; its large acid fruits are used in curries, and for making jelly, etc. The leaves of some of the species, as in other genera of the order, are very firm and rough, and are used like sand-paper for polishing woodwork.