denary (denari)

and n. [L. denarius, containing ten: see denarius.] I. a. Containing ten; tenfold. The symbol 40 in our denary scale represents ten times four;... generally, the binary scale would call for about three and a half times as many figures as the denary. Pop. Sci . Mo., XIII. 424. II. n.; pl. denaries (-riz). 1. A division by tens; a tithing: as, "tythings or denaries," Holinshed. IMG:content-2356.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Mr. Chase, whose creed on slavery was in one word De nationalization . G. S. Merriam, S. Bowles, I. 139. denationalize (dē-nash'on-al-iz), v . t .; pret. and pp . denationalized , ppr. denationalizing . [= F. dénationaliser ; as de- priv. + nationalize . To divest of nationality, or of existing national relations or rights; subvert or change the nationality of, as a ship, a person, a people, or a territory, by change of flag, connection, or allegiance; give a new national character or relation to. Another curious feature of the denationalizing character of the Feudal system in France is found in this, that the King of England was the real governor or feudal sovereign of nearly half of the present territory of France during almost a century. Stillé , Stud. Med. Hist., p. 148. The Paris journal, "La France," which wrote "We are Europe;" and which had appealed for subscriptions in aid of the denationalised Danes. Lowe , Bismarck, I. 449. 2. To divest of national scope or importance; limit to a particular locality; render local: as, to denationalize slavery or polygamy. They [the Republicans) agreed. that the virgin soil of our territories should be unpolluted by slavery, and that this crime against humanity, and plague of our politics, should be denationalized . N. A. Rev. , CXXVI. 266. 3. To deprive of national limitations or peculiarities; widen the relations, scope, or applicability of; make cosmopolitan. The object is to construe a belief in its most inclusive, not exclusive, acceptation, to denationalize a purely local faith by making it as universal as the limits of the world and of humanity. J. Owen , Evenings with Skeptics, II. 84. Also spelled denationalise .