delusive (delusiv)

[= Sp. delusivo, IMG:content-2315.jpg:[graphic] A fox Stretched on the earth, with fine delusive sleights, Mocking a gaping crow. B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. That fond, delusive , happy, transient spell, That hides us from a world wherein we dwell. Crabbe, Works, VII. 209. 2. Of the nature of a delusion; unreal; imaginary. [Rare.] There is no such thing as a fictitious, or delusive , sensation. A sensation must exist to be a sensation, and if it exists, it is real and not delusive . Huxley and Youmans , Physiol., § 270. =Syn. 1. See fallacious and deceptive . delusively (dē-lū'siv-li), adv . In a delusive manner; so as to delude. delusivene (dē-lū'siv-nes), n. The quality of being delusive; tendency to deceive. When they have been driven out by opposite evidence, then indeed we may discover their delusivene . A. Tucker , Light of Nature, I. i. 11. delusory (dē-lūsō-ri), a. [= OF. delusoire , F. délusoire = Sp. It. delusorio , deluso rius , delusor , a deceiver, deludere , pp. de lusus , deceive, delude: see delude .] Apt to deceive; deceptive; delusive. These delusory false pretences, which have neither truth nor substance in them. Prynne , Histrio-Mastix, II. iv. 2. deluviet, n. See diluvie . 2t. To bury. Salamon for this cause made it to be taken vp and doluen depe in the grounde. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 155. The common people doe dig and delve with unde- fatigable toyle. Sandys , Travailes, p. 215. When Adam delv'd and Eve span, Who was then a gentleman? Old rime. Ever of her he thought when he delved in the soil of his garden. Long fellow , Miles Standish, viii. 2. Figuratively, to carry on laborious or con- tinued research or investigation, as one digging Not in the cells where frigid learning delves In Aldine folios mouldering on their shelves. O. W. Holmes, Poetry. He remained satisfied with himself to the last, delving in his own mine. Whipple, E . and Rev., II. 26. delve (delv), n. [ delve ; the same word as delf1 , q. v.; from the verb.] 1. A place dug or hollowed out; a pitfall; a ditch; a den; a cave. In delves deepe is sette thair [almonds'] appetite, Thaire magnitude a larger lande requireth. demagogue (dem'a-gog), п. = Sp. Pg. It. demagogo = D. demagoog = G. Dan. Sw. demagog = Ru . demagogů , demagog us , δημαγωγός , a leader of the peo- ple, δῆμος , the people, the populace, + ἀγωγός, a leader, άγειν , lead: see agent , act .] 1. His- torically, a leader of the people; a person who sways the people by oratory or persuasion. Demosthenes and Cicero, though each of them a leader, or, as the Greeks called it, a demagogue , in a popular state, yet seem to differ in their practice. Swift . All the popular jealousies and alarms at regal authority would have been excited by demagogues in the senate as well as in the comitia; for there are in all nations aristo- cratical demagogues as well as democratical. 2. An unprincipled popular orator or leader; one who endeavors to curry favor with the peo- ple or some particular portion of them by pan- dering to their prejudices or wishes, or by play- ing on their ignorance or pa ions; specifical- ly, an unprincipled political agitator; one who seeks to obtain political power or the further- ance of some sinister purpose by pandering to the ignorance or prejudice of the populace. A plausible insignificant word, in the mouth of an ex- South , Works, II. ix. To le en the hopes of usurping demagogues , we must enlighten, animate, and combine the spirit of freemen. Ames , Works, II. 273. The doctrine of State rights can be so handled by an adroit demagogue as easily to confound the distinction be- tween liberty and lawle ne in the minds of ignorant persons. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 169. demagoguery (dem'a-gog-e-ri), n . [ dem a- gogue + -ery.] Action characteristic of a dem a- gogue; demagogism. An element of demagoguery tampered with the Irish vote in the person of Jerry, nominally porter. demagoguism, n. See demagogism . demagogy demagogy (dem'a-goj-i), (dem' n. [= G. demagogie = Dan. Sw. demagog i , demagog i a , δημαγωγία , δι IMG:content-2316.png:[blocks in formation] ing the spelling now usual); demayn , demaine, demeine, demeyne, demeigne , domaine (whence the other E. form domain ), dominium , right of owner- ship, power, dominion: see domain and de- mesne, doublets of demain , and see dominion , damage.] 1t. Power; dominion. There finde I now that every creature Somtime a yere hath love in his demaine . Gower, Conf. Amant., III. 349. That al the worlde weelded in his [Alexander's] demeyne, Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 675. 2t. Same as domain .-3. Same as demesne. Come, take po e ion of this wealthy place, The Earth's sole glory: take, (deer Son) to thee This Farm's demains , leaue the Chief right to me. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Eden. How narrow our demeans are, and, what's more, we hardly can subsist. In his demain (or demesne) as of fee, in old Eng . law , the technical expre ion for an estate of fee simple in pos- se ion. In England there is no Land (that of the Crown only excepted) which is not held of a Super i our; for all depend either mediately or immediately on the Crown: So that when a Man in Pleading would signify his Lands to be his own, he says, That he is or was seized or po e ed thereof in his Demaine as of Fee ; whereby he means, that altho' his Land be to him and his Heirs for ever, yet it is not true Demaine, but depending upon a Super i our Lord. E. Phillips , 1706. IMG:content-2317.png:[blocks in formation] demand (de-mand), v. [Early mod. E. also de- maund ; demanden (not found, but the noun occurs), demander , F. demander = Pr. Sp. Pg. demandar = It. demand are , demand are , demand, L. give in charge, intrust, de , away, + mandare , intrust, commit: see mandate , and cf. command , remand.] I. trans. 1. To ask or require as by right or authority, or as that to which one has some valid claim; lay claim to; exact: as, parents demand obedi- ence; what price do you demand ? Ne ought demaunds but that we loving bee, As he himselfe hath lov'd us afore-hand. IMG:content-2318.png:[blocks in formation] The officers of the children of Israel... were beaten, and demanded , Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick? Ex. v. 14. Will you, I pray, demand that dem i-devil, Why he hath thus ensnar'd my soul and body? And Guinevere. desired his name, and sent Her maiden to demand it of the dwarf. Tennyson, Geraint. 3. To ask for with insistence or urgency; make a positive requisition for; exact as a tribute or a conce ion: as, the thief demanded my purse. Than they axed hym many demaundes , but he wolde speke no more. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 16. The good Anchises raised him with his hand, Who, thus encouraged, answered our demand , Dryden, Æneid, iii. Alternative demand. See alternative. - Demand and Spenser, Heavenly Love, supply, in pol it , econ., the relation between the desire to IMG:content-2319.png:[blocks in formation] Demand and supply govern the value of all things which cannot be indefinitely increased. J. S. Mill , Pol. Econ., III. iii. § 2. Demand note, a note payable on demand-that is, on presentation; specifically, in the financial history of the United States, one of the notes which composed the i ue of $50,000,000 of paper money authorized by a law enacted by Congre in July, 1861, for that purpose. - Effectual demand, in pol it, econ. See 5.- In demand, in request; much sought after or courted: as, these goods are in de mand; his company is in great demand. - On demand, on being claimed; on presentation: as, a bill payable on demand; all checks are payable on demand. demandable (dē-man da-bl), a. [