denial (denial)

[ A denial of the po ibility of miracles is a denial of the po ibility of God. H. N. Oxenham , Short Studies, p. 285. 2. Refusal to grant; the negation or refusal of a request or a petition; non-compliance. Here comes your father; never make denial , I must and will have Katharine to my wife. Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse. Milton , Lycidas, 1. 18. 3. Refusal to accept or acknowledge; a dis of the faith or the truth. IMG:content-2373.jpg:[graphic] of taille amphibians or toads, typical of the owning; rejection: as, a denial of God; a denial IMG:content-2374.jpg:[blocks in formation] Dendrosaura (den-drō-sa'rä), n. pl. [NL., Gr. δένδρον, a tree, + σαῦρος, a lizard.] One of many names applied to a division of Lacer til i a, or lizards, consisting of the Chamæleontidæ or chameleons alone. Also called Vermil in gui a, Rhiptoglo a, Chamæleonida, etc. Dendrosoma (den-drō-so'mä), n. [NL., Gr. δένδρον, & tree, + σῶμα, body.] The typical genus of Dendrosomida, containing multi tentaculate animalcules forming branched, naked, se ile colonies. It is one of the most remarkable forms of the whole infusorial cla , resembling a polyp in many respects, and is the one compound or aggregate type among the suctorial or tentaculiferous infusorians. D. radians, which grows on aquatic plants in fresh water, was originally described by Ehrenberg as a kind of sun-animalcule of the genus Actinophrys. Dendrosomidæ (den-drō-som'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-2375.jpg:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small]