Didymous

[Gr. didymos, twofold.] ( Bot. ) Growing in pairs; as, didymous leaves. Didyna'mia, n. [See DYNAMIC.] ( Bot. ) The 14th cla of plants in the Linnæan system, including all plants which have four stamens, 2 short and 2 long. Didyna'mian, Didynaʼmous, a . ( Bot .) Having two long stamens and 2 short ones in the same flower. Die, v. n . [A. S. dydan; Swed. and Goth. doe ; Dan. doër; O. Ger. tödèn ; Ger. tödten , to kill. See DEAD.] TO be deprived of life, either animal or vegetable; to perish; to expire; - generally preceding of , by , and sometimes for , before the cause of death. - To sufer death; to perish by disease or violence; to lose life; to pa into another state or existence. "Before I see my country's ruin, I will die in the last ditch." William, Prince of Orange. -To come to an end; to come to nothing; to cease; to vanish; to become lost, or extinct; as, a dead reputation. "One of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die." - Halleck . -To sink; to faint; to droop gradually; to languish; used in reference to pleasure, tenderne , affection, weakne , .; as, to die for a woman. " Die of a rose in aromatic pain." - Pope . -To be insensible, or become indifferent; to cease to cherish or care for; as, dead to the world. -To vanish; to become imperceptible to the senses; to recede; frequently before out or away; as, the breeze died away. "Dying clouds contend with growing light." - Shaks. -To lose elasticity; to evaporate; to become flat and spiritle ; as, a dead liquor.