Den"tize (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dentized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dentizing.] [L. dens, dentis, tooth.] To breed or cut new teeth. [R.]
The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice.
Bacon.
Den"toid (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -oid.] Shaped like a tooth; tooth- shaped.
Den`to*lin"gual (?), a. Dentilingual.
Den"ture (?; 135), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. denture, OF. denteure.] (Dentistry) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.
De*nud"ate (?), v. t. [L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude.] To denude. [Obs. or R.]
Den`u*da"tion (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F. dénudation.] 1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
De*nude" (?), v. t. [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See Nude.] To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.
De*nun"ci*ate (?), v. t. [L. denuntiatus, denunciatus, p. p. of denuntiare, -ciare. See Denounce.] To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. [R.]
To denunciate this new work.
Burke.
De*nun`ci*a"tion (?), n. [L. denuntiatio, -ciatio.] 1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. [Obs.]
Public . . . denunciation of banns before marriage.
Bp. Hall.
2. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
3. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.
Uttering bold denunciations of ecclesiastical error.
Motley.
De*nun"ci*a*tive (?), a. [L. denuntiativus, -ciativus, monitory.] Same as Denunciatory. Farrar.
De*nun"ci*a`tor (?), n. [L. denuntiator, -ciator, a police officer.] One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.
De*nun"ci*a*to*ry (?), a. Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language.
De`nu*tri"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
De*ny" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denying.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. dénier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See Negation.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.
2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] "If you deny to dance." Shak.
3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
Pope.
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
J. Edwards.
4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
The falsehood of denying his opinion.
Bancroft.
Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved.
Keble.
To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self- denial.
Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.
Matt. xvi. 24.
De*ny", v. i. To answer in &?;&?;&?; negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.
Gen. xviii. 15.
De*ny"ing*ly, adv. In the manner of one denies a request. Tennyson.
De`ob*struct" (?), v. t. To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. Arbuthnot.
De*ob"stru*ent (?), a. (Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient. -- n. (Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.
De"o*dand` (?), n. [LL. deodandum, fr. L. Deo dandum to be given to God.] (Old Eng. Law) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.
Deodands are unknown in American law, and in 1846 were abolished in England.
De`o*dar" (?), n. [Native name, fr. Skr. dvadru, prop., timber of the gods.] (Bot.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree.
De"o*date` (?), n. [L. Deo to God (Deus God) + datum thing given.] A gift or offering to God. [Obs.]
Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up.
Hooker.
De*o"dor*ant (?), n. A deodorizer.
De*o`dor*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.
De*o"dor*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.
De*o"dor*i`zer (?), n. He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors.
De*on"er*ate (?), v. t. [L. deoneratus, p. p. of deonerare. See Onerate.] To unload; to disburden. [Obs.] Cockeram.
De*on`to*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to deontology.
De`on*tol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in deontology.
De`on*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; gen. &?;, necessity, obligation (p. neut. of &?; it is necessary) + - logy.] The science which relates to duty or moral obligation. J. Bentham.
De`o*per"cu*late (?), a. (Bot.) Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.
De*op"pi*late (?), v. t. To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle.
De*op`pi*la"tion (?), n. Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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De*op"pi*la*tive (?), a. & n. (Med.) Deobstruent; aperient. [Obs.] Harvey.
De*or`di*na"tion (?), n. [LL. deordinatio depraved morality.] Disorder; dissoluteness. [Obs.]
Excess of riot and deordination.
Jer. Taylor.
De*os"cu*late (?), v. t. [L. deosculatus, p. p. of deosculari. See Osculate.] To kiss warmly. [Obs.] -- De*os`cu*la"tion (#), n. [Obs.]
De*ox"i*date (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize.
De*ox`i*da"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.
De*ox`i*di*za"tion (?), n. (Chem.) Deoxidation.
De*ox"i*dize (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.
De*ox"i*di`zer (?), n. (Chem.) That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.