DIVULGE, di-vulj', _v.t._ to spread abroad among the vulgar or the people:
to make public: to reveal.--_v.t._ DIVUL'GATE, to publish.--_n._
DIVULG[=A]'TION. [Fr.,--L. _divulg[=a]re_--_dis_, among, _vulg[=a]re_,
_vulgus_, the common people. See FOLK.]
DIVULSION, di-vul'shun, _n._ act of pulling or rending asunder or
away.--_adj._ DIVUL'SIVE, tending to pull asunder. [L. _divulsion-em_,
_divell[)e]re_, _divulsum_--_dis_, asunder, _vell[)e]re_, _vulsum_, to
pull.]
DIZAIN, di-z[=a]n', _n._ a poem in ten stanzas. [Fr.,--_dix_, ten--L.
_decem_, ten. Cf. DOZEN.]
DIZEN, d[=i]'zn, or diz'n, _v.t._ to dress gaudily: (_obs._) to dress: to
deck. [From an Eng. form found also in Low Ger. _diesse_, the bunch of flax
on the distaff.]
DIZZARD, diz'ard, _n._ a blockhead.
DIZZY, diz'i, _adj._ giddy: confused: causing giddiness.--_v.t._ to make
dizzy: to confuse.--_adv._ DIZZ'ILY.--_n._ DIZZ'INESS, giddiness.--_p.adj._
DIZZ'YING, making dizzy. [A.S. _dysig_, foolish, allied to _dwaes_, stupid;
cf. Dan. _dösig_; drowsy; also DAZE, DOZE.]
DJEREED. See JEREED.
DO, d[=oo], _v.t._ to perform any action: to bring about or effect: to
accomplish or finish: to prepare: to put or bring into any form or state:
to cheat, swindle.--_v.i._ to act or behave:--_pr.p._ do'ing; _pa.t._ did;
_pa.p._ done (dun).--In 'Do come,' 'I do love him,' _Do_ is intensive; _Do_
serves as substitute for other verbs to save repeating them (as in 'I
didn't mean to speak, but if I do,' &c.).--_n._ endeavour, duty: a trick,
hoax.--_n._ DO'-ALL, a factotum.--_p.adj._ DO'ING, active (as in 'Up and
doing').--DO AWAY WITH, to abolish, destroy; DO BROWN, to cook or roast to
brownness: (_slang_) to make a fool of; DO FOR, to suit: to provide for: to
ruin: (_vulg._) to kill; DO INTO, to translate; DO MACBETH, &c., to
represent that part in a play; DO ONE PROUD (_coll._), to make one feel
flattered; DO OVER, to do again: to cover over, as with paint; DO THE CITY,
to visit the sights of the city; DO TO DEATH, to murder; DO UP, put up,
make tidy, arrange, tie up, dress (linen): to utterly fatigue; DO WELL (to
be angry), to be justified in being angry, &c.: to prosper; DO WITH, to
make use of: to meddle with: to get on with; DO WITHOUT, not to be
dependent on, to dispense with.--BE DONE FOR, to be defeated or
ruined.--HAVE DONE, desist; HAVE DONE WITH, to cease interest in; HAVE TO
DO WITH, to have a connection with.--WHAT'S TO DO? what is the matter?
[A.S. _dón_, _dyde_, _gedón_; Dut. _doen_, Ger. _thun_; conn. with Gr.
_tithenai_, to put, place.]
DO, d[=oo], _v.i._ to fare or get on, as to health: to succeed: to suffice:
to suit or avail (cf. 'This will do,' 'This will never do,' 'This will do
for me well enough'). [Prov. Eng. _dow_, to avail, to be worth; from A.S.
_dugan_, to be worth; Ger. _taugen_, to be strong, to be worth. See
DOUGHTY.]
DO, d[=o], _n._ the syllable or name for the first tone or keynote of the
musical scale--the others being _re_, _mi_, _fa_, _sol_, _la_, _ti_,
initial syllables of lines in an old Latin hymn in honour of John the
Baptist.
DO, d[=oo], _n._ same as ADO: (_slang_) a swindle.
DOAB, do'äb, _n._ in India, land between two rivers. [Hind. _do[=a]b_,
_du[=a]b_.]
DOABLE, d[=oo]'a-bl, _adj._ (_rare_) that can be done.
DOAT, d[=o]t, _v.i._ same as DOTE.--_n._ DOAT'ING-PIECE, darling.
DOBBIN, dob'bin, _n._ a workhorse. [Fr. _Dobbin_, a form like _Robin_ for
_Robert_. Cf. DICKY, JACKASS.]
DOBBY, DOBBIE, dob'i, _n._ a dotard: a brownie: an attachment to a loom for
weaving small figures.
DOBCHICK, dob'chik, _n._ Same as DABCHICK.