DPage 37
- English Word Decastich Definition A poem consisting of ten lines.
- English Word Decastyle Definition Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc.
- English Word Decastyle Definition A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.
- English Word Decasyllabic Definition Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.
- English Word Decatoic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, decane.
- English Word Decay Definition To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
- English Word Decay Definition To cause to decay; to impair.
- English Word Decay Definition To destroy.
- English Word Decay Definition Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
- English Word Decay Definition Destruction; death.
- English Word Decay Definition Cause of decay.
- English Word Decayed Definition of Decay
- English Word Decayed Definition Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman.
- English Word Decayer Definition A causer of decay.
- English Word Decaying Definition of Decay
- English Word Deccagynous Definition Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
- English Word Deccapodal Definition Alt. of Deccapodous
- English Word Deccapodous Definition Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.
- English Word Decease Definition Departure, especially departure from this life; death.
- English Word Decease Definition To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
- English Word Deceased Definition of Decease
- English Word Deceased Definition Passed away; dead; gone.
- English Word Deceasing Definition of Decease
- English Word Decede Definition To withdraw.
- English Word Decedent Definition Removing; departing.
- English Word Decedent Definition A deceased person.
- English Word Deceit Definition An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.
- English Word Deceit Definition Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.
- English Word Deceitful Definition Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
- English Word Deceitfully Definition With intent to deceive.