DPage 74
- English Word Delftware Definition Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like.
- English Word Delibate Definition To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in.
- English Word Delibation Definition Act of tasting; a slight trial.
- English Word Deliber Definition To deliberate.
- English Word Deliberate Definition Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor.
- English Word Deliberate Definition Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result.
- English Word Deliberate Definition Not hasty or sudden; slow.
- English Word Deliberate Definition To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.
- English Word Deliberate Definition To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning.
- English Word Deliberated Definition of Deliberate
- English Word Deliberately Definition With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.
- English Word Deliberateness Definition The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.
- English Word Deliberating Definition of Deliberate
- English Word Deliberation Definition The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
- English Word Deliberation Definition Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.
- English Word Deliberative Definition Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.
- English Word Deliberative Definition A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
- English Word Deliberative Definition A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
- English Word Deliberatively Definition In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately.
- English Word Deliberator Definition One who deliberates.
- English Word Delibrate Definition To strip off the bark; to peel.
- English Word Delibrated Definition of Delibrate
- English Word Delibrating Definition of Delibrate
- English Word Delibration Definition The act of stripping off the bark.
- English Word Delicacies Definition of Delicacy
- English Word Delicacy Definition The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
- English Word Delicacy Definition Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.
- English Word Delicacy Definition Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.
- English Word Delicacy Definition Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
- English Word Delicacy Definition Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.