Part 2807

<blockquote>Observances of time, place, and of <b>decency</b> in general. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of <b>decency</b> is want of sense. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is proper or becoming.</def>

<blockquote>The external <b>decencies</b> of worship. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Those thousand <b>decencies</b>, that daily flow From all her words and actions. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Decene</h1> <Xpage=375>

<hw>De"cene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decem</ets> ten.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the higher hydrocarbons, <chform>C10H20</chform>, of the ethylene series.</def>

<h1>Decennary</h1> <Xpage=375>

<hw>De*cen"na*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Decennaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>decennium</ets> a period of ten years; <ets>decem</ets> ten + <ets>annus</ets> a year.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A period of ten years.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Decennial</h1> <Xpage=375>

<hw>De*cen"ni*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Decennary</er>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; <as>as, a <ex>decennial</ex> period; <ex>decennial</ex> games.</as></def>

<i>Hallam.</i>

<h1>Decennial</h1> <Xpage=375>

<hw>De*cen"ni*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tenth year or tenth anniversary.</def>

<h1>Decennium</h1> <Xpage=375>

<hw>De*cen"ni*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Decenniums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Decennia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A period of ten years.</def> "The present <i>decennium</i>." <i>Hallam</i>. "The last <i>decennium</i> of Chaucer's life."

<i>A. W. Ward.</i>

<h1>Decennoval, Decennovary</h1> <Xpage=375>

<hw><hw>De*cen"no*val</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>De*cen"no*va*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decem</ets> ten + <ets>novem</ets> nine.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Holder.</i>

<h1>Decent</h1> <Xpage=375>

<hw>De"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decens</ets>, <ets>decentis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>decere</ets> to be fitting or becoming; akin to <ets>decus</ets> glory, honor, ornament, Gr. <?/ to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. <ets>d<?/c</ets> to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. <ets>attire</ets>, <ets>tire</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82cent</ets>. Cf. <er>Decorate</er>, <er>Decorum</er>, <er>Deig<?/</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; <as>as, <ex>decent</ex> conduct; <ex>decent</ex> language.</as></def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Before his <b>decent</b> steps. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>