Part 2877

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Dehisce</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*hisce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dehiscere</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>hiscere</ets> to gape.]</ety> <def>To gape; to open by dehiscence.</def>

<h1>Dehiscence</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*his"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82hiscence</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of gaping.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.</def>

<h1>Dehiscent</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*his"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dehiscens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. Cf. F. <ets>d\'82hiscent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.</def>

<h1>Dehonestate</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De`ho*nes"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dehonestatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dehonestare</ets> to dishonor; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>honestare</ets> to make honorable. Cf. <er>Dishonest</er>, and see <er>Honest</er>.]</ety> <def>To disparage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dehonestation</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*hon`es*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dehonestatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dishonoring; disgracing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gauden.</i>

<h1>Dehorn</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*horn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dehorned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dehorning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth or the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See <er>Dishorn</er>.</def> "<i>Dehorning</i> cattle."

<i>Farm Journal (1886).</i>

<h1>Dehors</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*hors"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[F., outside.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.</def>

<h1>Dehors</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*hors"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<h1>Dehort</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*hort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dehorted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dehorting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dehortari</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>hortari</ets> to urge, exhort.]</ety> <def>To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The apostles vehemently <b>dehort</b> us from unbelief. <i>Bp. Ward.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>"Exhort" remains, but <b>dehort</b>, a word whose place neither "dissuade" nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dehortation</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De`hor*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dehortatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dissuasion; advice against something.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>