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<hw>De"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Deities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>deite</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82it\'82</ets>, fr. L. <ets>deitas</ets>, fr. <ets>deus</ets> a god; akin to <ets>divus</ets> divine, <ets>Jupiter</ets>, gen. <ets>Jovis</ets>, Jupiter, <ets>dies</ets> day, Gr. <?/ divine, <?/, gen. <?/<?/<?/, Zeus, Skr. <ets>d<?/va</ets> divine, as a noun, god, <ets>daiva</ets> divine, <ets>dy<?/</ets> sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E. <ets>Tues</ets>day, Gael. & Ir. <ets>dia</ets> God, W. <ets>duw</ets>. Cf. <er>Divine</er>, <er>Journey</er>, <er>Journal</er>, <er>Tuesday</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; <as>as, the <ex>deity</ex> of the Supreme Being is seen in his works</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They declared with emphasis the perfect <b>deity</b> and the perfect manhood of Christ. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A god or goddess; a heathen god.</def>

<blockquote>To worship calves, the <b>deities</b> <blockquote>Of Egypt. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The Deity</col>, <cd>God, the Supreme Being.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of <b>the Deity</b>, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deject</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*ject"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dejected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dejecting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dejectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dejicere</ets> to throw down; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>jacere</ets> to throw. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cast down.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Christ <b>dejected</b> himself even unto the hells. <i>Udall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sometimes she <b>dejects</b> her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.</def>

<blockquote>Nor think, to die <b>dejects</b> my lofty mind. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deject</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*ject"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dejectus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Dejected.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dejecta</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*jec"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., neut. pl. from L. <ets>dejectus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Excrements; <as>as, the <ex>dejecta</ex> of the sick</as>.</def>

<h1>Dejected</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*ject"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; <as>as, a <ex>dejected</ex> look or countenance</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*ject"ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>De*ject"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dejecter</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*ject"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who casts down, or dejects.</def>

<h1>Dejection</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*jec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dejectio</ets> a casting down: cf. F. <ets>d\'82jection</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A casting down; depression.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>

<i>Hallywell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of humbling or abasing one's self.</def>

<blockquote>Adoration implies submission and <b>dejection</b>. <i>Bp. Pearson.</i></blockquote>