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<h1>Delirant</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lir"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delirans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>delirare</ets>. See <er>Delirium</er>.]</ety> <def>Delirious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Delirate</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lir"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deliratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>delirare</ets>. See <er>Delirium</er>.]</ety> <def>To madden; to rave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>An infatuating and <b>delirating</b> spirit in it. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deliration</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>Del`i*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deliratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Aberration of mind; delirium.</def>

<i>J. Motley.</i>

<blockquote><b>Deliration</b> or alienation of the understanding. <i>Mede.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deliriant</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lir"i*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Delirium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).</def>

<h1>Delirifacient</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lir`i*fa"cient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Delirium</ets> + L. <ets>faciens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> Any substance which tends to cause delirium.</def></def2>

<h1>Delirious</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lir"i*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Delirium</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; <as>as, a <ex>delirious</ex> patient; <ex>delirious</ex> fancies.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*lir"i*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>De*lir"i*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Delirium</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lir"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>delirare</ets> to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>lira</ets> furrow, track; perh. akin to G. <ets>geleise</ets> track, rut, and E. <ets>last</ets> to endure.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from <i>mania</i>, or madness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.</def>

<blockquote>The popular <b>delirium</b> [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>delirium</b> of the preceding session (of Parliament). <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Delirium tremens</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[L., trembling delirium]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors.</cd> -- <col>Traumatic delirium</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of delirium following injury.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See <er>Insanity</er>.</syn>

<h1>Delit</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Delight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Delitable</h1> <Xpage=386>