Part 2910

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; <as>as, <ex>demands</ex> on an estate</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; <as>as, to hold a <ex>demand</ex> against a person</as></def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A thing or amount claimed to be due.</def>

<h1>Demandable</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*mand"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be demanded or claimed.</def> "All sums <i>demandable</i>."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Demandant</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*mand"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>demandant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>demander</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.</def>

<h1>Demander</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*mand"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who demands.</def>

<h1>Demandress</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*mand"ress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who demands.</def>

<h1>Demantoid</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*man"toid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>demant</ets> diamond + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.</def>

<h1>Demarcate</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*mar"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Demarcation</er>.]</ety> <def>To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.</def>

<i>Wilkinson.</i>

<h1>Demarcation</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De`mar*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82marcation</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>de</ets>) + <ets>marquer</ets> to mark, of German origin. See <er>Mark</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.</def>

<blockquote>The speculative line of <b>demarcation</b>, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Demarch</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*march"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82marche</ets>. See <er>March</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>March; walk; gait.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Demarch</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*march</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ people + <?/ to rule.]</ety> <def>A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.</def>

<h1>Demarkation</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De`mar*ka"tion</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Demarcation</er>.</def>

<h1>Dematerialize</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De`ma*te"ri*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.</def>

<blockquote><b>Dematerializing</b> matter by stripping if of everything which . . . has distinguished matter. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>