Part 2912

<hw>De*mean"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Demeanor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Skelton.</i>

<h1>Demeanor</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De*mean"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>demeanour</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[For <ets>demeanure</ets>, fr. <ets>demean</ets>. See <er>Demean</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Management; treatment; conduct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the <b>demeanor</b> of every grown man. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>demeanor</b> was singularly pleasing. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined <b>demeanor</b>. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Demeanure</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De*mean"ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Behavior.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Demency</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De"men*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dementia</ets>, fr. <ets>demens</ets> mad. See <er>Dement</er>.]</ety> <def>Dementia; loss of mental powers. See <er>Insanity</er>.</def>

<h1>Dement</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De*ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dementare</ets>, fr. <ets>demens</ets>, <ets>-mentis</ets>, out of one's mind, mad; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>mens</ets> mind. See <er>Mental</er>, and cf. <er>Dementate</er>.]</ety> <def>To deprive of reason; to make mad.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Dement</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De*ment"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>demens</ets>, <ets>-mentis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Demented; dementate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<h1>Dementate</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De*men"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dementatus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Dement</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Deprived of reason.</def>

<blockquote>Arise, thou <b>dementate</b> sinner! <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dementate</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De*men"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of reason; to dement.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Dementation</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De`men*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of depriving of reason; madness.</def>