Part 2927

<hw>De*mor"age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Demurrage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pepys (1663).</i>

<h1>Demoralization</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mor`al*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82moralisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; <as>as, the <ex>demoralization</ex> of an army or navy</as>.</def>

<h1>Demoralize</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mor"al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Demoralized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Demoralizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82moraliser</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets> or <ets>de</ets>) + <ets>moraliser</ets>. See <er>Moralize</er>.]</ety> <def>To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>demoralizing</b> example of profligate power and prosperous crime. <i>Walsh.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The vices of the nobility had <b>demoralized</b> the army. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Demosthenic</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>Dem`os*then"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Demosthenicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>D\'82mosth\'82nique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.</def>

<h1>Demotic</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ the people: cf. F. <ets>d\'82motique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Demotic alphabet</col> &or; <col>character</col></mcol>, <cd>a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also <altname>epistolographic character</altname>, and <altname>enchorial character</altname>. See <er>Enchorial</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Demount</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mount"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To dismount.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Dempne</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>Demp"ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To damn; to condemn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dempster; 215, Demster</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw><hw>Demp"ster</hw> <tt>(?; 215)</tt>, <hw>Dem"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deemster</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A deemster.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(O. Scots Law)</fld> <def>An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.</def>

<h1>Demulce</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mulce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>demulcere</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>mulcere</ets> to stroke, soothe.]</ety> <def>To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Elyot.</i>

<h1>Demulcent</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mul"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>demulcens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>demulcere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; <as>as, oil is <ex>demulcent</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Demulcent</h1> <Xpage=389>