Part 2934

<h1>Denitration</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den`i*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>nitrate</ets>.]</ety> <def>A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.</def>

<h1>Denitrification</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.</def>

<h1>Denitrify</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*ni"tri*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>nitr</ets>ogen + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.</def>

<h1>Denization</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den`i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.</def>

<i>Hallam.</i>

<h1>Denize</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*nize"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There was a private act made for <b>denizing</b> the children of Richard Hill<?/. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denizen</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"i*zen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>denzein</ets>, <ets>deinzein</ets>, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to <ets>forain</ets> foreign, and fr. <ets>denz</ets> within, F. <ets>dans</ets>, fr. L. <ets>de intus</ets>, prop., from within, <ets>intus</ets> being from <ets>in</ets> in. See <er>In</er>, and cf. <er>Foreign</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A dweller; an inhabitant.</def> "<i>Denizens</i> of air."

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote><b>Denizens</b> of their own free, independent state. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One admitted to residence in a foreign country.</def>

<blockquote>Ye gods, Natives, or <b>denizens</b>, of blest abodes. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denizen</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"i*zen</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.</def>

<blockquote>As soon as <b>denizened</b>, they domineer. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.</def>

<blockquote>There [islets] were at once <b>denizened</b> by various weeds. <i>J. D. Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denizenation</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den`i*zen*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Denization; denizening.</def>