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<h1>Denounce</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*nounce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Denounced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Denouncing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82noncer</ets>, OF. <ets>denoncier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>denuntiare</ets>, <ets>denunciare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>nunciare</ets>, <ets>nuntiare</ets>, to announce, report, <ets>nuntius</ets> a messenger, message. See <er>Nuncio</er>, and cf. <er>Denunciate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Denouncing</b> wrath to come. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I <b>denounce</b> unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. <i>Deut. xxx. 18.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.</def>

<blockquote>His look <b>denounced</b> desperate. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.</def>

<blockquote><b>Denounced</b> for a heretic. <i>Sir T. More.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>denounce</b> the immoralities of Julius C\'91sar. <i>Brougham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denouncement</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*nounce"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>denoncement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>False is the reply of Cain, upon the <b>denouncement</b> of his curse. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denouncer</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*noun"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who denounces, or declares, as a menace.</def>

<blockquote>Here comes the sad <b>denouncer</b> of my fate. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dense</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Dense</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>densus</ets>; akin to Gr. <?/ thick with hair or leaves: cf. F. <ets>dense</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; <as>as, a <ex>dense</ex> crowd; a <ex>dense</ex> forest; a <ex>dense</ex> fog.</as></def>

<blockquote>All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, <b>dense</b> and rare. <i>Ray.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To replace the cloudy barrier <b>dense</b>. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Stupid; gross; crass; <as>as, <ex>dense</ex> ignorance</as>.</def>

<h1>Densely</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Dense"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dense, compact manner.</def>

<h1>Denseless</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Dense"less</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being dense; density.</def>

<h1>Densimeter</h1> <Xpage=391>