Part 2945

<blockquote>The falsehood of <b>denying</b> his opinion. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thou thrice <b>denied</b>, yet thrice beloved. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To deny one's self</col>, <cd>to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Let him <b>deny</b> himself, and take up his cross. <i>Matt. xvi. 24.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deny</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*ny"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To answer in <?/<?/<?/ negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.</def>

<blockquote>Then Sarah <b>denied</b>, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. <i>Gen. xviii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denyingly</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*ny"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of one denies a request.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Deobstruct</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De`ob*struct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; <as>as, to <ex>deobstruct</ex> the pores or lacteals</as>.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Deobstruent</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*ob"stru*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> <fld>(Med.)</fld> A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.</def></def2>

<h1>Deodand</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De"o*dand`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>deodandum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>Deo dandum</ets> to be given to God.]</ety> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a <i>deodand</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Deodands</i> are unknown in American law, and in 1846 were abolished in England.</note>

<h1>Deodar</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De`o*dar"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name, fr. Skr. <ets>d<?/<?/ad\'beru</ets>, prop., timber of the gods.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of cedar (<spn>Cedrus Deodara</spn>), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree.</def>

<h1>Deodate</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De"o*date`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Deo</ets> to God (<ets>Deus</ets> God) + <ets>datum</ets> thing given.]</ety> <def>A gift or offering to God.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Wherein that blessed widow's <b>deodate</b> was laid up. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deodorant</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*o"dor*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A deodorizer.</def>

<h1>Deodorization</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*o`dor*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.</def>

<h1>Deodorize</h1> <Xpage=391>