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<h1>Deride</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*ride"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Derided</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deriding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deridere</ets>, <ets>derisum</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>rid<?/re</ets> to laugh. See <er>Ridicule</er>.]</ety> <def>To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.</def>

<blockquote>And the Pharisees, also, . . . <b>derided</b> him. <i>Luke xvi. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sport that wrinkled Care <b>derides</b>. And Laughter holding both his sides. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer; banter; rally.</syn> <usage> -- To <er>Deride</er>, <er>Ridicule</er>, <er>Mock</er>, <er>Taunt</er>. A man may <i>ridicule</i> without any unkindness of feeling; his object may be to correct; <as>as, to <ex>ridicule</ex> the follies of the age</as>. He who <i>derides</i> is actuated by a severe a contemptuous spirit; <as>as, to <ex>deride</ex> one for his religious principles</as>. To <i>mock</i> is stronger, and denotes open and scornful derision; <as>as, to <ex>mock</ex> at sin</as>. To <i>taunt</i> is to reproach with the keenest insult; <as>as, to <ex>taunt</ex> one for his misfortunes</as>. <i>Ridicule</i> consists more in words than in actions; <i>derision</i> and <i>mockery</i> evince themselves in actions as well as words; <i>taunts</i> are always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.</usage>

<h1>Derider</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*rid"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.</def>

<h1>Deridingly</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*rid"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way of derision or mockery.</def>

<h1>Derision</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*ri"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derisio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82rision</ets>. See <er>Deride</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.</def>

<blockquote>He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in <b>derision</b>. <i>Ps. ii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sa<?/an beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in <b>derision</b> called. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.</def>

<blockquote>I was a <b>derision</b> to all my people. <i>Lam. iii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.</syn>

<h1>Derisive</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*ri"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.</def> "<i>Derisive</i> taunts." <i>Pope</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>De*ri"sive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>De*ri"sive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Derisory</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*ri"so*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derisorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82risoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Derisive; mocking.</def>

<i>Shaftesbury.</i>

<h1>Derivable</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*riv"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Derive</er>.]</ety> <def>That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; <as>as, income is <ex>derivable</ex> from various sources</as>.</def>

<blockquote>All honor <b>derivable</b> upon me. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The exquisite pleasure <b>derivable</b> from the true and beautiful relations of domestic life. <i>H. G. Bell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The argument <b>derivable</b> from the doxologies. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

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