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<h1>Diplomate</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Dip"lo*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To invest with a title o<?/ privilege by diploma.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Wood.</i>

<h1>Diplomatial</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Dip`lo*ma"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Diplomatic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Diplomatic, Diplomatical</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw><hw>Dip`lo*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dip`lo*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>diplomatique</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the <i>diplomatic body</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by tact and shrewdness; dexterous; artful; <as>as, <ex>diplomatic</ex> management</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Pertaining to diplomatics; paleographic.</def>

<i>Astle.</i>

<h1>Diplomatic</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Dip`lo*mat"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.</def>

<h1>Diplomatically</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Dip`lo*mat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.</def>

<h1>Diplomatic</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Dip`lo*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.</def>

<h1>Diplomatism</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*plo"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Diplomacy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Diplomatist</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*plo"ma*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>diplomatiste</ets> a student of diplomatics.]</ety> <def>A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat.</def>

<blockquote>In ability, Avaux had no superior among the numerous able <b>diplomatics</b> whom his country then possessed. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diplopia, Diplopy</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw><hw>Di*plo"pi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dip"lo*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>diplopia</ets>, from Gr. <?/ double + the root of <?/ sight: cf. F. <ets>diplopie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The act or state of seeing double.</def>

<note>&hand; In <i>crossed</i> or <i>heteronymous diplopia</i> the image seen by the right eye is upon the left hand, and that seen by the left eye is upon the right hand. In <i>homonymous diplopia</i> the image seen by the right eye is on the right side, that by the left eye on the left side. In <i>vertical diplopia</i> one image stands above the other.</note>

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<h1>Diplopod</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip"lo*pod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Diplopoda.</def>