Part 3150

<hw>Dire"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Dire-</ets> + <ets>-<ets>ness</ets>.]</ety> <def>Terribleness; horror; woefulness.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Direption</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Di*rep"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>direptio</ets>, fr. <ets>diripere</ets> to tear asunder, plunder; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>rapere</ets> to seize and carry off.]</ety> <def>The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Speed.</i>

<h1>Direptitious</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Di*rep*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterized by direption.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Encyc. Dict.</i>

<h1>Direptitiously</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Di*rep*ti"tious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With plundering violence; by violent injustice.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Strype.</i>

<h1>Dirge</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Contraction of Lat. <ets>dirige</ets>, direct thou (imperative of <ets>dirigere</ets>), the first word of a funeral hymn (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, "<ets>Dirige</ets>, <ets>Domine</ets>, <ets>in conspectu tuo vitam meam</ets>." See <er>Direct</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Dirige</er>.]</ety> <def>A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.</def>

<blockquote>The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung <b>dirges</b> at her funeral. <i>Ford.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dirgeful</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirge"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Funereal; moaning.</def>

<blockquote>Soothed sadly by the <b>dirgeful</b> wind. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dirige</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dir"i*ge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Dirge</er>.]</ety> <def>A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which <i>Dirige</i> is the first word; a dirge.</def>

<blockquote>Evensongs and placebo and <b>dirige</b>. <i>Wyclif.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture To sing my <b>dirige</b> with great devotion. <i>Lamentation of Mary Magdalene.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dirigent</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dir"i*gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dirigens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>dirigere</ets>. See <er>Direct</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Directing.</def>

<i>Baxter.</i>

<h1>Dirigent</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dir"i*gent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The line of motion along which a describent line or surface is carried in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a directrix.</def>

<i>Hutton.</i>

<h1>Dirigible</h1> <Xpage=417>