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Demureness (d�mūrnĕs), n. The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
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Demurity (d�mūrĭt�), n. Demureness; also, one who is demure. Sir T. Browne.
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Demurrable (d�mûrrȧb'l), a. That may be demurred to. Stormonth.
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Demurrage (?), n. [Cf. OF. demorage delay. See .] (Law) (a) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing. (b) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
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The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing. M‘Culloch.
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☞ The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc.
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Demurral (?), n. Demur; delay in acting or deciding.
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The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey.
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Demurrer (?), n. 1. One who demurs.
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2. (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further.
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Coloq. Demurrer to evidence , an exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point. Bouvier.
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Demy (?), n.; pl. Demies (#). [See .] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under .
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2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.]
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He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called “scholars,” young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.
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Demy, a. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.
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demythologisation n. same as .
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demythologization n. the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms.
Syn. -- demythologisation.
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demythologize v. t. to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible.
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demythologized adj. having mythical elements removed.
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Den (dĕn), n. [AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley.] 1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.
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2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. “Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals.” Addison.
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3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.]
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4. [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Shak.
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Den, v. i. To live in, or as in, a den.
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The sluggish salvages that den below. G. Fletcher.
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Denali prop. n. 1. The native name for Mount McKinley in Alaska, translated as the great one.
Syn. -- Mount McKinley.
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2. a national park in Alaska in which Mount McKinley is located.
Syn. -- Denali national park.
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Denarcotize (?), v. t. To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- Denarcotization (#), n.
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Denarius (?), n.; pl. Denarii (#). [L. See 2d .] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the “penny” of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.
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Denary (?), a. [L. denarius. See 2d .] Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
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Denary, n. 1. The number ten; a division into ten.
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2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius. Udall.
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denationalisation n. same as .
Syn. -- privatization.
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Denationalization (?), n. [Cf. F. dénationalisation.] The act or process of denationalizing.
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Denationalize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] [Cf. F. dénationaliser.] 1. To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
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Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett.
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An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot.
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2. to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel.
Syn. -- privatize, denationalise.
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Denaturalize (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denaturalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing.] [Cf. F. dénaturaliser.] 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.
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2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]
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They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. Prescott.
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3. same as .
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Denature (?), v. t. [De- + nature.] To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.
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2. to render (ethyl alcohol) unfit to drink by adding in toxic or unpalatable substances (such as benzene or pyridine) which nevertherless permit alcohol to be used as a solvent.
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3. modify the tertiary structure of (a protein or nucleic acid) so as to reduce or destroy its characteristic biological activity. Bioactive macromolecules such as enzymes or DNA may be denatured by heat, acid, alkali, or solvent treatment; the extent of such treatment required to denature a molecule varies with the specific compound. In some cases the denatured molecules may regain their original properties (renature) by other treatments. Denaturation may also cause a change in the physical properties of such molecules, e.g. proteins may become insoluble in water.
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Denature (?), v. i. To become denatured.
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denaturized adj. changed in nature or natural quality.
Syn. -- denatured.
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Denay (?), v. t. [See .] To deny. [Obs.]
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That with great rage he stoutly doth denay. Spenser.
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Denay, n. Denial; refusal. [Obs.] Shak.
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Dendrachate (?), n. [L. dendrachates; Gr. dendron a tree + � agate: cf. F. dendrachate, dendragate.] (Min.) Arborescent or dendritic agate.
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Dendranthema n. a genus comprising plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum.
Syn. -- genus Dendranthema.
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Dendraspis prop. n. a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas.
Syn. -- Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis, genus Dendraspis.
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Dendriform (?), a. [Gr. dendron tree + -form.] Resembling in structure a tree or shrub; having a branching shape.
Syn. -- arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped.
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Dendrite (?), n. [Gr. dendriths, fem. dendri^tis, of a tree, fr. dendron a tree: cf. F. dendrite.] (Min.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization.

{ Dendritic (?), Dendritical (?), } a. Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.
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Dendroaspis prop. n. a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas.
Syn. -- Dendraspis, genus Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis.
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Dendrocœla (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. dendron tree + koi^los hollow.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.

{ Dendroid (?), Dendroidal (?), } a. [Gr. � treelike; dendron tree + e'i^dos form: cf. F. dendroïde.] Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike; branching.
Syn. -- arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, treelike, tree-shaped.
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Dendrolagus prop. n. a genus comprising the tree wallabies.
Syn. -- genus Dendrolagus.
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Dendrolite (?), n. [Gr. dendron tree + -lite: cf. F. dendrolithe.] (Paleon.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
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Dendrologist (?), n. One versed in the natural history of trees.
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Dendrologous (?), a. Relating to dendrology.
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dendrology (?), n. [Gr. dendron tree + -logy: cf. F. dendrologie.] 1. the branch of botany studying trees and shrubs; the natural history of trees.
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2. A discourse or treatise on trees.
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-- dendrological, a. -- dendrologic, a. -- dendrologist, a.
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Dendromecon prop. n. a genus having only one species, the bush poppy.
Syn. -- genus Dendromecon.
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Dendrometer (?), n. [Gr. dendron tree + -meter: cf. F. dendromètre.] An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.
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Denegate (?), v. t. [L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See .] To deny. [Obs.]
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Denegation (?), n. [Cf. F. dénégation.] Denial. [Obs.]
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Dengue (dĕṉg�), n. [See Note, below.] (Med.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.
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☞ This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the dandy fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word dengue, denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term dengue became, as last, the name of the disease. Tully.
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Deniable (?), a. [See .] Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.
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Denial (?), n. [See .] 1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
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You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
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3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
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The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials. Hallam.
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4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
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Coloq. Denial of one's self , a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.
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Deniance (?), n. Denial. [Obs.] E. Hall.
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Denier (?), n. One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.
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Denier (?), n. [F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See , and cf. , .] A small copper coin of insignificant value.
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My dukedom to a beggarly denier. Shak.
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Denigrate (?), v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.] 1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle.
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2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.]
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To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. Morley.
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denigrating adj. harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign; -- used of statements.
Syn. -- calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous.
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Denigration (?), n. [L. denigratio.] 1. The act of making black. Boyle.
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2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation.
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The vigorous denigration of science. Morley.
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Denigrator (?), n. One who, or that which, blackens.
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denigratory (?), a. same as .
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Denim (dĕnĭm), n. [Of uncertain origin.] A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
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Denitration (?), n. [Pref. de- + nitrate.] A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.
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Denitrification (?), n. The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
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Denitrify (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + nitrogen + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.
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Denization (?), n. The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. Hallam.
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Denize (d�nīz), v. t. To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. [Obs.]
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There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills. Strype.
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Denizen (dĕnĭz'n), n. [OF. denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See , and cf. .] 1. A dweller; an inhabitant. “Denizens of air.” Pope.
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Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.
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2. One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
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3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country.
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Ye gods,
Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.
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Denizen, v. t. 1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
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As soon as denizened, they domineer. Dryden.
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2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
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There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. J. D. Hooker.
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Denizenation (?), n. Denization; denizening. Abbott.
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Denizenize (?), v. t. To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen. Abbott.
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Denizenship, n. State of being a denizen.
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Denmark satin (?). See under .
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Dennet (?), n. A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. (“The term and vehicle common about 1825.” Latham.)
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Denominable (?), a. Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne.
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Denominate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denominated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denominating (?).] [L. denominatus, p. p. of denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See .] To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.
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Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume.
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Denominate (?), a. [L. denominatus, p. p.] Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under .
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Denomination (?), n. [L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. dénomination a naming.] 1. The act of naming or designating.
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2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.
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Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. Burke.
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3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.

Syn. -- Name; appellation; title. See .
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Denominational (?), a. Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. “Denominational differences.” Buckle.
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Denominationalism (?), n. A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.
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Denominationalist, n. One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century.
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Denominationally, adv. In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
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Denominative (?), a. [Cf. F. dénominatif.] 1. Conferring a denomination or name.
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2. (Logic) Connotative; as, a denominative name.
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3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
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The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker.
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4. (Gram.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.
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Denominative, n. A denominative name or term; denominative verb. Jer. Taylor. Harkness.
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Denominatively, adv. By denomination.
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Denominator (?), n. [Cf. F. dénominateur.] 1. One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.
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This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general. Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. (Arith.) That number placed below the line in common fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.
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☞ Thus, in 3/5, 5 is the denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator, 3, shows how many parts are taken.
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3. (Alg.) That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.
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☞ In this sense, the denominator is not necessarily a number, but may be any expression, either positive or negative, real or imaginary. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.)
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Coloq. common denominator a number which can divide either of two or more other numbers without leaving a remainder in any of the divisions; as, 2 and 4 are common denominators of 12 and 28.. -- Coloq. greatest common denominator the largest common denominator of two or more numbers; as, 9 is the greatest common denominator of 18 and 27..
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Denotable (?), a. [From .] Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.
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denotatum n. the actual object referred to by a linguistic expression.
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Denotate (?), v. t. [L. denotatus, p. p. of denotare.] To mark off; to denote. [Archaic]
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These terms denotate a longer time. Burton.
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What things should be denotated and signified by the color. Urquhart.
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Denotation (?), n. [L. denotatio: cf. F. dénotation.] The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.
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Denotative (?), a. Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
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Proper names are preëminently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. Latham.
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Denote (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Denoting.] [L. denotare; de- + notare to mark, nota mark, sign, note: cf. F. dénoter. See .] 1. To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour.
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The better to denote her to the doctor. Shak.
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2. To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.
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A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort. Gilpin.
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Denotement (?), n. Sign; indication. [R.]
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☞ A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
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Denotive (?), a. Serving to denote.
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Dénouement (?), n. [F. dénouement, fr. dénouer to untie; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie, fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.] 1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.
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2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.
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