Chapter Degradation to Deism of D by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Deign
(Deign), v. i. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive.

O deign to visit our forsaken seats.

Pope.

Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet.

Sir W. Scott.

Round turned he, as not deigning
Those craven ranks to see.

Macaulay.

In early English deign was often used impersonally.

Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground.

Chaucer.

Deignous
(Deign"ous) a. [For disdeignous, OF. desdeignos, desdaigneus, F. dédaigneux. See Disdain.] Haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deil
(Deil) n. Devil; — spelt also deel. [Scot.]

Deil's buckie. See under Buckie.

Deinoceras
(||Dei*noc"e*ras) n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See Dinoceras.

Deinornis
(||Dei*nor"nis) n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See Dinornis.

Deinosaur
(||Dei"no*saur) n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See Dinosaur.

Deinotherium
(||Dei`no*the"ri*um) n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See Dinotherium.

Deintegrate
(De*in"te*grate) v. t. [L. deintegrare to impair; de- + integrare to make whole.] To disintegrate. [Obs.]

Deinteous
(Dein"te*ous Dein"te*vous) , a. Rare; excellent; costly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deiparous
(De*ip"a*rous) a. [L. deus a god + parere to bring forth.] Bearing or bringing forth a god; — said of the Virgin Mary. [Obs.] Bailey.

Deipnosophist
(Deip*nos"o*phist) n. [Gr. deipnosofisth`s; dei^pnon a meal + sofisth`s a wise man, sophist.] One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.

Deis
(De"is) n. See Dais.

Deism
(De"ism) n. [L. deus god: cf. F. déisme. See Deity.] The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.

Deism is the belief in natural religion only, or those truths, in doctrine and practice, which man is to discover by the light of reason, independent of any revelation from God. Hence, deism implies infidelity, or a disbelief in the divine origin of the Scriptures.