Defn: Dedicatory.
DEDICATORY
Ded"i*ca*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dédicatoire.]
Defn: Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. "An epistle dedicatory." Dryden.
DEDICATORY
Ded"i*ca*to*ry, n.
Defn: Dedication. [R.] Milton.
DEDIMUS Ded"i*mus, n. Etym: [L. dedimus we have given, fr. dare to give. So called because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, etc.] (Law)
Defn: A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. Bouvier.
DEDITION De*di"tion, n. Etym: [L. deditio, fr. dedere to give away, surrender; de- + dare to give.]
Defn: The act of yielding; surrender. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
DEDOLENT Ded"o*lent, a. Etym: [L. dedolens, p. pr. of dedolere to give over grieving; de- + dolere to grieve.]