n., n. See Bridesmaid, Bridesman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of removing magnetization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. To deprive of magnetic properties; to render nonmagnetic. See Magnetize. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

-- De*mag`net*i*za"tion, n. -- De*mag"net*i`zer n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Demagogue.

{ } a. [ Gr. dhmagwkiko`s: cf. F. démagogique. ] Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practices of a demagogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dhmagwgo`s a popular leader; commonly in a bad sense, a leader of the mob; dh^mos the people + 'agwgo`s leading, fr. 'a`gein to lead; akin to E. act: cf. F. démagogue. ] A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace.
Syn. -- demagogy, demagogism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. démagogie, Gr. dhmagwgi`a leadership of the people. ] Demagogism.
Syn. -- demagoguery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Demesne. ] 1. Rule; management. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) See Demesne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Demanding. ] [ F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. Mandate, Commend. ] 1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. [ 1913 Webster ]

This, in our foresaid holy father's name,
Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. [ 1913 Webster ]

I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a demand; to inquire. [ 1913 Webster ]

The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? Luke iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. demande, fr. demander. See Demand, v. t. ] 1. The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

The demand [ is ] by the word of the holy ones. Dan. iv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Earnest inquiry; question; query. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

In 1678 came forth a second edition [ Pilgrim's Progress ] with additions; and then the demand became immense. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) (a) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. (b) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person. (c) A thing or amount claimed to be due. [ 1913 Webster ]

In demand, in request; being much sought after. --
On demand, upon presentation and request of payment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be demanded or claimed. “All sums demandable.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ F. demandant, p. pr. of demander. ] One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who demands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who demands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. demant diamond + -oid. ] (Min.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Demarcation. ] To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. Wilkinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. démarcation; pref. dé- (L. de) + marquer to mark, of German origin. See Mark. ] The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. démarche. See March, n. ] March; walk; gait. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dh`marchos; dh^mos people + 'a`rchein to rule. ] A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Demarcation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of demasculinizing; the removal of the testicles of a male animal.
Syn. -- emasculation, castration. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. to remove the testicles of a male animal.
Syn. -- emasculate, castrate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything which . . . has distinguished matter. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Same as œdema.

{ or , a. (Med.) Same as œdematous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. [ Obs. or Local ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. léger light, nimble + de of + main hand, L. manus. See 3d Leger, and Manual. ] Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick. [ 1913 Webster ]

He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lodemenage. Chaucer. ] Pilotage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A pathological condition due to severe hyperthyroidism, marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental and physical deterioration. [ Also spelled myxoedema. ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_; mucus + oedema. ] (Med.) A disease producing a peculiar cretinoid appearance of the face, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure of the functions of the thyroid gland. [ Also spelled myxedema. ]-- Myx`oe*dem"a*tous a., Myx`oe*dem"ic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a swelling, tumor, fr. &unr_; to swell. ] (Med.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. [ Written also edema. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn, and Demesne. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it. ] The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- back, again + demand: cf. F. redemander. ] To demand back; to demand again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A demanding back; a second or renewed demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arri&unr_;re back + de of + main hand. ] A backward stroke. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The faith or system of the Sandemanians. A. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See Tatter, and Mail armor. ] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a mark on a shore line indicating the normal level of the water at high tide, caused by the action of the flowing water; sometimes also used for the mark left at the point of the normal low tide; -- called also high water mark. [ PJC ]

2. [ fig. ] the maximum level which some activity has reached and from which it has declined; -- called also high water mark. [ PJC ]