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Doe John
acting as plaintiff in the common law action of ejectment the fictitious defendant being usually denominated Richard Roe Hence a fictitious name for a party real or fictitious to any action or proceeding
Dithyramb
of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment hence in general a poem written in a wild irregular strain
Distrain
To press heavily upon to bear down upon with violence hence to constrain or compel to bind to distress torment or afflict
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Dioxindol
white crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin It is a member of the indol series hence its name
Dissolve
To separate into competent parts to disorganize to break up hence to bring to an end by separating the parts sundering a relation etc to terminate to destroy to
Disroot
To tear up the roots of or by the roots hence to tear from a foundation to uproot
Disaster
An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star malevolent influence of a heavenly body hence an ill portent
dis
two See Two and cf Bi Di Dia Dis denotes separation a parting from as in distribute disconnect hence it often has the force of a privative and negative as in disarm disoblige disagree Also intensive as
Doing
Anything done a deed an action good or bad hence in the plural conduct behavior See Do
Diodon
a single beaklike plate They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water and hence are called globefishes swellfishes etc Called also porcupine fishes and sea hedgehogs
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