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 Diffamer. To defame, traduce, discredit, reproach, depraue, disgrace, dishonor.

Differanté: m. ée: f. Differed, or disagreed from; in debate, or at variance with; also, diuersified.

Differanter. To differ, or disagree from; to iarre, contend, debate, or be at variance with; also, as Differenter. Differé: m. ée: f. Differed, protracted, delayed, lingered, driuen, put, or shifted off.

Differemment. Distinctly, seuerally, differently, with a difference.

Difference: f. A difference, diuersitie; vnlikelinesse; distinction; disagreeing; also, a certaine distance, or measure in Geometrie.

Differencié: m. ée: f. Distinguished, made different from.

Different: m. A difference, controuersie, suit, variance, disagreement, contention, strife, debate, ods; also, a different marke, or thing; or a marke whereby one thing is distinguished from another.

Different. Different; vnlike, diuers, differing, varying, disagreeing, seuerall, from; of another condition or qualitie, nature or kind.

Differenter. as Differanter; Also, to diuersifie, or varie. Differer. To deferre, delay, driue, or put off; to protract, prolong, linger, procrastinate, shift off day after day.  Sans differer. Presently, at the verie instant, without staying one iot more, any whit longer.

Difficile: com. Difficile, difficult; hard, vneasie, troublesome, intricate, painefull, almost impossible.  Qui fait du difficile. Thats backeward, vnwilling; stubborne; squeamish, coy, nice; thats verie loath to meddle with, or to be drawne vnto, a thing; thats verie hard to bee intreated, or woon to vndertake a thing.

Difficilement. Difficultly, hardly, vneasily, troublesomely; scantly, scarcely; with great paine, with much adoe.

Difficulté: f. A difficultie; a great let, maine impediment, a trouble, a painefull or intricate enterprise.  Difficulté de digestion. Ill disgestion, rawnesse of the stomacke.  Difficulté d'haleine. Pursinesse; obstruction of the conduits of the lights.  Difficulté d'vriner. The Strangurie.

Difficulter. To difficultate, or difficilitate; to make difficult, or vneasie; to make it a hard matter; to make bones of.

Difficultuëux. Verie hard, verie difficult, full of difficulties.

Diffinitivement. as Definitivement. Difflation: f. A difflation, blowing, or breathing.

Difforme: com. Deformed, ouglie, ill-fauoured, vnseemelie, vncomelie, mishapen, formelesse, out of fashion.

Difformité: f. Deformitie, ouglinesse, vnseemelinesse, vncomelinesse, ill-fauourednesse; a blemish in fauour.

Diffus: m. use: f. Diffused, spred, scattered abroad; large, wide, extended; hanging loosse; also, spilt, powred out.

Diffusément. Diffusedly, scatteredly, disorderedly.

Digame. One that hath two wiues together; also, one that marieth after his first wiues death; one that hath had two wiues.

Digastrique. Hauing two bellies. Muscle digastrique. A muscle issuing from the Processe called Mastoïde (sometimes from Stilloïde) the vse of it is, to draw the lower iaw downeward.

Digeré: m. ée: f. Disgested, concocted, digested, borne, abiden; also, disposed, sorted, ordered.

Digerer. To disgest, concoct; brooke, beare, digest, abide, away with; also, to sort, order, dispose.  Digerer bien vn conseil. Throughly to examine, weigh, thinke, or consider of, a counsell giuen.

Digestif: m. iue: f. Disgestiue, or procuring disgestion.

Digestion: f. Disgestion, concoction, digestion.

Digitale. The hearbe called Fox-gloues.  Digitale jaulne. Fox-gloues with the yellow flower, (is lesse, and lesse common then)  Digitale purpure. Purple Fox-gloues; called so of the colour of the flowers.

Digitation: f. The forme of the fingers of both hands ioyned together; or the manner of their so ioyning.

Digitte: m. A Diget, the Character which expresseth a figure in Arithmeticke; as an , the figure of fiue; &c.

Digne: com. Worthie; condigne, deseruing; meet, fit for.

Dignement. Worthily, condignely, deseruedly, according to merit.

Dignité: f. Dignitie; promotion; honour; authoritie, superioritie; greatnesse of estate, or in office; great estimation, or worthinesse; Nobilitie, or noblenesse.  Fief de dignité. A Fief that hath a dignitie, or title of Nobilitie, annexed vnto it; Looke Fief. Seigneurs de dignité. Are Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Princes, Vicounts, Barons, and Chattelains; Noble-men; or such Gentlemen as are Lords by inheritance, or birth.

Digonner. To dig, or pricke: ¶Norm. Digression: f. A digression, or digressing; a going, straying, swaruing, aside, or from the matter; a changing of purpose, an altering of discourse.

Digue. A ditch, bound, or banke; a iettie, damme, or mount, raised vp for a defence against the incursions, or inundations of waters.

Dilaceration: f. A tearing, or rending asunder.

Dilaceré: m. ée: f. Dilacerated; rent, or torne, in peeces.

Dilacerer. To dilacerate, rend, or teare in peeces.

Dilaïé: m. ée: f. Delayed; or allayed.

Dilaïer. To delay; or, allay.

Dilapidé: m. ée: f. Dilapidated.

Dilapider. To dilapidate; ruine, or pull downe stone-*buildings; also, to rid of, or purge from, stones.

Dilatable: com. Dilatable, inlargeable, extendable, widenable.

Dilatateur: m. A dilatator, inlarger, widener; extender.

Dilatation: f. A dilatation; a widening, inlarging, stretching out, spreading abroad.

Dilatatoire: m. A dilatatorie, or inlarger; an Instrument wherewith Chirurgions open those partes that by sickenesse, or other accident, are too much closed.

Dilaté: m. ée: f. Dilated, widened, inlarged, stretched out, spred abroad, made broad.

Dilater. To dilate, widen, inlarge, extend, stretch out, spread abroad, make broad.

Dilation: f. A deferring, delaying, prolonging, protraction.

Dilatoire: com. Dilatorie, delaying, deferring.