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n. [ See Dainty, n. ] Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [ Obs. ] -- a. Dainty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To cherish him with diets daint. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Daintified p. pr. & vb. n. Daintifying. ] [ Dainty + -fy. ] To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. “Daintified emotion.” Sat. rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The daintiness and niceness of our captains Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From daint or dainty; cf. OF. daintier. ] Adelicacy. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dainties [ OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deintié delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Dignity. ] 1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I ne told no deyntee of her love. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

That precious nectar may the taste renew
Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A term of fondness. [ Poetic ] B. Jonson.

Syn. -- Dainty, Delicacy. These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties. [ 1913 Webster ]

These delicacies
I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits, and flowers,
Walks and the melody of birds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ A table ] furnished plenteously with bread,
And dainties, remnants of the last regale. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Daintier superl. Daintiest. ] 1. Rare; valuable; costly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Full many a deynté horse had he in stable. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hence the proverb “dainty maketh dearth, ” i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dainty bits
Make rich the ribs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those dainty limbs which nature lent
For gentle usage and soft delicacy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would be the girdle.
About her dainty, dainty waist. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thew were a fine and dainty people. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
But shift away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all
Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty,
She, I'll swear, hath corns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. dédain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t. ] 1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Often implying an idea of haughtiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being despised; shame. [ Obs. ] Shak.

Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disdained p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining. ] [ OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. dédaigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See Deign. ] 1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. 1 Sam. xvii. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise. Young.

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained. Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disdainful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt
Of this proud king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. [ 1913 Webster ]

From these
Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside.

-- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Disdainfully. [ Obs. ] Vives. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. dédaigneux. ] Disdainful. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Disdainfully. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ordained p. pr. & vb. n. Ordaining. ] [ OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See Order, and cf. Ordinance. ] 1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. “Battle well ordained.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stake that shall be ordained on either side. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings xii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

And doth the power that man adores ordain
Their doom ? Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To set apart for an office; to appoint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being ordained his special governor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ordains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ordination. [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. pre + ordain: cf. L. praeordinare. ] To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- re- + ordain: cf. F. réordonner. ] To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]