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n. [ See Deuterogamy. ] One who marries the second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; second + &unr_; wedding, marriage. ] A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; second + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. ] (Geol.) Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The writer of Deuteronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; second + &unr_; law: cf. L. Deuteronomium. ] (Bibl.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.

a. Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. deuteropathia, fr. Gr. &unr_; second + &unr_; suffering, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer: cf. F. deutéropathie. ] (Med.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; second + -scopy. ] 1. Second sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; second + E. zooid. ] (Zool.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Probably so named from its city. ] (Zool.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Uterus + gestation. ] Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy. Pritchard. [ 1913 Webster ]