n. [ OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. défier. See Defy. ]
A war without a just defiance made. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
He breathed defiance to my ears. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To bid defiance,
To set at defiance
a. [ Cf. F. défiant, p. pr. of défier. See Defy. ] Full of defiance; bold; insolent;
In attitude stern and defiant. Longfellow.
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a. [ See Defy. ] Bidding or manifesting defiance. [ Obs. ] Shelford. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or process of depriving of fibrin. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To defibrinate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Deficiency. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee
Is no deficience found. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
[ Marlborough ] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deficiency of a curve (Geom.),
a. [ L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of deficere to be wanting. See Defect. ] Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking;
The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deficient number. (Arith.)
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n. [ Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres. indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. déficit. See Defect. ] Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack;